ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS CHURCH, COSBY ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL ST FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 (Accounts on separnte dOcumt} Banlc Merseyside L30 4GB Bullding Societr. Coventry Building Soclety Coventry CV3 2TQ Mrs Samantha Cox I I, The Paddocks Littlethorpe LE9 5JP
NtWAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEEllNG REPORT BACKGROUND St Michael and All Angels Par(Khial Church Council (PCQ have the responsibility to prorrw)Q in the ecclesiastscal parish the Nvhde mission of the Churth . pastoral evangelical, social and ecumenical. It also has MaIntene responsibilities for the church of St Michael and All Angel& Cosby and for the nnIng Memornl HalL Main Stree¢ Cosby. Cosby PCC is a ClrY and its memb5 are trustees (tharity number 1133983). MEMBERSHIP Members of the PCC are either exwofficio or elected at the Annual Parothial Church Meetiig in accordance with the Church RreSentatIOn Rules. tring the ypar, the swved as members of the PCC. Mr Eric Leese * Mr Martin Stevenson Mrs Janice Wyllie Elerted member Mrs Susan Lee . YKe Chainnan Mrs Hilary Cooper- PCC Secretary Mr Brian WOoda- PCC Treasurer Mrs Winifred Furborough Mrs Jean Graham Mrs Caroline Shepherd In accordance with the Resolution passed at the Annual Parochial Church cycle. * Lay Reader, Mr Eric Lee did nrt wish to serve on the PCC
Standing Committee - Susan Brlan Woodco Hilary Cooper. Joy Finance and Property Committee . Susan Le4 Brian WoodcocK Hllary Cooper. Joy Frankli COMmIEEs The Parochial Church Counal operaw through severnl committees which meet as required between full meetings of the PCC All recommendations from stKh committees are decided by the PCC. During 2025, the Parochial Church Council met in March, June, August and November and Standing Committee met a few weeks before each PCC to set the agenda and discuss fftatters for ratification at PCC. Finance and Property Meeting was held in November 2025. The Annual Parochial Church Meeting Vfas held in Aprtl 2025. mitte&. This is the onty committee required by law. It has po to trxisart the business of the PCC between its meetin8& subject to any dncth given ty the Council. It is a usefvl committee discussing items and shaping the agenda of the upcoming PCC ming. Flnance and Property Committ The committee meets once a year to discuss fees arKI charitable giving and other financial matters. The PCC oversees the generdl financial dimension of the work of regularly reviewing all mattws relating to finan k also oversees matters relating to the stewardship of planL suth as the Church and the nnIng mern Hall and the fabric of both buildings. Baptism. Wedding and Funeral Policies are reviewed annly. changes made as necessary and adopted by PCC Wedding and Funeral fees were reviewed in November 2025 and non.statutory Marriage registration requirements changed in May 2021 with Register offices now responsible for the regisrdtion of marriages and issuing of certificattt. Health and Safety Polky rewri in 2024 is reviewed annualty and changes Safeguarding Policy is extrwndy importanL covered at every PCC meeting and
reviewed annually in line with guidance from Leicesw Dioces& safeguIng Data Protection is covered at every PCC meeting and continualjv rpvipvmJ4 ELECTORAL ROLL 2025 on the Electoral Rdl. CHURCH AThENDANCE 2025 Palm Sunday - 23. Good Friday- 24. Easter Sunday - 41 Haryest- 34. Remembrnnce - 90+. Advent Praise - 40. Nine Lessons & Carol - IOO+. Christmas Eve carols- 88. Christmas Eve Eucharist- I l. Christmas Day- l& Of the re£uJar services during the rest of the year. avrye Sunday attendance was 26 attend . Wednesday morning services attrncted an average of 8 attaKlees. There were many funeral services in churth mostly conductsj by Martin Stsvenson. and two No marrRge services took place in churth in 202& REPORT 2025 have communion regularly. We are vwy grateful to the Rev. David Faulks vAth his wife Ann, has made Whetstone and Cosby his ptsces of WLx3hip on a Sun( morning. Chris Newton has arranged clerzy to take services and. as well as David. we have also wekon*d the Rev. kn Fros( the Rev. DaY¥J Jennings and the Rev. Carol Lacey to take our services wIn he was unaalIabl& We are also extremely fortunate to have Leese who takes the All-age service once a month 3$ weu 2$ the RerneMbran sIce and Martin Stevenson who takes the Wednesday morning We enjoy having a variety of clergyllay readers to give sernions and lead worship as all have different style& But we do miss having an incumknt particularly to tskè nn overall responsibility. to lead the thurth and partsh community, and to ¥ve We remain on very good tenns with the other befi churches of All Saints in events. Alongside our Team sICes on the fifth Sunday. we Dy to support the Musically, we are very thank1 to have a choir led by Jon Sco¢ an organisL Martin It has been very good to welcome the thildren from local sthools to services during the year and we have had visits from Cosby Sthool and Old Mill at Broughton
