GORING PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNaL
sr THOMAS OF CANTERBURY CHURCH
GORING ON THAMES, OXFORDSHIRE
Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31" December 2025
THE CHURCH
OF ENGLAND
Registered Charity Number= 1152514
ThLs parish Is a part of the Benefice of Goring and Streatley with South Stoke

OveNiew of Parish activity
St Thomas ol Canterbury Chur¢* is sitU8led in Goring village rear Ihe banks of Ihe Tiver Thames. It has been 8 place of worship
since before the 11th Century. It is one of three parishes ft)rming the Benefice of Goring and Strealey with South Stoke, the other
parishes being St Marfs, Streauey an(J St AndreWs. South Stoke. and part ofthe Hen￿ Deanery Trmthin the DK)cese ofoxford. The
Parochial Ch*Jrch Counal IPCC) is registeied with the Charity Cornmission June 2013. CharTty numi*r 1152514.
Church members who have seNed on the PCC in 2025:
Clergy=
vI￿r
Revd Ben Phill¢ps
Assixsate Priest
Revd Wen0¥ Middleton
Pemiwon to Officiate Rev(1 Liz D(ywding
C8ns•J Lay Ministers Mrs Judith Aguda
Mrs JLKliih Hogg
Ekcl(Kal Roll Officer
(leanery Synod rep
Wardens
Brenda Kerr M￿r
Rob Howard
Lay vv-cha1m￿n. Dea￿ry Synod rep
Elected membe
BridW Braham
Alison Gray
Simon Menitt
Elizabeth Parkirwn
Don Shrimpton
Christophef Tas%ell
Melissa Walker
Mattf*w Walker
{unlil ￿ Junè 20251
HorKJrary Treasu
Mr Henry P8tkinson o)nlinued as nort-voling Hormyary Seuetary
The structure, govemance and actiwty of the PCC is Tegulated urKlerlhe Church RepTesentalion Rule5 2fY22. MembeTS ofthe Church
community are eno)uraged to join Ihe Elecioral Roll arKI stand for electb)n to the PCG. Respon$ibilty for tke ￿MplIatIon of the
Electoral Roll was held by Judith Aguda. The numter on El8ctOf31 Roll rep)rted ty Judith at thè 2025 Annual Parwhial Church
Meeting was 95.
The P8Msh Mission Statement is..
To undèrst8nd fully the Good News ofourfaith aThY to be ai*we disc¥iles of Christin ourown community. To make our
Ghurrh 8 wel¢(Mnin9 and ftE1eVantpla￿ ￿ Ihe lrfe dthe viffage arxl to tske seriously ￿rreSpOn￿￿1￿8 to th8 wider wortd.
The normal pattern of se￿￿eS was". first Sunday- F￿lty Serv￿ arm1 Cmral BCP evensong., second and fourth Sundays- Sung
Holy Communion Common Worship: and third Sunday- G(K)d News, Service of ihe Word formal. The 8am BCP Holy Communion
on Sundays contintjed weekly, atternab.ng wth St Marls. Hoty C(xnmunM)n was delNefed to Communicants in the Sumrner by the
Common Cup but sadty it was resume(I by intiTrliThJ the vdfer at all services by the end of the year. The monthly Prayer Breakfast
¢onb"nued throUgh￿t the year.
The PCC met on 4 occasK)ns during 2025 urKlet the chairnwnship of Revd Ben Phrflips. The￿ were PCC meetings on 8UI January,
26th Maich, Junè 25th. and 15th October. The VKxr and Wardens ofthe Beneffi¢* PCC nwtings approximatdy every 8
weeks in between. The APCM was conducted at 11am on M8y 18th wth members of the (rJngregat#* presènt.
During Christian Aid Week, we de￿V¥8(1 envew to wple's ￿yneS with a Th)te asking them to tske th&ir donations to Jadt's or
Inspiration for Gfthng and Streat*, ￿the Sh¥J in S(xth Sknke. h seen*d to well raising a totsl of £2,￿.
The life of the parish and yroup adNities njn to enhance atjj fiJrlher ihe aims of the MissK)n Statement i￿ludIng D￿￿ng Deeper.
The weekly newslettèr conlinued to be a vrtal support and CoMm￿lC￿￿On clwinel to churcth members throughwt the year. We are
m95t gratefu1 to Jill Kirtjy for putting it tc¥Jether and to all Ih)se who prepared the intercessions - we now used Roots prayers when
not spadally written. Peopbe ojntirwed to ￿ adtsd to the ciryxjlabw list and a paper copy was deknvered to Iv)mes forthose withixjt
inlern&t.
