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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN AND ST MARY MAGDALEN, TETBURY

ANNUAL REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 31[st] DECEMBER 2025

Charity Number 1132325

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN AND ST MARY MAGDALEN, TETBURY

TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

Contents Pages
Trustees’ Annual Report 2-18
Reference & Administrative Information 19
Independent Examiner’s Report 20
Receipts & Payments Account 21-23
Statement of Assets & Liabilities 24
Additional Information & Amplified Notes 25-29

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TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT

The method of appointment of PCC members, who are therefore Trustees of the charity, is set out in the Church Representation Rules, and the PCC operates under the “Revised Constitution of the Parochial Church Council”, effective from 27th April 2021. All church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and to stand for election to the PCC.

Objectives and activities

The PCC is the key decision-making body of a Church of England parish, and a crucial body in the leadership of our church. It consists of licensed clergy, churchwardens, readers who wish to be members, Deanery Synod Representatives, and PCC members elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting.

The PCC is an ecclesiastical entity. As the “executive body” of a Church of England parish it exists to ensure a parish carries out its duties, as defined in law. The PCC is also a legal entity, a charity, and the PCC members are trustees of that charity, so they have certain legal responsibilities, and also follow guidelines for best practice in terms of governance. The PCC has regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.

Under the Parochial Church Council (Powers) Measure 1956, the key responsibilities of the PCC are:

■ To work with the Rector to enable our church to play its part in God’s mission to his world. To develop an engaging and compelling picture of God’s vision and purposes for us, shaping all that we do and are as his people in this place, with the ministries and resources we need to fulfil this mission. ■ To co-operate with the Rector in sharing leadership, discerning how we are called by Christ to be about God’s mission and ministry here in Tetbury.

■ To ensure legal compliance with charity law and ecclesiastical law, in particular in the areas of finance, employment and appointments. Key areas here are safeguarding, financial oversight supported by the Treasurer, health and safety, disability, insurance, risk assessment, data protection, and acting as a good employer of any paid workers.

■ To care for the buildings and churchyard so that they may be best suited for the purpose of the church’s ministry and mission.

■ To be a channel of consultation within the wider Church through its synodical structures on matters that affect the Church locally and nationally

The PCC carries out most of its functions through five committees: Stewardship, Fabric, Communications and Outreach, Faith and Growth, and Pastoral Care and Social Justice. Under their remit, each committee meets four times a year, with six full PCC meetings annually; the Chair and members are elected in May each year, and other members co-opted as required; as appropriate, the Committee remits include oversight of the key priorities identified in our vision work, “Imagining our Future and Shaping our Plans”. The Standing Committee meets only where urgent business needs to be enacted between PCC meetings. In the last year or so the Social and Events Committee has developed under the leadership of Sarah Williams to plan church social and fundraising events.

Electoral Roll

There are 111 people on the Roll (January 2026) of whom 13 are non-residents. Four people have been removed and two added since the APCM in April 2025.

The maintenance of worship is reviewed by the Faith & Growth Committee below.

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Readers & Clergy

We welcomed the Revd Sarah Heywood as our Rector at the beginning of September 2025.

Our Clergy and Readers Team meets every six weeks, and continues to provide loving and generous support to ministry here. The team currently comprises Revd Sarah Heywood, Rector, Revd Pauline Setterfield, Associate Priest, Readers Sarah Parton and Andrea Aveyard; and five clergy with Permission to Officiate: Liz Angell, Ian Aveyard, Margaret Maslen, Julie Nicholson and Barry Raven. We are very grateful for the ministries of the Revd Richard Maslen who died in November and the Revd Peter Hyson who was licensed as Priest in Charge of St George in Owlsmoor and College Town in Oxford Diocese in December.

We are delighted that our Curate Revd Dr Steve Bullock has recently been appointed Priest in Charge of Thameshead Benefice. Our grateful thanks to Steve and Linda for all they have been during Steve’s curacy with us and our prayers go with them.

Occasional Offices

Baptisms - 7

Confirmation – 4 candidates

Weddings - 5

Funerals/Thanksgiving services - 18

Report on the activities of the PCC over the last year

The normal pattern of PCC meetings is January, March, May, July, September and November.

Safeguarding: The policy is reviewed and approved annually at the October meeting. Safeguarding is a standing item on every PCC agenda.

PCC Committees:

In its oversight of and support for the life of our church community, the PCC has five committees which each meet four times a year. Membership of committees is reviewed annually at the PCC meeting following the APCM, including co-opting members from the congregation. The Social and Events Committee has developed over the last year or so and is working well.

Reports of the Committees are contained elsewhere in this Trustees’ Annual Report.

In early 2026 the PCC is exploring the rationalisation of PCC Committees, with the inclusion of the work of the Social and Events Committee.

The Revd Liz Angell, PCC Secretary

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VISION AND MISSION

Our vision is for our church community to be a place of vibrant Christian faith, connecting with our local community, and supported by creative, sustainable ways of working together.

We have five priorities in our life together.

  1. Drawing in children and young people to know the story of God’s love in their lives. Achievements and performance reviewed by the PCC Faith & Growth Committee below.

  2. Growing disciples. Achievements and performance reviewed by the PCC Faith & Growth Committee below.

  3. Providing loving pastoral care. Achievements and performance reviewed by the PCC Pastoral Care & Social Justice Committee below.

  4. Effective communication. Achievements and performance reviewed by the PCC Communications and Outreach Committee below.

  5. Finding imaginative solutions for our church building, so it is sustainable now and for future generations, continuing to worship and serve God, as God’s people in this place. As this project now spans all aspects of our church life, with the remit held centrally by the PCC, reporting follows here under “Reshaping St Marys’”.

Reshaping St Mary’s Church

Regrettably, there has been no material progress with regard to the Reshaping project during 2025, due to the unavailability of the development funding necessary to enable Phase 2 of the project to move ahead: applications for grants for such funding made to Tetbury Town Council and Laslett’s Charities during 2025 both failed.

With the arrival of the new Rector, she and the PCC will be considering during 2026 all options available in the light of the urgent repair requirements of the building and the needs of the church community.

