Financial Statomonts orthe Registered Charty. Stretton Parish Jesus Stretton Parish for theyear ended31 De¢ember2025 Incumbent: Revd Steve Johrwn The Reetory Cardingrnill Valley Church Strelton Independent oxamingr. T Lunt BA FCCA MTPI WR Partners Chartered Accountants Belmont House Shrowsbury Business Park Shrewsbury SY2 6LG Stretton Parish Annual Report to Church Members for the year ended 31 December 2025. RL.ftrence and Administrative Informalio Sii"cnort Paribh compnscs Si LaureDcc s Church in Church SIiLllOlI. St Micl)a¢l's Cl)ui'ch iii All Stretiort. and All Saints Church ii) Liiile Strellon. Thi) group ofLhurclies 1% i)ari olthe Condowcr Dcaniry of th¢ Dio¢¢s¢ of H¢reford M'ithin ihe Church L)f England. Si Michael's foii)1.4 P3rt of a Local F.cunicnical Panncrship ILEP). with A Unitcd Refoniied Cliurcl) in ihL WLSI Midlands Syn￿1. )e eontspondciice addrcss for iliL parish is- Thc Parigh OIYicL'. L'hurcli Sirlri. Cliurcli SirLifoii. SY6 6DQ. The Rccror s P.A. can bc Lonthci¢d al offjc U'5trciion arish.or . ￿uk or plione on 01694- 774?24. The Pari%h websiie can be found ai wwM'.S￿et1O1l h.tsr Struclurc. govcrn#nce gnd m8nagemeni ThL Pamchial Chiirch CounLiI IPCCI is a corporal¢ EM)dy esiablisl)ed bjp tlie Church of Ejigland. The PCC 0￿[￿1¢% tht Parochial Church Council Pow'¥rs McasuTC. Tht PCL. wos excnipl¥d by order froni regi%iering wilh the Charity Commission. howevrr lolluwing T¢¢¢ni rcgi5traiion Flnance Commlitee -dclcg2t¢d auihority from the PCC to manage and review tinanciAI HR Commlttee- delegated duihority from thc PCC to ovm¢e employment & ongoing m4ind¥ernent of .staff, including 5af¢guurding issues. Standln¥ Commlttee- dclcyled authority from the PCC for urgen( maiters ari$in¥ in belw'eeth PCC fftLclin8S. F.ni'lronmenlal Commlttee- io consider ttrml ass¢ss options and makc c05tcd recommendaiion5 lo the PCC io help ihe PJrislL reach targei of carknn neuirality by 2030. W'elfare Group- io ¢onsider the welfare of our leade￿. and io support Ihem. The following inajnr risks ideniified by the PCC and ihcir control prw¢$5CS f4TC as follows:. Prote¢tlon The PCC li&s a Safeguarding Policy wilh all leadu5 who wvrk wilh young people and vulnerdbl¢ adulLs required to under80 regular ¢heck5 and follow Ilie poli¢y. The PCC arrangu annual rei'iews of church propenies from a health and %afety p¢rspe¢tive #nd ensutrs illl Ihose prq)arin8 fLK)d on church premises have the pptvpriaiv FI￿ HyBiene Certiflcate Flnanclal The PCC arranges for an Indep¢ndenl Finan¢iBI Examinalion ofits books and recurds with J l(Klll. pro(&%yional Jccounting timi. The PCC revicws ils investm￿11$ gnd ¥Dvesimenl policies throuyh the work of it$ FiD2n¢¢ Cornmittcc. > Property The PCC insi7rL￿ llll its properties Ihmugh th¢ Ecclesiabiical Insuranc¢ CoEllpany. Thc PCC aprM)ints a firm of Architccts w Conduct i yearly rcvicws ol'its properties and advise on all buildin￿% aiid iiJoJiftcatioDs work. The PCC his relaled TnJ.