Guardians of St Alphege Parish Church Solihull (Charity no. 1166292) Trustees’ Year ended 31 July 2025 ## **Fundraising** ## _Tuesday 8[th] April Light and Sound at St Alphege Church._ This was held to showcase the new lighting installed to enhance the interior of the church. It was also an opportunity to link up with the tower team and hear about their heritage. The show by Andy Hastead was appreciated along with the contribution from the tower ## _Tuesday 10[th] June Summer Drinks Party_ This was hosted by Ann Taylor. A successful and enjoyable event which was well attended. As all refreshments were donated a handsome profit was made. Some Guardian artefacts, no longer required, joined the raffle. ## _Thursday 10[th] July Stained Glass Windows of St Alphege Church_ An excellent talk by Barry Brady, window restorer, was followed by tours of our fine windows. The evening finished with refreshments. The event was organised by Phil Godfrey. Another stimulating and profitable event. _Thursday 18[th] September Autumn Coffee Morning_ Margaret Oswald kindly hosted this event to allow a fund raising get together for members. ## _Other Fund Raising_ Sheila Payne has continued to run the St Alphege Lighting scheme to publicise personal anniversaries. Refreshments after Sunday services have also provided funds. We have received individual generous donations. Many thanks are due to all involved. ## **Support of the church fabric** The trustees have benefitted from the experience of Andy Moore and Phil Godfrey relating to the buildings. We have been following the assessment of repairs to the spire and tower to prevent water ingress. To date no expenditure has been either requested or agreed. With the help of the Rector and others we are seeking a full picture of possible overall repairs expenditure going forward. ## **Trustees and organisation** Following the last AGM Martin Ayers, Phil Godfrey and Roger Shinton were formally added to the trustee team. They joined Judith Hetherington and the Rector (ex officio). At an initial meeting of the new team it was agreed Roger would act as chair, Andy as secretary and Judith continue as treasurer. We have met every two months on a Wednesday afternoon. Judith has been updating banking admin to allow online access. Andy has reorganised the coordination of the membership list and e-mail communication. Roger has collected archival records and put them together as well as trimming unwanted material. We regret not yet having delivered a new website and this is now a priority. ## **Future Plans** Thursday 27[th] November Members Christmas Lunch at the Drum and Monkey. Further events in the church and elsewhere are under discussion for 2026. Martin Ayers is working on a simple scheme for The Guardians to stay in contact with people and families who have had an important relationship with St Alphege and Solihull, but have moved away. Roger Shinton Sept 2025 ## **The Guardians of St Alphege Parish Church, Solihull Statement of Financial Activities For the year ended 31 July 2025** |**Year ended**
**31 July 2025**
Note
**£**
**Income**
Subscriptions
1,702
Donations
1,042
Gift Aid
496
Floodlighting Income
842
Investment Income
3,612
Interest Received
183
Summer Drinks Evening Event
362
Light and Sound Event
166
Lunch
157
Picture Auction
15
Stain Glass Window Church Event
443
Cheese and Wine
-
Church drinks
-
Raffle
-
Coffee Morning
-
Copper Collection
-
**Total Income**
9,020
**Expenditure**
Floodlights
-
Postage and Printing
65
AGM
38
Church Lighting
530
**Total Expenditure**
633
**Net Income before gains on investments**
8,387
Unrealised gains on investments
1
49,702
**Net movement in funds during the year**
58,089
**Reconciliation of Funds**
Funds brought forward
621,299
**Funds carried forward**
679,388|**Year ended**
**31 July 2024**
**£**
2,159
1,350
399
808
3,432
312
233
-
-
-
-
238
274
126
273
13
9,617
23
28
50
-
101
9,516
79,015
88,531
532,768
621,299| |---|---| ## **The Guardians of St Alphege Parish Church, Solihull Balance Sheet As at 31 July 2025** |**31 July 2025**
**£**
**Fixed Assets**
Investments
1
649,021
**Current Assets**
Cash at bank
2
27,825
Debtors
3
2,542
30,367
**Total Funds**
679,388
Approved by Trustees on 17 December 2025|**31 July 2024**
**£**
599,319
19,956
2,024
21,980
621,299| |---|---| ## **The Guardians of St Alphege Parish Church, Solihull Notes to the Accounts As at 31 July 2025** |**1 Investments**
M&G Equities Investment Fund -
Accumulation Units
M&G Equities Investment Fund -
Income Units
**2 Cash at Bank**
Treasurers Account
Deposit Account
No1 Account
**3 Debtors**
Gift Aid Claim
Prepayment|**Market Value as at**
**Change in**
**Market Value as at**
**31 July 2024**
**Market Value**
**31 July 2025**
**£**
**£**
**£**
537,056
48,113
585,169
62,263
1,589
63,852
599,319
49,702
649,021
**31 July 2025**
**31 July 2024**
**£**
**£**
4,035
1,644
17,247
15,564
6,543
2,748
27,825
19,956
2,520
2,024
22
-
2,542
2,024| |---|---|