Asdey. Cameron Wiltshire-PknL assistant cUrn at Four Saints benekn led these $vices. The thildren swned to enjoy IL were welkbehayed and it was good to see many youngsters in the church. Members of the con8re8ation as sidespersons preparing the church before and after worship. reading lessons praying intercessions and making drink& The task of doing the rotss is carried ¢xrt by Martin Stevenson. Jan Wyliie produw the pew slips eath week Joy Franklin keeps the records for the Gard and Remembrance and has a knowledge going far back Hitsry Cooper carries out administrative tssks mainty relating to meetings. We sometimes have services with the other churches in the vil. Suzanne Thompson and Alison NornHn a our reps on Cosby Churches Together. The Minster Communities initiative to vknich churches in Leicester Diocese have been subjected. will impact us eventtRlly. We are the last deanery to go through the process which may be to our advantag& Around seven of us from church have atteThleJ.I yjy meetings over the last couple of years and have had the chance to than knowing dRt clergy will be few we are unsure how much support •.,, geL The process has now reached the final stsges so we should know mre ty d end of this year. FINANCE AND PROPERTY COMMirrEE REPORT FOR 2025 Members of the Committee met on i * October 2025 Wh the Fee& endd.year donations and budget for 2026 were discussed. Their recommendations were Table of Ststutory Fees for 2026 came out at the &)d of 2025. The local fees for weddings and funerals for the vew. organisL church bell& choir. and ting are discussed and added to the statsjtory fees. There is a ttble ayailable in church detailing of the cost of a wedding in church. a funeral service in church, as well as a burlal in a cemetery or cremation immediately preceding or following on from a service in churth arKI burial of ashes in the churchyard. Charitable donations have been made to:. Children's &Kiety, British Legion Leicestershi Historic Churches TrusL Luttwth and Villages FoodbanK Kimbiliq Water Aid and Salvation Army Toy Collection. Gifts of fruit and vegetables are given out at Harvest to those known to the church in the village who are having a difficult tim FINANCIAL REPORT 2025 Brian Woodcock is the church treasurer. and we are vwy thankful for the work he
does to look after the churth accounts. In 2025 we reduced our F>arish contrilxrti¢)n to Leicester Diocese to £1 I1X. This has helped our ffinan which are looking healthier. A detalled, independently examinrt breakkn of the church financial Accounts. We are very grateful to our congregation who give generousty, and to those who support us through Friends of Cosby Church. There has been an aDpeal to boost the Garden of Remembrance fijnd and donations have come in swdily for this. The vrds a erOUS donation giyen the Bunning Hall by the luncheon club. which fokled in 2024. Bill and Elaine Swens also kindly gave a donation to Bunning Hall funds from the quiz night they organised. Margaret Silk also rarsed much needed funds for thurth through the sale of quiz sheets. BUILDINGS REPORT 2025 arKient 13 century church buikling and &Jnning Hall is and wlll aWlTrathallenz& Susan Lee works vwy hard thrOurt the year to that tho I1ling is kept well-maintsined, as well as rnanagi bookings for the .: Bunning HalL and nuTrroUS other tasks. Alison NornAn does a lovety job ol keeping both buildings clean and visitors often comment a) this. We have a gardener to keep the grounds up to scratch and the Gard of Refflembran has many visitors WIK) just to sit and absorb the peace and 07nquillity. In the Summer the architett came to church to help us priorifise the work that needs to be done most urgentty following the 2024 Quinquennial Inspectio as well as suggesting whom shcmjld be approached regarding work and what repairs could be gTouped together to be done at the same tim Priority Nyas an orying leak in the vestry roof- this was done but work is needed. The men's toilet in the PnnIng Hall has been in a very poor statr for some tim& A grant from Blaby Dbstrbct Council to cover 50% of the cost of the work has been successfully obt2ined and the work will go ahead in Spring 2026. Pruning work was carried out on the large tree at the erKI of the field behind the Bunning Hall. DEANERY SYNOD REPORT 2025 n Wyllie attdS Deanwy SwK)d meetings and provides interesting reports to pcc. Meeting in Febrw 2025 was held at txmton Bassett thurch. The venue was chosen because represmtives vAntrd to see the nave which has been recently
chairs. The result rnkes an excellent and welcoming spac
Karen Rooms. Dean of Lekester CathedraL vAK> pve a vay irtt¥esting questlon.
and-answer session at this meeting on her role and that of the Cathra1. The
cathedral holds Junior Church and MY Cathedral sesslons and oth¥ outreach
There are 30 people WI have n>les in the nmning of the cathedrnl and
there are four paid clry.
