**The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Much Wenlock with Bourton** 

## **Registered Charity No. 1142708** 

## **Statement of Financial Affairs** 

## **For year ending 31st December 2025** 

||**For year**|**ending 31**<br>**st Decem**|**ber 2025**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**2025**|**2024**|
|**Unrestricted &**|||||
|**Designated**||**Restricted**|**Total**|**Total**|
|**Fund**||**Fund**|**Funds**|**Funds**|
||£|£|£|£|
|Income From:|||||
|Donations & legacies|127,611|33,658|161,269|120,026|
|Charitable Activities|4,136|472|4,608|3,446|
|Other related activities|19,844|2,532|22,376|22,815|
|Investment<br>|5,705||5,705|5,439|
|Other income<br>|17,452||17,452|27,980|
|___________    _______|||________|________|
|Total income<br>|174,748|36,662|211,410|177,108|
|Expenditure on:|||||
|Raising funds|520||520|1,682|
|Charitable activities||5,135|5,135|8,018|
|Other expenditure<br>|127,746|66,606|194,295|192,069|
|___________||________|___________|_________|
|Total expenditure<br>|128,587|71,741|199,950|201,767|
|Net income/exp.<br>|46,161|(35,079)|11,460|(24,659)|
|Totals B/F.<br>|30,380|75,383|105,763|130,799|
|Nett accruals|||(1,019)||
|Totals C/F.<br>|75,900|40,304|116,204|105,763|





## **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Much Wenlock with Bourton** 

**Registered Charity No. 1142708** 

## **BALANCE SHEET AT 31 DECEMBER 2025** 

|**CURRENT ASSETS**<br>Bank Current accounts<br>Bank Deposit account<br>Bank CCLA account<br> <br>Cash in Hand<br> <br>Debtors & Prepayments<br> <br>Less Current Liabilities<br>  <br>**Represented by: -**<br>General<br>**Designated**<br>Mission<br>2,119<br>Fabric<br>3,591<br>**Restricted**<br>Bourton<br>5,065<br>Sharpen<br>3,500<br>Fabric<br>64,968|**2025**<br>£<br>3,780<br>21,935<br>91,468<br>40<br> <br>117,223<br>458<br>117,681<br> <br>(1,477)<br> **116,204**<br>36,961<br>2,119<br>4,735<br>5,710<br>7,984<br>3,700<br>65,075|**2024**<br>£<br>1,445<br>17,147<br>87,507<br>40<br>106,140<br>1,148<br>107,278<br> (1,524)<br>**105,764**<br>22,151<br>6,854|
|---|---|---|





73,533 76,759 

**105,764** 

**116,204** 

## **The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Much Wenlock with Bourton Registered Charity No. 1142708** 

**Statement of Financial Affairs for year ending 31st December 2025** 

|**Statem**|**ent of Finan**|**cial Afairs fo**|**r year ending**|**31**<br>**st Decem**|**ber 2025**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**2025**|||**2024**|
||**General**|**Designated**|**Restricted**|**Total**|**Total**|
||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Funds**|**Funds**|**Funds**|
|**Income**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Giving<br>|41,531|||41,531|47,022|
|Charitable collections|||5,136|5,136|5,277|
|Tax refunds|12,432|||12,432|13,348|
|Donations|65,570||31,053|96,623|49,992|
|Grants||7,634||7,634|1,600|
|Fees|4,136||472|4,608|3,446|
|Events|5,361|||5,361|7,865|
|Herald|14,482|||14,482|14,950|
|Sundry|641|||641|<br>291|
|Bank Interest|5,705|||5,705|5,439|
|Loan repayment|||||2,500|
|VAT Refund|17,252|||17,252|3,867|
|**Total**|**167,110**|**7,634**|**36,662**|**211,410**|**155,597**|
|**Expenditure**||||||
|Distribute Charities|||6,491|6,491|8,018|
|Parish Promise|60,000|||60,000|60,000|
|Staf|9,379|||9,379|9,238|
|Team expenses|4,300|||4,300|4,525|
|Mission expenses|-|||-|-|
|Utilities|9,051||597|9,648|9,787|
|Insurance|4,822|||4,822|4,296|
|Cleaning|616|||616|136|
|Repair & Replace||21,247|62,701|83,948|75,340|
|Churchyard Maint.|3,204||1,552|4,756|9,786|
|Sanctuary exp.|983|||983|847|
|Bellringers exp.|32|||32|<br>32|
|Choir exp.|137|||137|270|
|Admin exp.|1,037|||1,037|657|
|Herald exp.|11,563|||11,563|15,039|
|Fund raising|519|||519|1,682|





|Sundry<br> 1,319<br>**Total expenditure   106,962**<br>**Movement**|400_<br>1,719<br>_<br>2,115<br>**21,248**<br>**71,741  199,950        201,676**<br>**11,460        (46,079)**|
|---|---|




## **Notes to the Financial Statement or year ended 31st December 2025** 

Notes to the 2025 accounts: 

- A. The replacement organ project was completed thanks to a third and final donation a generous donor. We successfully applied for a VAT refund for the project, and this amounted to £17,252. 

- B. The closure of the separate “Friends of Holy Trinity”, resulted in them donating £7,634 to us. 

- C. The Wenlock Herald returned to profitability thanks to a switch to a new print company. In 2025. The publication made a profit of £2,719. 



- 1) The PCC is a public benefit entity within the meaning of FRS102. The financial statements have been prepared under the Charities Act 2011 and in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006, governing the accounts of PCCs and with the Regulations “true and fair view” provisions. 

- 2) Unrestricted Funds 

These represent the remaining income funds of the PCC that are available for spending on the general purposes of the PCC, including amounts designated by the PCC for its own use or spending on a future project. 

## 3) Restricted Funds 

These are income funds that must be spent on restricted purposes. 

Sharpen restricted fund is a legacy that must be spent on the upkeep of a grave in the Town Cemetery. 

The Much Wenlock Fabric fund is a legacy from one parishioner to be spent on the upkeep of the building. 

The Bourton restricted fund was a legacy for the upkeep of the churchyard. 

## 4) Designated and Restricted Funds 

|As at|Income|Expenditure|As at|NOTES|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|01/01/25|||31/12/25||
|£|£|£|£||



Designated 



|Fabric|4,735|||||3,591|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Mission|2,119|||_______||2,119|
|Total|6,854|||||5,710|
|Restricted|||||||
|Sharpen|3,600|||100||3,500|
|Fabric Much Wenlock|65,07563,479||63,586||64,968||
|Fabric Bourton|7,984|______||2,919||5,065|
|Total|76,659||63,479|66,605||73.533|




|5)<br>Staf Costs<br>Wages and salaries<br>Average no. of employees|2025<br>£9,237<br>2|2024<br>£8,694<br>2|
|---|---|---|



During the year, the PCC employed a Director of Music and a cleaner (both parttime) but no payments were large enough to attract social security costs and no pension contributions were made. 



## 6) Related Parties 

There were no employee benefits to key management personnel in the current or previous years. 

No payments or expenses were paid to any PCC member, persons closely connected to them or related persons. 

## 7) Analysis of Transfer between Funds 

There were no transfers between funds. 

## 8) Current Assets and Prepayments 

|Debtors (unrestricted funds)<br>Tax recoverable<br>Other debtors<br>Liabilities falling due in one year.<br>Accruals utilities|2025<br>£<br>458<br>1,477|2024<br>£<br>2,500|
|---|---|---|
|||1,584|





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