We are grateful to Revd Peter Hyson for his stewardship of the project until his departure from Tetbury to take up his new appointment in the course of 2025, and we pray for constructive decisions to be taken in 2026 about the future of the Church building.

FABRIC COMMITTEE

Remit:

As chair of the Fabric Committee, Sue Thomas, is hugely grateful to the committee members Mike Hardwick, Diana Challis, Darren Baker. Co-opted members: Chair of Friends of St Marys’ (vacant) ; Jonathan Adkins, Ian Thomas, John Sharp, Lawrence Moss (sound system). Anyone interested in joining the team would be most welcome.

Regular surveys take place on the state of the under gallery and woodworm infestation.

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Annual & Bi-annual checks were carried out on fire extinguishers, roof alarms and other similar items.

The organ has had several small repairs, and the organ blower was serviced.

Problems with the church roof alarm during Aug to Nov have been solved with the replacement of sensors.

Discussions are proceeding with the architect on major concerns arising from the Quinquennial Report which is under consideration by the Fabric Committee.

Sue Thomas (Churchwarden & Chair of Fabric Committee)

Friends of St Marys’

No report this year. The position of Chair of Friends of St Marys’ is currently vacant.

Tetbury Tower Report

2025 started much the same as 2024, when during the weeks the church met in school we didn’t ring on Sunday mornings. The purpose of the bells is to summon worshippers to the church, but if the church building is not open then it can be a little confusing, especially to any visitors who might not be aware of the change of location, hence we didn’t ring.

From Lent onwards, we rang for most Sundays, usually managing to dong on 6 bells, but more often than not actually having all 8 going. We also rang for several weddings and other special occasions, such as Easter Eve (after the Service of Light), for the induction of Sarah Heywood as our new rector, and also New Year’s Eve.

We opened the tower for tours on four occasions during the year; Woolsack Day, Count on Nature, the Summer Fair, and the Christmas Fayre. Across these four events we raised somewhere over £500 for church funds. We aim to open the tower again in 2026 for various events.

We ran six branch training mornings (on Saturdays) across the second half of the year. This is an essential element in coaching new ringers from all across the Chippenham Branch of the Gloucester and Bristol Diocesan Association of Church Bell Ringers (of which Tetbury is a member). These instructional sessions will continue in 2026.

In the Spring of 2025 we waved goodbye to Jane and Michael Spencer who moved back to Somerset, but we have recruited a couple of ringers as well, so we have maintained a decent band. We could always do with more. If you fancy learning, please speak to me (John Sharp) or drop me a line at bells@tetburychurch.co.uk. You don’t have to be musical or have any previous experience. Age is also no barrier – we can train children (accompanied by an appropriate adult) from age 12, right up to pensioners. As long as you can climb the steps to the ringing chamber you are welcome to join us.

John Sharp (Tower Captain)

The Shop and Stewarding

This year stewarding began at the beginning of April as visitor numbers began to increase.

Welcoming visitors into the Church is very important and is much appreciated. The Shop also benefits if someone is there to promote it and encourage sales. Purchases can be made on the cash machine, put in the donations box under the Tower or in cash by stewards on duty.

This year we reintroduced some of the lovely cards of the interior and exterior of the Church photographed some years ago by Kay Adkins and these have been selling well. Cards for all occasions are always needed and our wooden mice sell in large numbers!

We thank all our Stewards for giving generously of their time but we would love to have more. Anyone interested in joining our rota please ask me for details. You would be most welcome. Diana Challis

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ECO CHURCH REPORTING

The A Rocha five criteria for EcoChurch were significantly updated in December 2024 and demand more comprehensive statements of intent and action relating to climate change and our church’s role locally, nationally and globally. The Church of England continues to stress the importance of our attention to Climate Change and the subsequent environmental impact on our Ecosystems. This is reflected in the Anglican Communion’s Fifth Mark of Mission – namely - ‘to strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the Earth’.

Below are listed present achievements under the new criteria and includes helpful actions for the future.

  1. Worship and Teaching follows Eco themes throughout the year.

  2.  At Harvest and Creationtide

  3.  In our weekly prayers

  4.  In our hymns, reflective music

  5.  Baptisms – new promise to be a steward of the earth.

  6.  Sustainable Church Flowers are an established contribution to Worship

  7.  More ethical approach to resources – candles etc

Helpful actions

More opportunities for Outdoor worship and Café Church for families both give opportunities for Creation Care and understanding.

Yearly nature based talk

  1. Management of our Church building

Our biggest Eco concern is energy [Climate Crisis and Ukraine war] which, in winter, causes our building to be hard to use for the purposes for which it was designed and consecrated.

Space sharing at the Primary school has proved to be organisationally challenging and so this year it will not take place.

The expected energy usage will be 52,000KWH, an increase of 30% on last year.

Helpful actions

An eco-centric heating plan as a matter of urgency.

  1. Management of our Churchyard – working with the Town Council we aim to protect this sacred space, provide community access and providing a haven for wildlife.

  2.  3 height levels of mowing embrace a range of plants and animals whilst giving the space respect. Shortest cutting is nearest the paths.

  3.  The wildflower meadow had a challenging fourth year due to the drought.

  4.  Further Bird and Bee boxes have been installed

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Two issues were raised – lack of a water source for mammals, birds and insects and no hedgerow for small birds.

Helpful actions

Creation of a Plant Barrow for a plant cutting stall in the churchyard – totally made form upcycled materials.

An upcycling of old redundant hymn books into folded angels etc for sale over the Christmas period. Very successful workshops held in the Good Shed and Refillable Shop. Idea published in Diocesan bulletin and picked up for publication in the Church of England National Eco publication. Angels flew to many places!

Helpful actions

A community shared churchyard trail where different town groups can share what is important to them.

  1. Lifestyle – we aim to communicate ways that the lifestyle of the church and home can make differences to our carbon footprint and stewardship of ‘Creation’.

  2.  Eco-Tip of the Month [Mailchimp, Website and Facebook] cover a wide range of topics and ideas.

  3.  Eco-awareness at our events. Successful moth reveal and talk from Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.

  4.  Church displays of Eco ideas and events.

  5.  Eco-awareness in our shop.

  6.  Promotion of Foodbank, Community Fridge and Hedgehog newspaper collections.

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Major action needed

Most Eco churches have an Eco Team

In our church we divided the areas of Ecochurch focus between our committees so everyone could share responsibility.

