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2025-12-31-accounts

BARNWOOD PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL

ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AND NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] DECEMBER 2025

Presented to the APCM on Wednesday 29[th] April 2026

Basis of Accounts

The accounts for the PCC of St Lawrence Church in the parish of Barnwood have been prepared on a “Receipts and Payments” basis using the “Cash Book” accounting program provided by the Gloucester Diocesan Board of Finance for this purpose. The Version Number is V5.2 - 2 issued December 2015.

The final accounts have been independently examined by Mr Andrew Matson.

These accounts and their examination are, to the best of the PCC’s knowledge, compliant with the requirements of the Charities Act 1993 and those of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), 2005 revisions.

Robert Hinton . . . 12/03/26 (Treasurer) Andrew Matson . . . 12/03/26 (Independent Examiner)

Approved by members of the Parochial Church Council and signed on their behalf by:

Rob Crofton .

. . . .

(Vicar)

Margaret Seyers . . . . .

(Church Warden)

DATE:

. . 12/03/2026. . . . . . . . .

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Introduction

The PCC’s accounts for the year ending 31[st] December 2025 have been prepared in the usual way on a Receipts and Payments basis using the “Cash Book” program provided by the Diocese of Gloucester. The results have been reviewed and signed-off by a Chartered Accountant, Andrew Matson. Each year, we continue to be very grateful to him for volunteering to carry out this essential task. Andrew will shortly be moving north to a new job, and we wish him all the very best of luck in this venture. It means that we will be seeking a new independent reviewer to carry out this important task by the end of 2026.

Full details of the accounts are shown in Table 1, under the headings of Total Funds, Unrestricted Funds, Designated Funds and Restricted Funds. A comparison of the Total Funds with their equivalent figures from 2024 are shown in the final column. A visual pie-graph of the major components of income and expenditure are shown in Figure 1 .

A few points of clarification:

Unrestricted funds are used to cover the majority of the day-to-day running costs of St Lawrence Church including a significant contribution towards the full cost of our Parish Priest (stipend, housing, pension and ongoing training), the majority of staff salaries, mission, services, energy, routine buildings and churchyard maintenance, building and contents insurance, etc. This year it also included two exceptional items of a new boiler and replacement lighting in the church centre. Most of this cash is retained in the PCC’s main bank account with NatWest bank, its total balance at the year-end was £1,200.

Designated funds are relatively small (about 1%) in their day-to-day contribution to total expenditure, but such funds form most the PCC’s available funds and can be called upon at any time by the PCC to top-up its unrestricted cash balance.

The majority of these are maintained in an investment fund managed by the Churches, Charities and Local Authorities) Investment management Company (CCLA), with a small proportion in the main bank account. This small amount in the main account can be identified by a Designated “tag” to ensure it is not spent on areas for which it was not designated. Their total balance at the year-end was £44,600 .

Restricted Funds have been donated by individuals or organisations, generally in response to specific appeals, and may only be used by the PCC for the purpose agreed with the donor or unless the donor gives permission for them to be used for a different purpose.

Long-term restricted funds are held in the same CCLA investment fund as the designated cash, although, this year, a large sum of cash restricted to the Stonework Repairs (£35,000) is maintained in a low-risk interest-bearing CCLA cash account until it is required for this big project. As with Designated funds, the remaining restricted cash is held in the main account with a “Restricted” tag. Their total balance at the year-end was £85,600 .

Comparative total cash figures from the previous year (2024) are shown in parenthesis in this report where appropriate.

Paragraph numbers in the “Overview” and “Further Notes” sections of this report refer to the “Notes” column of Table 1.

Numbers in bold type may be traced back to Table 1 but note many have been rounded to improve ease of reading and understanding.

Overview

Incoming Resources - £175,600 (£135,300) grew significantly by £40,300 (30%) compared to 2024. Most of this increase arose from restricted collections, donations and grants for repairs to the church fabric. See (20) below.

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The unrestricted and designated elements (available cash) of this total £116,300 ; this is a smaller but significant increase, of around £16,3000 (16%) on the 2024 total of £100,000 (not shown in Table 1).

Much of this increase arose from an apparent increase in the volume of hall lettings and their asspciated income (see (7) below) together with increases in most income streams including all giving, Gift Day, annual fetes and events and Parochial fees.

