2025-12-31-accounts

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

OF THE ECCLISIASTICAL PARISH of

FULFORD, YORK

Charity Commission Registered No. 1135631

ST OSWALD’S, CHURCH Trustees’ annual report & accounts for the year ending 31st December 2025

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2025 Trustee’s Annual Report and Accounts for The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Fulford, York

St. Oswald’s Church

Registered Charity number: 1135631

Aim and Purposes

Fulford Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, the Reverend Canon Suzanne Sheriff, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the Church building, the Hall and Grounds of St. Oswald’s (Church of England) Parish Church, Main Street, Fulford, York.

Objectives and Activities

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and to become part of our parish community here at St. Oswald’s. With the Incumbent, the PCC maintains an overview of worship and makes suggestions on how our services and events can involve the many groups that live within our parish. Our worship and activities put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music, sacrament and service to the community.

In planning our activities, we consider the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit, and particularly the supplementary guidance for charities on the advancement of religion. Our aim is to enable and support ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through:

• Worship and prayer, learning about the Gospel, and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus.

• Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish.

• Missionary and outreach work.

Succinctly summarised in our Mission Statement as being our intention ‘ To reach out to the community and beyond with the Christian Gospel, witnessing to God’s love through

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work and action, from an accessible and welcoming centre for prayer, worship, teaching and fellowship .’

This is given an extra focus with our strapline, which appears on our website and all our documents; ‘Act Justly, Love Mercy, Walk Humbly with God.’

In order to facilitate this work, it is important that we maintain the fabric of St. Oswald’s Church building, the church hall and the amenities afforded by its grounds.

Achievements and Performance

Review of the Year 2025

Ministry team

The Reverend Canon Suzanne Sheriff was collated as Vicar of the Benefice of Fulford by the Right Revd Flora Winfield Bishop of Selby and inducted and installed by The Venerable Sam Rushton Archdeacon of York at St. Oswald’s on Tuesday 25th February, 2025.

This was Bishop Flora’s first visit to St. Oswald’s following her consecration as Bishop in October 2024. It was also the last visit of Archdeacon Sam Rushton who left the Diocese in March 2025.

This service was very well attended by a number of specially invited guests from the local community, other members of York clergy, members of the congregation and community, as well as family and friends of Revd Sheriff.

In June 2025 it was announced that Hannah Theobald was to join the team as a part-time Self-Supporting Minister (SSM) to serve her curacy at St. Oswald’s following her ordination at York Minster as a Deacon. Over the summer she decided that she would like to become a full-time SSM curate. This was warmly welcomed by all at St. Oswald’s.

Together with Licensed Lay Minster (LLM) Jackie Tuvey-Smith and Authorised Lay Minister (ALM) Ben Kybett, this has created a very strong Ministry Team – each bringing complementary gifts and leadership styles.

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Congregation

At the end of 2025 there were 111 individuals on the Church Electoral Role (98 in 2024). The average weekly Sunday attendance, counted during October for the annual Church of England Statistics for Mission return, was 61 (53 adults and 8 under 16s) (55 in 2024), compared to the weekly average for Sundays in the calendar year which, from our Service registers, was 61 (53 adults and 8 under 16s) (55 in 2024).

Throughout 2025 we continued to welcome a significant number of visitors each week. This included a number of young adults in their 20s. Some of these visitors were just in the area temporarily, others became regular attenders.

A new electoral roll was prepared in 2025 with a number of new names being added. This in turn led to the PCC memberships increasing by three members and the entitlement to elect an extra Deanery Synod representative from the APCM in 2026.

Worship and Prayer

The PCC aims to offer a range of weekly services each month. For example, our spoken weekday services of Monday Morning Prayer (Common Worship) and Wednesday Morning Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer (BCP) provide a quiet, intimate and reflective environment for worship whilst our monthly variety of Sunday Morning Services provide opportunities for people – of all ages – to come together and engage in more outgoing worship with lively music, vibrant singing and active participation in the service and with each other. There were also two services of BCP Evensong celebrated across the years, led by two guest organists and a specially formed choir.

Numbers attending the Easter Day Communion were considerably higher than ever previously experienced. This was also true of the Christmas services in general and particularly the total numbers attending the Christingle Services which reached a record high. Remembrance Sunday was once again well supported by the Royal British Legion and uniformed organisations and was a very moving service and well-organised parade.

