## **PCC Report** 

The PCC has met 5 times since the 2025 APCM. 

Membership was the Rector, 2 Churchwardens and 6 others. 

Robert Cooles is standing for re-election to the PCC, having served 3 years. Bibi Antony is also standing for election to the PCC for the first time. Cax du Pon is standing down as a PCC member, and the PCC would like to thank Cax for all that she has done and continues to do in the life of the Church. 

A new Parish Administrator (Fiona Fisher) started in post on 1[st] May 2025. Following the resignation of the Parish Safeguarding O�icer (PSO), and no volunteer wishing to take the role on, the PCC agreed to make the role of PSO a paid part-time role, and in November 2025 the Parish Administrator became the PSO in addition to their current role. 

Following a data breach in August 2025 by the DBS provider to the Diocese, all DBS checks had to be suspended until a new provider was found. A new DBS provider has now been appointed, and St Nicholas Compton opted in to the agreement with the new provider in January 2026. The PSO is now working through those who need to renew their DBS checks and contacting those who need to update their safeguarding training. Reports on Safeguarding have been received at every PCC meeting. The PCC has complied with the requirements imposed by the code under section 5A of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016. 

Eastbury Manor has been a time-consuming issue for the PCC, with no resolution yet agreed. It was reported at the most recent PCC meeting in April that the building has finally been sold, subject to contract. The PCC will contact the sellers and remind them of our prescriptive right of way across to the Church gate. The closure of the footpath giving level access to the Church has caused issues for several of our parishioners, and the PCC hope that a resolution can be reached with the new owners. 

The PCC, led by Sally, has focused on Cave, Refectory, Road principles in its work: 

- Cave: the place of stillness, prayer, and withdrawal that can inspire a new engagement with the mystery of God 

- Refectory: how practices of hospitality can create communities that make a di�erence in the world 

- Road: leading to creative and loving engagement with public life 

Following on from this, the Church’s priorities for the next 2 years are: 

- Prayer – Thy Kingdom Come & regular Small Group prayer 

- Investing in Children and Families with a focus on Discipling 

- Wider Community engagement including on the Tra�ic Committee, Women who W(h)ine, plus resources for Pilgrims 

Fiona Fisher – APCM – 10[th] May 2026 



Financial Statements
of St Nicholas Church, Compton
for the year omled 31 Del￿nbtr 2025
Contents
Accounts:
Acul￿ting policies and basis of prew￿1
Balance sbeet
Notes to thc accounts
Trnstees
Reverend Salty Buthlle (R￿tor)
MiGhacl WiDted)otham (ChurclNardaJ)
Linda Ch&8t¢ll (freasurer) (rtsw I l May 2025)
Robcrt Cooles
St¢phen c￿￿& (el￿￿ I l May 2025)
Cary)lyn thi Pon
Jill Eyl¢8
David Hunt
David Mwffu

Am]ual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025
Statement of Flnxlldxl Acllvltles
Totsl
Tolal
Fabrk
2025
21J24
MoveDwnts iti the yeAr
69.850
21.983
91.833
363
92.196
103,264
Total outgoing resou
(87.127) (20,421) (107,548)
{1,5(M))
(109.048)
(87.383)
(17277)
1.562 (15.715)
(1,137)
{16,852)
15,881
(957) (6.022) (6,979)
(522)
(7501)
1,473
Surplll81 (delldt) for th¢ year
(18234) (4.460) (22.694)
(1,659)
(24J53)
17J54
Balane¢J it l JaDUary 2025
128.846 499J38 628.184
14,592
642.776
625.422
Balaneu *t 31 December 2025
110.612 494,878 605.490
12,933
618.423
642.776

Annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025
Aecounthig policies and bath of preparation
They do not inchuk accowits of other chutcb group8 that owe 8n affiliati￿ to another iK￿, Tr)r thox that
With effect from l J•nu8ry 2025 and 88sets ofstNlcl￿1aS Church were transfe￿d from
clwity numbtt 243929 ￿0thtig ful￿ in coJme4ion with St NiL*o]as Church" to a nThly re￿Sta￿l
exCl￿18st1¢81 charity 'St Ni¢holas Compton PCC", ¢knity numta I211￿70.
Fund ￿eD￿llts
The fmancial affair8 of St Nichola5 Churth aye c4)lld￿ through a number of fiwl actomts. Restri¢ted
fi]nds cao only be applied for wifKd puryMx4. Desi￿trd th08c vknich the tra8tees have
designated for Parti￿l#r pur￿8¢&
The trustees b8v¢ d¢8ign8teA part of this fuThl &8 the FabTi¢ DeBigDated Fun
Th¢ Fabri¢ Fund is a reStrirt￿ fulld for the improvan4 Main￿ aDd upkeq) of the tabTiC of
the cljuffh.
Incoming re40llrco#
Dividends from investments 8re a(wunted for when due. Tnterest entitletnents are reco8tiiwI as they
Grants and donations ate accowited for when paid over, or when avMdeA if the award creates biDdiDg
obligations. Donated facilities aThl servicu are I￿l￿d￿l ID I￿ (and at the swne time in resource5
expended) at estinwd fair v81ue to St Ni¢lK)las Church for the 8ffViL% or facility ffceivuL The valuc of
any volww help received 18 not inclth in the aLxwts but is d¢￿kn1 in the Tll*tee'8 AnDual Re%K)rt
'charity by Section 10(2) (a) aThl (¢) of the Clwitics Act 2011, s￿h a58ets are n(rt L*pilalised in th¢

