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← The Parochial Church Council Of The Ecclesiastical Parish Of St Michael And All Angels Colehill

2025-12-31-accounts

ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, COLEHILL

Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2025

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Full name of the Charity The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael and All
Angels, Colehill, known as St Michael and All Angels		 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael and All
Angels, Colehill, known as St Michael and All Angels
Charity Registration
Number		 1134712
Address of the Charity St Michael’s Church Centre, Colehill Lane, Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset. BH21 7AB
Ex officio Trustees
Incumbent Revd Suzanne Pattle Chair
Deanery Synod
Representatives		 Mrs Sharen Green
Mrs Muriel Jacobs
Mrs Joanne Clayton		 Elected 21 April 2024
Elected Trustees
Mr Graham Kewley Churchwarden Elected 6 April 2025
Mrs Hilary Motson Churchwarden Elected 6 April 2025
Mr Alan Motson Treasurer Elected 6 April 2025
Mrs Joanne Clayton Parish Safeguarding
Representative		 Ex-officio (Deanery Synod
Representative)
Mr John Spatchet Elected 6 April 2025
Mrs Caroline Jones
Mr Adrian Ramshaw Elected 6 April 2025
Mrs Rebecca Bellows
Mrs Helen Hunwick Electoral Roll Officer Elected 6 April 2025
Mr Lindsay Wood
Mrs Margaret Wood
Mrs Ngaire Kewley PCC Secretary Co-opted onto PCC
Reporting to PCC

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Mr Nigel Butler Assistant Treasurer Reports to PCC through Treasurer – in
occasional attendance at PCC by
invitation
Karen Rimmington Church Centre Bookings
Secretary		 Employed by PCC for 10 hours a week.
Reports to Treasurer and
Churchwardens

LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Reference and administrative details of the Charity, its Trustees and Advisers

Structure, governance and management

The Church of St Michael and All Angels is situated in Colehill, near Wimborne Minster in Dorset. It is part of the Diocese of Salisbury. The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is a body corporate (PCC Powers Measure 1956, Church Representation Rules 2006) and a charity registered with the Charity Commission. The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. All Church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. The representation of members on the PCC now stands at 9 elected members, which came into effect in 2024. There was one unfilled vacancy during 2025

Objectives and activities

St Michael's Parochial Church Council has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church; spiritual, pastoral, prophetic, evangelistic, ecumenical and social. It oversees adherence to policies on Safeguarding, Health and Safety and Data Protection. It also has the responsibility for the fabric of the church and for the operation of St. Michael's Church Centre.

The PCC met 5 times during the year and the Standing Committee met once. Other committees met at various times and, where appropriate, discussions and decisions at these committees were presented to and discussed by the PCC.

Committees

The PCC operates through a number of committees and sub groups, which meet between full meetings of the PCC. The principal committees are:

Standing Committee:

This is the only committee required by law. It has power to transact the business of the PCC between its meetings, subject to any directions given by the Council. It met once during the year. Membership: Vicar, Hilary Motson, Graham Kewley, Alan Motson, Lindsay Wood,(Lay Vice-Chair)

Fabric Committee:

The committee is responsible to the PCC for all matters relating to the fabric of the church, including action on outstanding quinquennial items, health and safety policy, fire safety and risk assessments for both Church and Church Centre. The Fabric Committee is also

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responsible for all matters related to the upkeep and repair of the Church Centre. Hall Hire policy and bookings policy and pricing remain in the hands of the Vicar, Churchwardens and Treasurer, with Bookings Administrator Karen Rimmington, who address these matters on a regular basis, reporting to the PCC as required.

Membership: Graham Kewley, Robert Heaton, Alan Motson, John Spatchet, Robin Hill, Lindsay Wood, Peter Condon

Mission and Outreach Committee:

This committee aims to support key events in the church and community calendar in order to foster deeper connections with the life of the church, especially at Harvest, Remembrance, Christmas and Easter. As such it supports and nurtures regular events such as coffee mornings, craft workshops and the community café. It organises publicity and communication to promote church and community life and special events, and enables prayer and gentle conversation through making prayer cards and leaflets available. During the course of 2025 the Committee once again planned and led a series of Family Activity mornings during the school holidays, drawing in a younger demographic. Membership: Vicar, Hilary Motson (CW), Hilary Gooding, Joanne Clayton, Liz White, Helen Hunwick, Rebecca Bellows. In attendance: Karen Rimmington

Finance, Stewardship and Fundraising Committee

The Finance, Stewardship and Fundraising Committee scrutinises financial procedures and financial protocols, develops future campaigns on stewardship and drafts fundraising proposals for capital projects related to fabric and reordering. During 2025, the committee worked on our bi-annual Gift Day timed to coincide with the Patronal Festival and continued to work with the Eco Committee in monitoring our energy consumption and purchasing habits to comply with our stated intention to become carbon neutral.

