THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS, HORNSEY 

## Diocese of London 

Report & Accounts 31 December 2025 

Tandem Accounting Chartered Accountants 17 Heathville Road London N19 3AL 



## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS, HORNSEY** 

## **Report and Financial Statements 2025 Contents** 

||**Page**|
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|**Legal and administrative information**|**2**|
|**Report of the Parochial Church Council**|**3**|
|**Independent Examiner’s report to the Parochial Church Council**|**7**|
|**Statement of financial activities**|**8**|
|**Balance sheet**|**9**|
|**Notes to the financial statements**|**10**|



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**THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS, HORNSEY** 

## **Report of the Parochial Church Council For the year ended 31 December 2025** 

|**Charity Name**|The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of The Holy Innocents, Hornsey|The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of The Holy Innocents, Hornsey|The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of The Holy Innocents, Hornsey|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Charity no**|The Parish was consecrated in 1877. As our annual income exceeds £100,000, we will have|||
||to register with the|Charity Commission.||
|**Principal Address**|134 Tottenham Lane, Hornsey, London N8 7EL.|||
|**The Governing**|Parochial Church Council Powers Measure (1956) as amended and Church Representation|||
|**Document**|Rules.|||
|**Members of the PCC**|The Members of the PCC who served during the year or who were serving at the date of this|||
||report were:|||
||Clergy|The Revd Ben Kerridge||
|||The Revd Patricia Brown, Assistant Curate (licensed October 2025)||
||Churchwardens|Ms Vilma Jones|(re-elected at the AGM 2025)|
|||Ms Helen Ormiston|(re-elected at the AGM 2025)|
||Elected Lay|Ms Vilma Jones|(Church Warden) (re-elected at the AGM 2025)|
||Representatives|Ms Helen Ormiston|(Church Warden) (re-elected at the AGM 2025)|
|||Ms Brenda Barwick|(Ex-Officio as LLM)(re-elected at the AGM 2025)|
|||Ms Charlotte Blum|(re-elected at the AGM 2025)|
|||Mr Les Carter|(re-elected at the AGM 2025)|
|||MsVashti Henry|(re-elected at the AGM 2025)|
|||Mrs Angelina Lebon|(re-elected at the AGM 2025)|
|||Mr Daryn Moody|(re-elected at the AGM 2025)|
|||Ms Natalie Walcott|(retired at the AGM 2025)|
|**Key Management**|Those in charge of|directing, controlling, running and operating the Church on a day-to-day||
|**Personnel**|basis are the Vicar and the Churchwardens.|||
|**Bankers**|Barclays Bank|||
||Crouch End Branch|||
||8 The Broadway|||
||London N8 9SX|||
|**Accountant**|Westcarr & Co Accountants|||
||30 Palace Road|||
||Crouch End|||
||London N8 8QJ|||
|**Independent Examiner**|John Helm ACA|||
||Tandem Accounting|||
||17 Heathville Road|||
||London N19 3AL|||
|**Quinquennial Inspector**|Paul Jackson|||
||58 The Drive|||
||High Barnet|||
||Hertfordshire EN5 4JQ|||



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**THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS, HORNSEY** 

## **Report of the Parochial Church Council For the year ended 31 December 2025** 

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Holy Innocents, Hornsey (“the PCC”) submits its report and the financial statements of the PCC for the year ended 31 December 2025. The financial statements have been prepared in the format prescribed by the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP 2019 (FRS102)). The legal and administrative information set out earlier in this document forms part of this report. 

The PCC co-operates with the incumbent in promoting the whole mission of the Church pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical within its Parish and beyond.  The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the Church Centre Complex of The Parish of the Holy Innocents. 

## **1. Structure, Governance & Management** 

## **1.1 Trustees** 

The PCC is a body corporate with perpetual succession. Members of the PCC are either _ex officio_ or elected by the Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) in accordance with the Church Representation Rules. 

The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At The Parish of the Holy Innocents the membership of the PCC consists of the incumbent (our vicar), churchwardens, the Reader and members elected by those members of the congregation who are on the electoral roll of the church. All those who attend our services and members of the congregation are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. 

