Annual Report of the Trustees of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 December 2025
1. Aim, purpose and vision
2. Objectives and activities
3. Trustees, structure, governance and management, and other administrative information
4. Safeguarding report
5. Worship and prayer
6. Community
7. Heritage
8. Environment and the churchyard
9. St Andrew’s team
10. Church building and the Make History project
11. Financial review and charitable giving
12. Reserves policies
1. Aim, purpose and vision
In common with other Church of England churches, we aim to promote the whole mission of the Church; pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.
The Parochial Church Council (“PCC”) is specifically responsible for the maintenance of the Grade 1 listed church building in the centre of the village of Castle Combe.
As one of ten churches in the Bybrook Benefice, in the Diocese of Bristol, we work closely with the Bybrook Team Ministry. The clergy in the Team Ministry are responsible for all ten parishes. We also work closely with Team Lay Ministers and PCC members around the Benefice and attended regular Team Council meetings.
We share the vision ‘Together, sharing in Christ. Together, growing our communities’.
2. Objectives and activities
The PCC seeks to:
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Provide the opportunity for regular worship
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Keep the church open to all every day
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Offer a welcome and hospitality in the church whenever we can
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Support the local community and its heritage
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Raise funds to maintain the church building and keep it safe for daily use
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Raise funds for charitable giving, particularly where there is humanitarian need
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Support wedding couples marrying in St Andrew’s and those experiencing other life events
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Meet safeguarding requirements
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Be mindful of climate and nature crises and take a leadership position through both actions and advocacy
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Carry out our duties sustainably
3. Trustees, structure, governance and management, and other administrative information
The trustees are the members of the PCC and, excluding ex-officio members, are elected at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. During the year, the following served as members:
Ex Officio: The Revd Marc Terry (Rector). No churchwarden was elected at the APCM in April 2025.
Elected members: Mr Michael Constable (Treasurer and Covenant Secretary), Mrs Julie Hare, Mrs Karen Munnings (Electoral Roll Officer and Team Council rep), Mr Mike Roberts (Eco Church lead), Mrs Nicola Wood (Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO) and Secretary) and Mrs Sally Constable (Deanery Synod Representative).
Independent Examiner: Tanya Williams, Greenwood Williams
The PCC meets 5 times a year and is responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the parish including deciding on how the funds of the PCC are spent.
The PCC was registered with the Charity Commission in January 2025 ( Registered Charity Number 1211877 ) as grant income received in December 2024 meant income for the year exceeded £100,000. Below £100,000, the PCC was not required to register as it was an excepted charity as a member church of the Church of England. It did however have to comply with charity law and file its annual return and financial statements with the Diocese of Bristol and will continue to do so. It is a body corporate under the Parochial Church Council (Powers) Measure 1956.
There were 22 people on the Electoral Roll at the APCM in April 2025.
In January 2023, St Andrew’s had a triennial inspection. The Reverend Victor Howlett came to inspect documentation and artefacts, and the church and churchyard.
St Andrew’s contact details:
Correspondence address – c/o Nicola Wood, Oakwood House, Upper Castle Combe, Chippenham, Wilts, SN14 7HA
Email – standrewschurchcc@btinternet.com – for general enquiries
Telephone - Julie Hare (01249 782227) for services and clergy liaison and Karen Munnings for Team Council matters (01249 782854)
PCC Secretary and Parish Safeguarding officer: Nicola Wood – nwood.oakwood@outlook.com
Treasurer – Michael Constable – mssv@btinternet.com
Website – https://standrewschurchcastlecombe.org
Church location: St Andrew’s Church, Market Place, Castle Combe, Chippenham, Wilts, SN14 7HT
More information about the Benefice, Team Ministry and Life Events administration can be obtained by contacting the Benefice Office. All office opening hours and contact information is provided at https://bybrook.org.uk.
4. Safeguarding report
The importance of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults within our Parish is recognised and acted upon by the PCC. The PCC follows the safeguarding guidance, policy and procedures that are set out by the Bristol Diocese and can be found on the Bybrook Benefice website and in the church. Contact information can also be found on the church and Benefice websites and in the church porch.
Nicola Wood is our current Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO). During the year, Nicola met with other safeguarding leads across the Diocese.
All members of the PCC have completed the required level of safeguarding training. Any incoming members of the PCC are required to complete such training within 3 months of this APCM. Safeguarding is a standing agenda item at all PCC meetings and there is an action plan, which is reported on at PCC meetings.
There are no church activities in the Parish which are aimed primarily at young children or vulnerable adults and which, therefore, require additional safeguarding measures to be implemented.
There are no non-church activities for children or vulnerable adults which take place on church premises.
There is a separate safeguarding report for the APCM which covers the year to the APCM date and includes a summary of training requirements for PCC members.
5. Worship and prayer
The Reverend Marc Terry leads the 11am Holy Communion service on the 1st Sunday of the month and the 3[rd] Sunday 11am Morning Praise service is led by lay ministers, Mike King or Alison Flint. During the year, Mike Roberts arranged a short talk on a local theme as part of each 3[rd] Sunday service. All were topical and thought provoking - from church architecture to the life of swifts.
During the summer months, the Reverend Marc Terry was on a three-month sabbatical. In his absence, we were grateful to the visiting clergy who led the 1st Sunday services throughout this period. Their support ensured that our worship continued smoothly and the congregation was able to gather as usual for Holy Communion.
Due to the difficulty accommodating weddings and blessings during the major building works, we only celebrated 1 wedding in the church late in the year. We did enjoy celebrating two baptisms as part of a Sunday service. One service of thanksgiving was held in the church. There were three interments of ashes and one burial in the churchyard.
On Sunday 16[th] March, we held a service for Ukraine and welcomed many Ukrainians. It was a very full church. The Ukrainian singing was very moving and there were some beautiful individual performances. We all enjoyed time together afterwards eating delicious Ukrainian cakes and treats. £681 was raised on the day to provide health and aid packs for front line soldiers. This was donated through Anne Chapman, a parishioner who has raised over £20,000 for Ukraine.
