TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT
ST. MARY’S CHURCH
CHOLSEY
2024/5.
Contents
Trustees’ Annual Report Independent Examiners’ Report
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Aim and purposes
Cholsey St. Mary’s Parochial Church Council (the trustees- PCC), has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, the Reverend Rebecca Peters, 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 Parish Church of St. Mary’s, Church Road, Cholsey, a residential property also in Church Road currently leased to Ukrainian refugees, and the Laurence Hall in Church Road which is used for social, evangelistic and community purposes by a substantial section of the village.
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 at St. Marys. The PCC maintains an overview of worship throughout the parish and makes suggestions on how our services can involve the many groups that live within our parish. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament and endeavour to be inclusive of all ages and preferences of style. To this end we have broadened our approach to a monthly all-age service (2[nd] Sunday) and further developed worship in the context of a monthly outdoor service (Forest Church).
By design and invitation many church members are involved in offering the worship of the church Sunday by Sunday and on various occasions through the year according to their gifting. This inclusion is of benefit to the church community as each contributor seeks the Lord for their inspiration and guidance and is also of benefit to the individuals through Christian growth and service. Currently there are three service leaders not including the Vicar, Curate, 2 regular preachers, a team of five intercessors during worship and at least twelve people who regularly offer their experience as servers at Holy Communion.
In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith and employ their Christian gifts of the Holy Spirit as part of our parish community through:
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Worship and prayer; learning about the Gospel; and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus.
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Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish.
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Missionary and outreach work. Apart from continuing support for external work such as Go Mad in Tanzania, The Message Trust, A Rocha, Missionary Aviation Fellowship, and Christians Against Poverty locally in Wallingford and Didcot.
St. Mary’s desires to present a strong public expression of both the word and deed of the gospel in our village community.
Achievements and Performance of our objectives and Activities.
Worship and Prayer
The PCC is keen to offer a range of services during the week and over the course of the year that our community find both beneficial and spiritually fulfilling. For example, Morning Prayer each weekday in church or on Zoom using the Common Worship Morning Prayer app provides a quiet, intimate and
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reflective environment for worship. Likewise, the 8 am Holy Communion (BCP) once a month enables the beauty of traditional language to be fully appreciated and there is a stable and committed community supporting this service style. The main services of Family Communion, Morning Worship, Holy Communion and 2[nd] Sunday are well attended and have seen something of an increase in occasional attenders lately. The PCC is hopeful that this will convert into more committed membership in due course. We have seen an increase in the number of children in services, although this remains fairly low (8 to 11 on any given Sunday ) despite the excellent work in Kid’s Club which is carried on during main services and by means of the monthly all-age 2[nd] Sunday service. Our Monthly Forest Church continues at the Laurence Hall garden and has a variable number of attenders ranging from 10 to 15 adults and 17 to 30 children, often depending upon season of the year and weather conditions! Over the past year good progress has been made in continuing more intentional worship patterns within Forest Church.
Apart from Prayer in homegroups and during services there is specific prayer and intercession on Wednesday mornings at the vicarage and twice a month at 6 pm on Sunday evenings.
Our growing Music worship group meets monthly to rehearse and joins leads worship each Sunday.
Our Youth Group continues to meet twice monthly on a Sunday evening and this year a Young people’s worship group has started once a month in Church. (Your Worship, Your Way).
Courses and learning experiences run during the year include Alpha, The Bible Course, The grace Course and individual and interactive learning is encouraged through a series of homegroups meeting in private homes through the week.
At present there are 89 parishioners on the Church Electoral Roll. Average attendance at services counted during October was 63 but this number increased at festivals and on Easter Sunday 2025 over 100 people attended. As well as our regular services, we enable our community to celebrate and thank God at the milestones of the journey through life. Through baptism we thank God for the gift of life, in marriage public vows are exchanged with God’s blessing and through funeral services friends and family express their grief and give thanks for the life which is now complete in this world and to commend the person into God's keeping. We have celebrated 9 baptisms and 1 wedding and held 12 funerals in our church this year.
