## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/01/2025 Period start date To 31/12/2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name:The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church Colbury in the Diocese of Winchester** ## **Charity registration number:1211832** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Providing church services and pastoral**
**care within the Parish**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**All Church Services including Weddings,**
**Funerals, Baptisms, Harvest Festival,**
**Christmas and Easter Services, Soup and**
**Sweet, New Horizons (for the Widows**
**within the Parish), Home Visits, Providing**
**a weekly Zoom Service**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Guidance has been received by the**
**Trustees**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**One off grant from the Diocese of £1500**
**towards the repair of the Church Porch.**
**We were successful in reclaiming VAT on**
**the Porch Repairs as the Church is a**
**Grade II Listed Building**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Contribution of their time**| |Other||**n/a**| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Lease of the church rooms to outside**
**organisations with favourable rates,**
**which has gone towards the daily**
**running of the Church Rooms.**
**We were only able to reclaim VAT as we**
**were registered as a charity**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**The Porch was fully renovated which**
**involved some underpinning of the**
**church**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**There is an Annual Church Fayre**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**Money is invested to provide a quarterly**
**income. The next objective is the**
**replacement of the roof of the Church**
**Rooms and repair to the Church Roof**| |Other||**n/a**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**£238K (which includes the reserves)**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are restricted due to the terms**
**and conditions of any legacies**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£123k **| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**none**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**none**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**none**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Giving by church members, Annual**
**Church Fayre, Soup and Sweet, Legacies**
**and donations, Gift Aid Donations,**
**Church Rooms Lettings**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**n/a**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Lack of Parishioners, and decisions**
**made by the Diocese out of our control,**
**Must be financially viable to continue.**| |Other||**n/a**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**All governance is laid down by the**
**Diocese of Winchester **| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Diocese of Winchester and Parochial**
**Church Council at a lower level**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**All members of the Parochial Church**
**Council are voted in post.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** |**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**| |---|---|---| |You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**n/a**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**n/a**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**n/a**| |Other||**n/a**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of
Christ Church Colbury in the Diocese of Winchester| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Christ Church Colbury| |Registered charitynumber|1211832| |Charity’s principal address|Christ Church Colbury
Deerleap Lane
Ashurst
Southampton SO40 9BB| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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3
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Adam Marsh|Church Warden||| ||Ian Dougherty|Church Warden||| ||Christine Romer|Treasurer|From August 2025|| ||Bev Winch|Secretary||| ||Eileen Harris|Gift Aid Secretary||| ||Jan Dougherty|Room Bookings||| ||Sue Hutchin|Chairperson||| ||Anne Frame|DeanerySynod||| ||Jacqui Brooman|Church Warden||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Christine Romer **Full name(s)** Eileen Harris **Position (eg Secretary,** Gift Aid Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 17th August 2026 ## **Christ Church Colbury** ## **Analysis of Receipts and Payments Selected period: 01 January 2025 to 31 December 2025** ||**Total**
