THE PARISH CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS’, HARBURY
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
Prepared for the Annual Parochial Meeting On Sunday, 10[th] May 2026
Priest-in-Charge: Rev Andy Batchelor
Churchwardens: Andy Dean & Bez Norton
Bank: HSBC
Independent Examination: Peter Wilson
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Worshipping God – Growing in Faith – Working in Community
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Registered Charity Number: 1150990
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PCC MEMBERSHIP:
The PCC is a registered charity. Members of the PCC are either ex officio or elected by the annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) in accordance with the Church Representation Rules.
Since the last APCM held on 18[th] May 2025 the following served as members of the PCC:
Priest in Charge : Rev Andy Batchelor Assistant Ministers: Rev Ann Mulley: Rev Bob Clucas Churchwardens : Andy Dean (Vice Chair) & Bez Norton Treasurer: Liz McBride Safeguarding : Amy Pedvin-Lewis PCC Secretary : vacancy Readers: Julie Batchelor Deanery Synod Rep : John Eld Elected Members : Elaine Barnden: Emma Browne: Lin Hayes: Brian Jones: William Jones: Philip Mayer: Amy Pedvin-Lewis: Michael Vincent
COMMITTEES:
Standing Committee: the only one required by law. It has the power to transact the business of the PCC between its meetings, subject to any directions given by the Council.
Ministry Leadership Team : considers all issues concerning the worship of All Saints and the nurture and discipleship of its people. Members: All staff that hold the Bishop’s Licence (Clergy, Readers)
Fabric Committee: oversees all issues concerning the maintenance of the church building. Members: Clergy & Churchwardens and Philip Mayer. We co-opt the service of others when needed.
Tom Hauley Room : Supplies: Michael & Ann Vincent; Bookings: Moira Rollason, ongoing repairs and other: Liz & Mike McBride
Parish Safeguarding Officer: Amy Pedvin-Lewis
VICAR’S REPORT: HARBURY, LADBROKE, UFTON & CHESTERTON: Rev Andy Batchelor
Well, here we are at another APCM as we reflect on all that the past year has brought and what God may have in store for us in future. It has been wonderful to welcome new people into our churches particularly at Harbury where we have also rejoiced in the sharing of musical gifts at our all-age service and by the formation of a string quartet led by Ann Clucas. It’s also been wonderful to see Henry growing in confidence as he has played the organ for a number of our services.
Unfortunately, my hope for a Deanery curate did not come to fruition, caught up, like so many other things, in the arrival of a new Bishop with different priorities. We pray for Sophie as she settles in to her new role, and seeks to appoint her new senior team. Clearly the Bishops direction on the common cup at communion has caused a number of issues for parishes throughout our diocese, and personally I am sad that there was not a better consultation process before the directive was issued, but we are where we are, and I hope the Bishop will take a more relaxed view for those who have very real health concerns.
We have seen a number of new initiatives begin over the past year, with ‘ponder in the pub’ following on from the Alpha course, the ‘Toms Teas’ social outreach, the informal evening service at Harbury which is drawing in a growing and appreciative congregation, as well as a new Evensong service at Ladbroke which again seems to be meeting a need. Our work with children and young people as well as our relationship with Harbury school is going from strength to strength,
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and I am hugely grateful to all those involved in Messy, Muddy, Open the Book, All Age worship and the area youth group.
We have continued to deal with the usual number of baptisms and funerals and have an unusually large number of weddings scheduled this year at Harbury. These occasional offices give us real opportunities for gentle evangelism and the forging of new relationships which can bear fruit in a number of ways as we engage with the families.
As I reflect on the Christmas and Easter services and events, I am encouraged by the numbers attending and in the variety of worship that we have been able to offer.
This APCM sees the retirement of Amy Pedvin-Lewis as our safeguarding officer for Harbury and Chesterton and I am sure many of you will join me in offering our grateful thanks for all the hard work Amy has put in over the years – we will be looking for a new Safeguarding officer, a vital role in today’s church so please do think about whether God might be calling you to serve in this role. Amy will be providing a comprehensive transition for the new person. Thanks as well to Jenny Rigby who has taken on that role at Ladbroke – again much appreciated.
Laura continues in her role as administrator and is growing in confidence and expertise, and I know many of you will appreciate Laura’s creative work and professional approach to our communication with our communities.
Ufton is continuing to move through the rather laborious process of closure and if all goes well the churchyard and accounts will be taken on by Radford Semele, once some necessary repairs have been completed to the churchyard wall.
Thank you to those supporting the services at Chesterton, particularly Gill Guilford who has taken on the role of diocesan contact to assist Suzy the Treasurer to reduce her commitments during a period of ill health and other commitments.
It has been wonderful to see the installation of a new door into the garden of remembrance and once again our thanks go to Philip and the buildings team as we continue on with the remaining work and fundraising for stonework repairs and the audio-visual system.
At Ladbroke Jackie continues her sterling work to coordinate all building related issues, as well as the groups who come to visit Ladbroke church, so again grateful thanks for all Jackie does.
Peter Suzy and Liz continue as our treasurers and we greatly value their expertise and sound financial management.
I cannot fail to express my deepest appreciation to our wardens, Peter and Sue at Ladbroke, and Andy and Bez at Harbury, who provide such a depth of experience, support and pastoral care both to our congregations, and to myself. I am very fortunate to have such a dedicated team!
I am also very grateful to Rev Bob, Rev Ann and Margaret for supporting the ministry in our parishes, for our PCC’s, and all who contribute to church life in ways large and small.
Thank you to those who have stepped forward to join our team of sacristans and particular thanks to John Eld as he has now stepped down from a variety of roles as he cares for Rosemary, and deals with his own health concerns.
Across the Deanery parishes remain stretched as the recruitment process for new clergy has failed to bear fruit. I have been in communication with the Bishop in regard to the situation at the Bridges group and after consultation it has been decided that the only way forward is to reorganise the team structures in the Deanery. This, as you can imagine, is a major piece of work, and I am waiting for more information on exactly what this will entail.
As you know I have a wider role both in the Deanery and on the diocesan discernment team, so I appreciate your support and forbearance as I split my time among various responsibilities.
From a family perspective Jamie and Amy are settled at New Pastures farm on the outskirts of Harbury, Jamie doing agricultural studies and Amy Health and Beauty. Abigail continues to help at the Café and we have taken on Jackson, a delightful 4 year old, to foster until more permanent arrangements are made for his future.