With this model, progress does become quite hard to track and other agendas can get in the way.

We need a team and in times of volunteer challenge that will need some careful thinking about. Please pray that our Ecochurch intentions can be fulfilled securely into the future.

Thank you for all your support and love of our planet which you show on so many occasions.

Rosemary Bailey

FAITH AND GROWTH

Remit:

■ Lead strategic planning for growing disciples, including drawing children and young people into the life of our church community.

■ Review and support and encourage those responsible for: church provision for children and families growing disciples; and worship.

■ Actively supporting the PCC’s aim to express our care for God’s world through our liturgy and teaching, including personal lifestyle choices.

Maintenance of Worship

The average weekly attendance on a normal Sunday (“Usual Sunday Attendance”/USA as returned to the Diocese) was 63 adults and 4 children (compared with 69 adults and 6 children in 2024). Online, we have been getting between 250 and 300 views of varying durations for each service, on average, with 10 to 15 people watching live on a Sunday.

The numbers of those attending in person increased significantly on special occasions, including:

The number of families with children attending the main 10am Sunday service every week was slightly down on 2024. Little Fishes continued to be active throughout the year, with a short hiatus from the middle of the year due to a shortage of helpers, and with sessions resuming on a one Sunday per month basis from November 2025. Our thanks go to the team over the year of Sarah Williams, Clare Morton, Clare Price, Gwen Whitworth, Paul Boyko, Ruth Harrison, Linda Bullock and Sarah Parton, who took over the leadership of Little Fishes from Linda Bullock during the year. We pray that Little Fishes will find more leaders in 2026, and we are very grateful to Linda for all the work that she did with children at St Marys’ up to the middle of 2025.

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Through the year, we have continued with a more varied pattern of worship, hoping by God’s grace to also connect and draw in other people. In particular, we continued the programme of Sunday evening services called “Heart and Soul”, in which we have experimented with informal styles of worship. While these services have been suspended in the last quarter of 2025 due to diary conflicts, the new Rector hopes to continue with services such as these. Thanks for helping the clergy to run the services go to Sarah Parton, Hilary Rowland, Sue Price, Jo Tancock and Andrea Aveyard.

During 2025, we re-named iSingPOP CELEBRATE “Messy Church”. This takes place at St Mary’s Church of England VA Primary School. With a different theme each time, we share a Bible story, craft activities, singing, prayers and teatime together. We regularly have 8-12 families taking part. We started the year meeting each month during term time, (4-5.30 pm in the school hall, and also sometimes in church), but have only met twice in the second half of the year, due to a shortage of helpers, and plans for 2026 have yet to be drawn up at the date of this report.

We are grateful to the many people who have supported and enabled our worship through the year. These include our worship leaders, churchwardens and team of welcomers; the vergers and servers; organist Jonathan Adkins and the congregational choir, as well as David Kyle, who has stepped in for Jonathan as organist on occasions but will sadly be leaving Tetbury in 2026; readers and intercessors; Lawrence Moss who manages the sound system; and to John Sharp, Diana Sharp, Neville Parton and Lawrence for the much-valued live stream of Sunday Worship.

Working with schools

In seeking to draw children and young people to know God we continued to have strong links with St Mary’s Church of England VA Primary School. Pauline and Steve continued to lead weekly Collective Worship, and Sarah Parton co-ordinated and participated in all activities including Open The Book, which celebrated its 20[th] birthday at the school in 2025.

Our thanks go to our Foundation Governors of the school, who are responsible for ensuring Christian distinctiveness is embedded and upheld within every aspect of school life: Crispin Auden, Mike Avis, Andy Howell and Colin Rae, along with new appointees in 2025: Phoebe Hindlet and our new Rector, Sarah. Our thanks also go to the Head, Jo Woolley, for the support that she has provided over the years.

In Sir William Romney’s secondary school, our Youth Worker Mandie Winbow continues to provide a loving Christian presence with support in the school, particularly by way of organising various lunchtime clubs, and we are grateful for her unfailing and loving support of SWR students.

This last year continued to see Steve being involved in various RE lessons in Sir William Romney’s School until his secondment to Thamesmead and the school once again held their Christmas Carol Service in the church, with 152 adults and 100 children attending. Revd Sarah has already started establishing her own links with the school: in November, she and church administrator Nikki Ind presented about the management of church events at a workshop session at St Marys’ Church that formed part of the School’s Futures Day, and further sessions with the school in the church are planned for 2026. Pauline has also had useful discussions with the Head of Music.

Church music and choir

Music is a much loved and vital part of our worship. It brings it alive and enables the most profound sharing of worship. We are so grateful to all who offer their gifts, time and commitment in supporting music in worship.

During the past year, we have continued to explore our approach to music and the role of the choir, helped by the acquisition of new hymn books that contain a much greater selection of hymns and songs. The old hymn books were upcycled to make angels that were sold to raise funds for the Church, with the help of the local Men’s Sheds organisation in sessions that engaged the local community.

■ The “pop-up” congregational choir directed by Jonathan Adkins continues to support regular worship. This is a welcome opportunity to share in this ministry, and we are grateful to all those who support us week by week. Jonathan is always on the lookout for further potential members of the choir and others interested in participating in our musical life, and many thanks also go out to him for his musicianship and leadership. The choir was also boosted by the Beverston choir in a number of services. We are also grateful to David Kyle who has kindly stood in when Jonathan has been

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unavailable, and we will be sad to see him leave us in 2026.

■ We hosted the annual Tetbury Music Festival in October as well as the Tetbury Community Choir’s performance of Stainer’s Crucifixion on Palm Sunday and the Friends of Tetbury Hospital Carol Service and concerts by St Martin’s Voices (including a workshop and radio broadcast recording of compline) and St Cecilia’s Singers, both facilitated by Pauline.

Growing disciples

In working to grow disciples, a significant factor has been the continued strength of our home groups in Lent and Advent, which reduced from five to four during 2025.

In Lent 2025 our theme was “Living Hope”, joining in with the whole of the Church of England, and in Advent, the groups’ reflections were based on the Archbishop of York’s Advent Book 2025 “Listening to the Music of the Soul”, by Bishop Guli Francis Dehgani.