**General**
**Designated**
**Restricted**
**Endowment**
**This year**
**Last year**| |---|---| |**Receipts**
**Donations and legacies**
0101 - Gift Aid - Bank
0110 - Gift Aid - Envelopes
0201 - Other planned giving
0301 - Loose plate collections
0401 - Regular gift days
0410 - Giving through church boxes
0501 - One-off Gift Aid gifts
0550 - Donations appeals etc
0555 - DIgital giving GASDS
0601 - Tax recoverable on Gift Aid
0701 - Legacies
0801 - Recurring grants
08A1 - Non-recurring one-off grants
**Donations and legacies Totals**
**Income from charitable activities**
0552 - Refreshments donations
0901 - Other funds generated
0910 - Autumn Fair
0912 - Harvest Lunch
0915 - Christmas Lunch
0917 - Social Committee special events
0918 - Funeral teas
0920 - Soup and Sweet
1101 - Fees for funerals
1102 - Funeral or wedding flowers
1103 - Fees for weddings and baptisms
1210 - Bookstall sales to promote objectives
1230 - Church hall lettings - objectives
**Income from charitable activities Totals**
**Other trading activities**
1220 - Bookstall sales - fund raising
1240 - Church hall lettings - fund raising
1250 - Magazine income - advertising
1260 - Parish magazine sales
**Other trading activities Totals**
**Investments**
1001 - Dividends
1020 - Bank and building society interest
1030 - Rent from lands or buildings|8,792.00
-
-
-
8,792.00
10,632.00
1,289.80
-
-
-
1,289.80
963.20
30.00
-
-
-
30.00
-
1,418.16
-
-
-
1,418.16
1,569.19
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
625.00
-
-
-
625.00
150.00
1,119.38
-
-
-
1,119.38
740.00
425.36
-
-
-
425.36
415.00
2,251.23
-
-
-
2,251.23
4,121.20
11,933.59
-
123,288.98
-
135,222.57
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,500.00
-
-
-
1,500.00
-| ||**29,384.52**
**-**
**123,288.98**
**-**
**152,673.50**
**18,590.59**
859.53
-
-
-
859.53
721.29
1,177.74
-
-
-
1,177.74
-
-
-
-
-
-
976.60
481.00
-
-
-
481.00
437.00
689.00
-
-
-
689.00
761.00
417.00
-
-
-
417.00
-
1,346.00
-
-
-
1,346.00
1,080.00
1,529.00
-
-
-
1,529.00
1,454.00
3,778.00
-
-
-
3,778.00
2,766.00
280.00
-
-
-
280.00
319.00
2,535.00
-
-
-
2,535.00
1,077.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
230.00
-
-
-
230.00
-| ||**13,322.27**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**13,322.27**
**9,591.89**
-
-
-
-
-
-
8,434.00
-
-
-
8,434.00
11,406.50
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-| ||**8,434.00**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,434.00**
**11,406.50**
358.09
-
-
-
358.09
-
6,678.38
-
-
-
6,678.38
5,565.79
-
-
-
-
-
-| (6 May 2026 12:13 pm) Page 1 of 3 ||**Total**
**General**
**Designated**
**Restricted**
**Endowment**
**This year**
**Last year**| |---|---| |**Investments Totals**
**Other income**
1310 - Insurance claims
1320 - Surplus - sales of fixed assets
**Other income Totals**
**Receipts Grand Totals**|| ||**7,036.47**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,036.47**
**5,565.79**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-| ||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**| ||**58,177.26**
**- 123,288.98**
**- 181,466.24 45,154.77**| |**Payments**
**Raising funds**
1701 - Fees paid to fund raisers
1720 - Costs of stewardship campaign
1730 - Costs of fetes & other events
1731 - Autumn Fair
1732 - Harvest Lunch
1733 - Christmas Lunch
1734 - Social Committee special events
1735 - Funeral teas
1736 - Soup and sweet
1740 - Investment management costs
**Raising funds Totals**
**Expenditure on charitable activities**
1801 - Giving to missionary societies
1830 - Giving - relief and development agencies
1850 - Home mission
1870 - Secular charities
1901 - Stipends quota
1910 - Ministry parish share etc
2001 - Assistant staff costs
2030 - Honoraria
2045 - Costs of funerals and weddings
2050 - Salary of parish administrator
2101 - Working expenses of incumbent
2201 - Parish training and mission
2301 - Church running - insurance
2307 - Church running - legal requirements
2310 - Church office - telephone
2315 - Church running - social media
2320 - Organ / piano tuning
2325 - Organist and music
2330 - Church maintenance
2335 - Church running - sundries
2340 - Upkeep of services
2345 - Flower Guild
2350 - Upkeep of churchyard
2360 - Administration
