The Parish Church of St Michael
Yorktown, Camberley
In the Diocese of Guildford
Annual Report and Financial Statements
Of the Parochial Church Council
For the Year Ended 31st December 2025

THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
YORKTOWN. CAMBERLEY
CONTENTS
Pa
Parochial Church Council Report
Independent Examinerfs Report
Statement of Financial Activities
9-10
Notes
11-14

THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
YORKTOWN, CAMBERLEY
Report of the Parochial Church Council for the Year Ended 31st December 2025
The Parochial Church Council present their report along with the financial statements
of the Parish for the year ending 31st De￿rnber 2025.
St Michael's Church is situated on London Road. Camberley and is part of the
Diocese of Guildford.
Reference and Administrative Details
Correspondence Address..
The Parish Office
286 London Road
Camberley
Surrey
GU15 3JP
Independent Examiner..
Mr Nicolas Gooderham FCA
14 Shalboume Rise
Camberley
Surrey
GU15 2EJ
Bankers..
Barclays Bank plc
Camberley Branch
POBox191
Camberley
Surrey
GU15 3GS
Parochlal Church Councll
Background
St Michael's PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent in
promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the church, pastoral,
evangelistic, social and ecumenical. Revd Pippa Ford resigned and left the parish in
February 2025 and for the remainder of the year Rev Ellen Turtle. Area Dean served
in place of our incumbent. Sl Michael's PCC also has Maintenan￿ responsibilities
for the church buildings and churchyard of St Michael Yorktown.
This annual report puts all the PCC'S financial statements into perspective and
relates them to the wider life of the Church. It reviews the past year. and seeks to
link financial plans, expectations and hopes for the future.

THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
YORKTOWN, CAMBERLEY
Report of the Parochial Church Council for the Year Ended 31¥t December 2025
Membership
Members of the PCC are either ex officio or elected by the Annual Parochial Church
Meeting (APCM) in accordan￿ with the Church Representation Rules. During the
year the following members served as members of the PCC..
Incumbent..
The Revd Pippa Ford Chair- Resigned February 2025.
Churchwarden."
Mrs Alisa Whiteland
Mr Glenn Turner
Deanery Synod..
Mr David Parker
Hon. Treasurer
Mrs Hilary Tumer
Elected members..
Mrs Alison Parker- Chairperson from February 2025
Mrs Patricia Ellis
Mr Roy Ellis
Mrs Carole Simons
Mr Tony Carter
Mrs Sarah Ayre
Structure. Governance and Management
Governin
Document
The Parochial Church Council is a charitable trust, and each PCC member is a
trustee. The Registered Charity Number is 1132852.
ointment of PCC Members
The appointment of PCC members is governed by and set out in the Church
Representation Rules.

THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
YORKTOWN, CAMBERLEY
Report of the Parochial Church Council for the Year Ended 31st December 2025
Sunday worship continued during 2025 with 9am and 10.30am seNices and numbers
appear to be increasing slightly. These services are linked, once a month with a
breakfast which is open to the wider community. We have been blessed by excellent
preaching, with both clerical and lay persons and have used our sound system to
play music embedded into powerpoint slides. A morning prayer group has been
running, along with a prayer and study group. A new Waiting on God group has met
on some Tuesday evenings.
St Michael's PCC met nine times during 2025 and meetings were v￿lI-attended. One
PCC member attended the Church Growth Conference in September 2025.
Our Vicar, Revd Pippa Ford resigned in February 2025. We have been so grateful to
the clergy of the Deanery for their ministry for ELJ¢harist Services and to Revd Gerard
Mee who has been so supportive at the 9.00am Holy Communion Se￿[Ce, travelling
from Dorking ￿lce a month. Many other clergy have supported us. including Revd
Ellen Turtle, our Area Dean. We saw Revd Andrew Knowles of St Mary's Church,
Camberley licensed as our Priest in Charge early in 2026.
A major con￿rn about our finances continues. The PCC decided to further reduce
our parish share payment to £3,500 a month, Grants from Surrey Heath Borough
Council have enabled us to offer community breakfasts and coffee momings and to
maintain our churchyard. We have not pledged outward giving this year as we have
been able to do in the past, although special collections were taken for the Children's
Society and for the Royal British Legion. We continue lo offer wedding, baptism and
funeral services as well as the burial of ashes in the churchyard and are grateful to
our Deanery clergy and lo Mrs Sue Nichols, our administrator for all the work done in
providing funeral ServI￿S and burial of ashes and the new monument applications
she has prO￿ssed.
The PCC is highly appreciative of the financial support from the Friends of St
Michael's, but no work of a significant nature took place in 2025.
Our engagement with the community has been active throughout 2025, with soup
lunches during Lent, a family fun aftemoon in the Summer Holidays and a Light paty
for families at the end of October. Christmas festivities included a Craft evening,
Christingle services as well as a joint. traditional, candle-lit carol service with singers
from both St Michael's and St Mary's Churches. We have held a community drop in
coffee and chat each Wednesday morning which is popular and draws in some of
those in our wider community. Fireflies Toddler group is continuing and making new
contacts from the community. The Friday group for older children.is generally well-
attended. The Youth and Children's worker we employ, had success in bringing
worship into 2 local schools and she has organised school worship services within
the church building. A team of people deliver Songs of Praise to a local nursing home
once a month and we are grateful for the work done to prepare this.

