THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ACTON TRUSSELL WITH BEDNALL (known as Acton Trussell with Bednall PCC) Charity Registration number.. 1211779 ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 ACTON TRUSSELL WITH BEDNALL PCC CONTENTS PAGE Annual Report including administrative details Inde￿ndent Examiners RetK)rt Statement of Financial Activitics Balan¢x Sheet Notes to the Financial Statements 7-11 Accounting Policies tktailed Staiement of Financial Activities- Incoming Resourtts D¢tsiled Ststement of Financial Activities- Resources Expended Page i THE PAROCHIAL CHLIRCH C.OIINCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF AC.TON TRUSSELL WITH BEDNALL Charity registration number.. 1211Th9 Trustee5' Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2025 AdminDtr4tive iTrforniatioo St Jame5 Church is situated on LA)wer Penkridge Road in Acton T￿￿sell. Stsffordshire ST17 ORJ. All Saints. Church is situatd on Common Lane in Bednall. Staffordshjre STI 7 OSA. Both chuTchts, as one rislL aTe ran of th¢ P*￿rIdge Benefice in ihe Diocese of Li¢hfield withjn ihe Church of England. Th¢ tAJrr￿nde￿Ce addr￿1 iq l Kemderdine C105e. Bthll. Sthfford STI 7 OYS. PCC manbers who hav¢ swwed frC￿ l JaE]uary 2￿25 until the date this report approv￿ are." Rvcivro[Penkn'dg¢.' C'hurch Wardens '. The Revd GT¢g Yerbwy Chairnjan Ms Margaret Willaey Vice Chairn)an Mr Philip Clayton Reader, S￿¢￿Y from APCM May 2025 Mr Roger Ilowarth Re•de¥. until APCM May 2025 ReprL'senth1i￿ (In l)ethwry Mr5 Angela Hvgh¢s Mts J(*n Hammerton Mrs Ali50n W&wll Mr L&)wd Bate5 Mrs Antoinette Castle Mrs Alison Kendall Dr Siuart Lloyd Mr H[Tr￿￿d Searle Mts Eleanor Slmms Mrs Glenis Venables Mrs Alisim Webb Mi Alan Webster FleLYedm¥mlxprs'. Safeguatdin8 O￿lCer from APCM May ?0?5 until 15 January 2025 Structurfy governance and The Parothial Chw¢h Council IPCCI Is a Body Corporate ￿lablished by the Chutch of England IPCC Powers Measure 1956. and the Church RepTesenthtion Rules 2(X)61 and is a Charity rewsier￿ Charity Commission. The PCC Is governed by th¢ Par￿hla5 Church Counckl Powers Me&swe11956) as amend￿ that &2me Into ¢ff￿t on 2 January 1957. and the Church Rqsres¢nthiion Rules. The method of appointment of PCC m¢mbers is sei out in the Church Reprasentrtion Rules. All Church attendees are encourag￿ to TesTlSter on the Ele¢toral Roll and sthnd for ¢I￿￿ort to the PCC Members of the PCC are eleLteJ for a t￿rn of 3 years and ai ihe end of tertn they ar¢ able to stsnd for ltrel￿tiOn if dtsircd. The PCC r￿QgniSeS the importance of safe￿rding trdining 2nd all membus have eviden¢d the appropriate l¢Yel of trainJn8 to the Safe¥uaTdin8 OtTLcer. The PCC kli¢ve they have fLdfill¢d thwi duty undu ￿lOn5 of the Safeguarding and Cler¥y Di￿lp[l￿e Measure 2016 (duty to ￿ve due redard to How5¢ of Bishops. guidance on safeguarding childrell and vulneTrbl¢ aduttsl. Objertivu *Dd activiti The trllst￿ of the PCC ar¢ aware of the Chan'ty's Commission's ¥uidance public Ixnefit the advancement of religion for the public benefit and has had Tesard to it In the administration of the Charity. The trust￿ believe thai by wom￿1n8 the work of the Church of England in the Eecle5th5ti￿ P￿]sh of Adon Trussell Bednall. it helps to prOrn0￿ the whole mission of the ChuT¢h Ipastornl. evangelistic. Jocsal and ￿uMe￿icall mor¢ ¢￿￿tivelY. wrthin th¢ ecr1￿l￿ticaI ￿rish, and that in doEn8 SO. it pnividu a F*neftt to th¢ public by.. . Providing facilities for public worshLP, pastora] care and SPLritual. moral and intellectual devdopmenl IM)th for its members and for onYoThe who