## NORTH WEST HAMPSHIRE PARISH
# ASHMANSWORTH + CRUX EASTON + EAST WOODHAY + WOOLTON HILL
Annual Report & Financial Statements of the Parochial Church Council for the period ended 31[st] December 2025
Incumbent: The Reverend LISA RODRIGUES The Rectory, MOUNT ROAD HIGHCLERE, RG20 9QZ Bankers: HSBC LLOYDS National Westminster Newbury Building Society Santander Insurers: The Ecclesiastical Insurance Group Independent Examiner: Adam Mussert BSocSci, ACMA, MCT Hirondelle, Whatton, Nottinghamshire, NG13 9EP
## North West Hampshire Parish Report for 1 January to 31 December 2025
## **Administrative Information**
The parish of North West Hampshire was created on 1 June 2024 as a result of the ‘pastoral scheme’ issued by the Diocese of Winchester, amalgamating the church parishes of Ashmansworth, Crux Easton, East Woodhay and Woolton Hill. The parish is part of the Diocese of Winchester within the Church of England. The correspondence address is: The Rectory, Mount Road, Highclere, Newbury RG20 9QZ.
The Churchwardens and Parochial Church Council (PCC) members were elected at a general meeting of the parish on 6 May 2025.
Membership
PCC members who have served from 2025 (unless otherwise indicated) are:
Incumbent: The Revd Lisa Rodrigues, Chairman Churchwardens: Andrew Colville, St Martin’s East Woodhay, Honorary Interim Treasurer (to 21 October 2025) Alan Rowe, St James’ Ashmansworth Richard Twallin, St Martin’s East Woodhay Christine Vane, St Thomas’ Woolton Hill Richard Willis, St Thomas’ Woolton Hill David Wolfenden, St Michael and All Angels’, Crux Easton (to 8 September 2025) Representatives on the Deanery Synod: Colin Bonner Alan Cox Stella (Netty) Shea Elected Members: Fiona Ashworth, Rachel Hardy (Vice-Chair), Ann Harris (Electoral Roll Officer), Justin O’Shaughnessy (to 7 September 2025), Colin West (Parish Safeguarding Officer)
## **Structure, governance and management**
The responsibilities of the PCC are set out in the Church of England’s Church Representation Rules, the Diocese’s Terms of Reference for Local Church Committees (LCCs) and the NWH PCC Handbook.
The PCC delegates to LCCs responsibility for day-to-day management of the individual church activities including building fabric maintenance, spending within the agreed budget and fundraising. Church attendees are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and, if they wish, stand for election to the PCC.
The PCC has the responsibility to cooperate with the incumbent in promoting in the parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.
## **Document structure**
The document comprises the financial report from the Rector, PCC and safeguarding, the Deanery Synod representatives and each of the four churches. These are followed by an Electoral Roll report, a summary of the Deanery Synod’s activities and the parish’s financial statements.
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The NHW PCC is a charity registered with the Charity Commission and is required to submit annual accounts.
## **Rector’s report**
I am pleased that considerable progress has been made this year in the implementation of the new Pastoral Scheme, which has included the adoption of a PCC Handbook, the registration of the North West Hampshire PCC with the Charity Commission and an application for a bank account in the name of the ‘One PCC’. I have greatly appreciated the commitment of PCC members to working collaboratively towards the fulfilment of Diocesan, financial and legal requirements. I am grateful to the Local Church Committees who have continued to make decisions on various matters of local. My sincere thanks to Andrew Colville who stepped down as Interim Honorary Treasurer with the co-opting to the PCC of Reverend Richard Sutcliffe, as Honorary Treasurer. I am grateful to Richard for offering his considerable financial skills for our benefit. With firm foundations for the operation of the PCC and LCCs, and the establishment of protocols for the handling of finances, we will be released to engage more fully with mission and ministry in the parish.
I have enjoyed leading a variety of services across the benefice, ranging from BCP to Common Worship, Iona, Taizé and Pet services. Our festival services are in most cases, well attended. Worship, of course, is dependent on our organists, choirs, bell ringers, flower arrangers, sidespeople, readers, intercessors, sacristans, chalice assistants and the many others who dedicate their time and energy to the church. Thank you for your wonderful service.
I have continued to lead pastoral services, including weddings and baptisms, although there has been a decline in the number of church funerals this year. Pastoral services provide opportunities to show the love of Christ in action and are an important aspect of mission. I visit people in their homes whenever possible, lead monthly Communion services in the two care homes in Woolton Hill, and lead Collective Worship in the three schools in the benefice. I consider it to be an important part of my role as Rector to be a visible presence in the community. Services taken by Permission to Officiate priests have been well received. Three lay members of the congregation began training to be commissioned by the Bishop of Winchester for mission - two for Children and Youth, and one for Worship. I am grateful to the ‘Open the Book’ team which enacts Bible stories in the Infant School in Woolton Hill. Our churchwardens continue to take worship services, when I am not available. We bade farewell to Suki Coe, who began her curacy in Exeter Diocese in June.
