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2025-12-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report of

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Congleton

Known as All Saints Congleton

Registered Charity no. 1134829

For the year ended 31st December 2025

CONTENTS

Website: www.allsaintscongleton.org.uk

The Revd Ian Enticott
Incumbent: The Rectory 2 Hartley Gardens, Congleton, CW12
3WA
Registered Congleton Parish Ofce, Chapel Street (behind St
Ofce Peter's Church), Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 4AB
Independen
t examiner:		 Reverend Alan A Clements, MA, ACIB, FCIE
15 Carleton Road, Great Knowley, Chorley, PR6
8TQ
Bankers: NatWest Congleton
46 High Street, Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 1BE
Investment CCLA Investment Management Ltd., Senator House
Managers 85 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4ET

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All Saints Congleton Trustees' Annual Report for 2025

Our aims and purposes as a charity

The PCC has the responsibility of co-operating with the incumbent, the Revd Ian Enticott, in:

The PCC has maintenance responsibilities for the Parish Churches of St. Peter’s and St Stephen’s, and the Chapels of Ease of St. John’s and Holy Trinity and all their respective Church Halls and Rooms. The fabric of the rectory is the responsibility of Chester Diocese.

What we planned to do to achieve our charitable objectives

When planning our activities for the year, our incumbent and the PCC have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the specific guidance on ‘charities for the advancement of religion’.

The council has complied with the duty under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016, fully recognising its duty to have due regard to House of Bishops' guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

For this year we discussed, planned and delivered the following objectives and activities to fulfil our aims:

Enabling as many people as possible to worship at our churches

Enabling as many people as possible to become part of our parish community Teaching, baptising and nurturing new and existing believers

Maintaining an overview of worship throughout the parish

Considering how services can involve the many groups that live within the parish Putting faith into practice, through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament Offering worship, prayer, and teaching about the Gospel, in small group situations Assisting people from all walks of life to develop their knowledge of, and trust in, Jesus

Providing pastoral care and occasional offices for people living in the parish Providing assistance to the poor and needy of the parish

Working with other Churches in the Town through Churches Together in Congleton (CTC).

Giving donations to missionary and charitable organisations

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Reaching out to the unchurched through provision of the following activities: Messy Church, Baby and

in collaboration local Primary Schools.

Maintaining the fabric of four church buildings.

Running Mossley Village Hall and All Saints Community Centre which are used by many community

groups to hold their activities

What we achieved and how we affected beneficiaries’ lives

Attendance at worship

The church family includes worshippers from across the Town within as well as outside the parish boundary. It is our great pleasure to welcome everyone from all walks of life to take part in the life of the church. We run two services at St Stephen’s on a Sunday which typically welcome a total of approximately 100 adults and children and a fresh expression at St Peter’s on a Sunday Morning which welcomes 10-15. We celebrate a weekly midweek service at Holy Trinity and monthly Tea Church services at St John’s Community Centre. Home Communion is also available.

The average regular weekly attendance, counted during October was 129 adults and 14 children. Over the course of the year we have seen a number of new people come to church but have also lost some worshippers. Our Worshipping Community is assessed at 211. Our Electoral Roll was 123 people. A total of 746 school children came for harvest celebrations.

Our Children and Families Missioner held services for local Schools in our churches or at school as follows. At Holy Trinity Easter and Harvest services were held for Mossley School and a Christingle service was held in that School. At St Peter’s Easter and Harvest services were held for for Marlfields school. At St John’s School Harvest and Christmas KS2 services were held for Buglawton School and a Nativity service for Reception and Year 1 pupils from Havannah was held in the Church and All Saints Community Centre.

At St Peter’s, the Town Carol service, a civic occasion, was attended by 175 people and on Good Friday 16 people came to visit prayer stations in the church following the CTC Service in the Town Centre. Midnight Communion was held on Christmas Eve and welcomed 53 People. We worked with all the Primary Schools across the town creating poppies that were displayed at St Peter’s through the commemorations of Remembrance in November.

On Thursday evenings, we hold a weekly prayer meeting for the parish on Zoom with around 6 people who join the meetings when they are available. We pray for various matters in the parish including our forthcoming events, and for those who have requested prayer for a particular situation. We also pray about events in the wider world.