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We had a stressful time after Christmas as my daughter Zoe, having moved to take on a new job in the UAE, decided to move back to the UK after the war broke out and we have been supporting her to sort out all the complications of that double move.
So, we have much to remember and celebrate over the past year, and as we look to the future, we also look to the guidance of the Holy Spirit as we move forward in service and ministry to those around us.
It can be tempting to take a ‘consumerist’ approach to church attendance, but God calls us all to work together as his body in this place, and we all have something to offer as we work out our own journey of discipleship. Apart from a new Safeguarding officer it would be helpful to find a new PCC secretary for Harbury.
There are exciting things happening and lots of opportunity to engage with our communities so may we all be open to the leading of the Spirit and play our part in the process of building the Kingdom of God in this place.
Every Blessing Andy
CHURCHWARDEN’S REPORT: Andy Dean & Bez Norton
We’ve had another busy year at All Saints.
Our regular services have continued, and we remain grateful to Revs Andy, Ann and Bob, Julie and all those who have led services during the year, particularly during the busy festival periods.
We saw the introduction of the informal evening service which has regularly attracted 16-25 people, some of whom are not regular worshippers here. We’ve had sermon series (from both Acts and Ephesians and we’ve welcomed a number of different people to come and speak to us.
Our All Age service has developed as Bob, Ann and Don stepped back from leading our worship music – we thank them all for their years of leading worship on our 3[rd] Sunday. After a number of services with music played from videos it’s been great having Peter and Linda Stone now leading worship, ably assisted by Henry and Abbie. Julie Batchelor, Ann Clucas and Andy Dean went to a conference on intergenerational services last year and it’s been great to bring a number of new ideas and songs to welcome a number of new families to the service.
It’s been great to see Ponder in the Pub and Tom’s Teas start as we continue to get to know and provide outreach to the wider community. Thanks to all those involved in organising and running those events.
And whilst we start new activities it’s also important to mark those whose time has run its course. We are so grateful to Fliss for her work over the years in leading Little Saints and all those many people involved in Bumps and Bundles.
Our children’s work has continued and it’s been wonderful continuing to welcome new families to Messy and Muddy Church. There is a growing community and we truly believe the Holy Spirit is at work in this village.
We can’t write about the life of the church without talking about the fabric. It’s been brilliant to get the door fitted to the Memorial Garden at last. We now have a faculty to repair the stonework, but of course there is still a significant amount of money to raise. There are a group of PCC members that are now meeting to organise a number of events over the coming months and we do hope as many people as possible can come along and support. And of course we are extremely grateful to Philip Mayer for co-ordinating the work, John Guildford for preparing the faculties which are a thankless task and Brian Wade for their work on these projects.
We’re also extremely grateful to Bob and Will for their work on the upkeep of the churchyard and Gillian for maintaining the Memorial Garden. I know they would be grateful for any help offered.
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Amy Pedvin Lewis is stepping down as Safeguarding Officer this year after a number of years. This role has clearly become increasingly at the forefront of people’s minds and we’re grateful to Amy for all that she has done to help support us and keep young and vulnerable people safe.
Being a vicar in a rural parish is a thankless task at times, and having the responsibility of Area Dean is even more so. We are so grateful for Andy for his service, and for Julie for all that she does in supporting the life of the church.
And on a practical level we’d like to recognise Liz McBride for all she does to support the church and continue to help us as churchwardens. It is obviously fairly unique these days to have two working people as churchwardens and we could not do so without Liz (and Mike’s) support. We’d also like to recognise Fliss’s tireless work as verger – a true stalwart of the church and we are both so grateful to her.
There are too many others to name but we do want to thank all those that serve the church in so many different ways and make All Saints what it is today
FABRIC REPORT: Philip Mayer
Progress At Last
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We received DAC Approval for the List B application for a Fiber Telecom Installation and this work has been completed by BT.
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We received DAC Approval for the faculty to repair the external brick and stonework subject to there being no objections by the 13[th ] of March to the notice issued by the Consistory Court of the Diocese of Coventry. We have completed all documentation and expect to receive the faculty any day.
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The Memorial Garden Door has been installed.
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The Holly & Ash Trees in the church yard have been trimmed by WCC at no cost to the PCC
Let’s Now Turn Our Attention to Fund Raising
The current budget for fabric repairs is c £200,000
The current budget for an improved audio-visual system is c£75,000 excluding inflation by the time of the installation.
Capital currently available £63,869.
As you know we can seek matched funding for each of these projects when we have raised locally 50% of the capital required i.e. c£140,000 which means we need to raise locally a further £76,000.
With this in mind a new Fund-Raising Committee comprising Emma Brown, Lin Hayes, Michael Vincent and me met on 19[th] February to brainstorm a way forward. Subsequently Liz McBride and Elaine Barndon have joined us. We would welcome other church members to join us as we progress and to lead on specific initiatives More support will be welcome if we are to achieve our goals
Our initial suggestions recommended by the persons initials are:
- Applications for potential grants towards 50% of the Capital Costs from:
HS2 PM
Biffa PM FCC Communities Foundation PM The National Churches Trust / DAC c£5K MV Garfield Weston c£20K BS
Charitable Trusts c £6K PM/LMcB
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- Parish Fund-Raising Local Events (which should be a community activity) Organ & Choir Concert 20[th] June All Members Open Garden Teas in the THR 27[th] & 28[th] June LMcB Christmas Crackers 11[th] December FH/LMcB/EB Sponsor a Stone MV Artistic Painting EB Flower Arranging/Christmas Wreaths EB Speed quiz EB Gin Tasting EB/JB
Teddy Slide from the Tower EB Messy Church Raffle EB School Concert EB Other suggestions all
Many of you will have seen the Stone, Sound and Vision Appeal Leaflet
External work to be done
Towards the end of 2024 we received the Quinquennial Report which details the urgent need to carry out repairs to the external walls of the church, in particular:
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Some of the natural stones around the church need replacing
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The brickwork at the top of the tower needs repointing and some of the coping stones are loose and dangerous
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The stained glass is holding together the stone tracery in the east window
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Numerous broken roof and ridge tiles need replacing
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There is a water leak at high level on the southwest corner of the knave
Scaffolding and Craftsmanship will cost approximately £200,000
Following these repairs the church will be fit for the next generation
Audio-Visual improvements
There is a general desire to improve the audio-visual system in both the church and the Tom Hauley room to enable streamed presentations of all kinds.
