The Parochial Church Council of St George, Brockworth
Registered Charity Number 1213020
Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025
Contents
| Page | |
|---|---|
| 1 - 4 | Annual Report |
| 5 | Independent Examiner’s Report |
| 6 | Statement of Financial Activities |
| 7 | Net Assets and Liabilities |
| 8 - 11 | Notes to the Accounts |
| 12 | Brockworth Church Charity Accounts |
ST GEORGE, BROCKWORTH - PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
ANNUAL REPORT for the year ended 31 December 2025
Aims and purposes
St George's Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of co-operating with the Vicar, the Reverend Mike Smith, in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish, the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.
Objectives and activities
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 St George's. The PCC assists the Vicar with its advice on the worship and ordering of services and considers how services can involve the many groups that live within our parish.
The PCC is responsible for the maintenance, repair and improvement of St George's Church, the churchyard and the Church Centre in Court Road, Brockworth.
When planning our activities for the year, the Vicar and the PCC are mindful of our mission statement. This was reviewed and updated by the PCC during the year - "to grow through faith, prayer and worship in Brockworth, to make committed followers of Jesus". The PCC have considered the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit and, in particular, we try to enable all 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. Missionary and outreach work.
Achievements and performance
Worship and Prayer -
The worshipping team currently consists of a Vicar, a retired priest and lay leaders.
We offer a variety of formal and informal worship gatherings throughout the week and the year. The whole community is welcolmed at any of these gatherings, which offer a warm pastoral welcome and are spiiritually fulfilling.
Regular services are held at St George’s Church, St George's Church Centre and the Church Centre Chapel. The Church Centre is situated more centrally within the community and is equipped with toilets, water and sufficient heating.
Throughout 2025, a regular pattern of Sunday services has been maintained, featuring a 9am Parish Eucharist in the Church and a 10.30am less formal Family Worship gathering in the Church Centre. The10.30am gathering provides childrens' groups for KS1 and KS2.
Additionally, a regular weekday Holy Communion serice is held in the Church Centre Chapel on Wednesdays at 9.45am. There is also a monthly communion service held at Millbrook Lodge, a local residential care home.
Baptisms, weddings and funerals were also conducted in St George's Church.
Mid-week worship is expressed through our Monday and Wednesday home groups, meeting weekly to share Bible study, prayer and fellowship together.
We send a weekly newsletter via email and have a few hard copies available. We also promote services, events and activities on our Facebook page, Instagram, YouTube, and in our monthly magazine and on our website.
Additional services are held during Holy week, Easter, Advent and Christmas. An All Souls service is offered to the local community.
1
ST GEORGE, BROCKWORTH - PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
ANNUAL REPORT (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2025
Contact with the local community primary school has grown through regular interactions and invitations to participate in their RE activities, as well as in the Christmas and Easter assemblies held at the Church and the school.
All our services are welcoming and inclusive, and we are constantly striving to improve our connections with the wider community.
Church Membership -
At the Annual Parish Church Meeting in May 2025, there were 76 members on the Church Electoral Roll. The average weekly attendance, counted during October 2025, was 24 at the 9.00am and 33 at the 10.30am Sunday services. Total attendance for the Easter services was 80, for the Christmas Eve family service 120, for the midnight communion service 97 and for Christmas Day 28.
Occasional Offices -
These serve as a significant source of mission and outreach. In 2025, we have celebrated 9 infant and 1 adult baptisms with several families continuing to worship with us following their baptisms. Two weddings took place in the Church, and twelve funerals were held there, with an additional six at the crematorium conducted by members of the Gloucester Funerals team.
Pastoral care -
Pastoral demand continues to be significant, and this work is carried by a small pastoral team.
Our shared coffee gathering continues to grow as the 9am and 10.30am congregations are encouraged to gather together. Whilst noise at coffee time remain a challenge, we are seeking creative ways forward, recognising how valueable this time is for building connection across our two services.
Bring-and-share lunches continues to be important, though constraints relating to time, space and volunteer capacity reduce the frequency with which it can be delivered.
The PCC is still without Churchwardens, which has significantly impacted on the day to day priorities and some of the longer term projects.
