Saltisford
church
TRUSTEES. ANNUAL
REPORT AND ACCOUNTS
2025
Albert 5treeL WarwicK CV34 4JX
Tel. 01926 496779
email: office@saltisfordthurth.org.uk
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
GENERAL IIIFORDIATIOM..----.-.----.-.-..---...--.....--...--
TRUSTEES. REPORT.............---...---....---..-.--....--..--..
2.1. Introduct1￿............. .. .......................................................................
2.3. Objecths ktivitie5......................................................................
2.5. FlnatKlal ￿￿......
2.6. Futu￿ Hans...............................
INDEPENDElff EXAMiNER% RtP(IRT TO ￿ TRIISTEES OF
SALnsFORD CHURCX_.--...-.-........--..-..-....-....-.-._.. .... . . .....
3.1. Re5￿51￿.1¢tles and basLs of reF4yt.......................................................
3.2. lThYe￿￿￿t examirfs siatanent...... ..............................................
ACCOVNTS AND FIIIANCIAL STATeMeNTS_..-.-.....-.--..-..--.....
4.1. FlnancJal *thI￿5....
4.2. Assets Lhabilit￿S.............................................................................
4.3. Notes to the Flnandal $ttr￿ts.........................................................
AccwntirvJ Polths..........................
Unrestrktsl p￿7￿)ts D*all................................................. 10
10
Voluntary RecaFts Retew frcrfn (h¥ltsble Athvltks............. 10
Relat&1 PatyTrartsactkns.............................................................
Conts'nwt Li*ll(ies...
12
Ult¢mate ControllirwJ Party............................................................... 12

GENERAL INFORMATION
1159404
M Wells (Chaimwi)
S E Foty (s￿rts)
R P 05trxYn
JER(se
R J Mattvs
Treasurer
SEFO
CV34 4JX
Ls & ￿IkK￿[
23-25 Wataloo Plxe
Warn¥tk Street
Leamiryton Spa
CWJ2 SLA
Pthdpal Bankn
CAF &4NK Umltal
r¥Js Hlll
West MalliNJ
Ka)t ME19 4TA
PèJe I

TRusfEES' REPORT
Introduction
DeLfmber 2025. The t*en a ReL&'trts aNI basts.
Sèf(Isfwd (hurch Is an ChIts￿￿ fr￿n Wav1(¥ L&imlWn Spa
and ssmuN11w aws.
L2.
Structure, Governance and Management
Sa1tbS￿d Church was estst41shed as a Ckntable trKurAXatoJ (Thyanlsatkfft (ao) undw
ConsUtutSon datal 2 NovemL*r 2014 regI￿er&I w•lth the O)arlty CommlssK)n as Ctk4rty
J 1159404. It Is govern&J èJmi)i%traW, uThJ& the temis of aause 11 of the CIMstitutK?n,
by a toard of TnAstees w￿) are aFont&l by a resdui>M Fassaj at a convenal
rnee￿ng of the Tnjstees. ￿ 7 2025 a r&c4ubon was pa5sad to am￿ the Constitutl
maknng it a that tr￿ arnl leader shoukl thcribe alhwe to the
urch's Statement of Fath.
The ao Is ma*ged ty fiNe trustees:
M Wells- (hlr
R Mattrvs
The splritL*I of Church ts the resr4wtsl￿lity of tr* Le&Jers of tr* Churth.
The Leajershlp of Salt15ford Churth at the teginnfvJ of 2025 was J Rose, J Morris, J Moir, S
Sol¢ N Cde aThJ S Hcoj. t￿￿Tyj the ￿ S Solt N Cobe to stald frc¥n the
Leadershlp and J Cre$$¥￿1 Jclned the Tean.
There wue thee salarial stsff in 2025: a fijl tirrE Yth (hiklm s WLYker' a part4ime
Communty WL¥ker; aTrJ a part-time ChLYth PAmin&ratt¥.
Charttys C￿tre of Ls the In SW Wawkk. ¢)wt*rshlp
this prrpty Is vestal In the ao.
Objectives and Activities
Saltlsf(*d thurth S￿ to Ca￿ currwt membws rf the felkfA5hlp JKI ￿t to
P&p2