At the June 2025 meetin& as the speaker had failed to turn there was a
discussion about the Minstsr Communities process particularty a recent
Discernment Day. There was disquiet eXpred by those who had attended.
At the October meetin& Gill Elliott from the Church Buildings Team gave a very
interesting talk about Festiyal Churches. She explained that her role was to help
parishes consider whether it vns appropriate for them to become a Festival Church,
and rf so. to provide help to develop thaL It would cover areas such as the care of
the fabric of the buildins fffaking changes to the buildin& filre susttinability and the
care d£hrds. the main points she made were that any church can
becoff •Fesdval Church, arKI it does not mean that it leads to closure. k is abo
revaTd4 In that some churches fmd that they increase in suth a way that '
return to their origirlll stsws. Peatling Magna is a Io(31 example of a Festival
where the whole communitys become part of the developm which hdped to
make it a success.
SAFEGUARDING REPORT 2025
All relevant poliaes were reviewed and accepted by the PCC in November 2025,
and displayed as required in the churth as was the inf0Th poty at the bad( of
the church.
Janice Wyllie is the church Safeguarding C
Hilary Cooper is the Dats ProteCr1 offic. As new contacts come our way. they are Si1 a copy of the Dats Thivacy Noti and a Data Collection Forni as required by Generdl Data Protection Reguknion (GDPR). PASTORAL REPORT 2025 Many members of the cOngretIon do a wonderful job pastoralty to ensure those in need are contacod by visit& phone calls and the taking round of grfts from the church when appropriate to do 50. LtiNFd Stevenson oversees Pastoral Car We continue to support Luttwth and Villages Food Bank kn people bring to church tins and packets throughryrt the year. with a special collection at Harv Donations of money and food are always gratefully received by the charity. At Christmas Martin and Linda Stevenson collect toys for the children and gift sets for the teenagers for the Salvation Anny Toy Collection. This erbleS children to have a toy or gift set who probabty woukl not get a grft wIdUt our help. Salvation Arniy in Hinckley area was able to help 475 thildren. which represented 240 families. Each child was able to have 34 Fresents as wdl as stocklng fillers to open on Chrlsthw mornin& The collection ks well supported by the church and village. sent c¥X to people who are housebound. ilL or bereaved. Linda or Martin know rf you hear about peopk or fdmilies who need h* in any way so we can possibly make a visit or sd a card. We can offer trans to people who need a lift to churth or appointmen and meals to those needing a bk CHOIR REPORT 2025 We are very fortunatr ts) have a four-part church CTr1r led by choirmaster. J ScotL There are very few church thoirs left in the county of Leicestershire. The choir continues to rehearse every week and sings for the Communion services cw4 the first Sunday of each month. We are also pleased to be able to sing for some of the special service& in particular Eastw. ReMefflbran Advent and Nine Lessons and Carols. We have PerfOn a wide range of music over those services from the 13th the 21 st centuries and not always in English. There are only I l of us singing regularly and, sopranos excepted, there are only two choristers in eath of the other part& We are gratdul to Jon for his leadership and patience as we learn new piece In October we put on an enjoyable and successfvl conc¥¢ Songs from the Shows. - a Yariety of choir piece& solos and duets as well as enjoyable renditions from the recorder group. It was good to wdcome a few members of Jon's choir to join us for this concert and at Nine Lessons and Carol& We were very grateful to Anne de Graeve who accompanied us on the piano. The thoir entered a tree into the Christrns Tree Festival on the theme of your favourits childhood book arKI Diane Scott Put this together. Thanks are also due to Martin Barstow who plays the organ for our sung services working very hard to produce music to a high standard.