I am encouraged by the activities that go on in the churches and the links we enjoy in our wider communities. I am grateful to the many volunteers who give of themselves so wholeheartedly and in so many different ways that enable us to share our faith in Jesus. Ever mindful of our responsibility to maintain the fabric of our church buildings, pay our Common Mission Fund, and support charities, a wonderful round of additional activities, events and fetes across our parish have encouraged fellowship, brought our communities together and raised much needed funds.
Representatives from each church participated in a Vision Day in June and I will continue to work with you to hone the vision for each church, drawing on its particular gifts and blessings. The mission and ministry in this parish could not take place without our fabulous churchwardens, who contribute so much to the preservation and life of our churches. I would like to thank Colin West, our safeguarding lead, and all our safeguarding and other officers, Ann Harris for her work on the Electoral Roll, and to Colin Bonner, Alan Cox and Netty Shea for representing our parish at Deanery Synod.
My sincere thanks to the PCC members and so many others for your support. It is a joy and a privilege to guide this parish and I look forward to all that we may do together in the service of God. Along with the Parish of Highclere, may we remain faithful Christians who seek to make our churches welcoming places as we worship and pray in and for our communities.
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I look forward to welcoming you to the Annual Meeting.
Revd Lisa Rodrigues – Rector
## **PCC proceedings**
Standard items such as safeguarding, service provision and health and safety, have appeared on the agenda. Critical matters for the agenda have been the formal adoption of the PCC Handbook and engaging with the process for opening a single PCC bank account with Nat West. Andrew Colville continued in the role of Interim Honorary Treasurer to October 21, 2025. Reverend Richard Sutcliffe was appointed by the PCC to be Honorary Treasurer from October 22, 2025. Richard has worked closely with our professional bookkeeper, Tim Nutt who continues to use the online software platform ExpensePlus. The Treasurer has worked with Tim and LCC treasurers to prepare accounts (included in the Financial Review section of this document). The LCCs have continued to operate in accordance with the Diocesan Terms of Reference agreed by the PCC.
## **Safeguarding**
The NW Hants PCC has agreed to have due regard for the House of Bishops’ Safeguarding Policy and Practice Guidance. The Parish Safeguarding Dashboard records our compliance with the guidelines and during 2025 further progress was made with a current achievement level of 74% compared to 55% last year. For the first time our churches participated in the national Safeguarding Sunday event to help raise awareness of safeguarding. Each of our churches is covered by a Parish Safeguarding O ffi cer(PSO) as follows:-
St Thomas ,Woolton Hill and Woolton Hill Church Hall PSO Kay Fullick St Martin, East Woodhay PSO Colin West St James , Ashmansworth PSO Ann Rowe
St Michael and All Angels, Crux Easton PSO Ann Rowe (on an interim basis)
Colin West is acting as the Lead PSO and reports directly to the Rector and PCC on safeguarding matters.
All members of the NW Hampshire PCC have completed a Confidential Declaration form, have renewed Fit and Proper Person and Trustee Eligibility Forms and have up to date DBS certificates. All have provided 2 satisfactory references.
During the year 3 safeguarding incidents were reported within the Parish. The Winchester Diocese Safeguarding team has been of assistance and together we remain committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in this parish.
Colin West (Parish Safeguarding Officer)
## **St James, Ashmansworth**
Church services and use continued in a more normal pattern. We are grateful to Revd Lisa and Rev Canon Marion de Quidt for achieving this with help from Suki Coe prior to her move to Exeter. There were 30 communicants on Easter Day and 54 adults and 12 children filled the church for the Carol Service. Christmas Day saw 62 adults and 7 children. Andover Crematorium was full for the service for lifelong villager Tim Poole who had made a significant contribution to churchyard maintenance. Rev Lisa led prayers at the wake in the village hall.
Young families have continued to attend Messy Church mainly in the village hall. New sound system equipment was delivered in August
An Archdeacon’s Visitation was carried out in September. Paperwork and documentation were found up
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to date and work was seen as potentially forming a template for use across the parish. Safeguarding training has been completed. A full schedule of keyholders, Messy Church team insurance and Sunday collection arrangements remain to be finalised. At the request of the visiting Assistant Archdeacon a separate consultant’s report on trees and ash dieback in the churchyard was commissioned. This was received in late November and aspects referred to the Diocese for advice which was received in January 2026. The churchyard grass was kept in good order in 2025 by those on the mowing rota. We are most grateful to them and to parishioners keeping the boundary hedges trimmed back.
We are grateful to all who regularly contribute financially at services and for those ‘one off’ donations. The fundraising tea at Ashmansworth House and the quiz evening both made valuable contributions. Thank you to all who helped with these and those who attended.
Also grateful thanks to Sylvia Bowden for playing the organ during the year and not least to those who prepared and implemented the flower rota and church cleaning.
Alan Rowe (Churchwarden)
## **St Michael and All Angels, Crux Easton**
A regular monthly BCP Matins or Holy Communion service continued to be held at this small church in a rural hamlet. A candlelit Iona Service for Justice and Peace was held in October. The congregants generally include people from the village, the benefice and beyond, with both adults and children attending. Average attendance for regular services (including a Benefice Communion) was 13 adults and 3 children. On Easter Sunday 23 adults and 3 children attended; on Christmas Day 22 adults and 4 children. We had one baptism, in September.
