## **Wardens’ Report**
FAt first glance you may believe that there’s not been a lot happening at St Andrews. Looks can be deceiving! It’s been a year since our last update following on from the joy of having our funding bid from the Church of England accepted but soon after we hit reality with a bump.
First was the massive under-costing of the project by some external agencies. Fortunately, one of our senior team had a word of wisdom and suggested that the project was ‘phased’, which meant that we could move forward but in a tiered process. Then there were the issues around such things as glass doors, carpets, size of electricity cableing, costings etc. One particularly positive outcome has been the engagement (and a bit of sleuthing) from our neighbours which reinforced the ask that the porch needed to be enclosed to prevent ‘inappropriate’ behaviour! This hopefully will now be approved.
It has been relentless, and, at the same time we have had to consider the needs of the Jericho Road Project which is based in the church vicarage. And then there’s the constant ongoing discussions with the Diocesan team, the DAC, English Heritage, the Victorian Society and Greener Edge and now, lastly awaiting a decision from the Chancellor.
All the time that this work has been happening we have also been working to consolidate the finances. The PCC gave approval to sell a run down apartment in the city generously donated to St Andrews over 50 years ago. This, like many other things was a tough journey but thanks to the dogged determination of an individual in the congregation this was finally sold.
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## **Wardens’ Report (cont’d)**
Also, we are currently in the process of negotiating the release of a Trust legacy which was donated over 150 years ago and was specifically identified for the benefit and development of young people in our community. A perfect fit! And lastly there is the original financial bid that was agreed and allocated by the Church of England. All of these differing financial streams will leave us marginally short of completing stage 1 & 2 of the development. As always, we rely and trust in God.
Although we are now in 2026, it seems right to report that we are here today with our bid finally submitted. Just. Over 130 separate documents went in with the application and we now await the Chancellor’s decision.
So, we want at this point to give an unbelievably massive THANK YOU to Jane Overnell. She has been Holy Spirit focussed, tenacious, energetic and indefatigable. Full of grace and belief that God will guide and provide. Which indeed he is doing. Without her relentless support, very little of what was needed would have happened. She truly has been and is, a gift from God.
And lastly, let’s not loose sight of what this is about. For the majority of this time of flux, our youth work which has been based in St Andrew’s has seen many young people find Jesus. We have seen conversions, baptisms, lives changed and the number of young people attending swell beyond our wildest hopes and dreams.
We ask you to pray with us that the majority (if not all) of the potential obstacles that remain be removed, or that the Lord will continue to guide our paths how best to navigate; and that He will continue to give those who need it on this journey spiritual eyes and ears, divine wisdom and continued God given energy!
**Lyn Bignall Bob Newsome** April 2026
04
## **St Andrews Parish Church Nottingham (Reg No 1133724) Receipts & Payments Account for the year ended 31 December 2025**
|**£**
_£_
**INCOME**
**NoteUnrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Designated**
**Total**
_Total_
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2025**
_2024_
Charitable Activities
_Church Members_
11,010
-
-
11,010
_-_
_Collections_
-
-
-
_Youth Work_
-
-
-
-
_-_
Grants & Donations
_Grants_
-
-
-
-
_15,810_
_St Andrew's Mission_
81,816
83,898
-
165,714
_-_
_Donations Mission_
-
14,090
-
14,090
_-_
Other Income
_Sundry Income_
21,355
-
-
21,355
_20,483_
_Gift Aid_
-
-
-
-
_-_
_Investment Income_
118
-
-
118
_44_
**TOTAL INCOME**
**114,299**
**97,988**
**-**
**212,287**
_36,337_
