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2025-12-31-accounts

Ecclesiastical Parish of South Beddington & Roundshaw, incorporating

St Michael & All Angels Church South Beddington and St Paul's Church Roundshaw.

Charity Commission Registration Number 1197967

Annual Report & Financial Statements

Year ending 31[st] December 2025

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Contents

To be read in conjunction with the Independent Examiner and Financial Reports

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Charity Particulars

Charity Name: The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of South Beddington and Roundshaw. Incorporating St Michael & All Angels Church South Beddington and St Paul’s Church Roundshaw. The PCC is a body Corporate (PCC Powers Measure 1956), Church Representation Rules 2020) and is a charity registered with the Charity Commission under the Charities Act 2011. Charity Registration Number: 1197967

Registered Address: St Michael's Vicarage, Milton Road, Wallington SM6 9RP (for correspondence) Officers:

Chair: The Reverend Berni Excell (from 17 July 2023) Lay Vice-Chairman: Paul Goldsmith (from 30 April 2023) PCC Secretary: Mrs. Alison Huneke Treasurer : Mr Robert Bourton

Electoral Roll Officer: Mrs. Alison Huneke (St. Michael’s Church); Mrs. Madelaine Reid (St. Paul’s Church)

Church Safeguarding Officer: Ms Jenina Namweru (St. Michael’s Church); Mrs. Sally Page (St. Paul’s Church)

Trustees

Churchwarden: Ms Jennie Nash (appointed 01 May 2022, St. Paul’s Church) Mr Paul Goldsmith (appointed 30 April 2023, St Michael’s Church) Mrs Jill Forbes (appointed 28 April, 2024, St Paul’s Church)

Deanery Synod Representative:

Mrs. Alison Huneke; Mrs Angela Duncan; Mrs Jill Forbes

PCC Members:

The Reverend Berni Excell, Vicar (17[th] July 2023)

Jenni Nash, Churchwarden, St. Paul’s Jill Forbes, Churchwarden, St. Paul’s and Deanery Synod Rep Paul Goldsmith, Churchwarden, St. Michael’s Alison Huneke, PCC Secretary and Deanery Synod Rep Michael Walker, PCC Member, Co chair finance and stewardship Robert Bourton, PCC Member and Treasurer Richard Bourton, PCC Member, Eco lead Barbara Dodd, PCC Member, St Mary’s Court trustee Angela Duncan, PCC Member, Deanery Synod Rep Chris Chatfield, PCC Member, Co chair finance and stewardship Julie Goldsmith, PCC Member, Sally Page, PCC Member, Safeguarding lead Penny Marshall, PCC Member Madelaine Reid , PCC Member

Bankers: Parish CAF, St. Michael’s Church: Barclays Bank PLC, Wallington Branch, Wallington Surrey. St. Paul’s Church: HSBC Bank PLC, Wallington Branch, Wallington Surrey. Independent Examiner: Mrs. Anne Golbourn

Name of Insurers: Ecclesiastical Insurance Group

Name of Architect: Andy Burrell Architecture, 169 Western Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 3LH Vicar: The Reverend Berni Excell (appointed 17 July 2023)

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Governance and Structure

Aims and Purposes

South Beddington and Roundshaw Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the Incumbent, the Reverend Berni Excell, in promoting in the Ecclesiastical Parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelical, social, and ecumenical. The PCC is also spiritually and practically responsible for the maintenance of the Church complex of St Michael & All Angels, St Michael’s Centre and St Paul's Church in the Parish of South Beddington and Roundshaw.

Objectives and Activities

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and to become part of our parish community (and common life) across South Beddington and Roundshaw. The PCC maintains an overview of worship and mission throughout the parish and makes suggestions on how our services and activities can involve the many groups that live within our parish. Our Mission and Worship put faith into practice through service, prayer, scripture, music and sacrament.

Public Benefit

The trustees of the Charity are aware of the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit in The Advancement of Religion for the Public Benefit and have had regard to it in their administration of the Charity. The trustees believe that, by promoting the work of the Church of England in the Ecclesiastical Parish of South Beddington and Roundshaw it helps to promote the whole mission of the Church (pastoral, evangelistic, social, and ecumenical) more effectively, within the Ecclesiastical Parish, and that in doing so it provides a benefit to the public by:

Worship

The parish sustains liturgically rich worship across the two churches and in Dymond House Care home year-round. Both churches are rooted in the catholic tradition, with bells, smells and robed choir at St Michael’s. As a parish we are wonderfully supported by visiting preachers and throughout the year by two committed “along siding” retired clergy, the Rev’d Dr Christina Beardsley and the Rev’d Fr David Billin.

Occasional offices

Those who live in the parish are entitled to be baptised in the parish churches, and those who either live in the parish or who are on the electoral roll are entitled to have a funeral service conducted by a member of the parish clergy. Those who live in the parish or who have a qualifying connection and/or who are on the electoral roll are entitled to have a marriage service conducted by the parish clergy, although in the event of a divorced person, there is no automatic right to have a marriage

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service in church and the decision is at the incumbent’s discretion.

Both churches within the parish are normally used for baptisms, weddings and funerals. During the year since the last APCM 2 baptisms and 1 wedding in the parish. The clergy took 3 funerals and there have been a number of memorial services and interment of ashes.

Catechism for all

We offer a range of opportunities for exploring and deepening understanding of our faith through individual and group study and activities. Preparation for individuals, couples and groups are on offer for all those preparing for baptism, communion before confirmation (for under 16-year-olds), confirmation and marriage. Learning about the Christian faith is fostered through our liturgical. 1:1 and common life including; preaching, prayer, study, quiet days and the seasons of the Christian year. Over the year relationships have been strengthened with all 4 of the community primary schools (Bandon Hill, Highview, Foresters and Wallington) in our parish. In addition, we have continued to strengthen links with the primary and secondary Link Schools (for children with additional learning needs). Our Vicar visits each of the parish primary schools at least half termly to deliver half termly assemblies as well as Discover Christmas and CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) workshops during Lent, workshops tailored to year groups such as Creation Explorers and Bible Explorers in partnership with Sutton Schools Works. Each of our primaries and the Link schools have visited one or other of our parish churches on at least one occasion this year and all have expressed interest in building on this in the coming year. Wallington school came during Advent for their Carol Service at St Paul’s and Bandon Hill school came for two Carol Services at St Michael’s. The parish also has a longstanding connection with Wilson’s Grammar School where the Year 7 come with their choir to St Michael’s for their Annual Founders Day Service and plans are being made for Choral Evensongs with the school choirs in the coming year.

Our work with primary children through St Mikes Tykes came to an end just before Easter. We have been thinking and praying about where and how to develop a space for discipleship of young children and families and in the coming year will be launching a Messy Church with a team of lay leaders. In the meantime, we give thanks to Charmaine Bourton for preparing a library of books for loan and use in our children’s work at St Michael’s and to guide leaders, children and families in their catechism. There have been lay led bible studies through the year, on Monday evenings and Wednesday mornings prepared, led and hosted both in her home and at St Paul’s by Julie Goldsmith.

Pastoral Care

The pastoral support in the parish is something shared in informally by many, with four parishioners continuing to offer regular home communion to those in need. There are many in our community who are elderly/sick/frail and through the year have received support, phone calls, visits and home communion from both lay and clergy. In the coming year it is hoped to grow our support for one another in this important pastoral ministry with the support of lay leadership working closely with the Vicar to ensure we sustain contact and nurture all involved. It is envisaged we shall identify a pastoral care lead within the PCC to ensure this priority area of our mission maintains a parish wide strategic focus.

Mission Action Plan

Our MAP has remained a guiding framework within which we have grown in our worship and missional service, and our discernment and understanding of who we are and how we are called to be throughout 2025. We shall continue to work with and review the MAP in 2026 as a whole parish, informed by our reflective learning and growth in collaborative lay leadership.

Our Mission Statement (core purpose): “Open Doors, Open Hearts, Open Minds. Welcoming all; sharing the gospel of God’s love; living and exploring faith together through worship, scripture and prayer and through loving service and support for all in our communities.”

Our Vision Statement (from 2022 report, a revision of the original): We are called to be an inclusive

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spiritual body, encouraging growth, where all ages are nurtured through sacramental worship, scripture, study, prayer and service, and where the faith journey of mature believers and seekers alike are deepened, and the love of God lived out passionately in our daily lives. We aim to be inclusive churches, welcoming everyone whatever their age, background, gender, sexuality, and relationship status. We want to grow in faith and to be nourished through the seeking, living out and sharing of God's love in South Beddington and Roundshaw, through worship, prayer, and loving service.

Our 3 Priority Mission Areas:

Open Doors To welcome, come alongside, listen and respond to spiritual, emotional and practical needs and desires of the local community, the elderly and isolated, to young families, young adults and working-age people.

Open Hearts To share the message of God’s love through worship, service, welcome and hospitality, and engaging with local and world issues.

Open Minds To sustain and grow deeper in faith with lives rooted in prayer and love.

