The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical
Parish of Malmesbury with Westport and
Brokenborough
Annual Report & Financial Statements
for the year ended 31st December 2025

The PCC L* Malmesbury & Brokenbwh-Annual Rep￿t& Fmanoal StstÈrnents 21r25
Contents
LEGALAND ADMINISTRATNE INFORMArnN................................ ..................................................................
TRUSTEE5 REPORT...........................................................................................................................................
srRUCTURI GOVERNANCE AP4D MAl￿GEME￿r.........................................................................................
Recruitmentind Ir￿uct￿?fi ofTn￿.............._....................................................................................
Responsibilities of the Parothial alurch Courrtai Tntsteesl................................................................
Public benèfft...........................................................................................................................................
Strudure 0￿ratirE proothxs......................._...............................................................................
Prlncip81 risks and wKertsjnties............................-...................................................................,.............
ReserbES Policy........................................................................................................................................
OBJEcfivESAND ACtWfflES.......................-...............................................................................................
Objethives of ow Parish Mirlstry..............................................................................................................
FINANaALREVIEW.....................................................................................................................................
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE..............................................................................................................................
INDEPENDENf EXAMINEVLS REPORTTOTHETRUStEES OFTHE PCC ............................................................
FINANcIALSTA7EmEN￿ 2025....................................................................................................................
NOTES TOTHE FIt4ANCIALSTATEMENT&....................................................................................................Ii

The PCC of Malmesbury& BrokenbDr•-AnYwal Repxt& Fmanrial Statoments 2025
LEGAL AND ADMINISTrATIVE INF(PP.MATION
The Eccle5iaStical P•r15h of Malmesburywith Westpcrt and Brokenboro￿I is in the upperA¥(￿ BeneficÈ of the
Diotese of Brtstol within thè Churth of England. It 15 maiiaged by tl* Parothial Church Council, which is a body
corporate IPCC Power5 Measure 1956, Churth Repre5entatr+n Rule5 20111 and is a Charity registÈred with the
Charity Commission. Members of the PCCarÈ trusteesof the Chm. There are￿0 Ihurches within the Parish".
the Ab￿¥Ch￿rth of St Peter & St Paul. Gloucestersw btslmè5buryaThd Stjohn the Baptis( Brokenborou8h.
Registered Charity Nwnber. 1146631
Registered Address & Parish (Jrre: The Old 5quath CourL Iblloway. Malrnethry, SN16 9
Telephone: 01666 826666
WÈbsite." wwM.malme*uryabbey.com
TrLtstees and Membwsof the Par(&*ial Churth Council duiinK the year. 2025
Ex Offiao MernbeTs
IrKar (PCC Chair)
Curate (￿rtIA￿9￿rt2O25J
The R￿rt Debgrah kott.kn*ley Awtiate MThiister funtr7AprH 2025)
Churth Wardens
Llnda Weston
rwitrl May2025J
Prtswarden for Brokenl)Drough
Mark Odlwn
Di0￿san Syn(NJ Member
Deanery Synod Membèr
John Sundetland
Diana tYArcy
Sarah Fuchs
Elerted Members
PCC Secretsry
Co.PCC Secretary
Catherine C lJrKe
Marion Ffyde
Neil Medland
Chri￿l￿e Moore
Mark wI￿t
John Wakefield
Ric￿rd Venn
Treas
CtrTreasurer
c￿0￿ed li￿8￿￿1 expertise)
Qfficers: Not ￿ PCC
Safegua￿1￿￿ Offi￿r
Independert Eyanmer. Rachel Hilltop Ar(wnti￿ thl. Cott48e Church Lane. Ufton Nervèl
Readin& RG74FXI
HSBC, 2The Projnenade. Cheltenham,GFouceknhire. GL50 ILR
CCL4: One AngÈl Lane. London. ECAR 3AB
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The PCC of Malmesbury& BrokeTrlww-Annual Repxt& ￿nan(la1 Stst•nents 2025
TRusfEES REpoKr
Recmitmax and Indud¥)nptTn
MostTrusteeslmemkn ofthe PCCI ¥e eilherexoffiao trareelected bythÈAnnual Partrthial Churth Meeting
IAPCMI in accordance thè goNErning douJmeTrt {Chwth Represththoft Ru1È5). OthÈr5 are c(wted for
spyific purpJse& The APCM and elections of PCC M4nbe￿IQ0k place on Sunday 18 May 2025. New Trustee5
re￿[Ye an induction on thèir roleand responsibilitiesfrc4n tr*SecfÈlAryof the Pccaftd shO￿d read any relevant
docurnents andguideline4 in addition to a genèral indurtion from the Meetire Chairdurirvd the first meeting of
the Year fdlowing eathAPCM. Themembwsofthe Pccareolettedfora tem) offr)fTrEof up to three years. Tho
incuMb￿t acts as Ch¥ir ofthe PCC
ResponslbiWtle50f the Pam¢hial awyth GJUKI (TheTn*ee5)
TheTnFSteesare responsible for prepaTrE theTrUst￿, Rèp)rt and t￿financial ststemènts in accordan￿ with
applrcable law and United KingdLXn Accountir¢ Standants {UnTrted Kingdom Generalty Ac£epted Accounting
Practits). ￿- law applitsble to charities in England & Wales requires the Tmstees to prepare financial
staternents foreath fir￿￿al yearwhith gi￿ a trtse a•NI fairview ofthe state ofaffav5 olthe tharityand of the
incomirE resour￿$ and applicati￿ of resou￿ of the thartty for that r)eriod. In preparin8 these financial
ststementy the Tru5t&5 are required to:
select5UitaNe acctyjntirg Fdicies and then apwly them con9Stentfy;
observe thè methods and principles in thè Charities SORP."