The funeral service of the Reverend Alun Glyn-Jones, our much loved former visiting clergy who led our monthly Holy Communion services for almost 20 years, was held at St Mary’s Church on the banks of the Thames in Twickenham (where he was vicar) on 8 March. On Sunday 27[th] April, friends and family gathered for the interment of his ashes in St Andrew’s churchyard with a short service led by his son in law, Reverend Adrian McConnaughie. Afterwards coffee and cake were served and everyone enjoyed chatting to his children and their families.
Diane Ross-Smith led our Remembrance Day Service at the village War Memorial and a service afterwards in the church. We welcomed many Royal Corps of Signals members from Colerne and visitors. Many stayed for coffee and a chance to chat after the service.
Once again, we were delighted to host a Cyclists’ Service and tea, a Harvest buffet in the hospitality area after our Harvest Service in September and the Bybrook Valley School Carol Service.
St Andrew’s Church, Castle Combe, St Nicholas Church, Slaughterford and St Mary the Virgin Church, Grittleton make up a ‘cluster’ within the Benefice sharing a service in one of the three churches if there is a 5[th] Sunday in the month.
Our Christmas Carol Service was led by Alison Flint. Members of the community, old and new, read lessons. With the church decorated for Christmas, favourite carols and mulled wine to be enjoyed with other refreshments following the service, it was a joyous evening.
If St Andrew’s does not have a church service, the community is welcome to attend services elsewhere in the Benefice. Up to date details can be found on the Benefice website. On the 4[th] Sunday afternoon of each month, the Benefice offers an All Age get together, which incorporates a short Holy Communion service; All Together @ 4. This has been an opportunity for people of all ages across the Benefice to get together, meet new people and take part in a choice of activities such as crafts and singing and enjoy an afternoon tea.
During the year, the church continued to receive hundreds of messages left on our Prayer Tree. The congregation pray for these during church services.
6. Community
Village volunteers spent the morning of Saturday 18[th] March helping with the church and churchyard spring clean. As always, the PCC were very grateful for the support and everyone’s hard work.
We held a Lent lunch in the Village Hall on 22[nd] March, which was well attended and a chance for people to get together after the Winter months. We were able to raise £215 for the famine charity, World Vision.
VE Day on Thursday 8[th] May was celebrated in the church with gusto. A delicious tea accompanied by the popular tunes of the day – thank you Eric (our amazing pianist/organist) – led to dancing in the aisles by those who could!
St Andrew’s participation in the annual Wiltshire Historic Churches Trust Ride & Stride event coincided with the second day of our 5[th] Heritage Open Days event (Friday 12[th] and Saturday 13[th] September). The 2025 Heritage Open Days’ national theme was Architecture. Karen put together a quiz about the church towers around the Benefice and a small exhibition about church architecture and a children’s activity. Due to the building works, access to the church at the time of the festival was via the West Doors in the church tower. As we welcomed visitors, we were able to focus on the architectural features of the church tower. The tower is the only entirely original part of the church building from the medieval period. Building started in 1434. This was at a time when the development of the village flourished due the successful local wool and weaving trade. Much of this can be credited to the patronage of Sir John Fastolf, who was Lord of the Manor during this time. As the church was manned, we opened the door to the tower steps and let visitors take a few steps up the winding stone stairs. The working faceless medieval clock, now housed in a glass viewing cabinet at the base of the tower, was also featured. Local friends and supporters joined us for tea and cake on the Friday afternoon.
On Sunday 30[th] November, St Andrew’s had a party in the late afternoon, complete with piper, to celebrate the recent completion of the major building works. All supporters and friends were invited to get together to see the outcome, eat, drink and chat.
After their successful introduction in 2021, we hosted monthly coffee mornings for the local community and others through the year, culminating in our 5th Christmas Coffee morning.
During the year we have kept the community informed about church events and other church news via seasonal newsletters, posters and leaflet drops, our website, the village newsletter and The Honeycomb, the local community magazine.
Additional fundraising initiatives will continue through 2026, and we hugely appreciate the local support given.
7. Heritage
Our purpose is to ensure the preservation and upkeep of the historic Grade 1 listed church building while addressing the constant challenge of securing the required funds for this.
Following the church architect’s 2024 Quinquennial report and the direction to urgently address substantial roof and related building works on the south side of the church, the PCC spent many additional hours dealing with this in both 2024 and 2025. On top of the financial challenges, managing safe access to and use of the church while works were being carried out required day to day on the ground management in view of the many thousands of annual visitors. Notably, a long access tunnel was constructed on the south side of the church below the scaffolding. Mike Roberts ingeniously thought to raise funds with an appeal board with information in the church about the building works. Self-certifying donation certificates encouraged donations. Over 1,500 of these were completed over the summer and Mike used them as wallpaper for the tunnel and an analysis of the countries of donors. It was a very international list. Full financial details relating to the building works can be found in the 2025 Financial Information report.
We are encouraged and supported by the many hundreds of annual visitors to the church from around the world and closer to home. Along with a small chapel for quiet contemplation and prayer, there is a lot to see and experience. Visitors can be guided by the heritage trail leaflet, or the more detailed info point tour accessible by visitors with a smartphone.
Visitors are particularly interested in the working medieval clock now housed in a glass case at the base of the 15[th] century tower and the Knight’s tomb in the north wall of the church by the small chapel. The small, unmanned gift area with cards and guidebooks is well supported. Fridge magnets and keyrings with pictures of the village are popular mementoes of visits.
Our participation in the national 2025 Heritage Open Days festival has been mentioned in the community section above and we plan to participate again in September 2026. The 2025 theme is Everyday Histories, and plans are being made with further details to be included in local communications and on the national Heritage Open Days website during the early summer. Participation encourages learning about local history and culture with the annual national theme helping set a different focus each year.