Examples of the sustained and flourishing mission with God, one another and neighbours in 2025:

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social events on the estate

As a parish we recognise we are growing older and many are now unable to gather regularly for public worship or to support the practical mission and ministry of the church. Nevertheless we hugely value every member of the body and seek to sustain and grow our pastoral visiting and ministry of word and sacrament in the home/hospital. We are all able to pray whether from home, bed, work or church, and the sustained prayer for the parish is central to our shared calling and flourishing and for this I am hugely grateful to all for discipline and commitment.

Practically, we can be tempted to think we are pulling on a relatively small number to support the breadth of our common life but reflection on our MAP tells another story. There are many who work away quietly behind the scenes to make so much possible. Drawing this to the surface is important that we all feel a greater sense of our place amongst the body. We are blessed with having some excellent bakers, welcomers and hosts who support our ministry through the week, and this is as foundational to our ministries as our singing in the choir or serving at the altar. Hospitality and welcome enables us to open our doors, offering a warm, comfortable welcome and attentive listening ears and caring hands. As a parish we have extended and deepened neighbour and partner relationships and have a huge team of volunteers from our worshipping communities and beyond ensuring safe and sustainable ways to be visible Good News in the heart of our communities.

Key partnerships which bring flourishing in so many ways to the mission and works of the parish include Sutton Schools Works, Sutton Community Works, Wallington Community Wellbeing Charity, Gary Mason Chairty, Proper Blokes Club, Sutton Women’s Centre, Together in Sutton, Mencap, Dr Raza Toozy and Christine Lindsay (co-chairs of our INT), the Safer Neighbourhood Team, LB Sutton, Churches Together, Sutton Mental Health Foundation and Roundshaw Community Network. I am hugely grateful for the lay leaders and volunteers who work tirelessly to embed these relationships into our shared life.

Missions and charities

The PCC support a breadth of missions and charities from voluntary income. Missions and charities also benefit from funds raised by special collections and fund-raising activities. It is a joy to have lay leadership in the parish committed to sustaining our commitment to the Royal British Legion and Christian Aid amongst others.

PCC Report

PCC stands for Parochial Church Council and is the formal name for the committee that runs our church business. We are formally permitted to have 9 members of the PCC. The full PCC currently meets four times a year and sub-committees, such as finance, focus on specific areas of work. From last year’s APCM (in 2025 onwards) the following were members of the PCC:

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’ – Churchwarden s report St Michaels

I read last years report to help me get inspiration for this years… and I have to say that most things remain the same.

Life at St Michael’s continues, and that is as it should be.

Many people turn up to attend a service on a Sunday morning, or to drop into our Welcoming Space to enjoy a chat and a cup of tea or coffee, and will look at the church, and never have to give a thought as to how it is kept so clean, tidy, and cared for.

So, my thanks, once again, to everyone who contributes to the well-being of our beautiful church building, and to the grounds.

Peoples Time and Talents are truly a Gift to St Michael’s. Without them, we simply would not function as we do.

Thank you to the “colour changers”, the “flower arrangers”, the “toilet scrubbers”, the “carpet cleaners”, and everyone else who does something, not matter what, to help with the life of our church.

With the help of many people, the church remains a safe and sound place to come to for worship or Food Bank or Pantomime. We are a welcoming space and a welcoming face to people both new and old. However, time moves on, and inevitably it is an ever-decreasing number of people who are contributing to the daily running of this beautiful space.

So, on top of my thanks to everyone who “does”, I have an appeal to anyone who thinks that they “might have time to…”

There are a huge number of little jobs to do every week, but if all of these little jobs are left to the same few people every week, they become one or two major chores!

St Michael’s is a very special place, and I for one would like it to remain so for generations to come. Who’s in?

Paul Goldsmith, Churchwarden

’ – Churchwarden s Report St Pauls

Since our last report the building of St Paul’s church has undergone the following inspections: Of the sliding doors in the main body of the church; all electrical appliances have been PAT tested; all fire extinguishers tested; guttering cleaned and the front doors of the Church have been stripped and revarnished.

Purchases made are – Boiler, small working table, kettle and toaster for the kitchen, and a free-standing cupboard for the Thursday Group.

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On May 30[th] 2025 the Church was broken into and needed a replacement glass panel on the side door to the front of the building, a new office door and fire extinguisher internally.

Chris Chatfield kindly liaised with the insurance company and dealt with the claim for this expenditure.

Our weekly calendar is as follows:

Auntie Connies Breakfast Club for school children meets every day during term time from 7 – 9 am and 3-to 6 pm.

Monday Lunch Club for 55 year-olds+ Evening – Man’s Space Tuesday Mencap Job Club / Taichi / Monthly gardening

Wednesday Morning Eucharist Service/Weightwatchers/Qi Gong/Mahjong, Evening - AA Meeting Thursday The Thursday Club (dementia and memory loss (weekly) and Healthy You (monthly)

Friday Community Drop-In every week and International Tea Lounge once a month – Art/Cookery Sessions through much of the year in partnership with the Women’s Centre. Evening – AA Meeting Saturday Seventh Day Adventists Sunday 8-30am Eucharist Service / Springfield Church at 10-30am, Zion Church 3pm

St Paul’s Church is open most mornings at 9-30am for prayer and meditation to the general public.

We are eternally grateful to everyone involved in this wonderful story of a church re-born and of service to the community. Thank you

Jenny Nash and Jill Forbes, Churchwardens

Parish Safeguarding

Over the last year Jenina and Sally have met on a regular basis.

Parish dashboard, this is now up and running.

Church activities are under review to be put on the dashboard.

DBS – the diocese has introduced a new DBS application system. A large number of the congregation and those supporting within the groups have now been DBS checked or have updated their DBS.

Safeguarding training – a large number of the congregation and those supporting within the groups have now completed basic, foundation and leadership safeguarding training.

Safeguarding leads- Jenina and I would like to thank the co-ordinator’s/leads for each group for their support and assistance.

S ally Page and Jenina Namweru, Parish Safeguarding Officers

Electoral Roll

St Michael’s:

The number on St Michael’s Electoral Roll remains at 65 with no additions made since last year’s renewal Angela Duncan has volunteered to be our ER officer from 2026.

Mthr Berni Excell

St Paul’s:

The number on St Paul’s Electoral Roll for the year 2025 is 16. Madelaine Reid, St. Paul’s Electoral Roll Officer

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Treasurer’s Report for the Parish of South Beddington and Roundshaw for 2025 .

The process of combining our accounts which was supposed to streamline the accounts has been rather a protracted affair. Our new CAF bank account had its first movement on the 9[th] Jan and monies of £40,000 were transferred from each of our Barclays current account (St Michaels) and our HSBC current account (St Pauls) into the Caf account on the 21st Jan 2025. The Barclays Project account was transferred to the COOP bank from 24[th] March 2025, whilst the other three Barclays accounts have continued to function as before, albeit with some readjustment. The tremendously generous legacy received from Ron Morris’s estate, initially in the bank account, has now been lodged with CCLA Investment management.

Incoming Resources

The total income shown as received this year has been £407,655.90 of which 38 3/4% is, as a result of Ron’s legacy and £106,520.84 is the amalgamation of the St Paul’s HSBC account. Thus, the true income has been £143,131.77. Planned giving has been £47,134.50 in 2025. Gift Aid of £14,530.39 has been received. The Pantomime gave us £6,427.50 early in the year with tickets sales for the one early in 2026 at £1,034.00 at year end. We have received the first of the quarterly grant payments for the choir practitioner of £1,100 with further amounts of £4,000 received in May and £2,000 was a late 2024 gift day payment towards the choir practitioner costs. Other large amounts received have been to the organ fund of £2,498.91, which with gift aid boosted the organ fund receipts to £3,015.76, and the parish lunch club of £1,893.50. Receipts for this year’s gift day are £6,018.99, with the £2,000.00 from previous year shown against this year’s figures. From now on I will show Hall hire as payments received for St Michaels centre which were £10,920 and church hire is hire of both churches which has been £30,071.38. Cash collection has reached £2,507.48. Tea and coffee donations are at £1,215.04 and thanks to Julie’s efforts car parking fees have accrued £1,130.00. Finally, the other income streams that have been above a thousand pounds have been funeral fees of £1,219.00, grant payments to fabric fund of £1905.00 and bank interest of £1,119.84. A further sizeable amount was raised for the vicarage greenhouse of £1,049.98 whilst other successes have been with £904.45 in general donations, £848.48 other fundraising and £730.00 brought in by the murder mystery event.

Outgoing Resources

Total expenditure in 2025 for both churches has been £139,207 .42. The largest proportion of this year’s expenses have been the £67,800 PSF, followed by the Church Utilities costs which have been £17,856.60. Next come the £9,311.02 paid so far on the organ refurbishment from the organ fund, church maintenance and fire support at £8,553.52 and church insurance at £7,890.96. Following this we have the £5,728.45 in fabric repair, the £5,427.83 so far paid to Valerie and additional costs and the £3,080.00 paid to the organist. Church admin has cost £3,400.77, Clergy expenses are at £1,827.35 and there are three other items in excess of £1,000: the parish lunch club costs, altar services and missions. Finally, having had a wedding and a number of funerals £1,007 of our receipts have been passed to the diocese.