makeiudgernents and estwnate5 that are reasonable and pNden¢
state w*thr applirable &counting stand¥ds h￿e been folknwed. subiÈct ts any material
departure5 1*sth5ed and ext4ained in thefinarri4 Ststem￿.
prepare the financial stateme4ts on tho goi￿ o)n¢ern basis wiless it is inappropriate to
presume that the charitywill continue in operation.
The Trustees arÈ resp￿ble for k*pirE accounti￿ recLY9Js that disdose with rpasgnable ac¢J•
acyatany time
the financiat poslth'on of the cthwity and enabje them to ertwre that the financial Statements ccynply with the
Charities Act 201L the Charity lAC￿nts and Reports) Rwlations 2(M)8 and the ParcKhlal Cl￿rth Counci15
Power51 Measw- 1956 as amended. They are a150 rewrtsible for *fegu?rding the acJets of the rharity and
hencefortskingreasonable 5tepsforthèprevenlion anddetection offraud and other irregularitie& ThÈTrustees
oversee and 5UPPOrt the Ministry Team. the staff and the memb￿5 of Malmesbury AJ)bey and St John the
Baptist. Brokenbtspough. in their various areas of ministy. The da-, today running of the parish is Man￿e￿ bv
thè Churth Wardens and Ministry Team, togethèr wtth t￿￿1 employed Offi￿ administrators. The Trustees are
resptsnsible forensuriTra that a rewesentkne I￿Naltythe (hairl re[￿rtS back tothe Churth members annua
t the APCM along wtth D￿r MIn￿ty leaikn This M￿NIg *0 thdudes the election of new Trn5tee$ and is
open to all to attend. but onty those naned on the Etecloral Roll or livire in the Parish may vote in this matter.
A detailed report of ministry aclivTties fc¥ the previous months 15 made avaHable at this meeting. along
with copies otthe Annval Report and Finanual Statemen
Public benefft
The TTUStees hw12 cL￿PIed with their duty to ha4* due reganl to thÈ guidance on pubk benefft published by
the Charity Commission in exeruS1￿ thÈtr powers and d￿le& Exam￿e5 of this pubfic benefft can bè found in
the other parts of this Report.
The Chaiitycortstitute5 a public benefft entity as defined ty FR5 101

The PCC of Malmesbury& WenFrtwh-Annual Rem& FThnaal Statements 2￿5
StN&%ureand opernting procedurtg
TheTrusteÈs met&x timesduring 2￿5. plusoperational 5tsndingCommitlee meetirE& During these m*tin8S,
the TrusteÈs discussed and prayed at(1￿ a vhde wiety of matters inckjding vision, govemance. policies.
buildings and infr?slTU¢tyre. as as receivuw regular rèports on financi21 performa￿ and stsffin& Key
strateglctopics cc4)sidered bYthefn￿teeS dwir¥the starwere:
Appro¥al of2024 Annual Ammts t￿￿et￿tt￿% for)Y25 and 2026
Safeguarding and He41th & Sakty
thildren and Youth acbwhes
Reviewof thanges to Ser￿ timings and fomiats
Ablw building plan5- Next W￿yearS
stafft￿ nee¢Ss
Co¥Kes ofthe minute5 ofthese rneetingsare keptby thesecretsryto the PCC and may be read by any mèmbors
of the Elertoral Roll upon requesL The Tnth de￿ate %)me matters to Comrnittee4 which meet betw￿￿
the full meeting5 ofthÈ PCQ
In 2025, there was one PCC sulFcomrnitt&.' ttEStandirg Committee. The rde ofthe Staniting Committee is to
conduct urgent bU￿e&S between PCC Meeti￿ and to 04V5ee the remvneration ofpaid staff. There is also a
Safeguarding team which oversees safeguaTdir¥ matLYs *KI reports any iwe5 ts the PCC In ad£frtioTr. the
parish ha5 a Ministry Team, comprising Clergy ￿Sed Lay Minister% Church Wardens 4nd others with
responsibilities within the chwch. who thè PCC tr• administèr the parish on a dtyt￿ay basis. The
Ministry Te4rn shared two Away Days to ewore the vtr￿0n of MalmEsbLry Abbèy and to revièw the reont
Changes to the structurÈ and knings of Ch￿ seThi
P￿n￿￿1 rfik$andU￿ertatsthS
The PCC is exposed to risk5 assrKiated wtth finance. safe8uWdi￿, legislati￿ tcrfnpjiance, buildings and
infrastriKture. and pastoral ovwgght Eath area has been reviewed by the Tnths during the year and plans
put in piace trt map4e the risks.
