2022-12-31-accounts - The Joint Council Of The Bridge Benefice, Coventry

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ia 11 ANNUAL REPORT 2022 THE BPI

VICAR’S LETTER	2
CHURCHWARDENS’ REPORT	6
St Stephen’s Church	6
St John’s Church	6
JOINT COUNCIL REPORT	7
SAFEGUARDING REPORT	8
STAFFING REPORT	9
ST STEPHEN'S CHURCH, CANLEY	10
Congregation	10
Communities, Connect Groups and Contact Groups	10
Outreach and Community Engagement	11
Children & Youth	12
ST JOHN'S CHURCH, WESTWOOD	14
Overview	14
January - September	14
October - December	15
Students	15
Children & Youth	16
The Garden of Hope	17
TRINITY CHURCH, BURTON GREEN	19
FABRIC REPORT	20
St Stephen’s, Canley	20
St John’s, Westwood	20
FINANCIAL REPORT	21
ELECTORAL ROLLS REPORT	22
DEANERY REPORT	22

VICAR’S LETTER

Who is the Vicar of the Bridge?

It’s my title, but in practice we work as a combined leadership team;

A Bridge Leadership Team of four, a Joint Council of more, Development teams, people working, leading and serving across the church; we all make up some of the role that many years ago would all have been the Vicar’s. The word Vicar actually means “deputy or substitute,” it has come to mean a church leader in our denomination, but I like that original definition. In a sense I’m Jesus’ deputy, His substitute. He’s returned to the Father, filled me with the Holy Spirit and left me to complete His work.

You are also, in equality with me, called to the same role. Wherever we are, we are standing as a deputy for Jesus. His actions, in life, death and resurrection give us an identity as His siblings, children of Father God, beloved, called and forgiven and people in whom the fullness of God the Holy Spirit lives.

So, you are the vicar...

What about your work, role and call?

We never say it out loud, but often there is an unspoken hierarchy of work in the church. Full Time Christian workers at the top, doctors and nurses second, teachers next and everyone else lagging behind. This is nonsense. And a lie from the enemy.

It undermines the dignity of all work.

Wherever we are we get to:

Model Godly Character
Make good work
Minister grace and love
Mould culture
Be a Mouthpiece for truth and justice
Be a Messenger of the gospel,
And *Maybe, plant a contact group…

All of our work, whether as a parent, a retired person volunteering and a grandparenting, barista, a student, a salesperson, a lawyer, a vicar or a carer (etc.) is equally valid and valued by God. By living out these “7 M’s” we are the “vicars” wherever we are.

*The “maybe” is only here because that’s on Holy Spirit, do the other 6 and see… (and because maybe begins with M!)

In 2022 my work as “Vicar” was further shared and diluted. My role now is a mix of being Area Dean of Kenilworth, Area Dean of Coventry South, and a 0.6 role of building the Bridge as Mission Hub to help other churches in the Diocese plant new congregations and expressions of church. Erin is my other half (0.4) at the Mission Hub and also leader at St John’s, Sarah A is a Curate in name but a co-leader in practice and Sarah P runs the many functional operations of our organisation as The Bridge.

The Wardens, Staff, Joint Council members, Leaders of Congregations, Communities, Connect, and Contact groups and those who serve or lead groups for particular age groups or ministries all make up the body of Christ in this place. We are a community, we aim to function as extended family and an organisation on a mission.

Whether it’s me in my role or you in yours, our call and identity is the same:

“A disciple is someone who is increasingly worshipping Jesus in all of life, being changed by Jesus in all of life, and learning how to obey Jesus in all of life, and then teaching others to do the same. New identity of the disciple - Baptised into the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

In the name of the Father, we are learning to be family.
In the name of the Son , he is King and we are His servants, ‘serving the least of these’.
In the name of the Spirit we are sent ones, witnesses, a missionary people sent into the world sent to make disciples who make disciples.
= ‘a family of missionary servants sent as disciples who make disciples’

The process is life on life, life in community, and life on mission Everyone grows in gospel fluency, learning to apply the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus in all of life.”

Jeff Vanderstelt

This comes through personal choice, accountability groups, huddles and vulnerability.

This is not new, what is new is that we are a post-pandemic group of people. Since 2020 many of us have lost our way, a little or a lot. For a while many of us lived without community, without life-on-life, life on mission dialled down, the flow of the Spirit had fewer outlets for a season. During the pandemic our world got smaller, more individualistic, more self-pleasing and both more scary and more insecure.

Losing each other for a season meant losing our identity.

That’s why I’ve reiterated it above.

We see this in the issues around; names on rotas, bums on seats and money in giving. These are important things, but what’s worrying is the lack of open homes, lives and hearts in prayer; the lack of the life of a missionary disciple.

There are very few people who are a more engaged missionary disciple in 2023 than 2019.

It’s me. I’m not pointing the finger.

I now have a knowledge of the fragility of my own mental health. I have a wider spectrum of roles, more responsibility, more work, a wife with a full time paid job and new demands on her time, a bigger team to lead, teenage children(!) etc…

I didn’t like the lockdowns or pandemic, but I really liked having no evening meetings and pleasing myself with my time and just doing what I liked more often.

But it wasn’t good for me. What’s easy rarely is.

This way of living wasn’t my call and now it’s time to pick up my cross and get on living out who I am, who we are and making this world the kingdom of God, person by person.

Are you coming?

We need to have a difference made in us every day. That’ll cost time, discipline and commitment.

We need to make a difference for each other every day. That’ll cost comfort, individualism and security.

We need to make a difference for those who don’t know Jesus yet every day. That’ll cost reputation, rejection and respect.

It’ll mean taking up our Cross to follow Jesus, but in doing so we’ll lose our lives again in order to gain His life in us and that life is eternal.

As we follow the narrow path we’ll live in the Father’s presence of love and peace.

As we follow in the footsteps of our Lord, we’ll experience His life of joy and rest.

As we follow the Spirit within us we’ll find our true identity and life to the full.

So let’s reclaim our birth-right of missionary discipleship. Stop doing, self-pleasing or grumbling and start really being.

It’s time for me to go,

It’s time for you to go,

Come on!

David

CHURCHWARDENS’ REPORT

St Stephen’s Church

We were so grateful to get back into a ‘new normal’ in 2022. We have welcomed new members into our congregation and started lots of new rhythms - you can read about these in the St. Stephen’s Report. Returning to in person meetings and starting new groups has required people to step into old and new volunteer roles. We thank God for these wonderful people who allow our church family to flourish and grow.