Mission and evangelism -
Good Friday Messy Church continued another good gathering of local families.
Plans to use the land around St George's Church Centre - the project was paused due to changing parameters and changes within the diocesan project team. More recently, the Archdeacon of Cheltenham along with a Diocesan Director of Development have been in touch to recoinnect and explore restarting this conversation.
The congregation continue to donate used greeting cards to support the Cobalt Unit at Cheltenham, used postage stamps to support the James Hopkins Trust, old jewellery for the Alzheimers Society, old spectacles for Sightsavers and empty ink cartridges for LINC..
For the second year, St George's partnered with the Brockworth Link, the United Reformed Church and the local Brockworth youth group, to deliver a summer of children's activities. We collaborated with Brockworth Parish Council and Brockworth Link for the Christmas fair, and we organised our popular Christmas tree festival.
Our parish magazine is distributed monthly to parishioners and is available at the Church Centre, Brockworth Community Centre and the local library. It can also be read on St George's website.
Ecumenical relationships -
Contact with fellow Christians around Brockworth is maintained through the womans prayer group, a Good Friday walk of witness, and the World Day of Prayer.
Fabric, St George's Church and Church Centre -
General maintenance continued in 2025 on both the Church and the Church Centre.
The recommendations arising from the architect's quinquennial of October 2021, continued to be worked through. Various cracks within the church are monitored on an ongoing basis, and the building remains in a reasonable state of repair. A dedicated working group is now being established to focus specifically on the care and oversight of the church fabric. The redecoration cycle at the Church Centre continued with the main hall repainted.
2
ST GEORGE, BROCKWORTH - PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
ANNUAL REPORT (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2025
Review of financial activities
The receipts on unrestricted funds were £111,273 and on restricted funds were £5,555 which resulted in a net surplus on the movement of funds of £19,388.
Income is derived mainly from regular giving by church members using the Parish Giving Scheme or the weekly envelope scheme, collections at church sevices and other donations. A significant number of regular gifts are made by Gift Aid, this totalled £10,508 in the year. A number of fund raising events were held during the year, raising £3,893. Income also included Church Centre lettings of £17,032 and the feed in tariff from the solar panels on the Church Centre raised £2,366. We also received a legacy of £18,000 which the PCC has designated to communications development and upgrading the Church Centre.
The total payments in the year from unrestricted funds were £95,014 and and £2,426 from the restricted funds. The largest item of expenditure, £60,438 was Parish Share which is a payment to the Gloucester Diocesan Board of Finance to enable it to provide the parish with clergy and support services.
The PCC continues to invest fund balances in the Church of England CBF Deposit Fund.
Reserves Policy
It is a PCC policy to maintain a balance on the general unrestricted fund which equates to at least three months unrestricted payments. This is equivalent to £20,000. This is covered by the cash and deposit balances which also cover the unrestricted but designated funds shown in note 16.
Structure, governance and management
The Parochial Church Council is a body corporate established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure.
The PCC completed the process of registration with the Charity Commission for England and Wales during the year, as required by our level of income. Registered charity number is 1213020.
The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At St George's, the membership of the PCC consists of the vicar and assistant ministers, churchwardens, readers and members elected by those members of the congregation who are on the electoral roll of the church. All those who attend church are encouraged to register on the electoral roll and stand for election to the PCC.
The PCC meet every other month through the year, between these meetings business is transacted by the Standing Committee comprising the vicar, churchwardens, vice-chair, treasurer and secretary.
The Staff team meet regularly to plan duties and discuss current issues.
Deanery Synod -
The Vicar and two elected 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.
3
ST GEORGE, BROCKWORTH - PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
ANNUAL REPORT (continued) for the year ended 31 December 2025
Administrative information
St George’s Church is situated in Court Road, Brockworth. It is part of the Diocese of Gloucester within the Church of England. The correspondence address is St George’s Office, St George's Church Centre, Court Road, Brockworth, Gloucester, GL3 4ET.