Work continued on the Churchyard, with our contractor providing maintenance work
strimming grass and cutting hedges and clearing leaves. A team of volunteers has
met monthly to cut back and clear overgrown shrubs and carry out small repairs. The
churchyard maintenance has been funded in part by a grant and other funding has
come through weddings, funerals and monument payments.
We are pleased to report that Mr Nicolas Gooderham carried out the role of
Independent Examiner for the year 2025 and we are grateful to him for this kind
attention.
Financial Report for 2025.
The "Main Fund" covers the core of the church's activities - the services, the work in
the parish, the maintenance of the church and the contribution to the Diocese by way
of the parish share. The restricted funds cover donations to the Renewal account
and expenses associated with maintenance of the churchyard.
The Full Parish Share increased again this year for 2025 to around £80,000. The
payments we have made so far are £42.000 which represents 40 % of our total
expenditure. The year 2025 was a year in which income from our accounts exceeded
expenditure by around £27,000. This was partly due to reducing our parish to the
Diocese to £3,500 a month and two generous legacies of £31,607 from two of our
parishioners. We have an on-going under-payment of £70,415 to the Diocese
(£12.500 from 2024 with a further deficit of £20,000 from the previous year and a
deficit of £37,915.68 for 2025). Guildford Diocese keep an account of these
shortfalls. It will be ne￿SSary to re-address our stewardship and to increase the
number of people attending. As said previously the fonnula used to calculate the
share does not address fully the parish having a large area of industry and social
housing, nor the cost of the churchyard and maintaining a large, listed building. It is
also much more than other churches in the deanery are paying at the moment. We
will address this concern in the Parish Share consultation. Now that we are sharing
priest with St Mary's Camberley. our payments to the parish share scheme should
cover the cost of a combined parish share.
Our financial situation in the main fund remains a con￿rn, but the two legacies have
put us on a slightly fimer plafform. We are not, however, covering our costs, but two
legacies and a further reduction to the parish share have aided our balance. Without
the legacies, we would have been around £4,000 in deficit at the end of the year.
The sterling work of our deanery clergy and parish administrator has brought in funds
from weddings and funerals to boost our income. Fees from wedding have risen and
we were pleased to have 4 last year. Our income rose from funerals and wedding,
but some of the income is paid in costs which include fees payable to Guildford
Diocese Board of Finance, organists and bell-ringers, Income from hall and church
hire fell a little this year, but we are pleased and grateful with our regular hall users.
Sums for plate collections have increased, although the Sum Up machine remains
useful especially now it is now being used for plate collections too via the QR code in
the pews. This raised over £1,200 last year. Events held raised an extra £700 or so