Membership: Vicar, Alan Motson, Muriel Jacobs, Adrian Ramshaw, Jeremy Barnard, Nigel Butler

Fundraising and Events Committee

This committee plans events through the year with the aim of raising money for the General Fund (which may include partnering to raise funds for other charities, subject to the approval of the PCC). They have established a regular pattern of events which have been very successful during 2025, and are a very effective team who work well together and have fun along the way. Events included: Spring Fair, July Coffee Morning and Car Wash (jointly to raise money for the Uniformed Organisations), Summer BBQ, Quiz night, Murder Mystery Evening and the Christmas Fair. The committee also oversaw two parish lunches which were well attended by church members and others from the local community. These events raised a significant amount for both church and other charities in a year of continuing financial pressure for the parish, which increased share contributions as well as inflationary pressures. As a result of the efforts of this committee and the generosity of planned givers and one off donations, our financial position at the end of 2025 was a very healthy one (see financial report below)

Membership: Rebecca Bellows (Chair), Adrian Ramshaw, Angela Ramshaw, Meg Wood, David Benson, Helen Hunwick

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Colehill Community Café:

Karen Rimmington acts as Café Coordinator, reporting to the PCC via the Vicar, Churchwardens and Treasurer. Day to day running of the café continues to be managed by a small team who are responsible for ensuring that all health and safety issues and requirements are fully met. A full meeting of all café volunteers is convened twice a year to review financial information, to agree rotas, to review progress overall and to ensure continued full compliance with health and safety legislation and good practice. The cafe continues to run on a donations basis, and has made a healthy profit during 2025. The café retained its 5* Food Hygiene Certificate following an inspection in the autumn. It continues to operate as a warm space and is valued as a place of friendship, especially for those who live alone. During Lent 2025 the cafe donated a proportion of its profits to Julia’s House and Routes to Roots and proceeds from the Christmas Lunch were given to Wimborne Food Bank Café Coordinator: Karen Rimmington. Core Team: Alan Motson, Eric Jones, Jackie Jones, Jenny Horobin.

Eco-Church Committee

This committee monitors our compliance with Eco-Church recommendations, including Fairtrade Church status and the ecological management of the church grounds. The committee continues to work towards the Gold Eco-Church award and is actively involved in the planning of worship during Creationtide. The Church continues its affiliation to Planet Wimborne through this committee and the congregation contributes to a monthly collection for recycling by Win on Waste Wimborne.

Membership: John Spatchet, Jenny Spatchet, Graham Kewley, Damian Gratton (joined July 2025) Nigel Butler, Hilary Motson, Rod Chapman. Alan Motson (Treasurer) attends on request.

REGULAR WORSHIP

We continue to livestream services on Sundays and at special times of the church year and a number of people, especially the housebound and others who cannot attend in person, participate in online worship. We continue to operate our YouTube channel, but it is not possible accurately to determine the nature of participation in online worship: whether people watch the entire act of worship or simply ‘drop in’.

Our pattern of worship in 2025 was as follows:

Sunday services :

10 am Holy Communion

On 3[RD] Sundays: 8am HC (BCP)

An 8am HC (BCP) is also offered at key festival times, namely Easter, Pentecost, Harvest, Christmas

The pattern of worship altered during the course of 2025 following a review of Cafe style worship which had been taking place on fifth Sundays (8am HC was also offered). From the autumn, a regular monthly 8am HC was established, normally on the third Sunday of each month.

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Midweek Services

First Wednesday of the month at 10.30 Holy Communion (BCP)

Daily Office

Wednesdays - 8.30am Morning Prayer (on Zoom) Thursdays 5pm Evening Prayer (on Zoom) Fridays at 12noon, Midday Prayer in Church

Festivals

Ash Wednesday – Holy Communion with Ashing – 10.30am (said); 7.30pm (sung) Holy Week and Easter:

Maundy Thursday Eucharist Good Friday – Meditation at the Cross Easter Day:

8am HC (BCP) 10am All Together Communion

Christmas:

Nine Lessons and Carols – Third Sunday in December Christmas Eve:

4pm Crib and Christingle Service 11pm Midnight Communion Christmas Day 8am HC 10am All Together Communion

SUMMARY OF THE YEAR

We continue to be blessed by the ministry of Revd Martin as part of the Ministry Team as well as by the gifted contributions of our Lay Worship Leaders, John Spatchet, Jenny Spatchet, Hilary Gooding and Graham Kewley. Martin continues to preside once a month, and preaches roughly every 6 weeks, as well as playing his part on the rota for the observance of Lent, Holy Week, Easter, Advent and Christmas. He is also available to cover when the Vicar is on leave. His ministry continues to be greatly appreciated by the Vicar and congregation alike.

During Lent 2025 the Vicar ran a midweek course based on the Big Church Read book “Wild Bright Hope”, which was poorly attended, in part because the three home groups now operating continued to meet and follow their own pattern during Lent. Lent, Holy Week and Easter services were observed with a variety of opportunities for reflection. Our Maundy Thursday and Good Friday Services used liturgy adapted from material by Wild Goose Publications called SEVEN ACTIONS (Maundy Thursday) followed by SEVEN MOMENTS (Good Friday).

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The Parish continued its active support for the Children’s Society through donations from the Crib and Christingle Service, choir carol singing in the pubs, and an annual box opening and coffee morning Fundraiser in March. In May Christian Aid week was marked by a special service, with a guest speaker from the regional committee, followed by a fundraising lunch.

In June the parish once again marked RSCM Music Sunday with a Cream Tea and Hymn Sing. Local community choirs came to perform some musical items, rounded off by a community hymn sing. Proceeds from the tea were divided between church funds and the RSCM. Later on in the year once again we celebrated the Patronal Festival with Choral Evensong.

September is always a busy month with the observance of Creationtide, ending with the Patronal Festival. Members of the Ecogroup helped in the planning and delivery of our worship during this season. It was inspirational to hear a talk delivered by Jane Benson, who set up a Community Garden in Wimborne, which provides a place of activity and welcome, and supports the local food bank with regular donations of much needed fresh fruit and vegetables. The craft group provided artwork reflecting on creation, as well as the Creationtide 2025 logo, which further enhanced our experience of worship. We continue to work towards the EcoChurch Gold Award.