PCC members who have served from 1st January 2025 until the date this report was approved are:
| serving | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ex Officio members - | Name | |
| Vicar | The Reverend Mike Smith (Chair) | |
| Churchwardens | currently vacant | |
| Elected members - | ||
| Deanery Synod | Mrs Elizabeth Ashenden | to May 2025 |
| Mrs Elizabeth Hopkins | from May 2025 | |
| Mr David Hopkins | from May 2025 | |
| PCC | Dr Derek Conaty | from May 2025 |
| Mrs Sue Conaty | from May 2025 | |
| Mrs Rachel Green (Electorial Roll Officer) | ||
| Mr Derek Harbottle (Treasurer) | ||
| Mrs Pat Hartwell (Vice-chair) | ||
| Mr David Hopkins | to May 2025 | |
| Mrs Elizabeth Hopkins | to May 2025 | |
| Mrs Elaine Marsh (Secretary) | ||
| Mr John Mayne | ||
| Mrs Allyson Morgan | ||
| Mrs Claire Otter | ||
| Mr Tom Poulton | ||
| Mrs Sarah Smith | ||
| Mrs Linda Vogwell | to May 2025 | |
| PCC Secretary | Mrs Elaine Marsh, St George's Office, Church Centre, Court Road, | |
| Brockworth, Gloucester, GL3 4ET | ||
| Safeguarding Officer: | Mrs Rachel Green, St George's Office, Church | Centre, Court Road, |
| Brockworth, Gloucester, GL3 4ET | ||
| Church Administrator | Mrs Victoria Bishop, St George's Office, Church Centre, Court Road, | |
| Brockworth, Gloucester, GL3 4ET | ||
| Independent Examiner: | Harper Sheldon, Chartered Accountants, | |
| Midway House, Staverton Technology Park, Herrick Way, | ||
| Staverton, Cheltenham, GL51 6TQ | ||
| Bankers: | Lloyds Bank plc, 19 Eastgate Street, | |
| Gloucester, GL1 1NJ |
Approved by the PCC on 9th March 2026 and signed on their behalf by
Mrs Pat Hartwell PCC Vice-Chair
4
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE PCC OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH BROCKWORTH
We report on the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 which are set out on pages 6 to 12.
This report is made solely to the PCC in accordance with section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act). Our work has been undertaken so that we might state to the PCC those matters we are required to state to them in an independent examiner’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the PCC for my examination work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Respective responsibilities of the PCC and examiner
As members of the PCC you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements;
you consider that the audit requirement of the Regulations and section 144(2) of the 2011 Act do not apply.
It is our responsibility:
To examine the financial statements (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 our attention.
Basis of this report
Our examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 145(5)(b) of the Act and to be found in the Church guidance, 2013 edition, issued by the Finance Division of the Archbishops’ Council. That examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the PCC and a comparison of the financial statements presented with those records. It also includes a consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements, and seeking 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 we do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the financial statements.
Independent examiner's statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to our attention:
- 1 which gives us reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
To keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
To prepare financial statements which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act and the Regulations
have not been met; or
- 2 to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Harper Sheldon Chartered Accountants Midway House, Staverton Technology Park, Herrick Way, Staverton, Cheltenham GL51 6TQ
2026
