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The service lasts about an hour and a quarter. 10:00am The Grange A small congregation with a mix of formal and informal services, band led worship and teaching. The service lasts about an hour and is followed by refreshments. 4 **Highlights from services:** Teaching Over the course of the year, we have had the following teaching series. As well as celebrating the key events of the Christian calendar, we have had other sermon series each term. 5 ## **Christmas** It was wonderful to see a return to the numbers we had before COVID at our Christmas Services. This year we focussed on the theme of Follow the Star: The Great Invitation. As well as our Christmas services you will read about the Christmas events that several of our ministries hosted in the reports that follow. ## Carols & Cakes at the Grange A wonderful mix of carols, songs and readings. Lots of people from the wider community joined in and experienced generous hospitality. ## Carol Service It was great to worship together through traditional carols and worship songs. It was wonderful to see people from all ages involved and then enjoy mince pies and mulled wine afterwards. ## Christingle Service Lots of families from the local community join in and hear the Good News of Jesus on Christmas Eve. ## Christmas Day Services We had our three main in-person services on Christmas day - 8am, 10am and Grange services – and then also our online service. 6 ## **Easter** _(Picture of the Easter Set up)_ Maundy Thursday After eating together, we had a reflective service and shared in the Lord's supper. Good Friday All Age Service An interactive service following Jesus' journey on Good Friday culminating in his death on the cross. Wonderful to reflect together on all that Jesus went through on that first Good Friday. Good Friday Meditations A quiet reflective service with hymns and readings and meditations 7 ## **Worship Ministry (Jonathan Philp)** Every week we seek to lead the people of St James in sung worship as an expression of our love for and delight in Christ. He is almighty, everlasting, full of grace and love, holy and magnificent beyond our understanding – he is worthy of our praise and adoration. To focus our minds on Him through singing and music is our objective; to glorify Him whether the week has been good or bad - we know that He is all that we need, and time spent in His presence is time well spent. I would like to thank Andrew for his careful and mindful oversight of the team over the years and look forward to what the future hold. Over the last year we’ve had two new team members – Matt Ally and Josh Boxall. I would like to thank each member of the team for their continued input and stewardship. It truly is an honour and privilege to serve the church as part of this team. I’ve been encouraged by the way we have managed to have a live worship band nearly every week over the year, though there is always room for more singers and musicians to get involved. It has been great to involve some of our young people in the worship band, particularly at Easter. Many people commented on the carol service and how much they enjoyed it – there was a great sense of celebration as we gathered to remember the birth of Christ and all that means for us today. Looking forwards, I’m passionate about involving all generations in sung worship and involving young people in the worship band – all with the goal of building the worship life of the church. 8 ## **Audio Visual ( Mark Fishpool)** The A/V team has settled into a steadier weekly routine following the many changes that we made the year before. The team itself has changed with Caitlin leaving us to go to university, and two new young people joining us, Connie, and Grace. They both started off initially learning alongside the more experienced team members, and then joined the teams fully at the start of 2023. Last November we had a tidy-up in the back corner of church, putting in a better permanent desk and mounted display screens for running the video and presentation computer. This has also allowed many of the cables to be hidden out of sight and makes the A/V corner more in keeping with the rest of the building, as well as being more secure. As we continue to live stream our 10am Leamington Road services, and need to support other seasonal and special services, we recently installed a third permanent camera in church. This replaces the 'temporary' one that has been in front of the worship band since we first started! It gives us much more flexibility as it can pan, tilt, and zoom across much of the church. We are just beginning to use the camera but have further work needed to make full use of it. 9 ## **Children & Families (Ali Maynard)** Cogs (Children of God), children’s work takes place on a Sunday morning during our 10am Leamington Road service. We have the following groups; Little Cogs aged 3 - 7 (end of year 2) and Middle Cogs aged 8 - 11 (end of year 6). The older youth year 7 to year 13 (12 - 18) are part of Re:Vive, our youth ministry. Over the last 18 months our children’s team have been working hard to rebuild our children’s work following the pandemic. We are so grateful to the team, many of whom have been serving in this area for years - thank you for all the time, energy, skills and commitment that you have dedicated to the children and families work. We are now providing sessions for the children most weeks during term time, consisting of some planned worship and Bible teaching sessions and some all Cogs together sessions which are mainly play and craft activities. As a church we have also been developing an All-Age Service on the first Sunday of the month, where the children remain in the service. This seems to be going well and we would like to further adapt this to provide a service which is fun and engaging for the children and continues to meet the needs of all ages. Our aim is also to further develop our Cogs sessions to provide weekly planned sessions for all our groups. 10 Following the pandemic, we met together to pray for our children and families as we looked to re-establish this ministry. As we named and prayed for all the children and youth known to us at St James, we were encouraged by just how many there are. We are so thankful for these families and encouraged that we have also recently welcomed new families to St James. We have developed a Children and Families’ Ministry Leadership team to oversee this area, provide vision and to look at how we further develop it. We have new volunteers that have joined our children’s work, and some more are just going through the process. We continue to need to develop this team and recruit more leaders as we move forward - if you are interested, please do speak to one of the team. One of the highlights of the last year, was our trip away to Spree camp in July, where a group of 8 - 18’s went away for a weekend of outdoor activities and teaching at Rock UK outdoors center. This was a wonderful weekend of fun, getting outside of our comfort zones, building relationships, and learning more about Jesus. Sadly, Spree is not running this year and we are unable to take the children away to this. However, as an alternative, we are planning a day trip to a theme park, evening activities and a sleep out as a fun 11 relationship building weekend for our 8 - 18-year-olds. We are really looking forward to this. Another highlight last year was our Christmas Nativity Service, where many of our Cogs children took part dressing up as characters from the Nativity story. We followed this with Christmas games in the hall and a family lunch to celebrate the end of the year for children’s work. We are looking as a team at doing more community events to deepen our relationship and faith together as families throughout the coming year. Thank you to all those that our part of our Children and Families at St James - you are such a blessing. ## **Re:vive Youth (Josh Lumwagi)** Re:Vive exists to make disciples of Jesus. It’s a safe and fun place that inspires young people to grow a deep personal relationship with God, with each other, and reach out to the world around them, making a positive impact. It is aimed at young people between the ages of 11 and 18. We have Thursday evening sessions running from 6:45pm till 8:45pm and Sunday session running at 10am till 11am. _We are a community of young people who want to know more about Jesus, whilst having lots of fun!_ Encouragements: We have a brilliant leadership team that is committed, dedicated, and passionate about serving, loving, and discipling young people and is a great encouragement. Also, it was a great joy to welcome three new young people into Re:Vive and see growth in the knowledge of God and deeper faith in Him in our young people through the conversations and exploring questions around faith. One young person said after doing a series on Youth Alpha _“it helped me have a better understanding of God and Christian faith…”_ It’s exciting to be part of our young people’s journey of asking, seeking, and knocking, and, of course, games, pancake, and pizza nights are normally the highlights. It is fun! :) 12 ## **Small Groups (Josh Maynard)** Small Groups continue to be an important place for people to grow in their faith. They provide a place of belonging where people can worship together, read the scripture, have discussion, and pray for one another. The small group leaders meet from time to time to support and encourage one another. ## **Alpha (Josh Maynard)** In the summer of 2022 St James ran a small Alpha course where people were able to explore and grow in faith. There was a real depth of conversation. Some of the participants were able to pray out loud for the first time. ## **New Wine (Josh Maynard)** After 2 years of not attending New Wine, it was good to return. We had another great week away together, with teaching brought to us by Amy Orr-Ewing. As a group we enjoyed a bring and share lunch and a BBQ. It was wonderful to see some of our young people serving on team this year. The children really enjoyed the week, including having a sleep out under the stars one night. The whole week was a great opportunity for us to grow in community and faith. ## **Pastoral Care (Jane Foster)** The pastoral team have continued to support the congregation over the last year. There are several people whom we phone and visit regularly, especially those who are living alone. We also aim to give practical help where needed, including organizing a Rota of meals to be delivered to those who have requested them. Examples of this are to families who have just welcomed new arrivals, or those leaving hospital. 