Family Worker
From January 2024 St Mary’s has employed Val Bolt as our Family Worker to:
● Build pastoral relationships with families in the village of Cholsey so that Jesus may be known as well as building on and further develop existing relationships with the local schools including Cholsey Primary School. Support our thriving toddler group ‘Little Fishes’ in Cholsey, working with the existing team of volunteers. Work with the existing team to support the work of our Cholsey Sunday morning kid’s club and Forest Church. Develop further ways to grow relationships with and disciple families (working alongside church members) e.g. parenting courses, special services, social events, holiday clubs. Promote the work with families to the Parochial Church Councils (PCCs) of Cholsey and the wider church community.
As well as attending diocesan training, delivering 2[nd] Sunday services and increasing St Mary’s online and village presence she has this year
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● Attended our little fishes toddler group weekly and Forest church monthly getting to know our families , encouraging them to come to other church activities
● Planned and delivered both” Experience Easter” and “Christmas Experience” – an interactive retelling of these stories in church, for all ages. It was open to and well attended by local schools, our church family and village visitors
● Run family activity /fun days during the holidays at various locations around the village. These have seen interaction with families who have been harder to reach within the community and are building a relationship of trust and care.
Pastoral care
Our Pastoral Care Group comprising eight regular members meets every couple of months to plan and feedback on visits to our congregational members who have reached out to us for visits and prayer. A Thursday fellowship group is in its infancy but is already successfully gaining good attendance.
Missionary and outreach work
Support for mission overseas has remained strong during the year particularly through GoMad (Go, make a difference) working in Tanzania and our other mission partners (The Message Trust, A Rocha and Missionary Aviation Fellowship). Outreach in our local area this year has been strengthened by open air services at village events and Open the Book assemblies at the local schools.
Deanery Synod
Three members of the PCC sits on the deanery synod. This provides the PCC with an important link between the parish and the wider structures of the church.
The church building, church bungalow and Laurence Hall.
The church building is well maintained and has excellent facilities, with the quinquennial inspection having been completed this year and finding no significant items requiring attention.
The church bungalow continues to be the home for two related Ukrainian refugee families.
The church yard, presumed to have been closed in the 1950s has now officially been closed this year, is being prepared for the handover to SODC. (May 2025)
The Laurence Hall continues to be well used and is still in need of care and repair. A Laurence Hall Development subgroup has been formed, and the planning permission is to be sought so that Phase one of the refurbishment can begin. This is construction of 2 disabled unisex toilets and the function room.
Safeguarding
St. Mary’s is fortunate in having the expertise of Alex Hammond and Irene McClure working with the incumbent and PCC to oversee Safeguarding within our church. Under their guidance and encouragement, the Parish Dashboard is in good order, volunteers in all departments have been encouraged to do the requisite training and the vast majority has now been completed. Safer
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recruitment practices are adhered to, and safeguarding is a standing item at PCC meetings. Regular briefings, reports and illustrative training is given to Churchwardens and all PCC members.
Ecumenical Relationships
St Mary’s has warm ecumenical Relationships with Wallingford churches and maintains particularly active cooperation with Wallingford Ridgeway and Wallingford Baptist church in financing, overseeing and praying for the activity of the Didcot and Wallingford Centre of Christians Against Poverty. There is also further cooperation in staging ecumenical open-air services in Wallingford at Bunkfest in the summer and on Good Friday. St Mary’s is also working with the other ministers in Wallingford, from the Methodist and Anglican churches.
Volunteers, Churchwardens and trustee members of the PCC.
We would like to thank all the volunteers who work so hard to make our church the lively and vibrant community it is.
Structure, Governance and Management
The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At St Mary’s the membership of the PCC consists of the incumbent (our vicar), churchwardens, the treasurer and members elected by those members of the congregation who are on the electoral roll of the church. All those who attend our services / 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 into the workings of the PCC.
