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|**Board**|Miss Laura Howe|(Appointed 5 November 2024)|
|---|---|---|
||The Rev'd Giles Orton||
||Bishop Stephen Race (Chairman)|(Appointed 5 November 2024)|
||Mrs Sally Firth|(Appointed 23 June 2025)|
||The Rev'd Toby Boutle|(Appointed 4 September|
|||2025)|
||Ms Jessica Howard|(Appointed 4 September|
|||2025)|
||The Rev'd RobertWright|(Appointed 4 September|
|||2025)|
|**General Secretary**|The Rev'd Canon Darren Smith||
|**Charity number (England and Wales)**|209448||
|**Company number**|00262795||
|**Registered office**|16 Commercial Street||
||Birmingham||
||B1 1RS||
|**Auditor**|Sumer Auditco Limited||
||Lumaneri House||
||Blythe Gate||
||Blythe Valley Park||
||Solihull||
||West Midlands||
||B90 8AH||
|**Bankers**|Bank of Scotland||
||33 Old Broad Street London Branch||
||PO Box 1000||
||BX2 1LP||
|**Solicitors**|Wrigleys Solicitors LLP||
||3rd Floor, 3 Wellington Place||
||Leeds||
||LSI 4AP||
|**Investment advisors**|M&G Charities||
||PO Box 9038||
||Chelmsford||
||CM99 2XF||
||CCLA||
||1 Angel Lane||
||London||
||EC4R 3AB||





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|From The Chair|1|
|Trustees' report|2 - 6|
|Independent auditor's report|7-9|
|Statement of financial activities|10|
|Balance sheet|11|
|Statement of cash flows|12|
|Notes to the financial statements|13-27|





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|**Grants 2024/25**|**Total**|**Grants 2024/25**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|
|St Agnes Toxeth|25,000|St James Paddington|3,000|
|St Bede & St Mary|2,330|All Saints Sidley|6,000|
|St Pauk Monk Bretton|900|St Andrews Spennymoor|2,540|
|St Wilfred Cantley|3,000|St George Preston|2,000|
|SS Peter & John Horbury|1,500|St Mary Kenton|5,000|
|St Michael Coppenhall|3,000|St George in the Meadows|1,650|
|South with New Hinskey|6,000|St Luke Uxbridge Road|2,000|
|Holy Family Manchester (1)|5,000|All Saints South Kirby (2)|1,800|
|Holy FamilyManchester (2)|3,000|South Norwood|3,000|
|All Saints Kirkby (1)|1,500|St Catherine St Alban|2,748|
|S Lukes Grimethorpe|3,000|Holy Trinity Winchester|3,000|
|All Saints Weston S-M|10,000|Swindon New Town|1,400|
|All Saints Shrewsbury|13,000|Penwarris|6,333|
|St John Mexbourough|2,600|St Bede & St Mary re 2024|1,150|
|Rufford with Tarleton|2,000|||
|**Grand Total**|||**123,451**|





