**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 


**From** 

Period start date Period end date 1 January 2025 31 December 2025 

**To** 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE **Charity name** ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL NORTHLEACH IN THE DIOCESE OF GLOUCESTER **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1210857 

**Charity's principal address** Northleach Benefice Office 

|1210857|1210857|
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|<br>Northleach Benefice Office||
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|The Church of St. Peter & St. Paul||
|Northleach||
|**Postcode**|**GL54 3HL**|



**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Elizabeth Abbotts|Chair|From 8 November 2024||
||AnthonyAntoniou||From 8 November 2024||
||Angela Leach||From 8 November 2024||
||Gerald Hopkin||From 8 November 2024||
||Dawn Mann||From 8 November 2024||
||Stephanie Hollows||From 8 November 2024||
||Gillian Hopkin||From 8 November 2024||
||Georgina Trotter||From 8 November 2024||
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** 

**Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

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**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) Section B              Structure, governance and management Description of the charity’s trusts** The PCC Powers Measure and the Church Representation Rules Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act 1919 How the charity is constituted Parochial Church Council (Powers) Measure 1921 (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by members of the electoral roll at an annual meeting Trustee selection methods 

## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

- (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: 

- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; 

- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

Promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church. 

**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 

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To monitor and make due provision for the above, providing church services and associated offices (e.g.: weddings, funerals, baptisms) in accordance with the governing legislation. Ensuring the provision of other services and facilities as are deemed important, desirable and necessary for the parish, namely (inter alia) 

- support and facilities for children of all ages 

- support and facilities for families 

- support and facilities for the Aged 

**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** 

**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 

- **Introduction** : Having served together as churchwardens during 2024/5, we are pleased to submit our report in respect of the Northleach Parish. 2. **Vacancy** : Churchwardens have additional responsibilities during a Vacancy. We received a great deal of support from the Church community during the period July 2024 to September 2025, for which we are very grateful. We would like to express heartfelt thanks to Rev John Hollows and Rt Rev David Jennings for their guidance and encouragement as well as their unstinting commitment to leading so many services throughout the Benefice. During this period, we met weekly in the Church on Tuesday mornings for prayer for the appointment of a new incumbent. This prayer meeting has continued as a formal Morning Prayer service. 

3. **Priest-in–Charge** : On the 11th September 2025 Rev Charlie Styles was licenced and installed as Priest–in–Charge by Rt Rev Rachel Treweek, Bishop of Gloucester in our church. This was an exciting moment for our Parish. The worshipping community saw this appointment as an answer from God to the prayers of God people. We look to God for the future and welcome the leadership and direction provided by Rev Charlie Styles. We are also grateful to Ven Katrina Scott, as Archdeacon, for her guidance and leadership during the Vacancy. 

4. **Attendance** at Regular Worship: 


Comments: Average attendance (always measured precisely according to the statistics for the month of October) showed an increase in 2025. Christmas attendances also showed an increase in 2025. 

5. **Regular Services** : We have maintained, to a high standard, our regular Worship services including: 

- Common Worship Holy Communion (twice a month); 

- All-Age Service of Holy Communion (once per month); 

- Café Church (once a month); 

- BCP Evensong (6.30pm, three times each month); 

- BCP Holy Communion (8am, once per month); 

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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

- Worship Services at Northleach Court (once per month) 

During 2025 we also launched: 

   - Christianity Explored course at the beginning of the Year; 

   - Saturday Bible studies in the Back Room of the Curious Wine Cellar 

   - Confirmation classes led by Rev John Hollows and Stephanie Hollows with culminated in the confirmation of 4 candidates from the Benefice in Christ Church, Cheltenham, in November 2024. 