The ‘Being With’ course did not take place in 2025 due to lack of resources, but we continue to keep a new course in mind, as the past course have resulted in good discussions which supported further growth and development in the attendees, and to confirmations. During 2025, Rev Pauline Setterfield and Sarah Parton ran confirmation classes for four adults who were confirmed by the Bishop of Tewkesbury in July 2025.

The Heart and Soul service referred to above continued to see new people coming and choosing to serve and participate in new ways, where they haven’t felt able to before.

The Parish Weekend in March 2025 was again an opportunity for members of the St Marys’ community to pray, reflect and relax together in the informal setting of Windmill Farm, Clanfield. The weekend was once again a great success but, due to a fall in numbers in 2025 and the cost for participants of attending the weekend, it will not remain an annual event and will not take place in 2026.

In terms of our work with families, Little Fishes and iSing Pop (now Messy Church) continued to help everyone of all different ages to learn further about God. There seems to be a regular core of people who choose to attend these, but more helpers are urgently required.

There have been many individuals who have explored further their giftings this year, with volunteers being added to many support teams such as the flower team, the welcomers and those supporting service administration under the guidance of the vergers. Notably, Darren Baker completed an introduction to ministry/theology course at CGH – part of Cuddesdon theology college.

Prayer

Prayer is a concrete expression of our love of God and, in prayer, we accept the invitation to call upon God in confidence, as strong and caring father or mother. In our life, the ways in which we encourage and share in prayer include:

■ The weekly “prayer focus” prepared by Geraldine Geers and published on the church website, with a link in the weekly Keeping in Touch email.

■ The prayer tree. Many prayer requests are made by church family members, and by visitors, and are shared in morning prayer each week by the clergy.

■ Tuesday morning prayer time on Zoom, with a link and details each week in the Keeping in Touch email.

■ Prayer ministry offered on the second Sunday of the month at the 10am service. Supported by a small and faithful team, which offers an opportunity to have a short time of prayer for yourself or those you are concerned about.

■ We have a regular team of intercessors who lead the prayers at the 10 a.m. service.

Churches together

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We value our membership of Tetbury Area Churches Together (TACT) and continue to play a full part in its activities. Our shared activities include: Holiday at Home, iSingPOP Celebrate (now Messy Church) and Reflect Women’s Breakfasts. Our shared worship includes The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Good Friday Walk of Witness; and Remembrance Sunday.

Richard Mattick (Committee Chair)

Vergers and servers

Week in, week out, we are supported by a small team of people who set up for our worship: for the 8.30am service, Ann and Peter Lisle-Taylor, Crispin Auden and Darren Baker; for the 10am service and also the Wednesday morning service, Valerie Trumper, Sarah Williams, Judith Randall, Mary Hinton and Michael Bailey.

Thanks also to our crucifers and acolytes: Mary Hinton, Michael Bailey, Darren Baker, Diana Sharp and Rosemary Bailey. This provides a wonderful opportunity for sharing in ministry, and is much valued, and we hope we can draw more people into the team in the coming year.

Huge thanks go to these people, who prepare for our worship with such care, and support and enable us in our gathering each week.

Sarah Williams

PASTORAL CARE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

Remit:

It was with great sadness that we lost Alison Hesketh, a dedicated member of the committee for so many years, who died in June 2025. She was for twenty years the Christian Aid representative for the Tetbury area and will be greatly missed.

The ministry of loving pastoral care involves the visiting and supporting of friends and neighbours in the community. Our Pastoral Assistants, Michele Maund, Sarah Williams, Valerie Trumper and Sue Sherwood have continued to provide Communion both to people at home, and in our care homes, Kingsley House and Upton Mill. The Revd Pauline Setterfield steps in to cover for Michele at Kingsley House occasionally and, with Michele, leads the Christmas Carol Service there.

The Revd Pauline Setterfield, Sarah Parton (Licensed Reader) and Rosemary Bailey (lay worship leader) have taken Christmas services to Steepleton. The Revd Liz Angell has been taking Home Communion to some of the residents in Prince Court.

A logbook has been made to register pastoral visits and this is kept in the vestry safe. Ronnie Hodges and Linda Bullock are no longer available as Pastoral Assistants.

We have a regular presence at the weekly “Friendship Café” held in Dolphins Hall every Thursday. From 1[st] November 2024 this was taken over by TAYCT from the Tetbury Town Council. Our Lay Funeral Minister, Michele Maund, is now employed by TAYCT to help run the weekly café. As a charity there is access to better funds, so the future of this project grows from strength to strength and is a much needed, community hub for everyone.

PCC member Heather Woodcock is our church link with the Foodbank. The drop-in centre at Christ Church on a Tuesday (11am-1pm) now runs a café during those two hours. Publicity for the Foodbank will be increased in 2026 through Tetbury Advertiser, The Friendship Café and both schools.

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More broadly, we continued our focus on social justice for all people, with our regular Second Sunday Collections (see details below of total funds raised). The church community has become increasingly involved in issues around the climate crisis and climate injustice. Under the leadership of Rosemary Bailey, we continue to work for the Eco-Church Gold Award, as outlined in the separate Eco Church report. Eco church reached out into the community by demonstrating, for the Holiday at Home guests, sustainable flowers in jam jars. Michele Maund and the team from TACT continue to run the Holiday at Home event twice a year.

Men’s Shed linked up with St Marys’ to build a plant barrow from recycled material from which to sell plant cuttings. This was blessed following a Sunday morning service.

Coffee

Diana Sharp looks after the provision of goods for coffee after the 10am service. Grateful thanks goes to all those who prepare and serve refreshments after the service, with a wonderful opportunity to continue our fellowship as the formal worship ends. More help would be gratefully received with the serving of refreshments. In 2017 there were 35 helpers on the rota. Numbers fell to 27 in 2020 and in 2025 to just 12. Please talk to Diana Sharp if you are able to help. Thank you!