8. Environment and the churchyard
St Andrew’s is an accredited Eco Church (A Rocha silver award), which requires us to consider our actions across five areas: Worship and Teaching, Buildings and Energy, Land and Nature, Community and Global Engagement, and Lifestyle.
We continue to look for opportunities to work with others in our community and beyond to improve our village environment and make a wider positive contribution. Mike Roberts leads our work in this area and has produced a series of thought provoking features on sustainability. These can be found on the St Andrew’s website and in the eco library in the church.
In 2025 we focused on achieving an efficient, environmentally friendly building project with an emphasis on enhancing wildlife habitats. Mike Roberts built momentum through the year as we prepare to advocate for greater awareness and efforts to deal with climate and nature crises both locally and beyond.
Thanks go to Julie Hare, Mike Roberts, Nicola Wood and Liz Taylor for their environmentally friendly management of the churchyard including the successful introduction of no mow areas, which led to the spotting of wild orchids, hedgehogs and a wider variety of insects.
In 2026, we are hoping to see a swift nesting in the roof.
9. St Andrew’s Team
Our treasurer, Michael Constable, kept us on track during the year managing the lion’s share of all the financial aspects of the church’s activities and the many challenges arising from the major building project such as uncertainty over Government support via the Listed Places of Worship Scheme which offered VAT relief on building costs. During 2025, the Government announced VAT relief under the Scheme would be restricted in 25/26 and disappear completely thereafter. This meant we had to fund an additional £27,000 of costs in 2025. With tower roof works to be completed in 2026, this adds a further estimated £20,000 to our 2026 fundraising target. Mike Roberts has worked with Michael regarding the building project and dealt with the day to day project management including liaison with the building company, Diocese and community.
Meanwhile, Michael continued to dedicate substantial amounts of time to building and maintaining the cards and guidebooks area for visitors, the regular care and maintenance of the church’s
medieval clock and introducing and looking after the church’s technology. We are immensely grateful for all his dedication and perseverance.
On top of churchyard maintenance, general PCC duties and events organisation, Julie Hare has also dedicated huge amounts of time daily to organising services supported by Mike, managing the churchyard and keeping the church looking beautiful with regular church cleans and flower arrangements. Sally, our former churchwarden and our current Deanery Synod rep, has continued her work to support the church, which has been invaluable.
Karen and Nicola have supported the team along with dealing with their own specific PCC responsibilities.
The past decade has been a very challenging period for the PCC, with substantial, sequential building projects to be handled on top of day to day church operations. This has required much resilience and perseverance. Along with major building repairs, the completed phases of the Make History project have led to many improvements and enabled better usage of the church building. We hope that we can build on this.
The PCC would like to thank all the Benefice clergy team, visiting Ministers, organists, flower arrangers, volunteers, those who do work to maintain the church and churchyard and others who do so much to support St Andrew’s.
10. Church Building and the Make History project
Regular health and safety checks were carried out by PCC members during the year using a visual checklist.
All areas within our maintenance schedule were carried out.
Substantial building repair work, mainly to the southern and eastern stone tiled roof slopes, was carried out between March and October 2025 following the church architect’s 2019 and 2024 quinquennial reports. Full details of the project are provided in the Financial Information report for the year to 31 December 2025. As an indication of the scale of the project and the related fundraising, the total cost amounted to £376,657 (including VAT) of which £347,805 was paid out during 2025.
At the end of 2025, the PCC discovered a leak in the church tower roof. This roof has been subject to many repairs over the years. The church architect advised the PCC that it would be best if a full roof repair could be carried out as soon as possible and this is now scheduled to take place later in 2026 with an estimated cost of £100,000 excluding VAT. The tower is the oldest intact part of the church with a fan vault ceiling, and it houses the much admired, faceless, working medieval clock. Fundraising continues in order to carry out these urgent works.
As previously mentioned, the 2025 building works had a significant impact on the day to day operations of the church and the work of the PCC. Notwithstanding a couple of hiccoughs along the way, the works finished slightly ahead of schedule. We are grateful for the great work by West Country Tiling, the support of the local community and our private donors and the grant bodies for substantial funds and the Diocese Finance Office, who provided a loan to allow the works to go ahead. This all relied on the efforts of talented and caring volunteers on the small PCC who worked hard to make this happen.
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Financial Information for the year ended 31[st] December 2025
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ST ANDREW’S CHURCH, CASTLE COMBE
Financial Information for
the year ended 31[st] December 2025
Purpose and contents of this document
This document has been prepared on behalf of the Parochial Church Council (“PCC”) of St Andrew’s Church, Castle Combe, Wiltshire (the “Church”). It sets out Financial Information for activities relating to the Church for the year ended 31[st] December 2025
The Financial Information is prefaced by information about the Church, its PCC, its funding and its activities as follows:
Purpose and contents of this document:-
Activities during the year
St Andrew’s Church, Castle Combe
The Parochial Church Council Funding of the activities and of the maintenance of St Andrew’s Church Basis of Presentation of the Financial Information Time freely given and uncosted
Activities during the year.
Activities in 2025 were dominated by the management of major building works to repair the balance of the stone tiled roof slopes.
Notwithstanding these works, the PCC continued work involved in the day to day running of St Andrew’s. The Church remained open to visitors and the community from early to dusk on all but two days of the year. Visitor numbers have increased significantly over the past year with interest in the building project and the related fundraising activities. Regular monthly coffee and cake mornings have become a popular community event.
The regular Services pattern remained the same as previous years with attendance increasing slightly at worship services. Festival services attracted good numbers.
| 2025 | 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 | |
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| Communal worship services | 29 | 29 32 31 27 20 |
| Those attending | 1121 | 879 1110 990 818 521 |
| Total services including weddings/funerals | 33 | 38 41 45 39 23 |
| Those attending | 1348 | 1626 1898 2423 1878 566 |
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St Andrew’s Church, Castle Combe
The historic Grade I listed church of St Andrew is set at the heart of Castle Combe, a small village of just over 300 inhabitants in North West Wiltshire. The Church has an impressive 15[th] century tower with other sections dating from the 1300s, elegant stained glass and a renowned working faceless medieval clock. The size of the Church reflects medieval times when the village was a busy regional marketplace and much larger. As a tourist destination on the southern edge of the Cotswolds, the village normally attracts, annually, thousands of visitors from around the world as well as from throughout the UK.