The PCC members are 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 to be spent. The full PCC met **six** times during the year with an average level of attendance of 80%. 

## **1.2 Executive** 

The executive consisted of the churchwardens, Vilma Jones and Helen Ormiston and the incumbent, the Revd Benjamin Kerridge. 

## **1.3 Church Attendance** 

The electoral roll is completely reviewed and revised once every six years.  In 2025 the electoral roll stood at 82. 

## **1.4 Risk Management** 

The PCC has a number of measures in place to manage risk, including a health and safety policy overseen by the Administrator, a child protection policy managed by the Safeguarding Officer, Francesca Johnson, and Children’s Champion, Helen Ormiston, as well as a robust pastoral structure to deal with personal issues. 

Financial risk is managed by the Treasurer, and our accountant Yvonne Westcarr who report to both the PCC and churchwardens. 

Consideration of operational and financial risks forms an important part of the PCC’s decision-making process, and accordingly the PCC ensures that appropriate safeguards are in place to mitigate the impact of those risks. 

## **1.5 Quinquennial Inspection** 

The last quinquennial inspection was undertaken on 20th March 2023. The main recommendations were to repair crumbling brickwork and the wall around the steps and to secure the ladder leading up to the organ loft. These were completed in 2024. Other recommendations involved renewing the porch and the tiles in the WCs. Works on the Annexe were recommended which were taken up by the nursery. 

## **1.6 Safeguarding** 

Regarding the PCC's obligations to safeguard children and vulnerable adults, the members of the PCC confirm that they have complied with their duties under section 5 of the Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure 2016. We have a safeguarding officer, Francesca Johnson, who reports regularly to the PCC. We have been using the Safeguarding Dashboard and Hub to facilitate our compliance with diocesan and national church policy. 

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**THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS, HORNSEY** 

## **Report of the Parochial Church Council For the year ended 31 December 2025** 

## **2. Objectives, Activities & Strategies** 

## **2.1 Objective** 

The PCC is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and to become part of our parish community at The Parish of the Holy Innocents. The PCC maintains an overview of worship throughout the parish and makes suggestions on how our services can involve the many groups that live and work within our parish. Our services and worship put faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament. When planning our activities for the year, we have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the supplementary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through: 

- Worship and prayer; learning about the Gospel; and developing their knowledge and trust in Jesus; 

- Provision of pastoral care for people living in the parish; and 

- Missionary and outreach work. To facilitate this work, it is important that we maintain the fabric of the Church of The Parish of the Holy Innocents and the Church Centre Complex _._ 

## **2.2 Achievements and Performance** 

## **Worship and Prayer** 

The PCC is keen to o!er a range of services during the week and over the course of the year that our community "nd both bene"cial and spiritually ful"lling for worship. At present, there are 82 on the Church Electoral Roll. The average Sunday attendance, counted during October, was 45 adults and 5 children. 

As well as our regular services, we enable our community to celebrate and thank God at the milestones of the journey through life. Through baptism we thank God for the gift of life, in marriage public vows are exchanged with God’s blessing and through funeral services friends and family express their grief and give thanks for the life which is now complete in this world and to commend the person into God’s keeping. We celebrated 6 baptisms; 6 candidates were con"rmed, and 14 funerals were conducted during 2024. 

## **Deanery Synod** 

Two members of the PCC sit on the deanery synod. This provides the PCC with an important link between the parish and the wider structures of the church. On the feast of Christ the King 2024 our Vicar was appointed Area Dean for Haringey. 

## **The Church Centre Complex** 

The Church centre, the Annexe, was successfully leased for 10 years to Creative Explorers nursery. This arrangement has worked well, resulting in a transformation of the space and the church garden, and contributing signi"cantly to the income of the church. We have also increased the use of the church as a space for concerts, rehearsals and meetings in the local community. 

## **Pastoral Care** 

Some members of our parish are unable to attend church due to sickness or age. The Reverend Benjamin Kerridge has visited all church members who have requested it, to celebrate communion with them either at their homes or in hospital, alongside our assistant Curate, the Reverend Patricia Brown and members of the pastoral visiting team. Ms Brenda Barwick has continued to organise visits to all who are sick in hospital or unable to get out for any other reason to keep them in touch with church life. 

