The Parochial Church Council of
St. Edward's, StOW-on-the-Wold
Annual Report and Accounts
Year ended 31 December 2025

The Parochlal Church Council of
SL Edward's, StOWryon-the-Wold
Annual Report and Accounts
ye￿ ended 31 December 2025
Conlents
Pa8¢
Annual Report
Independent Exuminerfs Report
ReceiF4s and Payments Aw)unl
9-10
St&temeni of A&se(s and iAabilities
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No*s to the Accounts
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The Paroehial Church Councll of SL FAlward's StOW-on-the-Wold
The Parochial Church Council of the Ft¢lc5ia*ical Parish of St FdwJrd'5 Stow on the Wold is atharity
re￿sIered with th¢ Chanty Conrris%ron for England 8ts1 Wate& Rws*r&J Chtrlly Numbu 12(h5646.
The church is l(Kaie41 on The squa￿ S￿W on thc Wold. The w'sh is part of Di(Kcsc of G]OUcester￿d its
official corresp)ndence ￿ld￿8$ ig.. The Reeiory. Sheep Strt¢i, Stow on the Wold Gl54 IAA.
The PanKhJ'al Churcb Council IPCC) wuyewteTrAI vrith the aw1tycon￿USIjOD OD 23 Jonuary 2C124.
M¢tnbcTS ofihe PCC are eiiher ex-officio or elo*ted by the ADnuai P￿(thi Church Meakn8 IAPCM) in
Corda￿¢ with the Church Rew¢x¢ttl￿lo￿ Rules. Lhm"n8 the 2015 the followiD8 88 nxrnbe￿ of the
E¥ oJTK¢o m¢nthers
CkniT (Piiesi-in-chargel
Vice C1￿1rm￿
ChurGhwardens
Redder
Vacancy
Dilys N¢ill
EIi7Atrrtth All¢n
{Ele¢ied In rotatlonl
Ingrld Dixo
(From 18Swaithr2025J
Deanery Synod Repr¢J¢Naiives Rotrtrt Barrttt ITO S SepieMber2O25)
(Elecied IA¢Mrally)
Vocwjcy
Co-opiéd Members
Uoyds B8nL StOW•on.th&Wold bt•Dch
Inde￿nd•￿t￿na￿ClQl¢rOm1vT William Hinwn Rou Th¢ Square, SThwOb.th&Wo]d. GLJ4 IAP

The Parochial Church Council of SL Edward's StOW-on-the-Wold
The ttrthod of appoinimenl of Parr¢hial Church Coull¢il {tW is 8a ill the (Thur¢h Rewes¢rLtatkotL
Rules. A]1 Church allenders are eDcoura8al io Tegi51¢ron the Eieaoral Roll and to SI￿)d for elects"¢)n to the PCC.
PCC Meedngs
The PCC mei six tijyts duying the JtsJ. Ifc bu5iDtss arisingoutsidv meetinp w&8 iryilemtrJ by ￿1] aDd
COnfin￿d at the ncxi meeting.
stand1￿ Conunlttee
Tht Standing Commilt¢e h•g ¢k¢ deleg*sJ to fran￿ oftht FCC be1we￿ nxain
Subject w directions wven by the PCC. M¢mb¢rsbip 15:
Parith pri¢st, Qur¢h WaYd¢n. PNje¢t and ￿ S
Trwts
The PCC ¢Jnploys Elizabeth Allen Id PCC [1￿Mber 4nd tru5w) ￿ g¢uw. r0ell￿r¢ that aDy
)tential conflict8 of In￿reSt are rnana8AI opprotXiA*ly. The PCC is very 8raLefvi ¢0 ￿￿$¢ ¥oluttte¢r to
enable the church to b¢ tKrfh a place of worstll"p ar￿ a pixe which ￿l¢c￿ vi5itOf5 from all over the wuid. The
PCC pays a cleanin8 ComF￿Y for Te8ulaT cleanin8 of the int¢rior.
Fln*￿18] Rlsk
AnttU￿ bud8ei Setting 1.8 An impoytsnt psrt ofour finaneial re81￿* and the Trewrer e￿h PCC nMin8
on fjnancial progrevJ. Tr Treasurer manage5 the day-itrday bui ￿F¢￿d)DjTe i*rr6 over£51K) ue
subject to #pprovil by Iwo bank •¢¢oynt SiBtWOri¢S.
CAxh is chttked and counted by two indJvidu&iJ. excludin8 Tr4swu. t¢fm b¢itsB d¢N)siitrJ ai the bADk.
Donations. le8acies and other irbCO￿* ore d￿￿81¢d for s[￿fiC PUTpJse5 are held a6 or de4iBnatèJ
funds as uppropnAIe.
C(Mnpllgnce wlth IAW and Re8uI
Ri%k assesS[￿nts tlove trken written atld at resu]￿ forthe useof the thuffh.