withes to bet)efit from what the ChuTch offeT5: and Page 2 . Promoting Christian values and wvÈ¢es by memF¢rs of the Church in and to their Communits￿ to the benefit of individuals and society as a whole. The PCC and the ineumbent have the joint responsibility of collaborating with each otheJ in promoti￿ in the ec£les5astical rAnsh ihe whole mission of the churc￿ pastoral, evangelistic. so¢ial and ccumenic41 The PCC oiso hos Trwtntenanw r¢sponsibIliti￿ for th¢ two thurch Iw'ldui¥J adjvinin¥ rhutd]yar(&. The PCC is committed to enwblin8 as many ￿pIe as FK6sible ￿ worship at LW churches and to beccme tart of out parjsh community. The PCC maintains an overview of worship throughout the rArish and nukes suggestions on how ow Servi￿ involve the many groups ihat live within our parish. O s¢rvica and worship put faith into ￿8c￿¢¢ through Prayer and ￿rEpl11Tc. music and sacram performaafe Cbwreh *ttend￿ee There are 62 partsh1ot￿rs on Church Elthxoral Roll. Theavernge weekly attendan￿, countd during 0￿0￿[ 2025, was 29 foi Acton atjd 17 for Bednall bui swvicts conunue io be reduced to one w parish on a Sunday due to the continuLng Interre8num Isince May 2020). At Chrtstma5 8 totaj of 150 rwi5hLOt￿5 attended the physi￿1 s¢rvices (?094..196). In addition. weekly online Zoom service stsrtej dwin¥ th¢ pandemic {average participants 81 continues to offer worship opwrtunitL¢S for ￿nShI0￿￿$ U￿ble toattend church. Between ihere have beffl 7 baptisms, 6 weddin8s and 4 fwieral s￿VI￿5 held in 2025. Reviev4 ofthe Ye•r The full PCC met six times in PW50D IIuTing the yeAr wtth specific committ¢¢5 meAing bdweaj PCC meetings. Rem of committee medin8s were ￿1ve￿ by the fiÉll PCC and discussed whffe The PCC Continu￿ to uphold the Mi&sion s￿tem￿l origiinally a8Ted ¢m the establishment of the P¢nkrJd8¢ Team and ￿ fo¥u> IHI diy Miysion Acrion Plan which covers the following key areas". developtn8 closer link5 wth All Saints CE PrLm&ry School in B￿n2]L following up on baMisms. weddings and funerals developing'nurture" group developing cornmunity events mainlwning v￿lts to the eld¢rly and infirm The PCC. miodful of its re5wnsibiliiies as charity IfiLSteth. forn￿11Y upd&td a number of tM)lieie5 dunng the Y￿ to ensure go(d governance. These Frt)licits General Data Protection Regulation. Safeguardin& s￿la] Medi4 PrOJ￿t Pr[￿UreMent Process. Rtselves. Conflict of Interts( FIrtana￿ R￿OrdS L4acies. Graveyard& Latt'ngs at Ail Saints and Health and Safty. Links with All Saints Sch(M)I have contsnu￿ with congregation Mern￿s attendtng ass•nbli&% and school plays and providing iefieslunents in All Saints Church throughout the acadelnic ye&r. M￿sY Church sessions entitld-creaiion Nature" and"Pi¢ni¢ the Beach" wwe held at St Jame5. churc￿ utilising the churchyard f¢N several athivElits and these were well r￿elVed The final ev¢rtt of the year was the evLY-P)pular Chnstingje on Christmas Eve afternoon ai Si James. Church wilh a conyre8alion of 52 pAients'. yrat)dparL￿1b and ￿he1 adults and 28 chilthen. In ￿1Vi¢¢Th S￿10￿5 Messy Church messages. crafts and a¢tivitie5 are comrnunicaied by emgLI to k¢¢p in I0￿h with M&ssy Church familie Five ohwiti¢s were SUpW)rt￿ throu8h wayer and 8Lving. Th¢ ¢hanues cOnCerr￿ were Stsfford Samaritw4 HotLse of Bread StaffSit account held at Lloyds to tnanage the cashflow of the i¢ordeiLll8 projert Approved by th¢ PCC ￿ 24 M4rtb 21126 gnd $ign¢d oll their bth•ifby Page 4 Independent examinerfs report to the Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Acton Trussell with Bednall Charity registrab.on number. 