ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF KNEBWORTH
PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL {TAR)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2025
Charity Registration Numb•r: 1133728
1. Admlnlstratlve Infomiatlon
The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a charty registsred wlth the Charity
Commission. The correspondence address is: 15 St Martin's Road, Knebworth. SG3
8ER.
PCC Membership 2025126 Members of the PCC and Trustees of the Charity who
served from 1 st January 2025 to the date this report Was approved are:
Ex Offlelo:
Rector..
The Revd Charles King (Chair)
Churchwardens:
Mr Andrew Vtheelhousa (Vice£hair),
Mr James Cameron
Lay Reader..
Mr Timothy Coulson
Dgan•ry Synod ReprMentatlv•8:
Mrs Jane Lucas (retired 19.5.25)
Mrs M8ry Theobald
El•ctod M•mb•rn: Mrs Penelope Paton (PCC Secretary)
Mr Andrew l•theelhouse
Mrs Jenny sievens
Mr Philip Skinner
Mrs Vivien Philps-Tate
Mrs Kirsty Banks (retired 5.1.26)
Mr Mark Clifford
Co-opted Member: Mr William Anderson (Treasurer)
2. Structure, Governance, and Management
The PCC has the responsibility of cooperating with the Rector. the Reverend Charles
King, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church:
pastoral, evangelistic. social, and ecumenical. PCC members are appointed in
accordance with the Church Representation Rules.
Moatlng8 and Attendance: The PCC met stx times during 2025. Average atterKlance
at these meetings was 900/0. The Standing Committee, consisting of the Rector.
Churchwardens, Secretary, arKI Treasurer. met between meetings to conduct urgent
business and agree agendas.

3. Objectives, Activities, and Public Benefrt
The PCC is responsible for the Parish Church of St Mary and St TIK)mas of Canterbury
(Knebworth Park), St Martin's Church (Knebworth), and the Parish Centre. We are
committed to en8bling as many people as possibEe to worship and become part of our
parish communty,
Public Benefit Statementr. The PCC has complied with the duty in Section 17 of the
Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the
Charty Commission. Our provisions are open to those of all farths and none, and are
free at the point of delivery. During the past year. public benefrt has been advanced
through:
Wornhlp: Provlslon of regular and seasonal worship in word, prayer,
sacrament, and music.
Occa8lonal Offlc88: Baptisms, ￿eddIngS, and funerals to mark important lrfe
stages.
Falth Engagement: Preaching, tsaching, small groups, and children's
activities (including Messy Church) for the community and local school.
Communlty Groups.. Supporting the Smarties pr&school group and hostlng
the monthly Knebworth Family of Churches (KFC) coffee morning.
Pastoral Care: Formal and infomial acts of care for those in need.
Héritage & Faciliti•8: Maintenance of St Mary's and St Martin's as listed
heritage buildings for prayer and pibrimage, and supplying the Parish Centre
as a community space for hire.
M58slon & Charlty: Raising funds for partner chariti88 and providing donations
for "Feed Up Wami Up" (Stevenage fothdbank).
4. Flnanclal Revlew
The trustees present the PCC'S Independenlly Examined Accounts in Accruals
Fomat, including the Statement of Financial Activities and Balance Sheet, as part of
the 2025126 APCM papers. During the year. the PCC received regular reports from
the Treasurer and Churchwardens, ensuring oversght of the parish's finances and
buildings.
Approved by th• PCC and 8lgn•d on Its behalf by:
Th• R•vd Charl•s Klng Ich
Mrn Penelope Paton IPCC Secrntary

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|Stqtementoffinancial activities|1|
|Balance sheet|2|
|Accounting PoliciesandNotes|3-4|
|lncoming resources|5|
|Resourcesused|6|
|FurtherNotes tothe accounts|7-8|
|Treasurer's Report|I|





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|Note||Unrestricted<br>fundst|RestrictedEndowment<br>funds<br>funds<br>ff|RestrictedEndowment<br>funds<br>funds<br>ff|RestrictedEndowment<br>funds<br>funds<br>ff||Total<br>2025f|Total<br>2024<br>€|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||INCOMING RESOURCES||||||||
|4a|lncomingresources from|84,685||762|||85,447|77,584|
||donors||||||||
|4b<br>4c|Other voluntary incoming resources<br> lncomefrominvestments|2,438<br>1,090||4,000|271||6,438<br>1,361|26,000<br>1,969|
|4d<br>4e|Church Activites<br> Otherincome resources|38,207|||||38,207|32,114|
||TOTALINCOMING||||||||
||RESOURCES|126,420||4,762|271|131,453||'137,668|
||RESOURCES EXPENDED||||||||
|5a|Grants|72||1,122|||1,194|1,793|
|5b|Activities directly relating||||||||
||to theworkofthe Church|107,093||1,777||108,870||126,003|
|5c|Church management||||||||
||and administration|6,191|||||6,191|5,198|
||TOTALRESOURCES USED|113,355||||1|,254|132,994|
||NETMOVEMENTIN FUNDS||||||||
||BEFORE TRANSFERS|13,065||1,863|271||15,199|4,673|
||NetTransfers||||||0|0|
||NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS|13,065||1,863|271||15,199|<br>4,673|
||BALANCE B/FWD 1.1.2025|23,368||31,620|12,799||67,787|<br>63,114|
||BALANCE C/FWD31.12.25|36,433||33,483|13,070||82,986|<br>67,787|