During the year we run regular baptism preparation sessions and conducted the baptism of 11 children. Four marriages and 46 funerals plus 22 interment only services were also performed.

Teaching, baptising and nurturing new and existing believers

We run baptism preparation sessions which allow us to discuss support networks and family engagement, as well as answer questions and find ways that we might further

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connect families to other work in the parish such as our baby and toddler group (Shine) and Messy Church events.

The Bible Course course was run for the new and existing Christians in the autumn.

We ran a Family Life Group which developed into a monthly session with 6 families in regular attendance which provides opportunity for parents and children to mix, strengthening relationships but also gives the parents space to both share the challenges and joys of life and parenting as well as explore faith together and what it means for each of us. We link these sessions to the Sunday teaching to connect more deeply. We then share in food all together. This has been facilitated at the Rectory.

We continue to run weekly Life Groups at various times and locations where small groups of our congregations meet to study the Bible, to pray, to support one another and for fellowship.

Evangelism and outreach

All Saints has a range of initiatives and programmes aimed at reaching out to different groups within the Town which include; a Baby and Toddler Group, work with Schools (both independently and jointly with another church), Messy Church, special services for Schools, a Well-Being Course and Bereavement support activities, a weekly Luncheon Club and monthly Tea Church primarily for older people. We run a drop in event on Sunday mornings offering a flexible quiet space, guided meditation and a short act of worship called Space and Time. We have also run an art-based project with Schools and Community members for Remembrance which aimed to engage with as wide a range of people as possible.

Shine, our Baby and Toddler Group, saw lower numbers in 2025 and we took the decision to reduce Shine to a single session per week as it was when it originally started. We have seen that session grow with a number of new families to attend regularly and making the group their regular Monday morning event bringing us to near capacity on a weekly basis. Our team continues to provide healthy snacks, a variety of toys and equipment that provide both fun and developmental opportunity for the children, a listening ear for parents and carers, and an opportunity for the children to engage with bible stories and faith. We ran our Shine nativity for a second year.

There was a big change for Messy church in 2025 as we moved to an almost monthly event running 9 events through the year, including a large event as part of ‘The Hunt’ Easter egg hunt on Saturday 19th April where we had over 100 children in attendance. Our regular events have now grown a distinct congregation with a nucleus of about 10 families who attend almost every time with newer families starting to being a more regular attendance towards the end of the year. We have covered a series on the Parables of Jesus and then from the autumn have been exploring the different journeys that Jesus took and what we can learn from them. We saw over 260 attendees over the sessions.

Our Children and Families Missioner leads our Schools work and is supported by the Rector and team of Church volunteers. We have been active in Buglawton, Havannah, Marlfields, Marton and Mossley Primary Schools with regular assemblies, reaching around 1300 students. He delivered multiple courses of Walk Through the Bible: Old Testament and New Testament sessions as part of the RE curriculum to Havannah, Marton and Mossley to a total of 120 students. He delivered other RE lessons at multiple schools to a mixture of year groups, and we also hosted multiple school visits to various church sites including, Mossley, Marlfields, Havannah and Buglawton at Holy Trinity, St Peter’s and St John’s Churches respectively. He spoke at the Mossley KS2 Christmas Concert.

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We have specifically reached 322 Year 4 students across 9 primary schools in Congleton delivering ‘Christmas in a Box’ workshops respectively. This was again delivered by the Children and Families Missioner and a team of volunteers from All Saints, working ecumenically in conjunction with New Life Church and their staff and volunteers, supported by donations from the parish and New Life Church. This included training new volunteers taking part in any activity for the first time.

Our Poppies for Remembrance Project this year involved all the Primary Schools across the Town and the public more generally. The Community Art Project for Remembrance as we celebrated 80 years of the end of World War 2 by creating poppies from plastic bottle bottoms or other materials and decorating them. A total of 115 people visited St Peter’s during the week to Remember and Reflect and £163 was donated to the RBL poppy appeal. It was a very impressive display.