Themajorityof owincL*necOn￿fr{yfv regul4Tf￿ancIal donations fr(wn membersofthe congregation.
The annual I￿￿getfor202S wa5 aPprO￿d ty tl* PCC on 18hnuary2025. Perforniano against budget
is reviewad at each meeti1￿ of tr* PQ and between meetHigs b¥ the Treasurer and Standing
Committe&
The PCC hasaSaf4uonling Policyand th$Tru5tees appoin2 a Safeguardire Ot￿r who 4rt asthe focal
point for C0￿m& AJI kty siaff and volunteers working with chtldren aThJ wlnerable adults are
recruited v&ngSafer RetJuiknentpriThipb and *ethe¢*edMth the ￿knSure BarrI￿seNCe. Uergy
recÈive re8ular safeguardi￿ trainirE L￿r014￿￿ tbe DI0￿Se of &I5￿P and other staff. vofunteers and
Trustees also undertake the required Di(Kesan SafeguaNfire trairdng. The Trustees receiye an annual
re￿rt on Safeguarding and rern¥the SèfeguarfAng Pokcy. The Trustees have complied the duty
under *ction 5 of the Safeguardiru and aergy Disopline Mea5£tre 2016 (duty to haye regard to the
House of Bishgp< guidan￿ on safeguardirE chkn vuFnerable adults).
Our bulk11￿$ are insured aryd maintai￿d rotsJr larlytoènsure tk.attheyare safe fftfor PUTpose. KAY
ImprovernÈnts in 2025 have included: generdl rn•ntenan￿ due to wear and tear and age. induding
addrÈssin8 health & safetyi&sue&
Pastoral care iswoNided bydergy and laymanber5 rfthethurctL Volunteersare carefulyselected for
key rolessuth a5 pra￿rmin[5try orleadi￿ 5mallgrou￿TTa1￿Ing is provldedforthÈse volurteers and
they Hre supported and acroLintsble to serfjor d￿.

The PCC of MaFmesbury& Wenboroi¥h-Annual Rem & Fbwn(ial Statements 21525
Ft is thè poliq of the PCC to keep 3 months of reserves in the General Fund to cover the Costs of rnnnin8 thè
Parish. Based on the 2025 Èxpenditure for the General Fund. exdudinB arml other non-cash item5, 3
m¢nths of expEnse5 amLvJnt to £66k The b4laYe on General Fund 15 £246k. Total ¢ash re50ur£es ￿lIable
to the Parish arno￿ted to E14L Additionatty. therè 15 an actÈssible CCLA Invesknent amount of £225k In the
opinion of the PCC. this probides adequate cover for the Resrn Pc*cy and enables t1￿ actounts to be
prepared on a going-con￿rn ba
What15 ourVi&on:
The primaryobiect of the PCC i5 the wlynotion of thegospel of our Lordkyjs Chri
Them
We aim to emphasise fve themes in thè waythat we aThl eypres5 our faith together-WHEAT.
WORSHIP ènd weknme
HOSPffALtTY and hÈaling
EDU￿TION aThl wdlEe￿yn
RTS and creati
TOWN and touri&
obJ￿tIVeS0Iour Parfsh Min15try
The uses of ttRfinarKial resour￿ of the puish arete#ed ¥eainst tru5Nlsion. Fm a finanaaJ point of view. the
PCC provides fundire for ￿aces0fworSh1p minFstry and missim, and spacès forthe usè gfthe ccrnunity and
outreach. In addition to the tsvo thurthes. the PCC iSrew￿b1e forth? rnaintersa￿e 8nd upkeep ofthe Parish
off￿e. Holloway, Malmesbury and Eilmer House. 7-9 Gk￿cester StreeL Malme5bury.
The PCC ahns ts distribute a prOF¥)rtI￿ all vnde¥nated in¢ome. indUd.￿ all ¥ol￿ntsry glving and gift èid
and lettingincomefrom MalmesburyAbbeyand Eilmer HOUSÈ. to approwiatedwttable purtw)se& t)uring 2025,
the PCC supported a number of kKal and intemalvJnal tharitre4 as wal a5 oNprseas rnission xtiiitie
rtivlties
In addition to the regular thurch Ser41￿ Malmesbury Ajbey ergages wtth the pvbjic throu8h numerous
activttses and e¥ents and welcomes tOWi5ts throughout the year.