5
ST GEORGE, BROCKWORTH - PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES for the year ended 31 December 2025
| Note INCOME Fees 3 Giving 4 Bank interest received 6 Fund Raising 7 Other Receipts 8 Church Centre Lettings 9 Magazine sales & advertising TOTAL INCOME EXPENDITURE Parish Share Church Expenses 10 Parish Office Expenses 11 Other Expenses 12 Church Centre Expenses 13 Charitable Donations 14 Church and Centre Restoration Works 15 TOTAL EXPENDITURE NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward |
Unrestricted Restricted 2025 2024 Funds Funds Total £ £ £ £ 4,967 4,967 3,499 76,984 3,485 80,469 51,616 1,359 1,359 1,531 3,893 3,893 6,508 6,501 2,070 8,571 29,897 17,185 17,185 14,701 384 384 346 |
|---|---|
| 111,273 5,555 116,828 108,098 |
|
| 60,438 60,438 59,080 7,213 7,213 5,850 13,917 13,917 11,900 5,480 5,480 3,676 6,695 6,695 5,351 310 2,426 2,736 101 961 961 28,978 |
|
| 95,014 2,426 97,440 114,936 |
|
| 16,259 3,129 19,388 (6,838) |
|
| 35,045 11,523 46,568 53,406 |
|
| 51,304 14,652 65,956 46,568 |
6
ST GEORGE, BROCKWORTH - PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES as at 31 December 2025
| Note MONETARY ASSETS CBF Deposit Fund Lloyds Bank Accounts Cash Float TOTAL MONETARY ASSETS OTHER CURRENT ASSETS Debtors and Prepayments TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS CURRENT LIABILITIES Creditors Fees received in advance NET ASSETS FUNDS Unrestricted (general fund) 16 Unrestricted (designated funds) 16 Restricted funds 16 |
Unrestricted Restricted 2025 2024 Funds Funds Total £ £ £ £ 17,982 14,652 32,634 31,275 29,225 29,225 13,282 48 48 54 |
|---|---|
| 47,255 14,652 61,907 44,611 |
|
| 7,834 7,834 8,356 |
|
| 55,089 14,652 69,741 52,967 |
|
| 2,565 2,565 3,523 1,220 1,220 2,876 |
|
| 3,785 0 3,785 6,399 |
|
| 51,304 14,652 65,956 46,568 |
|
| 17,519 17,519 17,782 33,785 33,785 17,263 14,652 14,652 11,523 |
|
| 51,304 14,652 65,956 46,568 |
The financial statements were approved by the PCC on 9th March 2026 and signed on their behalf by
Mrs Pat Hartwell PCC Vice-Chair
Derek Harbottle PCC Treasurer
7
ST GEORGE, BROCKWORTH - PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2025
1 Basis of Accounting
The financial statements of the PCC have been prepared under the Charities Act 2011 and in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006.
2 Accounting Policies
The financial statements include monetary transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC can be held responsible. They do not include the accounts of other Church groups that owe an affiliation to another body, nor those that are informal gatherings of Church members.
These accounts are prepared on an income and expenditure basis.
Restricted funds must be used for the purpose for which the money was given or donated.
General funds represent unrestricted money that can be used for the general charitable purposes of the PCC.
Designated funds represent unrestricted money that has been earmarked for a specific purpose by the PCC. This money may be re-designated by the PCC at any time.
| 3 Fees PCC fees for occasional services - weddings, funerals etc. 4 Giving Collections in Church Planned giving Gift Aid Legacies & grants General donations Specific donations - Local Impact Fund For Messy church For Church Centre kitchen upgrade Missions Fund income and collections |
2025 2024 £ £ 4,967 3,499 |
|---|---|
| 2025 2024 £ £ 2,378 2,013 30,679 33,302 10,506 10,532 29,635 0 3,419 2,146 3,485 0 0 1,680 0 1,788 367 155 |
|
| 80,469 51,616 |
5 Income Tax Recovered
The figure shown in the Income and Expenditure Account includes the claim for Gift Aid from HMRC for the year ended 31 December 2025 and an additional amount claimed under the Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme for the year ended 5th April 2025.
