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The Parochial Church Council (PCC) of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bromsgrove

Registered Charity No: 1132777

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Consolidated accounts incorporating the churches of:

All Saints Bromsgrove Christ Church Catshill with St Luke Marlbrook Holy TrinitySt Godwald & St MaryFinstall Dodford St John the Baptist Bromsgrove with St Andrews Charford St Michael & All Angels Stoke Prior St Mary de Wyche Wychbold : St Michael Upton Warren

Principal Office:

c/o St John’s Church Office 14 Kidderminster Road Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 7JW

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Governance

The Parish of Bromsgrove comprises six Districts: All Saints Bromsgrove; Christhurch Catshill with St Luke Marlbrook; Holy Trinity and St Mary Dodford; St Godwald Finstall; St John the Baptist with St Andrew Bromsgrove, and St Michael and All Angels Stoke Prior, St Mary de Wyche Wychbold, and St Michael Upton Warren.

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

The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance in the parish, and for all financial matters. The full PCC met six times during the year. Given its wide responsibilities, the PCC delegates much of the governance and operational matters to each District’s Church Council. Each reports to the full PCC, with a summary of the minutes of their meetings.

The Standing Committee consists of the Vicar, Churchwardens and Treasurer. This is the only committee required by law and has the power to transact business of the PCC between its meetings, subject to any direction of the Council. It meets as required.

Charitable Objectives and activities

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) works with the clergy, churchwardens, and District Church Councils within the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bromsgrove to promote the whole mission of the church in Bromsgrove through worship, pastoral care, evangelism, and social and ecumenical activities. The PCC aims to benefit the public by enabling them to learn about and build a relationship with God in a safe and nurturing community. The PCC has given regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

Core Achievements in 2025

2025 was a year of change for the parish of Bromsgrove. We were delighted to welcome Rev'd Amanda Arthur and Rev'd Dr Alan Conant to our ministry team and providing a full complement of clergy for the Parish.

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Our financial position over the year deteriorated again in 2025; overall our income | remained consistent but below required expenditure, even with continued focus on The most significant expenditures relate to church running costs and Ministry Share. , control of costs. The balance sheet showsa fall in net assets of £80,826 to £904,037. This year also saw a c£15,000 loss on investments. The health of individual districts varies significantly with substantial reserves supporting Dodford and Christ Church ; whilst the financial positions of All Saints, St Johns with St Andrews and St Godwald’s continuing to present challenges without significant reserves to fall back upon. The Wychebrook group also consists of three churches which places additional burdens on them. | 1 Overall, our church communities continued to contract numerically, though this is mainly because the death rate amongst our congregations exceeds our current growth rate. The absence of clergy in most of the districts for large parts of the year was heavily felt across the Parish. | The PCC met six times during the year and the core focus throughout the year was reflecting on how we currently minister God’s word to the people’of Bromsgrove and | how we can best do that going forward. Each church district has different | characteristics and different local populations giving rise to challenges but also opportunities. | We reported previously that the DCCs that the DCCs the DCCs DCCs of Dodford Dodford and Christ Church both decided to | commit from from their reserves the finances the finances finances required to support a part-time stipendiary

We reported previously that the DCCs that the DCCs the DCCs DCCs of Dodford Dodford and Christ Church both decided to commit from from their reserves the finances the finances finances required to support a part-time stipendiary post for a minimum of three years. This recruitment process was completed early in 2025 and the churches have been delighted to welcome Rev’d Amanda Arthur who joined the team in March 2025.

The position ofTeam Rector was filled in September 2025 by the Rev'd Dr Alan Conant. Alan has a big job ahead of him to guide the Parish into the future and is still getting to know each District but is expected to build on the continuing work in the ‘New Worshipping Communities’ (NWC); these congregational initiatives are designed to attract a wider range of people to church through the provision of a greater diversity of worshipping opportunities. Reports from each NWC were provided to the PCC: Rise and Shine, 20 is Plenty, Pizza Church, Soul and Senses, ‘Songs of Praise’, ‘Service of the Word’, ‘Totwalds’ and various lent courses and other outreach events.