We ran our Easter egg hunt for the fifth consecutive year, again utilising our partnership with the Town and hiding 100 eggs across Congleton Park and Hankinson’s Field. We developed the event for 2025, offering tea, coffee and cake at St Stephen’s Church for both those who were lucky enough to find an egg and those who weren’t. We also combined this with a Messy Church event allowing children, parents and carers to participate in a variety of faith-based Easter-themed crafts. Alongside the Hunt we also ran an Easter Prayer trail across all 4 church-yards, with a competition linked so that the winner would have a large Easter egg as a prize. We also created an Easter Garden display at St Peter’s churchyard with tableaux representing the days of the Easter story with explanatory notices.

We were also present at the Congleton Christmas Lights Switch-On event on 28th November. We ran our Bags of Joy event here. We endeavoured to make this a more missional event by encouraging children and adults to decorate a box and then encouraged them to take the box away and fill it with Christmas foods that would be treats and to then bring back these donations to a special Bags of Joy Service on the first Sunday of Advent. These donations were given to the Storehouse Foodbank run by New Life Church as a way of blessing those in need at Christmas with food that might make the season a little brighter. Those attending the service also created Christmas Cards to go with their donations to remind those receiving them that they were cared for and loved. We had over 125 boxes decorated and taken by families and the service was a great success. The event was also a success in the eyes of the business manager running the Town Hall and we have been invited to take part in the 2026 Food Festival as well as the Light Switch-On events.

We ran our second Holiday Club in 2025, Wonderful World. Attendance numbers grew by a third from the previous year to 26 primary-aged children, many of those returning for a second year. We ran the holiday club for 5 mornings from 28[th] July to 1[st] August. The holiday club explored how we look after our incredible world, who needs to get involved and when we should start. Every day there were crafts, games, songs, baking, challenges, stories from the bible, and lots of fun to help those attending discover and explore this for themselves. We also provided a healthy lunch every day for all children attending.

We run a monthly Tea Church service at St John’s Community Centre where following an informal short worship service we serve sandwiches, cake and hot drinks. In total the 10 services attracted 380 people for some of whom we provide transport to the Community Centre. We also ran a weekly Luncheon Club which served 1350 twocourse meals and 58 three-course Christmas meals to a range of people where the volunteers prepare, serve and eat with our guests.

Provision of the church buildings for people to enjoy

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All four of our churches are available for baptisms, marriages and funerals but Sunday worship occurs at the two Parish churches. In addition we have a number of Parish buildings which are variously used. The All Saints’ Community Centre Buglawton is hired out to a range of community organisations and individuals, and is used for Church Activities; the Shine Baby and Toddler Group, Messy Church, Tea Church and for Parish breakfast and Luncheon Club. Mossley Village Hall is hired out to organisations and individuals and is used occasionally for Church activities. The Chappell Centre is run as a Community Cafe from Tuesday to Saturday by a separate organisation (CTP Networking Ltd.). The Upper Room at the Chappell Centre is hired out to a range of organisations and is used by the church for Bible study sessions and for the Bereavement Journey. St Peter’s Parish Rooms hosts the Parish Office and is occasionally used by the Church. We allow the St Peter’s Parish room grounds to be used by the nursery in St Peter’s School. The St Peter’s Parish Hall was redecorated and used by a Toddler group run by the URC Church after they left their own premises, which earned £270.

St Stephen’s holds monthly Coffee Mornings which attract 60-80 people and raise money which is sent directly to the chosen charities which were; Myanmar Disaster Fund, Guide Dogs, Street Pastors, Talking Newspaper, Macari Foundation, Cheshire East Hospice Bed appeal, Food Store, Crohn's and Colitis and Macular Society. This year we have installed broadband into St Stephen’s and have replaced the protection over one of our stained glass windows. The St Stephen’s Pillar Room at the back of church was also hired out to external organisations which earned £3640

St Peter’s is a Grade I listed church with a central position in the town. It is opened on Tuesdays and Saturdays through the Spring/Summer months for people to visit so that the architectural beauty of the building and its presence can be experienced. The total visitors to all events in St. Peter’s, excluding services and schools’ visits was 885 adults and 54 children. The building held musical concerts, choir performances and talks in the building and access to our family history records. For all these events we do not charge for entry but accept donations. We held a major art display of stitched textiles and paintings entitled What are you looking for? which ran for 3 weeks. We welcomed 139 visitors. St. Peter’s hosted a major flower festival to support the Congleton in Bloom bid. This involved the parish and local community groups and was described by the judges as “a particularly moving display of community pride and volunteer involvement.” It raised £302 for the Mayor’s charities.