13 Maro offers home communion to those who are unable to get to church too. We have a WhatsApp group where we keep in contact with the rest of the team to discuss need and have planning meetings at the vicarage once a term. Our numbers have recently depleted, and we would love to have new members on the team. Currently there are just 3 of us, and we really need more volunteers to offer more support. It is great to be able to support our brothers and sisters in Christ and to make a small difference where we can. ## **Prayer Line (Maro Whitehead & Christine Binks)** Here at St James, we believe in praying for one another. In Galatians 6:2 we are encouraged to “carry each other’s burdens”. What a powerful way it is to do just that in prayer. A group of people from Leamington Road and the Grange have committed to praying for the needs of others. In doing so we commit them to the Lord and ask for His intervention into their situation. Whilst we know from Isaiah 55:8 that “His thoughts are not our thoughts and His ways not our ways.” we trust in our Heavenly Father’s faithfulness and continue to bring our requests to Him. 14 ## **Community Coffee Morning (Maro Whitehead)** This runs every Thursday morning from 10.00am-12.00 noon at the Knoll Drive Church Centre. Its purpose is to serve the community by providing a safe, warm, and friendly place for those who come in. The numbers are currently averaging between 12-16 people and those who come always look forward to it and go home feeling uplifted. It is rather humbling to hear them say “the café provides a lifeline for us” Considering the present economic climate, we were very pleased that we managed to raise £500 for the Macmillan coffee morning last October. Thursday Community Coffee Morning is a great community, all are welcome to come along. 15 ## **Bubbles and Baubles (Ali Maynard)** Still a firm annual favorite, Bubbles and Baubles took place again in December - this time drawing in its biggest ever crowd! We had just over 100 people attend, which including a wonderful team of about 15. The majority of those who came were visitors from the community and family/friends outside of our regular church family. This is such a great outreach event and leads to the question of what should we do next? A number of those that attended have tried out our monthly create sessions this new year, which has been a wonderful encouragement. Each year we have such positive encouragements and comments from people who attend, and we are thankful for our amazing team who help to run this event year on year. Also thank you to those who come afterwards to help clear up the mess! It’s a lot of work, but it’s worth it. Thank you. 16 ## **Kintsugi Hope – Wellbeing Course** Kintsugi Hope is a national Christian charity, partnership with charities to provide safe supportive places for those who are struggling with their wellbeing and mental health. They have provided a 12-week adult course and a 6 week youth course to be run in churches for members and / or the local community, with themes like honesty, anxiety, forgiveness, resilience and healthy relationships. Over the last year we have run a youth wellbeing course for the first time at Re:Vive which was brilliant. Many of the young people engaged well with the topics, and fed back that it was a supportive and fun environment and that they learned new ways of looking after themselves. It’s so important that they know its ok to not be ok and that there are things you can do when you’re not ok. Running the course opened a space for greater honesty and openness, and I noticed that on residentials later in the summer some of the young people were more willing to talk about how they were doing and share when they were struggling. We ended the youth course by making Kintsugi Bowls – beauty in brokenness. 17 ## **CREATE (Bridget, Gill, Chloe & Lisa)** Create craft group meets on the last Friday evening of the month in the Church Centre and has been running for a year now. It’s an event where Christians and non-Christians can mix with ease over cake, coffee and craft, while giving us the opportunity to show our love and faith in Jesus and offer encouragement through sharing, caring and listening, while learning to make something together. During most of the year we have had around 12 attendees, however during the Autumn term that number grew to 20 and in January there were 27 of us! We have a core of regular ladies who love to try the different crafts that we provide each month, some are regulars at St James, but we are gaining more from near and far (many who are not Christians) as news of our group gains momentum. We were thrilled to welcome a good number of our members at Bubbles and Baubles and then again with their families at a variety of our recent Christmas services. We're looking forward to all the new craft adventures that our small enthusiastic team can share with our creative friends during 2023. 18 ## **ALLSTARS (Christine Binks)** All Stars has continued to be well attended. We are currently oversubscribed which means we now have a waiting list. The Children enjoy playing together. The craft table is very popular and is well supervised by members of the volunteer team. The children participate and enjoy the singing at the end. The Carers/parents happily chat with one another and enjoy refreshments throughout the morning. Together this makes for a lovely atmosphere. The Christmas toddler service was well attended, and we are reviewing the potential for having more in 2023, perhaps Easter and Harvest? We are always happy to talk about the Christian faith and provide booklets for people to take away and find out more. We also offer to pray with people. Allstars is a great outreach to our community. 19 ## **Connect Stewards and Service Managers Report** **(Roger & Julia)** The Hosting Teams continue to do a really good job of welcoming both visitors and regular worshippers attending the ten o’clock service at Leamington Road. Service Managers help to ensure services run smoothly by checking some things are in place, keeping a record of numbers attending, ushering people forward to receive communion and tidying up afterwards. Both these teams of people play valuable parts in ensuring people feel included and comfortable within the church building. It has been very encouraging to welcome a few new people to our fellowship over the past twelve months or so and the pudding evening hosted by Josh and Ali at the vicarage was very well received and attended. Rebekah has done a great job in updating the Welcome booklet and Connect card for newcomers. We would like to express our gratitude and thanks to the teams and to everybody who helps make the church so welcoming. 20 ## **Eco Church** Eco Church was an initiative & group formed to engage the whole Church community, both at St James & at the Grange. The response has been amazing. Initially, the group collected & completed a survey compiled by the Rocha UK Project. The survey enabled us to provide a baseline for assessing our Church’s environmental impact & to begin to make improvements. Ultimately, it is not just about the impact of small initiatives, but ensuring when decisions are made prayerfully on behalf of the Church, the impact on the environment is taken into. account. The survey, divided into 5 key areas, will enable us to focus upon those areas that need greater focus & consideration. The survey highlighted many things that give us cause for celebration, & enabled us to achieve the bronze award. The challenge for the whole Church community is to move this on to achieve the silver award. The Eco group have drawn up an action plan to track progress closely. As we look to the future, there are several actions we hope to put in place, here are some examples: - Building on our participation in the January Gardening Day (Next one 25th March). - Suggested installation of a bike rack –agreement from PCC required. - Developing the eco page on the website, to share all the information on the initiative (already begun). - In the longer term, reviewing the lighting in all buildings to make it more environmentally friendly. - Undertaking a feasibility study to assess the impact & possibility of installing solar panels. - Planning for “Environment Sunday”, 4th June 2023. Our page will also have a prayer and an eco-action for each month of the year. The website will include links to other churches engaged in the initiative to enable us to view and share best practice. Links will also be established with other relevant Christian sites & charities. For: Climate Stewards, Christian Climate Action, A Rocha UK, Operation Noah, CCLA – sustainable investment. 21 **Reports from some of the organizations we support.