## **Mission and Evangelism** 

Helping those in need is a demonstration of our faith. We continue our involvement with Hornsey Foodbank. The Vicar, The Revd Benjamin Kerridge is a trustee of the Foodbank. We collect food and toiletries for the food bank each week and donate the use of our porch as a storage space for the Food Bank. 

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**THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS, HORNSEY** 

## **Report of the Parochial Church Council For the year ended 31 December 2025** 

## **Ecumenical Relationships** 

We continue close links with our two sister churches of Hornsey Parish Church and Holy Trinity Stroud Green, with Fr Ben assisting with the interregna of both parishes. Our strong ecumenical relationships with other local churches continues, and we have run joint activities and services with the Methodists, Baptists, Moravians and Union Church, as well as our sister Anglican churches. 

## **Volunteers** 

We would like to thank all the volunteers who work so hard to make our church the lively and vibrant community it is. In particular we want to mention our churchwardens Ms Helen Ormiston and Ms Vilma Jones who have worked so tirelessly on our behalf and Ms Yvonne Westcarr who has helped us all to understand the church’s accounts and its "nances, and Ms Brenda Barwick who is key to the ministry and mission of the Church as our Licensed Lay Minister. We are also extremely grateful to our Assistant Curate, Mthr Patricia Brown. 

## **3. Going Concern Review** 

Each year it’s the PCC’s responsibility to state whether or not the annual accounts have been drawn up on a going concern basis (see the accounting policy note on page 22). Going concern is the assumption that an entity in this case the PCC, has the resources ("nancial or otherwise) needed to continue operating for the foreseeable future and, in particular, for at least 12 months from the date of approval by the PCC of these annual accounts. If the going concern principle did not apply, then the accounts would be drawn up on an insolvent basis. 

## **4. Financial Review** 

The PCC’s main sources of funding are the free will offerings of church members and other in attendance at church meetings, and income from the hiring out the church buildings. 

## **4.1 Financial Activity and Financial Position** 

The Statement of Financial Activities and Balance Sheet can be found on pages 10 and 11 respectively. The Church’s reserves decreased by £18,646 during the year (2024 – decreased by £15,330).  The balance sheet shows total net assets of £59,950 (2024: £77,596). 

Included in total funds are amounts totalling £26,294 (2024: £31,029) which are restricted. These balances have either been raised for, and their use restricted to, specific purposes, or they comprise donations subject to donor-imposed conditions. Full details of these restricted funds can be found in note 9 to the accounts together with an analysis of movements in the year. 

## **4.2 Reserves Policy** 

The PCC has examined the requirements for free reserves, i.e., those unrestricted and endowed funds not invested in tangible fixed assets. The PCC considers that, given the nature of the church’s work, free reserves should be equivalent to approximately 4 months’ routine general fund expenditure, plus committed future expenditure on other projects, where funds permit. The PCC is of the opinion that this provides sufficient flexibility to cover temporary shortfalls in e and will allow the church to cope and respond to unforeseen emergencies whilst specific action plans are implemented. At 31 December 2025 the church had free reserves of £31,156 (2024: £43,687) as follows: 

|**Total reserves**<br>Less: restricted funds<br>Less: unrestricted fixed assets<br>**Free reserves**<br>**Free reserves requirement**|**2025**|**2024**<br>**£**<br>**77,596**<br>(31,029<br>(2,880|<br>)<br>)|
|---|---|---|---|
||**£**|||
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||**58,950**|||
||(26,294)|||
||(1,500)|||
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|||**43,687**||
||**31,156**|||
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|||20,000||
||20,000|||
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**THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS, HORNSEY** 

## **Report of the Parochial Church Council For the year ended 31 December 2025** 

## **5. Plans for Future Periods** 

We have been blessed this year with Mthr Patricia Brown as our new non-stipendiary curate. In addition, we are delighted to be welcoming So"a Raedelli as our full-time assistant curate in June. This is a signi"cant investment and increase in the ministry of the church. We are still travelling towards balancing our budget and increasing our income through lettings of the church, fundraising and increased giving from the congregation are clearly important. This can be facilitated, now the accounts are up to date, by budgeting and better scrutiny over our spending. We also need to focus on increasing our congregation and reaching out to the community. 