Members of the LCC and the churchwarden resigned in September after reflection on the pastoral reorganisation and the proposed adoption by the PCC of the PCC Handbook. The responsibility for the church rests with me as Rector, during the vacancy of the office of churchwarden. The PCC thanks the members of the LCC and David Wolfenden for their past commitment to the church. A meeting of the residents of Crux Easton was held in March to discuss the future of the church. I would like to express special thanks to Richard and Audrey Willis who have taken on the responsibility of visiting the church weekly and reporting back to me. My sincere thanks to the team from Woolton Hill and beyond, who spent hours carrying out a deep clean of St Michael & All Angels in November.
The need to address the work indicated in the August 2024 Quinquennial is the primary focus for the coming year.
Lisa Rodrigues (Rector)
## **St Martin, East Woodhay**
Our standard general monthly schedule, of a service each Sunday, continued during 2025 except that the 8am Holy Communion was moved to a bi-monthly cycle. We are very grateful to Revd Lisa for her continued leadership.
We greatly value the church’s relationship with St Martin’s School and welcomed the pupils at the school’s Easter Service, service for leavers in July and the annual St Martin’s Day celebration in November. The school choir and other pupils then joined us again for the Christmas carol service contributing to a congregation of over a hundred. The Christmas Eve Communion service, at the slightly earlier time of 11pm, was also well attended, making our Christmas celebrations particularly special and enabling us to donate more than £750 (excluding Gift Aid) to two charities for the homeless, Shelter and the St Martinsin-the-Fields Christmas appeal.
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Delivering services, of course, depends also on the goodwill and commitment of all the various local volunteers who enable the services to happen. These include our organist, Hugh Cobbe, the choir, dedicated bellringers, talented flower team, sidesmen, lesson readers, intercessors, sacristans, rota organisers, church lockers/unlockers, altar frontal etc changers and all our generous donors, including St Martin’s Guild, whose annual fete and ‘Artisans Fair’ raise such valuable income for the church. On behalf of all of us who attend and benefit from our services, thank you! Thank you also to those serve on the Local Church Committee.
The LCC’s Fabric Committee continued to oversee maintenance of the building, specifically the installation of a new heating system. This comprises air-source heat pumps which discharge warm air through eight units on the north and south walls of the nave - resulting in a warm church despite the cold weather over Christmas and the new year period! We have also fitted solar panels on the south facing roof which are already generating more electricity than the church consumes - delivering ‘carbon net zero’ as well as greatly reducing heating costs.
Achieving a successful outcome would not have been possible without generous donations from our worshipping community and St Martin’s Guild, augmented by match funding grants from the Church of England and Greenham Trust. Several local businesses also made significant contributions, specifically: Ball Hill Garage, Marsh Fuels, Penwood Nurseries, Wellness Pilates and Yew Tree Garden Centre. Thank you, everybody!
Projects for this year and 2027 include major maintenance work on the bell mountings, which were last serviced more than thirty years ago.
Richard Twallin, Andrew Colville (Churchwardens)
## **St Thomas, Woolton Hill**
The Churchwardens attended an information day on ‘Care for your Church building’, organised by the diocese. This covered many interesting aspects including, Insurance, Bats, guidance on re-ordering and many other interesting topics.
We have spent a considerable amount of time on questions regarding graves. These have all been resolved. Due to the poor state of the pew runners these have now been replaced, with the help of a grant, and these have enhanced our eco-church standing.
All the external doors were dry and have now been treated with an appropriate coating.
The Cedar tree removal with the Church yard is work pending and will be carried out in the spring. A health and safety issue has been highlighted regarding the tiles on the floor of the outer vestry. Advice has been requested from a floor expert, and this item will continue into next year.
Richard has been enrolled on the Bishops Commission for Ministry (BCM) course and will start his training early next year.
All services continue within the Church following our established pattern, with a Family and Friends service in the Church Hall being proposed.
All our endeavours are only possible with the support of a huge team of volunteers and we thank them all.
Chris Vane, Richard Willis (Churchwardens)
## **Woolton Hill Church Hall**
The Church Hall continued to be maintained to a high standard, benefitting occasional hirers of the hall, and those letting hall space longer term. The preschool which had operated in the main hall ceased to hire space in December, but other lettings and hirings were booked throughout the year. The Chair of the Management Committee, Ingrid Rankin, completed her last term at year-end, having left a detailed manual to guide the new Chair and the management committee. I would like to thank Ingrid for her dedicated
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service to the church hall in her oversight and considerable work. The year end also marked the departure of other members of the management committee, and I would like to thank Gareth Foulkes and Luke Graham who served the church hall as treasurer and committee member and have moved on. I would like to thank all members of the management committee for their dedication. I would like to thank Beverly Clifton for her continuing commitment to the oversight of hall bookings.
Lisa Rodrigues (Rector)
## **Electoral Roll**
The Electoral Roll is a legal requirement of all parishes and is a list of the names and addresses of every person who can vote at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting. It also provides us with us a list of worshippers, for communication purposes. Membership is purely voluntary and it is necessary to apply to be enrolled. The roll is amended on an annual basis and a new roll is prepared every six years, along with the rest of the Church of England.
