Shrewsbury Unitarian Church
Congregation
Registered Charity No.1140696
Annual Report
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 March 2025
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Committee of Managing Trustees
Ms D Burbery- Chairperson
Ms A J Patrick - Secretary (Appointed 7 July 241
Ms C Davies - Secretsry { Resigned 7 July 24)
Mrs A Matthews - Treasufer
Mrs J C Duffell
Mrs A B Taylor
MrJPye
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Custodian Trustee
The British & Foreign Unitarian Association Ilnwrporatedl
Essex Hall, 44 Essex Street. London WC2R 3HY
Sto¢kbrokers
EFG HarTi$ Allday. 33 Great Charles Street, 8imiin9ham 83 3JN
Bankers
Lloyds Bank plc, 1 Pride Hill Street. Shrevobjry SY1 1 DG
Independent Examiner
Azets
Column Hou$e. Lonoon Road. Shrew3bury, Shropshire, SY2 6NN
Unitarian Church, High Street, Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury Unitarian Church
Registered Charity No. 1140696
Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31" March 2025
The Trustees present their Report along with the Accounts of the Charity for the
year ended 31st March 2025. The Accounts comply with the Charity's
Governing Document and with applicable law.
1 Tr Constitution & Objects
The Governing Document is the Constitution adopted on 23rd February,2020
and registered with the Charity Commission on 25th February, 2020. The
Objects of the Charity of Shrewsbury Unitarian Church shall be the promotion
of religion in accordance with the principles of the General Assembly of
Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.
2) Publlc Benefit Statement
In pursuit of the Objects of the Trust. the Trustees provide a place of worship
for all to attend.
3} Organisation
The names of the Managing Trustees who have served during the year are
set out on the front cover of the Report and Accounts.
4) Financial Review
The Total Operats'ng Deficit forthe year was £169.83. The Total Surplus for
the year including the ￿valUation of investmenls was £207.77.
51 Risk Management
The Trustees have examined the major strategic, business and operational
risks which the Charity faces and confirm that systems have been established
to enable regular reports to be produced so that the necessary steps may be
tsken to lessen these risks.
61 Management & Governance
The Governing Document provides for at least seven Managing Trustees. The
Trustees are also empowered to appoint further Trustees offering additional
expertise. The Chaimian ofTrustees is responsible for the induction of any
new Trustees including awareness of the duties of a Trustee, and awareness
of the Governing Document, administrative procedures, and the historical and
philosophical approach of the Charity.
71 Achievement & Perfomiance
During the year, the Trust has continued to pursue the Objectives of the
Charity.
8) Reserves
The Trustees have pursued a poliw of maintaining the property of the Trust
and of supporting the religious and other charitable work of Unitarians in
Shrewsbury and in other Unitarian Congregations.
D.S.BURBERY (Ms) Chairperson

Indepondent examiner's report to tho Trustees of Shrewsbury Unitarian Church
We report to the Trustees on our examination of the acC￿Unt$ of the Shrewsbury
Unitsrian Church {the Trust) for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Responslbllities and basis of report
As the charity Trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordan￿ with the requiremenls of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act,).
We report in respect of our examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section
145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out our examination we have followed all the
applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5){bl of the
Act.
Independent examiner's statement
We have completed our examination. We confimi that no material matters have come to
our attention in connection with the examination giving us cause to believe that in any
material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of
the Act; or
2. the a¢￿unt$ do not accord with those records.
We have no concerns and have come across no other 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.
Azets
Column House
London Road
Shrewsbury
SY2 6NN
31 October 2025