To wmply with ¢opyri8hi1¢8i61th'on Si Edword'$ is reKiwd wtth (EU And PRS.
S8f¢8y•rdlD8
The PCC complied with the duty under Kaion 5 of the Safe8￿di￿9 attd Cier8y Di¥ipline Mca5urc 2016
Iduiy to have due regard to Hou8e of Bithop8' 8uid8nc¢ on Safegu￿1n8 thildr¢n and vulncrable *iultsl. Thii
rnean5 thai all authorised clergy. bishop& archde￿on& ]ic¢n¥thl Teth5 andloy w0￿eT4 churchwllrthns and
Pccs ¥t not fret to di5r¢gwd it tx]t ar¢ wirtd to follow it unless there are coBeTht ￿80￿5 fot I)￿ doin8 ￿.
I'cogeni. for thJ"s purpose ]r￿n5 ¢It4T. IoBJca] convincin8.) Failujr by ckr8y to ¢omply with thc duty
imwed by the 2016 MeAwre may reslllt di￿lPI1￿Y ￿1(1).
Thc rcquired policies havc beal a(W and th"scuJ8ed by the PCC. Safe8ll*ding sthteT5 aTr displayd JD
church. The webgits is cory]ianL Both ]i¢ense41 ofthe chuJch att up lo dllte wth tramin8 and DBS
¢he¢k¥ IR¢vd K8T¢n Dr N¢ill.I IJ) mi¢win8 the Buiiknce for ChU￿be$ on sth8uaTdin8 the dttision 8Cn)88
the benefjce is lo hold In peruon ¢Mning noi au those nethl ￿ underRo trAining had to th¢ on]ine
ynllterials. Dr Neill has ryJry?lekd the'rrgin the trniner. course artd will rutt this for th¢ in 2026.
R¢vd Wel[m￿ and Eiiz&i*th Allen

The Parochial Church Council of SL Edward's StOW-on-the-Wold
Obj¢￿Ve8 aDdActlvhi
St Edward's PCC has the Tespoll*"kn"lrty of CLVfTaunB with the I￿uM￿l in kYoirthii8 in the ￿tle￿idanC
parish the wholc mission of the church.. ￿lo￿l. ¢vaugeh¢aJ. social aDd xwnCni￿. JI has respDnsibdities fot
the church builth'ng and church yard ofsi E&1ward'5. Srow-oTh-the-Wold. Tr TrAIn1ena￿e0f the chureh Y￿d.
which is clos¢d. is llndert8keD by Slow TOWTJ Council and w¢ art very grntefijl for the care show in
mointaining thi8.
TheincUmtr￿I Bnd PCC oim io belaTKe TeSFonsibility to repklsr the Stow parish ¢¢)mnwnity
(wsional WOTghipp¢y5. wd the ltsr8e num1*tt5 of visi￿￿ fT¢m aT(x]nd the MVTld. The PCC is p&tticularly
cognizani of Ihe need to mainiain ard imprnve the anciem Gr* l Lis¢eAI church buildiD8 for tr Fthefil of
c¥tte&i and fuitsre Bener&ion.q.
Cmeral Fund in 2025 exeaed ￿1￿￿8 by£3.289. A 8e[ky￿ legacyof£i¢x).(rfXlthxs Dcrt alyea this
t¢om¢. beirtg ¢on8traitwl by th¢ wisks of th¢ d#¢&￿. Cljr ov¢rail its¢0￿ w4$ 6on*what rcduGrAI from 2024.
despite SL full Y￿ of ben¢fii from the ts)ntactiess dotthtions vttir insulltsj itt July 2024. ttLCOn* from Platthed Givittg
tw a8Ain ￿lUCed year-on.ye4r. bui very much appreCI￿t the Corr￿l￿ne￿ ofrhose who coDunu¢ ￿ sive
8en¢rou$lyin ¢1￿$ w¥y. Nevcttwtx thePCC pltd¥¢ 10 thtDiL*t*xtt
The essential ¢on8erv&tion ofour Iw8¢ Cru¢ifixioTh PAinlin& for th¢ b¢n¢fitof fuwr¢ 8enerntion5. rtpreserLted a
substaniial p)¢entiul cost lo Tewves. 50 ihe PCC ij for the 5UPWJrtof the Naiional Louery H¢rilA8¢
d. th¢ Ion M Foul¢rwft Charitsbie TrugL Qurchc&Te. Tr Pil8rim Tru6L the LKhe TN8L 51 Andrewi
Con5er¥ation ThLyI, 14sl¢tt's (Hirl￿ttl Ch¥ity And pti¥th dothDT5. The ofoyrtlaim lor
reimbur8eTr*ni ofVAT by the knAted Placts of WoThbJp S¢hen* in¢rt4tyJ the ¢0* by •pproxiThlely £10.(￿..
how¢vtr. the ¢haritsbl¢ support ¢over&184% of the final of the proF4X
l am esP￿la1]Y graicful to J¢b# PAtk¢s ts his wi1¢4ttce itt L
(leidaftl of Williom Hinton for E•tienl atd efficieniexamt￿LKI of theaLxiyJnts.