As at 13 May l there were 143 names on the Parish Electoral Roll.
## **Whitchurch Deanery Synod**
Whitchurch Deanery comprises the parishes that lie between the A303 and the Berkshire border from Longparish/East Woodhay in the west to Ashford Hill/ North Waltham in the east. The population is around 25,000 and the size of the individual parishes vary considerably. Responsibilities include the coordination of the CMF, training of lay-led services, strategic development and growth of congregations and ministry within the Deanery.
Four meetings were held during 2025 in February, June. September & November. We said farewell to our former Area Dean, Rev. David Roche who has been succeeded by Rev. James Russell. The former Bishop of Basingstoke, Rt. Rev. David Williams moved to become Bishop of Truro and we welcomed his successor the Rt. Rev. Kelly Betteridge. In June our Lay Chair, Jonathan Taylor, stood down and was succeeded by Peter Hull. We welcome James and Peter. At our meetings Colin Harbidge and Elspeth Mackeggie Gurney spoke on the Common Mission Fund and Rev Simon Butler on Growing Rural Parishes. Rt. Rev. Kelly is planning a Deanery visit in June 2026.
Alan Cox and I step down as representatives at this meeting.
Colin Bonner (Deanery Synod representative)
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**Financial Review**
## **North West Hampshire 2025 Accounts General Information**
In 2024 the 4 parishes of North West Hants (NWH) merged into one parish. The following 4 churches are now part of NWH:
- St Michaels and All Angels, Crux Easton
- St James, Ashmansworth
- St Martins, East Woodhay
- St Thomas, Woolton Hill
This is the first full year that accounts have been prepared for the combined parish. We are grateful to our church treasurers for all their hard work throughout the year. We continue to employ the services of a professional bookkeeper to prepare our monthly and end of year combined accounts.
## **Bank Accounts & Funds**
Each Church still maintains their own bank account and a number of saving accounts. It was decided for 2025 each church would maintain its own General Fund and their specific Designated and Restricted funds.
To note, that a parish bank account has now been opened with Natwest that will deal with shared costs of the parish such as CMF, administration costs and costs of bookkeeping.
## **CCLA & Saving accounts**
There are a number of CCLA savings and investment accounts for long term investment and a number of building society and bank savings accounts for the shorter term.
## **Endowments**
The parish has 3 endowment funds where the capital cannot be touched, but the dividends/interest is used for specific purposes. Col Sheppard Trust dividends are for St Martin’s Churchyard fund and the Lock Trust dividend income can be used by the PCC for the church at their discretion. For 2025 this has been transferred to the St Thomas’ General fund to cover CMF costs.
## **General Comments**
We are lucky that we have generous giving from our villages and money in reserves that enable us to continue to meet our costs as they fall due. Fund raising will also continue to be an important part of our income. We monitor our income and expenditure against a budget set to ensure that expenditure is well controlled. This year we will continue to look at our policies and procedures for the new parish to ensure that things are streamlined and well-controlled.
We have agreed with the Diocese to a slightly reduced CMF of £75,650 (about 90% of the original full request).
Revd Richard Sutcliffe (Hon Treasurer)
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT
## **to the trustees of the North West Hampshire Parish (PCC)**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of PCC for the year ended 31[st] December 2025 which are set out on the following pages.
## _**Responsibilities and basis of report**_
As the charity trustees of PCC you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). You are satisfied that the accounts of the charity are not required by charity law to be audited and have chosen instead to have an independent examination.
I report in respect of my examination of the accounts. I have carried out my examination under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed the directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