*ls cind endowed funds as follows.. > The W1150n Tlcquest Trust- thi. funds htld for this trust M'ere transferred IDIV the bank #ccount held bv the cbirliv of the ssme name duTlng 2025. Oblectlves #nd Aerli'lries 11) 5etiing objeclives and pliiiining for acliviiies. lh¢ ￿¢T￿be￿ hmve given due consideration to t]ie gencr81 giuiddnce published by ihe chariiy commission in ￿latiOn io public b¢nefiL. Thc PL"C' hos Ihc rbsp01151biliry of c(H)p¢ratinb? wilh ih¢ in¢umbcni ro proiiiiilL'. in 8treMttlI Parisli. Ihi whule Inission of Ilic C'hurch. pastoral, cvangelisiic. social and ccunicnical. li also liss maiiilenanee respo￿81b1￿l1les for ils Ihree church buildings. and Ihe Parish Cenir¢. Our purpo%e as a parish 1$ io make jes￿ known. Centrdl to ihis is our dependence upun thr Holy SpiTtI. prayLr God'5 word. Each of us brin￿. our gifts and skills 10 bc USLd togeilicr a l)aTisII. 10 Makc Jcsu.% known. Tlic Parochial Chiircli Councils (Powcrs) Measurc 1956 slaies ihai Ilic PCC .1.% 10 COOPCrnt¢ willi ihc minisicr in pronioting in lh¢ parish Ihe wliol¢ mission of Ilie L"IIuTcIi, pastoral. cvangclistic, social and LYumcni¢il'. AII PCC nicni￿rI. 85 charity InisiLL%. havc had regard 10 Ilie Cliaiiry Coii?mission's publi¢ bL'nelit guidiryncc. where ￿1¢Yank in ex¢r¢isin8 iheir wjwers and dulles. Our putPOSe 16 achi¥v¢d by doing threc ihin8s'. eommunity- intcntional mission This meAns ihsli we seek 10 be a visiblc prcscncc in the SiTeiions ¢ommunity. building r¢lalion&hips wilh ilioK who liye and work here and offcring everyoiie the OPPOTluJiity io belong al￿ 10 bcli¢v¢. Walklng wlth God- inlenlional discipleship This mrdlls ihat we help e¥ch oihcr io b¢¢vm¢ f*LiilJful followrrs of Jesus Xtking to liv¢ out oiir faith omidsl ihc chall¢n8cs of our daily lives. Servin8 ihe Strettons & beyond - intenuonal scrvice Thi.8 me8ns thai we seek io'love our neighbouTS' by walking alongside th¢m ihrough tlie 'ui*' and 'downs' of life and looking out for iheir neeiL%. Achievements •nd Performatt¢¢ Please ste ihe Aiillual Report to th¢ APCM which contsins.. - Elecioral Roll Infonnalion Review of th¢ Year Reciors Rcpon Children & Familie5 Worker Church Wardcrts Repon RLP)rt from St Michael's Rcport from All Saints Deanery Synod R¢tK)rts from gmups and aciiviiics R¢￿Tts ofongoing. projects Fin•nciAI RN'iew Total incoinc Icvels for 2015 wcrc £334.649 ¢ompared with £777.972 in 2024. The incrcas¢ w&s due to incrc8scd rnstrkclcd fund giving thiring the ycar. conipwed Lo 2024. TiTriul fAPflLdiluir fui 2025 £.388.487 ioi))paird Vl'irh £?R3.278 in 2024. The It]Gre4￿C wa4 duc io increased endowmen¢ fund expenditure duriii&> the year when the ba18nce of thc Wilson B¢que6l monics were Paid over io thc charjiy olthe same nanie. compared 10 ?Q24. The operniing ￿QU￿t show5.. - Si Laurefftce's had li n operating deficii of £500 for 2025. compated to a deficit of £1 U.437 for 20?4 SI MiLhael's had an operaling surplu5 of £969 for 2025. compared io a.SUTplus of £721 foi. 2024 All .Sainis had an opcrating surplus of £3.733 for 202S. compared to a surplus of £ I,(Tr33 for 1024 The FuodbJnk s¢[ up during Ihe l&si quarter of 1013 by th¢ PaTi%h. in canjunclion wiih'churches Tiibyeilier in the Sireiic)n.