St Nicholas Church Alcestsr
Parochial Church Council
Financial Statemonts
For year ending 31st December 2024
Registered Charity Number 1164101

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
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Responslblffties and
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AS the thariws trustees. you ate responsible for tha preparation of Ihe
aoxwnts in aEWdan￿ vAlh the requirements of Ihe Charities Act 2011
rthe A(Y).
I report in respect of ry examinati￿ of the Tn￿rS a￿oUnts canied out
undw sedion 145 Ihe 2011 Ad and in orrying out my examinaticm. I
haNE follow*d all the ap￿1¢able Dwedions gtven ty the Charity Cornmissi
under sethm 145(5Xb) of the Ar
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I have completed my examinatiDn. I cyjnfirm that material matters have
to my attenlion in connedicxi Y￿th the examination {g*£E4*t
￿thIch gives me cause to be￿￿lE that in, any material
the acu)untlng re(3)rds ￿Ere not kept in accordan￿ wilh section 130
of the Charities Art or
the arLounts did not acrAJrd wth the accwnting rerA)rds' or
the accourts did T￿l with the appficable requirements
ccfficeming the and cA)ntent of accounts set in the Charilies
(A(mJnts and Rep(*ts) RegUlati￿S 2tJ)8 other than ary requirement
that the account5 give a Inje and farf view vthich is not a matter
consiclered as part of an independent examination.
orderto enable a Fyoper unders1arrf￿g of the a(mJnts to be reached.
. Fyease d8th the wY)rds in Ihe bwkets rfthey(*> not appty.
Slgned."
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quallfication(s) or body
IER
Oct 2018

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Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examinei needs to highli9ht material matters of concern
(see CC32. Independent examination of thanty accounts.. directions and
guidance for examiners).
Glve here brief details of
any Items that the
èxaminer wish88 to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018

24PCC T￿aSUre￿$ Report
The general well-being of the Church in terms of cash and investments is strong. 2024 has
seen growth in its totsl assets from £160,966 (December 2023) to £193,395 IDecember
2024}.
This growth is largely the result of the very successful fund-rdising by the Friends of St
Nicholas1£20,593 ind. Gift Aid), a legacy of £6.234 from a fomier member of the
congregation, and a Gift Day Appeal for the renewal of the sound system which raised lincl.
Gift Aid) £7,397.
In addition to the above Planned Giving increased by £738, and Activities for Generating
Funds by £864 compared to the same period in 2023.
Funerals generated less income for the Church in 2024. Gross income was down by £6,558
with a consequent reduction in payments to the Diocese of £4,635. resulting in a net loss of
£1,923.
In Payments there were some welcome reductions in expendtture as well 35 some increases.
Amongst the former Fabric costs showed a ￿dUctiOn of £3.511 compared to the figure in
2023, and expenditure on Verger's Lodge a reduction of El.937 on the costs of the previous
year.
Compared also to 2023 Church House costs increased by £892, Minster Support increased by
£914. and Professional Charges increased by £1,213. Ofthis latter figure £1,010 was the cost
of 2 planning applications to StratFord District Council and an Engineer's Report in relation to
the Solar Panel ProjecL In February 2024 the Church also purchased a Digital Organ at a total
cost of £5.271.
During the year we were pleased to make donations to the local branch of the Samaritans
totalling £1,283 and a one-off donation of £438 to support Tearfund. These were in addition
to our usual annual donation of £1.2(Xl to our Supported Charities.
Church investments in 2024 showed a modest increase in value of 5.44% on existing capwtal.
Note: Attached to this Financial Statement is the summary sheet of Other Church
Organisations whose work supports the Church and for which we are verygrateful. Also
included is the FinancÈal Statement of Arden Food Bank for whom St Nicholas PCC are the
Trustees.
Reserves Policy
It is PCC policy to maintain a balance on unrestricted funds. which equates to two months,
unrestricted payments, to cover liabilities and emergency situations that may arise from
time to time. It is our policy our funds balances with the CBF Church of England Deposit
Fund.
Brian Titterington, Treasurer.