In regard to the buildings in our care, ongoing works are always required at all churches and as most buildings are historical the costs of these works are significant. The Friends of St John’s continued fundraising for the repair of St John’s church spire as well as project managing all of the work. The project has recently been completed with the cracked apex (now replaced) being reassembled for display in the churchyard and a final cost of over £500,000. Refurbishment of the Organ at Dodford took place during 2025, completing early in 2026 at a cost of around £80,000 and unfortunately an issue was found with the church electrics which will likely require urgent and substantial works. Each District had some works completed and the costs of necessary

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works is becoming a challenge, particularly for churches where there is no congregation, for example St Mary de Wyche in the Wychebrook District. On a more positive note, there is renewed energy in the Parish with the new clergy and hope that the Diocese will soon publish its proposals on mission and transformation to build on the PCC’s own proposals to ensure the sustainability of the Parish into the long-term future.

The option to appoint a youth minister for Bromsgrove remains, the appointment ; process was paused pending the appointment of the main clergy. The PCC are keen to engage younger people in Bromsgrove to encourage them to join us in Church. This position will be revisited in 2026.

Safeguarding

The PCC has complied with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 (duty to have regard to House of Bishops’ guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults). Our thanks goes tothe Safeguarding team for keeping us all up to date.

Financial Review

The total net assets as at the year-end were £904,037, and of these, £235,853 are restricted reserves. Most of the funds are held as cash or on deposit in interest bearing accounts. The nature of church life means that there is an overabundance of fixed costs that are difficult to reduce. Our three largest costs apart from Ministry Share were our seven employees, including cleaning staff (£43k), insurance for all our church buildings (£32k), and utilities (£32k). Ministry share requested in 2025 was £175k (allowing for the grants received), of which the PCC was able to pay £145k, despite the vacancies over the early part of the year and the closure to St Johns for the spire repairs (one of the main church buildings).

The number of occasional offices during 2025 (with prior year in brackets) was: Baptisms: 29 (60); Weddings/Blessings 14 (23) and Funerals 23 (113).

The financial strategy adopted late in 2023 determined to improve information available to the PCC and DCCs. The first step in this was quarterly management reports and annual budgeting for all Districts. Budgets for 2025 were prepared and used for the reports to both PCC and the DCCs. Regular reporting remains a challenge as the information all needs to be logged before the reports can be produced and also needs to factor in the timing of DCC meetings. Further improvements could be made in 2026. Our whole-hearted thanks goes to Sharon Charles, parish book-keeper, for her work to prepare the reports for the DCCs and PCC as/when they need it.

The PCC had set a budget for 2025 with a deficit of approximately £90,000 and the resulting loss of £65,786 (before gains/losses on investments) is an improvement on the budget in the main because the Parish Ministry Share wasn’t paid in full due to cashflow constraints.

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The PCC has again set a deficit budget for 2026, expecting a deficit of approximately £100,000. This deficit has not been set lightly and shows the work needed to improve the position, however one district is expected to have a positive outcome in 2026. The PCC were willing to approve a deficit budget at this time as it gave a more realistic expectation of necessary expenditure and will be reviewed throughout the year against projected and actual income and spending will have to be reduced if deemed necessary. The PCC has a Reserves Policy but not all districts are able to comply at this time. The PCC’s policy is to hold free reserves broadly equivalent to 3 months’ expenditure for the following reasons:

  1. To manage cash flow and contractual obligations;

  2. Incase of significant building maintenance being required; and

  3. Against loss of income whilst buildings are not available for rental.

These accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis and the PCC and each of the Districts are working hard under the guidance of the new Team Rector to make plans to ensure the church in Bromsgrove is sustainable for the future.

Volunteers

The members of the PCC would like to thank all the volunteers who work so tirelessly to make our churches the welcoming core to our diverse community.

In particular this year we would like to note thanks to Shan Moule, Ann Batchelor and Bob Powell.

Trustees

The following trustees served as members of the PCC during 2025 and were appointed in accordance with the Pastoral Scheme and the Church Representation Rules. All the trustees gave their time voluntarily and received no private benefit from the PCC.