   - Morning Prayer each Tuesday morning at 9.30am with special focus on praying for God to lead in the provision of a new incumbent 

- Weekly services of Holy Communion with prayer for wholeness and healing on Wednesdays at 10.30am 

- 6. **Special Services** : In addition to services to mark the major festivals, the following services were also held in our Church: • Plough Sunday, 12th January 

   - Mothering Sunday, 30th March 

   - Palm Sunday, 13th April 

   - VE Day, 8th May 

   - Rogation Walk, 25th May 

   - Ascension, 29th May 

   - Pet Service, 13th July 

   - • D Day Commemoration, 2nd June 

   - Harvest Festival, 26th October 

   - Remembrance, 9th  November 

   - Advent Carol Service, 30th November 

   - Christingle, 2nd December 

   - Advent Spiral, 16th December 

   - Nine Lessons and Carols, 21st December 

   - Quiet Christmas, 24th December 

   - Crib, 24th December. 

These services were well organised, well attended and, in many cases, provided a welcome outreach to the local community. 7. **Outreach** : Special services have been maintained and developed to reach out to families with children including: 

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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

|•<br>Café Church and Sunday School|
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|•<br>All Age Service of Holy Communion|
|These services have attracted new members of our Worshipping|
|Community. As such, they play a vital role in building for the future.|
|In December Dawn Mann led a beautiful wreath making activity which|
|was highly appreciated and raised funding for the Church.|
|8.<br>**Weddings**: 9 weddings were held in Church. Thanks to Liz|
|Tennant for managing these happy occasions.|
|9.<br>**Baptisms**: 4 baptisms were held in Church. Thanks to Jane|
|Abbotts for managing these happy occasions.|
|10.<br>**Funerals**: 12 funerals were held in the Church, 5 ceremonies|
|were held at the Crematorium and 3 services were held for the burial of|
|ashes. Thanks to Alison Rainbow for managing these events together|
|with the Funeral Directors. Thanks to Jill Thomas and her helpers for|
|superb support as stewards for Funerals.|
|11.<br>**Buildings & Fabric**: We are very grateful to the Friends of|
|Northleach Church for their work in maintaining and improving our|
|building. We enjoy good communication with David Nicholson in this|
|regard. The PCC is fully engaged with all key decisions and takes|
|responsibility, as necessary. We also enjoy communication with Jane|
|Quelch as regards events in the Church. The PCC attends, as usual, to|
|the maintenance and upkeep of fixtures and fittings. New lighting has|
|been installed outside the Church Rooms and the Boiler House. A ramp|
|has been installed, under advice from the Diocesan Advisory Committee,|
|on the steps leading to the Lady Chapel, to assist those with mobility|
|issues.|
|12.<br>**Northleach Care Home**: A team from the Church visited the Care|
|Home once a month to lead worship with the residents and staff, and to|
|distribute Holy Communion. This is highly appreciated by all.|
|13.<br>**Pastoral Care**: The Pastoral Care Team meets monthly to|
|discuss and pray about needs in the Parish. The team comprises|
|Pastoral Assistants and those qualified to distribute Holy Communion.|
|We aim to visit those who are sick, elderly or otherwise in need.|
|14.<br>**Mother’s Union**: The Union continues to play an important and|
|valuable role in the life of our Church. Thanks to Patsi Rainey for|
|providing excellent leadership for the Mother’s Union.|
|15.<br>**Northleach School**: The Open the Book team, led by Jill|
|Thomas, visits the School on a regular basis to deliver the Bible Society|
|programme. For the first 9 months of the Year, Rt Rev David Jennings|
|oversaw the School programme, assisted by Laura Blundell. From|
|September onwards, Rev Charlie Styles has assumed leadership of this|
|work. We highly value our links with the School and wish to see these|
|links maintained and, if possible, strengthened.|
|**Conclusion**: We are grateful to God for His oversight and care for our|
|Community in 2025. We have much to be grateful for and much to be|
|encouraged by. We look to God with confidence for the future.|
|Thanks: To:|
|•<br>Our Clergy: Rev. Charlie Styles, Rev. John Hollows, Rt. Rev. David|
|Jennings, and our visiting Priests and Readers for their|
|committed work and witness in our Parish and Benefice|
|•<br>Our administrator, Alison Rainbow, who works with great energy and|
|commitment in the office to ensure that all runs smoothly|
|•<br>The members of the Parochial Church Council who serve with such|



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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

enthusiasm and much hard work 

- Our Treasurer, Andrew Sweeney, for overseeing the finances and inspiring the fund raising 

- Our organist, Gerry Hopkin and the members of the Choir, who enrich our worship in so many ways 

- The many other volunteers – including sides persons, sacristans, flower arrangers, cleaners, gardeners, refreshment providers, readers, intercessors and many others – who give of themselves to God’s work in this place. 