Peter DIXOD
Tr￿urer
tkAn¢ry Syjxxl Jr*¢ts binwnthly. (hr are& de40 in 2025 bas the Revd C4lloD Crais Bithop. There hllve tttn
three main %lra5xl% in thnery pltrtrtin8 this year. The fitsi is financial with i r*w 0￿] forpwi5h Sha￿ which
be transparcm. Tr I￿)nd has bccn QUT 4 (kaw w the kn￿1$M in the Th¢ third is
ndraisillg for N pNrt-time choplain for the Cotswold Scknl.
In M&y, St Flward's hr￿11 dewjery syn￿1 ￿mI shwed our Prxllceofsirnple w resp)nsu io engoge visitors with
the Sunday s¢rvi¢es 01 Si FAlward's. I arn Brateful 10 Dr Towler for le*th'n8 the ￿All￿¢. Mrs Mar8h for the
ftfreshments a￿1 M5 WoThill for bÈr sllpwt iti the wfmkn'p that ¢veoin
Mr Barneit swr£d down from role as a i&y n￿berOr Lknuy Syll￿ in 3)25. El￿*"0[1¥ due iti
2026 md we have vac4nciu for Iwo lay Mern￿.

The Paroehial Church Council of SL Edward's StOWwon-the-Wold
TrAmltlonal MSDkn's Repxt
In 2025 my transitional rrtinistry role w&8 extelltsl from to five
There art Seve￿ key thai have IJJ 2025.
Th¢ first ha]f of my hett b48 lis*ning a￿1 identsf￿n8 th¢¢hall¢n8e8 thAi fact Si EdwATd'$ Chw¢h.
The second halfofmy lime will ￿ a￿￿( ideDtifyirtg ]knv w r¥isc the prnfjle ofsi Edward's in the deanery and
atioJ]a]ly. I will be WOTkin8 with th¢ s¢nior s¢aff to Wri* 5u¢cess ¢riteri8 ￿ that il j5 tk4T whi ne¢4ts ¢0 rot
anothcr app)iNt]rtnt to be whcn I trtirc in 2028.
In 2￿25 th¢ fo¢u$ wa4 on Iwit4iily whi¢h i$t&4tntial in the twildiTh8 up of th¢ ¢UTTeni ¢￿greS￿￿on and in
weleomitlg new people io the arell. A ￿ve to an earb'w titx of 10.30am ￿lowed for the Sharing of
refffsh¢wi¢8 aft¢r the wvic¢ so iha¢ the cotwe8wion caa get ro knoweaeh other and ￿1£0￿* Visi￿￿5. l am
tnd¢bted to Mr BArnet¢ for his ide*of stw after the JttViL% llnd Lo MrCN)Iby for his x¢ady hond with setvinR of
the sa￿￿. Through thiy we have CreA￿l our own unique offeri08 ofhospitaiiiy Edward'$. In 2025 we
swte4 th¢ Coffee Club At Hufikins on a W¢dts¢Eday I￿1￿]ng. Thi5 now tLa5 a S￿¥1Y following of up ￿ fifteen on
busy d&y *>d th provided 4 wekomr ￿ visitor5. new memkn ofthe con8r¢8ation 8nd th¢ town
who do not con% to church. Thank you to the mekn ofthe con8te8ation WI￿ ha￿ yjppned IL
Sund&y services ai Si Fjward'i hllve msity 51a>td the sa￿£ with ￿ addition ofone servK¢ o nKJnth ihm 18 Njn
Eu¢hAll'sti¢. Ov¢r ¢h¢ summ¢r we ¢eiebrAtyI th¢ work on th¢ fn'ng¢s of the ¢ongreg￿lOn and the outre4¢h inio the
that the cwe con8TegauoD nllghl hkve witnE8sed. This outrellch incluw a pi¢ni¢ on Au8usi Bank
Holid&y 91 Lower Swell, a Haryesi lunch ￿ Si Edward'& ￿thth]Y service8 ￿ Brio. N¢wlabds And Edwarthow.
bis¢ui¢S and bl¢Ésings th¢bugirws owners in the Sqyaff ANI work in the schoo15. 1 gT&trtul io Dr Towler for
COTnin8 Out w the schcols in Prepwation for MotI￿1n8 SundDyth teKh the childt¢n new hymns.
