## **The Parochial Church Council of Brownhills with Ogley Hay**
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the year ended 31[st] December 2025**
_Charity Registration No.1139697_
## **Objectives and Activities**
The trustees of the PCC are aware of the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit in the Advancement of Religion for the Public Benefit and have had regard to it in their administration of the Charity. The trustees believe that, by promoting the work of the Church of England in the Ecclesiastical parish of Brownhills with Ogley Hay it helps to promote the whole mission of the Church (pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical) more effectively within the Ecclesiastical Parish and that in doing so it provides a benefit to the public by:
- Providing facilities for public worship, pastoral care and spiritual, moral and intellectual development, both for its members and for anyone who wishes to benefit from what the Church offers; and
- Promoting Christian values and service by members of the Church in and to their communities, to the benefit of individuals and society as a whole
We are active in promoting the local food bank with both time and food donations. We also keep the church open as a Place of Welcome, one morning a week.
Our work would not be possible without the contribution made by volunteers.
## **Achievements and Performance**
Worship and Prayer – We offer a variety of services to suit all ages and tastes as well as many opportunities for the community to join us in prayer, at any time but particularly between Ascension Day and Pentecost when a special prayer trail is in place.
Deanery Synod – Our representatives attend regularly and report back to the PCC on a regular basis.
Church Fabric – As volunteers we regularly maintain our building through work parties for such tasks as window cleaning, gutter and drain maintenance and generally keeping the environment tidy. The church is inspected every five years (2024) by the Diocesan Architects and is due again in September 2029.
Mission and Evangelism – Our volunteer team visit all 6 primary schools in the parish regularly to conduct assemblies. We also hold a Procession of Witness on Good Friday. The incumbent also takes lessons at Brownhills Ormiston Academy (secondary school).
Church hall – Local community groups use the Hall. The facility is available for anyone to use.
Other Activities – We organise a range of coffee mornings and social events along with a summer fete at which the community plays an active part.
## **Financial Review**
Our overall financial position is steady, with accounts breaking even or making a small profit.
Our principal source of funds are from congregational regular giving. Full use is made of Gift Aid.
We now have a Justgiving page through Lichfield Diocese.
## **Reserves Policy**
It is PCC policy to maintain a balance in reserves. They are held to allow for emergencies and any cash flow problems which may arise.
We operate a Restricted Account which contains money held on behalf of various church groups, including a need Fund and Food Bank monies.
It is our policy to invest the short-term investment fund balances with the CCLA Church of England Deposit Fund and the remainder in the CCLA Church of England Investment Fund.
## **Safeguarding**
The PCC believe they have fulfilled their duty under Section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016 (duty to have due regard to House of Bishops’ Guidance on Safeguarding, Children and Vulnerable Adults).
## **Fundraising**
The PCC takes its fundraising responsibilities seriously and is very grateful to all donors, whether regular or occasional, for their support of the church and church events. PCC supporters are never taken for granted. The PCC take full responsibility for fundraising and do not use commercial organisations or professional fundraisers. The PCC policy is for all fundraising to be for particular charities and not for the day to day running of the church.
## **Volunteers**
The members of the PCC would like to thank all the volunteers who work so hard to make our church a lively, vibrant community.
## **Future Plans**
Our plan as a PCC is always to move forward and connect even more with our local community and to see where the Holy Spirit leads us. We are working to establish a ministry towards those in our local community who are addicted to substances, and to prioritise raising the profile of the Spiritual disciplines of prayer, fasting and study.
## **Structure, governance and management**
The PCC is a Body Corporate established by the Church of England (PCC Powers Measure 1956, and the Church Representation rules 2006) and is a Charity registered with the Charity Commission. The PCC is governed by the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure (1956) as amended that came into effect on 2[nd] January 1957, and the Church Representation Rules.
The method of appointment of the PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. The Council comprises the Incumbent, the Churchwardens, representatives of the Readers, those elected to the Deanery Synod, and other members who are elected at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting, by those on the Electoral Roll. Members of the congregation are always urged to join the Electoral Roll and to stand for election to the PCC.
The PCC members are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance in the parish, and for all financial matters. The PCC meets 6 times a year. The PCC is responsible for keeping Safeguarding, Health and Safety, Social Media and Data Protection policies up to date.
