# **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST**
# **MARY'S PAINSWICK**
# **Annual Accounts 2025**
Financial statements for the calendar year 2025 are provided with this report in the form of : -
- A Statement of Financial Activity (SOFA)
- A Balance Sheet
- An Independent Examiners report; and
- Notes to the financial statements.
## 1. Overview .
Income generated in the year was £115,876 (2024 £140,618).
The total expenditure for 2025 was £181,889 (2024 £143,004). The expenditure included £48,573 payments for the new church heating (included in Repairs to church buildings in the SOFA). This will, however, be offset by £25,396 from grants and the reimbursement of VAT.
Our investment losses for 2025 were £11,769 (2024 gain of £14,610).
The overall balance carried forward at 31 December 2025 was £634,329 being a decrease of £77,782 over the year (see Net movement of funds in the SOFA).
2. Current account . The balance held in the account at the start of the year was £23,656 but was decreased to £9,647 at 31 December 2025 (see Row A of Note 10, Table 10B).
3 . Charitable donations . The PCC donated £7,690 to Charities and Mission & Evangelism in 2025. (£8,170 in 2024) (see Note 7 to the statement for details).
4 . Parish Share. The PCC paid £51,600 (2024 £47,900) in Parish Share to the Gloucester Diocese in 2025. This is our biggest item of expenditure and went towards the costs of providing ministry in the Beacon Benefice.
The PCC agreed at its November 2025 meeting to pay £52,932 to the Diocese for the Parish Share in 2026.
5 . Risks. The PCC is not aware of any significant risks against which it is not reasonably protected by its insurance policies and its adherence to Health and Safety legislation.
6 . Thanks . The PCC are most grateful to all who encourage, enable and equip the church in ministry, mission, and in the day to day running of St Mary’s Church, the Churchyard, the Church Rooms and the Lychgate Office.
Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2025
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|Notes|Unrestricted
fund
Designated
fund
Restricted
fund
2025|2024|
|---|---|---|
|Incoming resources
Voluntary income:
Planned giving
Collections, donations & other giving
Income tax recovered
Legacies
Activities for generating funds
Magazine/Bookstall sales/Hall Lettings etc
Income from other Properties
Investment income:
Interest & dividends
6
Income from charitable activities:
Parochial fees
4
Other incoming resources:
Insurance claims
Other
Total incoming resources
Resources expended
Charitable activities:
Donations/Grants to charities
7
Mission & Evangelism
7
Parish Share
Clergy expenses
Church running expenses
Churchyard maintenance
Cost of raising funds
Running costs:
Support costs
Administration costs (incl. staff costs)
Other
Governance costs
Repairs to church buildings
Repairs to other property
Total resources expended
Net (outgoing)/ incoming resources
Transfers between funds
Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before gains
Gains (Losses) on investment assets
Net movement in funds|£
£
£
£
30,045
0
0
30,045
5,887
0
16,463
22,350
9,346
0
0
9,346
0
0
0
0
6,850
0
365
7,215
1,080
0
0
1,080
22,411
0
0
22,411
15,428
0
0
15,428
130
0
0
130
7,868
0
3
7,871
99,045
0
16,831
115,876
(3,380)
0
(324)
(3,704)
(3,986)
0
0
(3,986)
(51,600)
0
0
(51,600)
(1,866)
0
0
(1,866)
(33,449)
0
(1,121)
(34,570)
(8,868)
0
0
(8,868)
(200)
0
0
(200)
(1,515)
0
(21
4)
(1,729)
(15,767)
0
0
(15,76
7)
(9,113)
0
(186)
(9,299)
(960)
0
0
(960)
(35,496)
0
(13,844)
(49,340)
0
0
0
0
(166,200)
0
(15,689)
(181,889)
(67,155)
0
1,142
(66,013)
53,119
(46,400)
(6,719)
0
(14,036)
(46,400)
(5,577)
(66,013)
0
(11,769)
0
(11,769)
(14,036)
(58,169)
(5,577)
(77,782)|£
31,609
45,588
15,049
0
7,256
1,405
21,923
11,541
0
6,247
140,618
(4,483)
(3,687)
(47,900)
(2,449)
(30,341)
(11,953)
(493)
(837)
(14,046)
(10,216)
(924)
(15,675)
(0)
(143,004)
(2,386)
0
(2,386)
14,610
12,22
4|
|Funds brought forward at 1 Jan 2025
Funds carried forward at 31 Dec 2025|23,832
682,702
5,577
712,111
9,796
624,533
0
634,329|699,887
712,111|
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## Parochial Church Council of St Mary's Painswick
Registered Charity no. 1135419
## Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
## 1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
## Accounting convention
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, with the exception of investments which are included at market value and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008), the Charities Act 2011 and the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities.