The Church holds two regular services a month and, because of its size and location, can host up to 150 people for special services such as Christmas and Easter plus festivals, concerts and weddings.
The Parochial Church Council
The purpose of the PCC is to execute the mission agreed for St Andrew’s Church. Full details of that mission are in the PCC’s Annual Report to the Diocese of Bristol.
The PCC’s attendant aim is for St. Andrew’s to be accessible to all and a welcoming place to visit and spend time in as well as a place in which to worship.
Members and officers of the Parochial Church Council during 2025 were as follows:
| Team Rector: |
Rev Marc Terry |
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| Team Vicar: | In Vacancy |
| Churchwarden: | In Vacancy |
| Elected Members: | Mrs Sally Constable_(Deanery Synod Rep)_ |
| Mr Michael Constable_(Treasurer & Covenant Secretary)_ | |
| Mrs Nicola Wood_(Secretary & Safeguarding PSO))_ | |
| Mrs Julie Hare | |
| Mrs Karen Munnings (Electoral Roll Officer) | |
| Mr Mike Roberts | |
| Independent Examiner: Mrs Tanya Williams ACCA of Greenwood Williams Ltd | |
| 1stFloor, The Syms Building, Bumpers Way, Chippenham Wilts SN14 6LH |
Churchwarden duties have been split between the team following Sally Constable stepping down in April 2023.
Church Bank: Santander, Santander Business Banking Operations, Sunderland SR43 4FW
PCC meetings are held five times a year with an Annual General Meeting normally in April. The PCC has benefitted from charitable status under the umbrella of the Church of England as an excepted charity without being required to register with the Charity Commission. As a result of successful grant applications for our roof project it became clear that we would exceed income of £100,000 in the year 2024. Therefore, the PCC was registered with the Charity Commission on 27 January 2025. Registered Charity Number 1211877 .
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Funding of the activities and of the maintenance of St Andrew’s Church
Open normally every day of the year, the maintenance and repair costs of this historic church are high. Each year, to meet all running, maintenance and enhancement costs, revenue must be generated from collections at services, donations, legacies, shares of special service fees, sales of cards and books in the Church, fund raising events and, when available, grants and loans.
Basis of Presentation of the Financial Information
The Financial Information for the year ending 31[st] December 2025 has been prepared in accordance with Church Accounting Regulations 2006 and is set out as follows:
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Receipts and payments plus supporting notes (page 6)
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Current Account (including Contactless Arrangements)
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Assets and liabilities plus supporting notes on deposit funds (page 11 )
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Project Works Account
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Large Repairs Account
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Herbert Memorial Fund Account
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The Organ Fund Account
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Dividends and Interest
This presentation has been chosen:
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to show, on a cash basis, by analysis of all bank accounts held, all receipts and payments for each facet of the PCC’s work at St Andrew’s Church; and
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to allow the costs of running the Church, on a day to day basis, (including contributions to the Diocese of Bristol, the Bybrook Benefice and to charities and relief agencies), to be readily distinguishable from the cost of maintaining the fabric of the Church and making improvements to its facilities and to show related funding sources.
Time freely given and uncosted
In common with many similar organisations, the activities of St Andrew’s Church are carried out by the members of the PCC and by other local volunteers. Without such contributions, the day to day running of the Church and its projects would not be possible. These volunteers do not charge for the time they contribute and, accordingly, there is no cost in the Financial Information for their work carried out.
Financial Overview of 2025
2025 has been another busy and challenging year in the life of St Andrew’s, dominated by management and financing of the major building works in the year on top of the usual day to day activities. Payments for building works in 2025 totalled £347,805. The team’s work to secure grants and maximise income during the works resulted in a healthy position at the end of the project.
The Receipts and Payments accounts for the year ending 31[st] December 2025 and the Assets and Liabilities statement at 31[st] December 2025 are attached at the end of this report.
As a result of reports by the Church’s Quinquennial architect, the PCC have carried out a series of major building works in the period from 2016, which started with the repair of the north roof
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slopes of the Church. Including the 2025 building works, this has involved raising the funds for (in excess of £800,000) and the management of building works.
This year, the fundraising challenge was exacerbated by the limiting of VAT relief on building works in listed places of worship. This meant the PCC had to raise an additional £27,000. From 1 April 2026, no VAT relief will be available. In 2026, urgent work will be carried out to renew the lead on the 15[th] century church tower, which has been leaking and has temporary repairs. The fan vault ceiling and medieval clock below are at risk. It is anticipated this will cost in the region of £100,000 including VAT. The PCC has secured funding to carry out the work in 2026.
The website and our mailing system are helping us to promote our services, events and heritage. Visitor numbers have continued to grow resulting in a significant increase in donations in the Church boxes and purchases from the bookshop in the Church. This has been maintained during the 7 months of building works with the team overcoming many logistical issues to continue access into the Church. A Raise the Roof campaign encouraged donations from both visitors and the local community with the opportunity to buy tiles and to have names written on them before use and filling out hundreds of donation certificates, which lined the church access tunnel during the building works.
Heritage information about the Church and village is readily available. Our heritage trail leaflet (over 5000 taken in the year) and the download of more detailed information onto a smart phone via info-point (2000 hits in the year) are popular.
We have continued this year with our mission in giving to worthwhile causes both locally and nationally. (details included in this report – note 14 ).
Our sincere thanks
The PCC would like to thank everybody connected in any way to St Andrew’s, for their support and generosity in helping to sustain the mission of this Parish Church and the additional support towards the Roof Appeal.