and this is down to the hard work and generosity from our events- organiser and her
team. It was not possible to hold a garden patylfete this year as the vicarage garden
was rented out. The effect of this is shown in redU￿d income from events. We were
able to make a charitable donation of £100 to the Bishop of Guildford
We did have a significant one- off donation fof a sum of £2,800 and a number of
smaller contributions eg £150 from Mother's Union, which helped with church
maintenance and improvement. We also had community funds from Surrey Heath
Borough Council to cover our outreach to the community via the Connect Cafè on
Wednesday morning.
Our only major discretionary spend we have is our staffing costs at £25,300 at 24 %
of our total spend. We have also paid for the travelling expenses of a member of
clergy who proved invaluable in delivering the 9.00 am Holy Communion service.
During 2025-2026 our Insuran￿ premium rose by £468. Water bills and fuel bills to
heal the building for seNices, the hall and parish office were around £7,200 this last
financial year and are less than last year. We have a good price on a 2-year fixed
energy contract which lasted through the year, which has enabled us to keep costs
as low as possible. It costs a lot of money to heat our church building. but careful
management has reduced these costs over the course of the year. We have tried to
reduce temperatures as much as possible to 150C, but this temperature is not really
achievable in really cold weather.
Expenditure remains tightly controlled and we also benefit from the generosity of time
which redU￿S the need to pay for external services, but this is not always possible
when we need to have safety inspections or regular maintenance of our gas and
safety equipment. We have reduced our usage of colour photocopies and hope to do
more cost-cutting as needed.
Income from funeral fees have risen too and we are pleased that we managed to
cover the majority of the costs of churchyard Maintenan￿ at £7142.60 with
churchyard fees and the grant from Surrey Heath Borough for £3,261. Less tree
pruning was done last year which has redU￿d the cost of maintenance from 2024.
St Michael's does, however, have a significant sum available in the Renewal fund
and this continues to grow and is attracting a good rate of interest in the deposit
account. It is planned to re-invest bank funds into a bank savings account soon. This
fund is restricted for renewing the interior of the church with new flooring and chairs.
As remarked upon above, we are continuing to run a deficit and the appearance of
legacies cannot be relied upon. This is especially true in the early part of 2026.Now
that we are in a partnership and share an incumbent with St Mary's church, it would
be good to ensure that we can cover our own costs completely and use any legacies
for specific projects. We will plan to institute a stewardship focus later this year and
encourage all who are not in regular giving schemes to join.
Please consider this matter of stewardship prayerfully.
My thanks go to Mrs Sue Nichols for her assistance in using the new accounting
SO￿are and data entry and all her V￿rk with funerals, memorials and weddings
Hilary Tumer May 2026

PCC responsibilities in relation to the financial 3tstements
The members of the PCC are responsible for preparing the financial statements in
accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting
Practi￿ relating to Charities.
The Law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the PCC to prepare
financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the
Charity's financial activities during the year and of its financial position at the end of
the year. In preparing those financial statements, the PCC should follow best
practice and..
Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and pwdent"
State whether applicable accounting standards and slatements of recommended
practice have been followed subject to any departure disclosed and explained in
the financial statements: and
Prepare the financial slalemenls on the going concern basis unless it is
inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
The PCC is responsible for keeping accounting records which disclose with
reasonable accuracy the financial position of the charity and which enable them to
ascertain the financial position of the Parish and which enable it to ensure that the
financial statements comply with the Charities Act 1993, the Charity (Accounts and
Reports) Regulations and the Church Accounting Regulations 2006. The PCC is
responsible for safeguarding the assels of the Parish and hence for taking
reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Date
May 2026
Mrs Alison Parker
Chair of PCC

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE PCC OF THE PARISH
CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL. CAMBERLEY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2025
This report on the accounts of the PCC of St Michael's Church, Camberley for the year
ended 31st December 2025 is set out on pages 9 to 13 is in respect of an examination
carned out in accordance with Church Accounting Regulations 2006 and s145 of the
Charities Act 2011.
Respèctlve responsibllltles of trustees and examlner
The ¢harily's trustees (The PCC) are responsible lor the preparation of the accounts. The
charity's trustees Gonsider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the
Charities Act 2011 {the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to..
Examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act.,
Follow the pro¢edures laid down in the General Directions given by the
Charity Commission (under section 14515) (b) of the Charities Act),. and
State whether particular matters have come lo my attention.
Basls of Independent examlnèrfs statement
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the
Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by
the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes
consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations
from the trustees conceming any such matters. The prO￿dureS 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 lo those
matters set out in the statement below.
Independent examiner's statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention..
which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the
requirement..
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities A¢l,'
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and lo comply
with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met or,.
to which, in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
understanding of the accounts lo be reached.
N J Gooderham FCA
14 Shalbourne Rise
Camberley
Surrey
GU15 2EJ
Date 2
2026