As we look forward to 2023 we are excited and expectant of what God has planned. We will be praying for Sarah as she moves on to her new roles whilst also praying and planning for a new leader for St. Stephen’s. We have been so incredibly blessed by Sarah - we are certainly a different church from that which she joined in 2017! Tom and Katie

St John’s Church

For St John's 2022 was a year of further transition as we said goodbye to our Associate Minister, Ann Peachey, and her wonderful family who served us so well during their time with The Bridge. Later in the year, the Benefice became one of the four Diocesan Mission Hubs, and welcomed Erin Gilmour as our Associate Minister for the Mission Hub and to lead St John’s congregation.

We also re-launched Communities and small groups in line with the 4 C's - a tremendous effort from the staff team that assigned every member of the congregation a Connect or Contact Group.

The St John's building presented some degree of challenge with a moth infestation providing a useful opportunity to review what is being stored in the vestry, and a heightening of the awareness that both the pitched and flat roof will need to be replaced in the near future.

Following Erin's arrival, the St John's Development team has been relaunched and we are excited to start 2023 with a specific focus on prayer and intercession.

Ben and Arun

JOINT COUNCIL REPORT

The purpose of the Joint Council is to work with the Vicar to advance the whole mission of the Church in the parishes of Canley and Westwood. It is a registered charity, and its members are the charity’s trustees. They are: Clergy (ex-officio members)

David Hammond, Vicar
Erin Gilmour, Associate Minister
Sarah Ashelby, Curate
Caroline Hammond, Curate

Elected members (Base, year of the APCM when their term ends)

Laura Dawson (Canley, 2023)
Tom Hickinbottom (Canley Churchwarden, 2024)
Matt Jermyn (Canley, 2025)
Jonathan Martin (Canley, 2024)
Arun Mathani (St John’s Churchwarden, 2025)
Michelle Robinson (St John’s, 2024)
Jan Sayer (Burton Green, 2025)
Jeff Smailes (St John’s, 2023)
Andrew Smith (St John’s, 2023)

Four members are elected from Canley, four from St John’s and one from Burton Green, and the elected members must include at least one Churchwarden from each parish. Members are elected for three years at a time, and three of the nine elected members will complete their three-year term each year.

During 2022 the Joint Council met seven times. Topics discussed included student, youth and childrens’ work, a new building for St Stephen’s, building repairs, staff recruitment and a staff pay review. Safeguarding, finances and Eco-church are standing items on every agenda.

SAFEGUARDING REPORT

Safeguarding continues to be a high priority for the Bridge as we believe that keeping all people safe is of paramount importance.

We now have a Safeguarding Team and have now recruited Emily Newbury (St Stephen’s) and Rebecca Torpey (St John’s) to be our Safeguarding Champions and act as a local point of contact at each base.
Safeguarding continues to be a key agenda item at the Joint Council and the leadership team have ensured that we are compliant with the Church of England’s Promoting a Safer Church Policy.
Jenni Dunne has focused her efforts on updating leader’s DBS checks this year and we have made some significant progress in this area. We hope to improve our figures for Safeguarding Training in the coming year. Please act promptly if Jenni emails you asking you to complete either of these tasks.
We have graduated from a level 2 safeguarding organisation to a level 3 organisation which reflects our progress over the past year.

STAFFING REPORT

Staffing is one that continues to have changed but also is allowing us to also fulfil the vision of the Bridge with each opportunity that arises.

2022 has been about building a team and setting ourselves up well for the coming seasons. We made a decision to extend our Children’s Discipleship Enabler roles another year. During 2023 we will be saying goodbye to Alison at St John’s as Children’s Discipleship Enabler and we’ve begun to pray and discuss a way forward with the Joint Council for a medium and long term provision for children, youth and student discipleship and mission to align with the vision for The Bridge.

During 2022 we said;

a hello to Ros as Administrator at St John’s,
a hello to Anna as our Children’s Discipleship Enabler at St Stephen’s
a goodbye to Ann Peachey as Associate Minister at St John’s,
a hello to Caroline Hammond as Curate at The Bridge with a focus on Retreat ministry with The Garden of Hope,
a goodbye to Tatenda Munzara as our Student Worker and Media Officer,
a hello to Erin Gilmour as our Mission Hub Associate Minister and leader of St John’s.

We are excited for 2023 and all that God is doing and will continue to do. He’s been faithful and we know that even in the adversity of health and life’s circumstances our staff team builds their hope on God’s provision and the difference He makes everyday. We see that in the team dynamics and relationships they have with God and one another.

ST STEPHEN'S CHURCH, CANLEY

Congregation

2022 has been a year of thoroughly enjoying being back together in person! Whilst we continued to livestream our services to give a ‘window’ into what church might be like if you came along, our focus shifted back to being together with each other and God - it felt good! In our teaching we explored all kinds of topics through our “What Jesus Said About….” series as well as considering Creation as a gift and responsibility. An exciting development during the year was the introduction of our “Table Service.” This service brings family-friendly worship, prayer, games, creativity, Communion and lunch all together in one lovely morning! The heart behind it is to bring together eating together and worshipping together, so we can “display” on our table the generosity, abundance and welcome of God through remembering Jesus in communion and sharing a meal together.

I remain grateful for the ‘family feel’ at St Stephen’s - people do a great job of ‘pitching in’ and we have worked together to serve each other and our community over the past year. Thanks especially go to those who have committed to serving via the joyous rota!! In 2022 we welcomed Katie Western as a new church warden, as well as Laura Dawson as Parish Safeguarding Officer; both of whom I am grateful to for both their practical help but also their wisdom and perspective.

Communities, Connect Groups and Contact Groups

The year began with two Communities and during the Autumn term merged to meet as one Community on a third Sunday. We have enjoyed litterpicks, lunches, prayer walks, woodland walks, as well as various outreach events (see below). The latter part of 2022 has felt like a “waiting” time - coming together in one group has allowed us to continue meeting together whilst waiting to see what new vision and opportunities God might bring across the Church. Meeting as a

Community has served to remind us that as a church we are so much more than a Sunday morning service!

Various Connect groups and Contact groups began or re-emerged during the latter part of 2022. These have offered places, for those who have wanted it, to meet together to pray, read the bible and deepen friendship. This has been an important aspect of Church for many as we have continued to try to restore much of what was challenged during the Pandemic. The vision for Contact groups as groups where new people can explore faith in Jesus remains strong and some initial experimentation and learning took place this year. We look forward to what God will do next!