The Vlcar and Curate are suppc¥ted in theirrniii51ry by a te•m of licensed Lay Ministers, retired dèrgy aFKI lay
people. Thè Abbey employs various people. induthng the Youth Mt5si¢)n Enabber for Wltshire Mission
Area, organist. two parish administrators. a Litue Stars Coordi4ator and housekeeping and de4ning staff.
Much ofthe daY-t￿daY running L*the parish issupported tyunpald b•)luntsèr4 indui*ng members of the PCC
stewards. choirmen]bersand mary other&
Generous suppth contrywes to be recÈivedfrom the Friends of Makne5buryAblw (FOMA).
ThÈre are regukr jointservices and athibes heid with ChurdRs Together in Malmesbury Icfiml
Chilthen's and FamiliesW(
The Liwe Stars toddler group continuès to meeteach Monday mtirntrtg during tem time.
Lifepath foryear 5 thildren acrw many Morth wlltsh￿e ￿1￿)01$ takes pla￿ in June eath year.
The ￿CenSed Lay Ministsr for Chddren and has rominued ts part&ipats Fn sthswl assemi4ies
The Youth ￿sSIOn Enabler has continued the outreath amon8 young pÈople through le4ding Christlan Union
meetings and tsrganisirE regular S￿la1 ev￿ as ￿￿11 as attending the Swee Camp in July and running Youth
Alpha rneetirt8&

The PCC of Maknesbury& Br0kenboro￿-AnrA￿I Rep¢￿t& FThncial Ststernents 2025
Fundr45irEktsvtttes
The PCC encournges mèmbers to SuP￿rt thurth by regular giv[￿ wefprabty monthty using thè Parish
Gi￿1n6 Scheme. TeathiTrd on the gjbprt of giNing is delivered 5en5ih¥ely. to en51we that no one feels under
pressure to give. or to Eivè more than theY￿n afftyd.
Mèjmesbury Abbey is used for numerou5 ￿nts scwne of which pro¥ide leming inccthè to the PCC VariLNJS
grantswere also [￿1Ved thrlng the star. The Pccdoes not use rAofessFonal fundraiser5 or involvecommercial
participatots and no cornplaints ￿re Tecei¥ed aboutfUntr￿s1ng duringtheyear.
Inctmne during 2025 was £349k [2024: £343kL of whith £81k12024: £84kl wa% re￿r￿Ed for restricted purp¢)ses.
Expenditure was £361k12024.' £340kl. ofwhKh [2024: £SAJ was spent from iestricted fund& Losses on
Investrnents were £9k [2024: Gain of £4kl.This regjtted in an 0￿1 thfiatof £21k [2024: £6k surplus].
The main reasons for the defKit were CCLA Inbwment fijnd losses and expendrture from restricted funds,
Incl￿11￿ bunding repairs and °Next Yetr project cost& See io for more detals on Restricted Fund
movements.
The windpal sources of fundiry awe the s•liT￿ gr¥1￿ ofthe corqregati(KL together with ￿sitOr donatlon4
weddlng and funeral fees ffi*nt and 9)me external grart
Expenditure 15 ts￿eted at athievirE the key obkclive5 of Matmesbury Abbey and St John the BaptiSL
Brokenborough. Thè Parish Share wntributron in 2025was£y12024: Pl. The Pccernploysa NWMA Youth
Mission Enabler. an organist, dea￿[￿ staff. two part-time offio administrators arKI a Little Stsrs coordinator.
The PCCconsidÈrsthatthÈ oJrrentst4ffir¥ leb*tsare appr0￿f0ran organtsatM7n of thi5 Size and ¢tynptew.
Svpportire 05wheads￿e keptto a reaS￿ble minim￿n.
At each meetin& the PCC recei¥e5 a fiTranc1￿ report aThl COTtsrders financial W￿l10n of the church. We are
thankful forGorts hithfut and abundantpr0V￿10n forow ￿lI￿oUg￿UttheYear.
Malrnesbury Abbey Café Ltd. our owned tralng sub&dlary. contirwes to 5UPPL*t the Abbpvs
hospttalFty outreach. Turno*rfgr the starto 31 M￿)2025 was £7
yI2024: £Zk). It had capitsl and reser4Es of£yk at31 M
12024: £8Tr). prodiKing a wofft of
12024.. £yI
The bookthop F5 a sèparate legal erltity, vthich has a IKents to operatè in the AbbÈyand makes a monthly
contributlon to running expenses.
PLANS FOR THE F(rtURE
The PCC plans to devel(y its C￿re￿ *t17￿￿e$ aswe seek to buim Gorts thurth and Èstablish his kir0dc￿ here
In Malrnesbury.