Michael Constable
TREASURER
on behalf of the Parochial Church Council of St Andrew’s Church, Castle Combe
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Financial Information for the years ending 31[st] December 2025 and 2024 Summary of Receipts and Payments
| Charity No. | Charity No. | CC16a | ||||||||
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| St Andrew's Church Castle Combe | 1211877 |
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| Receipts andpayments accounts | ||||||||||
| For the period from |
Period start date | To | Period end date | |||||||
| 01/01/2025 | 31/12/2025 | |||||||||
| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||||||||
| Note | Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | |||||
| to the nearest £ |
to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | ||||||
| A1 Receipts | ||||||||||
| Statutoryfees for Offices | 1 | 1,218 | 1,218 | 3344 | ||||||
| Giving& Collections | 2 | 10,274 | 2,019 | - | 12,293 | 12,142 | ||||
| Box Donations in church | 3 | 10,000 | 35,533 | - | 45,533 | 40,224 | ||||
| Donations from Appeal | 4 | 22,210 | 22,210 | 4,420 | ||||||
| Grants | 5 | 64,207 | 64,207 | 31,250 | ||||||
| Legacies | 6 | 6,249 | 6,249 | - | ||||||
| Sales of Cards | 7 | 16,619 | 16,618 | - | 33,237 | 30,117 | ||||
| Fund Riasing | 8 | - | 560 | - | 560 | 1,913 | ||||
| Other receipts | 9 | 230 | 997 | 1,227 | 2,105 | |||||
| Dividend | 10 | 4,134 | - | - | 4,134 | 4,038 | ||||
| Loan from Bristol Diocese | 11 | 60,000 | - | 60,000 | - | |||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
41,257 | 209,611 | - | 250,868 | 129,553 | |||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - | - | - | - | |||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Sub total | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Total receipts | 41,257 | 209,611 | - | 250,868 | 129,553 | |||||
| A3 Payments | ||||||||||
| Diocesan Quota | 12 | 15,000 | - | - | 15,000 | 15,000 | ||||
| Benefice Contrbution | 13 | 3,221 | 609 | - | 3,830 | 4,646 | ||||
| Charities & Relief Agencies | 14 | 491 | 2,119 | - | 2,610 | 2,258 | ||||
| Cost of Services | 991 | - | - | 991 | 919 | |||||
| Church RunningCost | 7,403 | - | - | 7,403 | 7,338 | |||||
| Churchyard Maintenance | 1,001 | 995 | - | 1,996 | 1,600 | |||||
| Minor repairs to Church | 731 | - | - | 731 | 3,032 | |||||
| Publications | 5,279 | 5,278 | - | 10,557 | 8,920 | |||||
| Adminstrration | 1,684 | - | - | 1,684 | 1,812 | |||||
| Roof Project Costs | 15 | 347,805 | 347,805 | 19,660 | ||||||
| Sub total | 35,801 | 356,806 | - | 392,607 | 65,185 | |||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
||||||||||
| - | - | - | - | |||||||
| - | - | - | - | |||||||
| Sub total | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Totalpayments | 35,801 | 356,806 | - | 392,607 | 65,185 | |||||
| Net of receipts/(payments) | 5,456 | - 147,195 | - | - 141,739 | 64,368 | |||||
| A5 Transfers between funds | - | 124,000 | - | 124,000 | - 52,000 | |||||
| A6 Cash funds lastyear end | 5,820 | 29,011 | - | 34,831 | 22,463 | |||||
| Cash funds thisyear end | 11,276 | 5,816 | - | 17,092 | 34,831 |
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During 2025, the Church has used an account (Santander Bank a/c), known as the Current Account, for transactions. A holding account with HSBC is used for contactless payments from the two machines in the Church via Goodbox. Receipts collected in this account are transferred to the Current Account and no other payments are made from it.
The Church also has four deposit accounts - the Project Works Account, the Large Repairs Account, the Herbert Memorial Account and the Organ Fund Account.
Current Account (including Contactless Arrangements)
Transactions in the Current Account relating to the day to day running of the Church are shown in the schedule for receipts and payments above with detailed notes below.
In Day to Day Running, receipts are shown as either “Unrestricted” or “Restricted”. Unrestricted amounts are amounts received for the purposes of the general activities of St Andrew’s. Restricted amounts are amounts considered to be received and given with specific instructions or intentions for their application.
Amounts received through the Current Account relating to either Project Works (roof appeal) or to specific Large Repairs are shown as “Restricted”.
The analysis between Unrestricted and Restricted enables the Bristol Diocese to assess what is a reasonable level of subvention payment to request from St Andrew’s annually.
Notes relating to accounts shown on CC16A
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(1)
Statutory Fees
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total LY
2025 Funds Funds Funds 2024
PCC Statutory Fees retained by the Parish 609 609 1672
PCC Stat Fees retained by Parish Office for Admin 609 609 1672
Total 1218 1218 3344
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Statutory Fees These fees are paid to the Parish via the Parish Office for Weddings Funerals and Memorials. The Parish Office retain 50% of the fees to cover administration costs in addition to the annual contribution to the Benefice (2025:£3,200). Due to the roof project works and scaffolding surrounding the Church for 7 months through the summer, we only had one wedding in December. Other income linked to these occasional offices are included in “other receipts”.
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(2)
Collections are amounts collected during services, regular planned monthly giving and gift aid envelopes as follows:
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Giving & Collections
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total LY
2025 Funds Funds Funds 2024
Planned giving/gift envelopes 5643 487 6130 5849
Collections at services 2053 1532 3585 3211
Gift Aid reclaimed 2578 0 2578 3082
Total 10274 2019 12293 12142
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An amount of £2019 (2024: £1537) included in Restricted Funds relates to collections in Church specifically for charities and church improvements notified to the congregation at the beginning of the relevant Church service.