The PCC and Board of Trustees meet no less than four times per year. In between meetings day-to-day management is delegated to the PCC Standing Committee in accordance with Church Representation Rules.

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The Parochial Church Council (PGC) of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bromsgrove
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Notes to the Accounts
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Charity Information
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The Parochial Church Council {PCC) of The Ecclesiastical Parish of Bromsgrove is a charitable organisation. The principal office address is 14 Kidderminster Road, Bromsgrove, B61 7JW.

1.1 Accounting convention The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011, FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" ("FRS 102") and the Charities SORP "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland {FRS 102)" (effective 1 January 2019). The PCC is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.

The PCC has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities not to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows.

The financial statements include all transactions for which the PCC of the Parish of Bromsgrove can be held responsible, including all transactions of the individual DCCs administered on behalf of the Parish of Bromsgrove. They do not include the accounts of other Church groups that owe an affiliation to another body, nor those that are informal gatherings of Churchamembers.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the Charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below, 1.2 Going concern At the time of approving the financial statements, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. 1.3. Charitable funds Unrestricted funds are available for any expenditure that the PCC (through the DCCs) thinks necessary to support the Parish’s mission. Designated funds have been reserved by the DCC for specific purposes but can be re-designated by the DCC and/or used as unrestricted funds. Restricted funds are available to be expended only on the objectives expressly specified by the donors for the purposes for which the funds were raised. Endowment funds are usually in the form of an investment or cash deposit and define the purposes to which the income from the investment can be used. Unless the endowment specifically permits the use of the capital sum, only the interest can be used. 1.4 Income Income is recognized when the PCC is legally entitled to it, the amounts can be measured reliably and it is probable that income will be received. Grants and donations are recognized in the Statement of Financial Activities when any pre-conditions preventing their use by the PCC have been met. For collections and planned giving this is when the funds are received.

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1.5 Expenditure
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Expenditure is recognized once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it isprobable
that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the
category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to a particular heading they have been allocated to activities on a basis
consistent with the use of resources.
Tangible Fixed assets - All assets purchased are expensed in the Statement of Financial Activities and not capitalised.
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1.6 Fixed asset investments
Fixed asset investments are basic financial instruments and are initially measured at transaction price excluding transaction costs,
and are subsequently measured at fair value at each reporting date. The Statement of Financial Activities includes the net gains and
losses arising on revaluation and any disposals throughout the year.
1.7 Financial instruments
Debtors is
Debtors are measured at the undiscounted amount of cash receivable. x
Creditors / Liabilities
Liabilities are measured at the undiscounted amount of cash payable.
1.8 Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The PCC participates in a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable are charged to the Statement of Financial
Activities in the period to which they relate.
1.9 Reserves policy
Each DCC is charged with maintaining adequate unrestricted funds to meet short term unrestricted payments, excluding Ministry
Share. Restricted funds balances are held in reserve in cash or investments until required for their specified purpose. Whilst
Ministry Share is important, it is unrealistic to hold unrestricted funds to cover total amounts due.
1.10 Gift Aid status
The Parish is registered with HMRC to claim Gift Aid tax rebates under both the main scheme and GASDS.
2 Critical Accounting Estimates and Judgements
in the application of the Charity's accounting policies, the Trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions
about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources, The estimates and associated
assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from
these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in
the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future
periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
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4 Expenditure
4.1 Raising funds 2025 st 2024
Unrestricted Designated Restricted Total Total
Funds £ Funds £ Funds £ Funds £ Funds £
Fees/Subscriptions 1,686 246 173 2,105 2,612
Fundraising Costs 977 119 261 1,356 1,612
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Funds £ Funds £ Funds £ Funds £ Funds £
Staff Costs 1,369 34,414 0 35,784 45,488
Church Running Costs , 88,662 14,106 1,853 104,621 154,575
Hall Running Costs 23,293 9,923 8,615 41,831 23,766
Church Maintenance 18,437 3,039 2,153 23,629 18,775
Church Repairs 3,360 14,576 0 17,936 8,305
Hall Repairs 0 0 0 0 13,410
Charitable Giving 4,028 210 480 4,718 3,081
Ministry Share 119,479 25,040 0 144,519 109,532
Church Leases 854 0 te] 854 2,066
Clergy Expenses 2,701 13) 18 2,719 3,207
Professional Fees and Independent Exami it) 1,120 it) 1,120 600
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Costs for organ/piano tuning, organist and musician fees, and upkeep of services are included in ‘Church Running
Costs’ to properly reflect the nature of these costs.
Upkeep of Churchyard costs are included in ‘Church Maintenance’.
Independent Examiners fees were £1,500 for this year, 2025.
43 Other expenditure 2025 2024
Unrestricted Designated Restricted Total Total
Funds £ Funds £ Funds £ Funds £ Funds £
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Each District pays a Team levy, the total of which is shown here. The expenditure paid from the Team account is included above according to the category the expenditure relates to.