** 22 ## **Coventry City Mission** 2022 has proved to be a very busy year in almost all the projects at CCM. Along with our current projects including our ‘Pay what you can café’, foodbank, Senior lunch club and café church, we have recently extended our MAFIA men’s work to include a weekly men’s breakfast. This is becoming very popular and is a good opportunity to draw men together and get them talking. We were able to organize several trips for the group and have three more outings planned over the coming months. The cafe now opens three days a week and numbers have grown in a big way. At the start of 2022 a busy session would have been 45 meals served in just under 2 hours. Now a busy day would be around 75 meals over the same time. With the availability of fresh food donations dwindling, we would value prayer for ongoing provision for this service. It is at the center of all we do and gives us opportunity to help in many ways beyond just feeding people. Our second chance shop continues to be busy and is always welcoming of any donations of clothes, bric-a-brac, bedding etc that may come in. Described by locals as the cheapest charity shop in the city it provides a much-needed resource for the local community. ‘The Giving Tree’ grew by approximately 14% last year with us providing 1252 children (from 537 families) Christmas presents as well as an opportunity to come to a distribution party and visit Santa. This project has doubled in size over the last 5 years. Our weekly (Thursday) and monthly (2[nd] Sunday) café church events continue to grow. It is great to see people who have no or very little connection with a traditional church engaging with these projects and being so willing to learn about the Christian faith. As always, we thank you for your ongoing support and prayers. For more information go to covcitymission.org.uk or find us on Facebook. 23 ## **Hope Coventry & Warwickshire Night Shelter** It's been a busy year for HOPE Coventry, we have continued to run our four major projects. (Good Neighbours, Christians Against Poverty, Healing on the Streets and Coventry House of Prayer), gathered leaders at two city-wide events, sent fortnightly newsletters to over 1,250 recipients, and recruited a new Chief Operations Officer, Steve Elton. Read on for highlights from some of our projects: **Good Neighbours** – Good Neighbours continue to find bespoke befriending solutions for isolated, vulnerable over 50s in Coventry. This year has seen the expansion of our social groups - for men struggling with their mental health, and for those living with dementia & their carers. Men's Group Keresley launched in April, Memory Lane Finham launched in October, and we celebrated 200 people trained as Dementia Friends. We continue to have high numbers of referrals for our befriending. scheme, and currently have 300 clients receiving regular support. each week. Clients, carers, and referrers continue to be very happy. with our service: “We know that the befrienders go the extra mile to support people at home and in the community.” - Social Prescriber. **Christians Against Poverty** – We have seen 11 families across Coventry go debt free in 2022. We are currently working with 49 other families to sort their debt issues. - some will take a few years to become debt free. Additionally, we have supported 108 families at drop-ins at 3. foodbanks and social supermarkets. These families aren't necessarily in chronic debt but need support, signposting and advice about money management - we hope to expand this work. 24 **Coventry House of Prayer** – The team were inspired this year by the National Houses of Prayer conference and are encouraged by signs of a spiritual awakening in the city. **Healing on The Streets –** The team have been passionate and faithful about prayer this year. People have come back to share how God has healed them, and we have had live worship music during several sessions. We are extremely grateful for your support over the past year. Your prayers and financial contributions have enabled us to continue to serve the most vulnerable in our city. Contact us: office@hopecoventry.org.uk www.hopecoventry.org.uk 07563902904 ## **Open Doors** When I wrote this letter last year, I was able to reflect on the extraordinary generosity that Open Doors supporters showed during the Covid-19 crisis in 2020. The pandemic didn’t end then, of course, but continued throughout 2021. We saw new waves of the virus and restricted freedoms across the world, and exacerbated persecution and discrimination 25 against our global church family. And so it’s amazing that levels of giving and prayer remained incredibly high throughout the year. Thank you! In 2021 your donations were, again, significantly higher than before Covid-19, enabling Open Doors partners and fieldworkers to continue providing vital support to those who are persecuted for following Jesus. Emergency Covid aid continued, but so did Bible distribution, relief aid, trauma care, training and microloans for the long-term survival of the church. Thank you, also, for speaking out for your persecuted family. Nearly 7,000 of you invited your MP to the parliamentary launch of the Open Doors World Watch List 2021. Because it was online, thousands of you were able to watch as nearly 100 MPs heard first-hand from persecuted believers. I continue to be humbled by the steadfast commitment of Open Doors supporters, without whom none of our work to support. the persecuted church would be possible. As you read this annual review, please remember that every gift, every prayer, every action is enabling persecuted Christians in the most difficult of circumstances not just to stand strong, but to keep sharing Jesus, no matter the cost. Thank you so much. Henrietta Blyth CEO, Open Doors UK&I 26 ## **Friends of IBBA Girls School** Last year was a milestone for IBBA Girls’ Boarding School – for the first time, the school had classes in all nine-year groups from Primary 4 to Secondary 4. Those in S4 will be taking their end-of-secondary exams in March, becoming the first cohort to complete secondary education at IGBS, a huge achievement for them, their teachers, and the school a- a- whole. 2022 was also the first year for new Headteacher Taban Kenyi Emmanuel, who brought fresh energy and renewed vision to the school. As well as overseeing an expansion of the school demonstration farm, Mr Taban has introduced a programme of group mentoring for the girl students to enable them to practice debate, critical thinking, and group work. The sessions cover important extra-curricular topics such as responding to peer pressure. Thank you all for continuing your generous support with your £1,000 pledge in the Big Give Christmas Challenge – your pledge has matched another £1,000 in Challenge donations, meaning that you and those donors are together making twice the impact. You are helping to supply food, pay cooks, and provide additional care for the students throughout 2023. Please continue to pray for God’s provision and protection for the girls and their teachers, support staff, families, and communities. Thank you! _Jonathan Martin, FIGS Communications and Fundraising Team, January 2023_ 27 ## **Pastor Sam** ## **BACKGROUND** Barnack ministries is initiated to skilling secondary school students school dropouts.to enable them to be able to face life constructively. We believe this will help them sustain themselves in job scarcity and competitive world. The Vision Sustainable students and school dropouts. ## **Mission** :- - To catalyze sustainable secondary school students and school dropouts through practical training and modeling. ## **CORE VALUES** - 1: Integrity - 2: Academic excellence - 3: Value all people - 4: compassion - 5: Teamwork Barnack high school is a Christian founded school committed to offer affordable quality education based on motivating the building up of a biblical worldview. The school is set in the rural poor communities of northeastern Uganda where the average person lives below poverty line So skilling the students gives them a push for self-reliance. Barnack high school prepares students academically spiritually and practically to harness whole man. We seek to skill all our students through vocational training in tailoring, computer, agriculture, shoemaking crafts. And leadership development. We also intend to create an open opportunity for kaabong students to receive exposure visits. In agriculture we wish to train our students on value addition and marketing. 