**EXPENSES**
**£**
_£_
Church Work & Services
_Property Repairs_
2,186
-
-
2,186
_4,838_
_Light & Heat_
5,716
-
-
5,716
_11,563_
_Rates & Water_
1,441
1,441
_1,665_
_Professional Fees_
2,753
56,664
-
59,417
_-_
Admin & Office Costs
_Office Telephone & IT_
1,223
321
-
1,544
_978_
_Insurance_
10,559
10,559
_10,060_
_Accountancy & Admin_
490
490
_62_
_Bank Charges_
60
-
-
60
_60_
Parish Share
Diocise
-
-
-
-
_-_
**TOTAL Expenditure**
**24,428**
**56,985**
**-**
**_81,413_**
_29,227_
Funds Transfer
-
-
**-**
-
_-_
**TOTAL Income - Expenditure**
**89,871**
**41,003**
**-**
**130,874**
_7,110_
**Opening Reserves**
_20,529_
**_-_**
**_-_**
**_20,529_**
_13,419_
Prior Year Adjustment
_-_
**-**
_-_
**Closing Reserves**
**110,400**
**41,003**
**-**
**151,403**
_20,529_
**St Andrews Parish Church Nottingham (Reg No 1133724)**
**Account Balances as at 31 December 2025**
**Assets**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Designated**
**£**
_£_
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2025**
_2024_
**Bank Accounts & Deposits**
Cash & Current Account
_Current A/c_
110,400
41,003
-
151,403
_20,529_
_Deposit A/cs_
-
-
-
-
_-_
**Total Assets**
**110,400**
**41,003**
**-**
**151,403**
_20,529_
**Reserves**
**Funds**
Restricted
_St Andrews Mission_
-
41,003
-
41,003
_Total Restricted_
**-**
**41,003**
**-**
**41,003**
**-**
-
Unrestricted
Other
110,400
-
-
110,400
_20,529_
**Total Reserves**
**110,400**
**41,003**
**-**
**151,403**
20,529
-
Trustees
Chairman
Treasurer|**£**
_£_
**INCOME**
**NoteUnrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Designated**
**Total**
_Total_
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2025**
_2024_
Charitable Activities
_Church Members_
11,010
-
-
11,010
_-_
_Collections_
-
-
-
_Youth Work_
-
-
-
-
_-_
Grants & Donations
_Grants_
-
-
-
-
_15,810_
_St Andrew's Mission_
81,816
83,898
-
165,714
_-_
_Donations Mission_
-
14,090
-
14,090
_-_
Other Income
_Sundry Income_
21,355
-
-
21,355
_20,483_
_Gift Aid_
-
-
-
-
_-_
_Investment Income_
118
-
-
118
_44_
**TOTAL INCOME**
**114,299**
**97,988**
**-**
**212,287**
_36,337_
**EXPENSES**
**£**
_£_
Church Work & Services
_Property Repairs_
2,186
-
-
2,186
_4,838_
_Light & Heat_
5,716
-
-
5,716
_11,563_
_Rates & Water_
1,441
1,441
_1,665_
_Professional Fees_
2,753
56,664
-
59,417
_-_
Admin & Office Costs
_Office Telephone & IT_
1,223
321
-
1,544
_978_
_Insurance_
10,559
10,559
_10,060_
_Accountancy & Admin_
490
490
_62_
_Bank Charges_
60
-
-
60
_60_
Parish Share
Diocise
-
-
-
-
_-_
**TOTAL Expenditure**
**24,428**
**56,985**
**-**
**_81,413_**
_29,227_
Funds Transfer
-
-
**-**
-
_-_
**TOTAL Income - Expenditure**
**89,871**
**41,003**
**-**
**130,874**
_7,110_
**Opening Reserves**
_20,529_
**_-_**
**_-_**
**_20,529_**
_13,419_
Prior Year Adjustment
_-_
**-**
_-_
**Closing Reserves**
**110,400**
**41,003**
**-**
**151,403**
_20,529_
**St Andrews Parish Church Nottingham (Reg No 1133724)**
**Account Balances as at 31 December 2025**
**Assets**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Designated**
**£**
_£_
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2025**
_2024_
**Bank Accounts & Deposits**
Cash & Current Account
_Current A/c_
110,400
41,003
-
151,403
_20,529_
_Deposit A/cs_
-
-
-
-
_-_
**Total Assets**
**110,400**
**41,003**
**-**
**151,403**
_20,529_
**Reserves**
**Funds**
Restricted
_St Andrews Mission_
-
41,003
-
41,003
_Total Restricted_
**-**
**41,003**
**-**
**41,003**
**-**
-
Unrestricted
Other
110,400
-
-
110,400
_20,529_
**Total Reserves**
**110,400**
**41,003**
**-**
**151,403**
20,529
-
Trustees
Chairman
Treasurer|**£**
_£_
**INCOME**
**NoteUnrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Designated**
**Total**
_Total_
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2025**
_2024_
Charitable Activities
_Church Members_
11,010
-
-
11,010
_-_
_Collections_
-
-
-
_Youth Work_
-
-
-
-
_-_
Grants & Donations
_Grants_
-
-
-
-
_15,810_
_St Andrew's Mission_
81,816
83,898
-
165,714
_-_
_Donations Mission_
-
14,090
-
14,090
_-_
Other Income
_Sundry Income_
21,355
-
-
21,355
_20,483_
_Gift Aid_
-
-
-
-
_-_
_Investment Income_
118
-
-
118
_44_
**TOTAL INCOME**
**114,299**
**97,988**
**-**
**212,287**
_36,337_