The full PCC met 10 times during the year and one awayday. Given its wide responsibilities the PCC has a number of committees each dealing with a particular aspect of parish life. These committees, which include vision strategy, fabric and finance, children’s ministry teams are all responsible to the PCC and report back to it regularly with minutes of their decisions being received by the full PCC and discussed as necessary.
Administration
St Mary’s Church is situated in Cholsey, Wallingford, part of the Diocese of Oxford, Dorchester Archdeaconry, within the Church of England. The correspondence address is Church Office, Laurence Hall, Church Road, Cholsey OX10 9PP. The PCC is a body corporate (PCC Powers Measure 1956, Church Representation Rules 2006) and a charity currently excepted from registration with the Charity Commission.
The trustees, members of the PCC, at the time of this report, were as follows:
Vicar: Rev. Rebecca Peters Ex officio Rev. Martyn Thorne Ex officio
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Churchwarden: Rebecca Thomasson Ex officio Andrew Avery (Lay Chairman) Elected Nigel White (Treasurer) Elected Valerie Bolt Elected Iain Fitzmaurice Elected Anthony Clements Elected Gabrielle Clements Elected Timothy Hammond Elected Alex Hammond Elected Rachel Kennedy Elected Thea Price Elected Deanery Synod member Irene McClure Elected Deanery Synod member Howard Gander Elected Deanery Synod member
Standing Committee (at the time of this report)
Rev. Rebecca Peters Andrew Avery (PCC Chair) Nigel White (Treasurer) Rebecca Thomasson (Church Warden) Valerie Bolt
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Finance
The PCC of St Mary’s Church, Cholsey
Accounts report for the Year ending December 31st 2024
Balance Sheet (Separate funds)
| General Designate d Restricted Endowment At 31/12/2024 £ At 31/12/2023 £ |
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| Fixed assets Current assets Debtors Investments Cash At Bank And In Hand Liabilities Creditors: Amounts Falling Due In One Year Net current assets less current liabilities Total assets less current liabilities Liabilities Total net assets less liabilities |
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| - - - - - - |
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| 2,403.27 639.24 211.48 46.43 3,300.42 2,508.14 6,792.59 - - (40.76) 6,751.83 6,600.75 22,930.6 0 46,569.34 31,517.08 (5.67) 101,011.35 78,259.62 |
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| 32,126.4 6 47,208.58 31,728.56 - 111,063.60 87,368.51 |
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| 181.23 2,663.17 - - 2,844.40 - |
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| 181.23 2,663.17 - - 2,844.40 - |
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| 31,945.2 3 44,545.41 31,728.56 - 108,219.20 87,368.51 |
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| 31,945.2 3 44,545.41 31,728.56 - 108,219.20 87,368.51 |
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| 31,945.2 3 44,545.41 31,728.56 - 108,219.20 87,368.51 |
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Represented by
| Unrestricted | |||||
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| Unrestricted - General Fund | 31,945.23 | - | - - | 31,945.23 | 4,916.10 |
| Designated | |||||
| Designated - Fifty Fifty Auction | - | 570.58 | - - | 570.58 | 570.58 |
| Designated - Flower Fund | - | 12.37 | - - | 12.37 | - |
| Designated - Laurence Hall Rebuild | - | 39,357.14 | - - | 39,357.14 | 37,889.73 |