Encourage and empower thurth members to
Continue ow rw ser¥Ke pa
in faith and go deeperin Ourrelat￿nshlP with God.
servi￿.
Ud1￿ worship
r young familie5 and an informal evenir
Physicalrestoration and
Èntof theAtthy. to
ourfrfeand MIn￿tryftsrthEneXthUndred
e Trustees on 14 March 2026
Signed on
thèTrustees

Thè PCC of Malmesbury & Wenw-knual Rewt& Fu*Mial Statemerts 2025
INDEPENDEKf EXAmINv￿ REPORT TO TrE Th￿EEs THE PCC OF The Par￿1 of MALMESBiRY with
WESTPORT & 8ROKENBOROUGH
I report on the accounts of The Parish of Malrne5bury with Westport & Brokenborough for the year
ended 31 De￿rnber 2025, which are set out on pages 9 to l&
The r￿arI￿S trustee5 are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charitls trLFStees
consider that an audit is not required under section 14412) of the Charities Att 2011 lthe 2011 Act)
and thatan independent examination Is needed. The tharit*s gross income exceeded £250.000 and I
am qualified to undertake the examirh*ion ty bel￿ a qualif￿d member of the ICAEW.
It Is my responsibiltty to."
Examinethe a¢￿Unts under section 145 of the 2011 A¢"
Follow the pro￿dureS laid down in the General Directions 8iven bythe Charity Commission
under section 145{51(b) of the 2011 Act" and
State W￿er particwlar Matt￿ have corne to my attention.
Bags of the indepernlenteKanM*s report
erdmination was orried out in aCC{wdan￿ with the General Directions given by the Charity
Commission and to ￿ found in Church Guidan￿. 2006 edrtion. issued by the Finan￿ DIMsion of the
Archbishops, Council. An examinatFon includesa review of the acr(￿ntirE records kept bythe Pccand
comparison of the accounts wtth those record%. It a150 indude5 consideration of any unusual items
or disd05ures in the accounts and seeking explanations from yw as trustee5 con￿rnIng any such
rnatt>rs. The procedures undertsken do not provide al! the eviden￿ that would be required In an
audit and, consequently. no opinion is given as to whetherthe accounts p￿Senta knje and falrview.
and the report Is limited to those matteT5 set out in th.e statement bAIow.
Independent examlnerfs sl*emert
In connection wlth my examination, no matter ha5 come to my attention:
whith gives me reasonable causeto believe that in any material respe¢ the requirements:
to keep accounting re¢ord5 in accordan￿ with section 130 of the 2011 Act, and
to prepare accounts whith accord with the aCcountir￿ records and £omply with
the accounting ￿qUirements of the 2011 A¢ have not been mit or
2 to which. in my opinion, attention SP￿Uld be drawn in wlerto enable a proper
understanding of the acCoUr￿ to be reathed.
Date...l.% k A p.yil Lu
Ra¢hel Belshaw
HilltopAw)unting Ltd, Hill Cotta8e, thurth Lane. Llfton ReadiThL RG74HQ
DISCLOSURE
The ChèiitySORP requires thattharitr5 mllst proyide an <gregate dic4losure of the totsl amourt of donatK•n8
from rdated pwtie5 lindu¢fing tru5teesl rP￿l¥edwEth0￿tCr￿dItio￿TheT￿SteeS have dec*Jed notto thscb5e
this ￿Ure in the atwun

The PCC ofmalrnesbury & ￿okeD￿-ADrthl Remvt& ￿￿Kial Statemeftts 2025
STATEMEPKOFAWICIALArniir
Totrl Tot41Ftsnd$
INCOME
Donations and feRarles
Incorne frts￿ Inb*strnen
IrKomEfrDm chathablèa¢tviUes
OtherTrad[￿ACti¥ftiP5IE￿rtSj
roTAL INCOME
21al
21bl
21cl
21d)
298.833
15,289
11228
17281
34631
967
&1,746
Cortof ￿l4￿f￿ndS (Even
Costof raIsl￿fuTp1$(Mavke
Charftrble actrytt￿s
TQTA EXPENiYfLfjIE
3{a}
31b)
31el
33U
Nrt GaIn￿lL0￿) on irNestmpnts
19A60
INcof4
14357) 1242573
6A29
TTrrthrBetween Fwd5
14
{￿￿63)
1242571
6A29
FUPIDBALATrJCES BIFWD IJANUARY
388286
38L807
FUND YALANCESCIFWD31 DECEMBER
L￿.395
38823S

The PCC of Malmesbury& BrokÈntL)ro￿-Afi[*jaI Rep(Yi& Financial Statements 2025
LANCESH&Ef￿ s11)ECEMBER2025
LarJd & 8thldl
lYN•rtmenLs
234.285
334919
344.285
52lZ
short Tern7 DewAfts
Cash 4tbar* ar*¥ in trAnd
8A18
74741
1£8.114
14w21 165.1641
ASSErs
3&8.236
FUNI>S
Germral
2%576
DeSt￿ted
246
256576
131.6&J
388,236
TOTAL FUNDS
366,979
dbv
Parothial ch￿￿h
on 14 Marth
arrfl sEned on its behalf ty."