During September we once again opened the church for Dorset Churches’ Ride and Stride which coincided with Dorset Architectural Heritage Week. The Church opened for 3 sessions and welcomed well over 100 visitors with refreshments and guided visits. Most visitors were fascinated by our unique Arts and Crafts building and enjoyed the welcome and atmosphere. The Mission and Outreach Committee supported these events with a Saturday coffee morning, and with materials on display which showcased that we are a living, serving worshipping community. We celebrated Harvest Festival at the beginning of October, with donations being offered to Salisbury Women’s Refuge. Cherubs Toddler Group held their own harvest celebration and it was lovely to see the generosity of families who added to our donations this year. Proceeds from the raffle at the Harvest Lunch were given to Routes to Roots, a local charity supporting the homeless in Poole.

The Remembrance Ceremonies at the War Memorial were held as usual. Pupils from St Michael’s CE Middle School attended alongside the Uniformed Organisations Some of the young people then attended a Peace Service following the Act of Remembrance, which was better attended than the previous year. It was good to lead the service with a clergy colleague, Revd Oli Fricker, who is also a local scout leader.

The Christmas Season was celebrated with the usual run of services, with the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols and the Crib and Christingle Services being the best attended. We continue to offer a late communion on Christmas Eve, starting at 11pm, which does not attract a large congregation, but is appreciated by those who do attend This pattern will continue in 2026.

In general congregation numbers have remained stable, with one or two new members joining during the course of the year. Sadly we have marked the loss of some long standing members of the congregation, which is always felt deeply. The three home groups continue to run successfully.

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COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Colehill Community Café has continued to operate throughout 2025. The revised charging policy of payment by donations rather than fixed prices continues to be beneficial in terms of income received and small claims gift aid recovered. The café has a regular committed clientele drawn from both church and community, and is a welcome place of hospitality and connection.

The Mission and Outreach Committee ran several family craft events during the year during the school holidays, with themes loosely connected either to the church year or biblical teaching. This is a regular pattern in the cycle of outreach events run by the parish. Bimonthly coffee mornings continue to be held on Saturdays throughout the year, and one of our LWLs, Hilary Gooding, runs a very successful Saturday craft group which draws people in from both the congregation and community. They use their creative skills to decorate the church at Christmas and Easter, as well as at other times of the year, which enhances our experience of worship.

Cherubs Toddler Group is thriving: it has a core team of parents and church volunteers who work hard to make the group a success. The Group’s commitment to using sustainable resources for craft activities is exemplary and the quality of the crafts offered is notable. The group continues to come into church once per half term for ‘Toddler Church’. This is very much an ‘opt-in’ activity, but the majority of parents and carers come and enjoy this experience. A highlight last year was Cherubs Church in February, when we talked about the gift of love, and showered each other with heart-shaped confetti!

Parish lunches remain popular, as social events and as fundraisers either for parish funds or for charitable giving. During the year we supported Christian Aid, our South Sudan link, the Children’s Society, Salisbury Women’s Refuge, Emergency Appeals by the Disasters Emergency Committee, and Wimborne Foodbank. The parish actively supports Wimborne Foodbank through weekly donations of food. The parish continues its commitment to the Children’s Society by raising funds at Christmas and through the year, with an annual coffee morning fundraiser.

Connections to the wider church includes the Vicar’s regular attendance at Deanery Synod joined by our 3 parish representatives and Clergy Chapter. She continues to serve on Diocesan Synod. Members of St Michaels attend a lay led ecumenical prayer group which meets regularly to pray for all denominations locally. Members of St Michael’s are actively involved in the local Christian Aid Committee, helping with ecumenical Lent lunches and running a Parish Lunch at St Michael’s during Christian Aid week, which raises a

significant amount for the charity. The Vicar is also a member of the Diocesan Link with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Evreux, France. Our longstanding link with South Sudan (Karika) is maintained through the Mothers Union, and other deanery contacts. Our card-recycling project set up to raise funds for South Sudan continues to raise significant sums of money to support the needs there.

The parish ran the annual Christmas Fayre and Tree/Star Lighting in December, which was well attended by the community. This raises a significant sum of money for church funds, but, more importantly, it was good to see many members of the community present and enjoying time together.

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PASTORAL CARE

The LPA team (Barbara King, Liz White and Richard Ely) meets quarterly with the Vicar to ensure pastoral needs within the congregation are met and contact maintained through cards, phone calls or visits. They each oversee a section of the Church Electoral Roll. Home Communions are offered on the first Wednesday of each month and pastoral visiting is done at home or in hospital/care homes by the LPAs as well as the Vicar when the need arises. Many more informal networks exist within the congregation through the various groups that meet, including the Mothers’ Union Prayer and Fellowship Group, the three home groups and the Community Café, which meets pastoral needs of more elderly members of the congregation as well as the wider community. Mac Chisholm (LLM Emeritus) coordinates a prayer list in response to prayer requests for individual needs, which is circulated securely to those who have committed to this ministry of intercession .

OCCASIONAL OFFICES

During the course of 2025, St Michael’s conducted 1 Wedding 7 Baptisms (including 1 adult), 9 Funeral services (Church or Crematorium/Cemetery) and 1 Burial of Ashes

ST MICHAEL ’ S MIDDLE SCHOOL

The school has been ably served by members of the Church congregation both in an informal and formal capacity over many years but the past year has seen a significant turnover in membership of the Local Academy Committee as Foundation Committee Members. The School is a multi-parish foundation which can draw foundation committee members from more than one parish. Currently the Vicar and Helen Hunwick are members of the LAC. There have been difficulties in administration and communication between the school and the LAC this year but the new chair is working hard with committee members and a newly appointed clerk to address this.