Outreach and Community Engagement

We’ve continued to try to live out our mission to be “MADE in Canley” - making a difference everyday to our local community. Events have included:

Litterpicks
Summer Picnics on Prior Deram Park
Easter trail
Nativity trail
Carol’oke
Canley Parade
Opening for prayer after the Queen’s death
Canley Big Lunch
Hobby Hubs (free family activities during school holidays)
Weekly Foodbank

Members of St Stephen’s continue to volunteer regularly at Foodbank and Food Hub as well as being involved in the Warm Hub at Canley Community Center and serving as governors at Leigh School. I (Sarah) have had the pleasure of being part of the Canley Playing Out steering committee, which uses creativity and the arts to enhance community cohesion, and out of which the Canley Parade was born.

On a personal note…

Towards the end of 2022 I began to sense more strongly a call from God that my time ministering at St Stephen’s might be coming to an end. I have absolutely loved being at St Stephen’s the past 6 years, it has felt like ‘home’ in the truest sense of the word. I have felt a strong call to this particular corner of the world since I first arrived here in 2003…20 years ago!! I am confident God has a good plan for us as a family as we discern the next steps, and for St Stephen’s as it moves forward into the next adventure God has in store! My thanks go to so many who have made my first tinkering with church leadership such a joy. Sarah Ashelby

Children & Youth

Since starting as St Stephen’s Discipleship Enabler in January ‘22, it’s been a blast! It’s been great getting to know children in our church at a deeper level, firstly by taking Key Stage 2 children out on trips during the Summer ‘22 term. This informed the planning and introduction in September ‘22, of two midweek Kids Connect groups. One based on construction activities (Minecraft and Lego) and one based on creativity (dance, art and drama). All 15 children and a fab team of 5 adults love going deeper together and deeper with God as we explore prayer alongside the above activities.

We restarted the monthly Kids Group, post-pandemic, where we have around 15+ children, between 5-12 yrs old and a fab team of 4 adults. It’s been a fun challenge, as we navigate using the family centre, and get used to all being together again. (Getting online registration set up has been a personal highlight, too!)

It’s been lots of fun organising some outreach events, including Hobby Hub (crafts, games, refreshments and films during school holidays) as well as the Easter and Nativity Trails. They were huge hits with the local

community, and it was great to see non-church families come along and have fun as they explored the Easter/Nativity story. Along with Alison Fry, and Sarah Ashelby, we also spent time this Spring term leading assemblies for Leigh Primary School - I have started to get to know pupils and staff, which is fab!

Since January, it’s been great gathering the whole Kids Team (8 of us in total), getting to know each other, having socials, praying, sharing vision and going through the safer recruitment process! We have made a plan to meet regularly throughout the year - please pray as I try to gather more team for the year ahead, as we look to multiply the groups.

It has been a joy getting to know children, parents/carers and the kids team better this year, and I look forward to all God has in store for children and their discipleship journeys in the year to come.

Anna Martin

ST JOHN'S CHURCH, WESTWOOD

Overview

This is a year that’s seen reconfiguration and reimagination as we relaunched Communities and Connect Groups bringing more multigenerational opportunities for relationship and new and familiar ministries coming alive. Children’s ministry continues to be brought to life post-pandemic and amazing community and invitational opportunities with Memory Cafe, Refresh, Art Group, Dandelions (Toddler & Baby Group), Christmas events and services, Student Welcome, a church with local school pupils visiting, a Light Party and spaces for retreat too in the Garden of Hope both in organised events and informally. A year that’s been full of change and stretch but one where we see how God is inviting us into more as David and Erin report.

January - September

It’s a struggle to know who gets to write this report.

2022 opened with me off sick, Ann Peachey planning her move to the parishes next door.

The hope of a Mission Hub associate was in the future.

The people who held St John’s together then, Jeff, Stuart, Alison, Dan, Sarah P, Ann, Will, Josh, Elaine, Ed etc aren’t the exact same team who brought in the new year of 2022…

Ben, Erin, Caroline, Jeff, Michelle and more came on board as the year went on and some others stepped out as they were needed elsewhere or needed a break.

The wardens will give the overview of events, but to give the feel: Generosity, Coping and growing Joy.

St John's has been through more instability and personnel change than we could have imagined. Despite this we are more than surviving.

This is not ideal for a church and we are rebuilding but interviews led us to Erin and she has brought more than stability. We have a new heart, a growing passion for prayer and a sense of confidence in God and what he is doing.

We are used to being a strong congregation.

Used to having multiple musicians, preachers, pray-ers, teams and great hospitality. We still have many strengths and the hospitality and welcome remain wonderful. But other areas show weakness.

But when we are weak, God is strong.

We have space for new leaders, room to grow, and innovate.

Often a lower reliance on self leads to a greater reliance on God in prayer.

David Hammond

October - December

In October 2022 I was warmly welcome as the new Mission Hub Associate, St Johns Church Leader. I have enjoyed getting to know the people of St John’s, building relationships and leading a new Connect and Community. Some highlights of the Autumn/Winter were our Light Party, using the Garden of Hope and sharing some tasty hot dogs, our Christmas Carol Services, with a wonderful choir, a great message and really good social time, this was closely followed by our Pop Up Nativity, with many families from our communities joining in. Our celebrations culminated in a wonderful Bridge Christmas Day Service where much fun was had.

We are looking forward to beginning 2023 with a strong focus on prayer. I am excited for what is to come.

Erin Gilmour

Students

In 2022 we said goodbye to our Student Worker, Tatenda Munzara. His investment in building relational capital with students at St John’s has gifted the church with volunteers in tech, music and our mid-week baby and toddler group.

At the beginning of the new academic year we spend a day investing in the vision of students for St John’s with a heavy emphasis on welcome and belonging. As the students have settled into a Connect Group they are now beginning to explore what the mission could look like in 2023. Going into the new year we are excited to invest in our students more deeply in mentoring and huddling and encouraging them in their discipleship journeys and stepping out in faith to be salt and light on campus and in their social groups.

Sarah Packwood

Children & Youth

Our 0-5 team have enjoyed leading sessions throughout the year to groups of up to 12 children. This group has been led by John Finlayson and a group of super leaders; Caroline G, Min, Anya and Olya. We also have a small group of volunteers who help support on an adhoc basis.

Our 5-11 group have developed their relationship with God as well as each other during the year. Each session has around 18-25 children attending. They now meet at the start of every session in their accountability groups, where they talk about their week and pray for each other. The children have enjoyed a range of sessions including going out for prayer walks in the local area and using the Garden of Hope. Thanks goes to Lynne and Liz for their constant support during these sessions.

Rebecca leads a great team of volunteers, running our babies and children’s group; Dandelions. This group has a large number of parents registered and a core group of families who come most weeks. Parents and children from this group have attended other events run by The Bridge.