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|rlotr|||2CI25|tn,)f,|2024|
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|7|FixedA*s*ts|||2,687|e<br>2,419|
|I|Current Assets<br>Cash atBHnkand inlund||28,791||16,588|
|I|Cambridge &Countires Bamk30-day deposit<br>Debtors||58,SS3<br>?1,607||27,0'13<br>33,9S$|
|'t0|Curront liabillties<br> AmountB due withinoft,Byear|||108,451<br>(28,152)|77.596<br>(12,228l-|
||Finaneedby:|||--rnr,gE{,--|r,ii-iIt|
||Funds:|||||
||Unrestrictsd|||JO.4JJ||
||Restricted|||||
||Mission&Outre*ch fund||21,928|||
||Donation forSlMartin's audiovisual irnprovernent$||3.243|||
||Sonation for$tMartin's lighting||6.250|||
||Faterson bequest||v87|||
||Priegt's Eenerrolent Fund||650|||
||Donation{oryoung people||500|||
||Elsie Mar{ln bequest||205|||
||Endowment|||39,543|31,66$|
||tstshoppbequest||6,110|||
||Cobbold fund||s,522|||
||Green bequest||oan<br>ucL|||
||Ill*aleheqr"l,*sl||556|||
|||||13,010|12,754|
|||||;-ffisq|L:i;,'-,781|
||Approvod bytlnsKnehworthParmhialChurch Oouncil on:||it.,u|r'\tr-.i..-rJ-.'"'"..(.||
||Signed on its behalfby:|||||
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|Note|UnrestrictedRestricted&|UnrestrictedRestricted&|Total|Total|
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||fundsendowment||||
||2025<br>€|2025<br>E|€<br>2025|t<br> <br>2A24|
|4alncomingresourcesfrom donors|||||
|Regular giving|||||
|- Gift-aided|48,103||48,103|49,786|
|-Notgift-aided|4,906||4,906|5,021|
|OpenPlate collections|2,046||2,046|3,798|
|Gift-aideddonations|850||850|1,250|
|Special Collections||762|762|438|
|Giftaidrecoverable|1,050||1,050|3,896|
|Other donations|2,473||2,073|11,794|
|Legacies|22,293||22,293|0|
|Otherincome|364|762|3 364<br>85<br>7|873|
|4bOthervoluntary incomingresources|||||
|Grants:|||||
|FollettTrust-forOutreach||4,000|<br>4,000|4,000|
|Knebworth Village Trust -forParish News|2,439|||728|
|Festival editions|||||
|StMary's & StMartin'sPreservationTrust-||||22,000|
|forStMartin's roof|2,438|4,000|4,000|26,728|
|4clncomefrominvestments|||||
|Banklnterest|090<br>1|271|1 361|1 969|
|||271|361||
|4dIncomefromcharitableandancillary trading|||||
|ParishCentrelettings|23,591||23,591|15J42|
|Parish News advertising|6,969||6,969|7,397|
|Parish News sales|4,800||4,800|4,785|
|Fees forweddings&funerals|1,889||1,889|3,384|
|FilmingatSt Mary's|||0|0|
|Fundraising activities|1 058||1 058|1 446|
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|4eOTHERINCOMINGRESOURCES|||||
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|TOTALINCOMING|||||
|RESOURCES|126,420 5,033||129,015|137,669|





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|Note<br>5aGrants(seealsoNote6)|Unrestricted<br>funds t|Unrestricted<br>funds t|RestrictedEndowment<br>funds<br>funds<br>EE|RestrictedEndowment<br>funds<br>funds<br>EE|RestrictedEndowment<br>funds<br>funds<br>EE|RestrictedEndowment<br>funds<br>funds<br>EE|Total<br>2025<br>t|Total<br>2024<br>f|
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|Missionary and charitable giving||72|||360||432|1,355|
|Special Collections|||||762||762|438|
|||72||1|122|0|1 194|793|
|5bActivitiesrelating directly to the|work of|theGhurch|||||||
|Ministry:<br>-ParishShare<br>-ClergyExpenses<br>-VisitingMinisters<br>Upkeep ofservices<br>Pastoral care socialactivities||61,448<br>0<br>308<br>276<br>0||1,064|||61,448<br>0<br>308<br>276<br>1,064|59,787<br>0<br>0<br>225<br>329|
|Youth and children|||||608||608|873|
|Parish News printing andexpenses||8,103|||||8,103|7,980|
|Church buildings:<br>-insurance<br>-maintenance<br>-churchyard||4,240<br>8,316<br>55|||||4,240<br>8,316<br>55|4,217<br>36,421<br>0|
|-servicingoforgans||699|||||699|647|
|-depreciationofAV system<br>- power&otherrunningcosts||4,511|||106||106<br>4,511|106<br>4,085|
|Parish Centre:|||||||||
|-insurance<br>-maintenance<br>-cleaning<br>-power&other running costs||1,100<br>10,558<br>2,900<br>4|||||1,100<br>10,558<br>2,900<br>578|1,000<br>2,906<br>2,786<br>4<br>1|
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|5cChurchmanagement andadministration|||||||||
|Church Office||4,286|||||4,286|3,980|
|Subscriptions and Music Licences||697|||||697|259|
|Depreciation ofequipment||888|||||888|709|
|Sundry Expenses||319|||||319|250|
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|TOTALRESOURCES USED|1|13,355||2,899||<br>0|116,254|132,994|