| Designated - Giving | - | 21.76 | - - | 21.76 | (6,145.13) |
| Designated - Laurence Hall | - | 3,334.73 | - - | 3,334.73 | 20,216.22 |
| Designated - Little Fishes | - | 1,248.83 | - - | 1,248.83 | - |
| Restricted | |||||
| Restricted - Church Weekend | - | - | 296.93 - | 296.93 | 664.11 |
| Restricted - Family Worker | - | - | 20,711.25 - | 20,711.25 | 17,150.00 |
| Restricted - Mission Giving | - | - | 1,576.14 - | 1,576.14 | 9,754.96 |
| Restricted - Christians Against Poverty | - | - | 5,330.13 - | 5,330.13 | 4,786.38 |
| Restricted - Restoration | - | - | (3.92) - | (3.92) | (22,053.22) |
| Restricted - Capital | - | - | 3,818.03 - | 3,818.03 | 13,018.03 |
| Endowment | |||||
| Endowment - Stevenson | - | - | - - | - | 6,600.75 |
| Fund Totals | 31,945.23 | 44,545.41 | 31,728.56 - | 108,219.20 | 87,368.51 |
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (by fund)
| Balance Previous balance |
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| Cash At Bank And In Hand 6501: NatWest Current Account Church Weekend Restricted Fifty Fifty Auction Designated Laurence Hall Rebuild Designated Family Worker Restricted General fund Unrestricted Giving Designated Mission Giving Restricted Christians Against Poverty Restricted Laurence Hall Designated Restoration Restricted 6502: NatWest Business Reserve Account General fund Unrestricted 6503: Barclays Community Account General fund Unrestricted Giving Designated Restoration Restricted 6504: Barclays Business Premium Account Restoration Restricted 6505: Lloyds Business Account Church Weekend Restricted Flower Fund Designated Laurence Hall Rebuild Designated General fund Unrestricted Stevenson Endowment |
- 664.11 - 570.58 - 17,799.74 - 16,979.00 - (31,264.59) - (6,200.30) - 8,750.68 - 4,567.90 - 20,216.22 - (15,086.18) |
| - 16,997.16 - 9,403.03 |
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| - 9,403.03 - 151.16 - 55.17 - 9,106.93 |
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| - 9,313.26 - 30.47 |
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| - 30.47 296.93 - 12.37 - 42.51 - 5,706.54 - (5.67) - |
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6,052.68
6506: Lloyds Commercial Instant Access Account
| Fifty Fifty Auction | Designated | 570.58 | - | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family Worker | Restricted | 20,558.00 | - | |
| General fund | Unrestricted | 16,951.02 | - | |
| Giving | Designated | 2,406.94 | - | |
| Mission Giving | Restricted | 250.58 | - | |
| Christians Against Poverty | Restricted | 5,226.90 | - | |
| Laurence Hall | Designated | 2,978.47 | - | |
| Little Fishes | Designated | 1,243.83 | - | |
| 50,186.32 | - | |||
| 510: CCLA (CBF) General Deposit Account | ||||
| Laurence Hall Rebuild | Designated | 39,314.64 | 20,000.00 | |
| General fund | Unrestricted | 2.98 | 24,597.83 | |
| Mission Giving | Restricted | 885.20 | 586.21 | |
| Restoration | Restricted | - | (16,400.00) | |
| Capital | Restricted | 3,818.03 | 13,018.03 | |
| 44,020.85 | 41,802.07 | |||
| 511: CCLA (CBF) Restoration | Deposit Account | |||
| General fund | Unrestricted | 270.06 | - | |
| Mission Giving | Restricted | - | 0.56 | |
| Restoration | Restricted | 41.08 | 294.90 | |
| 311.14 | 295.46 | |||
| 512: CCLA (CBF) Mission Giving Account | ||||
| Mission Giving | Restricted | 440.36 | 417.51 | |
| Restoration | Restricted | - | 0.66 | |
| 440.36 | 418.17 | |||
| Cash At Bank And In Hand | 101,011.35 | 78,259.62 | ||
| ebtors | ||||