Our Lent lunches returned in 2025. We followed the York Diocese study, ‘Living Holiness’, a small group resource exploring a Rhythm of Life. This was well supported with a small group coming together each Wednesday to share soup and study. Other services for

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church festivals such as Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Ascension etc. remain steady in their attendance but did not particularly attract those outside the regular congregations.

Wild and Muddy Forest Church continued to attract a number of families and in 2025 Muddy Church developed the use of our outdoors spaces including some raised beds at the south-east corner of the church grounds. Various interactive services around the ‘Green Agenda’ and caring for the environment were very thought provoking and well received by all. We continued to try and reflect our environmental values in everyday life by sourcing, where possible, eco-friendly supplies and choosing the ‘green energy’ options when appointing our energy suppliers.

As well as our regular services, we enable our community to celebrate and thank God at the milestones of the journey through life. In 2025 we have held 1 wedding (2 in 2024), 13 funerals in church (11 in 2024) and 8 Baptisms (10 in 2024) for the local community and those with longstanding connections with St. Oswald’s. 2 adults and 1 child were confirmed in 2025. These have been very special pastoral occasions although in common with churches across England the number of requests for these services, especially weddings, have generally been in decline, with quite a few of our requests coming from the Traveller community, with whom we have strong and long-standing links.

Two of those baptised went on to be Confirmed by Bishop Flora in a service that saw three of our own members Confirmed as well as welcoming two candidates from other churches.

Telephone and online prayer chains, and WhatsApp prayer have been well used throughout the year with specific requests, general prayers on Monday and prayers on Friday for building, finance and church life.

A small but dedicated tech team continues to go from strength to strength in quality of the streaming of Sunday services with numbers of views ranging from 20 to 60 throughout the year, with numbers generally in the middle of this range. It needs to be remembered there are often more than one person watching per view.

St. Oswald’s School regularly holds services in church for different year groups. These are always of a very high standard and reflect the excellent Christian content in the school’s curriculum as well as the sensitive development of the children’s spiritual awareness in a broader sense. These services are supported by Foundation Governors Andrew Wilson and Revd Sue, who regularly lead collective worship in school.

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In 2025 as well as hosting the usual Education Corps Service and the Carol Service for the local army barracks, we have also hosted a Peninsular Day Service marking the anniversary of the founding of the 1st Infantry Division in the 1809 during the Peninsular War.

Community Involvement

We continue to be encouraged by the strength of our interaction with the community through longstanding regular events such as Parents and Toddlers, Community Café and Time Out. We also had a team of pupils from St. Oswald’s School helping at our Toddler’s group on occasions and we continued our regular service in two local care homes.

Good Place Warm Space has become an established event which filled a gap during school holidays when the Community Café and other activities take a break. With a grant from the council, we were able to welcome many people into our church hall on various occasions and extend our regular Food Share scheme. A limited number of parcels were also delivered to those in particular need in the community at Harvest and Christmas, as well as a large number of gifts being donated for families in temporary accommodation. Volunteers for all these events came from both Church and the local community, with support from Christians of other denominations and churches. The Community Cafés regularly host local councillors who hold drop-in sessions, with many people coming to meet with the Local Area Co-ordinator who provides invaluable assistance to support and advise as needed.

The strength of all these community links was clearly demonstrated in the wonderful letters of support that were received when St. Oswald’s were bidding for a £68,000 National Lottery Heritage Fund grant.

Safeguarding

Safeguarding and Health & Safety matters are central to our PCC agendas and remain the forefront of our planning. It is pleasing to report that no safeguarding issues were reported during 2025, and we continue to develop a culture of Safeguarding within the church.

We use the Diocesan digital Safeguarding online Dashboard at Level 3 and have been working on the Safeguarding Hub. The Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO) and deputy have

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continued to concentrate on ensuring everyone involved in the running of our church groups and those who hold significant offices within the church have appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks and undertake the required Diocesan safeguarding training. Work continues to develop and implement Safer Recruitment in a more formal format for all new appointments. The PCC has complied with its duty to have regard to House of Bishops’ guidance on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016.

York Diocese provided an excellent range of online training events during Safeguarding Week in November which were attended by several members of St. Oswald’s and the PSO seeks advice from the Diocesan safeguarding team when needed.

Deanery Synod

Two members of the PCC sit on the York Deanery Synod – the next tier up in the Synodical Government structure of the Church of England (being PCC, Deanery Synod, Diocesan Synod and finally General Synod). This provides the PCC with an important link between the parish and the wider structures of the church and affords a deeper, more global perspective on events.