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**funds**|**funds**||**funds**|**funds**||
|||**2025**|**2025**|**2025**|**2024**|**2024**|**2024**|
||**Notes**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Income and endowments from:**||||||||
|Donations and legacies|**3**|204,151|55,000|259,151|124,664|55,000|179,664|
|Charitable activities|**4**|17,819|-|17,819|26,207|**-**|26,207|
|Other trading activities|**5**|83,356|-|83,356|102,203|**-**|102,203|
|Investments|**6**|193,076|1,376|194,452|186,493|**-**|186,493|
|Other income|**7**|446|-|446|13,913|**-**|13,913|
|**Total income**||498,848|56,376|555,224|453,480|55,000|508,480|
|**Expenditure on:**||||||||
|Raising funds|**8**|43,127|-|43,127|46,820|**-**|46,820|
|Charitable activities|**9**|559,145|58,500|617,645|350,618|51,500|402,118|
|Other expenditure|**14**|24,356|-|24,356|96,517|**-**|96,517|
|**Total expenditure**||626,628|58,500|685,128|493,955|51,500|545,455|
|Net gainsZ(losses) on||||||||
|investments|**15**|(41,972)|-|(41,972)|450,535|**-**|450,535|
|**Net income/(expenditure)**||(169,752)|(2,124)|(171,876)|410,060|3,500|413,560|
|Transfers between||||||||
|funds||297|(297)|-|(15,811)|15,811|-|
|**Other recognised**||||||||
|**gains and losses:**||||||||
|Revaluation of tangible||||||||
|fixed assets||(7,835)|-|(7,835)|24,678|-|24,678|
|**Net movement in**||||||||
|**funds**||(177,290)|(2,421)|(179,711)|418,927|19,311|438,238|
|**Reconciliation of funds:**||||||||
|Fund balances at 1 October||||||||
|2024||6,635,228|42,713|6,677,941|6,216,301|23,402|6,239,703|
|**Fund balances at 30**||||||||
|**September 2025**||6,457,938|40,292|6,498,230|6,635,228|42,713|6,677,941|





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|||**2025**||**2024**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Notes**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Fixed assets**||||||
|Tangible assets|**17**||985,753||1,029,670|
|Investments|**18**||5,563,379||5,647,283|
||||6,549,132||6,676,953|
|**Current assets**||||||
|Debtors|**19**|62,191||37,784||
|Cash at bank and in hand||59,539||69,386||
|||121,730||107,170||
|**Creditors: amounts falling due within**|**20**|||||
|**one year**||(83,387)||(16,937)||
|**Net current assets**|||38,343||90,233|
|**Total assets less current liabilities**|||6,587,475||6,767,186|
|Provision for other liabilities|**21**||(89,245)||(89,245)|
|**Net assets**|||6,498,230||6,677,941|
|**The funds of the Society**||||||
|Restricted income funds|**23**||40,292||42,713|
|Unrestricted funds|**24**||6,091,327||6,260,782|
|Unrestricted funds - revaluation|**24**||366,611||374,446|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Notes**|£|£|£|£|
|**Cash flows from operating activities**||||||
|Cash absorbed by operations|28||(246,231)||(136,885)|
|**Investing activities**||||||
|Investment income received||194,452||186,493||
|**Net cash generated from investing activities**|||194,452||186,493|
|**Net cash generated from financing activities**|||-||-|
|**Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash**||||||
|**equivalents**|||(51,779)||49,608|
|Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year|||176,621||127,013|
|**Cash and cash equivalents at end of year**|||124,842||176,621|
|**Relating to:**||||||
|Cash at bank and in hand|||59,539||69,386|
|Shortterm deposits included in current asset||||||
|investments|||65,303||107,235|





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||**2025**|**2025**|**2025**|**2024**|**2024**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Donations and gifts|49,547|-|49,547|105,055|-|105,055|
|Legacies|147,104|-|147,104|2,609|-|2,609|
|Grants|7,500|55,000|62,500|17,000|55,000|72,000|
||204,151|55,000|259,151|124,664|55,000|179,664|



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||**funds**|**funds**|
||**2025**|**2024**|
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|**Voluntary income - other**|||
|Advertising|1,098|3,309|
|Catholic Societies|1,468|4,058|
|Charitable rental income|15,253|18,840|
||17,819|26,207|



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|**£**|**£**|
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||**2025**|**2025**|**2025**|**2024**|**2024**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Income from listed|||||||
|investments|193,029|1,376|194,405|186,042|-|186,042|
|Interest receivable|47|-|47|451|-|451|
||193,076|1,376|194,452|186,493|-|186,493|





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|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**|
||**2025**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Parochial fees|196|13,913|
|Other|250|-|
||446|13,913|
|**Expenditure on raising funds**|||
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||**funds**|**funds**|
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|**Trading costs**|||
|Cost of printing activities and goods for sale|43,127|46,820|



