## **St. Paul's Church, Hadley Wood, Trust** (Charity No. 1197668) ## **Trustees Annual Report for the year ending 31st December 2025** ## **Contents** Page 1 Annual Report Page 2 Receipts and payments Accounts Page 3 Statement of assets and liabilities Page 4 Notes 1 to 6 Page 6 Independent Examiner's Report SL PAUL'S CHURCH, HADLEY WOOD, TRUST Icharily No, 11976681 ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 202S The I￿{lre￿ DI tyii is 34 Cresco111 loiL Hjdloy Wood, Flertloid8hiro EN4 OEN. The tyuslees who $wved Ihrowh the y•4r wefa- J. T. Hall R. T. Darque The Rev. Dr. K.R. Birkett K. Poliiz¢r E. N. Ewor N.J. Northum Th• Iru3tee# SQlecl ond appty.nl new trusleos. The twslees have complied with therr duty of care lo have due re¢Jatd 19 the gu￿an(C on wblic bonefft wbli¥hed by It* Ch4lrily Commlssion in Ihc L'X(>rcisc of Ih¢ir POWL*8 of duties. REVIEW The Iru$l held IhL4 church prornises ol Si P¢iuI's Church. Hadl¢y Wood Jnd tho vicarage pre￿￿05 34 CiescL¥nt East. H•Jley Woo(J plus olhor asscis during thc yoar for th b0￿fft ol Ihe church ¢ommuns1y. Tho Incomo ol ffte Iru51 rlurlng Iho ycor from IinThnciiil ilVJ¥ylg lolAll*pO £12,630 Tho tru51 also recorved exlomhl luii(IINJ ol r90,351 lor Ihc poich f¢building pl0￿1 IL) wfiicn wa¥ Jddod £31,328 from Ihis trusl's resnurces 9rvlng a lolal cosl lo r4rt)uild Il)(% church poich of £121.¢i79. The cosl ol the wch rebuilding proiccl hJs boen added to our Pem)ar)onl Er￿￿0￿¢ Fund. Tho balince carried fofwwd5 <)n our Expcndablo Endowmonl Fund is £54,610. INVESTMENT POLICY Thc tru%loe.5 intend lo follow *5 prudcnl Investmeni policy and in¥esl the maprity of long lemi finanool assets in collectyvc inveslrneni funds Dwopri'ale to charilies in ordeT lo seek lo oblwn a good return of incothL' Capjlal protccbon. Irusl¢*s do nul wish lo Impose r¢$triGlions ￿￿USe ol elhical ntslure ol parlicultsf invcNlin*nits bul Ivavc Ihe4• rrwllers lo th¢ Inw.slmeni Jlloin&yvfS WIK) 41¢ Invosling JQ¥¢ificully lor ch•DII•8. RESERVES POLICY The Iru81 currenuy ha¥ no ongoing expenxis wessary for rts mainlenan¢e. However, the liuyi has tx)¢M in t1￿ pasi lo lund voirf)us Iloms of oxperbdiluro Ifom ils own resourcol. rhtt Irtsslea wi¥h 10 hold fre￿￿ ro84fy•s ol cDBh And invo¥lm¥nlJ 01 £80,000 lo enwblo them lo fund unlo¢eseon exp￿￿tI￿re ol IIK. Iiuyl Of of Sl. Paufs ChuT¢h, tn wttole N In P¢irl, thal rTlOy aiiso in tho lulur•. The trusl'y free r•5qpieJ Cufrenty eX￿od Ihe obovo figure. Approvcd by Ihe Tfustoes armj signod on their tKhall J. T. HiiN Chaim)on 19th May 2028 Pa90 1 (Charity No. 1197668) ## **St. PAUL'S CHURCH, HADLEY WOOD, TRUST** ## **UNRESTRICTED RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2025** |**2025**
**2024**
£
£
£
**RECEIPTS - income from assets**
M & G Charifund dividends
3,691
COIF Investment dividends
1,192
COIF Deposit interest
192
5,075
Proceeds from sale of investments
17,400
22,475
Less:
Deduction for payments made for purchasing
investments in earlier periods of investments
now sold
9,845
Transfer to porch project restricted fund
31,328
41,173
(Deficit)/Surplus of receipts over payments
(18,698)
Expendable Endowment balance brought forward
73,308

Expendable Endowment balance carried forward
54,610

**RESTRICTED FUND - PORCH PROJECT**
Receipts, deemed receipt and fund transfer
Independent charity
St. Paul's Church Hadley Wood
St. Paul's Church, Hadley Wood, Trust
Porch project rebuilding total costs paid and
applied to Permanent Endowment Fund
Porch project rebuilding costs were paid partly
by the trust and partly by the church on their behalf.