1211779 I report on the accounts of the Patochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Acton Trussell with Bednall {"PCC") for the year ended 31 December 2025. which are set out on pages 5 and 6. Respective responsibilities of the Trusteès and Independent Examiner Th¢ charity trustee5 are responsible for the prepar￿￿On of the accounts. The charity's trnstees consider that an audit is not require for this year under section 144 of the C.haritie5 Act 2011 {"the Charities Act") and that an independent exAminatinn ]% needed. It is my responsibility To exaniine the account under section 145 of the Cbariltes ACL To follow the proccdure laid down in the Genera] Diicctions given by the Charity Commissio (under s145{5Mb) of the Charities Act. and To state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of Independent examinerfs statsment My examination was earried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examinahon includes a review of ihe accountlng records k¢pl by the PCC and a comparison of the accounts pres¢nt¢d with thosc records. It also in¢lud¢s ¢on5id¢ration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the tTUStees concernin¥ any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide Mll the evidence that would be required in an audit. and consequently no opillion is given as to whether the acci>unts present a.true and fwr view" and the report is limtted to thos¢ matters s¢1 out in the statement below. Independent cxaminorfs Statement In connection with my examination. no material matters hav¢ wme to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in any material respect". l. A￿U￿ting records were not k¢pl in Tespecl of the PCC as required by section 130 of th¢ Charities Act: or 2. The accounts do noi accord with those records. OT I have come acro&8 no oth¢r matters in connection with the examination lo which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accowils to be reached. Signed.. L i . Name: Address.. sr(4 ACTON TRUSSELL WITH BEDNALL PCC - Year Endlng 31 De¢ember 2025 Statement of Flnanc141 Actlvltles Pag8 5 Unrestrid•d Designated R•strt¢ted EDdowm&nt Funds Funds Funds Funds TOTAL FUNDS 2025 2024 INCOMING RESOURCES Donation$ and L•ga¢i•s 28.887 Ic￿,212 135,099 227,484 Charitabk Acttvities 2b 13270 13.490 12,889 OlherTMding ActiVft￿s Incom• Irom ln￿$11￿8nts 764 3,748 21 8.833 8,919 Olher incoming resources TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES 46,595 110,180 21 157,560 249.432 RESOURCES EXPENDED ft*￿1ng Funds 2,452 2.452 2,422 h•ritablo AdF¥ilies 3b 359,1thJ 362,150 74884 Other Expendrfure 3¢ TOTAL RESOURCES UPENDED 381.552 2.$00 364.602 81.3L Not Incominw-outgoing R•5011rces 414.957 -1,738 109,830 21 407.042 168.126 Not Gainllloss•sl on investmont Net h)¢omellExp•ndltur•l .314.957 -1.736 109.830 21 -?n7 ni? 64128 Tr•n$f•rs b•tw••n lunds 320.237 413,814 NET MOVEMENTS IN FUNDS 5280 -8.138 -204.184 -207.042 168,126 TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARO 106.028 18.425 231.497 500 3￿.450 188,324 TOTAL FUN[>8 CAftRIED FORWIARD 111,308 27.31J 500 149A08 Funds D•finition: Unr•strict•d Funds GoneT81 F¢Jnds- MonKgS gNen to th8 Chufch for use at tho Dw81b)n of Ihe PCC. Dwn8t8d FuThts- G8n8ral FurK15 wh￿h the PCC hasdeC￿j8￿ to place lo one for specific purposes. D8s*nat8d funds are still unreslricted 4nd can t moved to other purry)ses a5 the PCC so d8c*Jes. R•strKtsd Funds MorwBS gwen for 8 particular purpose. Endovfflwrrt Funds Money given in s¢Jch 8 waythal onlythe income can b8 U8ed. The capt81 cannot normalty be 6pent. ACTON TRUSSELL WITH BEDNALL PCC - Year Endlng 31 Dgcember 2025 Balance Shoet P89e 8 2025 2Q24 Note Fixed Assets Currnnt Assets Debtors t)etrtors lor GoLKls & Seme Olhèt Cnurthès 6.417 4.828 6,417 a$ii at Bank and In Hand Lloyds cul￿nt AccoL•nt Uoyds Dewsit CBF tletwt Fund Cash in har￿ ol Officers 4027 89.21 178,371 164,414 Y71.989 140 176 257,852 356,563 Total Currem Ass•ts 262,478 Cuwr•nt L4•bili¢ies Cr•diloTr .' 