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||**Voluntary**|**Printing**|**Total**|**Voluntary**|**Printing**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Activities**|**Activities**||**Activities**|**Activities**||
|||**and**|||**and**||
|||**purchases**|||**purchases**||
|||**for re-sale**|||**for re-sale**||
||**2025**|**2025**|**2025**|**2024**|**2024**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Direct costs**|||||||
|Staff costs|67,421|45,895|113,316|67,552|51,843|119,395|
|Depreciation and|||||||
|impairment|36,082|-|36,082|28,670|-|28,670|
|Vocations|9,795|-|9,795|11,222|-|11,222|
|Property repairs and|||||||
|expenses|-|-|-|8,659|-|8,659|
|Gas, electricity, and water|3,768|3,083|6,851|2,562|2,489|5,051|
|Telephone|1,964|3,988|5,952|2,179|4,621|6,800|
|General office expenses|20,519|10,106|30,625|19,377|9,688|29,065|
|Organising expenses|3,247|-|3,247|17,281|-|17,281|
|Postage|1,160|10,441|11,601|1,452|13,198|14,650|
|Professional fees|3,064|-|3,064|1,165|-|1,165|
|Other charitable|||||||
|expenditure|1,691|-|1,691|1,326|-|1,326|
||148,711|73,513|222,224|161,445|81,839|243,284|
|Grant funding of activities|||||||
|(see note 10)|123,451|-|123,451|98,832|-|98,832|
|**Share of support and governance costs (see note 11)**|||||||
|Governance|271,970|-|271,970|60,002|-|60,002|
||544,132|73,513|617,645|320,279|81,839|402,118|
|**Analysis by fund**|||||||
|Unrestricted funds -|||||||
|general|485,632|73,513|559,145|268,779|81,839|350,618|
|Restricted funds|58,500|-|58,500|51,500|-|51,500|
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|**Voluntary**|**Voluntary**|
|---|---|
|**Activities**|**Activities**|
|**2025**|**2024**|
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||**Activities**||
||**2025**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Governance|271,970|60,002|
||**2025**|**2024**|
|**Governance costs comprise:**|**£**|**£**|
|Audit fees|13,260|10,500|
|Accountancy and bookkeeping|11,000|3,240|
|Legal and professional|247,605|46,262|
|Insurance|105|-|
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|---|---|---|
||**2025**|**2024**|
||**Number**|**Number**|
|Support of charitable activities|1|1|
|Printing activities and goods for sale|2|2|
|Total|3|3|
|**Employment costs**|**2025**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Wages and salaries|98,481|105,135|
|Social security costs|7,598|6,632|
|Other pension costs|7,237|7,628|
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|---|---|---|
||**2025**|**2024**|
||**Number**|**Number**|
|£90,000-£100,000|1|1|
|**Remuneration of key management personnel**|||
|The remuneration of key management personnel was as follows:|||
||**2025**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Aggregate compensation|92,320|94,680|



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|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**|
||**2025**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Exceptional items|24,356||
|Furlough repayment||89,245|
|Parochial fees due to diocese||7,272|
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|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**|
||**2025**|**2024**|
|GainsZ(losses) arising on:|**£**|**£**|
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|**Tangible fixed assets**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Freehold land**|**Leasehold**|**Fixtures and**|**Total**|
||**and buildings**|**land and**|**fittings**||
|||**buildings**|||
||£|£|£|£|
|**Cost or valuation**|||||
|At 1 October 2024|660,000|395,500|210,344|1,265,844|
|Revaluation|-|(30,500)|-|(30,500)|
|At 30 September 2025|660,000|365,000|210,344|1,235,344|
|**Depreciation and impairment**|||||
|At 1 October 2024|60,000|19,918|156,256|236,174|
|Depreciation charged in the year|13,200|2,747|20,135|36,082|
|Revaluation|-|(22,665)|-|(22,665)|
|At 30 September 2025|73,200|-|176,391|249,591|
|**Carrying amount**|||||
|At 30 September 2025|586,800|365,000|33,953|985,753|
|At 30 September 2024|600,000|375,582|54,088|1,029,670|