An independent examination does not involve gathering all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently does not cover all the matters that an auditor considers in giving their opinion on the accounts. The planning and conduct of an audit goes beyond the limited assurance that an independent examination can provide. Consequently I express no opinion as to whether the consolidated accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and my report is limited to those specific matters set out in the independent examiner’s statement.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records, with respect to the Charity, were not kept as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
I confirm that there are no other matters to which your attention should be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Adam Mussert BSocSci, ACMA, MCT** Hirondelle, Whatton, Nottinghamshire
15 May 2026
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## **North West Hampshire Parish**
## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities**
## **01 January 2025 to 31 December 2025**
**As at 31/12/2025 As at 31/12/2024 £** Notes **£** h
|**Current assets**
**Investments**
Ashmansworth CCLA Deposit
Ashmansworth CCLA Investment
Ashmansworth Dormant Account
Crux Easton Lloyds Savings
St Thomas CCLA CBF Churchyard
**Endownments**
Woolton Hill Lock Trust (7220)
James Henry Lock Trust (7147)
Col Sheppard Trust
War Bonds
**Total**
**Cash and Bank Balances**
Ashmansworth HSBC
Crux Easton Lloyds
East Woodhay Nat West
East Woodhay Newbury building society
St Thomas Nat West - General account
St Thomas Building Soc LSP & Church Hall
St Thomas Nat West - LSP
Church Hall Santander Bank
Lloyds - Lock Trust
**Net current assets less current liabilities**
**Represented by**
**Unrestricted**
General (Crux Easton)
General (Ashmansworth)
General (East Woodhay)
General (St Thomas)
**Total Unrestricted**
**Designated**
St James Ashmansworth Organ & Music Fund
**Total Designated**
**Restricted**
Living Stone Project (LSP) Fund
St Thomas Churchyard Fund|40,000.00
8,968.11
16.49
85,306.75
16,666.14
170,559.08
90,811.76
47,504.36
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a
459,832.69
24,013.03
4,135.41
4,062.98
6,362.80
5,294.73
33,043.56
3,403.54
17,559.78
3,255.00
f
£560,963.52
3,988.36
20,528.26
-1,099.18
33,000.55
b
56,417.99
1,534.03
1,534.03
32,274.47
11,931.14|40,000.00
9,341.57
16.35
84,633.66
16,878.35
177,661.65
88,642.07
49,482.58
91.00|
|---|---|---|
|||466,747.23
22,250.65
5,888.24
11,014.05
6,362.80
13,719.39
32,026.87
7,167.98
12,287.11
5,227.32|
|||£582,691.64
5,888.24
21,107.07
7,672.12
28,831.71|
|||63,499.14
1,534.03|
|||1,534.03
39,389.64
13,858.35|
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|Lock Trust
St James Ashmansworth Fabric Fund
St Martins Special Collections Fund
St Martins Churchyard Fund
St Martins Guild Fund
St Martins Organ Fund
St Martins Fabric Fund
St Martins Bellrope Fund
St Michael (Crux Easton) Fabric fund
**Total Restricted**
**Endowment**
**Total Funds of church**|3,255.00
50,634.19
229.06
2.71
9,112.32
-791.46
1,359.05
823.07
85,306.75
194,136.30
308,875.20
560,963.52|5,227.32
48,967.47
-64.14
2,067.76
6,309.70
61.32
507.02
823.07
84,633.66|
|---|---|---|
|||201,781.17
315,877.30|
|||582,691.64|
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## **North West Hampshire Parish**
01 January 2025 to 31 December 2025
## **Receipts and Payments**
## **Year 2025**
> **Notes June -Dec 2024**
## h
## **Crux Easton General fund (Unrestricted)**
## **Income**
|**Donations**
Church Collections
One-off Donations
Regular Giving
Refunds & Transfers
**Other Income**
Fees
Grants (& VAT Refunds)
**Total Income**
**penditure**
**Building**
Electricity
Insurance
Water
**General**
Bank Charges
Bookkeeping
Church Services
Events
Miscellaneous Costs
Repairs/maintenance
Office Expenses
**Staffing**
Clergy expenses
Parish Administrator
**WDBF**
CMF
WDBF Fees|1,140.08
486.79
520.00
1,120.00
1,225.00
0.00
0.00
1,258.06
**2,885.08**
**2,864.85**
167.00
236.80
0.00
**403.80**
**0.00**
**3,288.88**
**2,864.85**
760.71
665.45
1,298.54
748.37
120.00
20.00
**2,179.25**
**1,433.82**
27.45
12.44
153.76
10.61
6.43
6.00
2,419.55
6.81
**211.06**
**2,431.99**
89.69
0.00
202.11
**291.80**
**0.00**
2,450.00
0.00
17.00
**2,467.00**
**0.00**|
|---|---|
## **Expenditure**
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|**Total Expenditure**
**5,149.11**||**3,865.81**|
|---|---|---|
|Income over Expenditure
-1,860.23||-1,000.96|
|Brought forward balance
5,888.24||6,889.20|
|Transfers to/(from)
-39.65|c||
|**Total carried forward balance**
**3,988.36**||5,888.24|
|**Ashmansworth General fund (Unrestricted)**|||
|**Income**|||
|**Donations**|||
|Church Collections