The school continues to operate in an increasingly challenging educational environment in terms of funding, increased mental health and special educational needs, and changes in provision of staffing. The school continues to live up to its vision statement that ‘every person uniquely made in God’s image, merits the best that we can give’ in terms of the quality of teaching and learning, the pastoral care and SEND provision, the rich variety of extracurricular opportunities on offer, including day trips and residential experiences. The school works hard to ensure that no child is deprived of an educational opportunity owing to economic circumstances and as a parish we were able to offer some additional funds to support residential trips this year.

The congregation has continued to actively support St Michael’s CE Middle School – sending regular cards of thanks and encouragement to staff at key points throughout the academic year. The Vicar and other members of the congregation are regularly seen for collective worship or to support other activities in the life of the school. The Vicar meets regularly with the Headteacher as well as the senior lead for Christian Distinctiveness and together have been involved in discussions and evaluations of what church school flourishing should look like. This includes excellence in the offering of Collective Worship, in the embedding of spirituality across the curriculum, high quality Religious Education, and the development of

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pupils’ ability to see beyond themselves, and play their part in the wider world as courageous advocates for justice and the flourishing of all. The school is due for a SIAMS inspection in the coming year.

Collective Worship follows a four-yearly cycle drawn from diocesan and other resources and is planned in close consultation with the Vicar. The beginning of the academic year for the staff was marked by a special act of worship in Church, timed at the start of the school day For the first time, the Vicar offered a special service of ‘Blessing of the Backpacks’ for the new Year 5 starters. This was an optional event, but was well attended by children and parents, and the feedback was very positive. This will become a pattern for the coming years. The later date of Easter in 2025 meant that the Vicar could offer an optional Ash Wednesday service for school pupils. This was well attended by pupils, many of whom fed back that they had gained spiritually from their experience of worship on this day.

Pupils attended the Remembrance Service at the War Memorial and it was pleasing to see increased numbers of pupils present, some of whom presented large poppy-shaped wreaths which held prayers written by pupils during the previous week in school as part of their collective worship.

The School Carol Service in Wimborne Minster never disappoints. This year the new Head of Music, Stephanie Martin-Papp, coordinated a service around the theme of Light, and the combination of readings, music, dance, art and drama was a joy to behold. As last year, the school also had two Christingle services in the school assembly hall – feedback from the pupils described this as a spiritual and magical experience. Christmas worship also included a more traditional Five Lessons and Carols in St Michael’s Church for those who wanted to participate. This is now well-established in the school calendar.

We continue to run Experience Church for year 5 pupils in the autumn as part of their usual enrichment programme; in March they are offered Experience Easter held at Wimborne Minster – a programme which is delivered by four local churches. Year 8 Leavers now participate in a whole afternoon of guided reflection in this time of transition, with opportunities both to look back and look forward during an important moment of transition in the lives of the young people. Activities began in the school hall, extended into classrooms and finished in the church for a short service.

The school works hard at developing wide-ranging community relationships, with pupils regularly participating in community events throughout the year, including visiting care homes, supporting local charities (chosen by the children themselves), participating in the Wimborne Children’s Society Parade, the Jazz Festival Weekend and other events. The Vicar had hoped to establish some kind of support for exploring the Christian faith in school through the offer of a ‘thinking group’ but this idea is yet to turn into reality.

FABRIC

The Fabric Committee has been diligent throughout the year in ensuring the church and church centre are in good order, overseeing the Annual Clean of the Church Centre, and working through remaining repairs required by the last quinquennial inspection of the church. Thankfully the Quinquennial Inspection report received in early 2025 did not highlight any issues of real concern, other than the need for regular upkeep and maintenance, and many of

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the highlighted tasks can be cost-effectively managed by doing work ourselves. However, the heating system has been a concern during the course of the year, needing costly repairs. The Fabric Committee is also actively exploring possibilities for the repair of the bell ropes on the Ellacombe Chime, which is currently unusable.

The Reordering Project reached its final and welcome conclusion with the installation of a drop down screen and projector in January 2025. This has been a great enhancement to our worship, and the retractable screen also means that at long last the aesthetics of the building are not compromised by the presence of an unsightly and unwieldy screen. The Churchyard continues to be well maintained as a green space and retains its registration to the Living Churchyard project of Dorset Wildlife Trust. Graham Kewley (Churchwarden) has continued to monitor the state of the church lands. During the autumn we were concerned to discover the presence of cauliflower fungus (sparassis crispa) at the base of the large Douglas Fir in the Churchyard, which is in danger of threatening the integrity of the tree. Inspections have been carried out, and it is likely the tree will have to be felled for safety reasons (investigations ongoing and permissions to be sought). Graham has kept the grounds tidy and maintained hedges and formal mown areas with some assistance. The bedding areas and garden pots are managed through the dedicated efforts of Margaret Gillingham.

SAFEGUARDING

There should be no complacency in the area of Safeguarding, and the PCC takes this very seriously so that all can feel safe and flourish within the worshipping community, and the wider community can have confidence in our safeguarding practice.

During the course of 2025 the PCC appointed Meg Wood as Deputy Safeguarding Officer and she joins the Vicar and Jo Clayton, Parish Safeguarding Officer, on a regular basis to review policies, procedures and practice to ensure that a healthy safeguarding culture is maintained at parish level. DBS checks are managed promptly, and accurate records maintained regarding mandatory safeguarding training. Safeguarding Sunday was marked in November in both the intercessions and the use of a specially commissioned hymn.