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|---|---|---|---|
||**investments**|**portfolio**||
||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Cost or valuation**||||
|At 1 October 2024|5,540,049|107,234|5,647,283|
|Valuation changes|(41,972)|(41,932)|(83,904)|
|At 30 September 2025|5,498,077|65,302|5,563,379|
|**Carrying amount**||||
|At 30 September 2025|5,498,077|65,302|5,563,379|
|At 30 September 2024|5,540,049|107,234|5,647,283|
|**Debtors**||||
|||**2025**|**2024**|
|**Amounts falling due within one year:**||**£**|**£**|
|Trade debtors||16,003|11,120|
|Other debtors||31,881|11,785|
|Prepayments and accrued income||14,307|14,879|
|||62,191|37,784|
|**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**||||
|||**2025**|**2024**|
|||**£**|**£**|
|Other taxation and social security||2,050|-|
|Trade creditors||29,156|-|
|Accruals and deferred income||52,181|16,937|
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||CJRS amount repayable|89,245|89,245|
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|**Defined contribution schemes**|£|£|
|Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes|7,237|7,628|





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**2024**|**resources**|**expended**||**September**|
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|St Anne's Derby|**39,213**|**1,376**|**-**|**(297)**|**40,292**|
|Parish Priest Support|**3,500**|**55,000**|**(58,500)**|**-**|**-**|
||**42,713**|**56,376**|**(58,500)**|**(297)**|**40,292**|
|**Previous year:**|**At 1 October**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**Transfers**|**At 30**|
||**2023**|**resources**|**expended**||**September**|
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||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|St Anne's Derby|**23,402**|**-**|**-**|**15,811**|**39,213**|
|Parish Priest Support|**-**|**55,000**|**(51,500)**|**-**|**3,500**|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**2024**|**resources**|**expended**||**losses**|**September**|
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|General funds|6,260,782||498,848|(626,628)|297|(41,972)|6,091,327|
|Revaluation||||||||
|reserve||374,446|-|-|-|(7,835)|366,611|
|**Previous year:**|**At 1 **|**October**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**Transfers**|**Gains and**|**At 30**|
|||**2023**|**resources**|**expended**||**losses**|**September**|
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|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|General funds|5,866,533||453,480|(493,955)|(15,811)|450,535|6,260,782|
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|---|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**||
||**2025**|**2025**|**2025**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**At 30 September 2025:**||||
|Tangible assets|611,307|-|611,307|
|Investments|5,563,379|-|5,563,379|
|Current assets/(liabilities)|(1,949)|40,292|38,343|
|Provisions|(89,245)|-|(89,245)|
||6,083,492|40,292|6,123,784|
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|**At 30 September 2024:**||||
|Tangible assets|679,902|-|679,902|
|Investments|5,647,283|-|5,647,283|
|Current assets/(liabilities)|47,520|42,713|90,233|
|Provisions|(89,245)|-|(89,245)|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
||**2025**|**2024**|**2025**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|St Johns Guild|-|11,654|-|**-**|
|Church Union|38,332|47,289|24,356|**-**|
|The Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament|5,146|24,678|-|**-**|
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|**28 **|**Cash absorbed by operations**|**2025**|**2024**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**£**|**£**|
||(Deficit)Zsurplus for the year|(171,876)|413,560|
||**Adjustments for:**|||
||Investment income recognised in statement of financial activities|(194,452)|(186,493)|
||Fair value gains and losses on investments|41,972|(450,535)|
||Depreciation and impairment of tangible fixed assets|36,082|28,670|
||**Movements in working capital:**|||
||(Increase) in debtors|(24,407)|(3,676)|
||IncreaseZ(decrease) in creditors|66,450|(27,656)|
||(Decrease) in provisions|-|89,245|
||**Cash absorbed by operations**|(246,231)|(136,885)|
|**29 **|**Analysis of changes in net funds**|||