Overall

Thus, the total income has been £143,131.77, assuming we remove Ron’s wonderful legacy out of the equation. Thus, against expenditure of £139,207.42, we have a surplus of £3,924.35 for the year.

Robert Bourton FRmetS 13/06/2026

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Financial Notes for 2025

1. Funds

a. Choir Fund:

The Fund balance at 31 December 2025 stands at £1,801.26, represented by:

b. Fabric Fund:

i. (Designated): The Fund balance at 31 December 2025 stands at -£3043.10, represented by:

  1. Opened Balance:317.49.

2 Income: £1,074.98.

  1. Expenditure: transfers and journal entry £23,844.88/- £28,240.45.

  2. Closing Balance: -£3043.10.

ii. (Restricted): The Fund balance at 31 December 2025 stands at £3,043.10, represented by:

  1. Opened Balance: £2,273.30.

  2. 2.Income: £8,816.62

  3. Expenditure: £1.796.82 transfers -£6,300 journal entry £50.00

  4. Closing Balance: £3,043.10.

c. Flower Fund:

The Fund balance at 31 December 2025 stands at £953.49 represented by:

ii. Donations: £386.80

d. Legacy and Bequests:

The Finance Committee determined that we should report and track legacies, as we received a number in 2021. This will enable us to manage the spending of these gifts as the legator wished and ensure transparency. Legacies provide us with the opportunity to share the gift of giving with future generations. They are an investment in the life of this church and pass on the joy of giving. The Fund balance at 31 December 2025 stands at £187,125.66, represented by:

i. Opening Balance: £29,122.37

ii. Sundry Legacies: £6,245.30 iii M Booth: £3,000.00

iv. S Jones: £5,622.37

v. Fr D Ede £20,000.00 vi Ron Morris £158,003.29 vi Expenditure: £0.00 vii. Closing Balance: £187,125.66

e. Organ Fund:

The Fund balance at 31 December 2025 stands at £48,180.35 represented by

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:i Organ Fund Donations and sales £ 3,015.76

ii Fundraising Expenditure £0.00 ( received outside period)

iii Spent on organ refurbishment 9311.02

iv Closing Balance £48,180.35

f. Youth Ministry :

The Fund balance at 31 December 2025 stands at £1,604.28 represented by:

i. Opened Balance: £1,604.28

ii. Donations: £7877.30

g. Lunch Club :

The Fund balance at 31 December 2025 stands at £5,404.36 represented by:

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h. St Pauls Minor Projects Fund : The Fund balance at 31 December 2025 stands at

£2,500.00 represented by:

i. General Fund :

The Fund balance at 31 December 2025 stands at £104,495.23 represented by:

ii. Income: £226,461.39

iv. Transfers: -£23400.43 and -£26344.88 journal entries -£31,621.99 and -£52,928.64 

  - v. Closing Balance: £104,495.23

See accounts prepared as separate document.

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Robert Bourton FRmetS (Hon. Treasurer Parish of South Beddington and Roundshaw)

Finance and Stewardship Committee

Report of the Stewardship and Finance Committee to the 2026 APCM

If the last twelve months were considered purely from an organisational perspective, they would be seen as having marked two significant changes. The first, and more minor, was the decision taken to merge the Stewardship Committee, previously chaired by Chris Chatfield, with the Finance Committee chaired by me. The reason was simply because the agenda of the two committees often overlapped. The two of us now co-chair a combined Stewardship and Finance Committee which meets once every two months or so. Membership of the committee also includes Robert Bourton, Jill Forbes, Julie and Paul Goldsmith, Jennie Nash and Madelaine Reid. Sally Page and Jo Reeve have both stood down after many years of service; if anyone would like to join the committee, please do let me know.

The second change has been much more significant, namely the consolidation of the separate financial accounts of St Michael's and St Paul's into one combined parish set of accounts, reflecting the view that, whilst we are two churches, we are one parish. The process of consolidation has, however, been an extremely difficult one and I cannot emphasise enough the huge debt of thanks we all owe to our treasurer Robert Bourton for the many, many hours he has spent resolving a myriad of accounting issues; I shall leave it to him to report on the detail of last year's accounts.

What lies at the heart of this report, however, is not the detail of organisational change but a huge “thank you” to everyone for the generosity you have shown to the parish. For example:

1. Despite no longer having several long-standing members of our congregations still with us, the annual planned giving by way of standing orders has risen from £41,000 in 2023 to a budgeted £47,000 in 2026. Your response to the campaign launched on Stewardship Sunday 29th June 2025 was, as always, outstanding. Your generosity has enabled us not only to cover our day-today expenses but also to increase the pledge we have made to the Parish Support Fund from £67,800 in 2025 to £70,000 in 2026

2. The Gift Day in 2024, as we reported last year, raised £8,300. When added to Gift Aid recovered of £1,708 and a diocesan grant of £4,000, the grand total was £14,008. That has enabled us to employ Valerie Turnbull for one year from 1st September 2025 as our Choir Practitioner for two days each week.

3. The utilisation of a long-held balance of legacy donations totalling £29,000 will enable us, if we decide to do so, to extend Valerie’s employment for a second year and also to cover the cost of a part-time publicity officer for two years.

4. The 2nd November 2025 Gift Day was equally successful, raising £7,251. The cost of the refurbishment of the chair backs at St Michaels and the repair of one chair at St Paul's came together to £7090. With the balance we have asked “Man in Shed” to make two benches for us which will be sited either side of the West End door at St Michael’s.

5. Two donations totalling £2,500 are enabling plans to proceed to re-landscape the area outside St Paul's, making it available for community use.

6. Work has at long last started on the refurbishment of the organ at St Michael’s. We are hugely indebted to the Organ Fund committee who have worked so energetically over many years to raise funds. Sadly, the demise of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme means that the balance of funds we will have to raise to complete the organ refurbishment has risen, in very broad terms, from £26,000 to about £40,000.

7. But by far the most generous act of generosity in 2025 was the significant legacy left to the parish in his will by Ron Morris. The administration of his estate has not yet been completed but we have already received £166,803 from the executors. The PCC is very carefully considering how best to make use of Ron’s gift.

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Whilst the core of the committee's activities is the regular review of our finances and the responsibility for our financial campaigns, the committee also supervised the Mission Aviation Fellowship Sunday at St Paul’s on 19th January 2025 when David Greenwood gave an illustrated talk on the work of MAF to both our congregations and also to Springfield Church which joined us on that occasion. His talk focused on the first flight on 13th January 1948 from Croydon Airport which launched what is now the worldwide MAF. A similar talk on 25th January 2026, making use of a pre-recorded video and a Q & A session, focused on Man Space.

If you are reading this and are not already contributing on a monthly basis (preferably by Standing Order), please consider prayerfully whether you would be able to do this in the future. Alongside our regular giving, there are also a variety of events throughout the year which not only help to raise much needed funds for the day-to-day running of our churches but also give us the opportunity to get together in fellowship, to eat together, laugh together and generally enjoy each other’s company. Please do make every effort to support these important parts of our church life. And to repeat some words which have been said before:

1. If you are not in one of our planned giving schemes – that is either the envelope scheme or payment by monthly standing order – please speak to Robert (our treasurer), Elaine (our Gift Aid officer) or me and we can give you more information;

2. If you are a taxpayer but have not gift-aided your giving, please see Elaine and she can explain what gift-aiding involves. If £10 is gift-aided, and you pay sufficient income tax, the parish can claim a further £2.50 back from HMRC at no extra cost to you;

3. If you are thinking of leaving a legacy to the parish, but are unsure how to go about that, please do have a word with me which, like all other conversations relating to your finances, will always remain confidential; and

4. If you feel able to help with any of those tasks around the churches, such as cleaning and basic maintenance, which keep the buildings in good shape, or if you have a particular talent which we could put to good use, please have a word with any of the churchwardens or with Mthr Berni. Volunteers are always welcome!

And “thank you!” once again.

Michael Walker and Chris Chatfield, Co Chairs

3rd Beddington (St Michael’s) Scout Group

2025 was another fantastic year of Scouting for 3[rd] Beddington. Our numbers continued to increase, and our sections went from strength to strength.

In February the Scouts were back at Frylands Wood for their “Winter Camp”. They did their photographers badge, and came up with some incredible “stop / start” photography films using Lego and plasticine. They were truly amazing.

The Cubs were back at Frylands a month for their Winter camp where a great time was had by all. In April I was very honoured and proud to be presented with a Silver Wolf medal by the County Lead Volunteer for Scouting, on behalf of the Chief Scout. Julie and I then went straight to Windsor where we spent St George’s Day at Windsor Castle – a service in St George’s Chapel and the Day of Celebration and Achievement Service and Parade with the Kings Scouts, the Chief Scout and various Scouting Ambassadors. We spent some time talking to a very friendly gentleman who congratulated me on my achievement, I explained to Julie afterwards that he was Tim Peak… yes, the astronaut! Back to earth…

In July the Scouts did a weekend at Frylands Wood doing a camp based on cooking. They cooked using an open fire, a Trangia, a Kelly Kettle and a gas burner. The produced curry and rice, spaghetti with

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meatballs and chicken kebabs. Great fun… even in the rain!