The Parish is registered on the Parish Safeguarding Dashboard, which requires regular updating and review to ensure compliance in all areas - providing action plans which are reviewed at each PCC meeting. At the end of 2025 the Diocese of Salisbury requested parishes to migrate all Safeguarding and DBS checks to the organisation “Thirtyone:eight”, following a data breach affecting the previous provider in the autumn of 2025. The Parish is now registered with Thirtyone:eight, and will be managing DBS checks and training records using this system in the forthcoming year.

Safeguarding is a mandatory standing item on PCC agendas and regular reports are given. We continue to ensure Safer recruitment of volunteers as well as keeping up to date with training requirements for any whose role merits ongoing training.

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SUMMARY OF OVERALL GOVERNANCE

We continue to carefully monitor our financial position, to ensure good governance and continue the practical business of running the church. The Fabric Committee, Finance, Stewardship and Fundraising Committee, and the Standing Committee have continued to meet over the year, to ensure that the fabric and finances of the church are kept in good order and to progress projects underway relating to reordering and fundraising.

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FINANCIAL REVIEW

The overall Statement of Financial Ac3vi3es, as required by FRSSE SORP (SORP 2015) is set out below.

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St Michael and All Angels, Colehill The Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2025 is set out below.

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The Statement of assets and liabilities is shown below

OVERALL SUMMARY

Total funds at the end of the year were £102,197 (2024: £86,564)

GENERAL FUND (UNRESTRICTED FUND)

The General Fund made a surplus in the year £4,076 (2024: £6,091). This compared to a budget deficit of £4,500 (after including £5,500 of income from fund raising events).

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Notable factors are:

  1. The turn round of £8,600 has come principally from an increase in the overall level of income.

  2. 1.1. Planned giving and donations increased over budget by £2,800.

  3. 1.2. Fund raising was £3,200 better than budget.

  4. 1.3. Other income (mainly wedding and funeral fees) was £1,300 better than budget.

  5. Overall expenditure was £1,700 lower than budget.

  6. We paid our Parish Share commitment of nearly £69,500.

DESIGNATED FUNDS

Designated Funds include the Church Centre Operations Fund, Colehill Community Café Fund, General Reserve Fund, Parish Share Reserve Fund, Flower Fund, Cherubs Toddler Group Fund and Choir Fund. Such funds may be used for any purpose at the discretion of the PCC.

Church Centre Operations Fund

This Fund deals with all income and expenditure relating to St Michael’s Church Centre. Income in the year was £23,742 (2024: £24,749). This generated a surplus for the year of £4,598 (2024: Surplus 5,940).

We have lost one or two hirers over the year for a variety of reasons, but none who were in any way dissatisfied with the venue, and many hirers speak highly of our facilities.

General Reserve Fund

The General Reserve fund is money set aside to cover work required by the Quinquennial Report or for significant and unforeseen maintenance. At the end of 2024, the balance on the fund was £7,000. Subsequent to the year-end we have finally received the invoice for the work carried out on the Church heating system. This was for the sum of £5,250 which will be charged against the General Reserve Fund in 2026.

The Quinquennial report itself did not reveal any items requiring significant expenditure.

Colehill Community Café

The Church Centre continues to be registered as a “Warm Space”. The Community Café supports both church and community individuals and provides a place of friendship, conversation and light lunches!

We have continued to work on a donations basis which enables us to claim gift aid on the donations made. The Café made a surplus in the year of £3,020 (2024: Surplus £2,309).

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Legacies Fund

The policy adopted by the PCC was that any legacies of £1,000 or over should be placed in a separate designated fund to be used where possible for the general development and mission of the Church. The balance at the start of 2025 was £8,000 of which £3,315 has been used towards the cost of the installation of a projector and drop-down projector screen. During the year the balance of the fund was used in the purchase of the screen and projector system, and is therefore now at zero.

RESTRICTED FUNDS

Restricted funds are determined by the intention of donors, either individually or collectively. Such funds can only be spent on the purpose for which the money was originally given.

Charities Fund

St Michael’s is committed to supporting a wide range of charities, covering local, national and international appeals. In 2025 we donated a total of £8,458 – including donations to the Children’s Society, Medical Aid for Palestine, the Church in the Sudan and South Sudan, Christian Aid, and the Wimborne Foodbank.

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS

  1. The charity’s trustees (PCC) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider 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.

  2. No trustees have received any payments other than the reimbursement of valid and approved expenses.

  3. Fund structure

  4. General Fund used for PCC ordinary purposes.

  5. Designated funds are unrestricted funds set aside for specific purposes at the discretion of the trustees.

  6. Restricted funds represent income from trusts, endowments and donations or grants received for a specific object or invited by the PCC for a specific object. The funds may only be expended on the specific object for which they were given. Any balance remaining unspent at the end of the year must be carried forward as a balance on that fund.

  7. The PCC cannot create a restricted fund itself.

  8. The PCC does not invest separately for each fund.

  9. The accounts are prepared on an accrual basis for years ending on 31 December.

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  1. Full provision is made for all anticipated expenditure for which a liability has arisen but not yet spent.

  2. Income is included based on the period to which it relates rather than when actually received. Full provision is made for any income that may not be received.

  3. The Viscount organ is depreciated at 5% per annum straight line. The projector and screen system is depreciated at 10% straight line.