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A roll-down screen in church along with an additional monitor in the Tom Hauley west room will allow pictures and film to be clearly visible to audiences
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Additional loudspeakers in the side isles will ensure that sound is clear in every part of the church
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The BT Internet connection will enable viewing online for services, baptisms, weddings and funerals and for cultural, local and national events, large meetings, concerts, choirs and theatre
This will cost approximately £75,000
We must thank the following people for their support:
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David and Sue Turner for the development of the Appeal Leaflet
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Brian Wade a retired fully qualified quantity surveyor to project manage the work to be done
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John Guilford to update our Faculty applications
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The retained architect Hawkes Edwards for supervision and certification of work done
Therefore, there is an urgent need to raise a further £76,000 within the Village Community.
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SAFEGUARDING REPORT: Amy Pedvin-Lewis
This year has been the year of systems. The Diocese have changed who undertakes the DBS to “Thirtyone:eight” which has not been without its teething problems. Happily, these do seem to be reducing now.
We have also been set up with the Safeguarding Hub which supports the Parish by keeping a log of all volunteers, their safe recruitment and ongoing training- much easier than an excel spreadsheet! As all volunteers are now due to redo their safeguarding training, we have asked via the pewsheet, emails and in the church for people to either undertake this training online or attend the inperson ones in June of this year which will be run in the Tom Hauley Room by the Diocesan Safeguarding Training Officer.
We have recruited 2 new volunteers this year.
Finally, I am stepping down as Parish Safeguarding Officer after 8 years. Thank you to all for your help and support.
ELECTORAL ROLL OFFICER’S REPORT: Liz McBride
A full revision of the Electoral Roll was done last year and there were 86 people on it. This year a further 7 people have been added and one person sadly died. The Roll now has 92 people.
VERGER’S REPORT: Fliss Harris
Administration of wine at Holy Communion:
We had thought that the question of the Chalice versus the individual cups was settled, but, with the arrival of Bishop Sophie, as I write there is still some uncertainty hanging over this issue. While we await her final decision, we are doing our best to respect everyone’s concers, and I am very grateful to Tony and Shirley Brunton, Sally Heigl and Bob Sherman for their support and cooperation.
Sacristans:
I am delighted to report that thanks to Gill Guilford and Andrea Kane, we now have a full team of Sacristans. I am very grateful to them, to Ann & Michael Vincent and to Sally Heigl and to John Eld who cover the MU and Thursday morning services respectively. Also, to Ann and Michael for washing the Communion linen and to Liz McBride for ordering the elements and the candles, and for laundering the Altar linen.
Church cleaning:
Church cleaning is, for various reasons, almost non-existent. For the moment, we are riding on the splendid efforts of the past, but obviously this cannot continue.
May I suggest two possible options? Either i) as has been customary, we recruit a number of individuals to clean discrete parts of the church on a regular basis or ii) we form a team prepared to come together for a morning several times a year to carry out a mini “spring clean”? Entries in the Visitors Book often comment on how well the church is kept and it would be a shame to fall below our usual standard.
If you are interested in helping, please see me.
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FURTHER REPORTS
AREA YOUTH GROUP – FIRST SUNDAYS: Ann Clucas
This is a small group of secondary aged young people (up to 7 if everyone attends) who meet monthly. The young people come from Harbury, Bishop’s Itchington, Radford Semele and Cubbington. The group is led by my husband Bob and myself along with Rev Richard and Jacqui Suffern (who live in Bishop’s Itchington). The group is lively and fun. We start with exploring the Bible followed by a prayer activity. We then have a snack and either play games or do crafts. We also organise a couple of trips each year.
It has been encouraging to see the group grow from 4 members to 7 over this last year. Also, it is wonderful to see the young people engage with the Bible and grow in the prayer lives. The members have asked if we can move to fortnightly meetings and we are exploring this possibility for September.
BUMPS & BUNDLES: Carol Jackson and the Bumps Team
Bumps and Bundles was a volunteer run group backed by All Saints' Church. We held sessions for the last 15 years and we feel it greatly helped a lot of new Mums, they were able to come and just sit with a cup of tea/coffee (and often home-made biscuits). When we finished we received a lot of positive feedback from parents who had benefitted in the past. We were sorry that we had to close but over the last few months numbers had been dropping and there are a lot of alternative organisations in the village for them to attend.
CHURCHYARD: Bob Sherman
The volunteer team looking after the churchyard remained unchanged for the year 2025/6 as did the mowing and maintenance regime. There are many tasks that need doing to keep the churchyard in good order - which doesn’t mean trimmed to stately home perfection. We try to keep a balance between tidiness in some areas and good conservation in others. New volunteers (people) are always appreciated. Gillian particularly, who keeps the Memorial Garden beds looking beautiful all by herself, would be grateful for some support. The annual job list is long but less onerous and more companionable with more hands.
Mowing begins in March. This becomes more challenging every year as the primroses make determined attempts to colonise the entire space. Lovely as they are we cannot mow round every new arrival, so some of them have to be sacrificed. Only one clump of cowslips survived last year’s fierce temperatures and drought and this is and will be carefully tended to ensure it isn’t cut mercilessly. Also determined to colonise are the cyclamen, most pink but some white, such a delight in late summer. Yellow rattle, an important semi-parasite of grass, is steadily spreading across the conservation area, doing a useful job of reducing the vigour of the grass and, we hope, allowing other wildflowers to come and join the congregation. In June and September, the epiphytic growth round the base of the lime trees is trimmed down to ensure that the pavement round the walls remains negotiable and mowing and strimming become a regular activity. In August we cut down the long grass, this year with the help once more of Bob Clucas’s fierce scythe mower. Once the seed in the hay had had time to drop a small team of helpers, including a generous-spirited family from across the road, raked up and piled all the cut hay ready to be moved to my allotment in the winter. The result of this hard work has been the reward of a stunning display of daffodils this spring, accompanied by the ever-spreading primroses.
We lost the Amelanchier tree planted by a Stratford District Council team a few years ago in the winter. It struggled through two years of drought and then died. The Gean (wild cherry) donated by the Diocese in celebration of its millennium in 2018 is, on the other hand, thriving. Life and death in the churchyard.