Spatial reordering of the church building and future projects

A plan for the restoration of St Peter’s and its re-ordering has been informally discussed with the DAC and Bishop Sam Corley..

Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish

In addition to our funeral ministry our Pastoral Worker assisted by a team of 5 church members has twice led a 7 session licensed course called the Bereavement Journey on 2 occasions with total 8 participants. The Church also ran a special Christmas Without a Loved One service at St Peter’s to which we invite those for whom have held funerals during the year and 33 people attended the service.

Our church members are involved with an ecumenical Street Pastors organisation in the town contributing 6 Street Pastors and 7 Prayer Pastors. Regularly they sacrifice their time and energies to caring, listening, and helping people who remain out in the streets late on Saturday night.

Provision of tangible support to the poor and needy

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At our services, we collect produce that is then taken to our local food bank, Storehouse. We make no charge for many of the activities we run for the elderly and families, although donations are gratefully accepted. Space in the St John’s Narthex has again been used by a local initiative, Clothes for All, which will provide clothing to those referred to its service. Our boxes from the lights Switch On Event went to the local food bank to be included in their Christmas Bags of Joy. The churches and community centres have End Period Poverty provision in the toilets.

Other charitable giving

The church gives regularly to the Church Missionary Society with a total donation of £1,500 in 2025. The total money given to Charity directly from the St Stephen’s Coffee Mornings was £3698 (not included in accounts).

Our Financial Position

Summary

The Accounts cover two Parish Churches (St Peter’s and St Stephen’s), two Chapels of Ease (St John’s and Holy Trinity), All Saints’ Mossley Village Hall and St John’s Community Centre Buglawton. As in previous years, CTP Networking Ltd, which manages the operations in the Chappell Centre, is not included, being a separate legal entity.

The attached Financial Statements show:-

Total Income for 2025 was £323,556 (2024-£280,776) consisting of;-

Restricted Funds £124,949 (2024-£82,235)
Unrestricted
(Designated)		 £50,161 (2024-£46,531)
Unrestricted (General) £148,446 (2024-£152,010)

Total Expenditure for 2025 was £250,545 (2024-£319,211) consisting of;-

Restricted Funds £52,322 (2024-£96,180)
Unrestricted
(Designated)		 £44,326 (2024-£71,150)
Unrestricted (General) £153,897 (2024-£151,881)

Restricted funds

In 2019 a generous legacy was received by St Peter’s and was invested with CCLA until needed for major building work, which is the subject of a project still in the planning phase.

The portfolio of investments held in shares decreased in value by £51,336 during 2025 and this is shown in the SOFA under Gains/losses on investment assets.

Total of Restricted funds at 31/12/25 = £1,551,698 For the detailed list see the Balance Sheet.

Designated funds

The monies for Mossley Village Hall Premises and the All Saints’ St John’s Community Centre Buglawton are ring-fenced to keep them separate from other Unrestricted

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monies. For these, only their total income, total expenditure and bank balances are included in these Accounts.

There is also a fund for major repairs to church buildings, and several other small funds which the PCC wishes to ring-fence.

Total Designated funds at 31/12/25 were £84,366. For the detailed list see the Balance Sheet.

General funds

The total income was £148,446 (2024:£152,010). Congregational giving (excluding tax recovered) accounted for 56 % of income (2024 56% ) and largely comes from bank standing orders (2025 86%). Regular giving has increased which is encouraging although several members are no longer with us. The congregation needs to be kept informed as to the need for regular giving as costs are increasing all the time. Investment in shares decreased in value by £1470 during 2025, and this is shown in the SOFA under gains/losses on investment assets.

The major expenditure (50%) was, as usual, the Parish Share, £77,605 paid to the Diocese where we pay at 1.05 times the standard rate ie. we more than cover the cost of the rector and contribute to the other activities of the Diocese. Other significant expenditure was for the running costs of four churches and graveyards, and the Parish Office.

The balance of General funds at the end of 2025 was £31,945 (£42,320 at end 2024), a decrease of £10,375.