Charitable Giving through Second Sunday collections

The Pastoral Committee proposes to the PCC which international, national and local charities should benefit from the cash collection taken on the second Sunday of each month. This does not include anything put into envelopes or the DONA machine. A list of charity collections is given below:-

2025

2025
January £87.27 People For You
February £168.40 Maggies
March £81.55 WaterAid
April £346.00
£58.08
£101.00		 DEC (Myanmar) – emergency appeal
WaterAid
WaterAid (glass jar collection)
May £242.00
£169.43		 Christian Aid
Christian Aid coffee morning
June £160.00 Men’s Shed
July £100.00 Mercy Ships
August £105.00 TAYCT
September £90.00 Thomas Talboys Trust
October £122.29 A Rocha UK
November £93.00
£619.90		 Royal British Legion
Royal British Legion (Civic service in the
afternoon)
December £47.80
£44.88
£28.00
£16.70		 The Children’s Society
Christingle service
Jesse Tree
Tree collection

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The Revd Pauline Setterfield

January 2026

WELCOMERS

Many thanks to all our Welcomers. It is such an important part of our Ministry of growing the church and we are very grateful to the team. They are: Sue Sherwood, Lynn George, Frances Collinson, Pam Bird, Diana Challis, David and Liz Evans, Richard Mattick, Jan Hardy, Ian Thomas, Sue Thomas, Sarah Williams.

We would love to welcome new members to our team. Please speak to Sarah Williams if you are able to help in providing this important ministry. (Welcomers/sidespeople are now appointed by the PCC, not elected at the APCM.)

COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH

Remit and overview

The departure of Revd Dr Steve Bullock, due to Curacy secondment, who served as the chair of the Committee, brought about a necessary pause in our collective efforts. While this change presents challenges, it also offers an opportunity to reflect on the blessings we have experienced together. As we navigate this transitional period, despite the challenges we face, it’s vital to recognize the blessings that have sprung from past experiences. And the amazing opportunities that await!

We have been blessed by having Revd Sarah Heywood join us as the new rector of the benefice. She has been exceptionally busy getting into her new role, already proving herself engaging with the community and being very popular in such a short time, with a phenomenal amount of work and services across a large area. And still managing to give time to use the media as outreach.

The committee's initiatives have demonstrated remarkable autonomy, underscoring their sustainable impact. This independence signifies a strategic foresight. However the true cornerstone of our success lies in the rich reservoir of knowledge and infectious enthusiasm personified by our volunteers and congregation, a true testament of our faith.

John Sharp has continued to ensure the smooth running of IT by working directly with support and problem solving. The website and Facebook continue to be well used although high on the agenda for the new committee will be the refreshing of the website with new information and pictures. We are also fortunate to have Nikki our Parish administrator, who runs the parish office, and supports church communications.

In maintaining the newsprint medium, efforts have been consistently directed toward ensuring that the weekly Tetbury page in the Wilts&Glos newspaper regularly serves as a conduit for delivering timely, accurate, and insightful independent information, reporting the many activities of our Church. It was refreshing at a PCC meeting when George Collins commented that he realised that the Tetbury page in the Wilts&Glos newspaper was indeed a positive Christian media outlet. We are also fortunate to complement the newsprint with the church’s own Facebook page and an independent positive page as well. And this will now be complimented by the brand-new website Tetbury Times.

The recent joint Chamber and Church Christmas cards for businesses initiative proved very

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successful, and there is an opportunity for further outreach and fundraising. This is one small example of what the communications committee will be working on and developing with partners.

We have a treasure trove of resources at our disposal - be it skills, materials, or even just good oldfashioned enthusiasm. Our challenge moving forward will be figuring out how to leverage these resources efficiently. That is what the new committee will be doing.

Kevin Painter

SOCIAL AND EVENTS COMMITTEE

Our fundraising endeavours started with an Easter Wreath Workshop held on the 12[th] April. Although we were only a small group it was very enjoyable and raised £210 for church funds.

On the 26[th] May we joined forces with the bell ringing team at the Woolsack Race Day, serving refreshments and running a card & craft stall and tombola. This was well supported and a combined total of £730 was raised.

The Summer Fete (although far from the summer weather we would have liked) took place in church. We welcomed visitors to the town as well as members of our local community and provided refreshments and a variety of stalls for everyone to enjoy. A total of £2,023 was raised.

Our Christmas Fayre took place on the 22[nd] November in church and once again proved to be a very successful event. This year we ran the raffle using printed tickets which were sold beforehand. This combined with the takings from a variety of stalls, which included the sale of angels made from our old hymn books, raised a fabulous £2,747.

Ronnie Hodges and Linda Bullock, due to other commitments, stepped down from the committee during the year and in October we welcomed Heather Woodcock onto the committee.

Many thanks to Clare Morton, Mary Hinton, Diana Sharp, Moira Hardwick, Frances Collinson and Heather Woodcock for all their hard work and commitment to raising money towards church funds.

On a final note a huge thank you must go to Diana Sharp. Diana provides the plant cuttings for the stall in the churchyard and throughout the year makes her beautiful cards and crafts which she sells at all our church events as well as other local events such as the Goods Shed Craft Market. Diana has raised in 2025 the amazing sum of £1,622.40 for church funds.

Thank you for all your support!

Sarah Williams (Committee Chair)

CIRENCESTER DEANERY SYNOD REPORT

Synod has agreed these Deanery Strategic Priorities

These priorities have evolved into ‘The Deanery Strategic Plan (DSP)’ which is now at the implementation phase. This is with full endorsement from the Bishops and Archdeacon.

Summary:

This year Deanery Synod has offered the opportunity to share good practice in our churches by focussing on important activities. At each Synod there was an emphasis on Safeguarding with members

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being urged to keep their PCCs up to date.

March - Celebrating Worship

June - Sustainable Church flowers

October - Church giving

November - Music and Spiritual Healing

Each Synod has been enjoyable as well as informative thanks to the brilliant organisation of Rosemary Bailey from Tetbury and Lay Chair George Collins.

In October our new Archdeacon, Katrina Scott joined us as we discussed Parish Share and our Deanery Strategic Pathway (Plan.) Our Deanery along with Wotton under Edge and Gloucester City have been given the go ahead to appoint a Deanery Operations Lead to support the administration involved in the Mission work led by our Area Deans and Clergy.

Emma Anderson has been appointed and starts work on 8 December 2025. Her base will be in TODS Cirencester but she will be visiting each benefice to learn about the activities running in our churches.