hèRe
(Vicar &
ristine
FCA (freasurer)

The Pccof Maknesbury & 8r0kenb0r￿-knrU￿1 Re￿& Fknanrialststemerrts 2025
NOTESTOTHE FINANCIAL STATEMEiirs
l. Poklts
The PCC is a puL4r benefrt entity *ithiTr the The&r￿n8 of FPS102. Thè financi￿ Statements h￿e been prepared
under the Charities Art 2011 and in accordarKe with awrth Accounting Ilegvktions 2fJ)6 goveming the
individual accounts of pc￿ and knryth the Regulati(¥¢ *ue and fair W proNisions and they have been
prepared ￿ aCcryda￿e with the CharitiesStatem*rt of Re£ommended Practite IFRS102).
The financial xatements ha￿ been prepatEd urKler the accn*ls accounlTre convention. The financi
5tatemerts indude all trans*Jions assets end hbliiies forwhith the PCC is Te¥Yinsible in law.
At the time of app￿ng the atmunty the Pccand tntstees havea reasonable expectatlon that the d￿rity has
adequate resour￿ to continue in operational ￿lS￿n0 for the foreseeable funwe. As suth. the trustees
continue to adopt thegoing co￿ern basis of a¢￿￿￿￿4 in wepaiFng the ar￿￿TrI
Income
Collections arereco¥nised rererved by or on behalf of PCC PlaTrned giving receivable under GiftAid is
recognised onlyvthÈn re01￿d. Income tax Trco¥tratl• on GiftAid dontyiion5 is re¢cynised when the inceme is
recognised.
Grants and legacies to the PCC arè accounted for as six)n as the PCC is botified of its legal enlithmÈnt and the
mountdue is quantifiable and its uttimate r￿lpt by tr* PCC 15 prr*babl&
Rental income from the letting of chwch premises is recognised Mfften the tentsf is due.
Dividend5 arè a(￿Unted for**n d￿l￿d Interesti5 accounted for￿￿en We￿￿{L
Tangible r￿ed a55ets c05ting over £5.(th. with a usefid life of Lwr or* year, are capitslised. They are stated at
cost les5 atttjmulated dewÈciation and •c￿lerated w11t￿ff& r￿ed Assets a￿ deweciatèd on a str￿ht.11ne
basi5 ovw the length of theirexpected Ll￿f￿1 life è5 follows:
Land-
Builthngs-20yÈ¥s
Fixtures & ￿ttingS- 10 years
AudkHisual equipmént-5
Computers-3 Years
Indtvidual items of eqvjwnent￿ryth a purtha5e price of £5 In) or loss are nmallywrittèn off when theasset 15
acquired.
An impairn)entreview is carried outateath y&r-end ary rewltant lossidentsfied 15 indudeil in eynditure
for the year.
The total assets of the parish irK4ude Eilmer House, Makne5twJry. The thurrh buildings aNI Parish Offio are not
PCC assets and are iherefore not valued in the aro)unts. This is because consecrated and bèTre￿ property Is
exduded from the ac£ounts by section 10(2) ofthe Act 201L
No value is plactd on mO￿ts1e chwch fumishiry Wd by the thwthwardens on special trust for the PCC and
which require a facuity ford1s￿$al Sin￿ the PCC considers thisto be ithi&enable property. expendttixe
In￿rred during the yearon conse£rated or ben8fre bupd1￿￿ and mow4ble rhwth ￿rnishing￿ wheth
mafjntenan￿ or improvement. is WTitten off in the SOFA and separately disdoseil.
Investments
Investments 4UOted OTr a recognised stock exdlange orwlw value derivesfrm them are valued atmarket
dlue at the year end Thè inve5trnent is hÈJd in Income Shares of the CBF Church of England Investmertt FuDd.
&)ort t£mi depos
These are tlte rash amounts held on depositwrth the C
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The PCC of MalmÈsl¥ry & ￿0kenbtsr￿-AnNal Repwt& F￿￿n¢la1 Ststernents2025
Restricted lund5 are htld on specifK tru# Underd￿rity IM The trusts estsblish the purpose forwhich the PCC
can lawfvjlly use these restricted fund& The restrirted furKk of the PCC are income funds and will be spent or
applied within a ￿aSonable peTiOfl frgm their
De%￿ated fvjnds
Thesefund5 are•RiJable to beused in furtt￿a￿￿of thegeneral obixtr￿e5Ofthe Parish and tsreare no other
restrictions on how they may be used. The main unrÈstrthd fund opeiated bythe PCC is the General Fund. In
addition to thÈ General Fund. part of the unrestricted funds be set aside into Dwnated Funds. to be used
for partr£UIarpro￿ or£ommitinent& There op cwrently ng de5i8.4ated fvnds.