28 However, to enable us to achieve this goal we need a grant of $5000 dollars, we need 10 sewing machines 8 normal and two interlocking machines 6000000 Six million Ten computers Six million then material for craft work one million and shoes making two million then trainers three one million five hundred monthly 29 ## **YWAM Arua** YWAM Arua is called to be a Bridge of Healing to the Nations. We focus on northern Uganda, South Sudan and DR Congo. We are about thirty staff from Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, Congo, USA, UK Rwanda, Kenya and others. YWAM Arua would like to take this opportunity to thank St James for their generous support to YWAM Arua over the years and in 2022. The year has in many ways been very difficult but non the less we have been encouraged by all the lives that have been touched by God in this year. Training is an important part of what we do, helping young people connect with God and gain useful skills. We run several short courses that are a part of YWAM’s University of the Nations (U of N). In 2022 YWAM Arua ran more U of N schools than ever before. We ran two, six-month long Discipleship Training Schools. This is our gateway course and is a chance for the students to encounter God and discover more about themselves. It also equips them to start ministry. We ran two DTS schools with 18 and 15 students. There were students from Uganda, South Sudan, Congo, USA and other nations. IN one 30 school we had 9 deaf students whom we provided sign translation throughout. One student said “ _What was outstanding for me was the teaching on the Fathers Love. Some of the memories of my parents made me feel very weak. I hid myself in a safe place looking for where I can find love. I know I'm wounded and had no help until the DTS. Every time I heard a talk about the Father's love, I could not receive it but now I'm free to talk about God. Through the teachings something happened to me, I didn't realize what was holding me back. I felt such relief when soul ties were cut and an ungodly spirit was cast out. The Holy Spirit came and delivered me from this trauma._ ” When the students had finished their lectures, they went to a variety of outreach locations throughout Uganda and also to Eastern Congo. Where they preached the gospel and taught what they had learnt to others. Then we have the School of Biblical Studies, which equips students on how to study the bible inductively and to understand the main message of each book rather than cherry picking verses. Over nine months each book of the bible is studied verse by verse using these techniques. This was the first time we ran the full school, and we had six students from Uganda, Sudan and Congo. Sustainable Agriculture School trains students on the biblical basis of agriculture and organic farming methods. It also trains them how to teach others to improve their agricultural techniques. In 2022 the number of students was 15 from Uganda, South Sudan and the USA. For their outreach the students worked in four villages, Ayiniva, Kasua, Anzinzini, Olumini, teaching them how to farm organically. We ran the Frontier Missions School for the first time this year. It is focused on equipping students to reach the hardest to reach places by helping the to understand Islam and other religions as well equipping them with skills that help them to enter into a community. There were six students. From this school the students have gone to South Sudan where they are church planting amongst the Lokoya people. We also have been running the Vocational Training School for girls who have dropped out of school. This year we had many Muslim girls. Twenty were trained in tailoring and nine in catering in 2022. We have also been running Nazareth House in conjunction with Project Two Five. It is an after-hours drop-in center for school children from 7 to 16 years old. The numbers fluctuate but between 80 and 100 children come anyone evening. Activities vary from games and arts and craft to 31 wise choice seminars, bible studies and for the parents, parenting courses. Below is a photo of the Nazareth House Christmas celebration that had over three hundred people attend. Thank you so much for all your support, many blessings to St James in this coming year. May you know God’s abundant provision and be transformed by his Spirit. ## **Nexus ICA** Nexus ICA is in both an exciting and challenging season. We have experienced significant negative impact to recruitment following the pandemic and are very much in a period of ‘COVID recovery’. However, we are simultaneously in a season where God is speaking clearly and encouraging us in so many ways. More than ever, we are committed to building Nexus ICA into an institute that teaches a biblical approach to worship, points people to Jesus and communicates God’s heart in all we do. Whilst finances and future stability remain a challenge, we are also experienced incredible amounts of generosity from people who believe in the life changing work God does through the ministry of Nexus ICA. 32 Practically, we are also enjoying a season of increased partnership. As an organization we are partnering with Spring Harvest, working with young people, and delivering teaching streams. We have also launched training days in areas connected to worship ministry to support the local church and beyond. As ever we remain committed to resourcing the local church by adding our support to events like Genesis, Motofest and City Praise and Prayer. On behalf of all our staff and trustees, thank you for your ongoing support and prayers. ## **NoviMost** Becca and Ivica Simunovic continue to work with Novi Most International in Capljina, Bosnia Herzegovina. Novi Most works with young people in the community offering them a variety of regular activities, where they can grow, learn, and have fun in a safe and welcoming environment. Through these activities opportunities develop to really get to know and shape the lives of the young people. Many of them attend our church lead camps where they can meet other teenagers from around the country and hear, perhaps for the first time, about the love of God. Becca and Ivica are also very involved in the running and leadership of the local church in Capljina, a small congregation of about 20 believers. They would again like to thank St James' for the continued support of the work of Novi Most in Bosnia Herzegovina, it is very much appreciated. 33 ## **Together for Change: Fresh start** Many at St James will be familiar with how Fresh Start supports refugees who seek sanctuary in our city. During 2022 some refugees worshipped with us, along with several key volunteers and staff from the Fresh Start team. They include Matt Robinson and Tish Monaghan. During the year Fresh Start became more embedded in the life of two other Anglican parishes: All Saints in Allesley where there are hotels for asylum seekers, and St Peters Hillfields where many refugees live. One of the joys of 2022 was seeing ‘’One Family Church’’ put down roots and flourish at St Peter’s. This fresh expression of church was birthed at St James Styvechale. Originally a small support group for Christian refugees, we helped them come together during COVID lockdown for worship, fellowship, and bible study. As more & more people came along, they needed to find more space to achieve social distancing. Its Sunday service is a place where around 50+ refugees’ worship in many languages – quite a long service with all the various translation that is provided! St Peters provides the space, whilst Together for Change has covered other costs and undertaken fundraising – donations from St James have been a lifeline. It’s been great to see churches collaborating in this way. During 2022 came the Cost-of-Living Crisis. Together for Change purpose is to tackle poverty in our Diocese. Our charity offered to spearhead a ‘’Warm Hubs’’ project, which launched in mid-November. We have brought together nearly £70k in funding to help mobilize a score of Warm Hubs involving local churches. Much of the money was released by the Coventry DBF/Church Commissioners, whilst £10k came through an AVIVA Crowdfunding scheme supported by people across Rugby and Coventry - including St James. The score of Warm Hubs assisted embrace the most deprived communities in of our Diocese. Some are up & running already, serving many who are struggling to pay food & heating bills. Two of the warm hubs connect closely with Fresh Start, these being All Saints in 34 Leamington (with a café focusing on Ukrainians) and St Peter’s in Hillfields (see photo). ## TFC officer Katie Smith worships at St Peters, and has provided a picture of their Warm Hub: - _‘’St Peter’s Community Lunch now operates within the setting of a warm hub. Each week, ESOL classes take place in the St Peter’s building. After the class on a Wednesday morning, a free warm meal is provided. A range of food is served to reflect the multi-cultural Hillfield’s community including Spanish, Iranian and British cuisine. An average of 60-80 attend each week._ _Several of the refugees and asylum seekers that attend, are also formally recruited as volunteers to assist with preparing and serving the lunch. We also have attendance from the local Hillfields community and morning congregation, many of whom are elderly and face significant deprivation. In 2022, the Parish of St Peter’s was identified as one of the most deprived parts of England, leaving many without a regular warm meal and unable to heat their homes this winter._ _Following the community lunch, a social games session is held to encourage friendship and community engagement in a warm, safe space. This is attended by an average of 30-40 people each week. For a number of the refugees and asylum seekers that attend St Peter’s, the community lunch and social games session is the only opportunity in the week to receive a warm, healthy meal, form friendships and build community._ _Due to rising demand, St Peter’s are hoping to run their community meal for an additional evening each week to reach local Hillfield’s families after the church Youth Hub, which is run twice a week after school.’’