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FLOWERS IN CHURCH: Gillian Hare & the Flower Fairies
Our team is going strong; a couple have reluctantly hung up their secateurs but thankfully we have recruited 2 more. After no weddings last year there are several coming up, and we hope to have the delight of helping to make those special. Of course, we are more than happy to share our pleasure with anyone interested so please contact Gillian.
MEETING POINT: Fliss Harris
We meet for lunch on the first Friday of the month at the Crown Inn. Though our numbers have declined and attendance varies all members still very much appreciate the opportunity to come together over a meal. Since, obviously, we did not meet on Good Friday, we are particularly looking forward to meeting in May. We are very grateful to the PCC for continuing to subsidise this outreach to people who live alone or have suffered some kind of loss. We are also grateful to our new hosts, Dom & Jo, for the excellent food and the warm welcome.
MEMORIAL GARDEN: Gillian Hare
Now that the new door makes that more visible, I would welcome help to keep it tidy and respectful for those who come to remember their friend or family member commemorated there.
MESSY CHURCH: Julie Batchelor
Messy Church has been going well over the past year. We have covered topics such as I am the true vine (harvest), I am the light of the world, I am the good shepherd. This year we produced a Messy Church Passport where children can claim a stamp every time they come, and at the end of the Summer term claim a prize!
Leaders through the year have been Liz McBride, Ruth Walton, Julie Batchelor, Fliss Harris with help from Ann Clucas, Amy Sealby and Abigail Batchelor. Parents have also helped with most sessions. Thank you all.
We now have a core group of families who come along regularly, and invite their friends. We regularly have new faces every month.
Messy Church starts with sign in and collect name badge, then we have an hour of themed crafts, games and activities. After that, we move from the THR into church for songs, sometimes games, a celebration of Birthdays and events, an interactive talk based on the theme and we finish with prayer and Grace. We then return to the THR for a meal prepared by Liz and the families chat and get to know one another. They have also attended services such as the Christmas Nativity and Easter Day.
Fliss has now retired from the leadership team and we give her our grateful thanks for many years of support. She will continue to attend as a family welcomer so we are grateful to her for that.
MOTHER’S UNION: Chris Rutherford
2026 is the 150[th] anniversary of the founding of Mothers’ Union, which is quite an achievement. Last year we continued with our programme of interesting speakers, and hosting coffee mornings and a Bread-and-Broth lunch to raise funds for AFIA and MU projects at home and abroad. We continued to distribute daffodils on Mothering Sunday and give cards and gifts for prisoners’ children at Christmas. We collected and delivered five carrier bags of toiletries for the CRASAC. We continue to support each other with prayer and meetings, and we are grateful for Rev. Ann and Rev. Andy who administer communion for us.
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MUDDY CHURCH: Andy & Jenny Dean
In September last year we made a number of changes to our Children’s work including moving Muddy Church to the afternoon of the first Sunday. This has undoubtedly seen increased numbers – most Sundays we have about 15 – 20 children and the same number of adults – sometimes more than were at the 9.00 service in church that morning!
Muddy Church is about meeting outside in the Memorial Garden and giving children the opportunity to learn more about God through a variety of craft and other activities. We always start with hot chocolate and have some form of activity related to our campfire.
We couldn’t run Muddy Church without the help of all the people that help us – we’re so grateful to all those that help and are looking forward to what the year ahead brings and the opportunities that Muddy Church brings in meeting with new families.
OPEN THE BOOK: Lesley Jones
This will be our 11[th] year of going into Harbury School to read and act out Bible stories using the Open the Book scheme. What’s more, we now have two new members making a team of 11 people to draw on - welcome to Hilary (from a now disbanded Southam OtB team) and Linda.
In the summer term we continued stories from the Old Testament: Moses, Naomi & Ruth, the call of Samuel. In autumn we read of Samuel anointing David, his taking on Goliath; then the prophets Elijah, Elisha, Jonah and Daniel – a roaring finish to the year!
At the start of 2026 we began the New Testament again. The school had done the Nativity, so we began with the boy Jesus in the Temple, his baptism by John and temptation in the wilderness, followed by the calling of his disciples. We’ve just done the paralysed man let down through the roof and will continue with Jesus’ teaching and miracles throughout this term.
In May our area training person will be leading a refresher OtB training session for us and other local teams, in the Tom Hauley Room. We had a fund-raising Saturday coffee morning in January to help towards our membership fees and are grateful for the church covering these each year. If anyone would like to find out more about Open the Book and consider joining the team, they would be very welcome.
PONDER IN THE PUB: Rec Andy & Fliss Harris
This discussion group was formed as the successor to the Collective and the Alpha course.
It provides an opportunity to discuss life’s big questions from a secular and Christian perspective. Since October 2025 we have covered the following topics: The Reality of Evil. Hope – don’t abandon it. You must have imagined it? So where do we go next? Is good, good enough? And – I wonder…?
We are a diverse, inclusive group who meet on the 4[th] Tuesday of the month at the Crown Inn, 6.45 for 7pm (close at 8.30pm).
Anyone thinking of joining us will be warmly welcomed.
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QUIET SPACE: Jill Winter
Quiet space meets on the 2nd Wednesday in the Tom Hauley room, 10am refreshments available, then at 10.30am following a brief reading by one of us, silence begins. The twenty minute silence is centred on being still, finding inner peace and being in the present moment, a time where we can let go of distractions to just be, quieten our minds while resting in God's presence.
For many of us a more regular private space for silent reflection has gradually developed as part of our own natural rhythm of life, and it actually brings definite benefits which help us negotiate busy lives.
We have an average of 4-9 people who come along, a general feeling that it is very special to share in the silence with others.
Anyone of any faith or none is very welcome to join us if you feel it may be helpful.
SATURDAY COFFEE MORNINGS: Sarah Brooke-Taylor
The THR Saturday coffee mornings continue to be well received by the Harbury community and provide a great fundraising opportunity for the various host groups. Attendees were patient during the weeks when the THR was without a percolator to provide filtered coffee - many thanks to Liz for ensuring that a new one is now in place. However, filling the rota is not as simple as it used to be. There seem to be fewer local groups and fewer groups that wish to host (even though groups generally say how easy it is). So, we are looking further afield in trying to attract new host groups. Any ideas for new hosts would be gratefully received & they don't have to be a registered charity .
THE COLLECTIVE: Gill Guilford
At the last APCM I mentioned in the report that the Collective was on hold while Alpha took place since then it has drawn to a close and Ponder in Pub started, so I have nothing as such to report.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON HOME GROUP: Gillian Hare
Thursday afternoon home group is still going strong, with about 8 friends meeting, twice a month, in various homes. After an imaginative course about " Women of the nativity" we have just started a series on the Psalms. We would love to welcome new enquirers.