## **Reference and Administrative Details**
The Church is in Church Road, Brownhills WS8 7AB and is part of the Deanery and Diocese of Lichfield. The correspondence address is 37 New Road, Brownhills WS8 7AT. Our website address is www.stjameschurchbrownhills.co.uk
PCC members who have served from 1[st] January 2025 until the date of the report are as follows:
|Incumbent|Gayle Greenway|
|---|---|
|Lay Ministers:|Elizabeth Corbet (lay chair from May 2025)|
||Peter Biggs|
|Churchwardens :|Margaret Powell|
||Roger Corbet – also Deanery Synod|
|Elected Members:||
||Joy Powell (Treasurer untl May 2025)|
||David Cresswell|
||Ann Wilkins|
||Dennis Powell (Lay Chair untl May 2025))|
||Michelle Pye|
||Graham Sutherington|
||Alan Wiley (Treasurer from May 2025)|
||Victoria Whitehouse (from May 2025)|
||Andrew Stokes (from May 2025)|
||Gareth Glass (Deanery Synod from September 2025)|
|Bank:|HSBC|
||Market Street, Lichfeld WS13 6LA|
Investment Manager: CCLA Auditors: Rice & Co High Street, Brownhills
Approved by the PCC at its meeting on 18[th] May 2026 Signed on its behalf by
## Elizabeth Corbett
………………………………………………………………….. Chair
## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BROWNHILLS WITH OGLEY HAY**
**YEAR END 31ST DECEMBER 2025**
## **FINANCIAL REPORTS**
- **1 Independent Examiner's Report**
- **2 Statement of Financial Activities 3 Statement of Assets & Liabilities**
- **4 to 8 Notes to Accounts**
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## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BROWNHILLS WITH OGLEY HAY**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BROWNHILLS WITH OGLEY HAY**
I report to the Parochial Church Council on my examination of the accounts of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Brownhills with Ogley Hay for the year ended 31st December 2025, which are set out on pages 2 to 8.
## **RESPONSIBILITIES AND BASIS OF REPORT**
As the members of the Parochial Church Council you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act') and the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 ('the Regulations'). You consider that the audit requirement of the Regulations and section 156 of the Act do not apply. It is my responsibility to issue this report in accordance with the terms of the Regulations.
I report in respect of my examination of the accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S STATEMENT**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept as required by section 130 of the Act and the Regulations; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed
………………………………………………..
Susan Cooke FCCA
Rice & Co (Brownhills) Limited
90 High Street Brownhills Walsall WS8 6EW
Date:
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## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BROWNHILLS WITH OGLEY HAY**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES For the year ended 31 December 2025**
|Note
**INCOMING RESOURCES**
Voluntary Income
3a
Income from investments
3b
Church activities
3c
Profit on Sale of 25 Snowdrop Close
TOTAL
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
Church activities
4a
Cost of generating voluntary income
4b
Governance costs
TOTAL
**NET INCOMING (OUTGOING) RESOURCES**
Value adjustment on fixed asset investments
BALANCES AT 1 JANUARY
**BALANCES AT 31 DECEMBER**|Unrestricte
d
Restricted
Total funds
Total funds
funds
funds
**2025**
2024
£
£
£
30554
0
30554
60759
8326
25777
34103
35465
18131
10440
28570
34371
0
0
85000
57011
36217
93228
215595
480
0
480
1756
71813
13192
85005
367301
720
720
582
73013
13192
86205
369639
-16002
23025
7023
-154044
0
-41770
-41770
120025
28095
1391985
1420080
1454099
12093
1373240
1385333
1420080|
|---|---|
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## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BROWNHILLS WITH OGLEY HAY**
## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2025**
|Note
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible
5a
Investments
5b
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Short term deposits
6
Cash at bank and in hand
7
**Less: LIABILITIES**
Creditors – amounts falling due in one year
**TOTAL NET ASSETS**
**PARISH FUNDS**
Unrestricted
Restricted|**2025**
195000
1076521
**1271521**
17732
96800
**114533**
-720
**1385333**
12093
1373240
**1385333**|2024
£
195000
1118290
**1313290**
16805
90568
**107373**
-582
**1420081**
28095
1391985
1420081|
|---|---|---|
Approved by the Parochial Church Council on and signed on its behalf by:
……………………………
Name: Reverend Gayle K Greenway Chairman
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## **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Brownhills with Ogley Hay**
## **Notes to the Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31st December 2024**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of accounting**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), Financial Reporting Standard 102 (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
The Trustees have applied the July 2015 amendments to FRS 102 in the preparation of these financial statements.
The churches meet the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note.
## **Funds Accounting**
**Restricted funds** are funds that can only be used for particular purposes within the objects of the church. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular purposes.