Annual report and accounts for the y&2r ended 31 December 2025
than where iD5ufficient cost Inforn￿li0tt is avoi]abk. Jn this caqe the item is Th)t LxpitsJise4L thougb all
1fv are stated at eo$l or for ￿ftS in kityj at a reasonable estim* of their open nwket value on recexpL
resithMI fair yah￿ OD a straigbt line b&8is over their estim￿ u8efill live8 a8 follow8:
Plant 8nd machitt￿ (includiDg el￿tro￿ equwl1￿) 7
Office quipment
Expendtt•re & MablNtk¥
Related party tranmedo
Related paty tians￿%10￿ •xe 8¢t out on pa8e S.
RespoDJlblllty itatemeDt
. 2026.

Amiual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025
2025
2024
Ineome
Standing order8 unts
Free will offerings and
33.135
3,750
8,999
4JOI
10.923
204
61,312
2239
210
942
34,940
3.091
9,311
3.878
11,449
380
63,049
2216
204
Tax Tcfiuth on gift aid
Church box and boxe8
Children & familie8
Church events
3270
649
5.295
74.683
665
4.482
Total Income
Expendlture on th•reh aeifvldeA
Costs of ministy
Parish sh8re payabk to the Di0￿¢
53.873
249
562
6,690
1.947
2.851
51,874
164
459
4.366
Rectory outgoing8
Organists, relief organists & relief clu8y
Children & familie8
Clwitablc giviD8
2,959
1,638
2.959
621
1929
3.019
11.166
H￿ting and ligbting
3,407
lJ56
Salarie8 & waBe8
5321
495
410
10,260
430
Totsl expendltsre
87,127
83,769
DefiL7t for the y
(17277) (9.086)

Annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 D¢cemb¢r 2025
2025
2025
2025
Totsl
2024
Tot21
Jncome
3,693
3,693
VAT recoverable on listed butldin8 wo
Investment income
Deposit a￿oUnt int¢r¢st
4,621
1.390
21.549
4,186
14,104
363
4￿49
14,104
Totsl Income
363
22J46
27.560
ExpeRdlthre
Replacement gutteri
Repl&cement gates
6,443
5.465
.513
6,443
5.465
8.513
622
673
841 up¢D8e8
Total expenditsre
20,421
1.5(H)
21,921
1,295
Surplyi l (d¢lldl) for th¢ ye
1.562
425
26.265
Notts to th¢ ID¢om¢ Aud expendltve iecoumts
Fabrfe
Rdated party tran￿¢110
The majority of PCC thmations to the Church aye through 8tanthn8 order or throuth ￿ft aid envelopeB. ]n
additio￿ PCC memb¢r8 mak¢ ca8b donations from time to time wbich are sep&atsl from thos¢ of
year w&q £9.585 (2024: £8.931
Charltable donAthIDI
These accounts do not in¢lude tlkxe th)nati(rs rai&￿1 for othu ¢lwitie8 tlrou8b the ￿tiVAlle$ of the
eburch orpari8hione

Annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025
Balance sheet
31 De¢ 31 Dec
2025
2024
Note
180,140 187,(AI
300,0(X) 3(KJ.000
loo
480 140 487.741
Investhi¢nts . CBF deposlt aLrouDts
Tatt￿le fixed assets
CurreAt •Mets
10.051
131,088 131,368
7.982
18,293
139.070 149 661
Cash at bank aThl on baDd
Tots] d¢p08tts and cath
Tot•1 current *••¢ts
148.369 159,712
Ll•bllltkn: *lllOllDts fAllln8 wlthl• one ye*r
10,08
10.086
Totsl llablllths
Net *Mets
618,423 642,776
Fund aecouAts
618,423 642,776
.. 21Y26 8i8tial on its behalf by.
p4É
MrA IJ ChAR￿lI

Annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025
Notu to the aceo•nts
l Anatysii of net ￿ets by fBnd
Funds
Total
FAbrfe
Totsl
Fund balanee8 at 31 De¢¢mber 2025
Fixed assets:
22.975 144.623 167598
50,(M)0 250,0(KI 300,IXKI
12542
180.140
3(Kl,O(M)
Tangible fixeA ￿ets
Debtors and pre4)ayments
CBF deposit accounts
C￿h at b8nk a￿1 on baThl
3,305
9299
54.802
76286 131,088
(18,538) 26,129
7.591
9.299
131,088
7.982
391
Lu8: cutrent liabilities
Creditors and a¢￿]&18
(4.621) {5.465) (10.086)
(10.086)
110.612 494,878 605,49)
12.933
618.423
Fund balancu at 31 Dtt¢mber 2024
Fixed a&￿.
23932 150,645 174.577
50.(KKI 250,(W 3(KI,O(Ki
100
13.
187,641
31Y),O(KI
loo
Investments- CBF dcp08it t￿)Unts
Twible fix¢d assets
Debtors and prepayments
Deposit a¢￿Unts
Cuh at bank and on ha￿1
6,173
3,878
10,051
54.802 76,566 131 J68
(1.484) 18249
16,765
10,051
131,368
18,293
1,528
&8: Current liabilities
(4.677)
(4.677)
{4,677)
128.846 499.338 628,184
14.592
642,776

Annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025
Notsg to the accounts
Fatr v•lu•
Number CO￿ Fatrvthe perllwt
•f th*reJ
At l JanuAry 2025
8.115.0258 l51,728 187.641
At 31 D¢Lwber 2025
115.0258 151728 180 140 22.1983
At l Janw 2024
AdditioDS
1.6(X).(K
1.728
36,168
6,515.0258 I50.(K￿l 150,IY)O
At 31 December 2024
115.0258 151728 187 641 23.1227
designated to the restricted fabric and 1.035 to Thc8e 8harc8 wcre acffjura in 1975
for £1.08 per slwe.
6.515.0258 8bar¢8 wured in 2024 for£23.0237 ￿ 8haff de41Pt￿ to the desi￿ fabri¢
tnv¢theDts- depoth *cco•nts
The8e investments COTk8i8t of the portion of the CBF ChU￿b of Engld dwit th)unts vkni¢h not
eXp￿d kn be 8￿t in the next 12 moDtI
3 TAnglbl¢ ￿ed
PI•Dt &
Cost at l J8nu8ry 8Tr131 D&ember 2025
15.059
700
D¢preci8tion at l Jwwary 2025
15.059
15,659
100
7(X)
Net book value at 31 DeL￿ber 2025
C08t tht l Janu￿ atsl 31 DeLxmber 2024
15.059
450
150
15509
150
Dep￿lation cb8w for the ye8r
N¢t bookvah* at 31 D￿anl￿ 2024
The plant and equiprneDt Consists of a ￿ller ardr&lio micropJk)ne wuired in 2(M)9 for £6,882
and £793 resptttivety. and sound oili• wjirtij io 2015 for £7384. Th¢ compufy purch&%d
in2021.

Annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025
Independent euIDi￿r.8 re￿rt lo St Nlcholas chllr￿ ComptOD
Thi8 report on the of St Nicho1&8 Church for the yex end￿ 31 De¢embff 2025. vkni¢h 81¢ 8¢t
out on pages I to 8. is in respect of an examI￿On Carri￿ out under The Regulations of the Church
Accounting Re8uiation8 2006 ('the Rc8ulatioDs') &145 of thc Charities Act 2011 ('the Act,).
Rejpecltve responsibililiu ofthe PCC andthe e¥¢uniner
As m¢mbaB of th¢ PCC you arc rryKKwl)le for the p[C￿Tati￿ of the aci• you ￿ltsthat audit
reqUIn￿ of thc R¢8ulatiow 8edM)n l4412) of ts Act th Tr)t appty. It i8 my r¢s￿n81b11ity to issue this
BtLfU ofthu report
nder ￿tIOn 145{5Mb) of the Act atsl to be foutMI in i]* guida￿ 2013 eAlti0￿ issued by the
Fitia￿e DIVI￿on of the Ar¢hbjslxry￿ Coutril. That uamiDatsoD inchmks a r¢viv+V of the a¢¢owititig ret4)rd8
kept by St Ni¢ho1&8 Church and a Compariwn of the 8¢4)unts wtth those record& It ￿80 includ¢8 ¢on8id¢ritig
(i) F￿1¢h wes me reasonable cau8e to believe thal in any n￿teri￿ res￿ thc rquimmts
to knp ￿¢01]￿11￿ record8 in accordance with 8e£tion 130 of the Aci and
to prcp8Te acrA>unts which f*XOTd with the ￿l￿titi& record8 and ¢i)mply wlth th wuirements of
the Act atMI the Regulations have not be£D met (Y
(ll) to wbid¥ in my (Vini(￿ atte1￿1￿ 8￿Ubl be drrn in ordcr to cnablc a propcr w¥J¢Tr* of the
accounts to be T￿Ched.
M4)le House
2 Woodberry Close
chiddin￿ld
God8Jming GU8 4SF
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Anthony Kclty B.Sc FCA
| f I
2026