THURSDAY EVENING HOME GROUP: Brian Jones
During the year one or two people have moved away and others have joined us, and we remain a friendly and active group of 14, not all from this church. New people would be warmly welcomed. We meet every Thursday evening between 7.30pm and 9pm. Weekly numbers can vary, but probably average between 6 to 8. We meet in various members homes, usually in Harbury but occasionally in Southam (sharing lifts) where some of us live. Our meetings are relaxed and informal, usually beginning with refreshments and a general catch up with one another for about 15 minutes. Humour and fun are always present. We cover a wide range of Bible study activities from topics individuals bring, video presentations, study guides etc. Some brief input leads to interesting discussions. We also pray about concerns people bring as well as for the church. Worship, which can include music and singing, is also a feature. We do not have a leader and are self managing which works well, and members are happy to pitch in when occasionally roles need to be filled, although there is no pressure. Over the years we have all benefitted hugely from
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learning as a group. Also from the welcome, unstinting personal support given to and received from each of us when needed. Members often refer to the home group as “a family.” Being part of the group is generally regarded as a joyful blessing, which is very much missed when we take an occasional short break to help keep us fresh. So much so that we also arrange the occasional bring and share social event, and periodically go on a retreat together
TOM’S TEAS: Michael Vincent & Elaine Barnden
Tom’s Teas is a new outreach initiative that the church started in January 2026, in line with our vision for serving the community. Tom’s Teas provides free tea, cake, coffee, chat and friendship, meeting once a month on the third Monday in the Tom Hauley room from 2.30-4.00. The main purpose is to provide enjoyable social contact for people wanting more companionship and who may sometimes feel a bit isolated or lonely. It is an opportunity for people to make new friends or catch up with old ones.
Tom’s Teas is proving very popular and successful with each month between 35-40 people attending, filling the room with lively chatter, with the majority being people who live alone and who do not come to church on Sunday. We want to give special thanks again here to all those who bake the fabulous cakes and savouries, and those who help serve the teas, as it would not be possible to provide Tom’s Teas without your loving practical support.
FINANCE REPORT for the year ended 31[st] December 2025: Liz McBride
The financial statements are in the usual format of 4 pages.
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A summary of the income and expenditure, balance sheet and fund balances
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A breakdown of the income
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A breakdown of the expenses
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The bank account balances, the debtors and creditors, the movements on all the funds and finally the details of our outward giving.
Income: (see second page for details)
As predicted our regular income failed to cover our regular costs and we end the year with a deficit of £8,912. Regular giving has decreased from £51,186 last year to £48,566 this year. We had 65 people/families giving regularly, mainly by monthly standing order.
We had aimed this year to launch the Parish Giving scheme. This is a scheme, funded by the Church of England, which manages the administration of monthly donations and the claiming of gift aid. However just as we were about to introduce it PGS changed much of their online system. 2 people are currently donating this way and I can see it works well with the regular payment of both donation and gift aid into the church bank account. We do need to introduce this as part of a stewardship appeal in 2026.
The use of SumUp for contactless payments has again increased this year: - By payment on the machine in church: 99 donations totalling £1130.50 By website: 2 donations totalling £350 for general giving. By my phone: Used at the Christmas Fair £127.
THR donations are down year on year by £1,037 and perhaps, we should review the “recommended donations” for non-church groups. Thanks to the WI for a grant of £500 which was used to replace the cooker.
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Stone, Sound & Vision (SSAV) replaces Heat, Light & Stone and a total of £34,672 was raised in 2025. This included donations from the village wide appeal of £22,086, a donation from the Ratcliff Foundation of £3,500, fundraising events £4,027, Harbury Society donation £150 and donations in memory of both John Moore and Brian Hill of £1,062.
Gift aid reclaimed for these donations totalled £2926.75.
Expenditure: (see third page for details)
The parish share of £55,260 (last year £50,903) was all paid up on time.
Gas . The total amount consumed in church only was 58146 KwH (last year 56,552 KwH) The cost of a KwH of gas was 4.3692 Jan- Sep dropping to 3.8027 from October. However, the standing charge increased from £2.43 per day to £5.37 per day.
Electricity costs are slightly lower again year on year. We’ve used 6,295 KwH this year compared with 6171 KwH last year. The cost of day units was 23.7095 Jan to Sep dropping to 22.0101 from October. The standing charge reduced from £1.36 to £1.23 per day.
Routine maintenance includes fire extinguisher service of £181, boiler service of £504, items for sound system £204 and additional lights in the vestry £139. Roofing repairs to the church totalled £3,360.
Fund details (see fourth page for details)
Although the Belfry Fund has spent £2,880 on the installation of a training bell this was subsequently refunded by a grant from the Diocese and the VAT from Listed Places of Worship in 2026.
The spend on the SSAV fund included £2138 which was paid to the architects to put their name on the stonework faculty.
Pastoral Discretionary Fund:
This is used to help those who need financial assistance. the contact can come directly to Reverend Andy and via the school. An example is the payment to the school to cover the costs of a child’s lunches. An appeal was made to the church family in December to which was swiftly answered and raised £2,005. This leaves a balance of £1,373 to answer calls for help in 2026. Thank you.
Outward Giving:
Our charity at Christmas 2025 was the Foodbank. A total of £467.50 was sent to the Kineton Foodbank which was raised at the village carol service £361.50 and the “free” coffee morning £106.
The general reserves at the end of 2025 totalled £20,633 as the deficit of £9,976 was covered by brought forward reserves. We can’t keep doing this!
Thank you to Tony Brunton for administering the Gift Aid scheme and to Peter Wilson who continues to be our Independent Examiner.