_ Thanks St James Styvechale for your support! John Scouller & Katie Smith January 2023 35 ## **John & Vikki in Uganda** John and Vikki Wright are part of the team that founded YWAM Arua in 2003. YWAM Arua is called to be a Bridge of Healing to the Nations. As a couple our call is to raise African missionaries to the nations. We especially focus on northern Uganda, South Sudan and DR Congo. We would like to thank St James for their generous support to us and our family over the years and especially in 2022. The year started out with many challenges but through it all we saw God’s grace and he sustained us. We have been encouraged and inspired by what God has done this year. Much of our time has been focused on completing our Masters in Global Pioneering Leadership. This course has continually inspired renewed and refreshed us. As it was focused on YWAM leaders in was readily applicable to our situation. Our thesis topics also reflected this. John’s thesis was focused on developing discipling cultures in YWAM communities in the global south. I interviewed a variety of leaders of bases throughout the global south to learn from how they created a discipling culture that led to staff growth and innovation. Vikki’s thesis was on how to empower victims of sexual violence amongst refugees from the Nuba Mountains, Sudan, who have received significant trauma healing to tell their stories using the creative arts to bring change in their society. The research process was interesting and inspiring for both of us. Both of our thesis’ provide some sense of direction for us in the future and an idea of the ministry that we want to get involved in in the future. Amongst doing the masters we were both also involved in work in our base and in the region. John travelled to Isiro by bus, 340 miles with one of our elders, Miriam Owot to do team building and pastoral care for the team in Congo. Both Vikki and I have been visiting the new team in Juba South Sudan, Vikki has been teaching on the Discipleship Training School 36 and then later in the year visiting again to lay the foundations for the Oral Bible Translation Seminar that is running right now in Arua. I also travelled to Juba for leadership development issues for YWAM in South Sudan as we look to strengthen and rebuild the teams there after the war. We were in the UK for Christmas for the first time in 20 years this year. It was so good to be with our eldest son, Aidan, whom we have not seen for 15 months and also with John’s 91-year-old Mum and the rest of the family. Once again thank you St James for all your faithful support and prayer to us. Many blessings John and Vikki Wright ## **Coventry Youth for Christ** At Coventry Youth for Christ, we are all about seeing young lives changed by Jesus. Our aim is to do this by showing Jesus in a way which is relevant to every young person in Coventry. ## **Youth Cafes** We have 4 Drench Youth Cafes running in the city. Youth Cafes are designed with young people in mind and are a simple model that churches can use to connect with young people from their local community. They offer young people a safe “third space” to drop in to and hang out with their friends after school, with simple activities, from Xbox/PlayStation games to sporty games in a hall or outside area, arts and crafts, pool or table tennis, or games such as Jenga, Jungle Speed, Dobble or Uno. We would love to see every school in the city linked with a local church that is running a Youth Cafe to invite young people to. ## **Schools work** We work with multiple schools in the city, offering mentoring, lessons, assemblies and lunch clubs. Mentoring has been a key opportunity to support young people, especially since Covid, as we help support them with their mental health. We would love to build our volunteer team in mentoring to be able to offer support to more students and schools. **Church partnerships** 37 Steph currently works as our church partnership worker, helping 3 churches across the city grow and develop their youth work. Steph helps lead youth cafes, small groups, youth groups and more. **Pray for us.** We are in a season of transition as Jon, our previous director, has moved on. Please pray for the board as they seek to appoint a new director in 2023. Want to know more? Want to get involved? Email us as admin@covyfc.org 38 PCC & Staff - ChuiG Carr - La @Ime 39 ljtler - PC GG -pcG - Churc 40 ## **Safeguarding (Steve Capitani)** The church of St James (Styvechale) follows the safeguarding guidelines that have been defined by the Church of England, House of Bishops in their document entitled “Promoting a Safer Church”. The church works with the resources provided by the Coventry Diocese to implement the policy and directives. During 2022 there has been a change of Safeguarding Officer and the role is now held by Steve Capitani. There was an extended period whilst the new incumbent attended the relevant safeguarding leadership in-order-to qualify for the role. The safeguarding officer is supported by two deputy safeguarding officers, Geoff Carr (for the Grange) and Lesley Cross (for the 8am Service). The recent COVID pandemic has seen a significant number of changes to the electoral role and people who are serving in the various ministries at St James. The list of parishioners who volunteer has been updated and the current priority is to ensure DBS checking complies with the guidelines for those in enhanced roles. This will be followed by those requiring a basic DBS check. It is intended to reiterate the importance of compliance from the front of church, deputy safeguarding officers as we well as through the individual ministry leads. The aim is to complete this exercise for enhanced roles by the end of February and basic roles by the end of March. There is also a need to complete refresher training in a high number of cases. During the first quarter of 2023 it is proposed to run several events in the church hall for those who are not confident to complete the online process themselves during February 2023. This has proved popular in the previous years. As stated, completion is also possible online and it is anticipated this will be the preferred route in many cases with the aim of being to complete all training requirements by end-April. There are several administrative focus areas for improvement. Firstly, to amalgamate the two existing safeguarding SharePoint websites into one and review the information held therein by 50% by removing duplication, any outdated material and no documents are “embedded” by more than two levels. The timescale for completion is the end of the second quarter 2023. 41 It is also planned to produce a process flow guide for the basic operation of DBS checking in Church suite which is convoluted as it currently stands for the benefit of enabling anyone new, or deputising in the role, to be able to navigate the system. The timescale for completion is the end of the second quarter 2023. ## **Hall Bookings at St James (Rebekah Cassar)** Photos & Decor by PJapper, Two Peas in a Pod Events. The St James Church Centre & St James on the Grange have several rooms available for hire. Rooms are available and charged for hire by the hour. Our facilities are available to hire for community groups, private functions, and Church members, we also have special Church member rates. Last year I reported a dip in our booking intake of both Occasional & Regular bookings, this year however I am happy to share we have seen a significant increase in the Occasional Bookings & have recently taken on a few new Regular Bookings. 42 As you may be aware there have been significant increases in costs to maintain our buildings, this includes resources & the bills for heating, water & electricity, upon review last year & to help offset some of the additional costs we did review & increase the charges for both Occasional & Regular bookings in 2022. As these continue to rise, we will of course review the booking charges & update if needed. St James has a rich & strong history in the community of Styvechale, we are blessed to have 2 buildings we can hire out: Knoll Drive & the Grange. We are proud of the heritage & history St James has. Some of our buildings & grounds have existed for many years. As we look back through our history 3 things are clear: 1. We are passionate about our community. 2. We have always been here to serve & help. 3. We understand the importance of each of our users’ events/bookings and “We have the space for them to create lasting memories”, just like our Church’s History. I, Rebekah Church Administrator & Bookings Officer / overseer in this area maintain a structured, developed, & effective process for this. Navigating a yearly Annual Review & have a desire to create evangelistic & relational opportunities with our booking groups. 43 ## **Deanery Synod (Barbara Carr)** Meetings were held at St Martin’s Finham, St Oswalds, Tile Hill and All Saints, Leek Wootton. Each meeting included a presentation on aspects of their work by the host church. Other topics included ‘Mission in Schools’ by April Gold from the Diocesan Education Board, ‘EquipHub’ by Katherine Walakira from the Diocese and ‘Eco Church’. The Deanery Synod also considered how churches might support their local communities in the cost-of-living crisis and / or respond to the invitation to act as Warm Hubs. The November meeting welcomed Rev David Hammond as the new Area Dean for Coventry South and Kenilworth. 44 ## **Finance Review** ## **Income** Total unrestricted income was £148k, an increase of £8k on the amount received in 2021. However, this is still £36k below pre-Covid19 levels. Voluntary income or giving together with income tax recovered decreased by £4k to £96K. Income from fund raising activities (mainly hall lettings and rentals) amounted to £45k, an increase of £11k. All of this increase came from additional hall lettings with increases in both regular and ad hoc bookings. Rental income from Watercall Avenue was maintained at £12k with a tenant in place for the full year. Other income was £1k higher at £6k with the return of various church activities. ## **Expenditure** Total unrestricted expenditure of £149k was £3k higher than 2021. Worship, Mission and Ministry costs increased by £9k with the recruitment of a Youth worker. However, this was offset by a reduction in our expenditure on buildings and facilities with maintenance being below planned levels. Although we suffered an increase in energy costs from October onwards, this was offset by a refund of VAT on electricity which had been overcharged in previous years. 