Mume be¢s) A li￿lfi￿li oUt￿h in 2011. fml Music It Sww art wtll e5thbli$hed and
were deli8hted lo host them a8ain in 2(r25. Trre bro¥J Tall8e of muwc on orfu whkch is enjoyed by an
eJtsbl)shed audJ¢nce. We w¢lwl￿d LuJTh)s for the fiN time in 2025. They offer concert5 by c&ndleiighi whith are
rnQTkeod through S￿&[ [[￿la. There w%re corKen8 in 2025 whtch ￿dienCeS that much youtl
than th¢ Stow d¢mowhic. Many of those come ¢4)thcats thc4 t¢effi to a¢Jas3i¢al mllAi¢ ¢v¢N
before.
A 8i8nifi¢4t)t •thlithon to the life of thedllwch wu the [(￿ of a &)n¢e41 pi•w. ILarriv￿ j
in time for All￿1r
McGowvm con¢¢rt whith was w well ￿lertded. (￿¢{￿￿ts havc It¢n very wrll iKludio8 One by our
NicholuB Aihion Ind Mithacl B￿W￿. W¢ nxd w (k) MTC wxrk around maTk¢iin8 but wc Icami
118ieat deal in ihe pasi year. Thank you lo MT Aihlon for all hi.1 work wilh ￿)ncerti. Onc cmKen th81 Flid under th¢
wa4 for Spwkknusa Cmtivts which w&* held in Chri5tm*4 Wt¢k. This PT￿ SUPtM)rts Y￿n$ pwile in
comrnuniiie5 Wtth llcc￿ to tho aT¢& W¢ Wto Work Mih Ihem 8gam in 21Y26.
A kcy part of our work irt thc I￿1 iwo yelts will ￿ with awt ¢oyrisYL Tr dosyTe ofthc ¢oxh pork in
BourLon on ihe Watei ¢h&t mre ¢￿hr3 arr 5￿w. vi*tor5 are very SOTM aTe he4E for i
Iwenry-minuie bTe4k and a quick l(x>k ar(NJnd the iopm. (Xhers are here to explore the area over a or
Stow on the Wold is nK>vin8 fmm its kn.1￿rIe mle *B & markci tOWD to Plrt oftl* eApaieDL% e¢01￿y.
Visitors ¢utstin8 th¢irewiences from their pW%. Tht Tesult ofthis is they Are t￿tbUyIng in the s￿)P5 or
dorlatillg at our¢hurch. (ILr cl￿1¢￿￿¢ for 2￿8 15 ro dis(￿ how cDtyxuage Visi￿ w donatr to the
upkeep ofthe site they are visitin8 ill tsDdem with the missionai i)tp)rtunities (o shart the love ofJesus ￿ r4ll1￿
in Matthew 28..19.
One way of eDgagin8 with visits is thrTrJgh I￿1r5. In 2025 a re8ular tour parry from Italy paEd for tr￿[8. Thank you to
Dr and Mr5 Dixon who assist￿1 w in l¢¥lits8 tho* This Vrt%onlyon¢ofth¢ hats tb* tk Dixon has Lwi
we￿ing this year. Th￿)kyoU.
Anoth￿ thank you goes to aosdy Knii w]Mxe iireless effwL% with Deedks 8Dd IMx)ks WIV￿leS notcdy a
welcoming Presence in chuTch on 4 S•(ythy trA)rningbw 5igtilfi¢￿I fvnthaisitig for cFLurdJ.

The Paroehial Church Council of SL Edward's StOW•on-the•Wold
The final th&ne of 2025 was su5thinability. It trrtame clear through the yearthatwr volullott base is very small a
that these people are voLuLwing SXrif￿1ally. This is tsOL %LL8tsithle in the 10tt8 I am 50 w ￿fijI to
ev¢ryone who wv¢s their titne and ta]enL%' Lo St Edward's. The town is howew sltnnkn.ng with ￿￿)re homgs
and Airbnb propcrtics and QUT VisiiOT Dumi*T5 awr 8Towing. Our lovely building need5 w E¢ maintsirKd. We (k) not
hav¢ ¢hvr¢h w8rdens. In the abyence of voluntrers the only soluiioh is io ¢mploy sthff LO do the jobs thai
don¢. In ApTiI w¢ eTnployed Ms A¥our ponÉh thunistrthron 85iX-Tmnth of5ix
This increa8￿1 to eight how5 per week in (kwber.
I st*nt much of the autumn exploriThB the wential of acharitable enwprise at St Edwd's bw we do noi
hAve the exp8rien¢r or Tesourc&5 to 51art thi$ PTOjtA oundv¢& The decision was thken by the PCC ai thetnd of the
year ￿ employ a th"MoroformtioD8 who cover the regulaujry iide of the chutth warden role a5 H8
¢xplofe the Pm￿¢1￿] for mission wtth the teDS 0fthoU￿ ofvisitsK8 t*ho cothx ￿ tytsrehurch fynd younds eA¢h
year. It IB eXFU￿j thAt thi5 role will b¢ ￿¥￿ixed in ¢4rfy ￿16.