**EXPENSES**
**£**
_£_
Church Work & Services
_Property Repairs_
2,186
-
-
2,186
_4,838_
_Light & Heat_
5,716
-
-
5,716
_11,563_
_Rates & Water_
1,441
1,441
_1,665_
_Professional Fees_
2,753
56,664
-
59,417
_-_
Admin & Office Costs
_Office Telephone & IT_
1,223
321
-
1,544
_978_
_Insurance_
10,559
10,559
_10,060_
_Accountancy & Admin_
490
490
_62_
_Bank Charges_
60
-
-
60
_60_
Parish Share
Diocise
-
-
-
-
_-_
**TOTAL Expenditure**
**24,428**
**56,985**
**-**
**_81,413_**
_29,227_
Funds Transfer
-
-
**-**
-
_-_
**TOTAL Income - Expenditure**
**89,871**
**41,003**
**-**
**130,874**
_7,110_
**Opening Reserves**
_20,529_
**_-_**
**_-_**
**_20,529_**
_13,419_
Prior Year Adjustment
_-_
**-**
_-_
**Closing Reserves**
**110,400**
**41,003**
**-**
**151,403**
_20,529_
**St Andrews Parish Church Nottingham (Reg No 1133724)**
**Account Balances as at 31 December 2025**
**Assets**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Designated**
**£**
_£_
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2025**
_2024_
**Bank Accounts & Deposits**
Cash & Current Account
_Current A/c_
110,400
41,003
-
151,403
_20,529_
_Deposit A/cs_
-
-
-
-
_-_
**Total Assets**
**110,400**
**41,003**
**-**
**151,403**
_20,529_
**Reserves**
**Funds**
Restricted
_St Andrews Mission_
-
41,003
-
41,003
_Total Restricted_
**-**
**41,003**
**-**
**41,003**
**-**
-
Unrestricted
Other
110,400
-
-
110,400
_20,529_
**Total Reserves**
**110,400**
**41,003**
**-**
**151,403**
20,529
-
Trustees
Chairman
Treasurer|
|---|---|---|
||**114,299**
**97,988**|**-**
**212,287**
_36,337_|
||2,186
-
5,716
-
1,441
2,753
56,664
1,223
321
10,559
490
60
-
-
-|**£**
_£_
-
2,186
_4,838_
-
5,716
_11,563_
1,441
_1,665_
-
59,417
_-_
-
1,544
_978_
10,559
_10,060_
490
_62_
-
60
_60_
-
-
_-_|
||**24,428**
**56,985**|**-**
**_81,413_**
_29,227_|
||-
-|**-**
-
_-_|
||**89,871**
**41,003**|**-**
**130,874**
_7,110_|
||_20,529_
**_-_**
_-_|**_-_**
**_20,529_**
_13,419_
**-**
_-_|
||**110,400**
**41,003**|**-**
**151,403**
_20,529_|
||**Nottingham (Reg No 1133724)**
**t 31 December 2025**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Designated**
**£**
_£_
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2025**
_2024_
110,400
41,003
-
151,403
_20,529_
-
-
-
-
_-_||
||**110,400**
**41,003**
**-**
**151,403**
_20,529_||
||-
41,003
-
41,003||
||**-**
**41,003**
**-**
**41,003**
**-**
-
110,400
-
-
110,400
_20,529_||
||**110,400**
**41,003**
**-**
**151,403**
20,529||
||-||
Date
## **St Andrews Parish Church Nottingham (Reg No 1133724) for the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **Report to the Trustees/Members**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination for the year ended 31 December 2025 which are set out below
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Act and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Act, and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention
## **Basis of independent examiner’s statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with 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 concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
**-** accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
## **Independent Examiner**
Date 19 February 2026
Andrew Pearson F.C.M.A. 87 Main Street Newtown Linford Leicestershire LE6 0AF
## **St Andrews Parish Church Nottingham (Reg No 1133724) for the year ended 31 December 2025**
## **Report to the Trustees/Members**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination for the year ended 31 December 2025 which are set out below
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Act and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Act, and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention
## **Basis of independent examiner’s statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with 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 concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
**-** accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
## **Independent Examiner**
Date 19 February 2026
Andrew Pearson F.C.M.A. 87 Main Street Newtown Linford Leicestershire LE6 0AF