The unrestricted and designated elements of this total were £122,000; this is a smaller increase of around £16,500 (26%) on the 2024 total of £105,500 (not shown in Table 1). Interestingly, the increase of funds closely matches the increase in expenditure.

In 2025 we increased our contribution towards the costs to the Diocese of our full-time parish priest, we also increased staff salaries above HMG Living wage levels and increased the PCC’s contribution to the costs of employing our Families and Communities worker as the grant for this reduced in its second year of funding. In addition to these costs. the employers national insurance was also increased. The overall increase in staff salaries year on year was £3,500.

We also had significant increases in expenditure on repairs to the church centre including a new boiler and the replacement of all internal lighting. A total cost of £7,000.

The unrestricted and designated margin of income compared to expenditure was very different with an overspend (deficit) of around £5,800 (£5,200).

Conversely, the PCC’s unrestricted and designated funds balance fell from around £53,600 at the end of 2024 to £45,800 by the end of 2025 . This is now below the PCC’s previously stated target for available cash (reserves) of £50.000 which it believed was the correct level to enable it to meet most conceivable emergency circumstances. This loss mainly arose from the need to replace the Church Centre boiler on an urgent basis at the coldest time of the year.

Further Notes – Incoming Resources

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There were some costs associated with these events, these totalled £800 and are included in (15) below. This may sound a significant sum but around £400 of it financed the Fish and Chips for the Quiz Night which was more than adequately covered by the income from ticket sales. Net funds raised at that event were £140.

It currently pays interest of 4% or £1,400 pa, and all such interest is being added to the Stonework Fund and should all be spent by the end of 2026 if repairs go to plan.

There are currently no costs associated with this income steam now; until a few years ago it was used to pay off a Diocesan loan for the up-front capital costs of the panels and their installation.

Further Notes – Resources Expended

11) Donations/Grants to Charities - £1,400 (£2,700 ), these comprised:

FoodBank fromCoffeemorning and CommunityLunchCollections £655
Christian Aid from Sunday after-service coffee £330
Barnwood School for use of their printing facilities £150
Christian Retreats for their use by our Parish Priest £225

Further collections totalling £930 were also made in the year; these will be donated early in 2026:

Christian Aid from Sunday after-service coffee £820
Children’s Society following Christingle service £110

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Adding these donations together gives an effective total for the year of £2,300; a modest reduction against 2024.

The main driver behind this substantial increase over 2024 was the replacement of the boiler in the winter of 2024/25 at a cost of £4,500. We also replaced all the internal lighting with new energy-efficient LED light fittings after increasingly frequent lighting failures. For this we used our regular local electrician at a cost of £2,600.

16) Administration Costs (including staff costs) - £35,100 (£31,900), unsurprisingly this is our second largest item of expenditure as it includes all of the salaries for our four paid part-time staff, and one self-emplyed contractor. These are our Administrator, Caretaker, Families and Community support worker, Director of Music and Groundsman. It also includes office running costs, but these were only around £2,200 of the total to give a net salaries and wages cost of £32,900 (£29,600).

The three reasons for the increase in staff costs were (a) the increase in the National Living Wage by 6.7% in April 2025 which we used as a benchmark to increase the pay rates for our staff at a cost of £2,000, (b) the introduction of lower thresholds for the payment of employer National Insurance contributions (NIC) which cost an additional £1,100, and a decrease in the grant to the PCC from Sylvanus Lysons Trust, towards the employment of our Families and Community Support Officer by £1,200 compared to 2024.

This increase on 2024 was partially mitigated by our staff who managed their actual working hours closer to their contracted hours compared to 2024.

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stonework repairs to the South doorway, the bellcote and various areas of stonework around the church periphery; as well as replacement of the unsightly external window guards and rehanging of the wall memorials as they may be loose and potentially at risk of collapse and damage to people and the church fabric.

By the end of 2025 a total of £70,900 had been raised across the two years of 2024 and 2025 and £24,800 spent on this project, leaving a balance of £46,100 of restricted cash at the year end. Further significant expenditure will continue in 2026 to repair the bellcote and restore and rehang the wall memorials. Again, it is the assumed that all such costs from this work program will be met, as required, from the use of this cash balance and further restricted collections and grants for this purpose. A grant of £4,000 has already been secured against this from the Diocese and the family of a deceased parishioner have offered more funding towards the bellcote repairs.