2023 will see the full impact of higher energy costs. Total Parish share was unchanged. This is our share of the costs of ministry in the diocese including housing, stipend, training and supporting other churches in the diocese. We were able to continue our support for home and overseas mission, with outward giving at a similar level to 2021. ## **Overall Position** 45 In overall terms, expenditure for the year exceeded income by £1k. ## **Designated Funds** During the year we were grateful to receive legacies totaling £32k from the estates of Alan Kimberley and Derek Peck. The PCC have designated these monies towards church improvement projects. At the year end, the balance held in designated funds was £76k, comprising £74k for improvement projects and £2k for mission. ## **Restricted Funds** Restricted funds remain at £8k, including the balance of £3k of a grant available towards the cost of our youth worker and £3k available to support mission trips and discipleship years. ## **Reserves** Excluding fixed assets, our free reserves at the end of 2022 totaled £92k, an increase of £1k from the end of 2021. The reserves policy is to hold the equivalent of 3 months general running costs and also an amount to help fund projects over the next three years. The amount required for the 3- month cover is £44k with £48k available to fund projects. 46 ## **Other Statutory Information** ## **Structure, governance and management** The Parochial Church Council is a corporate body established by the Church of England. The PCC operates under the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure. The PCC is a Registered Charity. The method of appointment of PCC members is set out in the Church Representation Rules. At St. James' the membership of the PCC consists of the incumbent (vicar), churchwardens, treasurer and members elected by those members of the congregation who are on the electoral roll of the church. All those who attend our services / members of the congregation are encouraged to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the PCC. The full PCC meets six times during the year with extra meetings where required. PCC teams each deal with aspects of parish life, including finance, fabric and leadership team. These teams are responsible to the PCC and report back to it regularly. ## **Administrative Information** St James’ Styvechale Church is situated on Leamington Road, Coventry and our planted Church congregation known as St James on the Grange is situated on Lonscale Drive, Coventry. St James is in the Diocese of Coventry within the Church of England. The correspondence address is St James’ Church Styvechale Parish Office, Knoll Drive, Coventry, CV3 5BT Bank: HSBC Bank plc, 135 Daventry Road, Cheylesmore, Coventry, CV3 5HD Independent Examiner: Mr. D W Spafford FCCA, 25 Ivybridge Road, Coventry, CV3 5PF The Parochial Church Council (PCC) has been registered with the Charity Commission since 29[th] September 2009, charity number 1131884. 47 PCC members who have served at any time from 1st January 2022 until the date this report was approved are: ## **Ex Officio members:** Incumbent: Reverend Josh Maynard Warden: Lesley Cross (from January 2022) ## **Elected members:** Mr. Nick Bradshaw Mr. Geoff Carr Mrs. Catherine Goulding-Huckle Mr. Steve Capitani (From November 2022) Mr. Roger Graham (Treasurer) Mrs. Charlotte Latham Mrs. Sheila Butler Mrs. Lesley Cross Ms. Lorraine Nelmes Chris Hollings (until November 2022) ## **Deanery Synod Representatives** Mrs. Sheila Butler Mrs. Barbara Carr Mr. Geoff Carr ## **Risk Management** Fire and health and safety risk assessments are carried out periodically, and recommendations acted upon. The church has a parish safeguarding policy, and Disclosure and Barring Service certificates are obtained for staff and volunteers who work with children and vulnerable adults. Financial risks have also been considered. Appropriate insurance is in place. The PCC have a reserves policy to ensure that funds are available to allow the church to continue in the face of short-term reductions in income. ## **Aim and purposes.** St. James’ Parochial Church Council (PCC) has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent, the Reverend Josh Maynard, in 48 promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social, and ecumenical. The PCC is also specifically responsible for the maintenance of the Church Hall at Knoll Drive and the Grange Church Centre at Lonscale Drive. ## **Public Benefit Statement** Consideration has been given to the Charity Commissioner’s guidance on public benefit and the specific guidance for charities for the advancement of religion. In the view of the trustees the charity fulfils its public benefit obligations. ## **Objectives and activities** St James continues to build on the vision the PCC and wider Church discerned together under the title 'Journey of Adventure: Discerning our vision'. Our agreed mission is "to make committed followers of Jesus". Flowing from this is our 'imagine' vision where we set a picture of what St James could look like in 5-10 years’ time. St James has also adopted the 8 Essential Qualities as the values for the church which are part of the wider diocesan strategy for developing the health of local churches. To realize this vision, we have set out 5 key strategies: 1. Reaching our community 2. Making mature disciples 3. Mobilizing the ministry team 4. Assessing the ministry setting 5. Raising and managing finances 49 ## **Achievements and performance** These have been set out in the preceding pages which we hope you have enjoyed reading. This annual report was approved by the PCC on Monday 13[th] March 2023 and signed on their behalf by: Rev. J. Maynard 50 NOTES: 51 I JAMES ST. JAMES STYVECHALE MAKING COMMITTED FOLLOWERS OF JESUS Financial Statements of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 st December 2022 Charity No. 1131884 Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of St. James, Church, Styvechale, Coventry I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for th¢ year ended 3 1st December 2022 which are set out on page5 3 to 14. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees you are r¢sponsible for th¢ preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requir¢m¢nts of the Charities Act 2011 ('Ihe Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts carried out under Section 145 of the 201 IAct and ii) carrying out my examination I have followed all the appli¢able Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the ACL Independent examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me caus¢ to believe that in any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or the accounts do not accord with those records. or the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and cont¢nt of awounts set out in the Cliarities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the ac¢ounls give a 'lrue and fair view, which is not a matter consid¢red as part of an ind¢pcndent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other tnatters in connection with the examination to which attention should be dr&wn in this repK)rt in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Na￿le Mr. D. W. Spafford Relevanlprofessional qualification or body FCCA Address 25 Ivybridge Road. Coventy CV3 SPF Date i? L ar¢ capitalised and depreciated in the accounts over their currently anticipated useful ¢conomic life on a straight line basis. Buildings are depreciated over 50 years. All expenditure incurred in the y¢ar on wnsecrated or beneficial buildings. individual itetns under £3,000 or on the repair of moveable church furnishings acquired before I st January 2000 is written off. Other fixtures, fittillg$ 2nd o￿lre equipment Equipment owned by the PCC is depreciat¢d as follows:_ Equipment straight line basis over 4 years Organ straight line basis over 20 years Chairs straight line basis over 10 years Individual items of equiptnent with a purchase price of £3,000 or less ar¢ written off when the asset is acquired. Investments Investments &re valued at mid-mark¢t value at 3 1st D¢¢¢mber. Current assets Amounts owing to the PCC at 31 st December in respect of fees, rents or other income are shown as debtors less provision for 8mounts that may prove uncollectsbl¢. Short term deposits include ¢ash held on dcposit either with the CBF Church of England funds, a building society or at the bank. St. James Styvechale PCC Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31, Decemb¢r 2022 Unrestricted Designated Restricted Funds Funds Funds Totsl 2022 Total 2021 2 Income 2a Voluntary Income Planned givin8 78,042 78.042 81,907 Coll¢etions at services 1.714 1,714 1.372 Income tax recoverable 16,048 16,048 16,147 Other donations and legacies 389 31,780 720 32.889 20,150 Grants Total 720 128 693 122 117 2b Other fundraising activities Church Hall Letting$ 25.481 25.481 14,607 Watercall Avenue rent 11,940 11,940 11,844 Car park (r¢nt) 7,523 7.523 7.523 In¢om¢ from sales 19 Total 44,963 2c Investmeni Income 891 891 104 2d Church Activitie5 Fees 2,763 2.763 3,954 Other Total Total Ineome 148 720 180 893 161627 St. James Styvechale PCC Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31, December 2022 Unrestrict¢d Designated Restricted Totsl Totsl Funds Funds Funds 2022 2021 3 Expenditure 32 Chureb Aetivitie5 Missionary and charitable giving (note I I shows details) 217 Cliurch Running Expenses S&laries 26,733 1,026 27,759 22,439 Minister expenses and f¢es 1,692 1,692 865 Training 120 120 1,340 Upkeep of services and worship 4,622 4,622 3,146 Office costs 11.347 11.347 6.023 Children & youth 