2370 - Visiting speakers / locums
2401 - Church running - electric|11.67
-
-
-
11.67
21.77
-
-
-
-
-
-
395.00
-
-
-
395.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
40.97
159.01
-
-
-
159.01
174.84
353.97
-
-
-
353.97
254.34
291.95
-
-
-
291.95
-
628.11
-
-
-
628.11
376.43
184.00
-
-
-
184.00
186.50
-
-
-
-
-
-| ||**2,023.71**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,023.71**
**1,054.85**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
27,694.70
-
-
-
27,694.70
15,300.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
12.99
-
-
-
12.99
-
328.18
-
-
-
328.18
2,251.62
7,284.00
-
-
-
7,284.00
5,756.00
399.22
-
-
-
399.22
858.54
634.65
-
-
-
634.65
455.00
2,933.51
-
-
-
2,933.51
3,396.80
337.50
-
-
-
337.50
190.00
568.28
-
-
-
568.28
1,266.82
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
667.55
2,623.68
-
-
-
2,623.68
1,726.37
3,079.35
-
-
-
3,079.35
1,728.60
867.48
-
-
-
867.48
350.95
112.98
-
-
-
112.98
192.32
966.72
-
-
-
966.72
432.64
4,250.00
-
-
-
4,250.00
3,516.96
784.90
-
-
-
784.90
908.72
-
-
-
-
-
-
8,157.78
-
-
-
8,157.78
8,707.61| (6 May 2026 12:13 pm) Page 2 of 3 ||**Total**
**General**
**Designated**
**Restricted**
**Endowment**
**This year**
**Last year**| |---|---| |2410 - Church running - waste disposal
2420 - Church running - water
2425 - Church running - Cleaning
2440 - Church running - heating and lighting
2445 - Hall running - waste
2501 - Social media
2601 - Governance costs examination/audit fee
2701 - Church major repairs - structure
2710 - Church major repairs - installation
2720 - Church interior and exterior decorating
2801 - Hall + major repairs - structure
2820 - Hall + major repairs - installation
2830 - Hall + interior and exterior decorating
2840 - Other PCC property upkeep
2901 - New building parsonage house
2910 - New building house for curate
2920 - New building Church
2930 - New building Hall
**Expenditure on charitable activities Totals**
**Other expenditure**
2573 - Hall running - sundries
**Other expenditure Totals**
**Payments Grand Totals**|753.05
-
-
-
753.05
863.44
84.00
-
-
-
84.00
244.88
4,750.00
-
-
-
4,750.00
4,440.00
428.03
-
-
-
428.03
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
584.28
-
-
-
584.28
-
-
-
-
-
-
50.00
48,195.60
-
-
-
48,195.60
1,380.00
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-| ||**115,830.88**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**115,830.88**
**54,684.82**
1,007.34
-
-
-
1,007.34
-| ||**1,007.34**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,007.34**
**-**| ||**118,861.93**
**-**
**-**
**- 118,861.93 55,739.67**| (6 May 2026 12:13 pm) Page 3 of 3 Independent Examinerf$ Report to the PCC of Christ Church. Colbury This report on the financial statements of the PCC for the ye8r ended 31 D￿ember 2025, which are $8t out on pages 1 to 6, is in respect of an examina￿￿ carried out under s. 144 {2) of the Charities Act 2011 Ilhe Acll Respective responsibilities of trustee8 and examlner As the members of the PCC you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements,, you consider that the audit requirement of section 144121 of Ihe Act do not apply.11 is my responsibility lo issue this report on those financial slalements in accordance with the terms of the Act. Basls of Ind•p•ndgnt •xamln•rfs report My examination was carried out in aceordancé ￿th the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 1451Sllbl of Ihe Act. That examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the financial slalemenls with those records 11 also includes considering any unu5u81 items or di5closvres in the financial slalements and seeking explanations Irom you as Iruslees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit. and consequently I do not express an audit opinK)n on the Mew given by the financial slalements. Indopondent •xamlne¢s statemènt In connection wilh my examinat*)n. no matter has come lo my atten￿n.. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any maierial respect the requir8m8nts'. lo keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 01 the Ael,. and lo prepare financial statements whieh accord with the accounting records and lo comply with the requiremen15 of the Act have not been mel.. Of 121 lo which. in my opinion. attention should be drawn in otder lo enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached. Mrs P M. Hibbert 19 Hammonds Green Totton SOUTHAMPTON S040 3HU 4-ff)JL