  4. It is the policy of the PCC to retain reserves sufficient to meet:

  5. General Reserve Fund – provision for any significant but unforeseen maintenance expenditure and to cover essential costs relating to the latest quinquennial inspection. We retain 25% of the total expenditure in the year to which these accounts relate.

  6. Church Centre Operations – anticipated replacement of boilers, ovens, etc, and major redecoration costs for the internal and external aspects of the building. We retain 25% of the income received from external hirers in the year to which these accounts relate.

  7. During 2025 a Reserves Policy was established and approved by the PCC. The values will be assessed at the end of each financial year, and the basis agreed is:

    • i. General Fund – equivalent to one quarter of annual expenditure

    • ii. Centre Operations – equivalent to one quarter of annual income iii. General Reserve – assessed each year by the PCC.

    • iv. All Restricted Funds to be fully maintained

  8. The accounts have been reviewed by and approved by an independent examiner as required by the Charities Act. The Independent Examiners Report is included with the accounts submitted to the Charities Commission.

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St Michael and All Angels, Colehill Receipts and payments Selected period: 01 January 2025 to 31 December 2025

From 01 January 2025 01 January 2024
Note To 31 December 2025 31 December 2024
General - General fund (Unrestricted) Fund
Income and endowments
Donations, Legacies and similar incoming resources
Gift Aid - S/O 2,130 1,940
Parish Giving Scheme 54,381 51,763
Collec'ns - Regular 2,925 3,545
Collec'ns - Occasional 1,183 717
Donations - Gift Aided 3,854 4,771
Stewardship/Gift Day appeal - 3,657
Donations - Non Gift Aided 1,296 1,482
Retiring Collections 272 638
Sundry Donations 5 149
Outreach Projects 175 45
Gift Aid - Tax recvd 1,786 2,458
Gift Aid - Tax Recvd - Accrl - (454)
Parish Giving Scheme - Gift Aid Recoverd 12,382 12,024
Legacies - 525
Total Donations, Legacies and similar incoming resources 80,389 83,259
Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects
Fees - Funeral Church 428 208
Fees - Funerals Crem 105 -
Fees - Funerals Burial 19 -
Fees - Register Searches 19 -
Fees - Wedding Banns 149 54
Fees - Wedding Service 297 -
Fees - Services - Heating 100 -
Fees - Services - Live Streaming 150 75
Total Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects 1,267 337
Other trading activities
F/Raise Christmas Market 2,322 1,985
F/Raise General Fund 7,197 7,389
Total Other trading activities 9,520 9,374
Investments
Bank Interest 480 440
CBFCE Interest 1,334 1,546
Total Investments 1,815 1,986
Other income
Grants - 3,581
Coffees 995 915
Contribution to cost of utilities 1,000 930
Other sundry sales 1 -
Contra - Receipts - -
Total Other income 1,996 5,426
Total Income and endowments 94,987 100,383
Expenditure
Costs of generating funds
F/Raise - Christmas Market 70 43
F/Raise - General Fund 764 922
Total Costs of generating funds 834 965
Grants payable in furtherance of charity's objects
O'seas Agencies - 943
Home Agencies 272 -
Secular Charities 746 658
Baptism Collections 255 -
Total Grants payable in furtherance of charity's objects 1,273 1,601
Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects
Outreach projects 98 -
Parish Share (Quota) 68,455 68,928
Organist remuneration 955 1,426
Visiting Organists 2,885 2,390
Expenses - Vicar 1,286 956
Other Ministry Expenses 154 46
Discipleship learning - 80

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From 01 January 2025 01 January 2024
Note To 31 December 2025 31 December 2024
Mission & Outreach Costs 175 142
Experience Church - 100
Website costs 567 551
Wine and Wafers 226 199
Chalice maintenance 35 -
Candles and Oil 34 66
Music - 212
Services misc. 162 122
Licences 814 781
Total Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects 75,846 76,000
Support costs
Insurance 1,866 1,958
Cleaning - 10
Telephone 738 783
M/T Central Heating 217 178
M/T Fire extinguishers 306 97
M/T Cleaning - 38
M/T Organ and Piano 65 -
M/T Equipment Purchase 1,006 -
M/T Health and Safety 267 849
M/T Sound system 135 -
M/T Routine Maint. 37 558
M/T Minor Repairs 9 -
M/T Grounds 552 70
Contra - Payments - -
Gas 1,862 1,954
Electricity 442 1,003
M/T Reprs - Church Bldg - 3,749
Total Support costs 7,502 11,246
Expenditure on managing-administering the charity
Sundry Exps - Refreshments 774 331
Sundry Exps - Other 17 95
Off Supps - Plain Paper 231 189
Off Supps - Other stationery 100 42
Off Supps - Miscellaneous 104 45
Photocopier/printer costs 1,221 1,569
Computer costs - hardware - 247
Computer costs - software 546 610
Stewardship expenses 32 -
Bank charges 338 333
Audit Fee (10) 35
Subscriptions 137 183
Depreciation 1,965 800
Total Expenditure on managing-administering the charity 5,456 4,480
Total Expenditure 90,911 94,291
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure 4,076 6,092
Brought forward balance 49,922 37,933
Transfers to/(from) 9,142 5,898
Total carried forward balance 63,140 49,922
Centreops - Church Centre Operations (Designated) Fund
Income and endowments
Donations, Legacies and similar incoming resources
Donations - Gift Aided - 22
Gift Aid - Tax recvd - 6
Total Donations, Legacies and similar incoming resources - 27
Other income
Grants - 24,170
Lettings 20,837 21,969
Lettings - Centre Rendezvous/Cherubs 2,465 2,490
Lettings - accrued income 239 (425)
Dons. in lieu of lettings 200 715
Contra - Receipts - -
Total Other income 23,742 48,919
Total Income and endowments 23,742 48,947
Expenditure
Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects
Website costs - 385
Licences 517 388
Total Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects 517 773