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PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS', HARBURY
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
For the year to 31st December 2025
Prepared by: Liz McBride Independent Examiner: Peter Wilson
Charity registration :1150990
INCOME & EXPENDITURE
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| STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES | ||||||||
| For theyear to 31st December 2025 | ||||||||
| Prepared by: Liz McBride Independent Examiner: Peter Wilson | ||||||||
| Charityregistration :1150990 | ||||||||
| INCOME & EXPENDITURE | ||||||||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | TOTAL | Unrestricted | Restricted | TOTAL | |||
| Funds | Funds | 31-Dec-25 | Funds | Funds | 2024 | |||
| Note | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| INCOME | ||||||||
| Voluntary income | 1(a) | 65,641.32 | 4,011.87 | 69,653.19 | 69,763.72 | 2,087.75 | 71,851.47 | |
| Church activities | 1(b) | 7,206.00 | - | 7,206.00 | 7,974.81 | - | 7,974.81 | |
| Fund generating activities | 1(c) | - | 30,825.22 | 30,825.22 | - | 16,185.03 | 16,185.03 | |
| Investment income | 1(d) | 2,707.25 | - | 2,707.25 | 1,942.02 | - | 1,942.02 | |
| Other income | 1(e) | 1,721.42 | 1,996.09 | 3,717.51 | 1,428.44 | 1,644.00 | 3,072.44 | |
| Total income | 77,275.99 | 36,833.18 | 114,109.17 | 81,108.99 | 19,916.78 | 101,025.77 | ||
| EXPENDITURE | ||||||||
| Church activities | 2(a) | (84,782.94) | (6,761.02) | (91,543.96) | (79,071.52) | (979.63) | (80,051.15) | |
| Mission giving, grants & donations | 2(b), 5 | (1,406.00) | (1,085.12) | (2,491.12) | (1,664.04) | - | (1,664.04) | |
| Cost of fund generating activities | 2(c) | - | (473.29) | (473.29) | - | (213.25) | (213.25) | |
| Other expenditure | 2(d) | - | (60.00) | (60.00) | - | (50.00) | (50.00) | |
| Total expenditure | (86,188.94) | (8,379.43) | (94,568.37) | (80,735.56) | (1,242.88) | (81,978.44) | ||
| Net income/(expenditure) | (8,912.95) | 28,453.75 | 19,540.80 | 373.43 | 18,673.90 | 19,047.33 | ||
| ASSETS & LIABILITIES | ||||||||
| 31-Dec-25 | 31-Dec-24 | |||||||
| Note | £ | £ | ||||||
| CURRENT ASSETS | ||||||||
| Debtors | 12,695.05 | 14,951.19 | ||||||
| Cash at bank and in hand | 95,497.22 | 71,563.67 | ||||||
| 108,192.27 | 86,514.86 | |||||||
| CURRENT LIABILITIES | ||||||||
| Accruals | (8,513.89) | (6,377.28) | ||||||
| NET ASSETS | 3 | 99,678.38 | 80,137.58 | |||||
| COMPRISING: | ||||||||
| Unrestricted funds | 4 | 20,633.11 | 30,608.90 | |||||
| Designated funds | 4 | 16,551.96 | 15,489.12 | |||||
| Restricted funds | 4 | 62,493.31 | 34,039.56 | |||||
| 99,678.38 | 80,137.58 | |||||||
| MOVEMENT IN FUNDS | ||||||||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | |||
| & Designated | Funds | 2025 | & Designated | Funds | 2024 | |||
| Funds | Funds | |||||||
| £ | £ | £ | ||||||
| Brought forward at 1 Jan 2025 | 46,098.02 | 34,039.56 | 80,137.58 | 45,724.59 | 15,365.66 | 61,090.25 | ||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Net income for the year | (8,912.95) | 28,453.75 | 19,540.80 | 373.43 | 18,673.90 | 19,047.33 | ||
| Carried forward at 31st December 2025 | 37,185.07 | 62,493.31 | 99,678.38 | 46,098.02 | 34,039.56 | 80,137.58 | ||
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| PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, HARBURY | PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, HARBURY | PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, HARBURY | PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, HARBURY | |||||
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| Registered charity: 1150990 | ||||||||
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | ||||||||
| For theyear to 31st December 2025 | ||||||||
| 1 | Analysis of income | Unrestricted | Restricted | TOTAL | Unrestricted | Restricted | TOTAL | |
| Funds | Funds | 2025 | Funds | Funds | 2024 | |||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
| 1(a) | Voluntary Income | |||||||
| Planned Giving: | ||||||||
Giving via standing order and weekly envelopes |
48,566.00 | - | 48,566.00 | 51,186.00 | - | 51,186.00 | ||
| Income Tax (Gift Aid) | 11,475.37 | 2,926.75 | 14,402.12 | 12,588.96 | 2,087.75 | 14,676.71 | ||
| Other Giving: | ||||||||
Collections at all Services |
2,441.35 | 361.50 | 2,802.85 | 2,827.26 | - | 2,827.26 | ||
| Sundry giving | 100.00 | 309.17 | 409.17 | 30.00 | - | 30.00 | ||
| Giving through Blue Envelopes | 290.00 | - | 290.00 | 335.00 | - | 335.00 | ||
| Legacies | - | - | - | 1,654.93 | - | 1,654.93 | ||
| Donations & appeals | 2,768.60 | 414.45 | 3,183.05 | 1,141.57 | - | 1,141.57 | ||
| 65,641.32 | 4,011.87 | 69,653.19 | 69,763.72 | 2,087.75 | 71,851.47 | |||
| 1(b) | Church activities | |||||||
| Tom Hauley Room ("THR") donations | 4,359.00 | - | 4,359.00 | 5,396.81 | - | 5,396.81 | ||
| Wedding fees | 56.00 | - | 56.00 | 2,268.00 | - | 2,268.00 | ||
| Funeral fees | 5,587.00 | - | 5,587.00 | 4,083.00 | - | 4,083.00 | ||
| less : assigned fees | (2,796.00) | - | (2,796.00) | (3,773.00) | - | (3,773.00) | ||
| 7,206.00 | - | 7,206.00 | 7,974.81 | - | 7,974.81 | |||
| 1(c) | Fundgenerating activities | |||||||
| Christmas Fayre | - | 1,453.00 | 1,453.00 | - | 1,466.78 | 1,466.78 | ||
| Coffee Mornings | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Stone, Sound & AV appeal | - | 29,372.22 | 29,372.22 | - | 14,718.25 | 14,718.25 | ||
| Other miscellaneous fundraising | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| - | 30,825.22 | 30,825.22 | - | 16,185.03 | 16,185.03 | |||
| 1(d) | Investment income | |||||||
| Dividends / Wayleave | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Bank interest | 2,707.25 | - | 2,707.25 | 1,942.02 | - | 1,942.02 | ||