At the end oftht Ye￿ we can look W at SUtt¢S8fv1 S￿1¢￿. new a¢￿ a wjwing
awareness of Ehe chAllenges we face in thi5 beautiful part of the North Cotswolds. The reality faces us is St
Edward'$ is ungu4fAillAble in its currenl fornL As it S(￿d￿ the Tole of p4ri5h priu( of Si FAwatd'8 rnay n(A b¢
repl￿ed itl 2028 when l ￿lte. W¢ ar¢ mak]'J)8 SOC￿ fiT4 w IXLL the¥ fje¢d ￿ be embe1￿ 2026 ODd
yond ifI Im lloi ￿ be the IBsi vicar of Stow.
Revd Kor*n WellmwD
Mlnlster
Bulldlty MAwernnl R¢p)rt
2W anoth¢r ¢h8]lenpll8 year for th¢ fthi¢ ofour 13Ak I I￿$￿ ￿1]din8.
lil Major VJtttrlc81 Work
In janu￿ ihe PCC commi5Iith*d and ￿1¥￿1 th¢ five•ytarty El￿triCal Insta]IAtion Condition Re￿.
Thij id¢ntifid fifte¢tt ttem# which faE'led rwdcin r¢8ula¢ion¥. With th¢ x)k ¢KC¥)tsOrt of the rtplxer*ni of
th¢ Nave ￿ghting wirin8 (which will wuire a full faculry and be undertkn in 2026 ifpermission is gran(￿11.
llll of the compulsory Ten*di¥l wott w8s coryle(eAI in 2025 UDder the 5LmpJer LAS[ A pr￿￿ture. This included new
wirin8 ond lishtitt8 in the Ch4ncel, South Aisle Ind w¢side u wdl *$ it￿n¥￿￿1ts io %ur8e pro￿lOn for all
¢ir¢uits. Work 00 lighttn8 in the ￿"4[¢ and Nonh Transept twk aceiwJtt( of tlyw ofth¢
CNcifJxion PAiDting (see below).
(ill Followlna yp the 21)24
In addiiion lo routin¢ mainlenince Igee below) ihc PCC a I￿r[ in thckiing th¢ lon8-ttm rt4ior wairs
ideThtified in thjs rcport. Th¢ item w88 the nawra] slate5 thc ¢l¢v*ion of the (Jjancel I￿r
which were ltiid IollBer a80 than thos¢ OD the South side &Dd are in a much ww5e cotwjiiion. A detsiw survey
Show￿ tha¢ th¢ wuthern elevation nexd5 10 bE wrry>letely miled with J)¢w s]8ts L* none of the existin8 ones
Can be salvaBei) due to delwnimtion. This work will re4uire a full hculry and a n*iOT ￿nth￿lS1rtB ¢ffort.
Iliil hlDtIDg Conseryatlon
Th¢ 2024.11 pmject tocommi5sion cow£rva¢im ofour 17th ¢enrory Flemish pAintin8 of the cn￿lfixt0n. which h15
been ID the church Si￿¢ 1837. completsj on the ￿t￿n ofthe ￿1Th￿n8 in July 2025 to its rKw Fx)5itiOn in ihe
North Tran8ept. The PCC ￿ d¢Ji8h¢&l by the professional stsndards of Internatsonai Fine Art Con5ery&tion
Swdios And th¢ way ID which the painiingenhan¢e8 the Wrship￿ and visiuK eXp￿]el￿e in its tmv I<￿10[l.
livl Churehyard 1&8
The Te8in.b)nded storte 8re& near the North Lkn ha5 provd invaluybk iti ptTAtLXiti8 the w fromdamy c&used
by the mstsy th¢Jj58￿ds of ￿$110r5. p#rti£*]arly iti extremely weL Wtathu. 11)c project was r￿tY W￿p[el￿1 by the
2dditiOn of a 5#0nd pernuneni tw)uccix)ard. Th¢ PCC i5 ¢X¢w￿lY yatthl for the 8eoemsity of thcorg4ni511ioJ15
8NI ittdividuais who kI￿dIY the proj#( r]jJa￿41￿y.