5 Related party transactions

There were no disclosable transactions in respect of PCC members or persons closely connected with them or other related parties,

6 Employees The average monthly number of employees during 2025 was 7 (cf 7 in 2024). Staff & Cleaners Employee wages and salaries in 2025 amounted to £43,026 including employers pensions costs. No employees exceeded £60,000 annual remuneration.

7 Taxation

The charity is exempt from taxation and gains falling within section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 of section 252 of the Taxation Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects.

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8.1 Tangible Fixed Assets

In general, all inalienable and historic assets are recorded in the Church Inventory, but reliable cost information is not available. Significant costs would be involved in obtaining sufficient information to enable realistic and meaningful valuations to be obtained.

With regards to Holy Trinity and St Mary’s Dodford assets retained for the church use (at nil value) include two items of material cost:

8.2 Investment Fixed Assets ES At January 2025 29,712 Disinvestments , 0 Revaluation -996 At 31 December 2025 28,717

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(i) Part of the ‘Stoke Prior Wychbold and Upton Warren Fabric Fund’ held as 1,000 shares in CBF Church of England investment Fund and 2,000 shares held in the CBF Church of England Fixed Interest Securities Fund, and

(ii) Christchurch Catshill endowment funds held as 500 shares in the CBF Church of England Investment Fund.

8.3 Debtors 2025 2024
Unrestricted Designated Restricted Total Total
Funds£ Funds£ Funds£ Funds £ Funds£
GiftAid Recoverable 6,594 32 230 6,856 7,550
OtherDebtors including
prepaymentsandaccruedincome 6,130 7,809 1,154 15,093 7,129
TotalDebtors 12,723 784138421,988 14,679
8.4 Investments 2025 2024
Unrestricted Designated Restricted Total Total
Funds£ Funds £ Funds£ Funds£ Funds£
CBF RuiterJones 86,129 0 0 86,129 89,716
CBFRutterJones 24,320 0 0 24,320 23,808
CBF RutterJones -70,922 70,922 0 0 99,988
CBF Fabric Fund 0 39,721 it) 39,721 41,375
CBF FabricFund 0 33,359 0 33,359 33,753
CBF RutterJones 91,615 0 0 91,615 97,032
131,142 144,002 0 275,144 385,672

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8.5 Cash at Bank and in hand 2025 2024
Unrestricted Designated — Restricted Total »~ Total
Funds £ Funds £ Funds £ Funds £ Funds £
Cash at Bank & in hand ___ 153,065 220,814 221,027 594,906 574,204
86 Creditors: Amounts Falling Due within One Year
2025 2024
Total Total
Funds £ Funds £
Loans 694 694
Creditors 2,263 1,329
Accruals 5,395 8,362
8,352 10,385
8.7 Creditors: Amounts Falling Due after more than One Year
2025 2024
Total Total
Funds £ “ Funds £
Loans 8,326 9,019
Recoupment loans in relation to Christ Church Catshill’s historic sale of Clergy House, 8 Braces Lane. The loans are
payable from 1997 for 40 years at £694 pa with no interest. (see note 3.5 ) Recouped in "Other investment income”.
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8.8 Endowment Funds

Endowment Funds are as follows:

: Held for the benefit of Christchurch, Catshill: £3,463 The Charles Lupton Legacy requires principle to be spent on churchyard maintenance. Income to be spent on general expenditure.