Detail:

March - Celebrating Worship

After a presentation by Yvonne Penn from Christian Aid Synod received talks from five people with experience of leading different types of worship.

Ian Richings Lay Worship Leader from Elmstone Hardwick outlined a successful worship format of candlelit Celtic Prayer especially for Evensong or outside in summer.

Michele Maund a Lay Funeral and bereavement minister works with elderly people in her day job. She gets to know them and their families. She began by chaperoning but now takes complete funerals. Her original concern about the lack of a dog collar was unfounded.

Rachel Jago explained what Cafe church is and how it can help mental health. Meeting round tables with coffee, pastries and fruit people can share opinions in a safe environment.

Pam Thorogood described the use of Interest tables by likening them to Nature Tables in primary school they provide an opportunity to bring The Bible up to date. For instance use the “I am” sayings of Jesus. ‘I am the bread of life’ leads to a rich display of types of bread and engages all the senses.

Gerald South talked about outdoor worship. Simply taking a church service out of doors, or leading a walk and worshipping on the way focusing on, for example, leaves. Publicity is important in advance and refreshments can be included e.g. a picnic. The biblical basis is the way Jesus preached outside using illustrations from his surroundings and feeding people.

June - Sustainable Church Flowers

Sustainable flower demonstration by Beth Bruce-Gardener and Helen:

Beth is an Ambassador for Sustainable Church Flowers movement which started in Harpley, Worcestershire in 2019, https://suschurchflowers.com. They aim to make all church flower displays biodegradable, local, seasonal and foam free. Using aluminium wire coils and a flower arrangers bucket Beth created a magnificent arrangement using local flowers from her garden and from a local grower, flowersfromthefarm.co.uk is a list of British growers she is explained the techniques we can use and asks us all to talk to our church flower teams and PCCs who can develop policies for church users who can also be sustainable not only for weddings but for funerals. farewellflowers.co.uk is a list of suppliers of sustainable funeral flowers.

October - Church Giving

Archdeacon Katrina Scott made her debut at this Synod. Her presentation outlined the Parish Share allocation for 2026 which will be a 2.6% increase on the 2025 Parish Share. It is emphasised that this is a guide only, more can be given in a spirit of generosity or, if a Parish is struggling then less. By November, College Green needs a clear idea of how much money to reasonably expect so that a budget to support the ministry work across Our Diocese can be set. The money being invested in our Deanery Operation Leads is from the sale of the Leckhampton Glebe. By investing in Our Deanery Pathway the

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Diocese aims to reduce the need for dipping into reserves by more efficiency and better transparency giving Parishes confidence in contributing to Parish Share.

November - Music and Spiritual Healing

Rosemary Bailey introduced Rev Pauline Setterfield who gave an inspiring presentation about the role of music in spiritual healing with musical illustrations. Hard to describe in words but entirely up lifting, inspiring and much appreciated. Synod also licensed our new Deanery Reader Warden, Liz Collins

Rosemary Bailey

TREASURER’S REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR 2025

The financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis and have been independently examined. The Examiner’s Certificate is included with the accounts, which comprise

  1. A statement of receipts and payments for the year ended 31 December 2025

  2. A statement of assets and liabilities as at 31 December 2025

  3. Notes amplifying matters of detail.

Overview

During 2025 total funds decreased from £130,614 to £114,285.

The main reason for the fall in total funds was the purchase of new hymn books and folding tables for use at events and preparatory work for repairs recommended by the church architect in the quinquennial inspection report received in November 2024.

General fund

In 2025, receipts of the general fund exceeded payments by £3,243. The £20,000 legacy received in 2024 from the estate of Jennifer Grant-Rennick was transferred to a separate designated fund as a result of the decision of the PCC in March 2025 to use it to purchase tables and to help finance quinquennial report repairs. This transfer and a reduction of £1,676 in the value of the general fund’s CBF Investment Fund shares resulted in a deficit on the general fund of £18,433.

Receipts of the general fund were £7,374 lower in 2025 than in 2024, when they had benefitted from the £20,000 legacy. Planned giving was £5,744 higher in 2025 than in the previous year due to the stewardship campaign held in autumn 2024. Parochial fees were £3,087 higher than in the previous year, when they had fallen to an unusually low level. Fund raising activities once again performed very strongly with the summer fete, Christmas fayre and Woolsack Day being very successful. Thanks are due to the social committee, the bellringers and all who helped make fund raising activities such a success this year.

Conversely, we received no legacies in 2025.

Total expenditure charged to the general fund decreased by £8,435 compared with 2024. The largest single item of expenditure was the parish share of £62,572 which contributes primarily to the cost of ministry in this parish but also includes a contribution to the costs of the national Church of England. Nothing was spent on the reordering of the church building compared with £5,200 the previous year.

Grant-Rennick Legacy Fund

Following its establishment in March with the transfer of the £20,000 legacy, £2,131 was spent on folding tables and £10,561 on preparatory work for the quinquennial repairs, leaving a balance (after taking account of investment and grant income of £489) of £7,797 at the end of the year.

Friends Fund

The Friends Fund (the funds of which can only be spent on the preservation and improving of the church building and grounds) decreased in value by £5,568 over the course of 2025. £7,676 was spent from the Friends Fund on repairs and maintenance in the year. Electrical repairs cost £1,900. At the end of the year the balance was £27,614.

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In 2025, the church architect advised on implementing the quinquennial inspection report, including in particular repairs to the flat roof between the nave and the tower and remedying the damp in the north ambulatory. The cost of the flat roof repairs alone is currently considered to be around £135,000, which exceeds the £94,438 which the PCC held at the end of the year in its general fund, Grant-Rennick legacy fund and Friends Fund combined. A major fund-raising will be required.

Music Funds

The PCC held £5,164 in a music fund at the end of the year. During 2025 money was spent on membership of the Royal School of Church Music (£137) and new hymn books (£2,429).

The Alison Parkhouse Fund exists to pay for an organ scholar and the James Cowley Fund exists to pay for a singing scholarship. There is currently no organ scholar or singing scholar. The balances of the funds were £7,477 and £3,536 at the end of the year.