August was Group Camp once again. This time we went to Polyapes near Cobham. The theme this year was “Pangaea”.

On arrival the Cubs and Scouts all helped to construct to giant gates to be the entrances to their camp sites. These looked terrific!

On the Saturday we all cooked various meals on open fires to produce an “international banquet”, Dishes included quesaasadilla from South America, backwoods cooked fish and jolof rice, vegetable curry in a pot with flat breads, dutch oven cooked sausage casserole, and nachos cooked using cardboard box ovens. For desert… Fruit kebabs / oranges with choc / bananas with choc buttons, Pancakes and ice cream. Every continent of the world represented.

We did caving in a bus! Grass sledging, and slacklining amongst other things.

The Beavers and Squirrels joined us on the Sunday, with the Beavers having a sleepover!

An amazing weekend with perfect weather!

In December we held our Christmas Fair and Christmas Family Get-Together in the church. Forty-five minutes of madness in The Centre playing silly games and buying raffle tickets for some great prizes, followed by entertainment from the Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts.

The Scouts put on a great mini version of a Nativity and the Squirrels, Beavers and Cubs sang and played their musical instruments.

The church smelled of Mulled Wine and mice pies… Christmas had arrived.

As always, a huge Thank You to everyone who is a part of the 3[rd] Beddington Leadership and Trustee Board, we wouldn’t be what we are without the commitment from these people. They truly are wonderful individuals, and on behalf of myself and the many, many young people they have had a positive impact on in this last year and beyond – Thank You.

Paul Goldsmith, Group Scout Leader

Bible Studies

On a Monday afternoon we meet at 25 Vulcan Way at 4pm, we are a small group of 7 and have grown in confidence whilst studying together .

This year we have Studied The Book of James which we found very interesting

We then looked at The Holy Spirt this brought out several very good discussions, and we all felt our knowledge had grown during the Sessions

We then embarked on the Psalms which proved very Challenging and we had plenty of pre-reading before our Sessions

We very much enjoy exploring the Bible together and are looking forward to next year seeing what that will bring

After the 10 30 Service art St Pauls on a Wednesday, we have continued to meet together after coffee There is usually about 8 to 10 of us and this year we have looked at

Mary Mother of Jesus which proved very informative as we looked at her life and feelings over several Sessions Mother Berni kindly led a Session on the Rosary which we all found very informative

This was followed by Joseph, and we looked at his dreams and interpretations this gave us a wonderful Insite to the life he lived, and several good discussions were had during the weeks

We then looked art several Parables looking into their meanings and discussing how we can use them in today’s times

We also followed an Advent course followed by a Lent Course

Julie Goldsmith

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Pastoral Visiting

I have been a member of the Pastoral Team for a little over 4 years

Once a month I take communion to 2 long term members of St Michael's who are now housebound. While they would both much prefer to join us on Sundays, they are very pleased to be able to receive it at home. I am also able to give them the latest news so that they still feel part of our 'family'. We chat about times past and put the world to rights so, altogether, it is time well spent.

Rosie Newton

Other members of the pastoral visiting team include Emma Downer, Madelaine Reid, Barbara Dodds and many across the two congregations who informally visit, call, assist and accompany those in our parish who are elderly, sick or isolated. Pastoral visiting is such an important part of our shared ministeries and we are hoping in 2026 to strengthen both the support and co ordination.for all those who serve in this way. Thank you all. Mthr Berni

Monday Lunch Club

As the name suggests Monday Lunch Club meets every Monday at St Paul’s Church. The Club is run by a small group of volunteers and food is cooked on the premises.

We are, at present, low in numbers and we are seeking new members to join us.

This last year we had a garden party in August 2025 in Madelaine’s garden; went to see the Panto at St Michaels, with interval refreshments and had a Christmas party, with a free raffle.

These “extras” cost the members nothing, as the cost was taken from the proceeds of the Club.

So if you are looking for good company, with lots of chat, a two-course meal and as much tea or coffee as you can drink! Why not join us between 12 noon and 2.00pm every Monday. Just call to book a place. Cost £4.50.

Thanks go to the volunteers who cook, serve, and chat every Monday. Jill Forbes, Jill Coleman, Jennie Nash and Marilyn Lione, volunteers.

Madelaine Reid Co-ordinator. (I am happy to be contacted direct: 020 8669 1770)

Christian Aid

During Christian Aid Week 2025 and with associated events before and after, Churches Together in Wallington and Beddington managed to raise an amazing £2,821.67 (£3,023.98 with Gift Aid). This was despite a very reduced number of volunteers collecting door-to-door. What we found highly effective instead was to collect in churches, on the high street (in particular, Wallington Square) and at the entrance to Sainsbury’s in Wallington.

A Cake and Make on 28[th] March, where people could make or buy Easter decorations and cakes, helped build up our community and raised £158.10 to kick off the 2026 campaign.

We miss the active participation of Alice Gem from the Wallington Methodist church, who is also the contact for CTWB. Please pray for her and her brother Martin, who is very unwell and being looked after on the Isle of Jersey. So we’re all the more grateful that Wallington Methodist church hosted this year’s quiz on 1[st] May, which raised a shade over £200.

These are comparatively small sums, but today (10[th] May) marks the official beginning of Christian Aid Week 2026, and volunteers are still very much wanted. The programme continues as follows:

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Please support as many of these events as you can by contributing your time, talents and money, by praying for good weather and for the organisers, and by participating.

Immo Hüneke (I am happy to be contacted direct: 020 8395 5835, 07 941 072 238 or immo@huneke.co.uk)

Foodbank

Foodbank has been operating at St. Michaels for over seven years and are part of Sutton Foodbank which comes under the umbrella of The Trussell Trust. They are an anti-poverty charity that exist so that everyone can be free from hunger and provide emergency food and practical support to people left without energy or money to live on and are active in 1400 locations in UK.

Food is donated and sent to “The Big Yellow” where it is repackaged and delivered to FB locations as needed. Thanks to Phil (sometimes Andrew or Michael) who does this weekly for St Michaels.

To obtain food, a voucher needs to be obtained from an agency (such as Citizens Advice Centre, Housing Association, GP etc) .

Our sessions are Thursday and there are usually 3 of us, one (myself, Roisin or Peter) greet the visitors and process their vouchers. They then meet a volunteer who goes through their specific needs before giving them their food which is all non-perishable, mostly tinned and packaged food that has been donated.

We also offer holistic support and advice to people who are often at their lowest ebb, many who are embarrassed to reach this stage in their lives and try to signpost them to an agency that can support and help them, sometimes financially. The challenges that they face are very diverse. Some come who are in debt, homeless, left an abused home often with nothing, recently divorced or separated with no access to funds, those with mental health problems (disturbingly high number of young people), recently released from prison, waiting for benefits to come through and many who do not earn enough to live on. All volunteers have training in volunteering, governance and signposting. At St Michael’s we have a great team of volunteers, and leaders, mostly from local churches and they all treat our guests with respect and care so hopefully they leave a bit more hopeful.

I would like to thank Alison who has left after 7 years as team leader. I have been joined by Peter and Roisin as leaders, volunteers who have been with us for several years.

This has left a gap in our “meet and greet” volunteers. I consider it a privilege to assist at our foodbanks and to welcome some that “but for the grace of God” go I. Please do Consider joining us at St Michael’s or other venues if you feel you have something to offer this service. I am sure we all feel that we receive much more than we give

Joan Currion, Team Leader at St. Michael’s Church

Choir Report

The choir has had a steady year and has expanded their repertoire by learning a few new anthems. We try and perform anthems encompassing the Tudor period right up to present day composers, among the new anthems learned in the year being “Drop, drop slow tears” by Joanna Forbes-L’Estrange, a modern-

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day composer with a You Tube channel, which the choir performed around Passiontide. We continue to sing anthems at all sung services as well as the usual music for Choral Evensongs each month.

At the end of the summer term two of our long serving junior choristers left to go to university and we hope they will return to sing with us outside term times. During the Christmas term we welcomed a new junior, Matthew, into the choir and he is progressing well. The choir continues to be a member of the RSCM and the choristers take their various levels evidenced by the colour of ribbon their wear.

Peter Reeve. Director of Music

Organ Restoration Project

During 2025 we made contact with a small local organ building company who have previous experience repairing organs rebuilt by the same company that last rebuilt our organ in the 1970’s. As a result of discussions between us and them it was decided to change our organ tuners and repairers from Harrison & Harrison who we have had for the last 20 or more years to this new local company. This has proved to be a good positive move as we have been able to start some of the work on the organ project. The work which has been done so far is purely to repair the pipework and soundboards of the swell organ for which we do not need a faculty. This work has made the swell organ much more reliable and I believe the effect has been noticed already.

The rest of the organ project we will need to obtain a faculty to undertake and this will be progressed during 2026. However, through the efforts of the new organ builders we have managed to obtain a donor console which we obtained for nothing, it only cost us the price of transportation from Glasgow.