% Lotitinucd i(Tr iTrperdie and develop from ilic Parish CcntTC main l)all. The income remuined very slrong duTillg 2025. Tlie eypeiidiiure reiluced ¢Jue to clianges in opel'ating practices lor dibtribuling lh¢ foud ¢tc. Thrrc remains a healthy balanc¢ for futULr ¢xpciidittlL'C. All th¢ inveslinenis wcrL' sold during 2075. with the Wilson Bequest endowment nioni¥s king paid OVLT lo Ihi ch8n'¢y ofthc samc namc. The PCC Temains largely inve51¢d in ihe cash deposii funds ot'ihc Church of F.n8land. Th¢ PCC receivcd Icgacie5 income of £17.500 during 2025 12024: £nil). The PCC inrends lo sell its frtclK)Id propetry in Churcli Str¢tton15. ￿rtdfOrd Coun) during. and to place ihe fund$ generaied in 8 Parish Developmen( timd for fvture use. All Lhurches donate IOQ/. fmm their general gÈving to their mission parniers- for 2025 this am(iui)led iu £1 R,414 fiTrT Si taurenLe'& £5.068 for All Sainrs and £? 787 fvr St MiLhael's. In addilion, £5,729 wa% giien ai d&Signal￿ colleciions which was passed 10 ihe selecied kneficiaries. R￿erveS Pollcy For St LaurenLe'&. there is a balance of over£250.¢NN) unTestricied reseryes or bank balances which equates to more ihan a yearfs eX￿n￿￿tUre. The PCC agreed dwin8 2025 to nxwe to One Parish Accounting whereby all w￿￿S￿¢t¢d incorne will be treated as for the Parish rather than for the three indii'idual churche5. The ¢losing designated balances for St Mich&el"s All Sliints will be transfeTr¢d into separaie desIg￿ed maintttnance fund5 for those two church&s. The PCC holth significant reserve5 in non-liquid forn most noiably the Parish Centre and S Sandford Court. which provides valuable pmrrtrty ass¢15 for ihe WOT* and ministy of ihe Parish. The Sandford Court prop¢rty is due to be sold in 2026, freeing up for Parish development work. The fr¢¢ reserve$ of the PCC are £107.168 120*4.. £102.629). Th¢ PCC considers this uDrestri¢trd ainount suitsblc io covcr unforcse¢n emergen¢i¢s. Ir is PCC policy io invest our funds balances vlith the CBF Chuwh of En¥land Deposil Fund. This report Was approved by the Tnsw$ and signed on their behalf by: Julie Lawlon Ichurcli Warden) Stephen Cartcr (Lhureh Warden) 19 April 2026 Str¢tton Parlsh Independent Examln•rfs Report lo th• Trustees of Str•tton Par15h I report to ch8rity trustees m). examinatycffi of the accojnts for the year ended 31 December 2025 whith 81è Set out on pages 7-16. Responslbllltl•s and ba$1$ of lh• r•port As the charity's trus￿$ you ar8 reS￿nSIble for the preparats.￿ of tho accthJnt8 in ￿￿OrdanCe wth the requiremenls of the Charities Act 20111.the Act'l. I raport In r96PgCt ol my examinati{￿ of lh6 ch￿ty,5 axounts ¢arrled out under sectlon 145 ol th8 Act and in carryin9 Out my examination I hav8 follcthed au thg ap￿1¢•blO Dired1￿5 given by ihe Charity Commi53ion under secbon 145151{bl ol the Act. Ind1￿ndent •x•mln•rf8 ¥tat•m•nt I h8ve completed my examinalion. I wnfirm Ihal no m8teFi81 matlers have come io my attents.