The PCC discuss￿ * length the prcposal for Primary sthool lo federate with Stoke Row Primary sthool and our concem for
fewer local peoplè ￿Ing Tn¥ofved in the depths of oovemaThz and so brwlenirvJ understanding and support of the school.
The PCC is indebted lo the small band of Fewe who larthfulty unlcd( and k¢k the d)urch th)or day so th* the building may be
a place of welcrmne. 8oLq¢e and refuge for those who S￿ passirrfJ and c*K)osè to enter.
Statistics in the Service Regisler durir¥J 2025 5adty conlinu&d to sh(N ￿UL￿d attendance throughout the yeaT- prwandemic 8&
), pOSt-paf￿eMic 45-50. The Servi￿ at Easter and Christrnas were well suFwrted a lot of people attending. The￿ were 2
Weddings and 14 Funerals or ThanksgNing servws and 4 funera15 hek1 at the Crematcrfium 89 well as 4 burials of ashes.
Brenda Kerr Muir & Rob Howard
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FINANCIAL REVIEW for 2025
Total Funds of the PCC decreased $I￿hty during 2025 from £465,257 at the stsrt of the year to £462.952 on 31$t
December 2025".
2025
209,290
71.436
182.226
2024
209.317
66,126
189,814
465.257
Unrestricted Funds
R8Stncted Funds
Endowments
Total Funds
These figures do not include Mission and Charity Giving. During the year £2.107 was raised1£2,219 in 2024} ft)r CMS
lo support the work done by Steve & Lyndsey Poulson and other chartbes including DEC, Royal British Legion and
Embrace the Middle East.
A significant decision wa5 tsken during 2025 to support a numt*r of church members who have been involved in
developing an exciting project called Just Grow to be an example of whays possible and replicable hand in hand with
many other initiatives enabling a fairer more sustainable system. when the communty takes responsibility for
stswarding land as part of a just food system. The PCC has Off￿ed to support the Just Grow project with a donation of
up to £50,000 from a recent legacy from Daphne Prue, herself a ￿tanIst which was grfted to the PCC, subject lo
Diocesan approval. Payment has not yet been made and therefore the donation is not included in the accounts to 31
December 2025.
Unrestricted Funds
Unreslricted Funds consist ofthe General Fund and the legacy from Daphne Prue (see atove} known as the w￿r and
Wardens Fund
Income for the fijnds in 2025 was £118.401 {£131,240 in 2024}- The decrease is due to lower leve5 of recurring
income and a lower level of interest dunng the year. The PCC is eXtre￿￿ty grateful for the on-going support from all its
regular and occasional donors.
However. njnning costs were also lower in 2025- £118.428 {compared tr) £134.257 in 20241. This was principally due
to a decrease in the cost of major repairs following Comp￿tiOn of the work required by the Last quinquennial report (some
£8.000 in 2025 ￿rnPared to nearty £26,000 in 2024}.
A5 a result, unrestricted Funds fell by £27 onty in 2025. In 2024 unrestrlcted funds fell by £3,017. These results for 2025
are summarised below.
General Fund
122,988
115,294
1110.268}
Vicar & Wardens
86.329
3,107
(8.160)
Total
209.317
118,401
1118,428)
Unrestricted Funds al 1 January 2025
Incoming resources
Resources expended
Exceptional Item
Unrestricted Funds at 31 Decemter 2025
128,014
209 290
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Restricted and Endowment Funds
Restricted Funds are held for specific purposes and cannot be used for general running expenses. They increased
slightly during the year trom £66,126 at the end of 2024 to £71,436 on 31st December 2025. We continued to support
our first organ scholar during the year. The MUS￿ Outreach Fund is funded by donation and fund-raising events to
promote music outside the church communty using the newty ftjmished organ and the communfty piano. The General
Repair Fund and Church Room Trust onty used for major repairs and renoVa￿nS, and the Choir Fund is for
hoir expenses on
Owiing
In
Out Transfvrs
C105ing
Repair Fund
Church Room Trust
Bell Ringers Fund
Choir Fund
Organ Scholarship Fund
Piano Fund
Music Outreach Fund
6.246
25.OYJ
6.387
2.954
21.328
1.678
443
6.689
29,732
6.517
2,709
20,837
1,678
3,274
5XI
278
(4C¥))
(523)
1248
1408)
e6.126
7.437
,12
71,436
Endowment Funds During 2025 endowment decreased in value from £189.814 to £182.226 { r&Juth"on of £7.588 1
reflecting changes in the stock matket generalty.