4rnouni8 falling du• wtth4n on• ¢redrtors foi Goo(Js & Services Ctedrtor5 are Churche5 PCC Fee$ Suspense Acrx)unt 113.050 513 17 113,070 Total Liabilities 113,070 fj,530 NET ASSETS 149,408 R¢pT•8•ni•d by Funds Unrestrid•(t Funds Qener81 Des¥Jn8ted 111.308 10,287 106,028 14425 27,313 231,497 Endo*Yn•nt 149,40U Approved by Ihe Paroc*lal Churth Cou￿41 on 24 March 2026 aThJ s¥Jn*l on tt5 behaw ty. The notes on pgge 7 to 11 fofrn part of these finonaal statemefits P￿e7 ACTON TRUSSELL WITH BEDNALL PCC Notes to the Financial Stalements for the year ended 31 December 2025 l. Accounling policie3 Th¢ financiat stst¢ments have be¢n prepar￿ under th¢ ch￿ltieS Act 2011 and in accordance with Church Accounting Regulations 2006 together with the c.harities Statement of Recommended Pra¢ti¢e (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and Financia] Reporting Standard 102 IFRS 102). The financial statements have bttn prepared under the historical cost C4)nvention. The PC.C meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. The financial statements Are prepared in sterlin& the functionai currency of the pcc. The financial statements include ail transaction& assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law They do not include the acc(HJnis of church 8fthLP$ that owe their affiliation io another body. nor ihose ihai are infomial gatherings of church members. Funds unrestrict￿ funds are general funds which can be usal for Pcc's ordin¥ry purpose. Funds dest￿81￿A for a particular purpose by the PCC. are also unre51ricted. Re.sIriciedfiip￿￿ iepresent (a) income frotn trusts or elldowments which ¥nay be expended only on those restricted objects providéd in the ternis of the trust or bequest and (b) donations or grants received for a specific object for which they were given. The f)Jnds may only be expended on the specific object for which they were given. any bat8n¢e remaining unspent ai the end of each year must be &gryied forward a5 a bdan¢e on that fund. The PCC d￿S not U5ua]ly invest separately for eath fund. Where there is no separate inve51rn¢nL inter¢5t is apportiond to inth"vldU￿ funds on an average balance basi5 ,Ikk)wMffiiifv￿&S. are fund4 the ¢apitsi of whith My￿ be maintained., only in¢om¢ arising from investment of the endowment may be used either as restricted or unrestricted funds depen{￿n8 upon the putpose whi¢h the endowment was established. Incoming resources Planned collections and donations ar¢ rKosniz¢d when received. refund& are Tecoynized when the incoming resource to which they relate ss received. Grants and Iw¢ies are a¢¢wnted for when the PCC is legally ' entit]ed to the amounts due and the amount due is quantifiable its ultimate receipt by the PCC is PTobable All ￿her income as re¢o8niz¢d when it is receivable. Resources expended Grants and donations srt accountod for when paid over. or when awardrf if that award ¢reat¢s 4 bindin8 or construcuve obligation on the PCC. The diocesan (omtnon contribution is accounted for when due. Amounts Teceived specifically for mission ate dea]t with as restricted funds. All other ¢xp¢nditure is generally recognized when it 15 incu￿ed and is aowunted for gross Fixed assets