| 2,707.25 | - | 2,707.25 | 1,942.02 | - | 1,942.02 | |||
| 1(e) | Other income | |||||||
| Grants | - | 1,420.09 | 1,420.09 | - | 1,068.00 | 1,068.00 | ||
| Contribution to expenses (Ladbroke ) | 1,721.42 | - | 1,721.42 | 1,428.44 | - | 1,428.44 | ||
| Wight School fund | - | 576.00 | 576.00 | - | 576.00 | 576.00 | ||
| 1,721.42 | 1,996.09 | 3,717.51 | 1,428.44 | 1,644.00 | 3,072.44 | |||
| TOTAL INCOME | 77,275.99 | 36,833.18 | 114,109.17 | 81,108.99 | 19,916.78 | 101,025.77 | ||
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| PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, HARBURY | PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, HARBURY | PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, HARBURY | PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, HARBURY | |||||
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| Registered charity: 1150990 | ||||||||
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | ||||||||
| Forthe yearto 31stDecember 2025 | ||||||||
| 2 | Analysis of expenditure | Unrestricted | Restricted | TOTAL | Unrestricted | Restricted | TOTAL | |
| Funds | Funds | 2025 | Funds | Funds | 2024 | |||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
| 2(a) | Church activities | |||||||
| Ministry: | ||||||||
| Parish Share | 55,260.00 | 55,260.00 | 50,903.00 | - | 50,903.00 | |||
| Rector's expenses | 1,185.15 | - | 1,185.15 | 554.50 | - | 554.50 | ||
| Curate's expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Outreach expenses | 1,189.31 | 1,189.31 | 1,016.44 | - | 1,016.44 | |||
| Youthwork | 585.95 | - | 585.95 | 496.67 | - | 496.67 | ||
| Other clergy expenses | 124.20 | - | 124.20 | 50.00 | - | 50.00 | ||
| Other expenses | 34.65 | - | 34.65 | - | - | - | ||
| 58,379.26 | - | 58,379.26 | 53,020.61 | - | 53,020.61 | |||
| Church Management & Administration: | ||||||||
Rector's PA |
5,103.72 | - | 5,103.72 | 4,309.98 | - | 4,309.98 | ||
| Printing & stationery | 1,409.99 | - | 1,409.99 | 1,262.46 | 1,262.46 | |||
| Legal fees & bank charges | 529.44 | 529.44 | 740.80 | - | 740.80 | |||
| Training & development & website maintenance | 491.71 | - | 491.71 | 486.60 | - | 486.60 | ||
| Miscellaneous expenses | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 7,534.86 | - | 7,534.86 | 6,799.84 | - | 6,799.84 | |||
| Upkeep of Church: | ||||||||
| Running expenses-insurance | 3,101.58 | - | 3,101.58 | 3,047.08 | - | 3,047.08 | ||
| Running expenses-gas | 3,396.39 | - | 3,396.39 | 3,206.07 | - | 3,206.07 | ||
| Running expenses-electricity | 1,742.76 | - | 1,742.76 | 2,060.75 | - | 2,060.75 | ||
| Maintenance of organ & piano | 288.00 | - | 288.00 | 238.00 | - | 238.00 | ||
| Major repairs, installations and fees | - | 6,438.49 | 6,438.49 | - | 672.00 | 672.00 | ||
| Furniture & furnishings | - | - | - | 597.21 | - | 597.21 | ||
| Routine maintenance | 1,347.68 | - | 1,347.68 | 1,596.87 | - | 1,596.87 | ||
| Quinquennium report | - | - | 1,140.00 | 1,140.00 | ||||
| Roofing repairs | 3,360.00 | - | 3,360.00 | 2,262.67 | - | 2,262.67 | ||
| Upkeep of Churchyard (incl. Memorial Garden): | - | 322.53 | 322.53 | - | 307.63 | 307.63 | ||
| Upkeep of services: | ||||||||
Music |
939.99 | - | 939.99 | 343.00 | - | 343.00 | ||
| Altar requisites | 558.45 | - | 558.45 | 473.50 | - | 473.50 | ||
| Leaflets & service sheets | - | - | - | 17.96 | - | 17.96 | ||
| Service books | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Other | 27.00 | - | 27.00 | - | - | - | ||
| 14,761.85 | 6,761.02 | 21,522.87 | 14,983.11 | 979.63 | 15,962.74 | |||
| Upkeep of the Tom Hauley Room: | ||||||||
Caretaking |
1,728.00 | - | 1,728.00 | 1,632.50 | - | 1,632.50 | ||
| Supplies, Maintenance & repairs | 615.40 | 615.40 | 916.70 | 916.70 | ||||
| Gas | 1,426.41 | - | 1,426.41 | 1,333.98 | - | 1,333.98 | ||
| Water | 287.16 | - | 287.16 | 227.78 | - | 227.78 | ||
| Window cleaning | 50.00 | - | 50.00 | 157.00 | - | 157.00 | ||
| 4,106.97 | - | 4,106.97 | 4,267.96 | - | 4,267.96 | |||
| TOTAL COST OF CHURCH ACTIVITIES | 84,782.94 | 6,761.02 | 91,543.96 | 79,071.52 | 979.63 | 80,051.15 | ||
| 2(b) | Mission Giving, Charitable Grants & Donations | |||||||
| Home Mission & Charitable Giving | - | 776.67 | 776.67 | 450.00 | - | 450.00 | ||
| Overseas Mission & Charitable Giving | - | 308.45 | 308.45 | 413.56 | - | 413.56 | ||
| Pastoral Discretionary Fund (designated) | 1,406.00 | - | 1,406.00 | 800.48 | - | 800.48 | ||
| 1,406.00 | 1,085.12 | 2,491.12 | 1,664.04 | - | 1,664.04 | |||
| 2(c) | Cost of fundgenerating activities | |||||||
| Christmas Fayre costs | - | 213.25 | 213.25 | - | 213.25 | 213.25 | ||
| Other fundraising costs | - | 260.04 | 260.04 | - | - | - | ||
| - | 473.29 | 473.29 | - | 213.25 | 213.25 | |||
| 2(d) | Other expenditure | |||||||
| Wight School insurance | - | 60.00 | 60.00 | - | 50.00 | 50.00 | ||
| - | 60.00 | 60.00 | - | 50.00 | 50.00 | |||
| TOTAL EXPENDITURE | 86,188.94 | 8,379.43 | 94,568.37 | 80,735.56 | 1,242.88 | 81,978.44 |
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| PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, HARBURY | PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, HARBURY | PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, HARBURY | PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, HARBURY | ||||||
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| Registered charity: 1150990 | |||||||||
| NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | |||||||||
| For the year to 31st December 2025 | |||||||||
| 3 | ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS | Unrestricted | Restricted | TOTAL | |||||
| Funds | Funds | ||||||||
| £ | £ | £ | |||||||
| Current Assets | |||||||||
| Bank Accounts: | |||||||||
| HSBC current account and petty cash | 9,000.85 | 9,000.85 | |||||||