3. The rdief of the or disa)￿.
I￿￿1C benefft is refaral to in the ao COn￿lts￿ aNI theTru*ees have comt4ied
th the duty in *t1(￿ 17 cl the Charth Att 2011 to have due ryrd to the public benef
guidance pthllshed iry Ch*ty Commiss*Jn in their ￿lSiC￿5 C¢YKeming ￿ ob￿Ne5 of
the charlty. The has indudèj men, wcrni and thIk￿￿ the kKal o)mmunty
ound SaIttSf￿d Churth, ¢thr part5 of WarwKk and frcTh ￿ grn1￿11r4j towns of
L&imlryton Spa, KeJ)SNw)rth arml Stratford.urTh.Avon; the has Kcrydan
vlth the alms and objthes of the CW a5 a￿￿e.
The folk)wlrvJ summar12es the the Ch• In 2025 In fuIflltm￿ of the
Objtttyves set out attye:
The thurth met fc¥ a) al-wJe, Infomwl *rKshlp se￿￿ eath SL￿daY m(Thir¥J, In Ilre wlth
Objectives I pA¥J 2 atThe.
Prcgramme I￿￿led VKthp, texthlThJ.
. Young pers￿, InvoMrrfJ chlklM5 'Btk Dbco
Q￿up5 Twe grw)s.
Communicn was sharaj mrthfy.
'jUn￿ Church, was I￿￿ ￿￿nthfy nthir¥J ycwg p*es a￿1 ¥￿rShIp.
Wed(• actmtles that are th line wlth all Cl)J&Y￿S atove..
Cdl grwps wwe Wl ¥￿kty on ThuT5day ￿1r￿S aThJ Wèlne9
mornings. prowdir#J W, 9JPF*Yt aThJ to kndNkJual members,
o A day.tknt mi(h4t& I￿1r￿j was I￿j eKh Walnesday at the thurth,
1ndl￿ %v5hlpi prayff ￿ Blbk
. AW0￿,5 5c*ial gathwry Kntta we* nhJmiThJs
attended Fecpk fr￿ corwjregatth arwj the ktsl communty.
A Wcw 5 Breabla# WJ a Sabjnlty mmirvj texhlng,
felly￿shIp arbl mul￿71 kn ihe Falth.
. A Men's Bwklast WAS hehl a Saturday nKffiiThJ ts TrNrtual
Yixth group thitres vBe Frthy eMiNJ in thurth pranises fr(
iwinniThJ rf the auiumn thl temi.

The TCtyjd￿ gTOUP Fli￿ts cavs. ca1￿j iltde Fishes" was hekl li the
Church premises eth Mow M￿1￿j.
A Mu1th￿ Autism Cafe was hdd with ts Cmjrth bulkairrfj
0￿￿￿j thr￿ providirKJ a Sup￿v￿￿ safe sp￿e for familE5 affatsl by
aLrttsm for retaxation aThJ play. This ￿ in line Obj￿￿Ve 3 at￿Ve.
waTh4￿k ThstrKt Tn￿5￿1 Tru5¢ orffit8J a f(M)IWk f
sa￿l$f￿d Chjrth eath Ffthy A c￿U￿ty Cafe was hekl in parallel
wth thLs, ThLs is In lirE wth Objectfve 3
o We to ￿ part of the Wami Inlt6the, orthiNJ the ctr￿rth
iklirKJ ￿ Thurth a￿1 Fr1day e￿
An Infomal Tab￿tenniS aub a sirnilar Darts aub ffleet the ￿Jr¢h
ildirg for churyh mpJnbers atyj the w#Jw ccmmunlty.
ts A SatyJday momlng chibjrw s thity was
monthty b￿15.
o W(¥k In kxal sttKds S￿?￿vr￿j Cros#eath, a ktal dwity fcotslr¥J teathlThJ
the thrlstlan fth kn sckn* wth YcArth thihJra)'s WorkEr.
o The ￿rth (ryanlz&J a ￿Jn Oay in Awst In the tt￿rth ￿lId1r￿j that was
by Some Feople frryn ihe k(al ccfftm￿ty.
month￿ craft &enlrvJs were W atthe (hjrth prwn15es, 1rK1￿￿1rvj a Chrfstlan ta*.
. UK Cfversea5 m15kn partlculath wth Objertfves 2 & 3,
InvofvirKJ t#Jth finana￿ and prayu SUFVYt lor d￿e10￿￿t. rdief w(** and trainlng
UK ¥*Yk Corsis￿t wilh 3 InvfA¥lro bcth rx•v fina￿￿ SUFWt
(￿n$￿Ilr￿J strvl
Achievements and Perforniance
In I1￿ vlth OLr crye we pleasal to the fokythng dlfflro 2025:.
The 9JThJay nK*nlrwJ In%￿X￿ swvices (ryKJUC￿ thr￿ 2025, wh115t
maintsiniNJ a INe ZOOM link for tlThe unable to att￿d kn [tr5￿.
Rts to Wwwck t*5trirt FcK<Jlxnk knnual RW furthex infomiation.
. Tr rrwthty craft evenir#J5 I￿k1 at ts 0￿rth attrthl aituthxes ofarwrKI 12

