ia 11 ANNUAL REPORT 2022 THE BPI ## **CONTENTS** |**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!) 2 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. 3 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. 4 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_ 5 ## **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_ 6 ## **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. 7 ## **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. 8 ## **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._ 9 ## **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 10 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. 11 ## 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 12 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_ 13 ## **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. 14 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. 15 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. 16 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 17 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 18 ## **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. 19 ## **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. 20 ## **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.** 21 **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. 22 Ch•rfty rpgi¥tr•tion nUM￿r 1125017 JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE. COVENTRY ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE. COVENTRY LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Thisle D Hamm(￿1 J Smalles T Hir￿n￿￿)ttUn M Jwmyn J Marlin L Dawson SAsh•lby A Mthtani J SByer M RotrAns¢)n E GilmtyJr C Hammond (Appointed 30 September 2022) {Appointsd 1 J￿Y 2022) Ch•rtty numb•r 1129017 Ind•p•nd•nt•umln•r AzetsAIKIIt Sepl 3Mc Mlddlamarth Buwnem P•rk &'skin Drive CoV￿ty Unit•d Kirwdom CV3 4FJ JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE, COVENTRY CONTENTS Jolnt Councl r Indeperthnt ex*nh)0¢8 rqport Statsment rf ffflandal a¢tkYll*s 88LgnL* sheet Note810 th• ltrw)rJal $t*twnants 7-15 JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE, COVENTRY JOINT COUNCIL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 The Trust•e8 presents ils r•port with the fmanrAal Statem￿ of the d￿lIty fi>r the year ended 31 December 2022. The ffinanclal statements have been pf8parnd hl #Cr￿ wilh the accountlng polkie6 set oui in note 1 to the finanaal ststw*n15 and compty wlh th¢ Charitys govemlng d0￿Ment, the Charities Act 2011 and "NGcounting arKI Reporfing by Charities.. Staiement of Recommended Pra(*c* appI￿Ab￿ lo chariti&s pr8paring ther accounts In accfjrdan¢¢ wilh the Flnawal Reporting Standard Op￿1¢able kn the UK and Republic of Irelar*d IFRS 102) leffrftiv• 1 January 2019)". ObJ•ctlvM and •thltl•• ObJ•cllv•s and Alm¥ The ￿lMary obl•dive of ￿ Jolnt COWKI 18 lo foUcA¥od before 2025 of a new roof for thè m¥in church bwlthng Ws assoual•d 8dd-on& This is yet to be costed but Ilk8ty to ba ov•r £4W.O(K). Funds sat asid& already to P8y wm• of the c05t. and we are N1¥Estigat￿9 possibilitffjs for rttemng GranI￿d. for1￿ 7•0 Al Sl Stephen's on ITh￿"41 ¢onsuttation has tokn plarz on th• possl)illty of wo￿n9 wrfh th& Cthey Community C￿tre to buld a new builthn9 ¥thith r6 both 8 dwr(* and a conwnunty c•ntre. Further eparatory work wlll COMM￿ in 2023. God'$ generosity ond blessings *e again r•c¢w4sed ty the Jo*il C(Kmcl a5 Ho (￿nt￿lU•S to grow trls wo￿, ond we continue to seek His wll to further dèM*h¥) 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 wo￿n9 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 y8arry*wJ 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 c1w￿lf9 govgmkng we Ihè Pwoc*•al Churth COU￿lS (Prywgrsl moa￿re 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 coU￿ll. 