Accounts for St Michael's Church
for year ended 2025
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
For the y•ar onded 31st December 2025
Unrestricted Funds
Main
Designated
Fund
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Note
2025
2024
INCOMING RESOURCES
Voluntary income
Other voluntary income
Receipts from activities lor
generating funds
Receipts from church a¢tNilies
Income from inve5tmentS
21al
21bl
73,466.45
31.607.10
992.
3.261.00
74.458.45
34,868.10
89.026.34
11,769.84
21cl
21dl
21el
1,105.04
18.014.03
575.99
0.00
1,105.04
18.014.03
5,855.75
2.737.38
10.632.00
6.375.41
5,279.76
TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES
124.768.61
9,532.76
134,301.37 120,540.97
RESOURCES EXPENDED
Costs of geneiatin8 voluntary
Income
Charitable activitie5
Governance costs
Other fesources expended
31al
31bl
31cl
31dl
294.70
95.977.23
1.145.34
259.59
o.
294.70
1,320.70
103.119.83 112,358.74
1,145.34
0.00
463.S9
1,107.42
7,142.60
0.00
204.00
TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED
97.676.86
o.
7,346.60
105,023.46 114,786.86
NET INCOMINGI{OUTGOINGI
RESOURCES
27,091.75
2,186.16
29,277.91
5,754.11
Transfer be￿een funds
Transfer betrAeen un￿St￿cted funds
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNOS
Reconciliation ol Funds
Balance5 Brou8ht Forward al
1st January 2025
27,091.7S
2.186.16
29.277.91
5.754.11
Total
31.563.56
36.16
126.296.
157,895.72
152,141.62
BALANCES CARRIED FORWARD
At 31st December 2025
Cash
Deposit
Total
39,369.29
13.303.46
52.672.75
12.674.29
121,826.59
134,5CQ.88
52.043.58
28.434.91
135,130.05 129,460.81
187,173.63 157,895.72
Pa8e9

Accounts for St Michael's Church
for year ended 2025
BALANCE SHEET AT 31ST DECEMBER 2025
Note
CURRENT ASSETS
Short term deposltS
Cash at bank and in hand
Debiors
135,130.05
52.1)07.32
129,460.81
28,434.26
0.00
187,137.37 157.895.07
LIABILITIES.. arnoltnts falling due
wiihin one year
0.00
NET CURRENT ASSETS
NET ASSETS
187.137.37 157,895.07
FUNDS
Llnrestricted-main
esl8nated
52,672.75
31,563.56
36.16
36.16
134,464.62 126,296.00
187,173.53 157,895.72
Restrlcted
TOTAL
Approved by the Paro¢hial Church Councll on
and signed on its behalf by..
June 2025
Incumbent
Rev Andrew Knowles
Chair ol PCC
M Alison Par
ChufchwaTden
Is
P*io

Accounts for St Michael's Church
for year ended 2025
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31st DeCeM￿r 2025
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Accounting
The accounts have been prepared in a¢cordante with the Parochial Church Councll's governing
document. the Chaiities Act 2011 and -Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Statement of
Recommended Practice applrcable to charittes preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financlal
Reporting Standard appltcable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021" lefle¢tive l January 20191.
The Parochial Church Council is a Public Benefit Eniily a5 defifted by FRS 102.
The Ilnancl31 statements have departed Irom the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulation$ 2008
only to the extent required to provide a true and fair view. This departure has involved lollowinB the
Statement of Recommended Practice for chaiities applying FRS 102 rather than the version of the
Siaternent of Recommended Practl¢e which Is referred to In the Regulation5 but whlch has since been
withd¥awn.
Investment Income, covenants and donations are accounted for on a receivable ba51$ to whlch Is added in
Le8acy income is recognised when the CTitefia lor entitlement has been met.
Expenditure is a¢¢ounted for when payable and includes value added tax.
Tan8Trble Flxed Assets
Tan8ible fixed assets do not include items of movable church furnishin85 as these are regarded as
inalienable properly and cannoi be disposed without a fatulty.
Tangible lixed assets are those held by the PCC for the continuing use in its work. Individual items over
£I,OCQ of a capital nature are treated as fixed assets.
Paee li