In October we had a light party at St. Johns, which was well attended by over 120 Bridge Families and their friends. It was a great time for families to get together for fun and celebration of light as an alternative to the normal celebrations around that time.

We are grateful for the amazing support of Susie and Nick Romney who lead a spectacular pre-school nativity service with the support of the Dandelion team helping with the craft and the Refresh team helping with the refreshments.

We have developed links with a local school, where our children’s discipleship enabler has lead sessions in the classroom, trips to visit the church and assemblies.

Alison Fry

In 2022 we invited St John’s to pray into the provision for youth work, both financially and in personnel. We ended 2022 committed to finding a way forward to begin September 2023, or sooner to invest in our youth. We’re looking forward to what God will do and invite you to continue to pray, consider volunteering or financially committing to continue to support children and youth.

The Garden of Hope

This year has seen lots of new developments in the Garden of Hope. We have a brilliant team of volunteers who have worked hard on Monday mornings to transform the space. We now have running water in the Garden of Hope which was a relief and blessing during the very hot summer as we fought to keep plants alive! The barefoot walk proved to be very popular with the children during the summer months and some daring adults. We ran our first Art Retreat in November with a local artist which was attended by 30 people both Christians and non Christians. It has been a real joy to meet new people in the garden that have no connection to church but love to come and visit, many of them testifying to the peace that they experience in the garden. We now have 2 signs ready to go up which will help people find the Garden of Hope and flyers to promote, hopefully, this will raise the profile of the garden in our local area. We have just submitted 2 funding bids and if they are successful we can improve the garden further. We are currently in conversation with the Refugee and Migrant Centre who have 4 refugees who would like to grow some vegetables in the Garden of

Hope. It feels like the project is gathering momentum and we hope that we can build from a strong place over the coming year.

If you’d like to get involved in this project please email:

caroline@thebridgecoventry.org

If you have any furniture in good condition, cuttings of plants you can offer, boulders, stones (any size), bricks or slabs please do get in touch.

Or you’d like to financially give to the work of the project you can do so here: https://thebridgecoventry.churchsuite.com/donate/fund/ojcmchjg

TRINITY CHURCH, BURTON GREEN

Over the last year we have really enjoyed being able to meet and worship together. We often experience God's presence during our simple, intimate services each first Sunday of the month.

We have enjoyed going deeper as a Connect group on the second and fourth week, as well as finding encouragement meeting with our Community each month.

As part of our ministry to the village, John serves as a Governor at Burton Green Primary School as a foundation governor. However, he will be stepping down having finished his 4-year term in 2023.

As a number of our congregation struggle with ill-health, it is good for us to be able to support each other. Looking forward, we’re excited to spend more time with our local friends and neighbours, discern new ways of engaging and connecting with the community, and invite them on a journey of exploring faith. We wonder if God will use the opening of the new Village Hall to provide us with such opportunities.

FABRIC REPORT

St Stephen’s, Canley

A programme of works continued to rectify any items raised in the quinquennial inspection. This included work to replace one of the flat roofs and to repair tiles on the main roof. The rear fire door to the vestry was also replaced.

Work with APEC architects on a feasibility study for a combined new building with Canley Community Centre was completed and is now being reviewed. We hope to move this project forward in 2023.

St John’s, Westwood

2022 was a year of progress

Two great working parties to keep the grounds in good shape. Thanks to all who turned up and helped.
A special thanks to Pete Carless who built the new cupboard in the Leigh
Room. The Children’s team and Dandelions really appreciate being able to store their items out of sight.
The flat roof, all approvals are in place just awaiting grant funding to cover
the cost! Hopefully contractors will be onsite by the Autumn.
There is a team meeting to look at how to progress replacing the main roof.
Any person wanting to write or help to write grant applications please let Erin know.
Thanks for the ongoing service of Dave Cass and Phil Dunkerley who carry out many minor fixes as well as general maintenance jobs.

FINANCIAL REPORT

Finance Report – full details in the year end accounts

The Bridge Benefice was in deficit by £23,406 (all funds) at the end of 2022. During 2022 the Bridge returned to more ‘normal’ operations in the three bases of The Bridge, namely St John’s Westwood, St Stephen’s Canley and Trinity Burton Green.

There were (unrestricted funds only): -

Income

Planned giving was £172,980 which was below the budget of £180,250 (96% of budget)
Gift Aid was £36,297.
Trading activities of Occasional Offices, room hire and Car park rental, totalled £12,269.
Overall income at, was £221,888, £9,112 or 3.9% below the planned budget income.

In comparison to the forecast budget expenditure the following changes occurred: -

The total cost of staff was £88,443 (9.0%) below the budget of £97,200 by £8,757, driven by no replacement of the student worker. Staff costs were £71,174 in 2021.
Groups and meetings expenditure was £11,153.
Spend on buildings, equipment etc. was £45,645.
Parish Share was as planned at £76,625.
Gifts to supported organisations was on budget at £22,000.
Overall expenditure was £242,900, versus a budget of £258,800, so an underspend of £15,900 or 6.1%

Overall, this resulted in a deficit of £21,978 in 2022 on unrestricted funds. This leaves cash in the bank at year end of £42,383 in the general account plus £35,654 in a designated building fund for St John’s, so a total of £78,037.

Thus, the finances of The Bridge Benefice are in a weaker position at the end of 2022.

The Joint Council would like to thank all those who have given to the church bases in 2023. We are in a good financial position but would like to do more.

The expenditure in 2023 to keep the existing staff, recruit a new part time person to cover youth or student worker, maintain the existing rhythm of meetings and meet the costs of running the buildings is estimated at £270,000. Income in the first quarter of 2023 is tracking at c£225,000. The reserves will not cover that deficit of £45,000, so please stand with us in faith and prayer that resources will flow in to allow the church to flourish.

Jeff Smailes

ELECTORAL ROLLS REPORT

During the year January 2022 to December 2022 the two parishes of St Stephen's and St John's combined as the Bridge Benefice, so the electoral rolls for both these churches currently sit separately.

So over the year, St John's started the year with 117 people and ended the year with 118. St Stephen's started the year with 40 and ended the year with 37. The combined numbers for the Bridge Benefice is an increase of - from 153 to 151.

DEANERY REPORT

2022 saw a change of Area Dean as David Hammond stepped into the role. With this there’s been a shift of focus to praying and sharing, focussing on building relationships and building one another up across the churches.