(3)
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Donations in the church
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total LY
2025 Funds Funds Funds 2024
Box Donations in Church 8000 35533 43533 39134
Gift Aid (GASDS) reclaimed 2000 0 0 1090
Total 10000 35533 43533 0 40224
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Roof Appeal displays in the Church increased awareness to our visitors and helped with our fund raising. There were numerous initiatives to raise the funds necessary to complete these works. (see main report on roof project). In addition to the displays and updates we believe with the scaffolding up and work in progress it helped us enormously to achieve our goal.
Gift aid was claimed on church box donations under the GASDS scheme.
(4)
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Donations direct Appeal
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total LY
2025 Funds Funds Funds 2024
Donations 0 20460 20460 4420
Gift Aid reclaimed 0 1750 1750 0
Total 0 22210 22210 0 4420
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Larger donations were received in a number of different ways with a number of them qualifying for gift aid reclaim.
(5/6)
| (5/6) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total LY | ||
| 2025 | Funds | Funds | Funds | 2024 | |
| Grants(see details in Report) | 0 | 64207 | 64207 | 31250 | |
| Legacies(2 bequests received) | 0 | 6249 | 6249 | 0 |
Grants. We successfully secured a number of grants for which we are extremely grateful for. A number of the grants were received in 2024 with the balance in 2025. Details of these are included later in this report.
Legacies We were pleased to receive 2 legacies from individuals who supported St Andrew’s Church.
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(7) Bookshopp
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Bookshopp
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total LY
2025 Funds Funds Funds 2024
Receipts from sale of prayer cards,
postcards, magnets , etc. 16619 16618 33237 30117
Total 16619 16618 33237 30117
Cost of supplies A3 Payments 5279 5278 10557 8920
Net income 11340 11340 22680 21197
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Prayer cards and booklets, plus postcards, greeting cards, magnets and guide books of the village of Castle Combe are on sale in the church on an honesty basis. These items are popular with visitors, all item prices at £3 or below and can be purchased by visitors either paying for them via our contactless machines or in cash into our secure box by the display table.
(8)
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Fund Raising
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total LY
2025 Funds Funds Funds 2024
Fund raising 0 560 560 1913
Total 0 560 560 1913
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Events this year were limited due to building works and the PCC’s engagement in fund raising initiatives.
(9)
| (9) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other Income | Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total LY | |
| 2025 | Funds | Funds | Funds | 2024 | |
| Clock receipts | 0 | 847 | 847 | 910 | |
| Heatingfee for occasional offices | 170 | 0 | 170 | 360 | |
| Verger Fees | 0 | 150 | 150 | 635 | |
| Video fee for weddings | 60 | 0 | 60 | 200 | |
| Total | 230 | 997 | 1227 | 2105 |
Receipts received from visitors for the up -keep of the 15[th] Century Clock. Plus receipts for services linked to occasional offices, weddings and funerals.
(10)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend on Trust Fund | |||||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total LY | ||
| 2025 | Funds | Funds | Funds | 2024 | |
| Dividend on Trust Fund | 4134 | 0 | 4134 | 4038 | |
| Total | 4134 | 0 | 4134 | 4038 |
Trust Fund. Dividends are received through the Diocese of Bristol in respect of our investment held in Trust within CBF Investment Fund Shares. This was the Blake Bequest and invested in a “permanent endowment” retained in Perpetuity. The dividend which is paid quarterly can be used for general PCC purposes.
(11)
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Dividend on Trust Fund
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total LY
2025 Funds Funds Funds 2024
Dividend on Trust Fund 4134 0 4134 4038
Total 4134 0 4134 4038
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The PCC agreed a loan facility up to £90,000 over 5 years with the Bristol Diocese Board of Finance. This helped us to commit to the roof works while still fund raising. For the completion of the works to date
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we have drawn down £60,000 and repayments are due to commence in January 2026. The interest on the outstanding balance is set at 0.5% above Bank of England base rate.
(12)
Diocesan Quota is the amount transferred under pledge to the Diocese of Bristol.
The Parish has fully met the pledge of £15,000 to the Diocese during 2025 while having a major roof project to complete. The PCC has now agreed to increase this for 2026 to £15,750
(13)
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Contribution Benefice /Deanery Unrestricted Restricted Total Total LY
2025 Funds Funds Funds 2024
Contribution Pledge 3200 3200 2954
% held back by Benefice 0 609 609 1672
Rebate in respect of prior year 0 0 0 0
Contribution to Deanery 21 0 21 20
Total 3221 609 3830 4646
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The Parish has fully met the pledge to the Benefice for 2025. Although there was a surplus in the Benefice accounts at year end no rebate will be paid back to the Parish. Their budget instead will run at a deficit (£2,000) resulting in an increase of contribution by the parishes for 2026
(14)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charities and Relief Agencies | |||||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total LY | ||
| 2025 | 2025 | 2025 | 2024 | ||
| World Vision | 0 | 215 | 215 | ||
| Christian Aid Week | 100 | 100 | 100 | ||
| Embrace | 216 | 216 | 416 | ||
| National Churches Trust | 50 | 50 | 50 | ||
| Lifewords | 75 | 75 | 225 | ||
| Royal British Legion | 480 | 480 | 407 | ||
| Centrepoint Homeless | 343 | 343 | |||
| Doorway (Christmas 2024 & Harvest) | 300 | 300 | 100 | ||
| Ukraine(via Ann Chapman a villager) | 681 | 681 | 500 | ||
| Wiltshire Historic Churches R & S | 150 | 150 | 150 | ||
| The Children's Society | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | |
| Co-Gas Safety | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160 | |
| Total | 491 | 2119 | 2610 | 2258 |
Details of PCC charitable giving to local and national charities.