Staff costs

The PCC pays for an administrator who runs the Parish Office and supports our Church activities and communication materials. This year we have reduced the role of the Parish Administrator and the hours worked to make some savings. The Children’s and Families Missioner is paid by the Parish and we receive specific donations to support this ministry from members of the congregation and also from a local trust. The payments to the cleaner for Mossley Village Hall are included in the Staff costs but are reimbursed by MVH.

Trustee payments and expenses

The PCC also supported the Rector by paying Council Tax of £3,932, water and environmental charges amounting to £548 for the Rectory, plus other annual costs towards travel, hospitality, telephone, postage and broadband amounting to a little over £897.

There were no payments to other trustees nor to persons related to or connected to the trustees.

Office costs

The costs of running the Parish office in addition to salaries were £3,810 which included purchasing a laptop and mobile phone for the office and also a new printer costing £3,234 .

Repairs to the fabric of the church building

We were very conscious of a tight budgetary position for 2025 and restricted any building work to essential repairs £2380 and work that was funded from our restricted

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funds, which were: a new sound desk for St Peter’s £5928 and CCTV for St Peter’s, £3420 redecoration of parish rooms £3940 , new chairs for St Stephen’s £2164. No significant work was required at Holy Trinity or St John’s churches this year but minor projects at the Community Centre were completed using funding from the Centre income.

The total value of Parish funds at 31 December 2025 is shown below, with comparison to 2024

At 31/12/25 At 31/12/24
Restricted £1,551,698 £1,535,557
Designated £84,366 £69,531
General £31,945 £42,320
Totals £1,668,009 1,647,408

Why we hold money in reserves

The PCC policy is to hold most of the Restricted Funds in investments but to maintain the accessibility of Designated and Unrestricted Funds to support our activities.

Major or unexpected adverse financial events are covered as follows :-

Management of Risks and their Mitigation

The PCC has an ongoing task of reviewing the major risks which impact on the work of the churches in the parish. The usual electrical inspections, PAT testing and fire extinguisher checks have been carried out.

The PCC considers that the principal risks and uncertainties are:

We are actively working to ensure our safeguarding measures are consistent with best practice and we conduct risk assessments for Church activities.

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Future Financial Plans

The PCC accepts that the limited growth in our unrestricted income and increasing expenditure makes the financial position precarious and that it needs to closely monitor the financial situation. The balance sheet is deceptive. Monies available to meet our running costs, held in the General Reserves, are decreasing. However, the Parish appears to be well-endowed on the surface because of the sums held in Restricted Funds. It has been agreed that action needs to be taken to raise the congregation’s awareness of the actual cost of running the parish. It is also accepted that action to raise the income may be insufficient and steps will need to be taken to significantly reduce the expenditure as well.

Structure, governance and management of the charity

As a parish of the Church of England, the structure and governance of the Parish are controlled by the Church Representation Rules of the Church of England. The Parish is in the Deanery of Congleton which is part of the Archdeaconry of Macclesfield in the Diocese of Chester and in the Archdiocese of York.

The Parochial Church Council (PCC) is registered with the Charity Commission as required by the Charities Act 2011. Its governing document is the Parochial Church Councils (Powers) Measure 1956.

The members of the Parochial Church Council who have acted as Trustees' during the year are listed below. All Trustees' are required to make a PCC Member Trustees' Eligibility Declaration and complete appropriate DBS checks and safeguarding training in accordance with Diocese of Chester requirements.

Membership of the PCC is determined under the Church Representation Rules and consists of certain ex-officio members (the incumbent and lay ministers licensed to officiate in the church), the churchwardens and members of the Deanery Synod, and 9 members of the church who are elected at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM). Members are warmly encouraged to stand for election to the PCC and we try to ensure a balance of skills and experience where possible.

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PCC Members and Trustees

Ex Ofcio members
Incumbent: The Revd Ian Enticott Chairman
Reader Representative:
Dr. Michael Hutchison		 from May
2025
Pastoral Worker EUR INGChristopher Downes-Ward Vice Chairman from
May2025
Church Wardens: Jean Connolly
Pauline Drew
Peter Houldsworth
Christine Scott Vice Chairman, to
May 2025
Elected Members
Gloria Armstrong
Nicolas Blackmore
Carole Edmondson
Anthony Frost
Vivienne Glarvey Treasurer
Loretta Grace
Bill Holmes from May 2025
Dr. Michael Hutchison from May 2025
Secretary
Joan Proctor re-elected May 2025
Mark Swaine
Deanery Synod
Pauline Drew
Richard Drew
Joanna Dudson from May 2025
Co-opted Members
Dr. Michael Hutchison until May 2025
Secretary