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From 01 January 2025 01 January 2024
Note To 31 December 2025 31 December 2024
Support costs
C/C Staff Costs 6,754 4,709
C/C Routine Mt 464 376
C/C Health and Safety 1,299 1,910
C/C Enhancement 308 24,170
C/C Equipment purchased 309 155
C/C Insurance 1,292 1,387
C/C Cleaning 1,933 1,712
C/C Cleaning materials 190 118
C/C Consumables 301 397
C/C Dishwasher costs 99 324
C/C Security 584 483
C/C Misc costs 8 30
C/C Maintenance 466 -
C/C Annual Clean and redecoration 974 860
Contra - Payments - -
C/C Sewerage costs 727 657
C/C Gas 1,428 2,038
C/C Electricity 672 1,972
C/C Water 432 398
C/C Major Maintenance Expenses - 536
Total Support costs 18,242 42,234
Expenditure on managing-administering the charity
Computer costs - software 385 -
Total Expenditure on managing-administering the charity 385 -
Total Expenditure 19,144 43,007
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure 4,598 5,940
Brought forward balance 19,653 13,713
Transfers to/(from) (3,957) -
Total carried forward balance 20,294 19,653
CentRenD - Community Café (Designated) Fund
Income and endowments
Donations, Legacies and similar incoming resources
Gift Aid - Tax recvd 1,367 1,514
Gift Aid - Tax Recvd - Accrl - (152)
Total Donations, Legacies and similar incoming resources 1,367 1,363
Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects
Community Café 7,100 6,598
Total Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects 7,100 6,598
Total Income and endowments 8,467 7,961
Expenditure
Grants payable in furtherance of charity's objects
Home Agencies - 250
Secular Charities 745 665
Total Grants payable in furtherance of charity's objects 745 915
Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects
Community Café 4,701 4,736
Total Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects 4,701 4,736
Expenditure on managing-administering the charity
Bank charges 1 -
Total Expenditure on managing-administering the charity 1 -
Total Expenditure 5,447 5,651
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure 3,020 2,309
Brought forward balance 1,517 908
Transfers to/(from) (3,500) (1,700)
Total carried forward balance 1,038 1,517
Charities - Giving to Charities (Restricted) Fund
Income and endowments
Donations, Legacies and similar incoming resources
Collec'ns - Occasional - 46
Donations - Non Gift Aided 6 2
Childrens Society 1,537 1,674
Appeals - Specific 4,467 55
Gift Aid - Tax recvd 894 102
Gift Aid - Tax Recvd - Accrl - (88)

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From 01 January 2025 01 January 2024
Note To 31 December 2025 31 December 2024
Total Donations, Legacies and similar incoming resources 6,904 1,791
Other trading activities
F/Raise General Fund - 220
F/Raise For Charities 247 815
Total Other trading activities 247 1,035
Other income
Contra - Receipts - -
Total Other income - -
Total Income and endowments 7,151 2,826
Expenditure
Costs of generating funds
F/Raise - For Charities - 273
Total Costs of generating funds - 273
Grants payable in furtherance of charity's objects
O'seas Churches 1,674 -
Home Churches 1,073 1,541
Home Agencies 646 519
Secular Charities 2,937 117
Total Grants payable in furtherance of charity's objects 6,330 2,177
Support costs
Contra - Payments - -
Total Support costs - -
Expenditure on managing-administering the charity
Bank charges 25 -
Total Expenditure on managing-administering the charity 25 -
Total Expenditure 6,355 2,450
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure 796 376
Brought forward balance 376 -
Total carried forward balance 1,172 376
Reserve - General Reserve Fund (Designated) Fund
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure - -
Brought forward balance 7,000 5,300
Transfers to/(from) - 1,700
Total carried forward balance 7,000 7,000
Parshare - Parish Share Reserve (Designated) Fund
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure - -
Brought forward balance - -
Transfers to/(from) 6,000 -
Total carried forward balance 6,000 -
Flowers - Flower Fund (Designated) Fund
Income and endowments
Donations, Legacies and similar incoming resources
Donations - Non Gift Aided 13 12
Gift Aid - Tax recvd 3 -
Total Donations, Legacies and similar incoming resources 17 12
Total Income and endowments 17 12
Expenditure
Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects
Church Flowers 107 78
Total Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects 107 78
Total Expenditure 107 78
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure (90) (66)
Brought forward balance 248 314
Total carried forward balance 158 248
Cherubs - Cherubs (Designated) Fund
Income and endowments
Other income
Other sundry income 1,395 1,221
Total Other income 1,395 1,221
Total Income and endowments 1,395 1,221

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From 01 January 2025 01 January 2024 To 31 December 2025 31 December 2024