– Fund Raising and Social Team report St Michaels

In January we put on nine performances of our Pantomime, “Snow White”.

Over 1,000 people came to see the Panto, and enjoy the hospitality of St Michael’s – eating hotdogs, drinking a glass of wine or a steaming mug of hot chocolate and cheering along the heroes and booing the villains! Great fun.

Snow White raised in excess of £6,000 profit for the church!

We held another of our popular Murder Mystery evenings in May which, once again, sold very well, and approximately 60 people came to listen to the clues, drink lots of wine and eat some fabulous food. At the end, the amateur sleuths put their heads together and tries to disentangle to clues to come up with their own solution.

Everyone had a great time, and the profit for the church was approx. £700

September came, and we did our “Show In A Day”.

Thirty plus people arrived at The Centre for a 6am start of tea, coffee. We then sit in a big circle and read through the script and sing the songs, while the “Catering Team” prepare porridge and cooked breakfast for everyone, and the stage crew create a suitable set.

Then the work begins – speed choreography, line bashing and practice, practice, practice! A quick lunch, and then a run through with the set, light and sound team. Last minute changes, costumes on… and 7pm, just thirteen hours later, we put on the show!

We performed a version of a well-known musical based on the music of “Queen” in The Centre and the Catering Team serving up a three-course dinner to a sold-out audience. The monies raised from SIAD go towards up-front costs for the Pantomime.

In November we held our first Advent Fair and Christmas Tree Festival. Christmas Trees were decorated

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by the choir, the Scout Group, Man Space, Monday Lunch Club, to name but a few. We had Christmas Wreath making, mulled wine, an indoor BBQ, Christmas Carols and Bingo!

Here’s to another year of FUNdraising in 2026! Julie Goldsmith

St. Mary’s Court (Almshouses)

In January 2025 there was a successful and enjoyable celebration meal at the Ginger Italian Restaurant in Carshalton for all residents of St Mary’s, provided by the Trustees, some of whom also attended.

One of the empty flats was occupied in December 2024, two remained unoccupied at the year’s end.

It was agreed that Alicija's salary be increased to the new minimum wage announced by the Government.

Several of the very large trees blew down during the Autumn strong winds, one causing damage to a resident’s car and a boundary fence. The branches also fell across the pavement, which the Council had to clear away at a charge to the Trustees. All the trees that fell had to be professionally cleared.

Towards the end of the year there was a dispute between a few residents regarding the interpretation of the conditions required by the Beneficiaries for living at St. Mary's.

A meeting was held for all residents to attend, and for most of the Trustees.

A new conditions letter was sent to everyone, after everything had been explained verbally.

The residents appear to have appreciated the solution, and the general atmosphere has improved in relationships between all living there.

The residents had been concerned about strangers being able to access the garden and wandering about, one person was caught trying to steal a large flowerpot. The local community Police were alerted. Some children were discovered wandering about looking for lost footballs, which had come from St Mary’s Park.

It was decided that secure fencing be installed, making the grounds only accessible to those residents at St Mary’s. Fencing has now been installed in 2026.

Barbara Dodd, St Michaels representative on Board of Trustees

Reading with children in local schools

Foresters School

On behalf of our church, I support children in their reading at Foresters school.

I have worked with class 4 (aged 9-10) for over 2 years and meet and support children who find reading more challenging. The books are colour coded and the range in class is literally from red (beginners’ level) to sapphire (top for free readers).

I love reading and it is a big part of my life, especially since I retired and I am really keen to pass this joy to the children.

I have enjoyed meeting and getting to know children who are all so individual and different. I love their diversity and their difference in attitude and ability and feel I have connected with most of them and grown attached to them.

I am very impressed with Forester’s school who have their fair share of children who are neurodivergent with challenges such as ADHD, Autism and others. They allow these children to have “free time” when

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they become overwhelmed and staff have a very good attitude toward them.

I would advise anyone who likes reading and children to volunteer as you will gain so much yourself from the experience.

Joan Currion

Wallington Primary Academy

I listen Year 1 at Wallington Primary Academy, to children read. I commenced doing this for the Parish, in January of this year. I have 5 minutes with each child. I enjoy the time with them and am getting to know them and they doing me. I was privileged to help on a school outing for Form 3 to the Courthauld museum in London. It is lovely being with the children and I learn a lot from them. Juliet Campbell

Eco Church APCM Annual Report

EcoChurch has been going well in its inaugural year (and a bit). We have been following the program set out by A Rocha (a Christian charity equipping UK churches to care for the environment), aiming to achieve an Eco Church award. We have begun their online survey, which evaluates how ‘eco-orientated’ we are as a church. The survey is broken down into 5 different sub-categories: Worship and Teaching , Land and Nature , Buildings and Energy , Community and Global Engagement and Lifestyle . Based on our existing efforts, we are already on track to receive a silver award in the first two and bronze in the second two. The last one is our main area to improve on - we are not at an award threshold yet! On a more practical note, our next step is to liaise with the building and environment team and other teams to discern how we stand regarding renewable products and sourcing.

The Lifestyle section is all about advocacy leading to environmentally-minded behaviour changes both in our day to day running of the parish and in our own home lives.

With that in mind, part of our efforts going forward should be on integrating nature and the impacts our lifestyles have on nature and the environment. As a zoo education officer, bringing wildlife to the attention of everyone is quite literally my day job and so, to summarise the rest of the year’s efforts in a more diverting way, below are some examples of the kind of small activities that I would like to display at the back of the church for people to ruminate on in a ‘Creation Corner’ (name subject to change!).

Once a month throughout the church year, Robert/Dad and I survey the fauna and flora of the Vicarage Gardens. We have been doing this to create a baseline understanding of the biodiversity on our site and to identify gaps and hopefully increase the number of species over time. This is part of a wider project to link up the vicarage as a step on a wildlife corridor leading from Beddington Farmlands to the very biodiverse Roundshaw Downs.

Throughout the year, we often see different plants or animals that are named after the liturgical moment that they appear. Can you guess some of the (potentially obscure) plants or animals we have seen this year using the couplets?

When our fasting stretches on, the temptations God well knows,

But stood strong in the garden is the timely L_______ R____.

When Easter is upon us, Christ’s passion comes to pass,

Growing in the garden is the sweet G______ F_________ G______. And two insects:

Let’s not leave the saint’s out, in April, just gone by,

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Is a day for one of the gospels and the bug S M_ F.

And throughout the year, temptation’s always near of course,

_But under-foot (not ‘underworld’) is the D__ C_ H____

We have recently joined iNaturalist, which is a site for reporting your findings as a public citizen source for data for scientists internationally. These observations require a photo (which is deemed to be ‘research grade’) to support each sample.

Not all the photos I have taken are good! In the spirit of Two Little Dickie Birds and the Gospels and Apostles, this is Pixelated Peter and Paul! Can you identify these three bird species we recently observed in the vicarage garden?

Overall, we have now observed the following species counts:

These are pretty good numbers for a small space, but we can get more!

Finally, in terms of reaching out beyond the parish, our work is being recognised. We presented our ongoing findings this year to Bishop Martin during his Eco Pilgrimage as one of the talks prior to the visitors’ sleepover. We also were recorded for the diocese social media regarding this project. Going forward, we have been asked by the Diocesan Environmental Officer Sophie Roberts to help other churches with setting up similar projects and would love to get other people involved in some surveying from time to time if they want! Our monthly surveys continue for now, with Dad’s recent birthday present being a moth trap that he is very excited to use! Ongoing discussions are also being had with the Sutton Community Energy Group as to whether St Pauls - as an important community resource - could receive funding for solar panels.

We hope that you will help us to move towards an environmentally-minded church, helping to protect and advocate for the wonderful world around us. Richard Bourton – Eco Lead

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Encapsulating the Good News - A Personal Reflection from Fran Chabrel

My family began to attend services at St Michael's and All Angels in November 2024. We received such a warm welcome from the very beginning and have become increasingly involved in parish life. My eldest son joined the choir last September, took part in panto which he thoroughly enjoyed and is looking forward to returning next year, he has played guitar at Thursday Club, myself and my youngest son attend the community choir and I have attended a couple of the Rhythms of Rest sessions which have been wonderful. We have all taken part in Sunday Socials which is a fun initiative and helps us get to know other parishioners in an informal way. Just recently, seemingly out of nowhere my son said 'I'm so happy we found St Michael's' and we all feel the same, being part of the parish has enriched our lives through the opportunities we've taken up and the connections with others. Our experiences reach the heart of what it means to be Christian I think, finding somewhere that faith can grow, through a shared and enriching community. Fran Chabrel

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Treasurer’s Report for the Parish of South Beddington and Roundshaw for 2025 .

The process of combining our accounts which was supposed to streamline the accounts has been rather a protracted affair. Our new CAF bank account had its first movement on the 9[th] Jan and monies of £40,000 were transferred from each of our Barclays current account (St Michaels) and our HSBC current account (St Pauls) into the Caf account on the 21st Jan 2025. The Barclays Project account was transferred to the COOP bank from 24[th] March 2025, whilst the other three Barclays accounts have continued to function as before, albeit with some readjustment. The tremendously generous legacy received from Ron Morris’s estate, initially in the bank account, has now been lodged with CCLA Investment management.