Three meetings were held in 2025 attended by at least one if not both members.

An account was given at the February meeting by Revd Canon Sue Sheriff about the work done at St. Oswald’s. At the June meeting the speaker Gerald Fox, Racial Justice Education Advisor for the diocese spoke on racial justice. Bishop Flora led the October meeting posing the challenging questions:

1. Where is the fruit and encouragement coming from in our churches?

2. How is God calling us to be fruitful disciples?

3. What do we long for in ourselves and our churches?

Representatives from St. Oswalds contributed on numerous occasions to the discussions at this very interesting and informative meeting.

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The Church, Hall and Grounds

Our Church Hall continues to be available for hire and is used increasingly regularly by various wellbeing and exercise groups, uniformed organisations, a local history group, and for children’s birthday parties. It also serves as a polling station.

The church and hall have both benefited from regular maintenance over the year. A nature trail with signage has been laid out in the grounds and two raised beds have been constructed for church and community use. The beds have been used to grow flowers and vegetables.

Once again the City of York Council Communities section was instrumental in helping the PCC acquire Good Place Warm Space (GPWS) accreditation for the venue which was awarded in recognition of the social and outreach activities already run in the hall by the church.

For the benefit of the community, the church runs a highly successful St. Oswald’s Tots group for pre-school children and their grown-ups, which includes parents, grandparents and childminders. This is held every Thursday morning in school term time from 9.30– 11.30am. Sessions include fun, toys and crafts, play, chat and refreshments, singing and praise sessions – and no fee payable.

There is a monthly meeting for older members of the community called Time Out. Usually held on the last Thursday of the month from 2.30–4pm, with refreshments and entertainment provided, for those less able to get out and about (with no upper or lower age limit applicable). Transport or wheelchair escorts are available where possible, on request.

During school terms, twice-weekly Community Cafés (Tuesday and Wednesday mornings 10am–12 noon) are run by volunteers connected with the church and provide cake, refreshments and company. During the school holidays, when our cafés take a short break, a Good Place Warm Space café is held which, in addition to the usual café element (operated on a pay as you can basis), majors on children’s games and activities, Food Share facilities and signposting to social care initiatives.

The hall also supplements church activities with after-service refreshments, rooms for children’s Sunday groups for those aged under 12, a Fair Trade stall and where necessary, toilet facilities. This facility is invaluable for attendees at church weddings and funerals as well as patrons at our fundraising concerts and community events held in the church or its grounds. Both the church and hall work well in tandem for successful Christmas

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and Summer fairs. This is all made possible by our booking secretary, cleaner and volunteers who carry out repairs and improvements and tend the surrounding flower beds.

The regular Monday afternoon table tennis session continues, which aims to support physical and mental wellbeing. As does a Thursday afternoon art club where people come together to socialise and develop their artistic and crafting skills.

Outside in the church grounds we host our ‘Wild and Muddy Forest Church’ activity for families in the community. It is held on the last Saturday of the month (for 1 ½ hour sessions whatever the weather) and has had a profound effect on the area around the church. This comprises of a small allotment, willow shelter, log circle and bug hotels. It also has two new thriving raised beds funded by York City Council. Behind the hall, our eco-friendly corridor of native hedgerow is growing well and has had a good prune to keep it in shape, with the colourful dogwood offcuts used for children's activities.

Major Building Projects

The current phase of conservation and development began with the Rose Window restoration and the subsequent installation of new perimeter heating and was followed by the renewal of the church roof and rainwater goods. Since then, two urgent health and safety matters have been addressed. A new disabled ramp has been installed for the church hall and the front wall of the church has been rebuilt.

The Quinquennial Inspection Report 2022 prepared by our Architect, Ferrey and Mennin (now part of David Insall Associates), highlighted the need for additional heating in the Church to compensate for the loss of the now defunct overhead gas heaters.

Future Development Plans

The church has continued its long-term development plan to provide a kitchenette, toilet and new porch within the church building together with improved heating. Faculties have been obtained, building tenders have been received and applications for grants have been made. The intention is to create a warmer and more welcoming space for both the existing congregation and the wider community.

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Our overall aim being essentially missional rather than merely practical – to provide a home base fit for purpose as we ‘reach out to the community and beyond with the Christian Gospel, witnessing to God’s love through word and action, from an accessible and welcoming centre for prayer, worship, teaching and fellowship’ – while striving to ‘Act Justly, Love Mercy and Walk Humbly with God’.