(15)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roof Project Expenditure | |||||
| 2025 | Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total LY | |
| Inclusive of Vat | 2025 | 2025 | 2024 | ||
| West CountryTiling- Main Contractor | 0 | 328536 | 328536 | 6549 | |
| Caroe & Partners - Architect Fees | 0 | 10463 | 10463 | 13110 | |
| Gordano Ecology- Bat Licence | 0 | 6990 | 6990 | 0 | |
| J H Stained Glass - Clean Rose window | 0 | 600 | 600 | 0 | |
| Nicholson - Wraptoprotect and tune Organ | 0 | 1216 | 1216 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 347805 | 347805 | 19659 |
Practical Completion of the roof project was on 6 November 2025, there is a 2.5% retention held by the parish for 12 months against the main contractor.
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Contactless Arrangements
Visitors to the Church and members of the community are now able to make donations and pay for purchases from the Church through two contactless machines situated in the Church and by text as well as in cash. The use of a contactless machine started in 2019 and has enhanced giving significantly each year.
Payments and donations using both methods are accumulated in the holding account with HSBC. Goodbox transfers monies on a weekly basis to this bank account after a deduction of 1.59% (+10p per transaction) of the receipts by Goodbox for the service provided.
Contactless income for 2025, after deduction of the Goodbox charge, amounted to £52,000 income for the Church (split between donations and card purchases) an increase of 37% on 2024. This amounts to approximately 65% of the total giving to donations and purchases in the Church which is again an increase on last year. This increase has been helped by the roof appeal activities.
An un-transferred balance of £793 remains in the HSBC holding account at 31[st] December 2025 due to automated timing of transfers.
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
| Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31st December 2025 | Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31st December 2025 | Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31st December 2025 | Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31st December 2025 | Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31st December 2025 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted General fund |
Restricted General fund |
Restricted Project fund |
Designated Fabric Fund |
Restricted Herbert Memorial fund |
Designated Organ fund |
Permanment Endownment fund |
Total 2025 |
Total 2024 |
|
| notes | i | ii | iii | iv | v | vi | vii | ||
| Investments | |||||||||
| CCLA(Investment Fund) | 142846 | 142846 | 148795 | ||||||
| Cash Funds | |||||||||
| Bank current account | 11276 | 5816 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17092 | 34831 | |
| CBF deposit fund | 0 | 0 | 25678 | 2252 | 7007 | 2085 | 0 | 37022 | 156372 |
| Other monetary assets | |||||||||
| Assets retained for church use | |||||||||
| Liabilities | |||||||||
| Loan from Bristol Diocese | 0 | 60000 | |||||||
| Retention 2.5% main contracto | 0 |
8591 | |||||||
| Retention fees from Architect | 0 | 601 | |||||||
| 0 | 69192 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Heritage Assets, “Within the Church, there are two notable heritage assets, the Organ and the Medieval Clock. Both require significant, care, maintenance and protection.”
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Notes
Receipts and Payments a/c -Restricted Fund: Project Roof Fund
2025 2024
iii Receipts £ £ £ £
Interest from CCLA Dep 4175 5285
Transfer from general fund 50000 54175 51000 56285
Payments
Transfer to general fund 174000 0
Excess of income over payments -119825 56285
Bank deposit account at 1 January 145502 89218
Bank deposit account at 31 December 25678 145502
iv Receipts and Payments a/c -Designated Fund: Fabric Fund
2025 2024
Receipts £ £ £ £
Interest from CCLA Dep 98 109
Transfer from general fund 0 98 0 109
Payments
Transfer to general fund 0 0
Excess of income over payments 98 109
Bank deposit account at 1 January 2155 2046
Bank deposit account at 31 December 2252 2155
v Receipts and Payments a/c -Restricted Fund: Herbert Memorial
2025 2024
Receipts £ £ £ £
Interest from CCLA Dep 341 387
Transfer from general fund 0 341 0 387
Payments
Transfer to general fund 1000 0
Excess of income over payments -659 387
Bank deposit account at 1 January 7666 7278
Bank deposit account at 31 December 7007 7666
vi Receipts and Payments a/c -Designated Fund: Church Organ Fund
2025 2024
Receipts £ £ £ £
Interest from CCLA Dep 36 2
Transfer from general fund 1000 1036 1000 1002
Payments
Transfer to general fund 0 0
Excess of income over payments 1036 1002
Bank deposit account at 1 January 1049 46
Bank deposit account at 31 December 2085 1049
vii Endowment Fund. This was the Blake Bequest and invested in a "permanment endowment"
retained in Perptuity. The dividends are paid quarterly in the current acount for general PCC purposes
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1 The Project Works Account (formerly the Amenities Project Account) (iii)
Further phase Make History Appeal – urgent roof repairs
.
Major works were completed in November 2025
Works specified include for the re-roofing of the southern and eastern slopes, guttering and stonework
repairs and associated works. Major scaffolding at high level will be required plus bat surveys and professional fees.
Work started in March 2025,
Due to uncertainty of full funding the project was split into two phases.
We continued to fund raise and were successful in securing further grants enabling us to commit to the second and final phase of the works.
Original budget including works, fees, bat survey, organ protection and contingencies. £365,009 incl. vat. There were a number of additional costs to the original budget.
Final cost of works £376,657 incl. vat an increase of £11,648 or 3%. (2025 £347.805 & 2024 £19,659 and retention of £9,192 November 2026).
The parish had to raise an additional £27K due to the change of ruling with LPOW Vat reclaim scheme setting a cap of £25k for reclaim in 2025/6.
Fundraising
We have been very busy and successful with our fund raising and applications to grant bodies. We thank all these grant bodies and organisations most sincerely for their generous support to us which helped to make these important works possible.
Grants. Benefact Trust £6,250 and Garfield Weston Trust £25,000 (monies received in our accounts in 2024) and Wiltshire Historic Churches Trust £6,000. Headley Trust £10,000 Wolfson Foundation £10,000 and Castle Combe Parish Council £10,000. LPOW Vat reclaim scheme 2024/5 £13,026 & 2025/6 £25,000. There have also been some very generous individual donations.
We have successfully raised approx. £210,000 as a PCC over a number of years, through different events fundraising, donation initiatives and legacies.