Incoming Resources

The total income shown as received this year has been £407,655.90 of which 38 3/4% is, as a result of Ron’s legacy and £106,520.84 is the amalgamation of the St Paul’s HSBC account. Thus, the true income has been £143,131.77. Planned giving has been £47,134.50 in 2025. Gift Aid of £14,530.39 has been received. The Pantomime gave us £6,427.50 early in the year with tickets sales for the one early in 2026 at £1,034.00 at year end. We have received the first of the quarterly grant payments for the choir practitioner of £1,100 with further amounts of £4,000 received in May and £2,000 was a late 2024 gift day payment towards the choir practitioner costs. Other large amounts received have been the organ fund receipts of £2,498.91 and the parish lunch club of £1,893.50. Receipts for this year’s gift day are £6,018.99, with the £2,000.00 from previous year shown against this year’s figures. From now on I will show Hall hire as payments received for St Michaels centre which were £10,920 and church hire is hire of both churches which has been £30,071.38. Cash collection has reached £2,507.48. Tea and coffee donations are at £1,215.04 and thanks to Julie’s efforts car parking fees have accrued £1,130.00. Finally, the other income streams that have been above a thousand pounds have been funeral fees of £1,219.00, grant payments to fabric fund of £1905.00

and bank interest of £1,119.84. A further sizeable amount was raised for the vicarage greenhouse of £1,049.98 whilst other successes have been with £904.45 in general donations, £848.48 other fundraising and £730.00 brought in by the murder mystery event.

Outgoing Resources

Total expenditure in 2025 for both churches has been £139,207 .42. The largest proportion of this year’s expenses have been the £67,800 PSF, followed by the Church Utilities costs which have been £17,856.60. Next come the £9,311.02 paid so far on the organ refurbishment, church maintenance and fire support at £8,553.52 and church insurance at £7,890.96. Following this we have the £5,728.45 in fabric repair, the £5,427.83 so far paid to Valerie and costs incurred and the £3,080.00 paid to the

organist. Church admin has cost £3,400.77, Clergy costs are at £1,827.35 and there are three other items in excess of £1,000, the parish lunch club costs, altar services and missions. Finally, having had a wedding and a number of funerals £1,007 of our receipts have been passed to the diocese.

Overall

Thus, the total income has been £143,131.77, assuming we remove Ron’s wonderful legacy out of the equation. Thus, against expenditure of £139,207.42, we have a surplus of £3,924.35 for the year.

Robert Bourton FRmetS 13/06/2026

Statement of Financial Activities

Unrestricted
Restricted		 Endowment Total Prior year
total
funds
funds		 funds funds
funds
Incoming resources
Incoming resources from generated funds 1,276.98
-		 - 1,276.98 -
Voluntary income 63,155.56
8,340.16		 - 71,495.72 61,733.83
Activities for generating funds 10,149.32
11,843.30		 - 21,992.62 20,441.59
Investment income 1,119.84
-		 - 1,119.84 626.73
Incoming resources from charitable activities 44,781.01
525.00		 - 45,306.01 14,637.00
Other incoming resources 107,056.44 159,408.29 - 266,464.73 16,843.94
Total income 227,539.15 180,116.75 **- ** 407,655.90 114,283.09
Resources used
Cost of generating funds 555.62
1,000.00		 - 1,555.62 -
Cost of generating voluntary income 260.00
-		 - 260.00 2,079.23
Fundraising trading cost of goods sold and
other costs -
-		 - - -
Investment management costs 204.37
-		 - 204.37 114.17
Charitable activities 118,547.05
8,294.43		 - 126,841.48 85,644.02
Governance costs 27.93
-		 - 27.93 -
Other resources used
Total expenditure
Net income / (expenditure) resources
before transfer
Transfers
Gross transfers between funds - in
Gross transfers between funds - out
Other recognised gains / losses
Gains/losses on investment assets
Gains on revaluation, fixed assets, charity's
own use
Net movement in funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
Represented by
Unrestricted
General fund
Designated
FABRIC FUND
LEGACY AND BEQUESTS
St Pauls Flowerfund
ST PAULS MINOR PROJECTS FUND
StPaULS FABRIC DES
YOUTH MINISTRY FUND
Restricted
Agency collection
CHOIR FUND
FABRIC FUND		 1,007.00
9,311.02
-
10,318.02
16,382.54
120,601.97
18,605.45
- 139,207.42 104,219.96
106,937.18 161,511.30
- 268,448.48
10,063.13
31,344.88
11,300.00
-
42,644.88
-
(31,344.88)
(11,300.00) -
(42,644.88) -
(58,399.82)
4,838.86
- (53,560.96)
-
-
-
-
-
-
48,537.36 166,350.16
- 214,887.52
10,063.13
86,140.59
60,622.92
- 146,763.51 136,700.38
134,677.95 226,973.08
- 361,651.03 146,763.51
105,966.61
-
- 105,966.61
56,638.28
(3,043.10)
-
-
(3,043.10)
317.49
29,122.37
-
-
29,122.37
29,122.37
-
-
-
-
-
2,500.00
-
-
2,500.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
132.07
-
-
132.07
98.05
-
-
-
-
(471.10)
-
1,801.26
-
1,801.26
1,801.26
-
3,043.10
-
3,043.10
2,273.30
FABRIC FUND St Pauls
-
-
FLOWER FUND
-
953.49
LEGACY AND BEQUESTS
- 158,003.29
ORGAN FUND
-
48,180.35
St Pauls Lunch Club Fund
-
5,404.36
YOUTH MINISTRY FUND
-
9,587.23
Total funds
134,677.95 226,973.08
Balance Sheet (Summary)		 -
-
-
953.49
- 158,003.29
-
48,180.35
-
5,404.36
-
9,587.23		 -
-
-
-
953.49
1,002.02
- 158,003.29
-
-
48,180.35
54,475.61
-
5,404.36
-
-
9,587.23
1,506.23
- 361,651.03 146,763.51
As at
31/12/2025
As at
31/12/2024

-
-

238,225.11
42,290.41
127,954.50
108,538.16
366,179.61
150,828.57

4,528.58
4,065.06
4,528.58
4,065.06
361,651.03
146,763.51
361,651.03
146,763.51

-
-
361,651.03
146,763.51


105,966.61
56,602.68
Fixed assets
Current assets
Investments
Cash At Bank And In Hand
Liabilities
Creditors: Amounts Falling Due In One Year
Net current assets less current liabilities
Total assets less current liabilities
Liabilities
Total net assets less liabilities
Represented by
Unrestricted
Unrestricted - General Funds
Designated
Designated - FABRIC FUND
Designated - LEGACY AND BEQUESTS
Designated - ST PAULS MINOR PROJECTS FUND
Designated - YOUTH MINISTRY FUND
Restricted
Restricted - Agency collection
Restricted - CHOIR FUND
Restricted - FABRIC FUND
Restricted - FLOWER FUND
Restricted - LEGACY AND BEQUESTS
Restricted - ORGAN FUND
Restricted - St Pauls Lunch Club Fund
Restricted - YOUTH MINISTRY FUND
Endowment
Fund Totals		 (3,043.10)
317.49
29,122.37
29,122.37
2,500.00
-
132.07
98.05

-
(435.50)
1,801.26
1,801.26
3,043.10
2,273.30
953.49
1,002.02
158,003.29
-
48,180.35
54,475.61
5,404.36
-
9,587.23
1,506.23
361,651.03
146,763.51

Statement of Assets and Liabilities (by code)

Class and nominal code **General ** Designated **Restricted ** Endowment **Total ** Last year
Current Asset - Cash At Bank And In Hand
CA001: Bank General Current
Account (9289)		 (10,759.30) 25,972.61
(2,700.04)		 - 12,513.27 48,392.54
CA003: Bank Projects Current
Account (6478)		 (5,862.84) 3,722.58
2,140.26		 - - 60,145.62
CA006: Consolidation of current
bank accounts		 79,902.15 (166,497.84) 167,135.40 - 80,539.71 -
CA007: COOP Bank holding
Barclays Project account money		 - -
34,901.52		 - 34,901.52 -
Total **63,280.01 ** (136,802.65) 201,477.14 **- ** **127,954.50 ** 108,538.16
Current Asset - Debtors
Z05: Accounts Receivable - 5,000.00
(5,000.00)		 - - -
Total - 5,000.00
(5,000.00)		 - - -
Current Asset - Investments
CA002: Bank General Deposit
Account (9092)		 32,093.99 -
-		 - 32,093.99 31,677.11
CA004: Bank Projects Deposit 13,092.61 10.70
35,024.52		 - 48,127.83 10,613.30

Account (5185)