The monthty s￿rdaY-￿LYn1Thj W s651c(￿ for children arml familEs have
attract&l140 to 50 thiklren]plus ￿1r paMts, grBThYpMts aNJ gu¥dians.
We gave £58,CW in SUFPJt of thristian arKI atyj in other counts aThJ a fvrb%7
£12,058 In suppyrt of kxal nati￿1 Chri5tw in the UL
Financial Review
The net r￿￿pts In Ihe w, as thown In Sth)n 4.1 to £19,99) made up of r&elpts
of £22,186 ffU￿ fv use at the s dimtk)n and payr1￿ of £2,197 from funds
Fund5 for Saltlsftfftl ccrfr£ ￿r￿￿pa1ty frcrfn YO￿ntsry
coryJwatKJn of the thurch. In xyne wipts ¢ome from tharita)le KUvlt6es sjth
h1￿ of the Iwihjirvjs, VOLth ar￿ tctyth grw, ￿casi￿1 meals.
The reserves pc4y of the T￿te&S ts to maintaln suffidg)t funds tor the ¢Jy)iro athrties of
the Church for a of three mcth. Tr rKYinal fl￿nS h Irm exwdlture
dlcate reserves for this purFK)se of 4)proxlmatety É30.(m. Ajrds In exce￿ of thls W wlll,
In the absen￿ of any be r6Jard&J as avakjjk for ￿r￿t Use, wth any
iYoJects bel￿ furthj by s￿￿al aF¥ta&.
Future Plans
The wc(ess of r￿Ult￿r￿j a fiA141￿ lealer to L&lwshlp 0￿￿nl￿.
e ty￿1ng ttE ChJrth to Its akns arml rt&Jthes.
On of the TrLtstees
M Wells
Chairman
16 Jul 2026

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE
TRusfEES OF SALTISFORD CHURCH
I rep)rt to the d￿rIty tnthst*s ￿ my ex￿nInakn rf the of dlarity for the year
d&1 31 Det￿nber 2025 are set on p&Jes 7 to 12.
Responslbllltles and basls of report
As the th￿ty,5 tnjstees yw are respo￿b￿ forthe wepw*k>n ofthe ¥cwnts in ¥crythrKe
th the requIr￿ents of Ih tharities kt 2011 PLY).
I reFQrt In resp&t of my exam1M￿¢￿ of the th￿ty$ accounts tsrried OLrt under section 145
of the kt in wt my examination I have folbw&l all ttte 4)Elicable th'wts"¢￿s
by (Jarity Crynrni55ion Sect￿ 145(5Xb) of the A(L
Independent examine￿5 statement
I have comrd*èJ my e¥amlnation. I ccrfirm that rK> Mat￿￿1 matters ￿ oime to my
att￿tKin In con1￿ the txan1nat￿ giwr4J me cause to believe that in any Ma￿al
l recryds Th3t (* ￿ tharfty as r￿￿r&I by sethC￿ 130
to whlch attentkn Sh￿kj be drnvm in thls r4YAt kn order to enable a of
WwKle Ann Hui**d FCCA
ryls aThJ Bultock
Chartwed Acc(￿trnts
23-25 Waterkm) PI)
WarwKk Street
L￿1￿ton
QV32 SLA
16th July 2026
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ACCOUNTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
4.1. Financial Activities
srATEMEKf OF FINANCIAL ACTIVMES
Receipts and Payments Account
For the year ended 31 December 2025
R•¢•lpts
Voluntsry recelrts
114,087
72,448
186,535
194,543
7,130
Re￿Ipts fTe
chartsble acYvlile5
13.135
13.335
7,071
Tot•1 r•c•lpts
133.221
72.648
205.869
208,744
EXpendth￿ In fvrtlvarKe rf ts (
109.024
434
Icp).457
97AOI
G1ft5 mjde
74AII
74AII
1,203
60,349
1,209
1,203
purthases
7,645
111.035
74845
185,879
166,604
14et RecelptslP•ymwits
for th• y•*r
22,186
12.197)
19.990
42.140
Cash fijnds brwht Icfi¥ard
at l Jarn*ry 2024
224.709
31385
256.095
213.955
31 D￿ernber 2025
246.895
29.188
276,083
256,095
The Notes In s￿cffj 4.3 fc¥m p*t of tt￿ finma Slat￿n￿ts.
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Assets and Liabilities
srATEMEKf OF ASSEfs AND UABILTTIES
At 31 December 2025
5.732
50.428
8.267
92.202
90,265
246,893
5.732
79.617
8.267
92.202
90.265
276,083
Ic
CIF &Jld ac￿nt
29.19)
77.617
477
K)Wn Bank
rlly Bank
90.292
87,609
256,095
29,190
Ahj tsx redakn due
1,772
1,772
L772
L772
Land and b￿dt(ljs
JM￿Ure and equlpM*
1,286.634
78.188
1,364.822
1,286,634 1.286,634
78,188
77,380
1,364,822 1,364,014
U•bllltl•s
HMRC. PAYE Nl
F41ers xc¢urrts
470
470
1.332
1.802
387
746
1.133
1.332
1,802
M Wdls
Chalmmn
16 Jul 2026

