The Paroehial Church Council of the Eceleslastieal ParAsh of Billingham Flnancial Ststements For the year ended 31st December 2025 The Parochlal Church Coundl of the Ecclesffiastleal Parish of Billingham Index Annual R¢port Report of tbe Jnd¢pendent Exami Ststement of Financial Artivities Balance Sbcet Notes to th¢ Finoneial Ststements 7-11 The P*rochi81 Church Council of the Ec¢le51astkAI Parlsh of Bllllngham Attnllal Report For the year ended 31st December 2025 The PAr￿hla1 CbuTch Council present their report and finaD¢ial ststements for the year ¢nd¢d 3181 December 2025. Reference and Administr#tlon Infom•tion incipal addr Billingbam Parish Office Si. Aidon$ Church Tintern Av¢uue Billingbam TS23 2DF Stat￿4 R¢gistered Charity No: 1158588 cha1T￿￿on8 Rcv. D. Brooke Rev. M. Wa¢heptt (r￿[Ca9[2$> (winitd V251 Treasurer Mrs M Myers¢ou8h Members R¢v. D. Bronke Rev. M. Wachepa Mrs. J. Allison Mrs. L. Brougbton Mr. R. Malhalha Mrs. A. Kerridge Mr,. D. Stockton Mr. J. E. Shiel MTS. M. Myerscough MTh. M. Leckonby Mr. P. J. Jones Mr. E. H8]1 Mrs. E. Hollifield Mr. G. Thirlaway Mrs. N. Englith Mrs. J. Dixon Mr. C. wellin￿On Ms. A. Cornforth Mr. J. Allen Mr. D. All¢n Ms. J Turley l4wir4A￿12o25) law￿A￿l2025} I$FYtsitdA￿1202$ (rni8n￿April 202JI If¢Ji￿r￿A￿lI 11251 April ￿25) Inw8DEdApJil ￿25) ([¢￿￿E￿A]HI1 ))25) (tttyrtdAFall2Q25) It￿￿￿￿¢d 2015) Indepelld¢nt Examina8 Lytme Dickson FCA JBC Accounlallts Limitul 3B Lo¢khe¢d Court Vreston P'arni St(th0ll￿n-Te¢s TS18 3SH Bankers National Westininisler Ballk pl¢ 123 High Street st￿ktOn￿On-TrtS TS18 IAY The Parochial Cbureh Counell of the Etcle8AastlcAI Parish of BiUingbaJn Abnllal R¢port For the vear ended 31st December 2025 The primary obj¢ct of th¢ PCC is the promotioll of the Gospcl of (x]r LATrrd J¢su8 Christ according to the doctrines and pIactic¢s of the Chutrh of Et)g]8nd. The P￿ of Billintham Parish has the Tesponsibility of ewerntin8 with the clergy team in promoting in the ¢eclesAasti parish. the whole mission of the Churcb, p&8tornl, ev8nge]istic, ￿￿1&1 and ecummical. The PCC 18 CODmutted to enabling as n)any pg)ple as poSs￿le io worship at the ChwclTh in th¢ Parish and become part or the BillinO)am Patysh eoj)llnunity. The PCC maintains an overview of worship thTougknut tbe parish and n)ak¢s su8%estiom on how Ourse￿1¢¢8 can involve the many ￿0upS that ]iv¢ within our parisb. Whal planning our activities for the yeaT. th¢ in¢umbent tbe PCC have considered the Contsnissioo's guidAnce on public benefit alld. in parti¢ular. th¢ S￿¢]fiC guidaD¢e on charities for the advancement of reli8ion. ]n parti¢ular. we ty to wble ordinary people to livc out their faith 88 part of ow parish colnmunity tl)rou8h.. - Worship proyer: learnin8 abo￿ th¢ Go$pel and dev¢loping their knowlalge and tr￿￿t in Jesus. - Pmvision of pastoral care for ￿Ople living in ¢h¢ paTi8b,' - MissioDary and outr¢a¢h Work Aehlevernents ond P¢rfornian¢¢ This has be￿ a difficvlt year for the parith. Rev. D. Brooke retired ill September 2025. Adv¢rts hove been plated for a iiew Team Rector for Billingham Parith. Rev. M. Wacbepa, Team Viur, has tthn overmarty of the responsibilities of nmning the parish until a new Team Rector is r¢miiled. Spending continued to cut into re8erve4 with the purchase of new dooTS at St. Aidall4 fl(￿￿118￿tlng at St. Cuthberts and deptisits paid on new Toofing (solar pane18 End rLN)fingl whieh will be instajled in 2026 al St. Athan$ Chureb. A loan fr(￿n th¢ Dioc¢s¢ of Dutham of £50,000 is being negotl8ted to help pay for tlLe solar panel&lroofing. 