| 6 Investment Income Deposit account interest |
2025 2024 £ £ 1,359 1,531 |
|---|---|
8
ST GEORGE, BROCKWORTH - PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2025
| 7 Fund Raising Spring Fair/plant sale Christmas fair Toddler Group Tea Dances Musical evenings Ice cream Sundae Smartie tubes Christmas tree festival Other events 100 Club Income (closed December 2023) 8 Other Receipts Enovert Community Trust Solar panels FiT Gloucester DBF - missions grant Hibicus Project Brockworth Church Charity Bellringers 9 Church Centre Lettings Regular lettings Occassional lettings Donations from hall users 10 Church Expenses Service supplies Ministers expenses Organists Printing and stationery Electricity Insurance General maintenance Churchyard upkeep Payaz donation equipment |
2025 2024 £ £ 177 952 1,321 1,603 0 775 1,453 1,919 0 886 533 0 12 8 110 232 287 108 |
|---|---|
| 3,893 6,483 0 25 |
|
| 3,893 6,508 |
|
| 2025 2024 £ £ 0 20,000 2,366 2,067 885 2,830 250 0 3,000 5,000 2,070 0 |
|
| 8,571 29,897 |
|
| 2025 2024 £ £ 14,135 11,089 2,897 3,212 153 400 |
|
| 17,185 14,701 |
|
| 2025 2024 £ £ 228 520 705 827 770 810 110 168 846 390 3,050 2,913 881 25 581 107 42 90 |
|
| 7,213 5,850 |
9
ST GEORGE, BROCKWORTH - PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2025
| 11 Parish Office Expenses Staff costs Telephone & internet Computer & Photocopier Post and stationery 12 Other Expenses Licences PCC secretary Payroll costs Fund raising costs Childrens summer project Miscellaneous 13 Church Centre Expenses Ground rent Water Gas & Electricity General maintenance Cleaner's wages Cleaning materials 14 Charitable Donations Brockworth Food Larder Toilet twinning project Local Impact Fund projects 15 Church and Centre restoration works Church Centre kitchen upgrade Church Centre LED lights |
2025 2024 £ £ 11,153 9,713 602 587 1,831 1,159 331 441 |
|---|---|
| 13,917 11,900 |
|
| 2025 2024 £ £ 440 475 3,700 2,429 158 89 0 473 1,097 0 85 210 |
|
| 5,480 3,676 |
|
| 2025 2024 £ £ 1,300 1,300 640 377 1,968 1,280 1,186 1,211 1,534 1,085 67 98 |
|
| 6,695 5,351 |
|
| 2025 2024 £ £ 130 101 180 0 2,426 0 |
|
| 2,736 101 |
|
| 2025 2024 £ £ 0 26,703 0 2,275 822 139 |
|
| 961 28,978 |
10
ST GEORGE, BROCKWORTH - PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2025
16 Detail of Funds movement
| Detail of Funds movement | |
|---|---|
| Unrestricted - General Fund Unrestricted (designated) - Missions Bells Church Restoration Centre maintenance Legacy Restricted - Bells Church Restoration Local Impact Fund Totals |
Balance Income Expenditure Transfers Balance 1 Jan 2025 31 Dec 2025 17,782 92,906 -93,169 17,519 |
| 1,015 367 -310 1,072 2,004 2,004 10,854 -822 10,032 3,390 3,390 0 18,000 -713 17,287 |
|
| 17,263 18,367 -1,845 0 33,785 |
|
| 2,327 2,070 4,397 7,950 7,950 1,246 3,485 -2,426 2,305 |
|
| 11,523 5,555 -2,426 0 14,652 |
|
| 46,568 116,828 -97,440 0 65,956 |
11
ST GEORGE, BROCKWORTH - PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL
for the year ended 31 December 2025
THE BROCKWORTH PARISH CHURCH CHARITY ACCOUNTS
PERMANENT ENDOWMENT
| PERMANENT ENDOWMENT | |
|---|---|
| Balance at 1 January 2025 Transfer from Managing Trustees Balance at 31 December 2025 |
2025 2024 £ £ 118,358 115,395 2,963 2,963 |
| 121,321 118,358 |
MANAGING TRUSTEES ACCOUNT
| MANAGING TRUSTEES ACCOUNT | |
|---|---|
| Balance at 1 January 2025 Interest on Permanent Endowment Investment Interest on Managing Trustees Deposit Less transfer to Permanent Endowment Less transfer to PCC account Balance at 31 December 2025 |
2025 2024 £ £ 16,000 18,187 4,404 4,755 804 1,021 |
| 21,208 23,963 2,963 2,963 3,000 5,000 |
|
| 15,245 16,000 |
Notes
In December 2017, the funds representing the Permanent Endowment were invested in the CBF Church of England UK Equity Fund, previously deposited in the CBF Church of England Deposit Fund.
In June 2026, following the closure of the above fund, the Permanent Endowment was invested with the CBF Church of England Investment Fund.
On 31st December 2025, the mid market value of the Permanent Endowment was £139,582 (2024 - £138,533).
12