1,060 1.060 515 Church running and maintenance 6.329 6,329 11.307 Upkeep of churchyard 3,105 3,105 1,690 Sundry expenses 175 175 Sub totals 55,183 1,026 56,209 47J25 Diocesan Quota 67,719 67.719 67,718 Events and refreshments ,908 1,908 1,418 Church halls running & maintenance 11.020 11,020 16,476 Church hall improvementsl sundries Total 144 130 143 843 3b Expenditure on raising funds Watercall Avenue Costs St. James Styvechale PCC Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31, December 2022 2022 2021 4 Staff Costs Wages and salaries Pension 26.889 870 21,738 701 Total a) No employee earned £60,000 or more per annum. b) Payments to PCC members- The payments made to clergy may include a sinall immaterial proportion which relates to their nction as PCC members. No PCC members received any remuneration for acting as a truste¢ during tl)e year. No PCC members were paid any expenses. There were no related paty transactions. Pension Scheme St Jaines Styvechale PCC participates in the Pension Builder Scheme section of Church Workers Pension Fund (CWPF) for lay staff. CWPF is administered by the C of E Pensions Board, which holds the assets of the schemes separafrly from those of participating employers. The Church Workers Pension Fund has a section known as the Defined B¢n¢fits Scheme, a deferred annuity section known as Pension Builder Classic and a cash balance section known as Pension Build¢r 2014. These are classed as defined benefit schemes. Pension Builder Classic provides a pension, accumulated from Contributions paid and ¢onverted into a deferred annuity during employment based on terms set and reviewed by the Church of England Pensions Board from time to time. Discretionary increases may also be added, depending on investment returns and other factors. Pension Builder 2014 is a cash balance schemc that provides a lump sum which members use to provide benefits at retir¢m¢nt. Pension contributions are recorded in an account for each member. Discr¢tionary bonuses may be added before retirement, depeiiding on investment returns and other factors. The account, plus any bonuses declared is payablc, unr¢duced, from age 65. There is no sub-division of assets between employers in each section of th¢ Pension Builder Scheme. The scheme is a multi-¢mployer scheme as described in Section 28 of FRS 102 as it is not possible to ttribute the Pension Builder S¢heme's assets and liabilities to specific employers. This mean5 that ntributions are accounted for as if the Scheme were a defined coi)tribution scheme. The pensions Costs charged to the SOFA in the year are contributions payable (2022.. £870, 2021- £701) A valuation of the Pension Builder Schcme is carried out once cvery three years. The most recent was catTied out as at 31 December 2019. Th¢ valuation at end 2022 is underway. For the Pension Builder Classic section, the valuation revealed a deficit of £4.8m on the ongoing assumptions used. At the most re¢¢nt annual review, the Board chose to grant a discretionary bonus of l O. 10/0 following improvements in the funding position over 2022. There is no requirement for deficit payments at the current time. For the Pension Builder 2014 section, the valuation revealed a surplus of £5.5m on the ongoing assumptions used. There is no r¢quirement foT defi¢il payments at the current time. The legal structure of the scheme is such that if anolher employer fails, St James Styvechale PCC could be¢om¢ responsible for paying a shar¢ of that efflployer's pension liabilities. St. James Styvechale PCC Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31, December 2022 5 Tangible fjxed assets Freehold Lands and Buildings Leasehold Lands and Buildings EquipmenL Organ and Church Chairs Total Cost l January 2022 27,182 17,025 53,244 97.451 Additions during y¢ar 31 December 2022 Depreciation l January 2022 17.319 16,672 45,038 79,029 Charge for the year 380 352 31 December 2022 Net Book Value 31 December 2021 353 31 December 2022 6 1nve5tmeni Property Freehold property at 55,Walercall Av¢, Coventry Valuation brought forward on l January 2022 Gain on revaluation in year Valuation carried forward on 31 December 2022 345,000 407 000 7 Debtors 2022 2021 Gift Aid - Income tax recoverable 3,864 961 3,945 Energy VAT overcharged Other 560 io St. James Styvechale PCC Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31 D¢cember 2022 8 Creditors 2022 2021 Amounts falling du¢ within one year Trade Creditors 1,992 1,227 Other creditors Total 9 Restricted Funds l Jan Incoming Resources Resources Expended 31 Dec Note 2022 2022 R¢fugee Conversation Buildings Development Gift Day Mission 217 217 720 720 201 201 3,065 3.065 Revive 115 115 Restricted Gifts 260 260 Children & Families Worker Totals 720 The purposes of the restricted funds are as follows'.- A Refugee Conversation- Frcsh Start project B Buildings Development Fund- Ashira concert donations C Donations from annual gift day in prior year- b&lance remaining. D Mission fund - to provide grants for short t¢mi mission trips and discipleship years. E Revive- Gift for Revive group. F Restricted charitable collcction at fvnerals- balance is for church improvements. G Children & Families Worker- Support from Dioceses re Children & Family worker ¢osts. li St. James Styvechale PCC Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31. December 2022 10 Designated Funds l Jan Funds ncoming Resources Resources Expended 31 Dec Not¢ 2022 Transfer 2022 Improvement Projects Mission 41.936 31,780 73,716 Totals The purposes of the designatsd funds ar¢ as follows'.- A Improvement projects- this year legacies, grat¢fully received from the estates of Alan Kimberley and Derek Peck, have been designated for this purpose. B Mission fund to provide grants for short term rnission trips and discipleship years. The fund is in parallel with the reslri¢t¢d fund and arises from the church donations budg¢l 11 Donations The following donations have been made during 2022 International Relief and Development & Mission Open Doors Friends of Ibba Girls School. South Sudan Novi Most 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 300 J & V Wright re work with YWAM Pastor Sam YWAM Arua 500 Home Mission Together for Change- Fresh Start Nexus Trust 500 500 Coventry Youth for Christ Hope Coventry Coventry City Mission 500 1,000 Total from Unrestricted Funds 12 St. James Styvechale PCC Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31, December 2022 Together for Change- Fresh Start - Refugee Conversation project 217 Total from Restrlcted Funds {Grantl 217 12 Analysis of net assets by funds Unrestricted Designated funds Rèstricted Total Funds funds funds Fixed assets 422,733 96,936 (4,221) 422,733 180,465 {4.221) Current assets 75,966 7,563 Current liabilities Totals 515,448 75,966 7,563 598,977 13 St. James Styvechale PCC Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31, December 2022 13 Prior Period Comparative SOFA Statement of Financial Activities For the year ending 31" December 2021 Unrestricted De5ignat¢d Restrictcd Funds Funds Funds Total 2021 Note Income Voluntary income Other fundraising activities Investment income 100.376 33.975 104 19,200 2,541 122.117 33,975 104 2b Church activities 2d 5,431 5,431 Total income 139,886 19,200 2,541 161,627 Expenditure Church activities 3a 139,075 4,768 143,843 Expenditure on raising funds 3b 1,842 4,773 1.842 Depreciation 4.773 Total expenditure 145,690 4.768 150,458 Net incomel(expenditure) before investment gains Nel gain5 on investments Net in¢omel(expenditure) Transfer bettveen funds (5,804) 19,200 (2,227) 11,169 (5.804) 19,200 (2,227) 11,169 Net Movement in Funds (5,804) 19,200 (2.227) 11.l69 Total Funds Brought Fonvard 459,734 24,986 10,313 495,033 Total Funds Carried ForTvard 453,930 44.186 8,086 506,202 14 ST. JAMES STYVECHALE MAKING COMMITTED FOLLOWERS OF JESUS Financial Statements of the Parochial Church Council for the year ended 31 st December 2022 Charity No. 1131884 Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of St. James, Church, Styvechale, Coventry I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for th¢ year ended 3 1st December 2022 which are set out on page5 3 to 14. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees you are r¢sponsible for th¢ preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requir¢m¢nts of the Charities Act 2011 ('Ihe Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the charity's accounts carried out under Section 145 of the 201 IAct and ii) carrying out my examination I have followed all the appli¢able Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the ACL Independent examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me caus¢ to believe that in any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or the accounts do not accord with those records. or the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and cont¢nt of awounts set out in the Cliarities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the ac¢ounls give a 'lrue and fair view, which is not a matter consid¢red as part of an ind¢pcndent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other tnatters in connection with the examination to which attention should be dr&wn in this repK)rt in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Na￿le Mr. D. W. Spafford Relevanlprofessional qualification or body FCCA Address 25 Ivybridge Road. Coventy CV3 SPF Date i? L ar¢ capitalised and depreciated in the accounts over their currently anticipated useful ¢conomic life on a straight line basis. Buildings are depreciated over 50 years. All expenditure incurred in the y¢ar on wnsecrated or beneficial buildings. individual itetns under £3,000 or on the repair of moveable church furnishings acquired before