**Unrestricted funds** are funds which can be used in accordance with the Church's objects at the discretion of the Trustees.
## **INCOMING RESOURCES**
**Incoming Resources:** All income is recognised once the church has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably.
## **RESOURCES EXPENDED**
**Resources Expended:** Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded, if that award creates a binding or constructive obligation on the PCC. The diocesan parish share is accounted for when due. Amounts received specifically for mission are dealt with as Restricted Funds. All other expenditure is generally recognised when it is incurred and is accounted for gross.
## **Taxation**
The church is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
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**The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Brownhills with Ogley Hay**
**Notes to the Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31st December 2025**
## **2. FIXED ASSETS**
Consecrated and benefice property is not included in the accounts by s.10 (2)(c) of the Charities Act 2011.
Moveable church furnishings held by the Vicar and Churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and which require a faculty for disposal are inalienable property, listed in the Church’s inventory, which can be inspected (at any reasonable time). For anything acquired prior to 2000 there is insufficient cost information available and therefore such assets are not valued in the financial statements. Subsequently no individual item has cost more than £1,000 so all such expenditure has been written off when incurred.
No revaluation information is available for the Properties so they are included at the value provided by the Diocese in the past.
**Investments** are valued at fair value at 31 December 2025 in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BROWNHILLS WITH OGLEY HAY**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ANALYSIS**
For the year ended 31 December 2025
|3
**INCOMING RESOURCES**
3a
Voluntary Income
Planned giving:Gift aid donations
Tax recoverable
Collections (open plate)
Donations, appeals etc
Grants
3b
Investment Income
3c
Income from church activities
Missionary and charitable giving
Church hall lettings
Books and magazines
Trading (rent) 20 Lichfield Road
Fees (Funerals/weddings)
Other
4
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
4a
Church activities
Missionary and charitable giving
4b
**Cost of generation of voluntary income**
Diocesan parish share
Church running and maintenance
Roof repairs
Salaries
Outreach & Youth
Need fund
Sundry
Admin
Church hall running costs|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Total
Total
**2025**
2024
£
£
£
£
22314
22314
21142
4585
4585
4577
3048
3048
1141
606
606
31399
0
2500
30554
0
30554
60759
8326
25777
34103
35465
534
534
1500
4538
4538
8043
0
0
5334
5334
6059
6784
6784
9059
941
10440
11380
9710
18131
10440
28570
34371
480
480
1756
42606
42606
41774
15039
8664
23703
24732
0
266586
0
9765
1090
1090
3289
0
0
94
3437
3531
9460
0
0
14074
14074
11695
71813
13192
85004
367301|
|---|---|
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## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BROWNHILLS WITH OGLEY HAY**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ANALYSIS**
For the year ended 31 December 2025
|5
**FIXED ASSETS**
Reference
5a
**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS (Restricted)**
St Thomas site
1332
St James Hall
410
Holy Trinity Land
1343
50 Lichfield Road
1605
25 Snowdrop Close
1818
Sale of Snowdrop Close
5b
**INVESTMENTS (Restricted)**
5,193 CBF Shares Ogley Hay
1607S
49,897 CBF Shares Brownhills Lote funds
1958
CBF Deposit Account Barnetts Lane
1791P
CBF Deposit Account Barnetts Lane
1791L
CBF Deposit Account Barnetts Lane
1791CAP|**31/12/2025**
31/12/2024
Held by:
£
£
15000
15000
D Trust
40000
40000
D Trust
15000
15000
D Trust
125000
125000
D Trust
90000
D Trust
-90000
195000
195000
115276
120077
D Trust
152625
158018
Lote Fund
518003
539574
D Trust
201108
212998
D Trust
89508
87623
D Trust
1076521
1118290|
|---|---|
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## **PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST JAMES BROWNHILLS**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued) For the year ended 31 December 2025**
**31/12/2025** 31/12/2024 Held by:
## **SHORT TERM DEPOSITS – CCLA (restricted)**
|6
**SHORT TERM DEPOSITS – CCLA (restricted)**
Original CCLA Investment
7
**BANK ACCOUNTS**
**UNRESTRICTED**
HSBC – No 1 Account
HSBC Lichfield Rd No 3 Account
**RESTRICTED**
HSBC Current No 2 Account
HSBC Barnetts Lane No 1
HSBC Barnetts Lane No 2
TOTAL BANK|£
£
17732
16805
Lote Fund
29628
27420
6691
11377
36319
38797
16246
21021
41756
28311
2479
2439
60481
51771
96800
90568|
|---|---|
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