SHREWSBURY UNITARIAN CHURCH
Statèment of Financial Aettvities lor Peyiod Ended 31 March 202S
Reglstered Charlty No.1140696
2024
2025
INCOME
Offertory
Oividend5 Rece
Bank Interest Recei
Bcok Sa￿$
Subscripliws
5,937 27
21 199 36
3,089 77
337
174 Col
1,594 67
2,929.96
552 00
6.470.61
22.513.71
1.234 75
10.901
1.294 18
1.436 99
3,760 54
11000
392 00
1811041
1.955.00
other Donations
VAT Recbim
Rites of Pass4e Fee8
Gran15
Other inCLxlle
Rent Income
13.000 00
15544
1,273 26
49,661 10
37.108 74
Less EXPENDITURE
Cost of Holding SeFvlces
Pulprt Fees,Exppn$es
Organist
1,397 09
930 QO
2,362 29
1,020.00
2.327 09
3.382 29
Bulldlng Cosls
Heal & Light
Water Rates
Insurance
Building Refu￿lshMent
Repairs re￿￿81$
3.022 79
261 11
1.784 98
12.820 26
438 28
2,054 44
362.48
1.860.94
886 56
1.773.62
18,327 42
6.936.04
Subs¢tiptlons & t)on•tlons
Subscriptkins
General F￿nSeS
Do1￿110￿5
1,075 70
2,454 97
2.100 18
4.950 77
4.095 23
7,050.95
Othw Expenses
Profe$5ion* Fe¢5
OlherAdmin Ews
A¢couniancy Fee5
Ad¥8rtising
Adminsstthve Salanes
ofw4Jipment
291
1,776 84
1.266 00
175
15.415 12
1,467 94
20,391 9)
1.255.8e
1,225.CM)
16.256 71
1.169.70
19.907.29
45.141 6
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
37,278.57
4,519 48
opeRATING IDEFCITYSURPLUS
1169.831
128,746.531
GAINIILOSSI ON REVALUATION OF INVESTMENTS
37T 60
24.227 07
TOTAL SURPLUSY(DEFICITI FOR THE YEAR
207 77
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•As Ann m￿th
Chair of TTu5tee5
Tr8a5urer
6 July 2025

SHREWSBURY UNITARIAN CHURCH
AeghterEd Charlty No I140￿6
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025
2024
2025
Assèts
Unlllrfan Church, Hhjh S(8hrw¥bury at Valuatlon
Communlon Pldt• •t V•lua¢loh
equlprnent
2W.ODO.00
14,600.00
4.40J.82
219.OD3.8Z
200,000.00
14,6LMJ.IJQ
3,509.12
218,109.12
Investments at Ilavket Valu¢
Valued by EFG Allday •5 Jt 31 March 202S
434 111.62
127.45
1.602.56
11.53fj.65
Cash hely In epG Harrts ANd•y Cllerrt DeposS1 *Jc
C•$h hekl In EFG Harrls Allday Cllent Incom¢ AJ¢
Treasurers Cuvrent Alc 30JJ243 6699356B
Pety cash
h•rlty depos￿ o¢count
4,634.74
2.490.16
11,539.14
18.63
26 748.76
26,000.OD
38,966.16
44.431.41
Liabilities
780.00
Accruals
795.00
795.00
695,649.28
Total asset8 less current Ilabllltles
695.857.05
Representing:
Pmfit and •ccount reseN¢ •tth* $tsrtof the year
Revalu•tlon reser¥e
The fund at th• slart ofth¢ year
surp1￿￿{d*￿t￿} for the y•ar
689,876.35
665.649.28
719.876.36
124,227.OD
895,649.28
207.77
Th• fund atthe ¢nd oftho year
696 8S7.06
Reswn$lbllftl6s olthe Trustees
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•tst•ments whkh both •¢¢rJr¢ wtth tho4ccolunUno M¢ords, •nd ¢omptywlth both th•Slat•m•nt of
Rotommgnded Prac￿Ce for •GCQVh¢lnu Ch•rWand wlth the rel￿ant90¥¥rnlr4 do¢um¢nts •ndvihlch
Ive a true •ThJ fair vknw of the 4ff4lr¥ ol the Tru#t. T•th• ljwof ourknowlBdgoand bBlhl, oNigaYor*
Ms Debra Burbery
¢halr of tho Trusto•s
Ms Ann Matthaws
Tr￿Surer
Date..
6 Juty 2025

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