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JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE, COVENTRY JOINT COUNCIL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 The Trust•e8 presents ils r•port with the fmanrAal Statem of the dlIty fi>r the year ended 31 December 2022. The ffinanclal statements have been pf8parnd hl #Cr wilh the accountlng polkie6 set oui in note 1 to the finanaal ststwn15 and compty wlh th¢ Charitys govemlng d0Ment, the Charities Act 2011 and "NGcounting arKI Reporfing by Charities.. Staiement of Recommended Pra(c appIAb lo chariti&s pr8paring ther accounts In accfjrdan¢¢ wilh the Flnawal Reporting Standard Op1¢able kn the UK and Republic of Irelard IFRS 102) leffrftiv• 1 January 2019)". ObJ•ctlvM and •thltl•• ObJ•cllv•s and Alm¥ The lMary obl•dive of Jolnt COWKI 18 lo <worat• wlh the mlrl8t•r In promoling th• paillh Ihe vthole rn188lon oftr church.. paslwl, ey8ngtrlisl, J(yial 8nd eMl¢al. The Joint Council •xcerc18es all the kndion$ ol th• PCQ8 of th• parmlw ol Vkslwood 4nd Can. whlth wont Into aboy4nc• when the J11 uoat•J. Publlc B•n•fft The Joint Coundl ha had du¢ regard lo gukIW published ty thtt Chwity Comm1611on on put41c b•nofft and conilder ih•t the tharity ¢omplth fjth th• 1•mInIS Volunt••rn The Jolnl Coun, would1Sk• to thank 41 slaff. volunle•rn WKI supportws. with1 thrts woth of thè tharity w0d not be poss*4•

JOINT COUNC.IL OF. THE BRIDGE BENEFICE. COVENTRY JOINT COUNCIL REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 Ach1M•tr and perfornwnc• Charltabh 4¢dvlOe• The Joint Coundl of the Bridge Benefice, Cov8ntry has rKw been in OperaOn kn 25 months. The (arty Commlssion has sanctioned Ihal thts existing charrty Trgi5tra1ion of St John's can be rfrn8m8d 'Th• Bridge Benefice Coventy whilst kwng the gxislkng charty number. The a¢fAiunts of the Parishes of Sl John'8 We80d 8nd St Stephen's Canley w•rn tsarferred to the Jots cnly1 on 1st January 2021 and this is the report ofthe comlxned acty)unts. The newty fomed Brldp B8n0r7 defidt by £23.4(13 funds) 4t the gnd of 2022. During 2022 lh• Bndge reMed lo more'normaf operations in the Ihm b05e3 ofTh& Bridge. namety St John'y Wggtsvood. Sl Stephen's Canley arKI Trtnty Burton Green. There were {unrestricied funds only)". - In MpariSC to t for¥51 budgol Inco tre fdkywing ¢hangg$ 0¢red..- Hanned giwng was £172.980 which w•8 boknv ld981 01 £180,250 I% of budg•t) Gfft at £36.297. . Tradin9 a¢livrtle8 of ottasion Offi¢es, hlrg and Car rental. tolalw £12,289, £3,759 or 44.2% ahgad oftheir combineil b01. 0ra11 Inc¢me al £221,888, wa$ £9,112 or 3.9% bekn¥ planned b1 wK£Yne. In compartson lo Ihe for8east budgot expenditurn tr• fcknring (anps 0rTed..- Th• tosl of stgff was £B8.443 19.0%) below budget of £97.2C¥J by £8.757. dn by for tho student wur n(A b8ln9 r¢¢ruited. Staff costs wgre £71.174 li 2021. Groups and meelingg eXpditUre was £11.153. Tho bud9•t was £17.CfA). 89 wn under8p•nd of £5.847. Pknwgver. was up from £6.932 kn 2tr21 as and m•otwigB wer• b•ck to F pandémic levels. Spend on b(l(n9$. equipment •t¢ w¥$ £46,845. the Wl of£43.250. Parlsh Share was as planngd 41 £76.625. Gifts to supported orpanisattsjns was on budgol at £22,CK). . Ovgrall oxwnditure was 43.865, vernus a W of £258.800. an urKlerspend of £14,935 or 5.8Qk. . l)¥Yrall, Ih¢s res{ed In a d1 of £21.978 In 2022 on fund$. ThiG I•418 caih In the bonk al year •rKI of £1CQ,221. Thus, the Ilnanc•s of Thtr 8rge Benefic• a in a weakor potIOn al the end of 2022 wllh the estrIcted and ur8nated funds r¢presenting 17.4% of the lumobr in 2022 wthlch 1$ abov• th• tsrgel rango of 10% 10 15%. To grow the continulr4 of Ihtr thurch. •s we do. w• n••d to encowaga somè fvrther Incre•8 In rngular gIrj The buildings at both Sl Stephen's Arttl St John's requwe in¥esthnt At St John's the OLrtcom8 of th• 2020 Quinquennt¥l kn$pecI will requrre m8ffior hv8stmI in the fabrfc of the ¢hur¢h tildIng. nitk11ty a new Ilat roof {estimated (£60.(1> foUcA¥od before 2025 of a new roof for thè m¥in church bwlthng Ws assoual•d 8dd-on& This is yet to be costed but Ilk8ty to ba ov•r £4W.O(K). Funds sat asid& already to P8y wm• of the c05t. and we are N1¥Estigat9 possibilitffjs for rttemng GranId. for1 7•0 Al Sl Stephen's on ITh"41 ¢onsuttation has tokn plarz on th• possl)illty of won9 wrfh th& Cthey Community Ctre to buld a new builthn9 ¥thith r6 both 8 dwr( and a conwnunty c•ntre. Further eparatory work wlll COMM in 2023. God'$ generosity ond blessings e again r•c¢w4sed ty the Joil C(Kmcl a5 Ho (ntlU•S to grow trls wo, ond we continue to seek His wll to further dèMh¥) and HIS kJrykni ttwou9h HIS thurth8 St JO,5 Westwood, St Stephen's can and Trinty Burton ¢knen.

JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE. COVENTRY JOINT COUNCIL REPORT (coKfiNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 Flnuncl•l r•¥l•w The charity has a TeseNe$ kKIFcy to mawn reserves to a level 4there 8dequat8 won9 capital b avallabfo tyjt not to akny excesslve rgservos L"rVj m81nlained fvThts to go Into d8fidL Tho tol81 amwnt of rg8eN•s h8td at year en(1 amoffitad to £104.822. The result¥ for the year are kn Il Stalwnert rrf Flwthl y8arrywJ po6ltk)n Is slK)wn In the balanc• sh8gL The Trtths have assessed the malor risks to 1( thy we ex•, arn aafjthd that Syst are plac6 to mitigate expowrB to th8 major rlsks. Strueiur•, 9ov•m•ne• and m•n•p•rn•nt Gov•rnlng Docum•nt The Joint c1wlf9 govgmkng we Ihè Pwoc•al Churth COUlS (Prywgrsl moare 1956 88 amended. and thg Churth RepresentaliLM Rule {whi¢h ar8 ts)ntaFn•d in Sch8dub 3 to tho Synodical C)vrn•nt Measure 1969, 45 arnerhjedl. A schem• wnadt in November 2020 under 8eCtton M38 of th8 Churth R?pre8ent•tlon rTr)dffied the RLles In Ihe Brldge 88nefic and crgal•J the coUll. Thg of Ihe Trn•tse8 served durku the yew up to the dato of n4turn oltho stslem8nts wg.' D Harnmond J Srnolle$ T Hlthjnbottom M Jerny J Martln L Dawson S Ashelby A Mahtanl Asmith J Sayer M Ronson E Gilmour C HammDnd (Aprthnll 30 S8pl6mber 20221 (h4p)Inted 1 Juty 2022) R•crullffl•nt and aPPntmnt ol n•w tru•t••s The m8mb8rship ofthe J(nl Coun¢il * set by the ROW0ta R8, as ldI by the 2020 8ch8m8. ganlsatlon•l Stru10 Declslons m8de In Joint Cound m•ethwg we stsff perfom dlrtyx and administrative rofes and o¥wJeen by Ihe Joint Councl. Th8 tharity wlth the Charfty Corffliisslon 6thAwl 2009. AFprov8d by ¢)rd8rof tho toard ofth8 J(int C(wn(il on ................... a1 8hw8d on Ms b0hty. ammond J Smal

JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE. COVENTRY INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE, COVENTRY l report lo the Truslees on my exaNnalh)n of Ihe ststemerts ol Joint Council ofTh Brklg9 Bgnofg, Coventy for the year ended 31 0g¢ember 2022. R••pon$lbnrtkn and b•¥ls ol rnport As the Tnjslees ofthe Charity yotr are reSpN fr tht eParatiOn oftho finala1 stmgnts In acc¢rdwKe vAth tha rw1fvwnts ofthe ChaMe8ALa 20111th& 2011 A. I report reS¢t of my 8xnination of Ihe Charws finanual St4teTrnts caniod out under section 145 of th• 2011 Ad. In canying Out my •xaminaih3n I have folowed 41 the 41pl1ble Dyedons glven by the Chwy Commission under secalon 1451Sllbl of Ihe 2011 Act. Ind•p•fid•nt •x•mln•rf• sl•tsm•nt Your attention Is drown to th• fad that Ihe tharrty hos K¥ewèd ancIal 8t#t•ments In acwrdgrK vAlh Acwunting and Reportlng by Ch¥ntTres prep?ring Iheir a¢(wnl8 in acc<ydan wrth the Finandal Rewlng standard aPFllca8 in th• UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) in preferenc• lo Accounting and Reporting by Charithes.. Statemènt of Recommnded Practir i88u•d on 1 Aprfl 2005 1$ referred lo kn the vxlanl regulations but has now been trawM. l understand Ihal thls h88 been dme In order for fThn¢ial $t8lemènts lo pffjwd• a true and falr 9W Sn accoidance wilh G•ntrraltyAc¢gPted Ac¢ounlirvJ Pr8cti¢e for perlcrfJ$ beginning on or oft•r 1 JAnuèry 2015. I have c¥)mpleled my examination. I C¢Vbfinn that no matters hm wno to my 8tt•rikn In th• •xamh)atlon gmng rn• ¢a118e lo tho1 in any materfal respect.. accounn9 retsjrds w•re nol kepl in respect of the Charty as rnqutred by s•(on 130 of 2011 Act., or tho flnandal statements do rt wilh tIK)8e Twd$'. or Ihe ffinancial Statements do Th)t (Mpty with the applica¢ rgqulrements corthmtro form and CnI of aecounls ul out in the CharItS {A¢¢ounts 8nd Retytsl Re9aln$ 21X)8 olhor than any requiremanl that the aco)unts gr¥e a true and Iw bfj&w vthKh li not a matter (nSIdered •s of •n Indewndent examlnatlon. I havg no concems and hove come *c¥oss no cther mattèts kn L¥nnec4KJn wlth thg gxamlnation lo whlth attention $hould be drawn In this rew in or(leElo a proper underntanth'ng of the fin•nc4al 5tatement5 to rtAndeT8on FCA Azets Audit Sgrwc 3M¢ Mwdlemarth Bulnfj Pa &skin Dri Coventry CV3 4FJ United Kiwm

JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE, COVENTRY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTivrriES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE AccouKr FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 Tol•l Unrn•trl¢t•d R•th¢l•d fvnd• fund¥ 2021 2021 Totsl fvnd 2022 funds 2022 1021 Donations and légactos Charitable actiwlies Other Income InSIm•n 209.519 12.269 20.698 1.184 230,217 13.453 1) 75 220.387 10.587 9.294 11,$93 231.960 12,490 36.086 28.792 268 75 Tot1 IncoTr 221.888 21.957 243.845 240.268 40,556 280,824 Chaiitsble 243.865 23.386 207251 216.834 28.404 243.038 Gro88 tran81trs ben fund8 N•t l•xp•ndlthr•Vlneom• for th• y••il N•t rnov•m•nt In fund¥ Q,417) 2,417 121.9n) {1,429) (23.4CSS) 21217 16.569 37.788 Fund balane•8 at 1 January 2022 11)0.014 28.215 128229 78,797 11.846 90,443 Fund at 31 0•mb•r 2022 78.037 28,786 104,823 100.014 28,215 128,229 The ststemenl (rffinfji aditieS indudo1 01 galn8 and108ses mgnI¢•d In the yew. Al Income exp8nditLn d1 from c<nl •¢llbryti.

JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE, COVENTRY BALANCE SHEEr AS A T 31 DECEMBER 2022 2021 Curr•nt M¥ot• Debtofs Cash 8t bank and kn hand 11 11.S86 1Ql.221 11.077 120. Cr•dltorn.' aiiiounts lalllng du• wlthln on• y••r 111.807 131.967 12 {6,984) 13.738) Not current 104.823 128.229 InGom• fund# Restrtcted funds 13 26.786 28,215 Daslgnaled furKIs General unrestrict•d fLmd8 14 42,383 36,181 63A33 78.037 100.014 104.823 128,229 Tho finenoal slabments worn apwo¥éd by th8 Tnth an.......... HammoThl Trtr•

JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE, COVENTRY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sTATEMErs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 Ac¢ountlng polcl•• Ch•rlty infomiallon Joknt Cln(al ofThe Bridg• B•nefice, CoNMtry is an unincryr•tsd tharty regod kn EntsrKI 1.1 Accounting eonv•ntlon The financial slatemenls have been prepared in 8co)rdance wfth thè Charitys1goMwrMrKJ dwJmenl]. the Charitles Ad 2011, FRS 102 'The Finana81 Reptirti Stsndard apF4icablo kn Ih& UK Republlc of Irelanrf fFRS 1027 and thè Charibes SORP 'ACn'Thj Repoiting by Ch8nlies'. Ststemenl of Recommgnded Pr¥di¢e applK4ble to ¢hwlU¢s wep8ring their actounls in actsxd8nr wlth the Flnandal Reporting Slondard appcabI9 in th8 UK #nd Repuilic of Ir•l•rxl IFRS 1021" {•ffedr4e 1 January 20191. The Charity Is a Publie Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102. Th Charoty has takan ¥dno• of Ihe th& SORP fty to prepar• • Slotemgnt of Ca8h Flo. finanual $l•lrnts have tyrt•d from the Chaiities (Accowrts grKI Reports) Regulatths 26 only lo the •xtent required to provide a true and lair view. This departure has invofved fc4lowing Ihe Statement of Rfjcomm•rKled PraGce loi charltles apptying FRS 102 rnlher th•n thè ¥•r8ion of the Statement of R•Mmrnended Pr8clTh whth h rf¥rred to in the Regulglksns bul whith has since boon withdrawn. The finandg18tatem•nts prepared kn •l•rkng. thl¢h h the fwKlion•l of the Charty. Monetgry amounts in financial statements 4r• rounded lo the nearest E. The Ilrwidal 81atements hav• been prnpaf•d thjer the hi1¢?1 c¢st convetW¢)n. Imodth&J lo Include the revaluatn of freehold proparti•s ond to irKgvde in¥e5tment propertl&s and Certain finan(aal instnrnenls 81 fair valuej. The princApal a(xourrtry polkie8 adopted are sel b•lvw. 1.2 Golng conc•rn Al the lime ol approvhg the lknan>al temls. tho Tnoteo8 has a mscrfwble •XIxt Ihat th• Chor h83 ¥d6quale resources to ¢ontinue in op8rational eSlon¢¢ lor the foreseeable fiJture. Thus tho T1905 nlinue lo adopt th• golng ¢oncm basis of ar£ounlw in prepaiiThJ th& financiaf $tatemnts. 1.3 Charftsbl• lund8 Unreslri¢ted funds av4U4tle for #t th• ¢&S(¥etsc of the Trustoos In further•nix of thtiir thtabl0 obJectfve8. R8slrkted fvnd8 t 3ubied to ¥pedfi¢ con¢ll1 by as lo lymt ts may b8 Usèd. The purptstte8 aThJ u$ ofthg rtr1dj f4MMls ar• sel out in the ncrtes to the flnandal stataments. Endowm8nl lund$ a subied to StlIk oJndilts)s ty dowKx5 Ihal thg ¢•thl nMAI bo maM)lalnod by th6 rity. 1A Incom• Incgjme IB cogniSed when the Charity is legalty •ntilled tt> it afteT any rtOM}anc* ¢ondOn$ h•4• be mel. the amounts can measured reliabty. and M18 probat4e that inoJne wrfl be re¢oi¥ed. Cash dotiOnS are recognlsed on receipi Other thnations are recognised cmce the Charity has been nOtifd of the donalion, unlgs$ porfmnce cOndiS require deferral of the amount. Inme tax leVer0b1O In latlon to drmations re¢w¥ed under GfftAid or deads ofvmnant is recognised at thg me of th? donation. Lag•¢ies are recognised re¢eipl or otheNise il the Charity has boèn Mtified of an impgnding distribution. the amount 1$ known. •nd reIPt is eywted. 11 th8 is not th• lggxy 1$ treatgd a$ contingerrt asset.

JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE, COVENTRY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 Accountlng polkl•• Iconllnuodl 1.6 E¥p•ndltsJr• LIabilitS are rncognised as expendiiur8 as soon •$ Ihere is a gal or C51[U1¥e obligabon commlttlng the chartty lo that exndItuTe. it is Pfob8ble that a transfer of eCone bènèfits wll be requwed in sattl•menl and the arrKJunt of the obllgallon can be measured liabty. Expendtture L% a¢xounlèd for th an ¥tu15 basis and has been dasstfd under heatthngs that a9gr8gat• al ${ retaied lo the calegory. there e051s cannol be dYe#ty attributed lo parti1aT heading$ they have been althatgj to c b¥st¥ consistent th tho ol r•Éources. 1.6 Calh and ¢a•h •quSvakThl• Cgsh 8nd cash •qufval•nts Cde ¢8th In hand, deposlts at cal ilh banks, other Shorlen liquid Inv8stmènts Tth original maluri1 of Ihm months or less, and bank Ov?raft8. overdrafts aré shu4vn within bcYrnwingB kn Thent thabilrb•s. 1.7 Fln•ncl•l In•trum•nts TM Charity has elocied to the mslon6 of SedSon 11 'Bas¢ FThndal Instrumènw and S•ctknn 12 'Other FinancA81 Instrum8nts Issues, of FRS 102 to 811 of its fingnual instruments. FInaal instruments ore r•ctyNtad in tho Charivs balance sh8•t wh•n the Chardy b•com•s paty lo th• ¢onlraclual provlsions dthe Instrum•nL Flnandal asSS and liabihties are offs•l. wth not #mot$ wesented the Ilnandal 8tatem•nts, whon there is o hgally en1(Ceable h1 to set off the recogrmsed AM$ ther• 1$ 4n Int•ntI to sett on a nèt bg5i$ or lo loalist the asset and settle th• li•bility 8imullan8ously. B••l¢ Ilnncl•l•ss•ts Basic financial asse15. which Indude d•blorn •nd calh and bank bkn8, •r• msu[ed tranS8¢tn pri induding transactKn (y)sls and are 8ubs8qu8nty Carri al •nortised cost using the effecllve Interost method unle35 Ihe arr8n9emenl c¢nstitutes a finanong hnsactknn. whtrrn thé transaction is m•85ur6d at the pr•sanl vakn• of the fubjre receipts d1xxX1fjd al a market rnle of kntereBt. Finandgl as8•ts das8lfied as receivat40 wilhin year arè not amorlised. BMk Ilnanelal Il•bUhi 8¥3ic financlal Itabil18, Indudiw and bonk k)fj inffj81ty rnts)gnlMd at trnalon prkA unl•85 the arrarffjemenl conslrtuies a n&ing tranSact}n, vthe the delA instrument Is measured at the prnnI value of thg fulurg payments disttnI8d at a mafkel rate of Lfile$t. FwwKial ?bilIt$ dalfIed as payblg wlthin on• •r¢ not anw11. Oebt In$lwments •re iubsewttry carried at amortAed coi( using tho offgthry Intern8t rate method. Trade wdttor8 arn obfigation# to pay fty goods or ser¢0$ that ha%T been •ywwed in the couTre of op•r8tions from wpliers. Amwnls payaL4e re da55ffied as Trn1 ligbthU08 rf pawnenl is due within one year or less. If not. they are presented as nonarJJThent Ikatiifaes. Trad• ueditor5 are recognised initially al transadion price and subs•qugnlPy mg88urod at amoitwd cost u&ng eftdive Intertsl method. D•rn¢ognlllon of ffnanelalb¥abllft Flnantyej lia5 deftctynisod the Chartys rtra¢ausI ottyttons expire or are di5(arged or Cancelled. 1.8 Employ•e ben•flts The ujst of any unused holklay anknent Is rt(x)gni5ed in ts perlod h tfifickn lh• enwtoyts's seivices are Terminalion b8n8ffts aro recognised immedialety as an ews8 Wh the ch is dernCrtr8b1y ojfflmitted to leminate Ihe ernpknyr1 of an emr4)yee or to proNide lemNnatA)n kneffits.

JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE. COVENTRY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ICONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 A¢¢ountlng poll¢l•• IContlnu•dl 1.9 Retirem•nt b•nofft¥ Poyment8 to d•fThd c¥)ntnlxrfK fellremont benefft sthemes am rthaTd as an expense fall du•. Crfllcal a¢counllng •stknit•• and Judgenw In thè applulion of tr Chaws acc71 PO9. th• Trta•S r• requirgd lo makè judgements. osllmalos and 8ssumption$ about the canwno 8mounl of assets and liaknlitie8 that are nut readity apparent from otr Jrces. Th8 estimates and ass¢xthd aSsutiOnS are bas on historwal exF•rfonco and oth•r fa¢tLys t1 are consid•red to be relovarrt. A¢lual rt8ults may dffl•r from these eslimales. Th8 e$timato8 And Underng a$8umplKw arn f•yieed crfwing baBi8. RlS1or to a(rountkng èslim•le$ •r• r•wni8ed in the p8rh)d in the estimale Is rew8ed er? Ihe rs0on affocts {ty thal Pgrfod, ty in the period of the Tewsion and futw• periods whore the reblslon afbds both cuThenl and ftrture pwlodi. Donatlon• •nd J•gacl Total IStrtid Re8lrktèd nds Total fund• nd• X122 2022 2022 2021 2021 Donatlons g1ft5 209.519 230217 220,387 11.593 231.980 rltsble •¢th11tt•g Tradlng rradlng AclMil•# A¢VItI• 2022 2021 Parochlal Fee Inc#)m• Car Park Rental Inc4)m• Room Hwe Inffle 6.811 8.895 1.165 13,453 12.490 Anaty81s by fund Unrestricl•d fvnds Reslrfcted lund8 12.269 1.184 10.587 1,903 13,453 12.4)

JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE. COVENTRY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKfs (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 Olh•r Incom• Ilnrn*trfcl•d UNestricaed Restrthd fund• fd$ fvnds 2022 2021 BlJ[3 repair fund 11x1 36.086 Thè other income rolatK to thts funds introduc•d ty th• xqul&6n of the St Stephens Church Into tho ¢h•rfty I InvHtm•nts RMtrl¢t•d R•slrtd•d ft•nd• funds 2022 2021 Intsrest rK$able 75 10-

JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE, COVENTRY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 Charlt•bl• Ch•ritabl• 2022 2021 Staff costs Slaffing Co8ts- Cl8rgy Expenses Sthffing Co$l$- Trrining Staffing Costs- Furbugh Scheme Grants Groups & Metrlings 8uifdiThJs. Finan & Admlni8tration Dlocèsan PayThents Supported Organisathjns Charttabl8 A¢iSvlJ•s 85.273 8,014 2,434 11,7731 ITT21 6,370 1.820 1711 11.153 52,380 76,625 46.W3 72.500 32.290 12.888 14.851 285,451 241,498 Sharn of go¥•mon co8t• note 8> 267,251 243.038 An11• by fwd Unre8lrfct6d fundB Reslri(48d lund8 243,885 23,366 216,634 26,404 267251 243,038 Supp•)rt ¢o•t• 2021 ¢ts Examiners fees 1,8CKI 1,540 1.81x1 1.540 Anatys¢d belwMn charable 8ctiNltle$ 1.540 Governance costs indud•s p8ymen15 to th• •xamin•rs of £1.8CX) (2021.. £1,540) for examination feas. 11

JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE, COVENTRY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKrs (coKriNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 TnMtss TnMts• mnwn•rntion and bm•fits Jeff Smaks was offu administratcf and Joint Tr8asur•r in 2022 and £122 arxl ro¢eived no pension ntrUtionS. The Ckrgy fe¢evffjd In t¢Aal £6.372 expenges, David Hmond was paid £3,600, Sarah Ashelby £1,572. AM P•ath•y £3, Ern Glmour £3LYJ and Caroline Hamm¢)nd £6CQ. No othar member ofth• Joint Council r•cthved any remunefal, &th•r diredty or Th•ro wern M tmgtoas. •xpenses pw'd lor lh• year to 31 Dttemter 2022, rKf for y•ar lo 31 0mber 2021. 10 employ• The Bverape nththty nunknr 0fenyknyfj duriThJ tr yw was: 2022 Ilumb•r 2021 Humb•f Ernploym•nt ¢wts 2022 2021 and 8aL9ri•s Social security c4$1$ Other p•nswJn costs 75.489 2,721 2,133 e4),970 2,320 1.983 80.323 65,273 There w•r• no empknye6s whom anrwol rnratIon was mcn £60,000. 11 D•btorn 2022 2021 Amounts falllng du• wllhln on• y•*r. Trède debtors Other débtors Prepayment$ and accfiMd income 874 8,997 1,715 91 9.848 1.338 11,586 11,077 12-

JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE. COVENTRY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (COKTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 12 Cr•dltor*: 4mounts tsllin9 du• within on• year 2022 2021 Trade Ixeditors Awuals and dofeffwj income 3.192 3.792 1,242 2.496 3,738 13-

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