| 05: Accounts Receivable | ||||
| Laurence Hall Rebuild | Designated | (0.01) | 89.99 | |
| Family Worker | Restricted | 153.25 | 171.00 | |
| General fund | Unrestricted | 2,403.27 | 2,028.67 | |
| Giving | Designated | 275.25 | - | |
| Christians Against Poverty | Restricted | 103.23 | 218.48 | |
| Laurence Hall | Designated | 359.00 | - | |
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6510: CCLA (CBF) General Deposit Account
6511: CCLA (CBF) Restoration Deposit Account
6512: CCLA (CBF) Mission Giving Account
Debtors
Z05: Accounts Receivable
| Restoration | Restricted | (45.00) | - | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Fishes | Designated | 5.00 | - | |
| Stevenson | Endowment | 46.43 | - | |
| 3,300.42 | 2,508.14 | |||
| Debtors | 3,300.42 | 2,508.14 | ||
| Investments | ||||
| 6513: CCLA (CBF) Stevenson | ||||
| General fund | Unrestricted | 6,792.59 | - | |
| Stevenson | Endowment | (40.76) | 6,600.75 | |
| 6,751.83 | 6,600.75 | |||
| Investments | 6,751.83 | 6,600.75 | ||
| Creditors: Amounts Falling Due In One Year | ||||
| Z04: Accounts Payable | ||||
| General fund | Unrestricted | 181.23 | - | |
| Giving | Designated | 2,660.43 | - | |
| Laurence Hall | Designated | 2.74 | - | |
| 2,844.40 | - | |||
| Creditors: Amounts Falling Due In One Year | 2,844.40 | - | ||
| Grand Total | 108,219.20 | 87,368.51 |
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Fund movement summary
| Fund | Opening | Incoming | Outgoing | Transfers | Gains/Losses | Journals | Closing |
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| CHWkend | |||||||
| Restricted | 664.11 | 1,020.27 | 1,387.45 | - | - | - | 296.93 |
| Sub-totals | 664.11 | 1,020.27 | 1,387.45 | - | - | - | 296.93 |
| FiftyFifyy | |||||||
| Designated | 570.58 | - | - | - | - | - | 570.58 |
| Sub-totals | 570.58 | - | - | - | - | - | 570.58 |
| Flowers | |||||||
| Designated | - | - | 182.63 | 195.00 | - | - | 12.37 |
| Sub-totals | - | - | 182.63 | 195.00 | - | - | 12.37 |
| LHallReb | |||||||
| Designated | 37,889.73 | 1,607.41 | 140.00 | - | - | - | 39,357.14 |
| Sub-totals | 37,889.73 | 1,607.41 | 140.00 | - | - | - | 39,357.14 |
| Worker | |||||||
| Restricted | 17,150.00 | 18,277.21 | 14,715.96 | - | - | - | 20,711.25 |
| Sub-totals | 17,150.00 | 18,277.21 | 14,715.96 | - | - | - | 20,711.25 |
| General | |||||||
| Unrestricted | 4,916.10 | 107,914.15 | 89,378.72 | 8,493.70 | - | - | 31,945.23 |
| Sub-totals | 4,916.10 | 107,914.15 | 89,378.72 | 8,493.70 | - | - | 31,945.23 |
| Giving | |||||||
| Designated | (6,145.13) | 600.89 | 6,998.75 | 12,564.75 | - | - | 21.76 |
| Sub-totals | (6,145.13) | 600.89 | 6,998.75 | 12,564.75 | - | - | 21.76 |
| MisGiv | |||||||
| Restricted | 9,754.96 | 321.18 | - | (8,500.00) | - | - | 1,576.14 |
| Sub-totals | 9,754.96 | 321.18 | - | (8,500.00) | - | - | 1,576.14 |
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| CAP | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restricted | 4,786.38 | 8,043.75 | 7,500.00 | - | - | - | 5,330.13 |
| Sub-totals | 4,786.38 | 8,043.75 | 7,500.00 | - | - | - | 5,330.13 |
| LHall | |||||||
| Designated | 20,216.22 | 10,654.72 | 9,885.08 | (17,651.13) | - | - | 3,334.73 |
| Sub-totals | 20,216.22 | 10,654.72 | 9,885.08 | (17,651.13) | - | - | 3,334.73 |
| Resto | |||||||
| Restricted | (22,053.22) | 970.13 | - | 21,079.17 | - | - | (3.92) |
| Sub-totals | (22,053.22) | 970.13 | - | 21,079.17 | - | - | (3.92) |
| Capital | |||||||
| Restricted | 13,018.03 | - | - | (9,200.00) | - | - | 3,818.03 |