BELLRINGERS REPORT 2025 Bell captai Sarah Freer reports. -fm delighted to say it has been a yery successfvl year for the ringers. We started 2025 with 4 learners WFK) I was teachin% at Cosbv and Vvhetstpnp with the help of Sarah Catherall and our aim was to try and ring rounds for Easter Sunday. In March. we had a[ther learner join us and yet another one in June. I'm pleased to say we rang for Easter Sunday and all 6 of our new learners have now achieved their Level l in ringing which means they can all now ring a bell indepermlently. In November I vfas assessed and pass&J my Level I teathing qualification through the ART scheme and l attended the second course in January to enable me to help our learners progress from handling a bdl to ringing more complicated things. We rang for a couple of other sffvices in the year including VE Day, remembrance Sunday and Christmas and most of our new ringers have also nfftg at other thurches on their practice nts. Enderby ringers have still been ioining us on the first Monday of the month and have contwwd to be very sUpporU There are also a couple of ringers VAK) used to ring at Cdsty who have come back to join us. SInjanY we have committed to having a regular practice on Monday evawy; from 63M (slithtly earlier than our old wactice time due to having a you learner with us). We are also aiming to ring for Sunday service as often as we can from l 0.30-1 l am and have managed this most weeks since the middle of January. With regards to the condition of the bells one of our new ringers John, has become very irterested in bell rrAintenm We had a broken stsy, which ¢)ften happens with new ring5. Ythich he replaced and fitted as wdl as fitting a new dingle box (which holds the wooden stay). He has inspected all the bells with me and noted a couple of things which we Wbll undertake in the next few week& tightening bolts and possibly replacing another stay. He is already proving a great asseL Here's to another good year. SOCIAL AND FUNDRAISING REPORT 2025 Thanks to the Social Committ< and partKularty to All$ Nornmn. we Iwa fflany social and fvndraising events which were very successful. As well as a means of raising money, we see social events as a forn) of outreach as many villagers come along to events. Not only is it an opportunity to chat to peopk but we also get to know rf there are people in particular need of help or prayer. Pre-loved sale in January did well. Book and Puzzle sale organised by Ros Clark was very successful afdin with kjads of books and plenty of customers. Spring Fayre goes well, helped greatly by Eric's plant stalL and later in the year the Christmas coffee morning was enhanced by lots of lovely grfts as well as an ent4cing array of cake There was also an enjoyable VE Day celebration tea and a Harvest Supper. The church was open over Harvest weekend with beautiful flower displays arranged by Linda Stevenson arwj the fiower arranm as well as tours of the church buildin&
In Denknr. Hetert Stevenson again organised a Christmas Tree Festival which was also a great success with lots of visitors to the churth and the involvemert of many groups from the village Induding the schools. This has become an annual event There are onty six members on the committee 3TKI it is tRrd work orrdnisinp events. Without help from faRYty arKI friends it would be hard to do wkAt they d¢x Supper evenings continue to be a success as we meet at one another's homes abrt six times a year for very enjoyable eveninF of shared food and chat_ At ¥wh meeting'we collect £ I c0ntri1xrtic from those pres£ and when we have £50 we Finally, we would love to see mre pPIe join us at church both to worship God and to becothepart of -the life of txtr chtllrh. Y4hils¢ in manv resrwtq we. ar4a. fortunaty we notice now how much we Struggle to do that we used to do in the y.to4ay runfiifig of the putting on of everts and in outreach to the cofNYMmty. A few people in churth go 'above and beyond. and it would be very to Iwe more volunteers y711ng to tske task& however smaK