1,761.60||1,061.43|
|Envelopes
1,893.90||1,109.00|
|One-off Donations
50.00||296.35|
|Regular Giving
6,902.50||4,037.44|
|**10,608.00**||**6,504.22**|
|**Gift Aid**|||
|Gift Aid Recovered
2,187.55||3,291.31|
|**2,187.55**||**3,291.31**|
|**Other Income**|||
|Fundraising
4,211.50||2,930.00|
|Interest
0.14|||
|Staff Gift
425.00||0.00|
|Fees
0.00||35.00|
|**4,636.64**||**2,965.00**|
|**Total Income**
**17,432.19**||**12,760.53**|
|**Expenditure**|||
|**Building**|||
|Electricity
691.00||552.07|
|Insurance
1,276.92|||
|Repairs/maintenance
1,604.92||111.80|
|**3,572.84**||**663.87**|
|**General**|||
|Bank Charges
71.70||42.42|
|Bookkeeping
316.29||0.00|
|Church Services
21.71||0.00|
|Events
13.16||0.00|
|Licences
69.00||0.00|
|Miscellaneous Costs
12.29||172.89|
|Office Expenses
13.95||0.00|
|**518.10**||**215.31**|
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|**Staffing**
Clergy expenses
183.69
Parish Administrator
413.21
Staff Gift
425.00
**1,021.90**
**WDBF**
CMF
12,800.00
WDBF Fees
17.00
**12,817.00**
**Total Expenditure**
**17,929.84**
Income over Expenditure
-497.65
Brought forward balance
21,107.07
Transfers to/(from)
-81.16
c
**Total carried forward balance**
**20,528.26**
**East Woodhay General fund (Unrestricted)**
**Income**
**Donations**
Church Collections
2,369.07
Envelopes
1,714.50
One-off Donations
2,148.43
Regular Giving
12,644.19
**18,876.19**
**Gift Aid**
Gift Aid Recovered
5,082.40
**5,082.40**
**Other Income**
Fees
2,484.00
Recording fees
4,300.00
Dividends
0.00
Fundraising
0.00
Staff Gift
155.00
**6,939.00**
**Total Income**
**30,897.59**
**Expenditure**
**Building**
Cleaning
752.55
Electricity
1,202.66
Gas
197.90
Insurance
2,876.41|0.00
0.00
0.00|
|---|---|
||**0.00**
12,780.00|
||**12,780.00**
**13,659.18**
-898.65
22,005.52
0.00|
||21,107.07
1,338.78
744.40
1,310.44
6,794.39|
|
**Income**
**Donations**
Church Collections
Envelopes
One-off Donations
Regular Giving
**Gift Aid**
Gift Aid Recovered
**Other Income**
Fees
Recording fees
Dividends
Fundraising
Staff Gift
**Total Income**
**Expenditure**
**Building**
Cleaning
Electricity
Gas
Insurance||
||**10,188.01**
4,572.30|
||**4,572.30**
4,019.00
3,295.00
216.67
184.59
0.00|
||**7,715.26**
**22,475.57**
0.00
0.00
0.00
500.00|
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|Repairs/maintenance||3,108.18||1,000.00|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Water||490.76||0.00|
|||**8,628.46**||**1,500.00**|
|**General**|||||
|Bookkeeping||821.15||0.00|
|Church Services||144.41||1,541.30|
|Events||114.52||0.00|
|Funeral Fees||150.00||0.00|
|Licences||439.40||0.00|
|Miscellaneous Costs||32.24||243.80|
|Music||620.00||680.00|
|Office Expenses||36.60||0.00|
|St Martin’s School||189.40||0.00|
|||**2,547.72**||**2,465.10**|
|**Staffing**|||||
|Clergy expenses||481.95||262.65|
|Parish Administrator||1,083.17||0.00|
|Staff Gift||155.00||0.00|
|||**1,720.12**||**262.65**|
|**WDBF**|||||
|CMF||26,200.00||16,360.00|
|WDBF Fees||332.00||772.00|
|||**26,532.00**||**17,132.00**|
|**Total Expenditure**||**39,428.30**||**21,359.75**|
|Income over Expenditure||-8,530.71||1,115.82|
|Brought forward balance||7,672.12||6,556.30|
|Transfers to/(from)||-240.59|c|0.00|
|**Total carried forward balance**||**-1,099.18**||7,672.12|
|**St Thomas General fund (Unrestricted)**|||b & h||
|**Income**|||||
|**Donations**|||||
|Church Collections||4,074.74||4,810.34|
|One-off Donations||4,950.50||3,544.00|
|Regular Giving||16,988.00||17,911.00|
|||**26,013.24**||**26,265.34**|
|**Gift Aid**|||||
|Gift Aid Recovered||6,075.61||1,405.11|
|||**6,075.61**||**1,405.11**|
|**Other Income**|||||
|Church events||2,135.20||3,292.35|
|Fees||6,022.00||6,386.38|
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|Fundraising
Grants (& VAT Refunds)
Hall Hire (Casual)
Hall Hire (Regular)
Highclere Church Contribution
Interest
Insurance claim
Miscellaneous
Benefice Income
Staff Gift
**Total Income**
**Expenditure**
**Building**
Cleaning
Electricity
Gas
Insurance
Repairs/maintenance
Telephone/Broadband
**General**
Bookkeeping
Church Services
Donation to charity
Events
Fundraising Costs
Funeral Fees
Highclere Church Costs
Licences
Miscellaneous Costs
Music
Office Expenses
**Staffing**
Clergy expenses
Parish Administrator
Staff Gift
**WDBF**
CMF
WDBF Fees|6,197.35
1,542.24
3,687.49
20,655.00
2,221.30
167.42
d
0.00
335.36
0.00
990.00
**43,953.36**
**76,042.21**
5,017.01
8,862.93
4,964.35
4,584.07
7,478.48
327.39
**31,234.23**
1,358.80
333.02
1,196.77
1,133.65
630.75
1,360.00
2,627.22
392.40
4,195.13
748.58
504.01
**14,480.33**
818.60