P•8e5

The Paroehlai Church Council of SL Edward's stoW4￿-the￿WOid
Annual Re￿rt ofthe P8rIKh￿ cou￿ll for the JI 2025
(vl RewdAr M&lDteniiice
The PCC had totsune wa￿ carried oui toclw toof 8ulliGs. re￿we danger￿$ duck￿ardS from theTow roof. and
inrain the organ, cL¢xk 4ttd &iarTn $>¥t￿. S¢owTowm C￿nCil ￿ r¢sp)nsi￿.1Lry for mutin¢main(enance of the
Cl￿T￿Y￿r0 inc)uditLB grass cuttin4 a[￿ work QTJ uers atwj hedBu. Tr PCC obEainrd a IIKulry
for contr¥*￿r$ einployed by Stow Town COU￿11 to re￿ild a Short triai length of the dryslone wall along thJ
Southern periTr*ter of th¢ churthyard *wIj￿ent io Cburch Wajk A]iey. The fxulty provides a franxwork foi any
future Tcpoirs whi¢h are showD w bt r￿cessAry by thc moniwTiOg which tk Council have place. Tr
Ffc expre&%8 its the CouH¢il for au thatit h&8 doDe its 2025.
The PCC was w￿ful 10 ￿ able to reclaim VAT on ofthe akne rn&jor and routine work5 under this
Sch¢rn whith will end Ort 31 MAwlL 2026 and be rylaL%d by a whose adminisirailon ond y￿ue tts us
ar¢ ¢urrendy u￿lear.
Peter Dlyon
Tre•wrtr

The Parochial Church Council of SL FAlward's StOW•on-thtrWold
IRveslmerf Poll¢y andR¢xem FUA
[( been Itle policy of th¢ PCC ov¢[ s¢veJal Jrars to invest ID Y￿1(￿]$ Churdj of Engiarld Funds maoagal by
CCA Investmtni M8na8en%nt Ltd. PartiCiFQtion in these th)￿1$ ts to any charitsblc with objttts
¢onJ)¢ctcd with th¢ Work of the Ch￿￿h olEn8land. The lev¢J of the a)w¢h's the ￿J11￿.]ity of Tts
invesrnis are kept underconswltrtmv. Ihr 15 ￿ IMJld avenge ￿$¢￿¢S of at le4sL 12
nK>nths llOTtTthJ OP¢rnling ¢OYL
Th• Haydock Fmnd
Th¢ l•t¢ William John (Roy) Haydock left hi8 resithiary io Si Edwards ChuTch Yor gertM] charitable
purFoses the beneficiw being the R￿1 •JMt Churchw¥Jden5. The soli¢JwT intornyd th¢ beneficiary thAt
Ihe Executors ]wl ittstructed herihai the deceayuL"wa5 par￿￿1•11Y9nXI￿S be uxd to mthrath.
imPTove or upkeep the fabri¢ ty form ofthe fknic hmd".
rh• TrtwrAihcroft
This 188acy da¢¢$ from 1996. Accotdin8 to of the will. th t￿Ue&l W45 w th¢ R￿10¢ aud ThuTthwATdeth5
"for 5uth religious PWP05es in the parish l¢h¢yl sball ID l¢h¢irl 4b501uts disu&ion ￿"[1k fir and capityl may be
exp¢rtd￿ for purposes at Itheirl discreiion.. In the ¢on*M ofthe lat¢ Mr Ash¢rolY8 know￿ In￿￿￿[ in the fabi1¢
of Si Edward's. the tem ofhi5 will hiv¢ cuxornarily tfttuptdoj ￿ suppjrt the re￿.r and mainienArKe of the
building. Thi$ fund djerefore u￿1 for tho ryir. nwint￿Me•ll￿l the h￿l&of th•dwr¢h
building but is now fvlly deple￿.
The G*n*rnl F#nd
The incon* from thi5 8tts iowwds mtding ¢Tr* ghortfo11 b¢tweu the gellera￿ fTh)rn don&tioll5.
plllnn￿ sivin& and other Pwish fund raising ￿Uy11)eS e*. and ourouwin8& I￿lUding the DI￿¢S8Th Quou.
John i*wh Oryan F¥nd
This sm811 fund was set up itl ofour p8s( Or8anisL Mr JOI￿ L£wÈ& fortht mainte￿nce and repair of the
ChuKh orgon. Th¢ fund w8s liquid￿ed in Jun¢ 2025 aDd the sum of£6.284 ll8nsfm￿ 10 the ￿TrUt1 *counL in
pryaration for the anticip￿￿ d¥ ciellDin8of theityth.
Moriorl6 FeRn•uy M¢morlalFwd
The PCC receiv&1 a 8enemu% le8w of£l(K).(m in November X)25 the e*Ate of Mi85 M￿Jor¢t Futnusy
and li holding th¢ hjnds on dep)sii p*MJirt8 th¢ owrtllnity to deploy ￿ futh in a way thA( te4Fttts Mi88
FetLllUSy'5 wi&h65.
The Fthds ol&FAw4rd's ChMrcA
The Friend5 orBaniJe fund r¥i5in8 evenL8 on tthalfof the PCC 5pxifK woixts in Thi$ Vol￿]e fund
raising wability is v¢ry rnuch appre¢iat•J by th¢ PCC.
Approved by tly PCC on.....