| Sub-totals | 13,018.03 | - | - | (9,200.00) | - | - | 3,818.03 |
| LFish | |||||||
| Designated | - | 1,248.83 | - | - | - | - | 1,248.83 |
| Sub-totals | - | 1,248.83 | - | - | - | - | 1,248.83 |
| Steven | |||||||
| Endowment | 6,600.75 | 380.74 | - | (6,981.49) | - | - | - |
| Sub-totals | 6,600.75 | 380.74 | - | (6,981.49) | - | - | - |
| Totals | 87,368.51 | 151,039.28 | 130,188.59 | - | - | - | 108,219.20 |
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Analysis of income and expenditure
Total
Unrestricted Designated Restricted Endowment This year Last year
| INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM: Donations and legacies 0101 - Covenants and Gift Aid 0102 - Envelopes 0103 - General Donation 0104 - Payaz donation 0110 - Offerings GADS 0111 - Donation eligible for GASDS 0201 - Planned Giving 0301 - Misc. Donations 0401 - Collections 0501 - One-off Gift Aid gifts 0550 - Donations appeals etc 0601 - Tax recoverable on Gift Aid 0801 - Grants 0802 - Misc. Income 0901 - Other funds generated Donations and legacies Totals Income from charitable activities 0909 - PCC Allocation 1101 - Fees 1102 - Moulsford Church 1230 - Hire of Laurence Hall 1231 - Hire of Church 1232 - Coffee Shop 1233 - Bell Tower Income from charitable activities Totals |
73,994.96 1,244.50 13,236.00 - 88,475.46 75,561.10 22.00 - - - 22.00 - 1,462.95 119.59 80.00 - 1,662.54 576.25 355.25 196.01 - - 551.26 - 1,161.50 154.00 27.40 - 1,342.90 - - 12.50 26.00 - 38.50 - 30.00 - 240.00 - 270.00 - 187.46 - 1,620.00 - 1,807.46 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (449.32) - - (449.32) 1,769.75 18,975.18 514.50 3,169.00 - 22,658.68 17,132.92 - - 8,000.16 - 8,000.16 207.50 1,277.55 206.60 892.30 - 2,376.45 1,236.02 - - - - - 196.00 |
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97,466.85 1,998.38 27,290.86 - 126,756.09 96,679.54 - - - - - - 1,321.26 - - - 1,321.26 4,855.00 112.81 - - - 112.81 96.25 - 9,559.62 - - 9,559.62 9,874.15 170.00 - - - 170.00 472.75 - - - - - 1,060.00 - - - - - 218.00 |
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1,604.07 9,559.62 - - 11,163.69 16,576.15 |
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| Other trading activities 0803 - Receipts to Petty Cash (copying etc.) Other trading activities Totals Investments 1001 - Dividends 1020 - NatWest Bank Interest 1021 - Barclays Bank Interest 1022 - CCLA (CBF) Mission Giving 1023 - CCLA (CBF) General 1024 - CCLA (CBF) Restoration 1025 - CBF Stevenson 1026 - CBF Minshull 1027 - Lloyds Commercial Instant Access Account interest 1030 - Bungalow Rent Investments Totals Other income 0302 - Church events and activities 0602 - HMRC PAYE credit 1310 - Insurance claims Other income Totals |
21.58 - - - 21.58 - |
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21.58 - - - 21.58 - - - - - - - 81.06 - - - 81.06 112.30 - - 0.23 - 0.23 8.26 - - 22.19 - 22.19 12.99 1,447.51 472.28 298.99 - 2,218.78 1,486.64 15.68 - - - 15.68 9.18 - - - 380.74 380.74 2,092.39 - 16.20 - - 16.20 16.08 186.32 - - - 186.32 - 6,700.00 - - - 6,700.00 5,327.89 |
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8,430.57 488.48 321.41 380.74 9,621.20 9,065.73 350.00 2,065.37 1,020.27 - 3,435.64 - 41.08 - - - 41.08 - - - - - - - |
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391.08 2,065.37 1,020.27 - 3,476.72 - |
Income and endowments Grand totals 107,914.15 14,111.85 28,632.54 380.74 151,039.28 122,321.42
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EXPENDITURE ON:
Raising funds