Pastoral Care

Some members of our parish are unable to attend church due to sickness or age. Our Incumbent and Licensed Lay Minister visit all those who request it and celebrate communion with them either at their homes or in hospital. This is in addition to the care shown by members of the congregation to one another for those facing ill health, bereavement or no longer able to stay in their own homes.

Monthly services are held in Ouseview and Connaught Court, two of the care homes in the parish, with the residents from these homes and Fulford Nursing Home and Broadway Lodge often attending our Time Out meetings.

Our local primary school visit our church regularly in year groups for collective worship which is attended by parents – as well as the vicar taking regular worship sessions in school.

Both the vicar and our foundation governor work with school in preparing for Ofsted and SIAMS inspections (Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools). St. Oswald’s School received an exceptional report following their SIAMS inspection, which commented particularly that St. Oswald’s School’s partnerships with the community, Church and Diocese enhance a culture of wellbeing for all.

It was good to welcome the headteachers and other members of staff from both our local primary and secondary schools to the Collation Service for Revd Sue Sheriff in February. They both spoke of warm links between the schools and the church.

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Mission and Evangelism

Helping those in need is a demonstration of faith. The PCC regularly support a number of nominated charities. At the APCM in 2025, those attending voted to continue to our support for the Mission to Seafarers as well as commencing support for St. George’s Crypt in Leeds and their work with the homeless and vulnerable. Donations from specific Services also went to the British Legion and Children’s Society. A collection plate is put out during services at the church when appropriate to support Disasters Emergency Committee Appeals (DEC).

Our parish magazine Church & People is distributed monthly to subscribers and available from the Church building and local Explore Library or at the Community Café in the Church Hall. The magazine keeps our parishioners informed of the important matters affecting our Church and articles that help develop our knowledge and trust in Jesus.

Our online presence is an important part of our missional outreach to the community and includes weekly and occasional email notice sheets which usually contain a spiritual reflection, a well-maintained and attractive web page and a dedicated Facebook page. We also regularly interact with other Facebook groups such as Fulford Community and Germany Beck. This is alongside physical notices inside and outside our church and hall and on local community notice boards.

A small team of church members, including our vicar, have attended special days at Wydale throughout the year as part of the Diocesan Revitalise initiative – a programme that we were selected to take part in very early on.

A small but very positive Start Course was held in the Autumn leading to some very positive outcomes.

Ecumenical Relationships

The church remains a nominal member of Churches Together in Southeast York, a loose confederation of interdenominational churches and Christian faith groups (with Roman Catholic, CofE, Methodist, Pentecostal and Carmelite representation) which, regrettably, remained dormant during this period. However, members of other denominations – and sometimes other faiths – have become increasingly evident as some of our events and often as volunteers for our social and community activities.

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Financial Review

2025 has been another busy year for the parish and for me. During the year the PCC agreed to subscribe, and move, to new accounting software after being advised the old software would be unsupported at the end of 2026. We found a suitable system that will cover financial transactions, Gift Aid and PAYE. The whole of 2025 finance transactions were then entered into the new software in the last quarter of 2025. For the remainer of the year I ran both systems, checking and balancing each month. I took the opportunity to consolidate some of the headings to make things less cluttered and cleaner. At the start of 2026 the Gift Aid was moved to the new system and at the start of the new tax year the PAYE will be moved. You will see the new report formats at the end of this document. I have consolidated 2024 figures to match the transaction headings, so you can refer back to how thing may have changed year on year. The independent examiner has used the new software to check the transactions and complimented it for ease of use.

You will see in other reports from PCC members that the first steps to improving the hall have been completed. The main drive in 2025, for the finances, was to look at ways to meet the bill for the planned improvements to the church west end and to put heating back in. This has meant carefully storing away savings and revisiting our general reserves. The plan being, if necessary we could afford to pay for the work out of the funds we had. This situation was greatly eased at the beginning of 2026 with grants.

The total general fund receipts were £89,062 and payments were only £91,400 giving a short fall of £2,336 for the year. There have been generous, anonymous, donations totalling more than £6,000 received during the year. However, due partly to the Churchwarden posts being vacant since the last AGM there has been less time available for much maintenance on the church and hall to be done.

The main costs for the general fund was meeting the Freewill promise for the year (£60,000); the parish’s contribution towards the cost of the Diocese to cover the payment of current and new clergy salaries, housing, training and stipendiaries; support from the Diocesan team to parishes including safeguarding and other training.