Conwrat¢d and b¢nefI￿ propety is not ancluded in the accounts in *ccord4nce wth s.10(2Ma) of the Clwiiies Act 2011. No value is places on movable church furnishings held by the Viw and Churchwardens on trust fcf the PCC, and which require a faculty for disposal since the PCC considers this to be ina5icnablo property. All expendiwre Incu￿e￿ during the yw on wnsecrated 01 beneficed buildings and moveable chw¢h furnishings. whether maintenance or improvemenL is written otyas expenditure in the SOFA and separ￿elY thsclosed. Cash Equivalents Cash and cash equivaJent5 include cth in hand and deposits held ai call with banks. Financial Instruments The PCC only has fInan¢i￿ assets and liabilities of a kind that qua]ify a5 basic financia] instnaments All (including debtor5 and creditors) are Initi￿]Y re¢ognised ai transaction v￿ue and subsequently measured at thwr settletnent value. ACTON TRUSSELL WITH BEDNALL PCC . Year Endlng 31 Oecgmber 2025 Note 2: D•tall8d Statement of Flnanclal Actlvltles - Incomlng Resourc¢s Unrestricted t￿Ignated R•stricted Endowm*nt Funds Funds Fund$ Fvnds Paoe e TOTAL FUNDS 2026 2024 28. Otsnations *nd Legacies Tax efficient ￿￿nned gmng On8 nff orfl All other gmng and voluntary TeceiF45 Grft Akl Re¢ove¥8d Lega(#8s ReceNed Grants Rec8Ned 15,184 60 2.500 soo 17,884 550 5,484 5,855 20,107 750 102.462 1Cfj.212 105,726 135,099 143,663 227,464 28,887 2b. Chaiitsbk Activi¢i•s Stsbjlory Fees Iretaingd ty PCCI 5,372 5.372 4738 Fund Everts Lottery 100 Club 3,484 2.834 1.800 13,490 Z617 2,834 13.270 220 2¢. Other Trading Activities Hire ofAI Saints Communty Space 138 138 138 138 2d. Ineom frorn investm•nls Intare5t Property irbcome 4.250 3,748 21 8,783 50 8,833 4.300 764 3.748 21 8.919 2e Oth•r rncorning r•sOu￿&S Insurance Claims PmfiL* rAalkAd on tho $8lrJ ol INV￿nts TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES 46,595 110.180 21 157,5eo 249,432 ACTON TRUSSELL WITH 8EDNALL PCC . Year Endlng 31 December 2025 Note 3: Detslled Statement of Flnanclal Actlvltle8 - Resources Exynded Unrestrkted D•5*Jnat•d R•5tric¢•d Endo￿￿&￿1 Funds Funds Fund5 Funds P80e 9 TOTAL FUND8 202S 2024 3a. Raising Funds Costs of Gener•ting In¢offle Printing. stationery Lottery 100 club Other Fund Ra&"ng event C08ts R•i$ing Funds Tol41 e8 62 1.JOO 124 124 2.452 2.452 ￿422 3). Charttable Actrvitie$ Chtsrch a¢tivilies knon and I)onotio1io.. Di0¢958n Cornmon Contribthn Clergy and stsff expenses Chur¢h ActNrtfjès 550 3,OSO 13,517 3.276 19,843 4415 13.253 3,010 19.678 13.517 3.276 16,793 2.500 Church •xpenso8 Church ruTrTring 8xp8ns Chur¢h Expense5 and Evangelrsrn} Church utrlty tA"IIs Chur¢h Expen505 Major Capital Expendlture Church twilythgs Qtsvem•n¢e costs Legal and Computer fees 11.023 11.023 9,821 291 291 2.759 14.978 14,978 Izo6ki 327.088 327,088 46,284 243 243 253 Charitsbf•Activrt" 0•5 Tot•1 359,1 2,500 $50 3S2,150 78,884 3¢. Oth•r Expgndilure TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED 361.5S2 2.500 550 Pago 10 ACTON TRUSSELL WITH 8EDNALL PCC Notes to the Flnanclal Statements for Year Endlng 31 December 2025 staff Costs Dudng th8 year the PCC dNJ not hav8 ary employees. PCC Costs 4b. During the yeg¥ no PCC members recer48d aTry remuneration for their 8eMce5 a5 m8rnbers ofthe PCC. Exponses ￿re J tD PGG merntW5 on pr￿￿¢(k￿n of re¢￿FI2 in the aelNery of charit8Ne athbes 8nd h8ve been 1ndLKI￿ in these a¢¢ounts. Flxed A5sels The PCC hehj rKS FixpAI A8setsduring th8 yeaf. Li•bilitios 2025 2024 Amounts fvlllng due in one year Ublths AmL)unts Receiv&J in thanc Other Cr8drtors 1.538 110.421 113.070 1,519 4.045 Anatysis