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St Michad and All Angg1¥' Church. Cosby, L8K8sr. Fmanci Statemenlfotts yearerthd 31st fter2025 General Fund. Recdptsand P3yThrrt5 A¢Lowtt-ContinuEd Payfflents 2024 Donatbn$3nd Grdnt5 Donation5ta Missioand Reliefncs & (Xheroilb1e1Trg0nls1Ks Otherchoritablt Ghflngl5ee Not¢ 21 Grants 235 2303 ArtNleS Directly Relatin8totheWovk ofihe axY¢h Fund rai5in$ expenses Diocesan Parish Contribub 228 Wedding and Funeral Expenses Ministry expenses. ildesTrOYe1, TephLech & krtemet ikne Reli8ious EducatSon Out Reaeh Upkeep of Servlce5 In5urantrs including roof setuiity Fabric Repairs and Maintert*ce incoryan Church GroundslGarden Ekrtricity Flre/Quinquenial InsKerD 261 103 221 45 225 294 312 2894 2240 6214 870 iiio Church Mana8ement and AAminiMratlr BoDk% ylnting and siatior Miscellaneous £xpenses Ma8azlne Expenses RÈpo8raphlc Exppnses New Printer 577 122 675 145 1734 1081 Churth Hall 2158 Elettrjc Watèr Rates Insurances 1073 . 1081 Furnlture Repairs Cleanin6 fN4)enses Miscellaneous EXPee5 Ground Maintenan 527 12 145 120) 433 6955 8551 Malor Capital EVkdr(re Majorrepairc05tsto thurch buildin¥ ID¢ redecorati Major repaits tochurth hall redetorwK)n 6432 3780 10212 Total Paynts 54495
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Indeperthnt Examir*ts R trj the PCC of StAfthad & $81 ouion p•Ja$ 2 tr14, Itts my responsibirty to.. of the Charties Art and that in. any mat181 FBspett 1he accounlllig rerdS were not kept 1 arxorrknwkn socfth 19 clth# th8 acci>unts did not a(th with thg accolmtiry rncryds". f Samanth8 J. Cox 11 The Pathjocks LttU8lhor LE19 5JP
Churth Collecbs Incomet• recovered I&ftAJdl 36 0therv0fut7tarylrMIRwWtéS Donarknn5toFunds IseeNOte 31 Donions to BunnFnKHaE U tnall05 knrGood &uses 270 Grarttsfor Prfjok & Puzzlesth CoL8ctyJk5 Rldeorstrtde ContrrtSlHM8t1• Coffee MomWAfternoonTe ChIldTl's Sooety Box OpenK¥lOti15ti•C Chrfjtiw Coffee Mt)rninE 8TlSs QuulE%trtQui¥lChrfsinpsiJ Chri51masTree eventlSUrsepre$¥5 Parf5h 8reokfrastl5oup5& Puds HsnRstSupkwQulznight M45ollaneow frjthj rai¥ CordsIMu(th Htrtory&C (See Noiel) 5pfin8Fayte Yam Bomb vrnttafé 17&. 321 421 477 472 17 1347 Buildingsouety Inwe5t BonkDerJ5f¢Attourt Interest n1 Hall Fund Accthjot 78 14 1416 Prlnting Feesfrom wedOn Fur11$ Insunnce Uwm Churth Hall Sundry Lrtllr . Totas RerÉ¥ts 54542
St Michad and All Angg1¥' Church. Cosby, L8K8sr. Fmanci Statemenlfotts yearerthd 31st fter2025 General Fund. Recdptsand P3yThrrt5 A¢Lowtt-ContinuEd Payfflents 2024 Donatbn$3nd Grdnt5 Donation5ta Missioand Reliefncs & (Xheroilb1e1Trg0nls1Ks Otherchoritablt Ghflngl5ee Not¢ 21 Grants 235 2303 ArtNleS Directly Relatin8totheWovk ofihe axY¢h Fund rai5in$ expenses Diocesan Parish Contribub 228 Wedding and Funeral Expenses Ministry expenses. ildesTrOYe1, TephLech & krtemet ikne Reli8ious EducatSon Out Reaeh Upkeep of Servlce5 In5urantrs including roof setuiity Fabric Repairs and Maintert*ce incoryan Church GroundslGarden Ekrtricity Flre/Quinquenial InsKerD 261 103 221 45 225 294 312 2894 2240 6214 870 iiio Church Mana8ement and AAminiMratlr BoDk% ylnting and siatior Miscellaneous £xpenses Ma8azlne Expenses RÈpo8raphlc Exppnses New Printer 577 122 675 145 1734 1081 Churth Hall 2158 Elettrjc Watèr Rates Insurances 1073 . 1081 Furnlture Repairs Cleanin6 fN4)enses Miscellaneous EXPee5 Ground Maintenan 527 12 145 120) 433 6955 8551 Malor Capital EVkdr(re Majorrepairc05tsto thurch buildin¥ ID¢ redecorati Major repaits tochurth hall redetorwK)n 6432 3780 10212 Total Paynts 54495
4312 9839/ 381 49ll4 64982 . Prep8ymen Accurals. LialX1thI25 J233 878 195 Électrfoty Restrirted FnbAio ' The Royal Brf¥5h W*rAid Historicchurehes Bell Rlw 164-" 235." t4ote3 311L2024 23147 6256 57 17525 kbric R1r5 Furd IIAwJlwnsl Clock Fund ToiletFtmd Cho¥ FuEY] Or8an FutN4 FhwerFw ChurthGaTden Hall Stage Curtakns 5631 3751 132 $31 3250 -74