## Incoming resources
All incoming resources are included on the Statement of Financial Activities when the Church is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.
## Resources expended
Expenditure is accounted for on a receipts & payments basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## Property assets
The PCC, in conjunction with the Gloucester Diocesan Trust, has effective ownership of three properties; the Church Rooms, the Lychgate Office and the Grave Diggers Hut. In principle, the values of these properties should be included in these accounts. There is no current intention of selling any of these properties and any such sale would require a lot of consultation. Furthermore, assigning a value to these unique properties is very difficult and would depend on conditions at the time of any sale. Thus property assets are not included in the balance sheet.
## Stock
Stock is valued at cost. (see Note 9).
## Taxation
The Church is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities. The PCC has paid PAYE / income tax on behalf of its part-time employees.
## Fund accounting
See Note 3 below
## 2. CASHBOOK .
Financial transactions of the PCC are recorded using the Gloucester Diocesan Board of Finance (DBF) supplied spreadsheet system called Cashbook 2025. This allows semi-automated production of accounts not only for Painswick APCM but for DBF, Church of England and Charity Commission purposes as well. The finances of the St. Mary’s Flower Guild and the Ancient Society of Painswick Youths (ASPY, the bell ringers) are not incorporated in these accounts. They have both had their own accounts for many years and are largely self-sufficient. Wedding bell ringing fees and choir fees are initially paid to the PCC and are then forwarded to ASPY and the choir.
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## 3. UNRESTRICTED, DESIGNATED AND RESTRICTED FUNDS.
The Church of England defines three types of fund for PCC purposes:
- Unrestricted – funds that can be used for any legitimate purpose of the PCC
- Restricted – funds that have been raised for a specific purpose and are kept separate or which
- have been donated for specified projects or uses.
Designated - funds which the PCC has put aside for specific purposes (but if circumstances change the PCC can decide to un-designate or re-designate).
Our Designated funds include our investments totaling over £500,000. These funds were given to Painswick Church in the past for use by the PCC. Our predecessors chose to use them for income but there is no paperwork with the PCC Treasurer restricting their use as such. Thus, these are classified as Designated rather than Restricted funds. In principle, it would be possible to use some of these funds for major projects.
A list of our accounts and their classification is given in Table 10B of Note 10.
## 4. PAROCHIAL FEES
The figure of £15,428 quoted in the SOFA (Note 4) as the PCC income from parochial fees is the combined income to the PCC (i.e. £5,929 PCC statutory fees plus £9,499 non-statutory extras).
The actual net income to the PCC was £8,650 after deducting £6,778 from the £15,428 for payments due to the organist, bell ringers, and choir.
## 5. CHURCH ROOMS
Income from the hire of Church Rooms was £6,835 (included in Magazine/Bookstall sales/Hall Lettings in the SOFA). Contributions from the Tourist Office for electricity use in 2025 was £548. The total income in 2025 therefore amounted to £7,383.
Expenditure (including gas, electricity, insurance, water and cleaning costs) was £8,298 (this is mainly included in Church Running Expenses in the SOFA). Thus there was thus a deficit of £915 in the year mainly due to the purchase of the television (£899) in the main church room.