The hall is hired out to various organisations and people for a fee; the income for 2025 was approximately £8,300. The costs of the running of the hall for all users, hirers and church activities, came to £8,100, a small surplus. The hall needs some maintenance during 2026 but this will only be achieved once the church is back in use. With this in mind, the PCC reviewed the rates for 2026 and increased them slightly. All hirers have been advised. The café again did well and brought nearly £6,500 for expenses of approximately £2,500 (and a further £459 from a bequest) a surplus of £4,000.

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Alongside the General Fund receipts and payments there was a grant of £800 which allowed the churchyard team to purchase and set up raised flower beds. The work to add rails to the hall ramp, to make it easier to use and safer, came from a further grant of £800 and the use of the SM Hurley Estate Fund. The sound system developed a fault and it was with a generous donation from one of the hall users and further finance from the SM Hurley Estate fund that this was replaced. A grant towards the 2024/2025 winter cost of the community café of £750 was fully used, helping people who just want a warm place and some company to attend without any charge, some donations were received during this time.

Three other large items need to be mentioned for 2025. The PCC received a large legacy of £10,000 toward the Fabric Fund, a very generous gift of £1,400 (plus Gift Aid) was made to offset the extra cost of the new contracts starting in 2026 for green energy, this will be used over the life of the three contracts two-year course and finally the Vicar and Churchwardens’ Fund spent £4,500 in the year setting up the parish office and paying the Parish Administrator costs.

At the year-end there are always a few transactions that have not been received and will therefore show in the 2026 accounts. This includes the final claim for Gift Aid and Gift Aid Small Donation Scheme on the 2025 donations received directly by the PCC. Also alongside this are the donations and Gift Aid made via PGS in December. This totals around £2,300.

The share investment statement at 31 December 2024 showed a decreased in value by about £5,000 since 2024, this is due to global challenges, however, as the real value to the church is only realised when the shares are sold nothing is entered in the accounts until the sale.

The Standing Committee, and the PCC, are very aware that without people’s committed and planned giving, and gifts of time, especially in a continuingly difficult period for people’s personal finances, its ministry and mission of reaching out to the community with God’s love would not be possible. And for this it thanks each person who gives time to, prays for and financially supports God’s work in the parish and community.

Reserves Policy

The overall principle of the PCC’s approach is that reserves will only be held for specific reasons which include an amount to cover the equivalent of 3 months of our running

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costs (£27,000), and funds toward the planned costs of the continuing building development project.

The PCC reviewed the use of its designated unrestricted reserves during 2025, allowing for their use for the West End re-ordering project.

Volunteers

It cannot be overstated how necessary and appreciated all our volunteers are to the life of the church and its activities. Whether it is through community events in the hall, care and maintenance in the Church, or leadership within home groups and worship services, without our volunteers we would not be able to function at all, and certainly wouldn’t be the warm, welcoming and vibrant body we are. Each and every volunteer is incredibly and deeply valued.

Bryan Milner stepped down as Churchwarden at the 2025 APCM. He had served for 22 out of the previous 26 years; in the later years he was the only Churchwarden. Bryan provided a comprehensive list of everything he did and many of these tasks were divided up between other volunteers and our paid Administrator*. Bryan however continued to do a number of tasks and was a constant source of knowledge, wisdom and support to the vicar, the PCC, and the church throughout the rest of 2025.

Our thanks are offered in particular for our Treasurer Terina Hurley. She is neither a member of St. Oswald’s congregation nor lives locally but she dedicates her considerable skills and many hours to helping us manage our finances and keeping our accounts. She regularly goes over and above what is required of her and we are truly grateful.

*In May 2025, the PCC appointed an Administrator, Nikki Shanahan, on a 10-hour-per-week contract. Funding for this post has been approved for a two-year period, after which the arrangement will be reviewed.

Previously, the only paid role was that of Church Hall Cleaner. This changed in December 2025 when, due to the resignation and retirement of the people doing the work, the PCC entered into a contract with Smart Cleaning Group Ltd to provide cleaning services for the church hall, ending the direct employment of a cleaner.