A full progress report will be given by the Buildings Team and a breakdown of the income streams and costs to date are shown in Appendix 1.

Note that the PCC is able to remove the designated status of parts or all of this designated fund as it deems necessary now and in successive years. As such, it continues to form our only available reserves. Without this fund and its flexibility, we would not have been able to replace the Centre boiler in January of this year. The total transfer out of this designated fund for immediate use in 2025 was £8,000; the net result of this transfer at year-end was a residual balance of unrestricted cash in its main account of just £1,200 .

Bob Hinton, Finance Team

Treasurer to the PCC of St Lawrence Church, Barnwood

31st January 2026

APPENDIX 1 – The 2026 Budget Forecast

Methodology

The 2026 budget forecast was prepared in the usual way using the last complete 12-months of data at the time of budget preparation in Nov 2025. The base data was therefore the actual data from the 12 months 01/11/2024 to 31/10/2025. This dataset was then manipulated on a spreadsheet to add, subtract, multiply or divide by estimates of the foreseeable changes in 2026.

At the end of this process it was important to balance the income with the expenditure and while cost savings were incorporated wherever possible, the only way that a balanced budget could be achieved was to drive the income stream upwards to the required level by a 10% increase in giving over the 2025 base data levels. This is an ambitious target which our parish priest has committed to address in 2026.

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Please note this forecast only applies to the income and expenditure of unrestricted and designated funds.

These changes from the 2025 dataset to achieve this balanced budget for 2026 comprised the following:

The result was an income forecast of £123,000 in unrestricted and designated funds and accompanying expenditure of the same magnitude give or take a few £100s. These results compare with the outturn figures for 2025 of £116,300 and £ 122,000 respectively.

The PCC has approved this balanced budget and noted that it will only balance provided we can increase all giving across-the-board by around 10% or £6,000 (£500 per month) compared to 2025.

It also notes that no contingency has been included for unexpected breakdown in 2026 except for one inevitable lift repair and its annual maintenance contract. However the PCC commences 2026 with £46,000 of available reserves and should be able to meet most emergencies with this level , even though it would be more comfortable with its intention of maintaining £50,000.

Further, the Church boiler is almost 25 years old and spare parts, except for routine items, are no longer available. The Diocesan heating advisor is being consulted on how we may replace this gas-powered wet system with a more environmentally friendly option and at what likely cost.

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TABLE 1 - Barnwood's Receipts & Payments Accounts - 2025 TABLE 1 - Barnwood's Receipts & Payments Accounts - 2025 TABLE 1 - Barnwood's Receipts & Payments Accounts - 2025 TABLE 1 - Barnwood's Receipts & Payments Accounts - 2025 TABLE 1 - Barnwood's Receipts & Payments Accounts - 2025 TABLE 1 - Barnwood's Receipts & Payments Accounts - 2025 TABLE 1 - Barnwood's Receipts & Payments Accounts - 2025 TABLE 1 - Barnwood's Receipts & Payments Accounts - 2025
For theyear ended 31st December 2025
Notes 2025 -
TOTAL
General or
Unrestricted
funds
Designated
funds (21)
Restricted funds
(20)
2024 -
TOTAL
Incoming resources £ £ £ £ £
Voluntary income:
Plannedgiving 52,206 50,866 - 1,340 47,139
Collections, donations & othergiving 64,667 13,358 389 50,920 40,072
Income tax recovered 17,590 12,867 90 4,633 13,628
Legacies (6) 500 - - 500 5,049
Activities for generating funds - -
Magazine/Bookstall sales/Hall Lettings etc (7) 20,233 20,233 - - 13,987
Income from other Properties - - - - -
Annual Fete/events (8) 5,140 5,140 - - 2,472
Investment income: - -
Interest & dividends (9) 3,372 482 1,387 1,503 2,631
Income from charitable activities: -
Parochial fees (10) 5,806 5,806 - - 4,373
Other incoming resources: -
Insurance claims - - - - -
Gain on disposal of fixed assets - - - - -
Loans received - - - - -
Other (11) 6,107 5,251 440 416 5,969
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Total incoming resources (1) 175,621 114,003
2,306
59,312
135,320
Resources expended
Charitable activities:
Donations/Grants to charities (12) (1,360) (375) - (985) (2,683)
Mission & Evangelism (13) (2,267) (1,939) - (328) (3,735)
Parish Share (14) (64,000) (64,000) - - (60,000)
Clergyexpenses (15) (991) (606) - (385) (1,842)
Church runningexpenses (5,267) (4,686) (500) (81) (4,894)
Churchyard maintenance (1,668) (585) - (1,083) (1,392)
Cost of raisingfunds (16) (16,203) (16,185) - (18) (9,298)
Running costs: - -
Support costs (1,060) (353) (150) (557) (838)
Administration costs(inc. staff costs) (17) (35,132) (27,916) (1,329) (5,887) (31,885)
Other (18) (3,550) (3,462) - (88) (3,101)
Governance costs - - - - -
Major expenditure - - - - -
Repairs to church buildings (19) (22,464) - - (22,464) (2,314)
Repairs to otherproperty - - - - -
Capitalpurchases/additions - - - - -
Loan repayments - - - - -
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Total resources expended (2) (153,962) (120,107)
(1,979)
(31,876)
(121,982)
Net(outgoing) / incoming resources (3) 21,659 (6,104)
327
27,436
13,338
Transfers between funds - 8,000 (8,000) - -
Net incoming/(outgoing) resources beforegains 21,659 1,896 (7,673) 27,436 13,338
Gains on investment assets (4) (3,259) - (2,096)
(1,163)
1,895
Net movement in funds 18,400 1,896 (7,673) 27,436 15,233
Funds brought forward at 1Jan 2025 113,003 (704) 54,348 59,359 97,770
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Funds carried forward at 31 Dec 2025
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(5)
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131,403
1,192
44,579
85,632
113,003