The Parochial Church Council of SL FAlward's, StOW•Oll-thevWold
Independent Exami￿,5 Re￿rt to the PCC of SL Edw¥rd's Slowryoo4htrWold
Thts report on the finan¢iAI statrments of StOW-on-the-Wold PCC forthe year ended 31 Decembu 2025
which art set out on the attached pages. is in respect of an eXa￿1n￿l10n carried out in accordance with the
Church Ac¢ounting Rebmlatiolls 2￿6 ('th¢ Regulations) and se¢tion 144(2) of the Charitics Act 2011 Cthe
Act).
Respectlve reSpon￿bIll¢l¢S of the PCC And exami
As members of the PCC you are responsible for the p￿pa￿tion ofthe financial sthtrments. You ¢onsi(kr
that the audit requir¢ments of the Regulalions and 5ethion 144(2) of the Act do noi apply. It is our
regponsibility to issue this report on those financial 51alements in %cordance with the teffl￿ of the
Regulations.
Ba816 of Independent ExwnlDer's rep)rt
Our examinauon was ¢arried ou¢ in accordw with the General Directions ￿Ven by the Chari¢y
Commission and to be found in the Church Guidance, 2(￿￿ ediliort. issued by the Finance Division olthe
Archbishops, Council. That ¢xamination includes 4 review of the a¢¢ounung records kepi by the PCC and
a CoMp￿)￿n of the account5 with those records. It also includes consider￿lon of any unusual items or
disclosures in th¢ finan¢ih] stawnents and seeking explanaLiOllS from you as tnJ8te¢s conc¢rnin8 ony such
matters. The procedure5 undertak¢n do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an 4udiL and
consequently we do not express an 4udii opinion on the view ￿v¢th by the a¢¢ounts.
IndependeDI ExamlDer's Slatsmen¢
In ¢onne¢tion with our examinaiion. no has come to our allention..
which &ve8 us rea80t)able caus¢ io believe thal in ¥ny mat¢rial respect the ￿(tI￿￿en(s
to keep accounting records in accordance with secuon 130 of the Act; and
to prepate financial statements wljich ac¢ord with the aca)unun8 re4)nls and comply with th¢
rquirements of the Act and the Re8ula(ion8
ave not been m￿. or
2 to which, in our opinion. attention should be drawn ￿ ￿&ble a pryer uAlerstAnding of the a¢eounts
to be reacheA.
Ross Hou8¢
The Square
stOw￿￿-the-WQld
Glos. GL54 IAF
Wllllam Hinton Limlted
CHARTERFD ACCOUNfANT5
. 13104IW
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The Parochigl Church Counul of SL FAlw8rd's StOW-on.thtrWold
Recelpts and PaY￿￿ts Accrmjnt
For the year ended 31 Dttynther 2025
No*
2024
Rtttlpts
Plann￿l￿ving
Envelopts
Oift Aid Rgfur
Cou￿[1¢￿
Le￿Ie$
ChtirityCoJJt¢titi
tbnAtions
AppealA FA)x in rhor¢h
AcllTAlles for %￿rIll¥
Porish events
Hire ofehurch prun1￿6
Closely Knli SDic*
19598
)g.J98
21,846
15.140
9.074
13,140
9.074
)(KJ,tAM)
6,182
4,467
Ifjxr
3,463
66,412
10.151
41734
I￿211
W9
yIM7
80.750
ioJ)I
10,014
I lJ12
IlJl2
3.124
899
Ilh53
T¢&TO￿lS
PCC fe
8.983
J.789
CBF iniete41 and dividtsb
Ot￿r
INyran¥e Rec]aim
22
L023
4J26
1,898
133.897
1(&440
33.680
274.017
137,120
Pari%h event
Donatiom io Chthrsty by Chur¢h
Swial Colkciion8 for choriiie4
A￿l￿d¥ dlroedy reJ•ted to thtwfjrkoftht eh¥r¢h
DI￿¢￿*￿ qu￿ Ind
Hell. w
sllr8nce
Cburth n￿l￿te￿ill¢¢
Upkttp ofs¢rYic
613
3.419
1253
1.2S3
56.INI
30.050
8.449
4.282