1¢ reported that a new boiler would be ￿quIred 41 St Pet￿ church and most of the fvnding for this will come from an appeal lo the ¢oJj￿egali0n of St Perers. The boilers will be installed in 2026. Dis¢ussions continued with the Diocese and Friend$ of St Cutbberts. on the closure of St CuthbeTts church. It is hoped that the'Friends of St Cuthberts, will be able to take over the njnning of the building at some ttme in the fijture. These dis¢ussion$ have taken up a lot of valuable limc wh?ch has eatcn into the tim¢ avaÉlable to addres5 the Mis510D of th¢ Parish. Finallclal R¢vkw TotAI inc0mingres0uw￿ on unTtslTiCtcd fun(L8 were £116.235 (2024.. £138,240), tyf which £31,801 (2024: £28,126) were plann￿ volutttary dollatioJL8 and £17,069 (2024.. £34,536) were from wedding8 &nd fimera]s. Restricted donations received from appul$ dwing the year for St A*JaJ3 Toof and St Prten boilerwere £23,204 (2024.. £nil). Our DI￿$all Quota paid foT 2025 was £64.0(KI (2024.. £62,924). Reser¥e9 poIIcy li ig the intention of the PCC to maintain a balwn¢e on ￿T￿eSIr1ctcd fullds. which equates to at l¢ast six montbs vnttstrtoted payments. lo cover signifi￿nt 1058 of income in 8 particular year. This has been Tedu¢ed from £50,(100 to £25,000 in the ye The balance held on unrestricted fmds is in lin¢ with this p)licy. Pate 2 The Parocbtsl Cowidl of the E¢(4egl*BtleAI P•riBh of BIVlngh8m Aunual R¢port For the yw ended 31rt De¢4mbff 2015 Strnctsrn, GoveTrArtet aDd Man•g¢D￿t ThePIN￿l£l Church Coun¢yl is a coryjmte body ¢stsb]ithtd by the tsfEng]thd The Kfopernre9 wderthe Chwrh Council Powers Mwure (1956) as amelldtd Chywh Trpruentotiofyrnles thal¢Ame lit April 2013. Thc Jsrry￿tO rqi5tttwith th¢ Chariliu Commissi￿. Th¢m¢tlwdof wintm•Ji of PCCmenth•B IB Brt out in tb¢Chur¢b knle8. All (*wcb atte￿Ie￿atr tn(a1tsra￿lO ttgisler on the Elect(rt81 Roll and stsnd for clrdion to th¢ P(f. whrn, and where nwsary. The P¢ch￿ a StnDdingCommiUee wbicb TD¢etB re8ularly to di6¢USg all aTELS of thekn*8i¢S ud a¢tsirytrsof th¢ PCC aod to &cid¢ 00 Ill Conrsesof a¢tion. C¢naiD thsks ar¢ d¢lw*d whwe ne¢euaryaTJd O>ordinatoJFh8￿I) The J￿iOr to which th¢ p￿ IS￿￿)￿￿￿ aB Mkntifi¢d by the PCC methkn,hBv¢bEth revi¢wed and s￿le117$ or procedmw hiv¢ been establi¥brd to rnallAg¢tho8È1isk& 2030 Th¢ PCC hope th&t an b¢ reached wilb'ThtFrw￿$ ofSI CUthb￿*S.whCr¢bY th¢ywill pay all the ttce& bills in conneL*ion with keepin8 ¢huYeh 0￿￿ a decision iy ￿tsde Rbolltth¢dOM￿ts￿by The Fti#)d& Jn th¢ taLtim4 a 4iviThgcÉmptii￿ WUI t4kn pjxe lo try to An￿ed5¢ th¢ baDk bthce of th¢ Parigh. Fl#ally I would liTr¢ thi thaAk oll lknc who have continued to h¢lp with all fmaD¢ial mBUets IwiDgthi$ ycor. P2rticulorth&Lks so ￿ the followlts MT Jolm All Mr P*r J(me$ Laidy? i1nport4ntty.h￿( frlt patitsth to eth ¢v¢rypcxson who h•$ tot￿b￿lIt￿ to the by proyw *rndlorfiDErKia] givi¥ Prn>%T￿ftde1PinS eYrNhiLgwe doaTrJoot finaucu ¢nabl¢ itto hw). Pl¢￿ ¢ODtinue to ￿8Y forlfjs provi8iffj and ptcthtioD as w¢ ¢udeaYoni to th¢ ofHts towothip pro¢l8tsn theGospel andTe4eh out to thoBe ID neal. i&1 It￿ed on tbebbeholf by. AHm>vedbyth¢ PCC Mr& fvL Myer¢ouzb. TreAATer P4e3 The P4rochial Cbureh Council of the E¢d¢stsstical Parish of Billingham Report of the Independent Examiner For the year ended 31st Decemb¢r 21)25 I report on the accounts of the PCC for the year ended 31st December 2025, which are set (Art on pages 5 10 11. RespDn5ibilities b481$ of report As the membeTS of the PCC, you