The PCC of Malmesbury& Br0kenbor￿-hJH￿al Rep￿t& Rnantial Statwnents 2025
NOTES TQTHE FINANCL4LSTAIEMENYS It￿rt￿N￿dI
YEAR ENDEB¥i¥fi)ECEMSER 2025
Z Inc¢>m•
Tol*l Funds Tolal fvnds
Hannedw¥•w
Colletth)ns
127.247
I7,￿8
123A82
22.952
22971
52.133
38J61
29553
9.181
298A33
17.59J
Vi51torbtsx
DonattOn5 and
674
Interost
l*rnentfvndlrxon
kr*rHts￿e rent
4222
4510
107
41D7
15289
FeesforW•&1￿5and1￿nefapS
11228
11228
Events
Eyentlncts￿t- Lltd• Sta
832
I.￿7
1fj.524
1.687
17281
TOTAL INIX)ME

The PCC of Maknesbury & ￿0kenbL￿￿h~A￿nVal Rep￿t & kn4nt1alstatem￿ts202S
NOTES TOTHE FII¥ANf14L STATEh*1￿5{a*rf￿j
YUR Ef4DED 3j5r￿EknE￿o£n202s
Totri T¢*trlFunds
$141 Costdr3ts1¥fun&: Eyw
Cost of Everts
578
Co5tofEvents- Lifek*th
8mO
17
57
669
4378
4178
¥b) C•5tolr41skngfimds.
Mawkeiityand •rtworklAPW)
4¢) tharflabknxtl¥l
Partshshare
Home fvlwn
Ovorsea5
Clwlthpn and Vf*uth
ff costs- seenote 4t)
TT4tnirqarnl ethcatk)
Serwce and rn￿¢ costs
Aowèrs
01
25
1237
9J36
878
61
Hospitaltty
Upkeép o*chJrctrryard
Pttspertv￿￿I￿r0nl*
UtllftSes
4073
JOA74
IrtsJr4nce
29322
14M3
17.fj48
Depreclatlon
AIMEr￿strathn
Profes*oTral fees
17.fAa
9.&59
38lJ80
Induded within Professional FeÈs is an amountDf £3￿ {2024: £￿) related tothe Independent ExaminerfeÈ.
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The PCC of Malmesbury & 8rokthro4h- annual Rer*rt& Fmancial Statements 2025
2024
Tot•1
Totsi
Vwnds
Fund5
Sld) st¥ff ¢o&ts
$31aries & Othtrrstsff costs
Penyon conLlbLrtfor
(W8 95079
25
No •rnpfDipe •amed ltt ￿ee¥S of￿£￿. No men4*rof ￿ I>CC J¥¢efved ary rarwnerthn forthelr work on
the PCQ The elaw. are ex offftio Th￿1&erS recei%* a stipeThJ Dr oqui¥al•nt salary kn are notremnèratsd
rtt*ir5thè ￿ thÈPCQ
The averap nurnterof staff erfpbjypd ￿nthe￿ar￿As1 (2CQ4t' n
Volwrteers 0)nt￿￿¥* trj the work of the suth as Y2irtakninE tr* buNaraBS and Gfvjrch￿rd￿
St*ard1￿ wrth¥childrErfsactsy4tk4outreath ert p￿tOr¥1_￿e3rn1 kad6ngch￿ch￿oPthip.
At tsrtofpEriC*
thltbns
D15P05*
AteTrdof perfod
Deprecladon
Atsthrtofperfod
Clwryforthe year
Disp)sals
Atend of Femd
IN776 174Th
174776
N•tbook Vahte
Atstsrtofwiod
At•nd ofperknd
**ptEclated.

The PCC of MaknestyJry& Wenborou8h-AnrA￿l fteptrt& Ststements 2025
2249J8
224919
Debty
Traththbrts
Pr4wyn*nts
27S
42J2
PAYEINI
]Jn
57
65.164
TalalFth￿ T•i•ifuhds
nd B4arte
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The PCC of Malmesbury & Brokentr￿r￿-An￿al Rep￿t& Fmanoal Statements 2025
laTrt••t In(omel•r TTrn51@5 èd•n¢è •t
and
End ofy•4r
GaWLos%
2fjIfj95
274595
C1￿¥FuNd
Mthi51ryAssslant
Move kveen Provtsknn
14WPAq Youth Iqi55ion
¢JiJyeMIo1
14exi IC0Yea￿FutyJ
Athe&t2n ￿l￿waY
Dbcrel(0tsgryFvnd
14456
l574
.•¢i
165
1.165
57.5¢1
48,In
27m4 5450¢ *02a7
4250
17.lnz -24
6,3n
-9F.IWJ
T•tsJFynds
The Vic*s DiScre￿nary Fund is an emeoenry hardship lty￿. to prthryth help to pari5hion*5 atthe discretion
of the wicarandchurrlNvarde
11. Pensions
Malme5bury Abbey PCC partiupates in thÈ Pwon &lllder Sd￿Tre section of CWPF fvr la¥ staff. CWPF is
administered by the Cfrurd) of England Pensions Board. whKth IMJlds thè CWPF assets separately frorn those of
the Employer and other partiapating employer&
CWPF has two section&
L the ￿ned BÈnefitsScherne
2. the PÈnsion Buildersctheme, wthi(h has t*Y> subsed1￿.