Accounts for St Michael's Church
for year ended 2025
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31st Decernber 2025
INCOME
Unrestricted Funds
Main
Designated
Fund
Funds
Restri¢tod
Funds
2025
2024
21a}
Voluntary Income
Planned 8ivin8 PGS
In¢ome tax and gift ald
VAT recoverable
Collections (open platel
Donations Sumup
Sundry One-off donations
48.201.84
14.412.75
465.00
0.00
503.C
48.666.84
14,412.75
503.00
5,212.81
1,209.05
4.454.00
60,375.76
15.537.87
556.00
4.365.67
936.39
7,254.65
5.212.81
1.209.05
4,430.
24.00
73.466.45
992.fy)
74,458.45
89,026.34
21bl
Other voluntary Income
Grants
Le8acies
Sundry
Speeial collectlon
320.fAI
31.164.76
3,261.00
3.581.00
31,164.76
0.00
122.34
34,868.10
4,019.96
7,000.00
18.85
731.03
11,769.84
122.34
31.607.10
3,261.00
21c)
Rec•lpts from •ctivStles generntlng fund8
Events
696.85
Refieshments
408.19
696.85
408.19
2,350.59
386.79
1,105.04
1.105.04
2,737.38
21d)
Rocelpt8 from church actSvlties
Church hall letting el¢.
Weddin8 fees
Memorial, Funeral and Buri31 lee5
2,657.SO
2.634.Th)
12,722.53
2.657.50
2,634.00
12.722.53
3,085.00
905.00
6,642.00
18,014.03
o.fy)
18,014.03
10,632.00
219)
Income from Investments
BaThk deposit ifiierest
Deposits with Central Board
of Finance
0.00
5,855.75
1.20
6,374.21
575.99
5,279.76
575.99
5,279.76
5,855.75
6,375.41
TOTAL Incomlng Resources
124,768.61
9.532.76
134.301.37 120,540.97
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Accounts for St Michael's Church
for year ended 2025
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31st Decomber 2025
EXPENDITURE
Unrestricted Funds
Restricted
Maln
Designated Funds
Fund
Funds
2025
2,024.00
31a)
Cost$ of generatlng voluntary Income
Stewardship envelopes
Publicitv
Electronic giving
Licences, and subscrlption
Events
284.70
284.70
0.00
O.OD
10.00
383.68
0.00
143.95
793.07
10.00
O.CK)
Total13al
294.70
294.70
1,320.70
31bl
Charitabl• A¢tSvltles
Charitable donations
Parish Share I see below)
Clergy expenses
Li8ht & Heat & water
Insurance
Telephone
IT costs
Photocopier expenses
Church maintenance
Church structural improvement
RelreshmentS
Salarles
Churchyard upkeep
schools and servi¢es
Educatlon and cour5e5
APCS lor safe8uardin8
Costs of funerals and weddin8$
Totals 3lbl
Icx).r))
42.C#XS.
420.rxi
7,243.61
6,360.81
599.34
s73.C￿l
993.60
3.294.03
3,300.C*)
181.13
2S,381.18
100.00
42.¢X)O.00
420.00
7,243.61
6.360.81
599.34
573.00
993.60
3,294.03
3,300.00
181.13
25.381.18
7,142.60
774.11
211.55
63.87
4.481.00
103.119.83 111,466.00
180.00
50,400.00
72.45
8,603.00
5,892.16
615.22
889.80
1.656.72
4,028.18
3,018.00
o.
o.c
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
o.
o.
25.319.56
7,938.00
2,053.96
775.00
23.95
7,142.60
o.NJ
774.11
211.55
63.87
4.481.O3
95.977.23
7,142.60
Totals for 31al and Ibl
96,271.93
7.142.60
103,414.53 112,786.70
31cl
Govemance costs
Quinquennial
Independent examiner's lee
1,145.34
1,145.34
0.00
0.00
1,145.34
1.145.34
0.00
3{dl
Other resour¢o9 expended
Stationery
Sundry expenses
Bank charges
129.19
26.00
104.40
129.19
26.1)0
308.40
282.37
510.65
314.40
204.00
Tot•1
259.59
204.00
463.59
1,107.42
Total expended
97.676.86
7,346.60
105,023.46 114,786.86
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Accounts for St Michael's Church
for year ended 2025
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the year ended 31st Do¢ember 2025
STAFF COSTS
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
25.381.18
During the year the PCC employed an administralor. and a youth worker Icleaner
LIABILITIES18ee also footnote to Note 31b))
Amounts falllng duo
withln 1 y•ar
Accruals and deferred income
122.34
RESTRICTED DEPOSIT FUND
CCLA FUND DETAILS
Movement of rosourcei
Transfers
tween
funds
Balance
at start of
2025
Balanco
at end of
2025
St Michael's churchyard
Organ
Chapel Fund
Renewal Fund
Reserve
Sundry Funds
4.226.92
4.226.92
3.109.02
3,249.72
954.17
997.35
108.443.23 113,350.90
12.727.47
13.303.46
1.65
1.70
129.462.46 135,130.05
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