responsible for the preparation of the aecounts ID a￿ordanCe with the uiremenls of the Charities A¢t 2011 ("the Act"). I re[￿ in respect of n)y examination on the PCc￿ a¢¢ounts carTied oui under section 145 of lh¢ 2011 Act and in carrying out my exa]llinatio￿ I hav¢ followed all the applicable Dire¢tions given by the Charity Conllnission under section 145(5)(b) of the ACL Independejjt examiner's Statement I hav¢ completed my examination. I ¢onfJrm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection th¢ examination which gives ine cause lo beli¢v¢ that in, anymaleriBI respect: - tIL¢ accounting rm)rds were not kept in accordance wilh section 130 of th¢ Charities Act" or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting re¢ords; or - th¢ a¢¢ounts did not comply with the applicable re4wiremenls concrng the foym and content of accounts scl out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulaiions 2008 other than 8ny T¢quir¢ment that thc accounts give a Yrne and faiv view which is not a maiter consider¢d as part of an illdepend¢ni ¢xamination. I hav¢ no wncerns and have come across no other matters in coDn¢¢tion with thc examinalion to which attention Should be drawn in this rewrt in order to enable a pr￿r utsderslandiug of th¢ accounts w be reaehed. Sigtttd: Lfj)Id Name: Lynne Dickson FCA Flrm: JBC Accountants Lin)it Address: 3B LKJckb¢¢d Court Preston FaT Stockton-on-Tees TS18 3SH Date: Iq fvpid lollo Page 4 The ParoehRal Church Councll of the Ecelesiastlcal Parhh of Billingham Ststement of Flnancial A¢tiviUe5 For the year ended 318t December 2025 Unrestrlcted Res¢rlded Fund8 Funds Total 2024 2025 Note In¢ome and endowment5 from: Donaiions and legacies Chttych aclEvilies Other tradingactiTr71ies Investments Other 67.927 42.194 5.598 516 23.204 91,131 42,194 5.598 516 68,264 64,605 4.796 575 2b 116, 23.204 139,439 138,240 Exp¢nditure on: Ra￿l￿gI￿ndS gving & donalionr ChurLh aciiviiies 3b 166,273 622 166,895 199.013 Totsl 166,27 622 166,895 Nel in¢omel(expenditure) before lllve8tment galDS (50,038) 22582 (27.456) (60,773) Net losse￿£11￿$ i•vestmeDts (530) (530) 363 Net iDcomel(eyp¢nditure) {5 ,568) 21582 (27,986) (60,410) Tranrfer between funds 4,706 (4,706) Net Thovement In funds 45.862) 17.876 27.986 60,410) Tolel fimds brought forward Iqiia12 123.821 5.274 129.095 189,505 Totsl funds ¢irried forwArd 10.lJ&12 The nctss on pages 7 to I I fonn part of tbese accowils. Page 5 ThtFayo¢hlalCbu¢l C••lldl of tht Itclthlislle•l Parl¥h ofBrl]ittEbA Aa at31itD4¢eThb* 1025 20 16219 30,6 C¥ntytAoieiit 31429 47,OD6 9.0(K) C•b tttblokandh 93J02 Ll•billknt V7• 11 J03 Cr￿Lt￿. Amoullts f•UiD¥dx •h*i mor¢tbon Tot•l k¢i*sietr PJrfsb fDJtIb: 10 77.959 123J21 23,1 5,274 13 TheDotéJ￿Atv7 to li fonnpthoftheSe￿Wots. bythoP•ro¢blal X) [* I z6 AHMw]by'. Rev. K Warl The P&roehl&l Church COU￿11 of thE EC¢ksl•￿k￿l Parish of Bl]IiDgba rqotes to the Fitiane181 Stat¢meAts FOT tbe y¢*r eDded 318t December 21125 l AccouffflNG POLICIVS Bas5$ of pr¢p•r£tloA The PCC con5tittts¢S apubiic tr*nefitetitity4s d¢fined by FRS 102. Th¢ financial st41¢n*nis have been prepArtsl uthder tlbe a)ariti¢5 Ac¢ 2011. in 2ccord•nce witb the ChurGh A¢countlDg ReBulats(AJ5 2006governinE th¢ iNJividual accourtts ¢f PCCS, underFRS102 (20161 Bs the applicabl¢ Ice￿￿¢1ng 5talldardsalld 2010 VU5ion of thc Stal¢m¢trf of Recomm¢DdcJ PTr¢ti¢< Aitounting aDd Rwhng by Ch&rititt% (SORP(FRS102)). The financial 5tsrttllents have1￿￿ pr¢p8ra llll￿the h￿tOrI￿1 rostcottventim, exc