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Structure, Governance and Management

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At St. Oswald’s the membership of the PCC consists of the incumbent (our vicar), Churchwardens and members elected by those members of the congregation who are on the electoral roll of the church. All those who attend our services as members of the congregation are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including deciding on how the funds of the PCC are to be spent. New members receive initial training on the workings of the PCC. The full PCC met six times during the year with an average level of attendance of 87%. Given its wide responsibilities, in addition to a Standing Committee, the PCC has a number of adhoc committees - each dealing with a particular aspect of parish life – which are responsible to the PCC and report back to it regularly. The Standing Committee comprises: the Vicar, Churchwarden(s), PCC Lay Chair, Secretary and Treasurer.

Administrative Information

St. Oswald’s Church is situated in Main Street, Fulford. It is part of the Deanery and Diocese of York within the Church of England. The correspondence address is Fulford: St. Oswald’s Parish Church, Main Street, Fulford, York YO10 4HJ. The PCC is a body corporate (PCC Powers Measure 1956, Church Representation Rules 2006) and a charity currently registered with the Charity Commission (number 1135631).

PCC Membership from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 composed

Ex Officio members:

Incumbent: The Reverend Canon Suzanne Sheriff, Installed as Vicar 1 July 2021

Curate: The Reverend Hannah Theobald June 2026 Licensed Lay Minister: Jackie Tuvey-Smith May 2026

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Churchwardens: (Places for 2, appointed annually) Mr Bryan Milner (From March 2015 to May 2025) One Vacancy full year, two vacancies part year

Deanery Synod

Representatives: (Places for two three year terms 2023-2026) Mrs Patricia Giltrap (re-elected April2023)

Mr Andrew Wilson (re-elected April 2023)

Elected members: (Places for twelve, on three-year terms, one-third*

retiring annually by rotation)

Mrs Sue Baughan (re-elected April 2023 - 2026 APCM) PCC Lay Chair

Mrs Victoria Burles ( from 2022 – 2024, re-elected from May 2024 to 2027 APCM )

Mr Michael Courcier (from April 2022 – 2025, re-elected from May 2025 to 2028 APCM)

Mrs Pippa Ensor (from May 2021 – 2024, re-elected from May 2024 to 2027 APCM)

Mrs Suzanne Esson ( re-elected April 2023 - 2026 APCM)

Mrs Heidi Folland, (from May 2021 – 2024, re-elected from May 2024 to 2027 APCM)

Mr Ben Kybett, (elected May 2025 to 2026 APCM)

Mr Bryan Milner (elected May 2025 to 2027 APCM)

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Mrs Jane Richardson (co-opted APCM April 2024 to APCM May 2025, elected May 2025 to APCM 2028)

Mr Calvin Russell (elected May 2025 to 2028 APCM

Mrs Kathryn Wells (re-elected April 2023 - 2026 APCM)

Mrs Louise Wheatley (from April 2022 – 2025* APCM, reelected from May 2025 to 2028 APCM) PCC Secretary

Co-opted members: (appointed annually)

Ms Terina Hurley, Treasurer (co-opted October 2019, reappointed April 2024 APCM)

Mrs Nikki Shanahan, Minute taker (co-opted 2025)

*One third of the elected PCC members retire annually, having served their full three-year term. There are currently twelve Elected Members:

Three elected 2023 and retiring 2026 (SB, SE, and KW)

One elected 2025 and retiring 2026 (BK)

Three elected 2024 and retiring 2027 (VB, PE and HF)

One elected 2025 and retiring 2027(BM)

Four elected 2025 and retiring 2028 (MC, JR, CR and LW)

Under the Church Representation Rules – with more than 100 names on our last

Revised Electoral Roll (2025) – we are entitled to twelve places for elected members

on the PCC and two Deanery Synod Representatives. The size of the Electoral Roll

also determines the maximum number of Co-opted members, which is two.