Given the Church of England’s commitment to net zero by 2030, we urgently need to review our energy usage in order to reach this target. While we have increased our commitment and connection to the Food Bank, we still haven’t found a project to replace the winter night shelter, so we need to be on the lookout to see how we can develop our mission in this area. 

The musical life of the church has continued to develop under the leadership of our director of music, Adam Balkwill. We now have a regular choir singing, which has greatly enhanced the musical life of the church. We hope to use a legacy to safeguard the future of Gilbert’s organ by converting it to solid state. 

We have increased our fundraising, hoping to hold one major event each term: an international evening in the spring, a quiz in the autumn and continue with the autumn fair in the autumn. We held a gift day and need to continue to raise more money for the church. 

## **6. Responsibilities of Trustees for the Financial Statements** 

The PCC is responsible for preparing the report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. Charity law in England and Wales requires the PCC to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the PCC and of the income and application of income of the charity for that period. 

In preparing those financial statements, the PCC is required to: 

- select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently; 

- observe the methods and principles of the Charities SORP 

- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; 

- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and 

- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the activities of the charity will continue. 

The PCC is responsible for keeping adequate accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enables them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the governing document.  The PCC is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The PCC is responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the charity and financial information included in the charity’s website. 

## **7. Approval** 

The report of the PCC was approved by the PCC on 26 April  2026 and signed on its behalf by: 


**Helen Ormiston Churchwarden** 

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## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS, HORNSEY** 

## **Report of the Independent Examiner to the Parochial Church Council of The Holy Innocents, Hornsey** 

I report on the accounts of the Parochial Church Council of the Holy Innocents, Hornsey for the year ended 31 December 2025, which are set out on pages 9 to 16. 

## **Respective responsibilities of PCC and examiner** 

The PCC are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The PCC consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act)) and that an independent examination is needed. 

## It is my responsibility to: 

- examine the accounts (under section 145 of the 2011 Act); 

- to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act); and 

- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. 

## **Basis of independent examiners’ report** 

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. 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, and the seeking of explanations from you as 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 an fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. 

## **Independent examiners’ statement** 

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the church as required by section 130 of the Act; or 

2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 

3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form 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 considered as part of an independent examination. 

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


## **John Helm Chartered Accountant** 

26 April 2026 

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## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS, HORNSEY** 

## **Statement of Financial Activities For the year ended 31 December 2025** 

|**Note**<br>**Income from:**<br>2<br>Donations and legacies<br>Charitable activities<br>Other trading activities<br>**Total Income**<br>**Expenditure on:**<br>Raising funds<br>3<br>Charitable activities<br>4<br>**Total Expenditure**<br>**Net (Expenditure)/Income**<br>**Net movement in funds**<br>Total funds brought forward<br>**Total funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2025**<br>**£**<br>45,071<br>6,315<br>37,701|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2025**<br>**£**<br>1,675<br>-<br>537<br>**2,212**<br>-<br>6,947<br>**6,947**<br>**(4,735)**<br>**(4,735)**<br>31,029<br>**26,294**||**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>49,520<br>8,475<br>40,567|<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>1,809<br>-<br>270<br>**2,079**<br>3<br>14,047<br>**14,050**<br>**(11,971)**<br>**(11,971)**<br>43,000<br>**31,029**|**Total**<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>51,329<br>8,475<br>40,837|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**Total**|||||
||||**2025**|||||
||||**£**|||||
|||||||||
||||46,746|||||
||||6,315|||||
||||38,238|||||
|||||||||
||**89,087**|||**98,562**|||**100,641**|
||||**91,299**|||||
|||||||||
||124<br>102,874<br>**102,998**<br>**(13,911)**<br>**(13,911)**<br>46,567<br>**32,656**|||65<br>101,856|||68<br>115,903|
|||||||||
||||124|||||
||||109,821|||||
|||||||||
|||||**101,921**|||**115,971**|
||||**109,945**|||||
|||||||||
|||||**(3,359)**|||**(15,330)**|
||||**(18,646)**|||||
|||||||||
|||||**(3,359)**<br>49,926|||**(15,330)**<br>92,926|
||||**(18,646)**|||||
|||||||||
||||77,596|||||
|||||||||
|||||**46,567**|||**77,596**|
||||**58,950**|||||
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## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS, HORNSEY** 