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 Ro￿nson E Gilmour C HammDnd (Aprthnl￿l 30 S8pl6mber 20221 (h4p)Inted 1 Juty 2022) R•crullffl•nt and aPP￿ntm*nt ol n•w tru•t••s The m8mb8rship ofthe J(*nl Coun¢il * set by the ROW0￿ta￿ R￿8, as l￿dI￿ by the 2020 8ch8m8. ganlsatlon•l Stru￿10 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 ................... a￿1 8hw8d on Ms b0h￿ty. 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 Bgnof*g, 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 fina￿la1 st*mgnts In acc¢rdwKe vAth tha rw1fvw￿nts ofthe ChaMe8ALa 20111th& 2011 A￿. I report ￿ reS￿¢t of my 8x*nination of Ihe Charws finanual St4teTr￿nts caniod out under section 145 of th• 2011 Ad. In canying Out my •xaminaih3n I have folowed 41 the 41pl1￿ble Dyedons glven by the Chw*y 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 accal ￿tem￿ls. tho Tnoteo8 has a mscrfwble •XIxt*￿ Ihat th• Chor h83 ¥d6quale resources to ¢ontinue in op8rational e￿Slon¢¢ lor the foreseeable fiJture. Thus tho T￿1905 nlinue lo adopt th• golng ¢onc*m basis of ar£ounlw in prepaiiThJ th& financiaf $tatem*nts. 1.3 Charftsbl• lund8 Unreslri¢ted funds av4U4tle for #t th• ¢&S(¥etsc￿ of the Trustoos In further•nix of thtiir th￿tabl0 obJectfve8. R8slrkted fvnd8 *t 3ubied to ¥pedfi¢ con¢ll1￿ by as lo lymt ts may b8 Usèd. The purptstte8 aThJ u￿$ ofthg r￿tr1d￿j f4MMls ar• sel out in the ncrtes to the flnandal stataments. Endowm8nl lund$ a￿ subied to St￿lIk 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* ¢ond￿On$ h•4• be mel. the amounts can ￿ measured reliabty. and M18 probat4e that inoJne wrfl be re¢oi¥ed. Cash do￿tiOnS are recognlsed on receipi Other thnations are recognised cmce the Charity has been nOtif￿d of the donalion, unlgs$ porfmnce cOndi￿S require deferral of the amount. In￿me tax le￿Ver0b1O 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 re￿IPt 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• LIabilit￿S are rncognised as expendiiur8 as soon •$ Ihere is a *gal or C￿51[U1*¥e obligabon commlttlng the chartty lo that ex￿ndItuTe. it is Pfob8ble that a transfer of eC￿on￿e bènèfits wll be requwed in sattl•menl and the arrKJunt of the obllgallon can be measured ￿liabty. Expendtture L% a¢xounlèd for th an ¥￿tu￿15 basis and has been dasstf*d under heatthngs that a9gr8gat• al ￿${ retaied lo the calegory. there e051s cannol be dYe#ty attributed lo parti￿1aT heading$ 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 ￿C￿de ¢8th In hand, deposlts at cal *ilh banks, other Shor￿le￿n liquid Inv8stmènts T￿th 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. FIna￿al 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 asS￿S and liabihties are offs•l. wth not #mo￿t$ 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¢ Iln*ncl•l•ss•ts Basic financial asse15. which Indude d•blorn •nd calh and bank bkn8, •r• m￿su[ed tranS8¢t￿n pri￿ induding transactK*n (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 d1xxX￿1fjd al a market rnle of kntereBt. Finandgl as8•ts das8lfied as receivat40 wilhin year arè not amorlised. BMk Ilnanelal Il•bUhi 8¥3ic financlal Itabil￿18￿, Indudiw and bonk k)fj￿ inffj81ty rnts)gnlMd at tr￿n￿alon prkA unl•85 the arrarffjemenl conslrtuies a ￿n&￿ing tranSact￿}n, vthe￿ the delA instrument Is measured at the prn￿nI value of thg fulurg payments distt￿nI8d at a mafkel rate of Lfile￿$t. FwwKial ￿?bilIt￿$ da￿lfIed as pay*blg 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 ￿Tr￿n1 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 lia￿￿5 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 t*fifickn lh• enwtoyts's seivices are Terminalion b8n8ffts aro recognised immedialety as an ews8 Wh￿ the ch￿ is dernCr￿tr8b1y ojfflmitted to leminate Ihe ernpknyr￿1 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 rthaT￿d as an expense fall du•. Crfllcal a¢counllng •stknit•• and Judgenw In thè applulion of tr* Chaws acc￿￿71￿￿ PO￿9. th• Tr￿ta•S r• requirgd lo makè judgements. osllmalos and 8ssumption$ about the canwno 8mounl of assets and liaknlitie8 that are nut readity apparent from ot￿r Jrces. Th8 estimates and