There are three endowments funds..
The Smallbone Bequest and Church Room Trust are endowments whsch are held in perpetuty.
Goring PCC Income Fund was established from the PCC'S share of the proceeds of sale of the curate's house
in We$￿aY, Gonng and the incorrE is paKI into the General Fund.
The Audited A counts ar& attached on
Don Shrimpton Trga$urer
Date
2 rf(Lfcl 2oLL
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Parochlal Church Council of St Thomas of Cantertjury. Gorfng on Thames
Ststsmgnt of Flnanclal Activltles
For the year ending 31 Det•mber 2025
Income & Expenses for the Year
FuTh1s
Total 2024
Incomln9 Res¢)urcqs
Voluntary InGome
ActwitEs for 9eneraiing hJThJs
Income from investments
Totsl Incoming R8sourc88
21a}
21bl
21cl
98.4x1
14.512
5.459
118.401
98.897
16.038
lo.￿3
125,838
113.268
17.112
12.007
142.387
1.526
Resources Expended
Parish share & Deanery¥xs
Ch8rtsble giving
Church activit*s
Chur¢h project vjgts
G¢vernants costs
Totsl Re$c*ufc88 Expended
al
31bl
31cl
31dl
31el
59,5TO
59.570
59.786
2.219
76.148
58.318
2,127
e￿.145
540
120.555
560
1 J8.713
118.428
2.127
Net In¢¢>Tnlng resources befor8
exceptional item8, gaiTh8 &nd losw on
Investments and trdnsfvrs
5.310
5.283
3.674
EX￿pt￿n#1 Items
IL05s1 l Gains on invesbn8ntsdurir#J IhE ￿ar
Transfer5 be￿n funds
(7.5881
17,5881
4247
Net Al￿eMent ￿ Funds
pn
5,310
17.5881
12.3051
7.921
Balances brought fO￿*d 1 January
209,317
66.126
189,814
465,257
457.336
Baldn¢￿ Carrled foNArd 31 Decembèr
71.4
182226
462.952
465.257
Balancg Sheet at 31st December 2025 Unrestr¥xed Restricled En(kn
FuThts
Fur
Funds
Total 2025
Tt)ts12024
Fixed Assèts
Office Equipment
Investments
182,226
182 228
182,226
182.226
189814
189814
Current **s0ts
D&blors
CAF & CCLA Deposit FuThJ8
Cash at bank
4.195
113.877
95.*5
214.037
4,195
151.758
129.520
285.473
3.928
151.6£6
122 729
2-:8 323
37.881
71,436
Current Uabiifd8S
Creditors
Loans
981
14.747)
14.74n
12.8801
4.74
4.747
2.8801
TOTAL NET ASSErs
209.￿*
71.436
182,226
462.952
465.2S7
Funds ofth• Church
Unre$tfictsd Fund
General Fund
Vicar & Wardens Fund
10(bl
128.014
81276
128,014
81.276
122.988
e6.329
Restricted Funds
Repair Fund
Church Room Ttust
Bell Ringers
Choir Fund
Organ Scholarship If0rtt*ty1kg￿ R8pair) FuThJ
Piano Fund
Music Outreach Fund
Mission Giving
Invèstment Funds
1Clal
6.689
29.n2
6,517
2.709
20.837
3.274
1.678
6.689
29.732
6.517
2.709
20.837
3.274
1.678
6.246
25.099
6,387
2.954
21,328
2.434
1.678
182226
182.226
189.814
TOTAL FUND8 OF THE CHURCH
209.2
71,436
182.226
462.952
4S4 257
The not*s on
Approved In draft ty the Paroch￿1 Church CourKII on 7th January 2026 and In flnal fo￿ trj tl*Sta
on 2nd March. Th8aGGOUErfS al&sigr￿d on I￿h￿tel the PCC *.