## **Balance Sheet** 

## **As at 31 December 2025** 

|**Note**<br>**Fixed Assets**<br>Tangible Assets<br>5<br>**Current Assets**<br>Debtors<br>6<br>Cash At Bank And In Hand<br>**Creditors - Amounts Falling Due Within**<br>**One Year**<br>7<br>**Net Current Assets**<br>**Net Assets**<br>Represented by:<br>**Restricted Income Funds**<br>8<br>**Unrestricted Income Funds**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2025**<br>**£**<br>1,500<br>6,686<br>37,858<br>44,544<br>13,388<br>31,156<br>**32,656**<br>-<br>32,656<br>**32,656**|**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2025**<br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br>26,294<br>26,294<br>-<br>26,294<br>**26,294**<br>26,294<br>-<br>**26,294**||**Total**<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>2,880<br>8,076<br>71,959|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**Total**||
||||**2025**||
||||**£**||
||||||
||||1,500||
||||||
||||||
||||6,686||
||||64,152||
||||||
|||||80,035<br>5,319|
||||70,838||
||||||
||||13,388||
||||||
|||||74,716|
||||57,450||
||||||
|||||**77,596**|
||||**58,950**||
||||||
|||||31,029<br>46,567|
||||||
||||||
||||26,294||
||||32,656||
||||||
|||||**77,596**|
||||**58,950**||
||||||
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The financial statements were approved by the PCC on 26 April 2026 and signed on its behalf by: 


## **Yvonne Westcarr Treasurer** 

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**THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS, HORNSEY** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2025** 

## **1. Accounting Policies** 

The principal accounting policies adopted, judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the preparation of the financial statements are as follows: 

## **Basis of accounting** 

The financial statements have been prepared under the Charities Act 2011 and in accordance with the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and Financial Reporting Standard 102 (FRS 102). The financial statements are drawn up on the historical cost basis of accounting except for the revaluation of leasehold land and buildings and investments which are shown at market value. 

The financial statements include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe an affiliation to another body or those that are informal gatherings of church members. 

The PCC meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. 

## **Going Concern** 

There are no material uncertainties about the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern and accordingly the accounts have been drawn up on a going concern basis. 

## **Income recognition** 

Voluntary income and donations (including legacies) are accounted for once the PCC has entitlement to the income, it is probable the income will be received, and the amount of income receivable can be reliably measured.  Income from the recovery of tax on gift aided donations is accounted for in the period to which the relevant donation is received. Grant income is recognised on a receivable basis. 

The income from trading activities includes rental income from the letting of church premises which is accounted for when earned. It is shown gross, with the associated costs included in fundraising costs. 

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank. 

## **Expenditure recognition** 

Expenditure is accrued as soon as a liability is considered probable, and the amount of obligation can be measured reliably. Longer term liabilities are discounted to present value. The PCC is not registered for VAT and accordingly expenditure includes VAT where appropriate. 

Expenditure included in Raising Funds includes amounts incurred in obtaining grants and other donations and property maintenance costs. 

Charitable expenditure includes those costs in fulfilling the PCC’s principal objects, as outlined in the Report of the PCC. These include grants payable and governance costs: 

- Grants payable are payments made to third parties in furtherance of the PCC’s objects. In the case of an unconditional grant offer this is accrued once the recipient has been notified of the grant award. The notification gives the recipient a reasonable expectation that they will receive the grant. Grants awards that are subject to the recipient fulfilling performance conditions are only accrued when the recipient has been notified of the grant and any remaining unfulfilled condition attaching to that grant is outside of the control of the PCC. 

- Governance costs comprise all costs involving the public accountability of the PCC and its compliance with regulation and good practice. These costs include costs related to the independent examination and legal fees. 