We have secured a loan facility from Bristol Diocese for £90K repayable over 5 years as a support element to our funding plan but have only had to drawdown £60K due to increased fund raising. Repayments due to start early 2026.
Due to the size of this task the PCC are treating this task as a major project within our “Make History” Project Works rather than large repairs. For marketing purposes this phase is to be headed up “Raise the Roof”
There have been transfers in and out of this account to the current account for the funding of the roof project. The year end balance is at £25,678. This account will be used again for the lead tower roof replacement planned for 2026.
2 Large Repairs Account (iv)
The Large Repairs Account (formerly Fabric Fund) may be used for receipts and payments relating to significant repair work to the existing fabric of the Church in addition to the Project Works Account. There were no receipts into or payments from this account in 2025 or 2024.
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3 Herbert Memorial Fund Account (v) The Herbert Memorial Fund Account 15 Used to hold amourrt5 given by Mr Herbert to take care of hi5 grave 8nd the churchyard. General churchyard expenses, which repsented grass cutting and associated costs included care of Mr Herbervs grave, were paid for a5 part of Churchyard Maintenance out of the Oay to Day Running Account arbd, accordingly. there wa5 just one payment from thi5 account of £10( to finally complete the major repair works to the churchyard gates. in 2025. 4 The Organ Fund Account (vi) It is planned that the Organ Fund Account Iformerly the Flower Fund) wlll be used for ftjture rèceipts and payments for maintenance of the Church organ. The PCC have agreed a reserve policy for the future refurbishment of the organ and to make a £500 per year transfer from the general fund to build these regeNes In thls fund with effert from l January 2023. Nicholsons our org3n tuners have estimated that the organ will requ1 a major refurbishment in approx. 10 to 12 years. (estimated cost £IOOk at to(laS prices) years Balance as at 31st December £2,085 5 Dividends and Interest Dividends and Interest represents- for the Current Account, dividends received through the Diocese of 8rlstol In respect of our investments held in Trust within C8F Investment Fund Shares. This was the Blake 8equest and invested in a"pem)anent endowmenv. retained in perpetuity. The dividend can be used for general PCC purposes. Valuations of our holdin85 were a5 follows- No of Shares 6435 6435 6435 Market Value £145,465 £148,795 £142,846 As at 315t DÈcembèr 2023 As at 31 Decernber 2024 As at 315t December 2025 for other accounts, interest on Deposits held in The CBF Chltrch of England Deposit Funds. Signed Chair of the PCC Treasurer of PCC Revd Marc Terry Michael Constable 27- J 202{ 14 14
CHARITY COMMISSION I FOR ENGIANO AND WALE5 Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the tru$taos The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiasti¢81 Parish of St Andrew Castte Combe On accounts for tha yaar ended 3111212025 Charity no ,' 1211877 {if any) Set out on page8 i - I I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity l.the Trust.) for the year ended Ra8ponsibilitios and basis of report As the charty's trustees, you are responsibl& lor the preparation of the acco(tnls in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 I'lhe A¢VI. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts Carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Ad and in carrying out my examination, I hove followed all the appIlble Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llb} ol the Act. Indendont IThe charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 an¢J l am qualified lo examiner8 Statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of linsert name of appli¢8ble listed bodyll. Dglete I l if not applKable. I have completed my examination I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in Connection with the examination (other than that disGlosed below ') which gives me cause lo believe that in. any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act., or the accounts did not accord wrth the accounting records,. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements Concerning the fomi and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair. view which is not a matter consider8d as part ol an indèpendent eKaminalion. I have no concems and have come across no other matter$ in Connecn with the examination lo which 8ttenlion should be drawn in this report in ordei lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ' Ple8s8 delete the WolS in the brackets if they do not apply. Signod: Dot•'. 202L Namo: <preoW A )ILLI AN S . Relevant professional IER Oct 2018 15
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(HARITY (OMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the ' accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the tru8t8es The Parochial Church Council of the E¢desiasli¢al Paiish of Sl Andrew Ca$lle Combe On accounts for the year ended 3111212025 Charity no 1211877 Ilf any) Set out P8gès I- ILfr I report to the trustees on my examinatDn of the arxounts of the above ¢hority1lhe Tru$l'l for the year ended Re8ponsibiliti68 and basis of report As the charrtls trustees. you are r8sponsibl8 forthe preparation of the a¢¢ounts in awordance wrth the requirements ol the Charitie5 Act 2011 I'the Acri. I report in respect ol my examination of the Trust's accounts r2rried oul under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my exarninalion, I have followed all the applicable Direclion¥ given by the Charity Commission under SKI 14515llbl olthe Act. Ind*ndont tThe charity's gros5 incorne exceeded £250.000 and l am qu81hiett lo examln•¢¥ ¥tatement undertake thè examination by being 8 qualified mèmber of linsert narne of applKabl8 Ited bodyll. Del8le I l ilnot 8ppIic8bh. I have completed my examination I confirm that no material matters hav8 come lo my attention in ¢onnection with the examination (other than that disclosed POW ') whh gwes me cause to believe that in, any material respect." the accounting records were not kept in accordan with sectson 130 ofthe Charit Act." or the accounts did not accord with the acCounn9 re¢ord$". or the accounts did not comply wrth the applicable requirements concerning the forrn 8nd cofjtenl of accounts set out In the ChaThtie$ IAGcounts and Reports) Re9ulatK>ll5 2008 other than sny requiremenl that the arLounts a 'true and fair. view which is not a Matter considered as part of an independent examinatDn. I hav8 no eoncem8 and have come across no othei matters In ¢onne¢ts)n with the examinatson to which attention should be drawn In this report in order to endble a proper understaDdin9 of the acGoun15 to be reached. . Please delete the words in the bTr¢kets rftheydo notappty. Dat•.. ia13 Slgnod: 20z Nam•: Relevant profe88lonal IER O¢t 2018
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