s￿t￿r￿fOr1he year 37# Dee￿n￿2c24.
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R*wpts & Pay[D￿ts &rount
*Recewts
vI￿￿n[￿ry Rece@5
RegU￿r gmr
Planned givinp111
co1￿110￿5 and rrthwgiwrwJ12)
GiftAKI T3x recurted
01￿1 Vo￿nt￿ receipts141
Al#￿ie6 fot gen￿ati￿ fufKls(51
Receitts from Churth aclp4itw16}
Gr2nls lil
VAT Reco
Investment In￿{9}
Fritndsof St Ntchcla51111
LegaaÈs1101
Otrw1121
376".3
22
15074
37S13
33
15074
13C67
10744
1%37
36B75
103
31T32
9880
20195
2075
10744
13637
372
1532
166
372
24S6
34
124
1185'.)9
14
117731
P8yrrwts
Church aCt￿lt*S
37515
$46DS
otherpayrn￿
75533
I1￿3
11x33
92121
4576
14
6472
2￿10
Chan9e in walue of lThvesttn
93
655
25￿7
Fvnds at 31 [￿2￿7j
84750
128467
Net Fundsat. 31 tkc2024
89819
193395
Cash Funds
Bank Gurreni account
Relresh ban% account
Res￿ration FurEd ￿￿¥3¢￿0un[
Frieryts ol St
C8F DewAt Fund
4Q803
7716
d080Y
31551
6885
4192
2152
ni
?899
87047
87047
44
CBF p[r￿S￿*rrtfu￿d gh7ies at
Mwket Va&
5185
292
108761
8kn1itie5
-2413
-2413
Net kne15
89819
74326
193395
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AF*rov•J tythe PCC ¢r¢iq i 0> IS
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Firrancial Statements f(xthe year eThtsJ 31st t)ecemter2024
NOTES
1. The financial *alemetrts of the PCC have been w￿re0 in acclxdance ￿Trth the Churth Accounting
Regulab'ons 20(￿ the Acuuals The FCC reg￿er￿j a53 en Octrtér 2015
2. The movements in desyrlat￿j aD(J rethdéd luThl& duriThJ the year are gNen te>yw.
CharpJe in
Balt4lwt R￿￿t*S Payr￿18 vall￿ Balcfv
Restrict
Mlsgon FuTrl
Friends
47tr2127
1495 91
Y25 57 5(XJ42 75
0 00 24283 71 24283.71
0.￿ 25209.28 74326.46
47￿2).21
1495.91
Design*ed".
Cale Endobwnwt Fund
28595.70
654.51 29250.21
3 Receipts and Paymetrts analys
2024.00 2￿.
lal Other ¥olunt8ry reeeikts
Donatior
Wall safe
Qwng station
26276.25
1489.57
199077
29756.59
26276.25 27941.(Kb
1489.57
1698.
19Y).77 3)93.rKI
0.00 ￿756.59 31732 CK)
Ibl Activities f￿generatiry
- feceipts
Rent. Vergets Lojge
Fundrai￿
Bookstall
7800.rK)
2892 40
5120
10743.60
7800 CAI 5670.C()
2892.40
4210.LK>
51.20
0.00 10743.60 9880.(K)
O Receipts from Churth actKwtses
Fees
Ghurch Hw5e
Church hire
8180.(M)
4937 (M)
8180.IYI 14253.(K)
4937.IKI 52S2 00
520.W 680.(KJ
13637.
o rm) 1￿7.[￿) 20195 00
Idl ￿e￿ipts from inveth)er*ts
Bank ar¥J C8F DerM>srt FuTrJ
Interest
OfvideTrJ on CBF In¥estrn
FUTh1
613_13
613.13
337.fy)
918.
1495.91
2414.87
2159.(K)
1532.09
1495.91
3028 (M) 2498 Lvj
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St NK*ola5 Churd4 P￿t￿til31 Church CourKxl
Finanu81 Statements forthe ￿eTh￿ed 31st Decembw 2Q4
FI￿d$ FWKIS
el Church aLliwDe5- Fwents
Misson Eyr*s
Church ftjnrnng eJper*es111
Clergy expertseg121
Cosi of ser￿ce$l3)
B￿l￿1￿gIScreenIStsjThJ 8yStem141
Vergets L￿9￿ expertses151
Church House expense5161
Profe*Aonal ch8rges171
Suptx)rted charities181
Fund Ra￿1￿ Expenses1141
Other1111
IAir&er Supw)rt1121
ACT SupFM)rt1131
General 1111
Organ Purchase1161
Investment wrch88e
Wami Hub
17XN).64
3W7 LKI
5373.12
1&21.01
653.05
57ff2.12
172W 64 17317 CK)
3807.ty) 8442 (*J
5373.12 6112.(10
1821.01
5332.00
653.05 2￿ 00
s7￿.12 4870.00
2256.L 1043.00
12th).(K> 1%￿.00
133.00
728.(X)
417.
7164.(X) Q50.rKI
250.fKS
1200.
Z28 (XJ
7164.(K
235.th)
5271.QO
24(MK).(X)
561.58
5271.CXI
24(KM) Q)
158
650.42
755>284
0.￿ 75532 84 S46￿ 42
4. The exper￿e5 paKI to dergy may indude 3 5rnall Immatenal W(v)￿an. which relates
totheir lunthon as PCC mernbw5 No other paytnents forsemces wov*JaJ were
made.
R.LCox
lTrJeFthJent Examiner
11 March 2025