1,794.61
1,100.00
**3,713.21**
30,050.00
2,757.00
**32,807.00**|5,258.28
-118.00
33,645.35
0.00
0.00
207.89
11,819.47
9,411.63
4,609.94
0.00|
|---|---|---|
|||**74,513.29**
**102,183.74**
5,975.04
14,848.43
0.00
9,014.83
30,164.10
349.05|
|||**60,351.45**
0.00
211.09
662.50
0.00
1,107.69
0.00
0.00
0.00
5,066.81
3,118.36
3,778.91|
|||**13,945.36**
849.80
0.00
0.00|
|||**849.80**
29,000.00
1,117.00|
|||**30,117.00**|
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|**Total Expenditure**
**82,234.77**
**105,263.61**
Income over Expenditure
-6,192.56
-3,079.87
Brought forward balance
28,831.71
35,652.25
Transfers to/(from)
10,361.40
c & e
-3,649.67
War Bond write off
a
-91.00
**Total carried forward balance**
**33,000.55**
28,831.71
**St James Ashmansworth Organ & Music Fund (Designated)**
**Income**
**Total Income**
**0.00**
**0.00**
**Expenditure**
**Total Expenditure**
**0.00**
**0.00**
Income over Expenditure
0.00
0.00
Brought forward balance
1,534.03
1,534.03
Transfers to/(from)
0.00
**Total carried forward balance**
**1,534.03**
1,534.03
**Living Stones Project (LSP) fund (Restricted)**
**Income**
One-off Donations
1,436.56
4,268.00
Fundraising
4,202.29
Interest
849.27
d
1,006.71
Miscellaneous
1,945.00
639.25
**Total Income**
**4,230.83**
**10,116.25**
**Expenditure**
**Building**
Repairs/maintenance
11,346.00
2,049.50
**Total Expenditure**
**11,346.00**
**2,049.50**
Income over Expenditure
-7,115.17
8,066.75
Brought forward balance
39,389.64
31,322.89
Transfers to/(from)
0.00
**Total carried forward balance**
**32,274.47**
39,389.64|**105,263.61**
-3,079.87
35,652.25
-3,649.67
-91.00|
|---|---|
|
**Income**
**Total Income**
**0.00**
**Expenditure**
**Total Expenditure**
**0.00**
Income over Expenditure
0.00
Brought forward balance
1,534.03
Transfers to/(from)
0.00
**Total carried forward balance**
**1,534.03**
**Living Stones Project (LSP) fund (Restricted)**
**Income**
One-off Donations
1,436.56
Fundraising
Interest
849.27
d
Miscellaneous
1,945.00
**Total Income**
**4,230.83**
**Expenditure**
**Building**
Repairs/maintenance
11,346.00
**Total Expenditure**
**11,346.00**
Income over Expenditure
-7,115.17
Brought forward balance
39,389.64
Transfers to/(from)
0.00
**Total carried forward balance**
**32,274.47**||
||1,534.03
4,268.00
4,202.29
1,006.71
639.25|
|
**Income**
One-off Donations
Fundraising
Interest
Miscellaneous
**Total Income**
**Expenditure**
**Building**
Repairs/maintenance
**Total Expenditure**
Income over Expenditure
Brought forward balance
Transfers to/(from)
**Total carried forward balance**||
||**10,116.25**
2,049.50|
||**2,049.50**
8,066.75
31,322.89|
||39,389.64|
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## **St Thomas Churchyard fund (Restricted)**
|**St Thomas Churchyard fund (Restricted)**||
|---|---|
|**Income**
**Total Income**
**0.00**
**Expenditure**
**Building**
Repairs/maintenance
1,715.00
**Total Expenditure**
**1,715.00**
Income over Expenditure
-1,715.00
Brought forward balance
13,858.35
Transfers to/(from)
0.00
Gain/loss investment value
-212.21
g
**Total carried forward balance**
**11,931.14**
**Lock Trust fund (Restricted)**
**Income**
Dividends/Interest
8,027.68
f
**Total Income**
**8,027.68**
**Expenditure**
0.00
**Total Expenditure**
**0.00**
Income over Expenditure
8,027.68
Brought forward balance
5,227.32
Transfers to/(from)
-10,000.00
e
**Total carried forward balance**
**3,255.00**
**St James Ashmansworth Fabric fund (Restricted)**
**Income**
Dividends/Interest
2,040.18
**Total Income**
**2,040.18**
**Expenditure**
0.00
**Total Expenditure**
**0.00**
Income over Expenditure
2,040.18
Gain/loss investment value
-373.46
g
Brought forward balance
48,967.47
Transfers to/(from)
0.00|**0.00**
3,020.00|
||**3,020.00**
-3,020.00
15,918.95
0.00
959.40|
||13,858.35
7,044.53|
||**7,044.53**
0.00|
||**0.00**
7,044.53
2,182.79
-4,000.00|
||5,227.32
1,147.85|
|
**Income**
Dividends/Interest
**Total Income**
**Expenditure**
**Total Expenditure**
Income over Expenditure
Gain/loss investment value
Brought forward balance
Transfers to/(from)||
||**1,147.85**|
||**0.00**
1,147.85
8,887.13
38,932.49
0.00|
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|**Total carried forward balance**||**50,634.19**|48,967.47|
|---|---|---|---|
|**St Martin's Special Collection fund (Restricted)**||||
|**Income**||||
|Church Collections||877.72|215.00|
|One-off Donations||424.23|100.00|
|Gift Aid Recovered||36.25|190.00|
|Envelopes||75.00|408.58|
|**Total Income**||**1,413.20**|**913.58**|
|**Expenditure**||||
|Donation to charity||1,120.00|150.00|