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## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS, HORNSEY** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2025** 

## **1. Accounting Policies (continued)** 

## **Tangible Fixed Assets** 

_Consecrated Property and Moveable Church Furnishings_ 

Consecrated land and benefice property such as the church building and vicarage is excluded from the accounts in accordance with s10 of the Charities Act 2011. Moveable church contents are held by the vicar and churchwardens on special trust for the PCC and require a faculty for disposal and are accounted as inalienable property unless consecrated. All expenditure incurred on consecrated or benefice buildings and moveable church furnishings, whether maintenance or improvement, is expensed within the Statement of Financial Activities. 

The cost of fixed assets, less any expected residual value, is depreciated on a straight-line basis over the effective useful life of the asset, which have been estimated as follows: 

- 25 years for the organ 

- 5 years for fixtures and fittings 

- 10 years for the heaters 

- 3 years for the laptops 

## **Debtors** 

Debtors are included at the settlement amount due. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid. 

## **Cash at bank and in hand** 

Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of opening of the deposit. 

## **Creditors and provisions** 

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation arising from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are recognised at their settlement amount. 

## **Fund accounting** 

The funds held by the charity are either: 

- Unrestricted general funds - these are funds which can be used in accordance with the charitable objects at the discretion of the trustees. 

- Restricted funds - these are funds that can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. 

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## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS, HORNSEY** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2025** 

## **2. Income** 

|Donations & legacies<br>Offerings and donations<br>Income tax reclaimed<br>Grants<br>Charitable activities<br>Teaching fees<br>Fee income (net of fees paid to Diocese)<br>Stay and Play<br>Other trading activities<br>Fairs<br>Concerts<br>Social events<br>Lettings income<br>**3. Expenditure: Cost of Raising Funds**<br>Collecting agent<br> <br>**4. Expenditure on Charitable Activities**<br>Common Fund<br>Church Life & Outreach<br>Missionary & Charitable Giving<br>Provision of Office & Support<br>Provision of Buildings and Facilities<br>Governance costs|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2025**<br>**£**<br>34,599<br>7,826<br>2,647<br>45,072<br>3,700<br>2,408<br>207<br>6,315<br>2,421<br>866<br>2,038<br>32,376<br>37,701<br>**89,088**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2025**<br>**£**<br>124<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2025**<br>**£**<br>23,000<br>17,956<br>1,965<br>21,725<br>36,524<br>1,704<br>**102,874**|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2025**<br>**£**<br>34,599<br>7,826<br>2,647|<br> <br> <br> <br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2025**<br>**£**<br> <br>1,675<br> <br>-<br> <br>-<br> <br>1,675<br> <br>-<br> <br>-<br> <br>-<br> <br>0<br> <br>-<br> <br>537<br> <br>-<br> <br>-<br> <br>537<br> <br>**2,212**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2025**<br>**£**<br>-<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**2025**<br>**£**<br>-<br>1,890<br>823<br>-<br>4,234<br>-<br>**6,947**||||**Total**<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>43,274<br>8,055<br>-<br>51,329<br>5,030<br>3,130<br>-<br>8,160<br>-<br>270<br>2,234<br>38,333<br>40,837<br>**100,326**<br>**Total**<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>68<br>**Total**<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>21,000<br>16,837<br>8,824<br>20,259<br>50,153<br>(1,485)<br>**115,588**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||**Total**||
|||||||**2025**||
|||||||**£**||
|||||||||
|||||||36,273||
|||||||7,826||
|||||||2,647||
|||||||||
|||45,072<br>3,700<br>2,408<br>207||||||
|||||||46,746||
|||||||||
|||||||3,700||
|||||||2,408||
|||||||207||
|||||||||
|||6,315<br>2,421<br>866<br>2,038<br>32,376||||||
|||||||6,315||
|||||||||
|||||||2,421||
|||||||1,403||
|||||||2,038||
|||||||32,376||
|||||||||
|||37,701||||||
|||||||38,238||
|||||||||
|||**89,088**||||||
|||||||**91,299**||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||**Total**<br>**2025**<br>**£**||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||124||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||**Total**<br>**2025**<br>**£**||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||23,000||
|||||||19,846||
|||||||2,788||
|||||||21,725||
|||||||40,758||
|||||||1,704||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||**109,821**||
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## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS, HORNSEY** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2025** 