Committee of the PCC
Ben Phillips
Brenda Kerrmulr

Parochial Church Council of St Thomas of Canterbury, Goring on Thames
Notes on the Financial Ststsments for the year ended 31 December 2025
1.1) Accountlng Policbes
The financial ststements have teen prepared in accordance wth the Church Accounting Regulations 2006, the Charit
Act 1993. applicable accounting standards and the Statement of R￿Mrnended PractIce"A￿0￿nti￿9 and Reports"ng by
Charities" (revised 2005)
The Financial statements have been prepatgj under the histori(21 cost convention excepl for the valuab.on of investsment
assets, which a￿ shown at market value. The financial statements include all transactK)ns. assets and liabilties for
which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of chuch grotjps that owe their main affiliation to
another body, nor those that are infomial gatherings of church mernL*rs.
1.2) Funds
Per
etual Endowment Funds are fvnds, the capttal of wh￿h must be maintained in perpetuty. onty income arising from
the investment of the endowment may be used either as restncted or Unrestri￿ funds depending on the purpose
for which the endowment was established
Reslricled Funds represent la) income from trusts of endowments whth may be expended onty on those resttcted
objectives provided in the terms of the trust or tequest and {bl donab.ons or grants received for the specific object or
invited by the PCC for a specific object The fvnds may onty te expended on the s￿[fiC object for which they we
given. Any balance ￿maInIng unspent at the end of each year must nomially be carried fotward as a balance ors that fund.
The PCC does not usually invest separately for each furKI. Where there is no separate investsment, the interest is
apportioned to indiv￿u81 funds on an average balance basis.
Unrestricted funds are general funds whth can be used for the PCC ordirsary purposes
Incoming Resources
Planned giving, collections and donations are recognised when received. Tax refvnds are recognised when the incoming
resource to which they relate is r￿1ved. Grants and legaC￿S are accounted for when the PCC is legalty entitled to the
amounts due. Dividends are acryjunted when receivable, interest is accrued. All other income is recognised when it is
receivable. Al incoming resources are accounted for gross.
Resources expended
ExFenditure is accounted for on an accTuals basis and is re¢c•Jnised when I￿￿e is a legal or constructive obligation to
pay for goods or seNices. Grants and charitable giving are ac￿untable for when paid over or when awarded, if the award
creates a binding or constructNe obligation on the PCC. The dwesan parish share is axounted for when due. Al other
expenditure is generally recognised when it is in¢uTred and is accounted for gross.
Fixed Assets
Consecrated and beneffi￿ propety is not included in the accounts in ￿OrdanCe with s.*{2}la) of the Charitses Act 1993.
No value is placed on rnovable church fumishings held by the church vrardens on s￿181 Iwst for the PCC and which
require a facuty for diswsal since the PCC considers this inalEnable propety. All expenditure incurred during the
year on consecrated or beneficed buildings and Movab￿ church fijmishings. whether maintenance or improvement, is
written off a5 expenditure in the SOFA Equipment used within church premises is depr￿lated on a straight line basis
over five years. Individual items a purchase of £5CKJ or less are written off when the asset is acquired.
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Parochlal Church COU￿11 of St Thomas of Canterbury. Goring on Th•Ms