CA008: CCLA Ron's Legacy - 158,003.29 - - 158,003.29 -
Total
45,186.60		 158,013.99 35,024.52 **- ** 238,225.11 42,290.41
Liability - Agency Accounts
6699: Agency collections - - 887.25 - 887.25 423.73
Total
-		 - 887.25 - 887.25 423.73
Liability - Creditors: Amounts Falling Due In One Year
Z04: Accounts Payable 2,500.00 (2,500.00) 3,641.33 - 3,641.33 3,641.33
Total
2,500.00		 (2,500.00) 3,641.33 - 3,641.33 3,641.33
Net total assets 105,966.61 28,711.34 226,973.08 **- ** **361,651.03 ** 146,763.51
Represented by
General (Unrestricted) 105,966.61 - - - 105,966.61 56,602.68
Designated - FABRIC - (3,043.10) - - (3,043.10) 317.49
Designated - LEGACY - 29,122.37 - - 29,122.37 29,122.37
Designated - STPMinor Project - 2,500.00 - - 2,500.00 -
Designated - YOUTH - 132.07 - - 132.07 98.05
Restricted - CHOIR - - 1,801.26 - 1,801.26 1,801.26
Restricted - FABRIC - - 3,043.10 - 3,043.10 2,273.30
Restricted - FLOWER - - 953.49 - 953.49 1,002.02
Restricted - LEGACY - - 158,003.29 - 158,003.29 -
Restricted - Lunch club - - 5,404.36 - 5,404.36 -
Restricted - None - - - - - (435.50)
Restricted - ORGAN - - 48,180.35 - 48,180.35 54,475.61
Restricted - YOUTH - - 9,587.23 - 9,587.23 1,506.23
Total 105,966.61 28,711.34 226,973.08 **- ** **361,651.03 ** 146,763.51

Fund movement summary

Fund Opening Incoming Outgoing Transfers Gains/Losses Journals Closing

CHOIR

Restricted 1,801.26 - - - - - 1,801.26
Sub-totals 1,801.26 - - - - - 1,801.26

FABRIC

Designated 317.49
1,074.98		 - 23,844.88 - (28,280.45) (3,043.10)
Restricted 2,273.30
8,816.62		 1,796.82 (6,300.00) - 50.00 3,043.10
Sub-totals 2,590.79
9,891.60		 1,796.82 17,544.88 **- ** (28,230.45) -
FLOWER
Restricted 1,002.02
386.80		 435.33 - - - 953.49
Sub-totals 1,002.02
386.80		 435.33 - - - 953.49
LEGACY
Designated 29,122.37
-		 - - - - 29,122.37
Restricted - 158,003.29 - - - - 158,003.29
Sub-totals 29,122.37 158,003.29 - - - **- ** 187,125.66
Lunch club
Restricted -
1,615.50		 1,000.00 - - 4,788.86 5,404.36
Sub-totals -
1,615.50		 1,000.00 - - 4,788.86 5,404.36
ORGAN
Restricted 54,475.61
3,015.76		 9,311.02 - - - 48,180.35
Sub-totals 54,475.61
3,015.76		 9,311.02 - - - 48,180.35
St pauls flower fund
Designated -
(31.24)		 - - - 31.24 -
Sub-totals -
(31.24)		 - - - 31.24 -
STPMinor Project
Designated -
-		 - 2,500.00 - - 2,500.00
Sub-totals -
-		 - 2,500.00 - - 2,500.00
YOUTH
Designated 98.05
34.02		 - - - - 132.07
Restricted 1,506.23
7,843.28		 6,062.28 6,300.00 - - 9,587.23
Sub-totals 1,604.28
7,877.30		 6,062.28 6,300.00 - - 9,719.30

General

Unrestricted 56,602.68 226,461.39 120,601.97 (26,344.88) - (31,621.99) 104,495.23
Sub-totals 56,602.68 226,461.39 120,601.97 (26,344.88) **- ** **(31,621.99) ** 104,495.23
None
Restricted (435.50)
435.50
-
-		 - - -
Sub-totals
(435.50)
435.50
-
-		 - - -
Totals 146,763.51 407,655.90 139,207.42
-		 **- ** **(55,032.34) ** 360,179.65

Analysis of income and expenditure

Total

**Unrestricted ** Designated **Restricted ** Endowment **This year ** Last year
INCOMING RESOURCES
Incoming resources from generated funds
IN001 - Planned Giving
Standing Orders		 45,638.50 -
-		 - 45,638.50 45,419.00
IN002 - Planned Giving
Envelopes		 1,496.00 -
-		 - 1,496.00 529.50
IN003 - Cash Collection 2,507.48 -
-		 - 2,507.48 1,593.94
IN004 - Gift Aid Recovered 10,796.81 59.02
3,674.56		 - 14,530.39 11,557.88
IN0041 - Gift Aid Received On
Behalf Of St Pauls - -
-		 - - -
IN005 - Donations General 993.95 -
(89.50)		 - 904.45 622.71
IN0051 - Donations Flowers - (31.24)
330.00		 - 298.76 339.00
IN0053 - Organ Fund
Donations		 - -
290.10		 - 290.10 318.00
IN0057 - Thursday club
donations - -
-		 - - -
IN0059 - Tea and Coffee
donations		 1,215.04 -
-		 - 1,215.04 1,233.80
IN007 - Legacies and Bequests 480.00 -
-		 - 480.00 -
IN0071 - M Booth - -
-		 - - -
IN0072 - S. Jones - -
-		 - - -
IN0073 - D.Ede - - - - - -
IN022 - Donation RE Youth
ministry		 - - 4,135.00 - 4,135.00 120.00
IN024 - Giving ad hoc - - - - - -
IN033A - Donations for St
paul's garden - - - - - -
IN0052 - Donation for Candles 356.70 - - - 356.70 416.84
IN0053a - Parish Lunch Club 278.00 - 1,615.50 - 1,893.50 -
IN008 - Fundraising 848.48 - - - 848.48 170.00
IN0081 - Fundraising Parish
Breakfast - - - - - -
IN00811 - Fundraising Ride and
Stride		 390.00 - - - 390.00 -
IN00812 - Fundraising cabaret - - - - - -
IN00814 - Fundraising Jar 84.64 - - - 84.64 318.77
IN00817 - Fundraising
Zimbabwe - - - - - -
IN00818 - Murder Mystery 730.00 - - - 730.00 650.00
IN0084 - Fundraising Panto 7,461.50 - - - 7,461.50 8,432.75
IN0086 - Organ Fund Sales - - 2,208.81 - 2,208.81 4,153.23
IN00862 - Organ Sponsorship - - - - - -
IN0090 - Fundraising Gift Day - - 8,018.99 - 8,018.99 6,300.00
IN092 - Fundraising Coffee
Morning - - - - - -
IN093 - Fundraising Community
Events - - - - - -
IN009 - Interest Receivable - - - - - -
IN021 - Bank Interest 1,119.84 - - - 1,119.84 626.73
IN021a - interest from ccla - - - - - -
IN00816a - St Pauls Fayre 96.00 - - - 96.00 -
IN00817a - St Pauls Jumble
Sale - - - - - -
IN0095 - Roundshaw Festival 131.00 - - - 131.00 -
IN033 - DONATIONS FOR
VICARAGE GREENHOUSE		 - 1,049.98 - - 1,049.98 -
Incoming resources from
generated funds Totals		 74,623.94 1,077.76 20,183.46 - 95,885.16 82,802.15