Figure 1 - Total Funds (Unrestricted, Designated and Restricted)

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St Lawrence Income 2025 - £175,621
£6,107
£5,806 Counting from 12 o'clock
£20,233
£52,206
Planned Giving
£5,140 Tax recovered
£3,372
All Other Giving
£500
Legacies
Interest and
Dividends
Annual Events
Centre Booking
Retained Parish Fees
Miscellaneous
£64,667
£17,590
-
St Lawrence Expenditure 2025 £153,962
£4,610
Counting from 12 o ' clock
£22,464
£64,000
Parish Share
Charity Donations
Mission and Children
Church Running
Centre Running
Churchyard
£35,132
Clergy Expenses
Admin inc wages
Building Repairs
Support and Misc
£991 £1,360
£2,267
£1,668 £16,203 £5,267
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Table 2 - End of Year Restricted and Designated Funds Maintained in the PCC's Accounts Closing Balances Retained Total £27,921 £375 £291 £542 £2,568 £2,294 £45,454 £650 £14 £827 £110 £876 £156 £3,552 £85,632 £44,019 £320 £240 £44,579
Type Investment Investment Bonds Bonds Investment Investment Deposit Investment
CCLA Fund £23,375 £355 £263 £527 £2,531 £2,131 £35,000 £64,181 £43,989 £43,989
Main a/c £4,546 £20 £28 £15 £37 £163 £10,454 £650 £14 £827 £110 £876 £156 £3,552 £21,451 £29 £320 £240 £590
Type R R R R R R R R R R R R R R Total Restricted Funds D
D
D
Description Interest and special appeals - for use in the churchyard - Restricted Interest only for church fabric - Restricted Interest only for upkeep of Moulder graves - Restricted Interest only for church maintenance and provision of ornaments and furniture
necessary for the celebration of worship - Restricted
Interest only for church maintenance and provision of ornaments and furniture
neccesary for the celebration of worship - Restricted
Interest only - upkeep of private FJG Pepperall grave - Restricted Stonework repair fund - donations and grants, tax reclaim and expenditure Bellcote repair fund Barnie's setup fund - and costs to date - restricted Collections and Payments for Christian Aid - pass through - Restricted Christingle - Childrens' society collection Donation from a parihioner for "Children's Ministry" - Children, Youth and Families Refugee support fund Sylvanus Lyson Trust to fund Family and community worker Dividends for music, organ and organist - Designated Check on Flowers fees at weddings, etc and cash collected for special services etc - D Garden of Remembrance - Engraving income and costs - designatd Total Designated Funds
Code CHY LPR MGR MML1 MML2 PPG SRF BRF BAR CA CS CYF RSF SLT MFS FS GORE

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