￿ in c￿neCtIon with the examinOih?n glving me c8u8e to believe lryal in any matenal respect.. 1. 8ccounting recuds wer• not k•plin r•spect ol tho charity a5 required by sectKJn 130 of the Act., or 2. th8 accovnls do ￿￿t8Ccord wthh thL*O rect￿1$., or 3. the accounts do not complywllh Ihe applThble requiremeris concwnlng Ihè fonn and conlent ol accounts sèt out in the Charitie5 IAccounts and RepM)rtsl Recuiatlons 2008 other than any requlrem•nt that the accuunts gv• a Irue lair wew. which is nol a matter Cl￿￿(1￿red 85 Part of an independent ex8min8bon. I have no concerns and have come auoss other m8tters in o>nnedion wth the examination to which 8ttenlion 5￿Ul0 be arawn In inis ￿port In oroer to en¥￿e a prcyer un(lerstanding 01 the accounis io be reached. T Lunt ￿ IHoml FCCA MTPI VIR Partners Chartered .4ccounlants 8elmont House Shrewsbury Busingss Park rewsbury SY2 6LG 2310412024 51%1 2 2X Str•tton Pwlsh BALANCE SHEET u at 31 Dae•mbpr 2025 2025 2025 Totsl 2024 Total FIXED ASSET8 Tangible fix¢d a$s•ts Investm8nt gs$018 219.467 224,367 62.723 219467 CURRENT A88ET8 Debtors & pr•pa￿￿nts Short term deposlts Cash at bank and in hoThJ 5.934 197,087 80.800 263 822 10,067 193,646 48,093 251 805 CURRENT UABIUTIE8 Amounts falling due wthin on• y•ar Accruals & crnd¢tors 19,804 19.804 21,678 21,678 14ET CURRENT A&8ET8 244.018 230,127 NET A88eT8 LESS LIA8ILmE8 463.485 517217 R•pr•••nt•d by ACCUMULATED FUNDS Unrestrfaad Deslgn8t8d R•stn"cted End￿n￿l 12 328.835 84.428 52,423 327.135 86,077 27.898 76.108 517 217 10 463.485 Slon¢d on behamol Stretton P•tsh J￿Ie Lawlon (Churth Ward•nl stephèn Carter (Church Ward•nl Yhe rw on pages 9- 16 fm part ofihese acrAunts s￿on Pwlkh NOTES TO THE FIIIANCLAL STATEMEIITS Forth• yryar en¢kd 31 2fj25 1 Acctsuniing Pollcb . 1$ I￿1￿ ()vJich Reg￿81￿￿￿12rTh t{¥ther￿th arwltm SCMIP 201gIFRS ItM¥** Ih Ihe Statem￿1 ot ¥*xbc•". RepwIl￿ by chan￿08 crKd￿¢*vlth the FlharKwl Ryrtry the UK and W4pubk of IFRS 102lwtht•dJarwJW¥ 2DI8 and Flrondai StandoiOaFs*** wi4* un￿•d KW tsftre￿ IFRS 1021*d ch￿bAsI￿ 2011. WE sobj. These St￿l￿￿tB hW• hljlorul •xC•Pt for IhB ol InVosth￿l1 a65915*th1th are ai volu8. Tr* th• PCC. loi pcc w. nol Include Iho r*courrt$ d ctrwrh thAEl*• mttin •l*ilk4kn￿ to bnother ttsJyrt(xT tr￿• Ihal ￿ Yltym IJOS *xwkof lh• C Share * JI D￿e￿nbor Lry th￿• •1 4n tri thD FuMd* Q•n•rBI lur￿0 rew•AÈrt the fvThY5 01th• PCC thBI wyrK4 Flx•d AH•l• dbsbgn31od Itw tyl￿ Pccwe ako unroÉtilci•d vAh* rnuyoable ¢thwth lun*shryJ ty d [￿Uhy￿￿sQo￿ ￿ce the PCC ih16 t• yc¥•ly ityxwrno durty the mBtytalned', ontyinccff* from *¥e*nNyicl V* runds dopfjtwjw yptsse lol INI bJrniLTh. rMthanc•l*impfo¥ernenl. RegwGl•d lund¥ rnW•Mnl iy •ndtrMneDl8 w*l¢h may bo eAFqrthd trme r•8lii¢ledÉ4ecti In ienr401tr¢ tr￿1¢¥ tr• 50 Cufwi ewthuie LXlthD oTinYiiid ty I￿ PCC lty