| CCLA accounts | 19,294.66 | 67,201.71 | 86,496.37 | ||||||
| Total cash at bank | 28,295.51 | 67,201.71 | 95,497.22 | ||||||
| Debtors | 12,385.05 | 310.00 | 12,695.05 | ||||||
| Total Current Assets | 40,680.56 | 67,511.71 | 108,192.27 | ||||||
| Current Liabilities | |||||||||
| Creditors & accruals | (3,495.49) | (5,018.40) | (8,513.89) | ||||||
| Fund balance | 37,185.07 | 62,493.31 | 99,678.38 | ||||||
| 4 | FUND DETAILS | Opening | income | expenditure | Closing | ||||
| balance | balance | ||||||||
| as at 1.1.25 | as at 31.12.25 | ||||||||
| Restricted funds: | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||||
| Belfry fund | 3,164.93 | (2,880.00) | 284.93 | ||||||
| Sprawson Trust Fund | 1,232.04 | (322.53) | 909.51 | ||||||
| Holiday at Home | 121.11 | 121.11 | |||||||
| "Thinking Allowed"/Mission | 480.35 | 480.35 | |||||||
| Julian Group | 79.90 | 79.90 | |||||||
| Memorial Garden | 667.09 | 667.09 | |||||||
| Wight School | 6,392.14 | 576.00 | (60.00) | 6,908.14 | |||||
| AV projector fund | 4,014.47 | 10,000.00 | 14,014.47 500.00 |
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| THR decoration and cooker (grant from WI) | 500.00 | 500.00 | (500.00) | ||||||
| collection raised in memory-Bees Abroad | 309.17 | (309.17) | |||||||
| Funds raised re overseas mission | - | 308.45 | (308.45) | - | |||||
| Funds raised for Foodbank | - | 467.50 | (467.50) | - | |||||
| Stone, Sound & AV project | 17,387.53 | 24,672.06 | (3,531.78) | 38,527.81 | |||||
| Restricted funds movement | 34,039.56 | 36,833.18 | (8,379.43) | - | 62,493.31 | ||||
| Opening | Closing | ||||||||
| balance | balance | ||||||||
| Unrestricted & Designated funds:- | as at 1.1.25 | income | expenditure | annual movt | as at 31.12.25 | ||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |||||
| General fund | 30,608.90 | 74,807.15 | (84,782.94) | (9,975.79) | 20,633.11 | ||||
| Designated-Stone, Sound & AV | 15,000.00 | 15,000.00 | |||||||
| Designated-wallpanels | 178.85 | 178.85 | |||||||
| Designated parish discretionary fund | 310.27 | 2,468.84 | (1,406.00) | 1,062.84 | 1,373.11 | ||||
| 46,098.02 | 77,275.99 | (86,188.94) | (8,912.95) | 37,185.07 | |||||
| SSAV 68,042.28 |
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| 5 | DETAILS OF OUTWARD GIVING | ||||||||
| £ | |||||||||
| Fosse Foodbank (Kineton PCC) | 467.50 | ||||||||
| Bees Abroad (imo collection) | 309.17 | ||||||||
| Discretionary grants | 1,406.00 | ||||||||
| Myanmar appeal | 308.45 | ||||||||
| 2,491.12 | |||||||||
| - | |||||||||
| 6 | DETAILS OF PRIVATE BENEFIT | ||||||||
| As the PCC is a charity it is required to comply with the provisions of the Charities Act and to publish details of any private benefit received by any trustee. All members of the PCC are charity trustees. No benefits have been received this year. |
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Independent examinerfs report on the accounts CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Section A Ind¢pendent Examiner's Rèport Rgport to the trusteesl membèrs of All Saints Chur¢h Harbury On accounts for the y•ar ended 31 Oecember 2025 Charity no lif any) Set out on pagos 1193 R•spectiv• respon¥ibilltie3 of trustees and examiner The charty's trustee5 are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audrt is not required for this year under section 144 of the Chanties Ad 2011 1 the Charities Act") and that an independent examination is needed. I 000 8nd I It is my responsibility to-. examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charitiès Act, to follow the procedures laid down in the gen81al Dired10ns 9iven by the Charity Commission (under section 14515llbl of the Charities A¢t, and lo state whether particular matters have wme lo my attention. Basis of ind•pendont My examination was carried out In 8GGordance with general Directions givon examiner's statsment by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those r8eords. It also inc1uL1es consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts. and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the eviden that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion Is given as to whether the accounts present a'true and fair. view and the report is limited lo those matters set out in tha staternent beltsw. Independent In connection with my examination, no matter has comg to my attention examiner's statement lother than that disclosed below") 1. which gives me ièasonable cause to believe that in. 8ny material respect. the reqtjirements. to keep accounting rerdS in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act., and lo prepare accoun15 which accord wlh the accounting records and comply with the 8ccounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met., OT 2. to which, in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order lo enable propel understanding of the a{Int3 to be reach¥d. Pleasg delete the words in th8 brackets rftljey do not apply. Dats: 3rd March 202e Signed.. Name: Peter Wilson IER
Relevant professional qualificationlsl or body lif anyl- Chartered Accountant Addr¢$s: Studio Cottage. 39 Farm Street Harbury, Warks. CV33 9LS ection B Disclosure Only cotnplele il the examinei needs to highlight matsrial probletns.IE.b5 aecountingre¢ords haye notbeen kept In accordèn¢Èwith 5132 of thecharities, Att2011 and thase accountsd4 nottornpty wIthth&qUIrernets0f the 2008 Regulationssettingoutthefortn and contentof ¢harity accounts,. any rnateriol expenditure Dradlon which appears notto be in accordancewlth thetrustsofth&charity,' any failur&to be prow08d with infomiation and w18nationsbyany p35torptesenttswstee, offi¢eroremployee', 0 any m£terial ¢0nsistencybeen the accountsand thetruste8s' annual pOrt.) 191Page