Incoming resources from charitable activities

IN011 - The Centre Rent 10,920.00 - - - 10,920.00 11,640.00
IN012 - Hire of Church 29,546.38 - 525.00 - 30,071.38 975.00
IN014 - Car Park Income 1,130.00 - - - 1,130.00 170.00
IN015 - Income Other 1,610.63 - - - 1,610.63 -
IN0161 - Fees - Wedding Fees 355.00 - - - 355.00 54.00
IN0162 - Fees - Funeral Fees 1,219.00 - - - 1,219.00 1,798.00
Incoming resources from
charitable activities Totals		 44,781.01 - 525.00 - 45,306.01 14,637.00
Other incoming resources
IN006 - Grants/Payments to
Fabric Fund		 500.00 - 1,405.00 - 1,905.00 1,260.00
IN0074 - Legacy from Ron
Morris		 - - 158,003.29 - 158,003.29 -
IN017 - Sundry Income - - - - - 8.00
IN023 - The Centre Recharges - - - - - -
IN096 - PSF Recharge St Paul - - - - - 15,499.96
IN097 - Miscellaneous
Recharge St. Paul		 106,520.84 - - - 106,520.84 75.98
IN099 - Income Credit to
Journal		 35.60 - - - 35.60 -
Other incoming resources
Totals		 107,056.44 - 159,408.29 **- ** 266,464.73 16,843.94
Incoming resources Grand
totals		 226,461.39 1,077.76 180,116.75 **- ** **407,655.90 ** 114,283.09
RESOURCES USED
Cost of generating funds
EX012 - Fundraising
Expenditure		 260.00 - - - 260.00 2,079.23
EX0125 - Fundraising
Zimbabwe Expenditure - - - - - -
EX014 - Candles Votive - - - - - -
EX0971 - Gift Aid Received On
Behalf Of St Pauls Transferred - - - - - -
to Their Account
EX015 - Bank Charges 204.37 - - - 204.37 114.17
EX0041 - St Pauls cleaning
materials		 355.62 - - - 355.62 -
EX023 - Parish Lunch Club 200.00 - 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 -
Cost of generating funds
Totals		 1,019.99 - 1,000.00 - 2,019.99 2,193.40
Charitable activities
EX001 - Parish Support Fund/
Quota		 67,800.00 - - - 67,800.00 50,000.04
EX002 - Utilities 17,856.60 - - - 17,856.60 5,156.68
EX003 - Insurance Church 7,890.96 - - - 7,890.96 6,433.84
EX004 - Church Cleaning - - - - - 68.22
EX005 - Church Maintenance &
Fire Support		 8,553.52 - - - 8,553.52 2,599.80
EX006 - Altar Services 1,229.27 - - - 1,229.27 1,015.46
EX007 - Organist 3,080.00 - - - 3,080.00 3,750.00
EX008 - Organ & Choir 138.20 - - - 138.20 2,154.97
EX0082 - Cost of choir
practioner		 - - 5,427.83 - 5,427.83 -
EX009 - Missions 1,529.00 - - - 1,529.00 480.00
EX010 - Insurance The Centre - - - - - -
EX011 - The Centre Letting
Expenses		 - - - - - 5,316.00
EX013 - Sundry Expenses 17.90 - - - 17.90 60.00
EX0131 - Gift day funds
allocated - - - - - -
EX016 - Church Admin 3,400.77 - - - 3,400.77 4,741.08
EX016a - Cost of St Pauls
admin - - - - - -
EX018 - Young Person Ministry
Expenditure		 - - 634.45 - 634.45 477.64
EX019 - Printing/Stationery-
/Advertising/Website		 994.36 - - - 994.36 677.03
EX020 - Church Finance
System		 270.00 - - - 270.00 151.02
EX022 - Clergy and Training 1,827.35 - - - 1,827.35 93.61
EX027 - Fabric Repair 3,931.63 - 1,796.82 - 5,728.45 1,224.02
EX030 - The Centre
Maintenance		 - - - - - 420.00
EX031 - Church Grounds
Maintenance		 27.49 - - - 27.49 467.00
EX032 - Flowers - - 435.33 - 435.33 357.61
EX034 - Church
Fabric/Furniture - - - - - -
EX099 - Expenditure Credit to
Journal - - - - - -
Charitable activities Totals 118,547.05 - 8,294.43 **- ** 126,841.48 85,644.02
Governance costs
EX026 - APCM /PCC Expenses - - - - - -
EX029 - Independent
Examiners Fee - - - - - -
EX033 - Monthly Offering
Envelopes		 27.93 - - - 27.93 -
Governance costs Totals 27.93 - - - 27.93 -
Other resources used
EX0081 - Organ refurbishment - - 9,311.02 - 9,311.02 -
EX027a - Fabric repair DBR
retention - - - - - -
EX028 - Wedding/Funeral Fees
to Contra		 1,007.00 - - - 1,007.00 786.00
EX096 - PSF Expenditure
Recharge St. Paul		 - - - - - 15,499.96
EX097 - Miscellaneous
Expenditure Recharge St. Paul		 - - - - - 96.58
Other resources used Totals 1,007.00 - 9,311.02 - 10,318.02 16,382.54
Resources used Grand
totals		 120,601.97 - 18,605.45 **- ** **139,207.42 ** 104,219.96

Notes for 2025

1. Funds

a. Choir Fund:

The Fund balance at 31 December 2025 stands at £1,801.26, represented by:

ii. Income £0.00

iii. Closing Balance: £1,801.26

b. Fabric Fund

i. (Designated): The Fund balance at 31 December 2025 stands at -£3043.10, represented by:

  1. Opened Balance:317.49.

2 Income: £1,074.98.

  1. Expenditure: transfers and journal entry £23,844.88/- £28,240.45.

  2. Closing Balance: -£3043.10.

ii. (Restricted): The Fund balance at 31 December 2025 stands at £3,043.10, represented by:

  1. Opened Balance: £2,273.30.

2.Income: £8,816.62

  1. Expenditure: £1.796.82 transfers -£6,300 journal entry £50.00

  2. Closing Balance: £3,043.10.

c. Flower Fund: The Fund balance at 31 December 2025 stands at £953.49 represented by:

i. Opened Balance: £1,002.02 ii. Donations: £386.80 iii. Expenditure: £435.33 iv. Closing Balance: £953.49

d. Legacy and Bequests: The Finance Committee determined that we should report and track legacies, as we received a number in 2021. This will enable us to manage the spending of these gifts as the legator wished and ensure transparency. Legacies provide us with the opportunity to share the gift of giving with future generations. They are an investment in the life of this church and pass on the joy of giving. The Fund balance at 31 December 2025 stands at £187,125.66, represented by: i. Opening Balance: £29,122.37

ii. Sundry Legacies: £6,245.30 iii M Booth: £3,000.00 iv. S Jones: £5,622.37 v. Fr D Ede £20,000.00 vi Ron Morris £158,003.29 vi Expenditure: £0.00 vii. Closing Balance: £187,125.66

e. Organ Fund: The Fund balance at 31 December 2025 stands at £48,180.35 represented by :i Organ Fund Donations and sales £ 3,015.76 ii Fundraising Expenditure £0.00 ( received outside period) iii Spent on organ refurbishment 9311.02 iv Closing Balance £48,180.35

f. Youth Ministry : The Fund balance at 31 December 2025 stands at £1,604.28 represented by:

i. Opened Balance: £1,604.28 ii. Donations: £7877.30 iii. Expenditure: £6062.28 but transfer in £6,300.00 iii. Closing Balance: £9,719.30

g. lunch club : The Fund balance at 31 December 2025 stands at £5,404.36 represented by:

iv. i. Opened Balance: £4,788.78 v. ii. Donations: £1,615.50 vi. iii. Expenditure: £1.000.00 vii. iv. Closing Balance: £5,404.36 viii.

h. St Pauls Minor Projects Fund : The Fund balance at 31 December 2025 stands at £2,500.00 represented by:

ix. i. Opened Balance: £0.00 x. ii. Donations: £2,500.00 xi. iii. Expenditure: £0.00 xii. iv. Closing Balance: £2,500.00

i. General Fund : The Fund balance at 31 December 2025 stands at £104,495.23 represented by:

i. Opened Balance: £132,931.75 ii. Income: £226 ,461.39 iii. Expenditure: £ 120,601.97 iv. Transfers: -£23400.43 and -£26344.88 journal entries -£31,621.99 and -£52,928.64 v. Closing Balance: £104,495.23

2

Monies collected for other organisations

MAF £285 collected and £285 passed on

Childrens’ society at Christmas 2024 services £486.23 received and £496.23 passed on.

Childrens’ society at Christmas 2025 services £70.55 received passed on 10/2/26

Myanma earthquake appeal £186.26 received, £191 paid out so £4.74 to be considered mission expense

Bishop’s Lent Appeal £329.55 collected and passed on.

Surrey Churches Preservation Trust £395 collected £385 passed on with final £10 on 10/2/26

Christian Aid Ukraine Appeal 2024 received £235 and passed on in 2025. WI Christmas appeal 2025 £245 received and passed on 10/2/26 Jigsaw4U £45 received and passed on 12/2/26 Royal British Legion £66.44 received passed on 10/2/26 MacMillan coffee morning from 2024 £61 passed on in 2025

Independent ExamineT'S rep(￿[ to the trustees/members of The Ecdesiastical Parish of South Beddington and Roundshaw. Incorporating St Michael & All Angels Church South Beddington And St Paul's Churth Roundshaw Charity re8iStralion number: 1197967 I report on the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 which a￿ set out on the following pages. Res rtive re sibilities of the Trustees and Inde endent Emaminer The Charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audtt is not required for this year under Section 144 of the Charitie5 ALt 2011 (the Charities Attl and that an independent exarnination is needed. It is my respon5ibilitv to examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, to follow the procedures laid down tn the General Dirertions gtven by the Charity Commission lundef sertion 14515}Ibl of the Charities Act, and • to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of Inde ndent Examsnerfs Statement My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Direttions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a revÈew of the accounting records kept by the charlty and a comparbson of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes ion5ideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanatiofts from the trustee5 Con￿rning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an a￿d￿t, and consequently no opinion is ¥￿ven as to whetherthe account5 present a "true and fair- view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Inde ndent Examiner'5 Ststement In connection WFth my exarntnation, no material matters have come to my attention which Eive me cause to believe that in any material respett= accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with Section 130 of the Charities Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting rewrd5 or the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charittes (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a tnje and fair vtew whi(h 15 not a matter considered as part of an Independent Examination. I have come across no other matters in connectron with the examination to which attention should be drawn order to e ble a proper understanding of the accounts to be reathed. Signed.... Date-. 13 June 2026 Mrs. Anne Golbourn. 22 Stuart Crescent Croydon CRO 8QP 07800 755363 Charity Registratton Number 1197967