a ap•ok d4•Ct loi in4r•J. 4yrthtybo I￿nd¥d on tho FOT viiJrwgw4n kny èt of g pWChD￿ m 01£S,ty crf¥￿ off iThea5* Is ￿ul*j. In¢omlr4 R•Aour¢ • ¥WI ￿¥1315￿¥ 25 ol IhD PCC. . Co•eciK)ns L4keD * Twer* we rLI Mx*th witho the ¥*Je fN31 acc(￿￿1 o11￿ PCC. lymthen re¢er4ed . InGfJme taxrectypraNB M Gfft I￿r￿￿ts *)tr* PCCAt 31 wect o*f•ts, n Lhe L% iecoyrdwd. -Gran￿ 10 the PCC tra5 X 5 Uie PCC Is noufied c4 Its W EDI￿O￿t. Skth cayh hetyj cffj i ceF Fwth. ctourtod NQTE$ TQ ThE FWIIJICIII ¥TATEIIENTS l¢•rylknwdl Forlh•yw •nd•d 31 Il•¢w￿l014 Fw To 11& 15.301 1Z4>J IX121 15S.K V.116 J7.J67 37.cfjl 14,125 14.442 5224 4,314 13.6$9 1.023 2114 76 1452 10.6 8.149 L•￿1 14 8ac&•l*l 131 P•rMh C•nlr• la••￿ 141 140 9,991 F•v & 342 3.407 PV IrmT•lM•Kéo 141 342 R•nl 6.625 1.175 23 Total kn¢omiry A•llou￿ 2ryd.4B4 28.W 25.688 2.087 334.649 277.972 Fw TL 9.471 14,327 •iJ 11.)31 11Qm2 1W.2B• &97• .4aO iO.C¢6 1&275 oio 124 6,n6 2,IZ7 141 a2•2 .>23 18. 115 4?,T23 3¢1 173 17.158 31.xo 2.051 10 6.127 72 MOTe¥TO TrIEPWMts•L8TATEMENf8 I¢•vidftL*dl FUth•￿1￿1*d 31 O•twnbw2f 41.t3S 3S.07a CO•T oepfti¢wno 12 gyl NEf BO￿¥1￿1 214.487 46n Id7 147 COIF f•.SJl 37.f 72J 107 Ohl•k1 6220 sir•tton P•rf¥h NOTES TO TrIE FINANCIAL STATEMEWT8 Iconlthu•d) Foi Ih•yw •nd•d 31 D•c•mbv 2025 Cr•dSlorn 2025 2024 AtuualB & 12,t65 Mswon 10.146 •ty*l• of n•t *A••¢• by Fwvj c￿rrent Fund Unrnknicte¢l Fwd¥ .967 132. 115,6171 328.634 Dwign•l•d Fw 78,424 13.4961 84,428 RqthrA•d $3.114 52,423 ETh1tyfftnl Fu￿J5 Tc4qlB 202S 219,467 263.822 483.485 D••F•r￿t•ll Fund• 81FM* 1.1J¢25 Ewthir• n81 CJF •8 81 31.12.2025 Swnls Chwth 30.249 21.683 135.1821 JI S#ints Chwth-mdnkn•r> 33,982 9.731 8.812 7.532 inten8nce. 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St Laurew¥'• 13.284 4.571 13.038 123 YJ.403 25.688 6,497 123 Roctcrfy Si Mich8d¥ CIVJ St M'chadkn Chjrth. mvknterbm rJ.3n 125,5711 24,371 11471 24,371 63,547 147 84 428 •1411.1• IJT In F¢0# Ip Iq• 117V P4fflthVl**￿1 ljl gal s**ttoTr Piv*h rJFas ul 31122Q CDVhknwTwt 13 at 1 13)25 31 12 2025 326 OJS 83$ IJ B•ok￿l Atomr 1411 140 Stretton Parish NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) For the year ended 31 December 2025 14 Parlsh Centre Accounts 2025 2024 OPERATING INCOME Booking charges 6.691 5,807 OPERATING EXPENDITURE Cleaning Refreshments & MI￿lIaneouS Minor repairs and renewals Electricity, gas and water 6.058 5.940 1.189 2,099 9.900 4,106 5.135 6.330 22,282 18,474 ParSsh Centre Operatlng Doficlt Less provision for lutufe maintenance Contrlbutlon from Parl$h Church 115,5921 112,6681 1,913 1,742 17,504 14,410 Non Routine Income PV solar 2.289 1,886 Non Routlne Expendlture Maintenance Depreclatlon Total Parlsh Centre Deflclt {500) 15,715 (500) 13.023 15 Controlllng partles The charity is controlled by the Goveming Board of Members 16 Related Party Transactions No tTUStees received payments in retum for playing the organ during services 12024= 1 trvslee lotalling £178). 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