ST NICHOLAS CHURCH PAR(XHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS OF FUNDS
HELD BY OTHER CHURCH ORGANISATIONS
AS 315F DECEMBER 2024
2024
2023
BELLRINGERS
3.341.69
751.01
CENTENARY CLUB
4,203.24
3.280.87
CHURCHWOMEN'S GUILD
1.573.39
1,576.08
CHURCHWOMEN'S GUILD OPEN HOUSE
3,270.50
2,817.37
GARDEN FUND
2.035.75
210.49
TOTAL
14.424.57
8,635.8=.
24Summary of Accounts of Funds

ARDEN FOOD BANK
FINANCIAL STATEMEKf FOR 2024
INCOME AND EXPENDrruREACCOUNT
2024
2024
It4COME
Donatio
Grants
Interest
Just Giving
17.609.
369.58
3.7%.66
29.1[￿.28
EXPEP4DrnJRE
Access Insurance
Food
ICO (data protection)
Just GivTng
NorFfood
Other spend
Jcester Methodist
Studley Methodist
Er¢c Payne Comrnur¢ity Centre
Heavy Duty Bench
ire Baskets
Flee(eslwlo4apror
CollectiollBin5/p05tew5
247.20
9,014.63
35.rmj
216.IX)
P)8.11
423.75
650.(K>
630.IYJ
531.19
480.43
666.09
377.02
14.469.42
rplusfor year
14,636.86
BALANCE SHEET AT 315tDECEMBER 2024
Opefiing Balance Qtrrent Account
Opelling Balance Premium Account
Debtor
Cash in hand
4.366.72
19.339.70
177.20
162.19
24,045.81
14.636.86
Add 5urplusfor year
38,682.67
C105inE Balan¢eCuryent Account
Closing Balance Premium kcount
Cash in hand
5794.33
32709.28
179.(6
38,682.67
In my opiTritsn, on the basis of the irrforrnation provided to me, the above 3CCOUnt58ive a t￿￿ and fair view
of the Arden Foodbankaff8irs as at 31￿ tlecember2024 arKI of the Income and Experylituie AccO￿nt foi 2024.
Signed
19.03.2024
IridEpe71"dent Examiner