I st January 2000 is written off. Other fixtures, fittillg$ 2nd o￿lre equipment Equipment owned by the PCC is depreciat¢d as follows:_ Equipment straight line basis over 4 years Organ straight line basis over 20 years Chairs straight line basis over 10 years Individual items of equiptnent with a purchase price of £3,000 or less ar¢ written off when the asset is acquired. Investments Investments &re valued at mid-mark¢t value at 3 1st D¢¢¢mber. Current assets Amounts owing to the PCC at 31 st December in respect of fees, rents or other income are shown as debtors less provision for 8mounts that may prove uncollectsbl¢. Short term deposits include ¢ash held on dcposit either with the CBF Church of England funds, a building society or at the bank. St. James Styvechale PCC Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31, Decemb¢r 2022 Unrestricted Designated Restricted Funds Funds Funds Totsl 2022 Total 2021 2 Income 2a Voluntary Income Planned givin8 78,042 78.042 81,907 Coll¢etions at services 1.714 1,714 1.372 Income tax recoverable 16,048 16,048 16,147 Other donations and legacies 389 31,780 720 32.889 20,150 Grants Total 720 128 693 122 117 2b Other fundraising activities Church Hall Letting$ 25.481 25.481 14,607 Watercall Avenue rent 11,940 11,940 11,844 Car park (r¢nt) 7,523 7.523 7.523 In¢om¢ from sales 19 Total 44,963 2c Investmeni Income 891 891 104 2d Church Activitie5 Fees 2,763 2.763 3,954 Other Total Total Ineome 148 720 180 893 161627 St. James Styvechale PCC Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31, December 2022 Unrestrict¢d Designated Restricted Totsl Totsl Funds Funds Funds 2022 2021 3 Expenditure 32 Chureb Aetivitie5 Missionary and charitable giving (note I I shows details) 217 Cliurch Running Expenses S&laries 26,733 1,026 27,759 22,439 Minister expenses and f¢es 1,692 1,692 865 Training 120 120 1,340 Upkeep of services and worship 4,622 4,622 3,146 Office costs 11.347 11.347 6.023 Children & youth 1,060 1.060 515 Church running and maintenance 6.329 6,329 11.307 Upkeep of churchyard 3,105 3,105 1,690 Sundry expenses 175 175 Sub totals 55,183 1,026 56,209 47J25 Diocesan Quota 67,719 67.719 67,718 Events and refreshments ,908 1,908 1,418 Church halls running & maintenance 11.020 11,020 16,476 Church hall improvementsl sundries Total 144 130 143 843 3b Expenditure on raising funds Watercall Avenue Costs St. James Styvechale PCC Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31, December 2022 2022 2021 4 Staff Costs Wages and salaries Pension 26.889 870 21,738 701 Total a) No employee earned £60,000 or more per annum. b) Payments to PCC members- The payments made to clergy may include a sinall immaterial proportion which relates to their nction as PCC members. No PCC members received any remuneration for acting as a truste¢ during tl)e year. No PCC members were paid any expenses. There were no related paty transactions. Pension Scheme St Jaines Styvechale PCC participates in the Pension Builder Scheme section of Church Workers Pension Fund (CWPF) for lay staff. CWPF is administered by the C of E Pensions Board, which holds the assets of the schemes separafrly from those of participating employers. The Church Workers Pension Fund has a section known as the Defined B¢n¢fits Scheme, a deferred annuity section known as Pension Builder Classic and a cash balance section known as Pension Build¢r 2014. These are classed as defined benefit schemes. Pension Builder Classic provides a pension, accumulated from Contributions paid and ¢onverted into a deferred annuity during employment based on terms set and reviewed by the Church of England Pensions Board from time to time. Discretionary increases may also be added, depending on investment returns and other factors. Pension Builder 2014 is a cash balance schemc that provides a lump sum which members use to provide benefits at retir¢m¢nt. Pension contributions are recorded in an account for each member. Discr¢tionary bonuses may be added before retirement, depeiiding on investment returns and other factors. The account, plus any bonuses declared is payablc, unr¢duced, from age 65. There is no sub-division of assets between employers in each section of th¢ Pension Builder Scheme. The scheme is a multi-¢mployer scheme as described in Section 28 of FRS 102 as it is not possible to ttribute the Pension Builder S¢heme's assets and liabilities to specific employers. This mean5 that ntributions are accounted for as if the Scheme were a defined coi)tribution scheme. The pensions Costs charged to the SOFA in the year are contributions payable (2022.. £870, 2021- £701) A valuation of the Pension Builder Schcme is carried out once cvery three years. The most recent was catTied out as at 31 December 2019. Th¢ valuation at end 2022 is underway. For the Pension Builder Classic section, the valuation revealed a deficit of £4.8m on the ongoing assumptions used. At the most re¢¢nt annual review, the Board chose to grant a discretionary bonus of l O. 10/0 following improvements in the funding position over 2022. There is no requirement for deficit payments at the current time. For the Pension Builder 2014 section, the valuation revealed a surplus of £5.5m on the ongoing assumptions used. There is no r¢quirement foT defi¢il payments at the current time. The legal structure of the scheme is such that if anolher employer fails, St James Styvechale PCC could be¢om¢ responsible for paying a shar¢ of that efflployer's pension liabilities. St. James Styvechale PCC Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31, December 2022 5 Tangible fjxed assets Freehold Lands and Buildings Leasehold Lands and Buildings EquipmenL Organ and Church Chairs Total Cost l January 2022 27,182 17,025 53,244 97.451 Additions during y¢ar 31 December 2022 Depreciation l January 2022 17.319 16,672 45,038 79,029 Charge for the year 380 352 31 December 2022 Net Book Value 31 December 2021 353 31 December 2022 6 1nve5tmeni Property Freehold property at 55,Walercall Av¢, Coventry Valuation brought forward on l January 2022 Gain on revaluation in year Valuation carried forward on 31 December 2022 345,000 407 000 7 Debtors 2022 2021 Gift Aid - Income tax recoverable 3,864 961 3,945 Energy VAT overcharged Other 560 io St. James Styvechale PCC Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31 D¢cember 2022 8 Creditors 2022 2021 Amounts falling du¢ within one year Trade Creditors 1,992 1,227 Other creditors Total 9 Restricted Funds l Jan Incoming Resources Resources Expended 31 Dec Note 2022 2022 R¢fugee Conversation Buildings Development Gift Day Mission 217 217 720 720 201 201 3,065 3.065 Revive 115 115 Restricted Gifts 260 260 Children & Families Worker Totals 720 The purposes of the restricted funds are as follows'.- A Refugee Conversation- Frcsh Start project B Buildings Development Fund- Ashira concert donations C Donations from annual gift day in prior year- b&lance remaining. D Mission fund - to provide grants for short t¢mi mission trips and discipleship years. E Revive- Gift for Revive group. F Restricted charitable collcction at fvnerals- balance is for church improvements. G Children & Families Worker- Support from Dioceses re Children & Family worker ¢osts. li St. James Styvechale PCC Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31. December 2022 10 Designated Funds l Jan Funds ncoming Resources Resources Expended 31 Dec Not¢ 2022 Transfer 2022 Improvement Projects Mission 41.936 31,780 73,716 Totals The purposes of the designatsd funds ar¢ as follows'.- A Improvement projects- this year legacies, grat¢fully received from the estates of Alan Kimberley and Derek Peck, have been designated for this purpose. B Mission fund to provide grants for short term rnission trips and discipleship years. The fund is in parallel with the reslri¢t¢d fund and arises from the church donations budg¢l 11 Donations The following donations have been made during 2022 International Relief and Development & Mission Open Doors Friends of Ibba Girls School. South Sudan Novi Most 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 300 J & V Wright re work with YWAM Pastor Sam YWAM Arua 500 Home Mission Together for Change- Fresh Start Nexus Trust 500 500 Coventry Youth for Christ Hope Coventry Coventry City Mission 500 1,000 Total from Unrestricted Funds 12 St. James Styvechale PCC Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31, December 2022 Together for Change- Fresh Start - Refugee Conversation project 217 Total from Restrlcted Funds {Grantl 217 12 Analysis of net assets by funds Unrestricted Designated funds Rèstricted Total Funds funds funds Fixed assets 422,733 96,936 (4,221) 422,733 180,465 {4.221) Current assets 75,966 7,563 Current liabilities Totals 515,448 75,966 7,563 598,977 13 St. James Styvechale PCC Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31, December 2022 13 Prior Period Comparative SOFA Statement of Financial Activities For the year ending 31" December 2021 Unrestricted De5ignat¢d Restrictcd Funds Funds Funds Total 2021 Note Income Voluntary income Other fundraising activities Investment income 100.376 33.975 104 19,200 2,541 122.117 33,975 104 2b Church activities 2d 5,431 5,431 Total income 139,886 19,200 2,541 161,627 Expenditure Church activities 3a 139,075 4,768 143,843 Expenditure on raising funds 3b 1,842 4,773 1.842 Depreciation 4.773 Total expenditure 145,690 4.768 150,458 Net incomel(expenditure) before investment gains Nel gain5 on investments Net in¢omel(expenditure) Transfer bettveen funds (5,804) 19,200 (2,227) 11,169 (5.804) 19,200 (2,227) 11,169 Net Movement in Funds (5,804) 19,200 (2.227) 11.l69 Total Funds Brought Fonvard 459,734 24,986 10,313 495,033 Total Funds Carried ForTvard 453,930 44.186 8,086 506,202 14