| 1701 - Fees paid to fund raisers 1702 - Fund raising costs 1710 - Costs of applying for grants 1740 - Investment management costs Raising funds Totals Expenditure on charitable activities 1801 - PCC Allocation to Giving 1802 - Adventure Plus 1803 - Balsam Family Project 1805 - CHOKO 1806 - CHOKO Kodumela 1807 - Christian Aid Week 1808 - Eric Twine 1809 - Go Mad Tanzania 1810 - J Madinda 1811 - Message Trust 1812 - Missionary Aviation Fellowship 1813 - Tear Fund DEC Appeal 1814 - Tear Fund Harvest Appeal 1815 - Tear Fund Yemen Appeal 1816 - Wednesday Church 1817 - Bound For Bethlehem 1818 - Nasio Trust 1819 - A Rocha 1820 - Designated collections passed on 1830 - Christians Against Poverty 1910 - Parish Share etc 1911 - Ministry 2001 - Assistant staff costs 2020 - Salary of Family Worker 2021 - Family worker expenses 2050 - Salary of parish administrator 2101 - Vicars Expenses 2102 - Vicars Discresionary Fund |
- - - - - - 2.61 140.00 - - 142.61 - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
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2.61 140.00 - - 142.61 - - - - - - - - 1,329.00 - - 1,329.00 1,080.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1,329.00 - - 1,329.00 1,380.00 - - - - - - - 1,329.00 - - 1,329.00 1,080.00 - 1,329.00 - - 1,329.00 1,080.00 - - - - - 4,581.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 120.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1,329.00 - - 1,329.00 1,080.00 - 351.32 - - 351.32 - - - 7,500.00 - 7,500.00 7,090.00 51,113.70 - - - 51,113.70 52,309.09 703.03 - - - 703.03 - - - - - - 269.00 - - 14,406.67 - 14,406.67 - - - 309.29 - 309.29 - 10,117.05 875.50 - - 10,992.55 10,794.02 395.19 - - - 395.19 452.43 - - - - - - |
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| 2120 | - Council tax | - | - | - - | - | - |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2130 | - Vicarage Expenses | - | - | - - | - | - |
| 2140 | - Water Rates - Vicarage | - | - | - - | - | - |
| 2150 | - Vicar's Telephone | 72.00 | - | - - | 72.00 | - |
| 2170 | - Education | - | - | - - | - | - |
| 2201 | - Parish training and mission | - | - | - - | - | - |
| 2301 | - Church Insurance | 5,400.08 | - | - - | 5,400.08 | 5,257.00 |
| 2310 | - Church Office - Telephone and Internet | 709.73 | - | - - | 709.73 | 1,333.22 |
| 2320 | - Organ / Piano Tuning | - | - | - - | - | - |
| 2330 | - Church Maintenance and Minor Repairs | 6,120.17 | - | - - | 6,120.17 | 3,502.51 |
| 2331 | - Cleaning | 1,730.13 | 2,507.70 | - - | 4,237.83 | 4,615.25 |
| 2332 | - Misc. Parish Expenses | 1,113.36 | 66.05 | - - | 1,179.41 | 408.77 |
| 2340 | - Services General Upkeep | 436.58 | 305.00 | - - | 741.58 | 564.02 |
| 2341 | - Kids Club Creche Forest Church | - | - | - - | - | 46.12 |
| 2342 | - Flowers | - | 182.63 | - - | 182.63 | 300.00 |
| 2343 | - Women's 133 Group | - | - | - - | - | - |
| 2344 | - Music Group | 500.00 | - | - - | 500.00 | 406.00 |
| 2345 | - Open The Book | - | - | - - | - | - |
| 2346 | - Puppets/Living Nativity | 47.94 | - | - - | 47.94 | - |
| 2347 | - Youth Group | 33.94 | - | - - | 33.94 | 42.24 |
| 2360 | - Administration | 5,672.16 | 5.17 | - - | 5,677.33 | 3,428.95 |
| 2370 | - Visiting speakers / locums | 27.00 | - | 300.00 - | 327.00 | 41.50 |
| 2371 | - Church Weekend Costs - excluding speakers | - | - | 1,087.45 - | 1,087.45 | - |
| 2401 | - Church running - electric | 1,800.79 | - | - - | 1,800.79 | 2,221.52 |
| 2420 | - Church running - water | 372.38 | - | - - | 372.38 | 50.28 |