Eco Church

The Ecochurch Fund holds money raised principally from the annual Count on Nature Day and from plant sales in the churchyard which can be used for environmentally beneficial projects. The balance of the fund at the end of the year was £2,770.

Reserves policy

The PCC seeks to maintain a minimum balance of £45,000 in its general fund, representing a reserve equivalent to three months’ estimated expenditure on the general fund, including salaries but excluding fabric expenditure, (£30,000) and working capital of £15,000. The purpose of holding a reserve in the general fund is to cover

until income can be increased, for example by holding a stewardship campaign, or expenditure cut to cover the shortfall.

The PCC also seeks to maintain a minimum balance of £20,000 for fabric purposes. The purpose of maintaining a minimum balance for fabric purposes is to allow for repairs to the fabric to be carried out if an unforeseen but urgent need for them emerges.

At the end of the year, the PCC had total reserves of £114,285 of which £59,027 were held in the general fund and were therefore unrestricted, £7,797 were designated and £47,461 were restricted. The breakdown of the restricted funds is shown in note 3. It is likely that much of the difference between the total reserves held in the general, Grant-Rennick legacy and Friends funds and minimum balances which the PCC seeks to maintain will be used to pay for the repairs highlighted in the quinquennial inspection report.

Prospects for 2026

The PCC currently estimates that general fund income will fall short of general fund expenditure by around £5,000 in 2026. The PCC will continue to identify and cost critical repairs and improvements to the church building in advance of a major fund-raising campaign to fund the work.

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Thanks

My thanks are due to all those who have given me so much help during the year, particularly Ros Tildesley who has helped with counting and banking the collections, Richard Mattick who claims gift aid, Diana Sharp as local agent for parochial fees and Diana Challis for managing the shop and dealing with good causes.

Approved by the Parochial Church Council on 17 March 2026 and signed on their behalf by:

The Revd Sarah Heywood

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REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin and St Mary Magdalen is situated at the end of Church Street, Tetbury. It is part of the Diocese of Gloucester within the Church of England. The correspondence address is The Parish Office, St Marys’ Church, Church Street, Tetbury, Gloucestershire GL8 8JG. The parish is part of a United Benefice with Beverston, Long Newnton and Shipton Moyne, and the Incumbent is the Revd Sarah Heywood.

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary the Virgin and St Mary Magdalen, Tetbury, is a Registered Charity, number 1132325.

Trustees

The PCC members, and consequently Trustees of the charity, who have served since 1 January 2025 until the date this report was signed were:

The Revd Sarah Heywood (Chair, Ex Officio member from September 2025) The Revd Pauline Setterfield (Associate Priest, Ex Officio member) The Revd Steve Bullock (Curate, Ex Officio member to 16 March 2026) Rosemary Bailey (Deanery Synod to April 2026, Ex Officio member) Darren Baker (to April 2027) Diana Challis (from April 2025 to April 2028) Dan Fletcher (to April 2027) Michael Hardwick (Treasurer, to April 2026) Alison Hesketh (to June 2025) Mary Hinton (to April 2027) Richard Mattick Vice Chair (to April 2026) Michele Maund (to April 2025) Kevin Painter (to April 2027) Hilary Rowland (Ex Officio member to April 2025) Sue Thomas (Churchwarden, Ex Officio member) Sarah Williams (Churchwarden, Ex Officio member) Heather Woodcock (to April 2027)

The PCC met on six occasions in 2025. The PCC has met twice in 2026 up to the time of this report, the same as the equivalent period in 2025.

Independent Examiner

Joshua Kingston, BSc (Hons) FCA

Burton Sweet Limited

The Clock Tower 5 Farleigh Court Old Weston Road Flax Bourton Bristol BS48 1UR

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT

YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The PCC St Marys' Tetbury (the Charity) for the year ended 31 December 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the Charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

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

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a “true and fair view” which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Joshua Kingston, BSc (Hons) FCA

Burton Sweet Limited

The Clock Tower

5 Farleigh Court Old Weston Road Flax Bourton Bristol BS48 1UR

Date: 17 March 2026

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STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS

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General Designated Restricted 2025 2024 Notes
fund funds funds
All All funds
funds (Restated)
£ £ £ £ £
Income
Voluntary income
Planned giving 54,081 - 795 54,876 49,132
Collections, 16,416 180 2,037 18,633 15,685 5
donations and other
giving
Income tax 15,145 - 139 15,284 14,494
recovered
Legacies - - - - 20,011
Activities for
generating funds
Shop sales 7,198 - - 7,198 8,828
Income from 4,420 - - 4,420 3,897
properties
Annual fete/events 7,089 - 1,350 8,439 7,499 6
Investment income
Dividends and 1,522 309 1,739 3,570 3,792
interest
Income from
charitable activities
Parochial fees 7,582 - - 7,582 4,495
Other income
Other 949 - 40 989 4,414
Total income 114,402 489 6,100 120,991 132,247
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General Designated Restricted 2025 2024 Notes
fund funds funds
All funds All funds
(restated)
£ £ £
£ £
Expenditure
Charitable activities
Donations/grants to (775) - - (775) (700) 7
charities
Mission and (794) - - (794) (766)
evangelism
Parish share (62,572) - - (62,572) (58,846)
Clergy expenses (1,866) - - (1,866) (2,916)
Church running (13,853) (10,561) (8,496) (32,910) (22,456) 8
expenses
Cost of raising funds (2,573) - (91) (2,664) (5,563)
Running costs
Administration costs (17,098) - - (17,098) (17,309) 9
(including staff costs)
Other (9,851) - (55) (9,906) (14,147) 10
Governance costs (1,308) - - (1,308) (1,188)
Major expenditure
Reordering report - - - - (5,200)
Capital (469) (2,131) (2,429) (5,029) (1,638) 11
purchases/additions
Total expenditure (111,159) (12,692) (11,071) (134,922) (130,729)
Net 3,243 (12,203) (4,971) (13,931) 1,518
(expenditure)/income
before transfers and
gains
Transfers between (20,000) 20,000 - - - 3
funds
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Net (16,757) 7,797 (4,971) (13,931) 1,518
(expenditure)/income
before gains
Gains/(Losses) on (120) - - (120) -
sale of investment
assets
Gains/(Losses) on (1,556) - (722) (2,278) 1,389 12
revaluation of
investment assets
Net movement in (18,433) 7,797 (5,693) (16,329) 2,907
funds
Funds brought 77,460 - 53,154 130,614 127,707
forward at 1 Jan 2025
Cash and investment 59,027 7,797 47,461 114,285 130,614
assets carried
forward at end of
year
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