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## 6. INCOME FROM INVESTMENTS
|Acct|Acct|Account Name/Description||Closing
Balance
31-12-25(£)|Dividend &
interest
income (£)||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Cash accounts|||||
|A||Barclays current||9,647|284||
|B||Barclays Reorder||0|0||
|C||Office cash account||33|0||
|D||Stock||115|0||
|E||Church Organ deposit account||59,252|2,638||
|||Totals for cash accounts||0|0||
|||Investment accounts (All are“designated income”funds)|||||
|F||M & G PCC of Painswick||10,083|3,036||
|G||Lychgate funds||2,783|81||
|H||Goddard bequest||431,934|12,502||
|I||Platt bequest||45,240|1,309||
|J||Lychgate funds (fixed interest)||16,710|569||
|K||Goddard bequest(fixed interest)||58,532|1,992||
|||Totals for investment accounts||0|0||
|||Totals for all accounts|||22,411||
## 7. CHARITABLE GIVING
||2025
£|2024
£|
|---|---|---|
|To Mission & Evangelism
To Charities*|3.986
3,704|3,687
4,483|
|Total Giving|7,690|8,170|
|Notes
*Other charities were Young Minds £1,000; The Door £1,000; Water Aid
£1,000; Children’s Society £324; CTAP £200; Marah Trust £30; Gloucester Historic
Churches Trust £75: National Churches Trust £75.|||
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## 8. BENEFICE OFFICE COSTS
The costs of running the Lychgate Office on behalf of the six churches of the Beacon Benefice are initially borne by Painswick PCC but were charged out to the other PCCs as per the following percentages:
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Accounts are sent quarterly to the other parishes. Net office running costs in 2024 were as follows:
||£|Painswick|Other
Parishes|
|---|---|---|---|
|Q1 2025|3,141|1,649|1,492|
|Q2 2025|4,532|2,379|2,153|
|Q3 2025|4,576|2,402|
2,174|
|Q4 2025|5,554|2,916|2,638|
|Total|0|0|0|
Office costs include salaries for the Bea Hyde and Anna Favier-Brannan (office administrators), Rev. Sarah Haslam expenses, office electricity, copier rental, phone and broadband, website maintenance, stationery and stamps. The net cost to Painswick PCC for the Lychgate Office is thus 52.5% of £17,803 or £9,346. The income from other parishes is mainly included in Other Incoming Resources.
## 9. STOCK
Stock is the postcards, church guides, leaflets and notelets that are available for purchase from the bookstall. The values below are the purchase values of the stock. The retail value (i.e. anticipated income if all purchasers paid the ticketed price) to the PCC through money in the donation boxes is a factor of 2 or 3 higher.
|ctor of 2 or 3 higher.||
|---|---|
||£|
|Stock value 31/12/2024|154|
|Stock additions during year|0|
|Estimated sales during year
(based on a stock take in early Jan 2026)|39|
|Stock value 31/12/2025|115|
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## 10. STATEMENT OF FUNDS
Table 10 A - by fund classification
||Brought
Forward
from 2024|Incoming
Resources|Resources
Expended|||Capital
Gains /
(Losses)|Carried
Forward
to 2026|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||£|£|£|£|£|£|£|
|TOTAL
UNRESTRICTED
FUNDS|23,831|166,485|180,521|0|0|0|9,795|
|||||||||
|TOTAL DESIGNATED
INCOME FUNDS|682,703|0|46,400|0|0|(11,769)|624,534|
|TOTAL RESTRICTED
FUNDS|5,577|25,627|31,204|0|0|0|0|
|TOTAL - ALL FUNDS|712,1110|192,112|258,125|0|0|(11,769)|634,329|
Notes :
a) This table has been structured as per the revised classification of funds as adopted by the PCC in 2016
b) For the purposes of fund valuation at end of 2025 the mid-market share price values have been used. A more detailed breakdown of our funds giving capital gain is provided in Table 10B - below. Note 6 gives the investment income from our designated income funds
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## TABLE 10B – by individual account
|Acct|Account Name/Description|Fund
classification|Opening
ACTUAL
Balance
Transactions
& Transfers
In
Transactions
& Transfers
Out
Capital
gains
(losses) on
investments
Closing
ACTUAL
Balance
01-Jan-25
during 2025
during 2025
during
2025
31-12-25|
|---|---|---|---|
|A
B
C
D
E|Barclays Current (Cash)
Barclays Reorder (Cash)
Office petty cash (Cash)
Stock (Cash)
CBF Organ Fund (Cash)|Unrestricted
Restricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Designated|£
£
£
£
£
23,656
166,469
(180,478)
0
9,647
5,577
25,627
(31,204)
0
0
21
16
(4)
0
33
154
0
(39)
0
115
59,252
0
0
0
59,252|
||||0
0|
|F
G
H
I
J
K|M & G PCC of Painswick (Inv)
Lychgate funds (Inv)
Goddard bequest (Inv)
Platt bequest (Inv)
Lychgate funds (Inv)
Goddard bequest (Inv)|Designated
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto|50,062
0
(46,400)
6,421
10,083
2,899
0
0
(116)
2,783
449,921
0
0
(17,987)
431,934
47,124
0
0
(1,884)
0
16,311
0
0
399
16,710
57,134
0
0
1,398
58,532|
||||623,451
565,282|
|||TOTALS|712,111
192,112
(258,125)
(11,769)
634,329|
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