3.
Notes to the finanaal Ststements
l. Accountlng Polkles
B•sls 0¢ Ac<nunUng
The Statement ktMtEs Ikas te￿ up ￿ a ￿lpts basi5.
st•t•m•nt ol Hn•nd•l Actl¥ltle•
o￿atIOnS and ther I￿ryne a￿ Cred1￿ in tr* In whlth ty ¥e r￿e￿I. Tr£
ExFexlrture pall ojt In the y ts also assty*d to threstrkted tr restr*ted
ststenwrt of A•mts ￿1 U•bllll
C•th fvnds are 115ted in detail vALh tIr￿nts at 3tst D￿b￿ 2025 are In
Oth•r mon•tsry aM•ts . C4F (kJK* stsll to be pa￿ Into chLrch bank account
a￿1 Incon￿ tsx recoveJable uTrJw akj sdw whkh Tr)t rttdved ty the
end of the year.
A*Mts r•tsln•d for dwrlty'i u•• ¥e 51knJ at ￿r ornt IngJr8J value.
uabl1lt1￿ i￿￿￿￿ PAYE aTrJ National In5urarKe due ￿ D￿enb￿ sabrks iyJt yet
pa•J to HMRC ￿co￿ts ￿￿lIng.
Pè*9

Stsff cc6ts
Local outreath
Pastertl gjppjrt
Tralnlr4J and res￿
Youth & thihJren'5 wryk
External spwkers
IldlThJ aThJ utiths
Equlpment malrtsTrarKe aThJ puvch
Sjpport and serylce toAs
Spedfc gfft pa￿Derts
Legal, bank & acwnts É¥thr*r fees
55.142
10,965
11,090
55,142
10.965
ii.c80
,956
8,216
4,967
703
2,507
l832
13,365
7,462
3,998
14,503
417
iOP)9
14,503
1,226
10.809
1,125
1.109
1.203
1,203
1.203
111035
2025
2024
51.07S
3,831
225
48.474
3,189
S48
416
52,627
Penslon cc*As
RecrU￿ent atsj trnlnlThJ
FxFen*s
55,142
Average nwnber of fijfvtkne eqthal•)t
Pen51on costs are al￿[￿$ pald to
In commn wrth many d)urche5, a ￿ swjnffi￿t part of the attNits of the Church Is
staff￿1 on a voluntsry b￿$. The fe110v￿hIp cfffates a lay mlnisty In all of ts ￿J￿tIorfj.
The Trusttts ae all &tNdy in Church Kbvities.
4. Voluntary R•c•lpts •nd RKdpl¥ fn¥n Ch4rftable Athltl
Voluntsy ore {kmati￿ to the (hmth.
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R￿￿pts from &bvibe5 arise frcffn irKlivhluals and org3nisat*Jns payiro for
church ath"viti& ￿ch as Y￿ Week&￿, tcvthller groups arKI for hire of the buildings.
irwe ftJn(ts of the Cmjrth I￿1￿Je restrKt&l fiJNls comprlsknYJ the folkMINJ
UrExr￿d￿ balan￿￿ (k￿ti￿ trust to be forwfic wJrFoses (figures
indude tax rrnble gft whth has ￿en r￿e1ved fro¥n HMRCI:
At l january 2025
IrKrynlr¥J Regwrcts:
)natk)ns
Payrwts In fvrthernrKe ofthe chJrW5
30.S28
557
3th)
31,385
64,428
4.950
3.272
72,650
Gffts made
170.1181 13,9841
434
13091
174AIII
434
Costs
At 31 C￿mb￿ 2025
24.404
1,523
3,263
29,190
MIMlon Support Os a￿nin￿ra1 in a se￿￿te Wet fiJndoJ by gifts for that purp)5e.
ExFenditure comprises grfts m* to ￿n￿t￿r6 iTh1iwduals Chrisdan
Is anatys8J bekm area srnl tyFE (é redfvt:
7.370
2.337
i.soi
35.1
9.707
2.351
58.O&J
70.118
8,7LKI
1.850
43.275
53.825
Na￿￿31
Intemaucthl
22.9CKI
3L120
Tatal
SFeific I￿1￿7￿Ual or orwisatron cf pro]￿ grfts are the reW￿r￿j
paYrn￿ 15 within the xcfe ol lJurth.
Related Party Tnnsartlons
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7. ContirwJent Llabllltl•s
The Church W rK) cmtiwt14ib11rtb￿ ￿ I￿ryJ coMmrtm￿ts at 31 c￿b￿ 2025.
& Ultlmat• Contrdllng hrty
The ChLYths ulbmate contrdlirKJ pwty is the Bo* (ITr
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