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General fund Designated Restricted Total Total Notes
funds funds 2025 2024
£
£ £ £ £
Cash funds
Lloyds No 1 17,563 3,297 7,239 28,099 16,381
account
Lloyds No 2 888 - - 888 1,583
account
Lloyds No 3 - - 60 60 15
account
CCLA Deposit 3,218 4,500 22,836 30,554 50,554
account
Total cash 21,669 7,797 30,135 59,601 68,533
funds
Investment
Assets
CCLA CBF 37,358 - 17,326 54,684 62,081
Investment
Fund shares at
market value
Total cash & 59,027 7,797 47,461 114,285 130,614
investment
assets
Debtors 1,432 - - 1,432 379
Assets 13
retained for
church use
Shop stock 4,233 - - 4,233 6,151
Liabilities
Creditors 1,162 1,248 580 2,990 761
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YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND AMPLIFIED NOTES

The information on the following pages does not form part of the statutory financial statements which are the subject of the independent examiner’s report on page 18.

1. Basis of preparation

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

2. Collections for Good Causes

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2025 2024
£ £
Balance brought forward 206 1,015
Collections 9,196 4,429
Passed to Good Causes 9,402 5,238
Awaiting disbursement - 206
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3. The movements in designated and restricted funds during the year were

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Fund Use Balance Transfer Income Expenditure Investment Balance
at 1 at 31
Loss
January December
2025 2025
£ £
£ £ £ £
Designated
Funds
Grant- Purchase of - 20,000 489 (12,692) - 7,797
Rennick tables and
legacy quinquennial
repairs
Restricted
Funds
Alison Organ 7,391 - 263 - (177) 7,477
Parkhouse scholarship
Ecochurch Environmental 1,710 - 1,339 (279) - 2,770
Projects
Friends Preservation 33,182 - 2,653 (7,676) (545) 27,614
and improving
of church
building and
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grounds
Heating Heating - - 880 - - 880
James Singing 3,371 - 165 - - 3,536
Cowley Scholarship
Music Music 7,500 - 230 (2,566) - 5,164
Raffle prize Raffle prize - - 50 (30) - 20
Steiner’s Upkeep of St - - 420 (420) - -
Crucifixion Marys’
collection Church
Tubbs Upkeep of St - - 100 (100) - -
Marys’
Church
Total 53,154 - 6,100 (11,071) (722) 47,461
Rest’d
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The transfer into the designated Grant-Rennick legacy fund arose from the PCC’s decision to designate that legacy for use in purchasing tables and for carrying out repairs recommended by the church architect in her quinquennial inspection report.

4. Leaving collection for Revd Peter Hyson

During the year, £595 was collected as a leaving present for Revd Peter Hyson. At the end of the year, the PCC held a balance of £25 to be paid to him.

5. Collections, donations and other giving

Collections, donations and other giving comprise:

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General Designated Restricted 2025 2024 Rest’d
£ £ £ £ £
Collections 4,159 - 420 4,579 3,711
Donations 12,257 - 980 13,237 10,192
Grants - 180 637 817 1,782
Total 16,416 180 2,037 18,633 15,685
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In 2025, grants of £817 were received from DCMS to meet the cost of VAT on repair work.

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6. Annual Fete/Events

Income and expenses from events comprise:

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Event Income Expenses Profit 2025 Profit 2024
£ £ £ £
General Fund
Easter Wreath 210 - 210 -
Workshop
Woolsack Day 813 83 730 418
Summer Fete 2,225 222 2,003 2,201
A Capella 279 - 279 423
Concerts
Christmas Fayre 3,054 308 2,746 2,445
Christmas lights - - - 108
switch on stall
Sale of Angels 175 - 175 -
Goods Shed craft 333 60 273 -
weekend
Total General 7,089 673 6,416 5,595
Fund
Restricted Funds
Raffle prize for 50 30 20 -
summer fete
Plant sales and 1,094 1 1,093 1,248
Count for Nature
Day
Sustainable 206 60 146 -
flowers workshop
Total Restricted 1,350 91 1,259
Funds
Total (All Funds) 8,439 764 7,675 6,843
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7. Donations and Grants to charities

Grants from the general fund comprise Tetbury in Bloom (£500), Tetbury Area Churches Together (£150) and Royal British Legion (£125).

8. Church running expenses

Church running expenses comprise:

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General Designated Restricted 2025 2024
£ £ £ £ £
Minor 92 10,561 8,196 18,849 6,250
repairs,
cleaning and
maintenance
Worship 3,019 - 38 3,057 3,454
costs
Flowers - - 125 125 45
Music and 813 - 137 950 1,101
licences
Heating and 9,818 - - 9,818 11,487
lighting
Water rates 111 - - 111 119
Total 13,853 10,561 8,496 32,910 22,456
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9. Administration costs

Administration costs comprise:

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General Designated Restricted 2025 2024
£ £ £ £
Salaries and 15,143 - - 15,143 15,635
wages
Administration 1,955 - - 1,955 1,674
Total 17,098 - - 17,098 17,309
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10. Other costs

The largest item under “other costs” is insurance - £9,284 (2024 - £9,007)

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THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN AND ST MARY MAGDALEN, TETBURY

TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

11. Capital purchases

Capital purchases comprise: -

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General Designated Restricted Total
£ £ £ £
Boxes for school 45 - - 45
move
Hymn books - - 2,429 2,429
Tables - 2,131 - 2,131
Contactless 392 - - 392
terminal
Table cloths 32 - - 32
Total 469 2,131 2,429 5,029
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Fixed assets retained for church use are not required to be valued in the statement of assets and liabilities.

12. Gains /(losses) on investment assets

These are increases or decreases in CBF Investment Fund share values during the year.

13. Church and contents

The church buildings and contents are insured with Ecclesiastical Insurance Office plc for £40,040,000.

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