This Trustees’ Annual Report was approved by the PCC and signed on their behalf by The Revd. Ian Enticott, PCC Chairman

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PARISH OF AII SAINTS CONGLETON. 1134829 Statement of Financial Activities For the period from 01 January 2025 10 31 December 2025 fvn ie5,134 19.731 IB.DYd 4,iei 747 10.180 2&07U 3$.￿1 .428 1•.446 161 Ju￿ 2N776 15), 2UJ 41.7[ 52 )J8 740 4T.rn 2ei 15).197 319211 I51.3￿} 152.4101 21•1 p.100) 1.970 q.13)1 9,913 19.9431 .LWI IlQJ7• 1&141 4320 65￿31 1A3 1.6a.4¥J I.6*￿0 84.3 t.647.41 Page 12

PARISH OF AII SAINTS CONGLETON - 1134829 Balance shèèt ISÈparate lundsl As at.. 31 Decèmbèr 2025 FurMI Funds FLV IZJ2,76T 1.310.976 1.310JIS Ca * bar In h e.14e 318,931 31a9 3IY5 T4)ty n#a5se15 1.611 31.MS 31.￿5 12.470 12. 7.￿2 7.1 15.&17 12.582 4.457 9,783 743 8.442 707 743 4,1 2,373 13n .319 143,440 143.410 IHJO tOT.857 3,621 3,é21 71,728 71. 315t5 1.647J(* Page 13

THE PARISH OF ALL SAINTS CONGLETON

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

  1. Analysis of Income

  2. Analysis of Expenditure

  3. Governance costs

  4. Trustees’ and key management personnel remuneration and expenses

  5. Staff costs and employee benefits

  6. Fixed asset investments

  7. Pensions and other post-retirement benefits

  8. Fund movement summary and statement of change

  9. Listing of funds

  10. 10.Accounting policies

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I. ANALY IS OF IMCOME U￿restricted Fund General Deslgna*d Rejtricted Fund5 TOTAL 2025 TOTAL 2024 t>ONATIONS AND LEGACIES 89.277 12 385 21,850 10.452 26.553 3.973 99.729 39.282 25.823 96.481 43.115 25.538 Donations. Apw31s elc Tsx récovéréd (Glfl Aid. VAD Grants 515 2.013 125 525 38.092 79.069 515 2N.939 165 151 CIIARITABLE ACTIVITIES 18,009 I￿,(￿￿& 10.662 17 $63 12.068 482 18 009 482 28.670 29 731 QTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES 4.166 4.185 4627 45 707 50 351 H311 & CDrnrnunity Centre Incom8 46 040 46,040 5U.L5 4 166 46.￿0 OTHER INCOME In5uranc8 Claim 3.294 3.294 3,294 3.2 INVESTMENTS T4T 747 36,428 36.428 35 57T 35 577 Page 15

3. Governance costs

Auditor’s / Independent examiners remuneration:

The charge made for independent examiner’s remuneration in the 2025 Accounts is £300 (and was or the 2024 Accounts). No provision has been made for examination of the 2025 Accounts, but the charge is expected to be £300.

4. Trustees' and key management personnel remuneration and expenses

The trustees neither received nor waived any remuneration during 2025 (2024: £NIL), except for the Children & Families’ Missioner, a full-time employee who was made a Trustee during 2020. This trustee, Mr Nic Blackmore, received a gross salary of £32,782 in 2025 (2024 - £32,045) and employee benefit for pension of £1,311 in 2025 (2024 - £1,282). He was the only Trustee who received reimbursement for expenses, of £656 during 2025 (2024 - £854).

5. Staff costs and employee benefits

The average monthly number of employees and full time equivalent (FTE) during the year was as follows:

2025 2025 2024 2024
Number FTE Number FTE
Raising funds Nil Nil
Charitable activities 3 2 3 2
Governance Nil Nil
3 2 3 2

The total staff costs and employee benefits were as follows:

2025 2024
Wages and Salaries 43,517 47,219

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Social Security NIL NIL
Defined contribution pension
costs		 1,622 1,889
Other employee benefits 405 472
Totals 45,544 49,580

No employees received total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) of more than £60,000.