Note

Expenditure

Expenditure
Expenditure on managing-administering the charity
Cherubs expeneses 1,149 1,079
Total Expenditure on managing-administering the charity 1,149 1,079
Total Expenditure 1,149 1,079
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure 246 142
Brought forward balance 142 -
Total carried forward balance 388 142
Cherubs - Cherubs (Restricted) Fund
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure - -
Brought forward balance - -
Total carried forward balance - -
Choir - Choir Fund (Designated) Fund
Income and endowments
Donations, Legacies and similar incoming resources
Donations - Non Gift Aided 100 100
Total Donations, Legacies and similar incoming resources 100 100
Other income
Grants 250 -
Total Other income 250 -
Total Income and endowments 350 100
Expenditure
Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects
Visiting Organists 50 -
Mission & Outreach Costs 64 -
Music 139 67
Total Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects 253 67
Total Expenditure 253 67
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure 97 34
Brought forward balance 266 232
Total carried forward balance 363 266
Legacies - Legacies (Designated) Fund
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure - -
Brought forward balance 4,685 8,000
Transfers to/(from) (4,685) (3,315)
Total carried forward balance - 4,685
Discretion - Vicar's Discretionary (Designated) Fund
Expenditure
Grants payable in furtherance of charity's objects
Home Agencies 110 -
Total Grants payable in furtherance of charity's objects 110 -
Total Expenditure 110 -
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure (110) -
Brought forward balance 153 153
Total carried forward balance 43 153
Sundry - Assigned Fees (Restricted) Fund
Income and endowments
Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects
Fees - Funeral Church 423 248
Fees - Funerals Crem 644 456
Fees - Funerals Burial 67 -
Fees - Surrogate - 104
Fees - Wedding Service 247 -
Total Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects 1,381 808
Total Income and endowments 1,381 808
Expenditure
Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects
Vicar/Assign Fees 1,381 808

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From 01 January 2025 01 January 2024
Note To 31 December 2025 31 December 2024
Total Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects 1,381 808
Total Expenditure 1,381 808
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure - -
Brought forward balance - -
Total carried forward balance - -
Reorder2 - Reordering Project Des (Designated) Fund
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure - -
Brought forward balance - -
Total carried forward balance - -
Reorder - Reordering Project Res (Restricted) Fund
Income and endowments
Donations, Legacies and similar incoming resources
Donations - Gift Aided - 2,000
Gift Aid - Tax recvd - 500
Total Donations, Legacies and similar incoming resources - 2,500
Other income
Grants 3,000 -
Total Other income 3,000 -
Total Income and endowments 3,000 2,500
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure 3,000 2,500
Brought forward balance - 83
Transfers to/(from) (3,000) (2,583)
Total carried forward balance - -
OrganRes - Organ Fund - Pipe Organ only (Restricted) Fund
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure - -
Brought forward balance 2,602 2,602
Total carried forward balance 2,602 2,602
Restore - Church Restoration (Restricted) Fund
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure - -
Brought forward balance - -
Total carried forward balance - -
PeaceHaven - Peace Haven - Homes For Refugees (Restricted) Fund
Income and endowments
Donations, Legacies and similar incoming resources
Peace Haven - Homes for Refugees - 2,400
Gift Aid - Tax recvd - 31
Gift Aid - Tax Recvd - Accrl - (31)
Total Donations, Legacies and similar incoming resources - 2,400
Total Income and endowments - 2,400
Expenditure
Grants payable in furtherance of charity's objects
Home Agencies - 616
Total Grants payable in furtherance of charity's objects - 616
Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects
Outreach projects - 9,600
Total Activities in furtherance of the charity's objects - 9,600
Total Expenditure - 10,216
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure - (7,816)
Brought forward balance - 7,816
Total carried forward balance - -
Clients - Held for Church members (Restricted) Fund
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure - -
Brought forward balance - -
Total carried forward balance - -
CentRendR - Centre Rendezvous Res (Restricted) Fund
Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure - -
Brought forward balance - -

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From 01 January 2025 01 January 2024 To 31 December 2025 31 December 2024 - -

Note

Total carried forward balance

OrganRes2 - Organ Fund - Pipe Or Digital (Restricted) Fund

Excess of Income and endowments over Expenditure Brought forward balance

OrganDes - Organ Fund (Designated) Fund

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CHARITY COMMISSION | Independent examiner's report

Section A Independent Examiner's Report

Report to the trustees/ | THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF members of | ST MICHAFL AND ALL ANGELS COLFHILL On accounts for the year | 31 DECEMBER 2025 Charity no | 1134712 ended (if any) Set out on pages | SOFA Report (5 pages), Detailed Accounts by Fund (7 pages), General Fund Analysis (5 pages) and Balance Sheet by Fund (2 pages) | report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust’) for the year ended 31/12/2025 Responsibilities and As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act’). ! report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, | have followed ail the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent | have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement Come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respeci,: « the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or e the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or e the accounts cid not comply with the applicable requirements concerning 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 ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

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i have no concerns and have come across no other matters In connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed: | & | & D R ry | Date: | 4 March 2025
Name: | Roderick Cooke |
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Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
Address: E Weston Road, Colehill .
Wimborne, Dorset.
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IER

St Michael and All Angels, Colehill

End of Year Financial Statements

Year ending 31 December 2025

Accounts approved by Parochial Church Council

Date of meeting: Wednesday 4 March, 2026.

Signed:………………………………..Revd. Suzanne Pattle (Incumbent) Signed:……………..…………………..Graham Kewley (Churchwarden)

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Introduction

These are the final accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025

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Notes to the accounts

The charity’s trustees (PCC) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider 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.

  1. The accounts are prepared on an accrual basis for years ending on 31 December.

  2. Full provision is made for all anticipated expenditure incurred but not yet spent.

  3. Income is included based on the period to which it relates rather than when actually received. Full provision is made for any income that may not be received.

  4. It is the policy of the PCC to retain reserves sufficient to meet:

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Report dated: 4 March 2026

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