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APPENDIX OFFICIAL Inde ndent exaMi￿r,$ re Fulford York rt to the TrLtstee's ol The Parochial Church Couwil of the Ecdesiastical Parish of I report on the accounts ol the trust lor year ended 3111212025 Res ctNe res ortsibilit￿$ of the Trustee's arKI the examinèr The charity's truste85 consKler that an audit is rK)t 18quired for this y8ar urKl8r s8Ction 144121 ol the Chatiti8s Act 2011 (the 2011 Actl arKI that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to examine accounts under section 145 01 the 2011 Act-, follow procedures laid down in general directions gwen by the Charty Commissioners seCt￿rn 14515Xbl ol the 2011Act', and state particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of Inde endent Examin8r's Stat&ment My remote examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charty Comm15&0n. An examination InclLKle5 a r8vi8w of the accounting 18cords kept by charrty and a comparison of the 8CCOUnt5 piesented with th058 iecoids. It also includes consideration of any unusual iterns or disdosur8s In the accounts, and seeking explanations from you, as trustees. concerning such matters. The procedures uThJertaken do not provide all the e￿der￿ that would be required in an audrt and consequently no opinion is given as to wtrEther the ac¢ounts present a'true and lair wew. and the report is lirnited to those matters set out in th8 Stat8tn8nt b81ow. Indè èndènt examimr's statemant In conrEction with my examination no matter has come to my attention.. 1. which gwes rne reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the ￿qUIrements.. to keep accounting recoids in accordance with section 130 of th8 2011 Act", and tts prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with rèquirements of thè 2011 Act aThJ Regulatitsns have not been met,. or 2. to which, in my opinion, attent￿n should be drawn in order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts to be reached. Signed Paul Martin Jordan Datèd 1310412026 18

Chaity Chaiity narne 1135631 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Fulford York Recei ts&Pa ments Accounts From to 31112120Z5 statement of Receipts & Payments Permanent •ndowm•nt fund$ Unr•stric funds P•Jtri¢t• funds Total fund currEnt period Tolal fund% 14•1 PEtiDd to n•arnstE Recel ts Donrttl¢)n and LegAcleg Don81ions- One Off GASDS 2,007 2,097 1,871 Donaiions- One Oft Gift A 93 1,493 11,279 Donations- One Off Not Girt Aided or GASDS elig8ble GASDS Claimed 7,715 1,276 8.269 799 0,514 1,276 8.269 3.000 10,200 5,611 35,397 5,323 7,917 1,518 13.002 23.77S 1,100 3,776 37,968 4,783 Gran15 Lega￿eS Open Plat& Colleclions P18nned Giving- GIftAided P18nned CIVing- NOn-G1ft￿dwj Other TrAdlng Aetl¥ltle ofg Takings Feles. Bazaar. Other Fund-raisiTbg Even 200 10,IJOQ 1,lJ41 4,570 35,397 5,323 fj.469 fjA69 fj.36J 2,230 2,230 .286 2,017 9.17B Hall Mire Mag8zine Advertising S81es Incotne 663 663 Printing & StatlDn8ry Incotn8 Charitsblq Activities 162 162 PCC F&&s- healiTbg PCC Fe&s Income 520 520 520 2,082 2,082 2,378 Investments Interest and Dividends Rec91Vgd JB1 25 Other Ineoming Re*tsurce$ Sale of Assets 75 75 Total ￿CeIpts 89.362 16.710 1oe.072 132.7BS Pa mgnts Cost of Ralslng Fund8 Cost ol Slewarship Costs of Feies, Baz88r, Other Fund- 30 30 73 158 Cate Expensgs Church Running Costs Administrabon & Publicity Expens95 Church Broadband 2N34 459 2.B94 3,fjfj8 1N13 385 1,024 2.430 385 1,510 Church Insur8nce 3.978 960 3.978 96D 3,932 756 Church Maintenanc8 Organ I Piano Tuning & Repair Upkeep of Churchyard Chureh Utlllty blllg 4fj3 463 107 1,925 823 2,748 13,305 1,089 2,737 I.DB9 1,109 2,895 Church Gas 2,737 Clergy & Staff Expengeg Olh9r Glgrgy Cos15 Vicarf5 Expenses . Vicar8oe Cos C05t ol S8rvic85 260 260 166 800 Boo 439 1,407 2.467 1,407 2.BS3 3.466 1,473 3.699 396 . Payrdl Costs 3,4fjfj

Fr•wlll Giyiny to Chrlt4bl• Clvlng eo,000 2.131 2.131 2.018 Hll Runnlng Coit Holl Ekirln¢ity Hpll In5uron¢9 J,074 400 2.862 7J HBII MainlenBnce Incl Cknning Hall W81er & SeY4 494 494 M155K>n Ev8n elism Cos15 709 872 712 460 460 or work on church 4,050 27,917 Mworwork on hall TotalpaynKnts 91,398 9,669 101,087 139.202 6,417 Transfers tolllroml funds Surplu￿(11enellJ foryear 7.Tr41 fj.414} Ca¥h lundJ y•ar •nd 90.229 91AQ3 2.577 184 20B 19D.622 Cash funds thlsyearend 189 13 20