6. Fixed asset investments

Managed fund investments: £1,258,566 (2024 - £1,310,976)

The fair value of listed investments is determined by reference to valuations provided by the CCLA who manage the funds. Their valuation will be based on the quoted prices for identical assets in an active market at the balance sheet date.

7. Pensions and other post-retirement benefits

The charity operates a defined contribution pension plan for its employees. The amount recognised as an expense in the period was £1,622 (2024 - £1,887).

8. Fund Movement Summary and Fund Statement of Change

See the following pages:-

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9. LISTING OF FUNDS

GENERAL Fund. Monies for which there are no restrictions on how used.

DESIGNATED FUNDS

The charity operated 6 Designated funds (i.e. Unrestricted but “ring-fenced”) as follows:-

Mossley Village Hall Savings fund . Used by the Hall to keep savings separate from its day-to-day monies.

Mossley Village Hall Premises fund . Used to keep day-to-day operation of the Hall separate from other Parish monies. (Total figures only are consolidated into the final Parish Accounts.)

St Peter’s Cemetery fund . Used to set aside fees from burials for future major expenditure in the cemetery.

St John’s Community Centre Premises fund . Used to keep the operation of the Centre separate from other Parish monies. (Total figures only are consolidated into the final Parish Accounts.)

PCC Major Repairs fund . (Previously Churches’ Contingency fund) Set aside for major repairs or other unexpected expenses for St Stephen’s, St John’s and Holy Trinity.

PCC Refreshments fund . Monies from teas, coffees, etc., between services in church to be used for refreshments at the APCM or similar events.

RESTRICTED FUNDS

The charity operates 13 Restricted funds, as follows :-

PCC Children & Families Ministry fund. (Previously PCC Youth fund). Grants and donations for the employment of a Children & Families Missioner.

PCC Mission fund . Monies retained from Parish Giving for Mission activities. Chappell Legacy fund . The residue of a legacy for the Chappell Centre/Mossley Village Hall site.

Higginbottom Legacy Accum. Income fund . A legacy and donations for expenses to the interior of Holy Trinity church.

Miss Matthias’ Organist Training fund . A legacy for organist training.

St Stephen’s Thanksgiving fund . A legacy and donations for use on the church building.

St Peter’s Old Development fund. Historical legacies, donations and grants for repairs and alterations to the fabric of the church.

St Peter’s Bell Ringers fund. Donations for maintenance of ringing equipment.

St Peter’s Bells Fund. The Potter legacy for the maintenance of the church bells and supporting structure.

St Peter’s Adcroft Legacy Development Reordering fund. Part (50%) of the 2019 legacy, to be used for reordering the interior of the church and further development of the site.

St Peter’s Adcroft Legacy Restoration fund. Part (40%) of the 2019 legacy, to be used to restore the fabric of the church.

St Peter’s Adcroft Legacy Outreach fund. Part (10%) of the 2019 legacy, to be used for outreach to the local community.

St Peter’s Building Maintenance fund. Required by Heritage England to show that, at the start of each year, an agreed amount has been set aside for

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maintenance of the fabric of the church. (Replaced a Designated fund at the end of 2019.)

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10. Accounting Policies

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Church accounting regulations together with the applicable accounting standards and the Charities SORP.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention except for some investment assets, which are shown at market value

· Funds

General funds represent the funds of the PCC that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for application on the general purposes of the PCC (labelled ‘Unrestr'd’ in the accounts). These include funds designated for a particular purpose by the PCC e.g. Parish Share

The purpose of restricted funds (labelled ‘Restr'd’ in the accounts) is noted in the accounts.

The accounts include transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC can be held responsible. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe an affiliation to another body nor those that are informal gatherings of church members.

· Incoming Resources

Voluntary income and capitol sources:

Collections and donations are recognised when made.

Amounts receivable under the gift aid are only recognised when honoured by the donor.

Income tax recoverable on gift aid is recognised when claimed.

Grants and legacies to the PCC are accounted for as soon as the PCC is notified of its entitlement and the actual amount.