ass¢xthd aSsu￿tiOnS are bas￿ on historwal exF•rfonco and oth•r fa¢tLys t￿1 are consid•red to be relovarrt. A¢lual rt8ults may dffl•r from these eslimales. Th8 e$timato8 And Under￿ng a$8umplKw arn f•yie*ed crfwing baBi8. R￿lS1or* to a(rountkng èslim•le$ •r• r•wni8ed in the p8rh)d in the estimale Is rew8ed ￿er? Ihe r￿s0on 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 I￿Str￿tid 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 In￿ffle 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• f￿d$ fvnds 2022 2021 Bl￿￿J[￿3 repair fund 11x1 36.086 Thè other income rolatK to thts funds introduc•d ty th• xqul&6￿n 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$- Trrining Staffing Costs- Furbugh Scheme Grants Groups & Metrlings 8uifdiThJs. Finan￿ & Admlni8tration Dlocèsan PayThents Supported Organisathjns Charttabl8 A¢iSvlJ•s 85.273 8,014 2,434 11,7731 ITT21 6,370 1.820 1711 11.153 52,380 76,625 46.W3 72.500 32.290 12.888 14.851 285,451 241,498 Sharn of go¥•mon￿ co8t• note 8> 267,251 243.038 An1￿1• by fwd Unre8lrfct6d fundB Reslri(48d lund8 243,885 23,366 216,634 26,404 267251 243,038 Supp•)rt ¢o•t• 2021 ¢￿ts Examiners fees 1,8CKI 1,540 1.81x1 1.540 Anatys¢d belwMn char￿able 8ctiNltle$ 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 TnMts*s TnMts• mnwn•rntion and bm•fits Jeff Smaks was offu administratcf and Joint Tr8asur•r in 2022 and £122 arxl ro¢eived no pension ￿ntr￿UtionS. The Ckrgy fe¢evffjd In t¢Aal £6.372 ￿ expenges, David H￿mond 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 0￿mber 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 r￿n￿￿ratIon 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- v In r 11) r 10 t*1 ¢T• n ¢0 gg%3-{ LL u LL UioE T10•2èty .1.11115 JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE. COVENTRY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEMfs (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 14 D•sigMI￿ fvnd Th& Ir)come funds of the tharlty indude the foTh)wing dè8lgnated wthkh have bBen sot aside out of unrestncted lunds by the trustees for spe¢ifi¢ pu￿*88$.. IAov•m•nt In lunds **• •t Ineomlr4 Ro•¢uffM B•knn¢• at Bulldirg Repair Provls Fund {3.887) 36.181 1(Kl 162n 35.854 (3.887) 36.181 100 162n 35,654 15 Anafy¥h ol n•t •¥￿• b•l*••n lund• UDrn•trlct•d RMtrkt•d fund• fund• 2022 2022 Totsl Unrestrided R6strid•d funds 2¢Ydl Total 2022 2021 2021 Fund balan￿8 at 31 December 2022 ore repr￿¢￿tOd by.. Currtnl assetslOiablltle8) 78.037 26.786 104.823 1￿,014 28215 128.229 78,037 26,786 104,823 100.014 28215 128,229 16 Rd•tsd party tr•n••¢lloM There were no db%losable reloled party 1ranwlw￿j dwkng thè year (2021 . nom). 15- Ch•rfty rpgi¥tr•tion nUM￿r 1125017 JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE. COVENTRY ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE. COVENTRY LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Thisle D Hamm(￿1 J Smalles T Hir￿n￿￿)ttUn M Jwmyn J Marlin L Dawson SAsh•lby A Mthtani J SByer M RotrAns¢)n E GilmtyJr C Hammond (Appointed 30 September 2022) {Appointsd 1 J￿Y 2022) Ch•rtty numb•r 1129017 Ind•p•nd•nt•umln•r AzetsAIKIIt Sepl 3Mc Mlddlamarth Buwnem P•rk &'skin Drive CoV￿ty Unit•d Kirwdom CV3 4FJ JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE, COVENTRY CONTENTS Jolnt Councl r Indeperthnt ex*nh)0¢8 rqport Statsment rf ffflandal a¢tkYll*s 88LgnL* sheet Note810 th• ltrw)rJal $t*twnants 7-15 JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE, COVENTRY JOINT COUNCIL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 The Trust•e8 presents ils r•port with the fmanrAal Statem￿ of the d￿lIty fi>r the year ended 31 December 2022. The ffinanclal statements have been pf8parnd hl #Cr￿ wilh the accountlng polkie6 set oui in note 1 to the finanaal ststw*n15 and compty wlh th¢ Charitys govemlng d0￿Ment, the Charities Act 2011 and "NGcounting arKI Reporfing by Charities.. Staiement of Recommended Pra(*c* appI￿Ab￿ lo chariti&s pr8paring ther accounts In