Financial Statements forthe year ondgd 31 December 2025
Notss to the Accounts contlnuod
FUTh
FuThts
1202
I INCOMING RESOURCES
21al Voluntary ITKOM
RgGurrlng Incomo
Gift Aid Giving
Tax recovered I recoverab
Colkctrons (open pLgtel
Parish
23,551
17.272
23.$51
17.272
25.871
18.463
44.479
44.479
88.350
46.950
97 281
No￿￿O¢Yrrtn9 Incomo
Donabons and lega(ie$
SUMUP don8ts.ony
Tax recovered
Bdl rirvJety peal fees
Grants
Church Fl(A¥er5
Pick a FBc*
Non recumng colkdM5
Other income
VAT Ecovered
Ride & SlddÈ
Seat Sa
1.292
3,434
127
7.178
281
241
3.434
127
1.045
455
415
372
1.146
317
415
372
1.146
291
2.429
4.317
250
10.080
250
10,547
467
15.987
21al Total voluntary Incom8
98.430
98.897
113.268
21bl A¢t5v6tl8s for gon&￿Ing furKIs
Fees-weddings. fvnera15 et¢
Canterbury room fees
Social Èvents. Con￿rtS & &rvJw¥J Workshops
Sunday ￿fIe£ cor)trU)ubons
5.174
7.79)
278
5.452
7.750
6.912
8.556
1,63e
1248
14.512
1.526
16.038
21cl Investment Incom•
Divide￿5
Dep05it fu￿ intere51
1.649
3.810
5.459
3.625
1,819
8.274
5.629
lo,￿3
5558
6.449
12 007
TOTAL INCOMING REOURCES
118.401
7.437
125.838
142.387
3. RESOURCES EXPENDED
31al Parish Shar•
Deanery eXper￿S
59.081
59.081
59.277
509
Jlbl Mlsslonary & ¢harltgblo Gfvlng
2,219
3cl Church ktlvttks
Church nJnnin9 costs
Maintenance of Church aThJ Churthyard
se￿1￿ costs ind organist and chDir
Support. Adfflinislraiion & Mk5c. Costs
CuraiÈ's hou%- Goutvl tsx and water
Parish Admirdslratofs saiqry
Clergy expenses
Bank and Card Pro¢esswvJ fees
MU￿¢ Sd)olatsh4)
Social events. CorKert5 & Sir¥Jir¥J W(wk5hops
17.847
23.181
17.847
23,849
7.857
4,019
13.T70
43.292
7.448
4.134
3.879
5,652
3f3
112
5.526
289
375
313
112
1.956
76 148
58.318
2.127
60.445
31dl Church Project Costs
Archileci and professvjnal fee
Organ restoration costs
31el Govornanco Costs
Audil & bank fees
540
TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED
118,428
2.127
120.555
4gl EX￿￿o￿al Etem
Rent cwitorno ioThJerrequired

Parochlal Church Council of St Thornas ofcanterbury, Goring on Tharn•s
Finaneial Statements forthe year ended 31 L)ecember 2025
Not95 to th• Accounts continued
2025
5 AUDIT FEE
Audil fee frx
560
6. TRLISTEE REMLINERATlOt4 EXPENSES
7 FIXED NSSETS
General Ful￿. Offic•Equlwmrrt
yJrc*
RLW Try￿1
Gon
pcc
Endowmgnt Fund5. Inve¥trTrpnty
Pwpetu31
Or£rMrvJ caEMtal 9 fvtsY¢h 1967
Op8nin4 ¢apiisl 23 Apnl 1985
Unwlwd gowi ptiLWya8rs
AI 1 JE4yJory ￿24
2(M)
17.885
106 882
124.747
5.734
59.313
189.814
UNeJi%ed Ilknssl CLwrNrtyBHr
122>}
14.98
12.3721
I7.￿8)
Al 31 D￿m￿er2024
119.7eo
56.951
The Churth RLUM Tr￿t * a ¢h¥ity ￿￿ter•I GMro Ecrkntical Ctwity 1numL*r2￿)B03I. 11
e*atlisW wt fAthe rKrrMdsol sth B) 1985 Of￿ LxHthJ knY*ty kn￿ sstr* ChuKh Rr￿rn land as GDriW Wl*e Hall. The
Ir￿ ￿ restrKa¥J 8r*J b8 CkwJKh *d th•wth8ep reparof8nythurth hau byth2 p￿Sh.
8. DEBTORS AND PREPAYIIEiirs
Tax rgfvThldu
Gr¥nis
Sundry Debt
1,840
2,69S
4.195
2.068
3,928
4.195
9. CREDITORS LOANS
91al Professic￿l feescrethtLr
Energy Credi￿
2.880
1.317
1.800
530
sso
2.880
1.317
Authl f
4.747
4.747
91bl Logns
10. FVPID ANALYSIS
FuTrJ
FwLd ba1￿CeS
10{•l RejtrIct￿ Funds
R¥*ir Fu
Church RoKwn Tm
Bdl Rirgws Fund
cho￿ Fund
Organ Schothhi) F￿j
p￿n0 Funo
6.246
443
6,889
29,732
8,517
2,709
20,837
1,678
3.274
6.387
14(KJ)
15231
961
278
21.L8
1.678
(4081
7.437
2.12
10lbl unres1￿ Fund
VKar& Wthery¥ Total Unrestricted
Fu
Fur￿5
8ank B¥*es
Debtor5
LIaknI￿es
Unr•sbSctsd Fundts at l Jwwy 2025
121.940
208,269
3.928
122,968
115.294
1110,2681
209,317
118.401
3.107
Excepknon¥l ftem
Unrestricted FuNJ8 4t31 09￿mber￿)Is
128 014
81 276
209 290

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