| 2430 | - Church running - oil | 2,738.56 | - | - - | 2,738.56 | 2,619.36 |
| 2530 | - Laurence Hall running - electricity | - | 2,698.96 | - - | 2,698.96 | 3,817.49 |
| 2550 | - Laurence Hall running - insurance | - | - | - - | - | - |
| 2560 | - Laurence Hall running - maintenance | - | 3,188.62 | - - | 3,188.62 | 899.79 |
| 2580 | - Laurence Hall running - water | - | 240.51 | - - | 240.51 | 233.02 |
| 2601 | - Governance costs examination/audit fee | - | - | - - | - | - |
| 2701 | - Church major repairs - structure | - | - | - - | - | - |
| 2702 | - Church major repairs - fees | - | - | - - | - | - |
| 2710 | - Church major repairs - installation | - | - | - - | - | - |
| 2720 | - Church interior and exterior decorating | - | - | - - | - | - |
| 2801 | - Laurence Hall + major repairs - structur | - | - | - - | - | - |
| 2820 | - Laurence Hall + major repairs - installa | - | - | - - | - | - |
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| 2830 - Laurence Hall + interior and exterior de 2831 - Auction Refund 2840 - Other PCC property upkeep Expenditure on charitable activities Totals Other expenditure 1703 - Organist and Verger fees 2333 - Bungalow Maintenance and Minor Repairs Other expenditure Totals Expenditure Grand totals |
- - - - - - - - - - - 294.50 - - - - - - |
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89,103.79 17,066.46 23,603.41 - 129,773.66 111,397.58 - - - - - - 272.32 - - - 272.32 1,436.44 |
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272.32 - - - 272.32 1,436.44 |
|
89,378.72 17,206.46 23,603.41 - 130,188.59 112,834.02 |
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Approved by the PCC and signed on its behalf by:
Reverend R A Peters 16th June 2025
Vicar Date:
St Mary's Church Cholsey Parochial Church Council
(report completed 1/6/25)
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Independent Examiner's Report for the year ended 31 December 2024
This report on the financial statements of the PCC for the year ended 31 December 2024, which are set out in the Trustees Annual Report, is in respect of an examination carried out in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 ('the Regulations') and s.43 of the Charities Act 1993 ('the Act').
Respective responsibilities of the PCC and Examiner
The charity's trustees, the PCC, are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements. The PCC consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 43(2) of the Act and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to issue this report on those financial statements in accordance with the terms of the Regulations.
Basis of an independent Examiner's report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under s.43(7)(b) of the Act. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the financial statements with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements and seeking
explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the financial statements.
Independent Examiner's statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
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(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the Act; and
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to prepare financial statements, which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act and the Regulations have not been met; or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.
David Gibbons Date 11[th] July 2025
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