Thè Parochial Church Council of tha Eecl•si08tical Parish of Fulford York Breakdown of unrestricted funds 150+ P￿i B•n¢h Fund ral Fund Tolal urrf•slrtet•d Recei Donations and L acio8 Donalions Ongoff GASDS eli Donaiions- Oneoff GIftAwJ Eli aNe DonatsDll5- On@Off Mulc￿ Aid8d orCASDS 15 2.007 93 2.007 93 7.715 7.715 GA5DS Claim8d Giftl￿d Claimgd 200 4,270 36.397 5.323 200 4,570 35.397 5.J23 Op&Th pi8ie Coiietbons Planned Giving- GIrtAdEd 300 oth•rTradin Actwitiqs Fetes. Bazaar Othet FUr￿-r&iSl Eyenis B.286 663 8286 663 152 hla and Sa￿s Income Piintsno & siatsoneiy Intome ¢￿￿table Ac1¥￿1> PGL Fee5- healin PCC Faos Income Inve$lrn•nts 820 Z.082 620 2.D82 Other Incorning Resources Sale ulA55et5 76 7S ments Cost of Raising Fund• iewafs Costs ol Fetgs Bazaar Othoi Fund-ra￿In ChBrbtÈble A¢ll￿￿e$ C8f9 Ex 15B c￿15 8,661 8.661 & 8laff Expon595 ervi£È% to Diocesan 2,456 fjo.ooo 80.000 Mi5510n and Evan Totip•yments 300 TranferyJ tol lfroml lunds Su￿111$ /(dtflthJ lorye•i 300 036 Ca•h fvnd• la•ty•ar•rAI 300 C•Jh thn¢Y• Y￿r?￿￿ 300 960 150. PTqEcI Ho￿5 funds lo clear reten￿Tr lees loi heaiiThJ BeKh Fund Held foromofjal beDch In churchyard D&51gth818d Budding Pragr8mmE F￿U5@ to iThprovebuI￿ryS Ggnoial Fund- 21

The Parochial Church Council of the Eccl•siastical Parish of Fulford Yot Breakdown of restricted funds BUI￿Ing cth F0m1c￿[Ch H￿IR￿nP sur￿ly5￿h0 R•r•ipt5 Dona1iDn5 3ndL¢ ICkT5 DDna￿TrS-0ne OftGASDS EII Dona￿Tr&-0ne OT(Gffl Altt Eli GASDS claimed 11 I 40ty 14.llOQ en P￿IeC011￿MnS Inv•stm•n 660 229 Chant4bIEA￿IVlts￿s CaTe Ex en5es e.9sL Cog1 ￿T￿.r￿tre5 MI4Sion and Evafft ¢rwofK hall Totalpayments 311 810 $8 Tr4nfYsttsl1fr<x￿Ifund SwpluJl(d&fftW IoT&V aihNrth laity•ar•nd Agency- ￿ed1￿3rd ￿rIleS MOn￿handdbypCc bulnDI PCCS BUI￿l￿g Prryramme Fow ImFwovemEntOTMI￿I￿S Cale Forttsmmunitycaléwoi% ¢n￿r tsv5eon muy Ciummack 5unaay School Forth&￿Ten￿￿Oi% OonthnsltbwarOsttE buibin9tsbn F￿W￿5 Donat￿￿&￿￿{￿U￿cThff￿rs FDrGD5l0fDrganu￿B￿￿ Fund bdllnceOfHLFgT£Nl￿eth￿￿kn ForihwHallSW￿￿Y E5tats MDnByhxu5pwth rImB(knar￿0thBrcB￿t￿qW¢￿k Yic&rA Ch￿hwarden5 Fund FOr￿e￿￿t￿l9￿￿neXpl5gd￿f￿ledtry￿T&chu￿￿￿rdI￿¥ wan￿ PIar•Y1aD￿ Spare TDsUPWrtrornmunity(afga5IWwmspar 22

1135631 Rose Window Fu￿d Sound System Syfvill Hurley Estllt Vicar & Churchwdrd8ns' Fund Warm Place Wllnn Space Totlll iestricted fund Tot&1 rEStricted laJtpuriod 90 132 1,400 11,023 500 267 211 10,000 1.1141 1.100 352 179 89S 78 4S9 2,310 396 1,024 561 34 107 3,466 3.41¢ 2.174 1.ty54 52• 2.51S 304 27.035 14 154 500 652 7.041 652 23