## **5. Tangible Fixed Assets** 

|**Cost/valuation**<br>At 1 January 2025<br>Additions<br>Disposals<br>At 31 December 2025<br>**Depreciation**<br>At 1 January 2025<br>Charge for Year<br>Disposals<br>At 31 December 2025<br>**Net Book Value**<br>At 31 December 2025<br>At 31 December 2024|**Organ**<br>**£**<br> <br>24,859<br>-<br>-<br>24,859<br>22,573<br>1,144<br>-<br>23,717<br>1,142<br>2,286|**Fixtures &**<br>**fittings**<br>**£**<br>12,021<br>-<br>-<br>12,021<br>12,021<br>-<br>-<br>12,021<br>0<br>0|**Heaters**<br>**£**<br>**Computer**<br>**Equipment**<br>**£**<br>27,382<br>3,752<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>27,382<br>3,752<br>27,382<br>3,158<br>-<br>236<br>-<br>-<br>27,382<br>3,394<br>0<br>358<br>0<br>594|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||
||||||**Total**|
||||||**£**|
|||||||
||||||68,014|
|||||||
||||||-|
|||||||
||||||68,014|
|||||||
|||||||
||||||65,134|
||||||1,380|
||||||-|
|||||||
||||||66,514|
|||||||
|||||||
||||||1,500|
|||||||
||||||2,880|
|||||||



All of the fixed assets are used for charitable purposes. 

There is an Annexe building, a building attached to the church. This was built as a replacement for the Church's mission hall, lost when Hornsey School for Girls was built on the site. It is vested in the incumbent (with the London Diocesan Fund as the Custodian Trustee) and considered part of the church. It was previously leased to Hornsey YMCA as offices, and in 2025 to All People All Places as night shelter for women without recourse to public funds. In June it was leased to Creative Explorers for use as a nursery. There is no separate valuation for the Annexe and it is not capitalized in these accounts. 

## **6.  Debtors** 

|Income tax recoverable<br>Other debtors||**2025**||**2024**<br>**£**<br>6,550<br>1,526|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**£**|||
||||||
|||5,357|||
|||1,329|||
||||||
|||||**8,076**|
|||**6,686**|||
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## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS, HORNSEY** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2025** 

## **7.  Creditors - Amounts Falling Due Within One Year** 

|**7.  Creditors - Amounts Falling Due Within One Year**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Accruals<br>Supplier Accounts Payable<br>Deferred income||**2025**||**2024**<br>**£**<br>3,883<br>1,436<br>-|
|||**£**|||
||||||
|||2,924|||
|||3,590|||
|||6,875|||
||||||
|||||**5,319**|
|||**13,389**|||
||||||
||||||



## **8. Restricted Funds** 

|**8a: Current Year**<br>Carpet/organ/sound system<br>Funeral Bequests-Delores<br>Hillcrest charities<br>Bishop of Edmonton Discretionary Fund<br>All People All Places<br>Funeral Bequests-Gilbert<br>Spitalfields City Farm<br>Children & youth<br>Lent Appeal<br>Flowers<br>Hornsey Foodbank<br>Adam Balkwill Singers Fund<br>Mental Health Training<br>**Total**||**At 1**<br>**January**<br>**2025**<br>**£**<br>7,976<br>10,694<br>34<br>0<br>40<br>47<br>35<br>10,437<br>24<br>246<br>23<br>473<br>1,000<br>**31,029**||**Income**<br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br>46<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>621<br>1,545<br>-<br>**2,212**|**Expenditure**<br>**£**<br>**Transfers**<br>**£**<br>(4,187)<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>(34)<br>-<br>(46)<br>-<br>(40)<br>-<br>(47)<br>-<br>(35)<br>(526)<br>-<br>(24)<br>-<br>(246)<br>-<br>(644)<br>-<br>(1,118)<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>**(6,947)**<br>**0**|**Expenditure**<br>**£**<br>**Transfers**<br>**£**<br>(4,187)<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>(34)<br>-<br>(46)<br>-<br>(40)<br>-<br>(47)<br>-<br>(35)<br>(526)<br>-<br>(24)<br>-<br>(246)<br>-<br>(644)<br>-<br>(1,118)<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>**(6,947)**<br>**0**|**Gains/**<br>**(losses)**<br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>**0**|**At 31**|**At 31**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||**December**||
||||||||||**2025**|
||||||||||**£**|
|||||||||||
||||||||||3,789|
||||||||||10,694|
||||||||||0|
||||||||||0|
||||||||||0|
||||||||||0|
||||||||||0|
||||||||||9,911|
||||||||||0|
||||||||||0|
||||||||||0|
||||||||||900|
||||||||||1,000|
|||||||||||
||||||||||**26,294**|
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## **THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS, HORNSEY** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2025** 