   - . 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** 

The PCC aims to keeps a reserve of £55,000 of unrestricted funds to cover six months of obligations in the event of cashflow issues. The PCC also holds other unrestricted funds which may be deployed in the event of specific needs arising, for example buildings repairs. 

**Details of any funds materially in deficit** 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: 

- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. 

## **Section F                     Other optional information** 

## **Section G                    Declaration** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

## **Signature(s)** 


**Full name(s)** Elizabeth Abbotts **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 14/6/2026 

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**Charity Name No (if any) THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL** 1210857 **NORTHLEACH IN THE DIOCESE OF GLOUCESTER CC16a Receipts and payments accounts For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/01/2025 31/12/2025 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**|||**Endowment**<br>**funds**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**to the nearest**<br>**£**|||**to the nearest**|**£**||**to the nearest**|**£**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||
|PGS||**35,177**|||**-**|||**-**||**35,177**||**29,468**|
|Contactless donations(Cards & Cash)||**9,519**|||**-**|||**-**||**9,519**||**12,088**|
|Stewardship||**12,368**|||**-**|||**-**||**12,368**||**6,678**|
|Gift Aid||**153**|||**-**|||**-**||**153**||**8,583**|
|Fundraising||**2,677**|||**-**|||**-**||**2,677**||**211**|
|Church & church rooms hire||**1,726**|||**-**|||**-**||**1,726**||**1,756**|
|Legacies & Donations||**9,291**|||**-**|||**-**||**9,291**||**78,723**|
|DBF Fees||**1,707**|||**-**|||**-**||**1,707**||**1,503**|
|PCC Fees||**5,102**|||**-**|||**-**||**5,102**||**3,312**|
|WeddingFees - Bells||**480**|||**-**|||**-**||**480**||**1,204**|
|WeddingFees - Choir||**1,541**|||**-**|||**-**||**1,541**||**600**|
|Documentpostage|**-**|**4**|||**-**|||**-**||**-                           4**||**13**|
|Interest||**3,773**|||**-**|||**-**||**3,773**||**1,248**|
|Gain on Investments|**-**|**580**|||**-**|||**-**||**-                       580**||**15,270**|
|Gift collection A Timmis||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-                        35**|
|Lego & Soul Space||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**139**|
|Contributions to heating||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**860**|
|Remembrance Book||**40**|||**-**|||**-**||**40**||**80**|
|Receipt from Black Cat||**5,000**|||**-**|||**-**||**5,000**||**40,581**|
|Transfer from Black Cat bank||**-**||||||**-**||**-**||**10,470**|
|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_||**87,970**|||**-**|||**-**||**87,970**||**212,752**|



|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**(see table).**|||||||||||||||
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|||**-**||||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||**-**|
||**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||**-**|
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|**_Total receipts_ **||**87,970**||||**-**|||**-**||**87,970**||**212,752**||
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||||
|Parish Share||**50,513**|||**-**|||**-**|||**50,513**|||**48,108**|
|Casual DutyPriest Fees||**1,027**|||**-**|||**-**|||**1,027**|||**2,508**|
|Benefice Charge & Office|expenses|**13,373**|||**-**|||**-**|||**13,373**|||**12,873**|
|Book-keeper||**1,020**|||**-**|||**-**|||**1,020**|||**965**|
|Energy||**6,824**|||**-**|||**-**|||**6,824**|||**7,346**|
|BuildingMaintenance||**8,607**|||**-**|||**-**|||**8,607**|||**2,807**|
|Organ Maintenance||**1,381**|||**-**|||**-**|||**1,381**|||**1,060**|
|HeatingMaintenance||**515**|||**-**|||**-**|||**515**|||**1,610**|
|Clock Maintenance||**436**|||**-**|||**-**|||**436**|||**396**|
|Cleaning||**1,105**|||**-**|||**-**|||**1,105**|||**1,039**|
|Altar & Services<br>CCXX R1 accounts (SS)||**1,173**||<br>1|**-**|||**-**|||**1,173**|<br>30/07/2026||**957**|