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The Parochial Church Council (PGC) of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bromsgrove Charity No 1182777

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9 AnalysisofFundsandFundMovements Movements
Fund FundType Fundsat Movement Fundsat
District 31/12/2024 inYear 31/12/2025
£ £ £
AllSaints ChildrensFund Designated 244 -244 0
EcoFund
Fabric		 Designated
Designated		 20,897
1,920		 -11,000
0		 9,897
1,920
. Mission Fund Designated 32 -18 15
Organ Fund Designated 3,081 137 3,218
Social Fund Designated 1,414 -593 821
General Unrestricted 8,232 8,839 17,071
Total 35,820 -2,878 32,941
Christchurch Churchyard Endowment 3,607 -144 3,463
Grave Restricted 16,594 -133 16,462
Discretionary
Maintenance		 Designated
Restricted		 134,309
143,907		 68,882,
5,523		 ~» 65,427
149,430
MinistryShare Designated 0 60,204 60,204
General Unrestricted 19,620 ~9,730 9,890
Total 318,038 -13,162 304,876
Dodford Churchyard Restricted 568 0 568
Fabric Designated 84,445 ~3,861 80,584
MinistryShare Designated 0 $9,622 59,622
General Unrestricted 318,801 -111,173 207,628
Total 403,814 -55,411 348,402
StGodwald 100Club Designated 492 ~492 ie)
CommunityCafé Designated 0 807 807
Friends of StGodwalds Restricted 10,763 2,136 12,899
HallFund Designated 12,440 4,563 17,002
Maintenance Designated 12,011 4,211 16,223
General
Total		 Unrestricted 7,896
43,602		 -250
10,975		 7,647
54,577

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|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |The|Parochial Church|Council (PGC)|of the|Ecclesiastical|Parish|of Bromsgrove| |Charity|No|1132777| |Fund|Fund Type|Funds at|Movement|Funds at| |District|31/12/2024|inYear|31/12/2025| |£|£|£| |St|John the|Baptist|St Andrews Hall|Designated|10,654|3,303|13,957| |Charford|Project|Restricted|1,070|-413|657| |Churchyard|Restricted|2,600|0|2,600| |Coffee/Cake|Concerts|Designated|894|-894|0| |Discretionary|Restricted|2,031|-98|1,933| |Fabric|Restricted|7,471|1,572|9,043| |Music|Restricted|10,063|2,979|13,042| |:|Roof Hall|Restricted|5,188|-5,188|0| |Sound Audio Visual|Designated|50|0|50| |Youth|Restricted|4,628|-132|4,496| |Future|Projects|Designated|13,005|0|13,005| |General|Unrestricted|30,333|-16,936|13,397| |Total|87,985|-15,806|72,179| |Wychebrook Group|Bells|Designated|525|301|826| |Community Mission|Designated|216|0|216| |Fabric|Designated|31,737|-11,869|19,927| |SP St M Legacy|Restricted|2,090|-2,090""|0| |SP Tower & Church|Restricted|33,957|-9,233|24,724| |UW Appeal|Designated|5,246|-5,246|0| |Wychbold Appeal|Designated|2,568|-2,568|it)| |General|Unrestricted|11,705|24,788|36,493| |Total|88,043|-5,858|82,186| |During 2025 the PCC agreed that the SP Tower & Church fund|should be used|to cover| |insurance,|protection,|repair and|maintenance|of Stoke Prior Church.|Included within the| |transfers in 2025|is a sum|of £3,499|in|respect of such|costs|incurred|In|2024.| |Parish Team|Office|Fund|Designated|7,562|1,397|8,959| |Listening Service|Designated|0|-83|-83| |General|Unrestricted|0|0|0| |Total|7,562|1,314|8,875| |NN| |TOTAL FUNDS|984,863|~80,826|904,037|

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