A balance of £2,493 porch project costs remains
to be paid as at 31st December 2025. Other
than this item due to be paid by the church on
the trust's behalf all monies for this restricted
fund have been expensed by the year end.
30,000
60,351
31,328
121,679|**2025**
**2024**|**2025**
**2024**|**2025**
**2024**|**2025**
**2024**|
£
3,801
1,275
184
5,260
5,260
68,048| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||£
9,845
31,328||£
£
3,691
1,192
192
5,075
17,400
22,475
41,173
(18,698)
73,308
54,610
30,000
60,351
31,328
121,679||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||73,308| ||||||| Page 2 St. PAUL'S CHURCH, HADLEY WOOD, TRUST (Ch￿1111￿ frlo. 11(J76681 STATEMENT OF Assgfs AND LIABILITIES 31st DECEMBER 2025 2025 2024 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Land ar￿ bull dlngs al ￿31 Church and hhll property (notè 2) Wiurage prapcrly 342,843 208 663 $51,506 221.164 208.663 429,827 Inv•%lm#nls Al eoii uf prgvlous Iwlts 3,653 M&G Chorilund unrts 1,866 COIF Chantics Invoslmenl Fund unils Market value £99,168 {2024 - £109. 0171 32.423 20.212 52.635 37,480 25,000 62.480 604,141 492,307 CURRENT ASSET8 COIF Charrtie¥ Deposit Fund Barclays B￿k 208 1,767 4.816 6.012 1,975 10,828 606.116 503,135 Financed by - PERMANENT ENDOWMENT BaLryn¢e 1st Jnnunry 2025 Porch projecl building costs during lh¢ year 429,827 121,679 551,506 429,827 EXPENDABLE ENDOWMENT 8alanc8 151 J,Inuary 2025 (Deficil) I surplus lor Ihe yeJr 73,308 18,698 68,048 5,260 54.610 73.308 606.116 503.135 Appfovcd by Ihe Trnslees and Signed on thoiw tehJlf J. T. HDII Chaimian 191h Mgy 2028 ## **St. PAUL'S CHURCH, HADLEY WOOD, TRUST** (Charity No. 1197668) ## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS 31st DECEMBER 2025** ## **1 The Scheme** The Scheme was created by order of the Charity Commission for England and Wales dated 19 April 2021 to supersede St. Paul's Church, Hadley Wood, Church Premises Trust and St. Paul's Church, Hadley Wood, Vicarage Trust. These accounts comprise the assets of the two former trusts. ## **2 Church and hall property** |Church - expenditure in 1911 by a previous trust
Church Hall (estimated costs) by a previous trust
Church Hall extension costs by a previous trust
Church porch rebuilding and window costs|1,475
1,475
50,000
50,000
169,689
169,689
121,679
**2025**
**2024**| |---|---| ||£342,843
£221,164| ## **3** ## **Receipts and payments basis of accounts** Revenue and expenditure is recorded on a receipts and payments basis when preparing these accounts. There is a cost relating to the 2025 accounts of £1,000 which will be paid in 2026. ## **4** ## **Equipment costs** Expenditure on equipment and moveable fittings at the vicarage property is written off as an expense when purchased and is not capitalised. ## **5** ## **Trustees remuneration and expenses** No trustee received any remuneration or reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses during the year. ## **6 Related Party Transactions** During the financial year a transaction took place between the trust and St. Paul's Church. They are deemed to be related parties by virtue of the fact that Mrs. Kim Pulitzer is a trustee of this trust and a trustee of St. Paul's Church. The trustees confirm that the conflict of interest was appropriately managed and the related trustee declared her interest and was not involved in the decision making process regarding the donation or the porch project. The transaction comprised a donation from St. Paul's Church to this trust specifically to fund building improvements to the church porch and a new stained glass window. The total value of the transaction was £62,844 of which there was a balance outstanding at the year end of £2,493. Page 4 (Charity No. 1197668) ## **ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, HADLEY WOOD, TRUST** ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS** I report to the Trustees of St. Paul's Church, Hadley Wood, Trust (Charity No. 1197668) on the accounts for the year ended 31st December 2025 set out on pages 2 to 4. As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination and confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect - - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. > Signed: Date: 2nd June 2026 Name: Hope Davis FCCA MBA Address: Park Road, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4 PA Page 5