|Insurances|**7,571**||**-**|||**-**|||**7,571**||**8,972**|
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|Organist & Choirmaster Honoraria|**9,717**||**-**|||**-**|||**9,717**||**9,587**|
|Subscriptions & Licences|**898**||**-**|||**-**|||**898**||**1,024**|
|WeddingFees - Bells|**480**||**-**|||**-**|||**480**||**1,440**|
|WeddingFees - Choir|**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**2,061**|
|Flowers|**888**||**-**|||**-**|||**888**||**462**|
|Contactless Card Machine Rental|**299**||**-**|||**-**|||**299**||**359**|
|Hospitality|**94**||**-**|||**-**|||**94**||**105**|
|Organist - Casual fees|**30**||**-**|||**-**|||**30**||**150**|
|Donation|**673**||**-**|||**-**|||**673**||**100**|
|Gifts Y6 Leavers|**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**329**|
|Friends share donations|**864**||**-**|||**-**|||**864**||**1,560**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**107,488**||**-**|||**-**|||**107,488**||**105,819**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||||
|**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||||
||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||
||**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**|
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|**_Total payments_ **|**107,488**|||**-**|||**-**||**107,488**||**105,819**|
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**-               19,518**|||**-**|||**-**||**-               19,518**||**106,933**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**|||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**184,888**|||**-**||**-**|||**184,888**||**72,955**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_**|**165,370**|||**-**|||**-**||**165,370**||**179,888**|
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**unds**<br>R2 accounts (SS)|Lloyds Deposit Account<br>CCLA DEPOSIT ACCOUNT<br>CCLA INVESTMENT ACCOUNT<br>Lloyds Current Account<br>**Details**<br>Lloyds (Vicar & Churchwardens’<br>CharityAccount)<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>2|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**267**<br>**12,254**<br>**4,577**<br>**111,768**<br>**26,034**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**154,899.78**<br>Agreement Error<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**10,470**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**10,470**<br>**-**<br>Agreement Error<br>OK<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>30/07/2026|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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**B1 Cash funds** 

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**Details** 



|**B2 Other monetary assets**|Debtor in Black Cat||**44,650**||**-**||**-**|
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||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|||||**-**||**-**|
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||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|||||**-**||**-**|
|**charity’s own use**|||||**-**||**-**|
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||**Details**||**liability relates**||**(optional)**||**(optional)**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|Creditor in Black Cat||10470||**-**|||
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|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|Signature||Print|Name|||Date of<br>approval|
||||Elizabeth||Abbotts||14/06/2026|
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 

CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 

30/07/2026 

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## **Independent Examiner’s Certificate for the PCC Accounts** 

Report to the trustees of St Peter & St Paul, Northleach, Parochial Church Council for the financial year ended 31 December 2025. 

## **Basis of preparation of accounts** 

Accounts have been prepared on a Receipts and Payments (Cash) basis. 

## **Financial result of accounts** 

**Receipts and Payments Account:** shows a deficit of £21,059. **Statement of Assets and Liabilities:** shows net assets of £198,008. 

## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** 

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts.  The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts under Section 145 of the Charities Act, following the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act) and state whether particular matters have come to my attention. 

## **Basis of independent examiner’s statement** 

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission.  An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records.  It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, seeking explanation from the trustees concerning any such matters.  The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair” view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. 

## **Independent examiner’s statement** 

I have no conflict of interest in relation to this examination. 

In my opinion, all relevant disclosures have been made in the financial statements and the trustees have assessed the invoices, bills and commitments outstanding at the end of the reporting period and are satisfied that the charity can settle them as and when they fall due. In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the following requirements have not been met: 

- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; 

- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act; and 

- to account for statutory fees correctly. 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with my examination to which attention should be drawn in this report to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

Alistair R Clark BEng, MBA, PgDipAFM 

12 March 2026 

9 Farmington, CHELTENHAM, GL54 3NQ