a deferpd annutysection known as p￿ft ￿lIder C* and,
cash balancè section known a5 Penston Bull der 201
PeTr51Dn BulldwSch*ne
Both sections ofthe Pensron &HlderSclw ¥e dassed asdefined benefft 5theme&
Pensionk9ulklerC&tsskpr9vides a pe￿10￿. aC£um￿ated from Contri￿nionspaid and con¥erted intoa defurp
annuity durinE employment based on terms set and reviewed by the Church of England Pension5 Boanl from
time totime. Discretionary incrÈ2ses mail also be ￿ded, depe￿11￿ on investment return5 and other fartors.
PenslonBullder2014is•eash balano 5chemethatpr￿idesa I￿np whKh membersuse to providè benefits
at rotirÈmenL Pension cortribukns are recorded in an ￿(0￿rtforeath membÈr. Discrdionary bonuses may
be added before retremert dtspendingon inbEStmertretwns and otherfartorL The acwun¢ plus an¥bonuses
declared is payable, unredvod. from age 65.
There is no Sul￿1￿1$10n of assets between emplo>*T5 in eath sèdion of the Pensi¢)n Builderscheme.
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The PCC of Malmethp ury & BrokenbOr0￿-Anrn￿l Reptyt& Finandal stst￿nents 2￿5
The 5theme is considerÈd to be a rnulli-employerstheme asdescTiW In Sedion 28Df FRS 102. This is ljecause
it is notpossible to attrilmrte the Pension ￿4￿Jer Sthemds assèts and liabilitiesto specift employèrs and means
that contributrons are ac<x)unted far as rfthe Stheme were a defined contribution s¢herne. The pensions ¢osts
tharged to theSoFAin theyearare the cotttributions payable 12024: £3,039. 2024: Q.7261.
A valuation ofthe Pension Builderstheme ISO￿led 0￿ee￿rythreQ yew& The m05t recentvaluation was
urried out as at31 Decemb¥2022.
For the Pension Builder Classic section, the Va￿atIon revealed a gjrplus of £X8m on the ongoing a55UrnPtions
used. Atthe mostrecentannual rewiew effective lJanuary2026. the &)ard choseto granta discretionary bonus
of 10% to both pemions not Yet i.vi payment 2nd pÈnsiorts in poyw*nt in respect of se￿iCe prior to April 1997,.
and a bonus on pensions in payment in respectof postApril ￿97 ser¥Tr so thatthe pens•tin irKrease was also
I(PA (where u￿aHY it wouhl becakulated based ￿ infjationup to an ann￿11 cap of 5% for pensions in pgyment
in respertof ser￿e wior to April 2fAJ6 and ? 5% for pensiors in pawt 14 respe£tofSeTvi￿ W. April 2rx161.
This followed Thpro¥ements in thè fun¢fing poyt*)n over 2025. ThÈre is no requThnÈntfor deficTt payTnents at
the currenttime.
For the Pension Bulder 2014 Section. the waluation re¥ealed a surplus of £&5rn ow• the ongoing assurnptions
usÈd. There is no requFrement!or deficit paymthnts atthe cwrenttFm&
The nextvaluation is bell￿ ca￿led outas at 31 Deomtr*r a)2S.
The legal 5trthre of the ￿erne is gjth that IfarKrtheremploy￿laIls MalniesburyAbbey PCC ctsiAd become
responslble for paying a sharè of the failed employ*s p¥won Sabilitie&
As is normal li thurches. thetrustees make volunw drmationsto the work of Malmesbury Abtw and St Joh
the Baptist BroknnbOro￿h. The PCC holds ￿ view that each tm5teds indiii¥lual dOna￿Tr$ and those of PCC
rnembers as a ￿ole are confide￿Ial land a matter betsveen the PCC n*mber and Godl, and that there is no
value in disdosKry any detaifs of these donalions lor those made ty spouses and related panÈesl. There 15 no
spetificconnèttiors beiween any indibidual dO￿titin any F￿the PCC has adopted.