accfjrdan¢¢ wilh the Flnawal Reporting Standard Op￿1¢able kn the UK and Republic of Irelar*d IFRS 102) leffrftiv• 1 January 2019)". ObJ•ctlvM and •thltl•• ObJ•cllv•s and Alm¥ The ￿lMary obl•dive of ￿ Jolnt COWKI 18 lo foUcA¥od before 2025 of a new roof for thè m¥in church bwlthng Ws assoual•d 8dd-on& This is yet to be costed but Ilk8ty to ba ov•r £4W.O(K). Funds sat asid& already to P8y wm• of the c05t. and we are N1¥Estigat￿9 possibilitffjs for rttemng GranI￿d. for1￿ 7•0 Al Sl Stephen's on ITh￿"41 ¢onsuttation has tokn plarz on th• possl)illty of wo￿n9 wrfh th& Cthey Community C￿tre to buld a new builthn9 ¥thith r6 both 8 dwr(* and a conwnunty c•ntre. Further eparatory work wlll COMM￿ in 2023. God'$ generosity ond blessings *e again r•c¢w4sed ty the Jo*il C(Kmcl a5 Ho (￿nt￿lU•S to grow trls wo￿, ond we continue to seek His wll to further dèM*h¥) 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 wo￿n9 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 y8arry*wJ 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 c1w￿lf9 govgmkng we Ihè Pwoc*•al Churth COU￿lS (Prywgrsl moa￿re 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 coU￿ll. 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 Ro￿nson E Gilmour C HammDnd (Aprthnl￿l 30 S8pl6mber 20221 (h4p)Inted 1 Juty 2022) R•crullffl•nt and aPP￿ntm*nt ol n•w tru•t••s The m8mb8rship ofthe J(*nl Coun¢il * set by the ROW0￿ta￿ R￿8, as l￿dI￿ by the 2020 8ch8m8. ganlsatlon•l Stru￿10 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 ................... a￿1 8hw8d on Ms b0h￿ty. 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 Bgnof*g, 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 fina￿la1 st*mgnts In acc¢rdwKe vAth tha rw1fvw￿nts ofthe ChaMe8ALa 20111th& 2011 A￿. I report ￿ reS￿¢t of my 8x*nination of Ihe Charws finanual St4teTr￿nts caniod out under section 145 of th• 2011 Ad. In canying Out my •xaminaih3n I have folowed 41 the 41pl1￿ble Dyedons glven by the Chw*y 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 accal ￿tem￿ls. tho Tnoteo8 has a mscrfwble •XIxt*￿ Ihat th• Chor h83 ¥d6quale resources to ¢ontinue in op8rational e￿Slon¢¢ lor the foreseeable fiJture. Thus tho T￿1905 nlinue lo adopt th• golng ¢onc*m basis of ar£ounlw in prepaiiThJ th& financiaf $tatem*nts. 1.3 Charftsbl• lund8 Unreslri¢ted funds av4U4tle for #t th• ¢&S(¥etsc￿ of the Trustoos In further•nix of thtiir th￿tabl0 obJectfve8. R8slrkted fvnd8 *t 3ubied to ¥pedfi¢ con¢ll1￿ by as lo lymt ts may b8 Usèd. The purptstte8 aThJ u￿$ ofthg r￿tr1d￿j f4MMls ar• sel out in the ncrtes to the flnandal stataments. Endowm8nl lund$ a￿ subied to St￿lIk 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* ¢ond￿On$ h•4• be mel. the amounts can ￿ measured reliabty. and M18 probat4e that inoJne wrfl be re¢oi¥ed. Cash do￿tiOnS are recognlsed on receipi Other thnations are recognised cmce the Charity has been nOtif￿d of the donalion, unlgs$ porfmnce cOndi￿S require deferral of the amount. In￿me tax le￿Ver0b1O 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 re￿IPt 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• LIabilit￿S are rncognised as expendiiur8 as soon •$ Ihere is a *gal or C￿51[U1*¥e obligabon commlttlng the chartty lo that ex￿ndItuTe. it is Pfob8ble that a transfer of eC￿on￿e bènèfits wll be requwed in sattl•menl and the arrKJunt of the obllgallon can be measured ￿liabty. Expendtture L% a¢xounlèd for th an ¥￿tu￿15 basis and has been dasstf*d under heatthngs that a9gr8gat• al ￿${ retaied lo the calegory. there e051s cannol be dYe#ty attributed lo parti￿1aT heading$ 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 ￿C￿de ¢8th In hand, deposlts at cal *ilh banks, other Shor￿le￿n liquid Inv8stmènts T￿th 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. FIna￿al 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 asS￿S and liabihties are offs•l. wth not #mo￿t$ 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¢ Iln*ncl•l•ss•ts