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||NOTES TO THE FINANGIAL STATEMENTS|NOTES TO THE FINANGIAL STATEMENTS|||
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||FOR THEYEARENDED31ST DECEMBER2025||||
|Note||UnrestrictedRestricted<br>funds<br>funds||Total|
|||tt||E|
|6|GRANTSMADE||||
||FromPCC funds:<br>Worldshare<br>NOAH<br>Prayer BookSociety|72|300<br>60|300<br>72<br>60|
|||72|360|432|
||Specra/Collections:||||
||Bridgebuilders||232|232|
||OpenDoors||210|210|
||Archdeacon's OrdinationFund|(lnstallation Service)|209|209|
||Children's Society||111|111|
||||762|762|



|7|FIXED ASSETS|St Mary's<br>Organ<br>€|Office equipt<br>E|Office equipt<br>E|Office equipt<br>E|Sound<br>system<br>E|Sound<br>system<br>E|Sound<br>system<br>E|Total<br>t|Total<br>t|
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||Cost||||||||||
||at1.1.2025|4,233||6,339|||<br>7,174||17,745||
||Additionsinyear<br>at31.12.2025|233||1|||7|174|1 <br> <br>19|262<br>007|
||Depreciation||||||||||
||a|1.1.2025|4,233||4,861|||6,232||15,326||
||Chargefor year||||994|||||994|
||at 31.12.2024||||||||16|320|
||Net Book Value||||||||||
||at1.1.2A25||0|1,476||||942|2,419||
||at31.12.2025||0|1|744|||942|2|687|
||lndividualNet Book Values:||||||||||
||Photocopier|||||||||363|
||Payaz machines|||||||||444|
||AV Equipment(Destiny Entertainment)|||||||||837|
||Computers||||||||1|083|
||||||||||2,687||
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|ote|FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECE|MBER 2025|||
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|8|CASH IN HAND|2A25||2024|
|||f,||€|
||Barclays-main current account|10,369|1|1,294|
||Barclays-Parish Centre Lets account|2,894|4,928||
||Barclays-immediate notice deposit account|15,415||269|
||Cash inhand|115<br>28,791|98<br> 16,588||
|9|DEBTORS|2025||2024|
|||€||€|
||lncometaxrecoverable - Gift Aid|437|4,968||
||St Mary's&St Martin's Preservation Trust|20,665|22,664||
||Listed PlaceofWorship fund-VAT reclaim||6,076||
||Other debtors|505<br>21,607|33,995<br>287||
|1O|CREDITORS AND ACCRUALS|2025||2024|
|||€||€|
||Provision for church building repairs and renewals|12,000|8,000||
||Provisionforparish centre repairs and renewals|10,000|||
||St Martin's roof retention payment|1,302|1|,302|
||Parish News printing to end of subscription year|1,545|1|,569|
||Parish Centre lettings receivedinadvance|1,000|||
||Power costs|1,271||946|
||DBF-Feesfor WeddingsandFunerals|616||39|
||Other creditors|418||371|
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Indgpendont Examin•rfs Report to theTrustaO8 of Knebworth Parochlal
Church Councll. charlty nwnbor 1133728
I r8POrt to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity and Treasurerfs Report for the year ended 318t Dec8mber 2025 set
out on page8 1 to 9. 1 have also reViev￿1 the Trustee8 Annual Report.
AS the chanty's trustees, you are responsible for the pr8paratlon of the
accounts in accordance vrith the requirements of the Charitie5 Act 2011
(kn Acf).
I report in respect of my examination of the PCC'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 Charsty Commi88ion
under section 145(5)(b) of the Ad.
I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have
come to my attention in connects.on with the examination which gNes me
cause to believe that in, any material respeca:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Aca" or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
conceming 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 Irue and fairf view which is not a matter
Considered as part of an mdependent 0￿MinatiOn.
I have no concerns and have come a(xo88 no other matters in connection
with the examination to whith attention should ba drawn in this report in
order to enable a woper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
P&,6
Date: 2210412028
Name: P.L.BOie1￿ MAAT {Retired)