36.763
l273
53.5(K)
4,(J74
3,9J2
6.705
1,282
2,740
664
630
674
305
1.410
763
1373
Tuthini
Bell Rirjps
Payments todirxuolttt41
Ckr8y Frts
Chutch
MiKtllarLe(yJ8Expe
Bank ch
CJeanin8
BWkltr￿k
CIoEe]y KDII
LiceKts and 0￿￿lati(¥j fe41
Ckrgy exper*
Major twndlturt
MAjorw0￿3
P￿titI￿$ COO￿V&¢I0
IrKJ5
2,gJ3
1.71M
l.482
92
4.950
436
118J
2.183
764
182
621
621
1.232
15.159
45,
19.319
137.180
15.159
45.799
198,144
226.145
9l28l
75,873
(89.02Jl

The Parochial Church Council of SL Edward's StOWwOll-the-Wold
Rttelpts ￿y￿*￿ts A¢oJtmt
For the year £lld￿ 311)ecethr21125
2024
Extts8otRe¢tlpts over P4yments
FtsrthÈ yoar tjthd 31 D¢umber2025
Btouknt foThvlltd ut l Janu¥ry 2{
73.873
89,025
94.493
54.145
148.636
2J2.917
Ncl incTruclld(*ftuel
(3289)
91281
(12,1191
73873
189,(451
b)t¢rnAI trawfor
(19.1041
24.716
In¢ru8eJ(de¢tt¥cl ITr MLxk
ofbwkn andttrth
CBrrigJ for4¥fird d 31 DtteD*w2
ify)
ICQ,081
J2.3>J
224Jll
14&.038
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The Parochial Church Council of SL FAlward'8, StOW-oll.thfrWold
sthteTh￿rt of As8et$ and Ll8ldllths
For the year ended 31 Decemthw 21125
Nolt
C.B.F. a¢¢aunt (A￿￿rnftj
Cm.F. Dtp)th"t ￿count (Haydctkl
C.B.F. Lk]x>sit account Ilhganl
CB.F. 8CCQUDt C￿nO￿lI
al Uoyds Bank pk
1,gf
12.979
ify).(
26.430
l8.48J
I2.￿9
JJ,i
0.142
24,
40.801
2&430
18,4&
Investh￿0t9 At CCAI
31.701
33MS1
64.759
61.759
7&fj14
14&037
224Jii
J4a038
L4blllllu
76ffj14
146.037
224,511
148,65
fjnd ¥￿[¢ 6lwK4J ¢1 its ￿hlif by..
7-A-A(llL
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The Parochikl Chureh coull￿ ofsL FAlw4rd's StOWvOThvthtrWold
Notrs to tbe Accowits
For the y¢•r ended JI Ik¢eth 21115
l. AetouThlln8 policy
a c&%b 4¢¢oyntsn8 b4A
2. J)e91RthAted FuDds.'
tsrD
R¢•trl¢teO
Roy HaydDrk bEqur41•
John Lewis orBaD fur¥]
sntin8
44,2(L%
6.1
3A38
lJ3l
192
46,036
294
31.
45.799
10,304
54.145
33.660
45,793
IOJ04
51330
Trevor Ashcmft Bequul•
Utthuni Funa
81
6J59
iTr)wJ
81
15.159
l(K).(K
Irh5.440
15.159
8.8LYJ
ICQ.081
•Roy Hiythk and TreTrv AAbcroft BequMts.'
Th¢ Roy Hoyd¢¢k fvnd li noi av4ilBbk (R#trtct•J PJr#hl.
TrTre¥or Ashcroft fvrwj can ￿ ysedu ￿ bothIrKO￿th￿d it di8weDoth oftht R&YLYthJ aJurthTr*th IIW Potyhl.
3V12rthu 3VIY2015
V•h
C￿t
31/1V2024
Value
3111212024
Cosi
Ab ￿ 31 Dxornt¢r2025
2[￿0 1633 Shorts Jn CBFlnv¢5mi Fund. kncar¢ Sbaw
774.93 Sh¥rts CBFInvtstyntN >l*d. Sh*t4(Haythxkl
15722.66 ShaN CBF Nxtyj tther¢K F4)Ml (H￿thk)
4J.732
17
Jt.701
&612
47.037
17.91
23.446
31,701
O.OJ2
20,440
06.954
64.759
a9.￿1
04,759
It rtm81￿% th¢tvoonqibtlitywO poiicydthc trc to m•iTrI￿n twikling forfirtUr¢p￿￿￿. FollovAll8 Ihc m•jnrYtmThJ¢llini
DJ￿ in 2023 ovethwl of the ￿1111$8y￿￿ll in 2014, xYk5 dutins XIZ5 knavc indutsj the ducnbed In the Buildin8
ManaBcJnvnl Rcp(XT. cOnti￿UnIpJn oftt*porn ioimwvveth¢wr•oJrswJr thc C*xY. LllS tJKrricd wlrin8thd
liBhiin8, the rthlln8in8 ofth 17th ¢thlury F4inlin8 *fttr thB pmcc*L
Coll#iN)ni ai w#ioJ xrvi¢¢K tthifofthird.wty ¢hm'iits al¢￿ p￿￿1
011 to (Aher¢harSty. Hoyvw. b(•A¢•th *tyJ W*th￿l(￿]￿l >t4t*wlthe pjd
t in Iherebwtin8 psmay w ex￿Y￿￿1 ¢c4kx#tyL
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