Basic financial asse15. which Indude d•blorn •nd calh and bank bkn8, •r• m￿su[ed tranS8¢t￿n pri￿ induding transactK*n (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 d1xxX￿1fjd al a market rnle of kntereBt. Finandgl as8•ts das8lfied as receivat40 wilhin year arè not amorlised. BMk Ilnanelal Il•bUhi 8¥3ic financlal Itabil￿18￿, Indudiw and bonk k)fj￿ inffj81ty rnts)gnlMd at tr￿n￿alon prkA unl•85 the arrarffjemenl conslrtuies a ￿n&￿ing tranSact￿}n, vthe￿ the delA instrument Is measured at the prn￿nI value of thg fulurg payments distt￿nI8d at a mafkel rate of Lfile￿$t. FwwKial ￿?bilIt￿$ da￿lfIed as pay*blg 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 ￿Tr￿n1 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 lia￿￿5 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 t*fifickn lh• enwtoyts's seivices are Terminalion b8n8ffts aro recognised immedialety as an ews8 Wh￿ the ch￿ is dernCr￿tr8b1y ojfflmitted to leminate Ihe ernpknyr￿1 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 rthaT￿d as an expense fall du•. Crfllcal a¢counllng •stknit•• and Judgenw In thè applulion of tr* Chaws acc￿￿71￿￿ PO￿9. th• Tr￿ta•S r• requirgd lo makè judgements. osllmalos and 8ssumption$ about the canwno 8mounl of assets and liaknlitie8 that are nut readity apparent from ot￿r Jrces. Th8 estimates and ass¢xthd aSsu￿tiOnS are bas￿ on historwal exF•rfonco and oth•r fa¢tLys t￿1 are consid•red to be relovarrt. A¢lual rt8ults may dffl•r from these eslimales. Th8 e$timato8 And Under￿ng a$8umplKw arn f•yie*ed crfwing baBi8. R￿lS1or* to a(rountkng èslim•le$ •r• r•wni8ed in the p8rh)d in the estimale Is rew8ed ￿er? Ihe r￿s0on 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 I￿Str￿tid 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 In￿ffle 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• f￿d$ fvnds 2022 2021 Bl￿￿J[￿3 repair fund 11x1 36.086 Thè other income rolatK to thts funds introduc•d ty th• xqul&6￿n 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$- Trrining Staffing Costs- Furbugh Scheme Grants Groups & Metrlings 8uifdiThJs. Finan￿ & Admlni8tration Dlocèsan PayThents Supported Organisathjns Charttabl8 A¢iSvlJ•s 85.273 8,014 2,434 11,7731 ITT21 6,370 1.820 1711 11.153 52,380 76,625 46.W3 72.500 32.290 12.888 14.851 285,451 241,498 Sharn of go¥•mon￿ co8t• note 8> 267,251 243.038 An1￿1• by fwd Unre8lrfct6d fundB Reslri(48d lund8 243,885 23,366 216,634 26,404 267251 243,038 Supp•)rt ¢o•t• 2021 ¢￿ts Examiners fees 1,8CKI 1,540 1.81x1 1.540 Anatys¢d belwMn char￿able 8ctiNltle$ 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 TnMts*s TnMts• mnwn•rntion and bm•fits Jeff Smaks was offu administratcf and Joint Tr8asur•r in 2022 and £122 arxl ro¢eived no pension ￿ntr￿UtionS. The Ckrgy fe¢evffjd In t¢Aal £6.372 ￿ expenges, David H￿mond 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 0￿mber 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 r￿n￿￿ratIon 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- v In r 11) r 10 t*1 ¢T• n ¢0 gg%3-{ LL u LL UioE T10•2èty .1.11115 JOINT COUNCIL OF THE BRIDGE BENEFICE. COVENTRY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEMfs (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 14 D•sigMI￿ fvnd Th& Ir)come funds of the tharlty indude the foTh)wing dè8lgnated wthkh have bBen sot aside out of unrestncted lunds by the trustees for spe¢ifi¢ pu￿*88$.. IAov•m•nt In lunds **• •t Ineomlr4 Ro•¢uffM B•knn¢• at Bulldirg Repair Provls Fund {3.887) 36.181 1(Kl 162n 35.854 (3.887) 36.181 100 162n 35,654 15 Anafy¥h ol n•t •¥￿• b•l*••n lund• UDrn•trlct•d RMtrkt•d fund• fund• 2022 2022 Totsl Unrestrided R6strid•d funds 2¢Ydl Total 2022 2021 2021 Fund balan￿8 at 31 December 2022 ore repr￿¢￿tOd by.. Currtnl assetslOiablltle8) 78.037 26.786 104.823 1￿,014 28215 128.229 78,037 26,786 104,823 100.014 28215 128,229 16 Rd•tsd party tr•n••¢lloM There were no db%losable reloled party 1ranwlw￿j dwkng thè year (2021 . nom). 15-