Any funds raised by fete, garden party and similar events are accounted for gross. Other ordinary income:

Rental income from lettings of church premises

Parochial fees due to the PCC for weddings, funerals etc are accounted for on an event

by event basis

Insurance claims are accounted for when settled.

Income from Investments:

Dividends and interest are accounted for when due

Investment gains and losses:

Realised gains or losses are recognised when investments are sold Unrealised gains or losses are accounted for on revaluation of investments

at

31[st] December

Application of resources:

Missionary and Charities Giving is accounted for when paid

The Diocesan Parish Share is accountable when payable

· Fixed Assets

Consecrated and beneficed Property is excluded from the accounts by s.96 (2) (c) of the Charities Act 1993.

No value is placed on moveable church furnishings held by the churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which requires a faculty for disposal since the PCC considers this to be inalienable property. All expenditure incurred during the year on consecrated or beneficed buildings and moveable church furnishings, whether maintenance or improvement is written off.

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· Church Halls

· Other Fixtures & Fittings

Equipment used within the church building is written off at point of purchase and therefore depreciation is not applicable.

· Investments:

Investments are administered by CCLA and held in the CBF Church of England Investment fund, on behalf of the PCC, and are valued at the market value on 31[st] December.

· Current Assets:

Amounts owing to the PCC at 31[st] December in respect of rents or other income are shown as debtors less any provision for amounts that may prove uncollectible. Short-term deposits include cash held on deposit either with the Central Board of Finance, the Diocesan Board of Finance, the Banks or Building Societies.

· Connected Charities:

The accounts of the St Peters School Trust (the Trustees being the Incumbent & Churchwardens) are held quite separately from the Parish Accounts.

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Independent Examiner's unqualified report to the members of the P.C.C. of All Saints Church, Congleton. Dioeese of Chester in respect of the Financial Statements for the year eDded 31" Deeember 2025 as set oul on pages I I to 12 of this report. Respective r¢xpoMJibilitics of the P.C.C. ihe exxminer. Ibe P.C.C. memELTS 4￿ling as the chariry'8 trusi¢es are resw)nsible for the PTvparation ot th¢ aciounts. 'thL ¢h￿ty'S trustee% Consider that an audit 15 not required for the Ye￿ under section 144 1)r the Chariti¢5 Act 2011 (the c.harities A¢1} and that an inde￿nden( Lxaminalion is needed. It is my ￿sponsIbl11￿. to: examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charittes A to ftollow the procLxlures laid down in the general r)ireciions given by the ClJ8rity Commission (undcr section 145{5Kb) ot the f.harilies Aci, and to State whether particular matters have ¢ome io m!, attention. Basi9 of the IndepeDd¢DI Eiaminer's stattmenL My cxamination was carricd out in a¢Lurd1￿¢c with the oeneral DircLiiiins givcn by the Charity Commission and the guida￿( published in PLL, Accountabilil!. (The Chatities Act 2011 and ihe P.C.C.). 5 ryjition). An cxamiTbatioll includes a rel'ie￿. ol the accountkng records kepi by (he charity and a Comparison of the accounts presented ￿'1th the5¢ records. li als() includes considcraiion ofuny unusual items or disclosure% in ihe a¢¢ounts. and seeking explanations from the trustecs concerning such matters. The procedures undertak.en do not pmYid¢ all the evidence thai would ￿ required for an audiL and consequentl!" no opininn is givcn to wliether the 8¢Luunty prc'scnt a 'true and fair. view and the report is limited io ilKJse tnaltet5 sel oul in the 5lal¢ML￿l ￿lOw. Independenl exxminer's BtatemenL In connection with my exaniination. no maierial malier has come to MN. attention which gives me cause lo klicve ihal in. any n￿terIal respect". acwunling records were noi kepl in accordance ii'iih section 130 of thc Chariiies ACL or thc aLcounts do not accord to the ￿)unting records. I have come across no oihcr matter5 in connection ll.ith ihe examination to M,hi¢h attention should be drnwn in ordcr to cnable a proper understsnding o"Ihe aL'eounls is reaLhed. Dale I I. May 2026. Name Revd. A. A. Clements. Fellow A&sociation of Charity Inde￿IK1¢￿1 Examiners. Addr￿ 15 Carleton RoJ. Greai Knowley. ChDrley PR6 8TQ ACIF, PCC CC.32 Page 24