## **8. Restricted Funds (continued)** 

|**8b: Prior Year**<br>Night Shelter<br>Carpet/organ/sound system<br>Funeral Bequests-Delores<br>Hillcrest charities<br>Bishop of Edmonton Discretionary Fund<br>All People All Places<br>Funeral Bequests-Gilbert<br>Spitalfields City Farm<br>Children & youth<br>Lent Appeal<br>Flowers<br>Retreats<br>Hornsey Foodbank<br>Electricity<br>Adam Balkwill Singers Fund<br>Mental Health Training<br>**Total**||**At 1**<br>**January**<br>**2024**<br>**£**<br>7,000<br>9,056<br>11,507<br>180<br>20<br>572<br>1,017<br>259<br>10,607<br>0<br>629<br>4<br>113<br>2,036<br>0<br>0<br>**43,000**||**Income**<br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>35<br>226<br>40<br>35<br>-<br>24<br>112<br>-<br>22<br>-<br>585<br>1,000<br>**2,079**|**Expenditure**<br>**£**<br>**Transfers**<br>**£**<br>(7,000)<br>-<br>(1,080)<br>-<br>(813)<br>-<br>(181)<br>-<br>(246)<br>-<br>(572)<br>-<br>(970)<br>-<br>(259)<br>(170)<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>(495)<br>-<br>(4)<br>-<br>(112)<br>-<br>(2,036)<br>-<br>(112)<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>**(14,050)**<br>**0**|**Expenditure**<br>**£**<br>**Transfers**<br>**£**<br>(7,000)<br>-<br>(1,080)<br>-<br>(813)<br>-<br>(181)<br>-<br>(246)<br>-<br>(572)<br>-<br>(970)<br>-<br>(259)<br>(170)<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>(495)<br>-<br>(4)<br>-<br>(112)<br>-<br>(2,036)<br>-<br>(112)<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>**(14,050)**<br>**0**|**Gains/**<br>**(losses)**<br>**£**<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>**0**|**At 31**|**At 31**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||**December**||
||||||||||**2024**|
||||||||||**£**|
|||||||||||
||||||||||0|
||||||||||7,976|
||||||||||10,694|
||||||||||34|
||||||||||0|
||||||||||40|
||||||||||47|
||||||||||35|
||||||||||10,437|
||||||||||24|
||||||||||246|
||||||||||0|
||||||||||23|
||||||||||0|
||||||||||473|
||||||||||1,000|
|||||||||||
||||||||||**31,029**|
|||||||||||



Descriptions of the main funds are as follows: 

**Pastoral Assistants Fund** represents grants received for the purpose of supporting the Pastoral Assistants seconded to the church. 

**Night Shelter** represents funds received for the purpose of the running costs of the night shelter held at the church each winter from December to March. The money is used to provide our guests with food, clothes, shelter, support and advice. 

**Children & youth** represents a grant received for the purpose of providing spiritual support, guidance and teaching to the youth of our congregation and our community. 

**Funeral Bequests-Delores** represents a legacy for devotional objects in memory of Delores. 

**Adam Balkwill Singers Fund** represents a fund to pay for musicians for liturgies not funded by the PCC. 

**Mental Health Training** represents a grant from the Edmonton Area to pay for mental health training for clergy in the Haringey Deanery. 

## **9. Related Party Transactions and Balances** 

Yvonne Westcarr, a member of the PCC until September 2025, provided bookkeeping services amounting to £10,920 (2024: £8,610) and administrative services totalling £7,380 (2024: £2,306) during the year. 

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