
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 1/1/25         To 31/12/25** 

**Charity name:   THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY ROOD, SWINTON** 

## **Charity registration number: 1149809** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|Religious Activities|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space<br>Provides Services|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|Yes|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment **N/A** Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers **N/A** Other 



## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|Provides regular public worship and sacred<br>space for personal prayer and contemplation<br>open to all.<br>Pastoral work, including visiting the sick and<br>bereaved.<br>Teaching Christianity through sermons,<br>courses and small groups.<br>Supporting other charities in the UK and<br>overseas.|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|
|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|Other||**N/A**|





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**Healthy**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Held to cover deficits in income versus**<br>**expenditure**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£15,988 +     £2,083 bank accounts**<br>**+£8,710 + £401,396 investments**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**N/A**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the<br>whole mission of the Church.|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|Other||**N/A**|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||**N/A**|
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL POWERS<br>MEASURE (1956) AS AMENDED AND<br>CHURCH REPRESENTATION RULES|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated Association**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM)**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51|**N/A**|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|**N/A**|
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51|**N/A**|
|Other||**N/A**|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|**THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL**<br>**PARISH OF HOLY ROOD, SWINTON**|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|**Holy Rood Church PCC, Swinton**|
|Registered charity number|**1149809**|
|Charity’s principal address|**Moorside Road**<br>**Swinton**<br>**Manchester**<br>**M27 0HJ**|





## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**<br>**whole year**|**Name of person (or**<br>**body) entitled to**<br>**appoint trustee(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||MARK ARMITAGE|Treasurer||PCC|
||SHEENAGH STEWART JONES|Trustee||PCC|
||HEATHER LATHAM|Secretary||PCC|
||JOHN LIONEL DAWSON|Trustee||PCC|
||LINDA HUNT|Warden||PCC|
||CHRISTINE ROGERSON|Warden||PCC|
||DEREK PEARSON|Trustee||PCC|
||VICTORIA COWARD|Trustee||PCC|



– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

|**Director name**|||
|---|---|---|
|**N/A**|**N/A**|**N/A**|
|Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity|||
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
|**N/A**|**N/A**|**N/A**|





## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets **N/A** held in this capacity Name and objects of the **N/A** charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for **N/A** safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|**Type of**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|**Type of**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**N/A**|**N/A**|**N/A**|
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**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) N/A** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A** 

## **Other optional information** 

**N/A** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|M R Armitage||
|---|---|---|
||Mark|Armitage|
||<br>Treasurer||
||17/07/26||
||17/07/26||





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