|**Total Expenditure**||**1,120.00**|**150.00**|
|Income over Expenditure||293.20|763.58|
|Brought forward balance||-64.14|-827.72|
|Transfers to/(from)||0.00||
|**Total carried forward balance**||**229.06**|-64.14|
|**St Martin's Churchyard fund (Restricted)**||||
|**Income**||||
|One-off Donations||200.00|200.00|
|Regular Giving||250.00|112.50|
|Dividends/Interest||1,374.95|674.32|
|**Total Income**||**1,824.95**|**986.82**|
|**Expenditure**||||
|Repairs/maintenance||3,890.00|0.00|
|**Total Expenditure**||**3,890.00**|**0.00**|
|Income over Expenditure||-2,065.05|986.82|
|Brought forward balance||2,067.76|1,080.94|
|Transfers to/(from)||0.00||
|**Total carried forward balance**||**2.71**|2,067.76|
|**St Martin's Guild fund (Restricted)**||||
|**Income**||||
|One-off Donations||8,008.00|4,037.50|
|Gift Aid||0.00|1,137.50|
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|Church events||3,380.00|0.00|
|---|---|---|---|
|Dividends/Interest||171.62|0.00|
|**Total Income**||**11,559.62**|**5,175.00**|
|**Expenditure**||||
|Heating||0.00|924.96|
|Electricity & Water||0.00|737.03|
|Cleaning||0.00|471.75|
|Repairs/maintenance||8,757.00|4,729.27|
|Insurance||0.00|1,152.98|
|Grant to St Martin's School||0.00|1,272.03|
|**Total Expenditure**||**8,757.00**|9,288.02|
|Income over Expenditure||2,802.62|-4,113.02|
|Brought forward balance||6,309.70|10,422.72|
|Transfers to/(from)||0.00||
|**Total carried forward balance**||**9,112.32**|6,309.70|
|**St Martin's Organ fund (Restricted)**||||
|**Income**||||
|Dividends/Interest||1.73|0.00|
|**Total Income**||**1.73**|**0.00**|
|**Expenditure**||||
|Repairs/maintenance||228.35|300.00|
|Music||626.16|0.00|
|**Total Expenditure**||**854.51**|**300.00**|
|Income over Expenditure||-852.78|-300.00|
|Brought forward balance||61.32|361.32|
|Transfers to/(from)||0.00||
|**Total carried forward balance**||**-791.46**|61.32|
|**St Martin's Fabric fund (Restricted)**||||
|**Income**||||
|Heating Project||30,476.08|0.00|
|Solar Panel Project||1,423.42|0.00|
|**Total Income**||**31,899.50**|**0.00**|
|**Expenditure**||||
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|Major Repairs||30,250.67|0.00|
|---|---|---|---|
|Repairs/maintenance||796.80|0.00|
|**Total Expenditure**||**31,047.47**|**0.00**|
|Income over Expenditure||852.03|0.00|
|Brought forward balance||507.02|507.02|
|Transfers to/(from)||0.00||
|**Total carried forward balance**||**1,359.05**|507.02|
|**St Martin's Bellrope Fund (Designated)**||||
|**Income**||||
|**Total Income**||**0.00**|**0.00**|
|**Expenditure**||||
|**Total Expenditure**||**0.00**|**0.00**|
|Income over Expenditure||0.00|0.00|
|Brought forward balance||823.07|823.07|
|Transfers to/(from)||0.00||
|**Total carried forward balance**||**823.07**|823.07|
|**St Michael's (Crux Easton) Fabric fund (Restricted)**||||
|**Income**||||
|Dividends/Interest||673.09|982.44|
|**Total Income**||**673.09**|**982.44**|
|**Expenditure**||||
|||0.00|0.00|
|**Total Expenditure**||**0.00**|**0.00**|
|Income over Expenditure||673.09|982.44|
|Brought forward balance||84,633.66|83,884.02|
|Transfers to/(from)||0.00|-232.80|
|**Total carried forward balance**||**85,306.75**|84,633.66|
|Total NWH Income||189,331.65||
|Total NWH Expenditure||203,845.46||
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## **Notes**
**a** - The NWH PCC agreed at the March 11th PCC meeting that the sum of £91 could be written off for the War Bonds for which there is no documentation, and the item was removed from the accounts.
**b** - 2024 accounts for St Thomas were split into General Church fund and General Hall fund. The PCC agreed to merge these into one St Thomas General Fund for 2025
**c** - Benefice cost from 2024 paid in 2025: Fund transfer to St Thomas General fund
**d** - Beginning 2025 Newbury Building Society holds funds for Living Stones Project (LSP)
(£26,753.10) and St Thomas General (Hall) (£5273.76).
2025 interest (£1,016.69 ) is split pro rata between Churchhall and LSP Funds --->
**e** - Transfer of funds from Lock Trust fund to St Thomas General to match cash transfer from Lock Trust bank
**f** - Lloyds account for Lock Trust (Acc 0269). Money in comes soley from the 2 CCLA Lock Trust Endowment funds dividends. This dividend income can be used by the PCC for the church at their discretion
value
**h** - NWH came into being as a merger of the 4 chuches in June 2024, so the 2024 column only accounts for those 7 months. For St Thomas the 2024 figures are for the whole 12 months
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