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2024-12-31-accounts

Annual Report 2024/25

Published for our Annual Meeting to be held on 11th May 2025, covering May 2024 to April 2025

Minister’s Review

Jonathan writes:

For once, I'm going to start with the challenges of the year. Foremost has been that, despite very good forward planning, we didn't have the central heating in our building working for almost all the months we needed it. The details of that are covered elsewhere, but the impact has been to soak up much extra cost, and effort from the staff team, on managing unhappy building users, and running round every day setting timers on portable electric heaters. It meant we couldn't make progress on some other building improvement projects, and we couldn't run a Christmas Festival.

Behind the scenes the finance team has had a difficult year, never quite getting into a happy rhythm. The Church Council too have had to spend more time than ideal on difficult conversations about our income, and what to do to increase it.

However, all of this leads us to return to the Lord: "Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need." (Hebrews 4:16)

These words have been true again for us over the last year, as these examples make clear:

Last year I wrote "We have also advertised for a new Community Minister ... We’ve yet to receive realistic applications, but I’m confident that in God’s timing – which is normally later than ours – He will provide who we need." We didn't receive any realistic applications, and none of the good possible local people we approached felt such a role was right for them at that point in time. But at the same time we realised just how many children and young people we now had in our church family. So our Council agreed to change the focus, and instead advertised for a part-time "Children, Youth & Families Leader". Straight away we had 2 good applicants, and were delighted to be able to appoint Jumoke Akinbusoye to the position. She is indeed God's wonderful provision to us at this time, which was indeed different from our original thoughts (and timing). This post is currently being funded by the generous giving of a previous generation of Christ Church, as the Council decided this was the right way to invest most of our remaining available savings.

At the Council away day in the summer we invited Akin & Jumoke to come and tell us about some of the practical challenges that some of our recent immigrants were facing. Within a few weeks of that, under Katie Garner's leadership, we were able to start the 'CCC Pantry', where we support each other with food and household essentials. This has quietly continued, as a much-valued ministry within our church family.

Our Church family continue to be blessed:

It remains a wonderful privilege to be a pastor, leader and servant for Christ Church, because of the faithfulness, friendship, support and prayers of so many. Thank you!

Teaching

During this period our small groups have studied the Bible in many different ways.

In our Sunday services we’ve worked our way through Bible books (Ruth and Romans), as well as considered Biblical themes ('Training to Win' during the Olympics, 'Wise & Foolish' living, and 'Kingdom Culture') and some specific passages (Godly Generosity from 2 Corinthians 8-9). We also remembered the 700th Anniversary of John Wycliffe, who is considered "the Morning Star of the Reformation". We've also started referring to the way we need to "Love God with our Head, Heart and Hands". These are all available on our YouTube channel.

We have continued with Sunday morning groups for primary and secondary age children – see more details below.

Church Family News

Hello and Goodbye

We have welcomed Julianne Adebimpe, Yaw Afranie, Wendy Arden-White, Noah Hawkett, Debbie Kwaghdoo, Nancy Maluleke, Dhayane & Fernando Marquardt, Paul & Tolani Martins, Kirsty Mott, John & Comfort Olatain, Dirk Vettewinkel, Paul Webb and Gill Wilson as Church Members, and said farewell to Christine Daly, Amanda Eves, Howard & Sarah Roughley, Angie Sawyer and Janet Scott, who have moved to other church fellowships, near or far. We have also sadly said goodbye to Marguerite Rule who died in April.

We’ve welcomed about 40 others now regularly worshipping with us (online or in person), including babies Isaac and Marcello, and said goodbye to about 10 others.

Jumoke Akinbusoye joined the staff team in January 2025 as Children, Families and Youth Leader.

Electoral Roll and Membership

As of 25 April 2025, there were 87 adults on the Electoral Roll, 39 of whom are not resident within the parish. We now have 115 adults on our separate Church Membership list; of this number 98 are affiliated as ‘Ecumenical’ members, with the others having a variety of denominational affiliations. We estimate that we also have an additional 45 adults as well as 75 children and teenagers who are regularly worshipping with us in person and online.

Rebecca Pain, Church Administrator and Electoral Officer

Sunday Life at Christ Church

Children and Youth Work

In the year 2024, we had the help of Becky Podevin who helped to source resources and

organise some of our children and youth activities in conjunction with Jonathan and other

leaders in our team. (Becky P has now stepped down temporarily from her volunteering role due to work).

I began my role as Children, Youth and Families Leader on 14th January and with the support of Jonathan, and the team of leaders, we have made progress and are building on the foundation laid by Liz, Becky and other leaders.

Key Points:

Upcoming Events:

Conclusion:

Thanks to the help of our current volunteers and everyone in the church leadership team, the Children and Youth ministry of CCC is growing. We pray for more committed volunteers to support the work.

Jumoke Akinbusoye

Music

Our sung worship is coordinated by a leadership team which comprises Peter Chiverton, Jonathan Clark, Graham Ellsmore, Jean Medcraft-North, Rebecca Pain, Andrew Price and Mark Wilson. They have met several times over the last year to discuss various aspects of our musical worship. A recent focus has been to explore ways in which we can help to engage children in our sung worship (including the use of flags and percussion instruments), as well as to consider how we can use a variety of languages to reflect the diversity of the congregation.

Small choirs were formed for the Community Carol Service, Blue Christmas, Good Friday and Easter Day; the recent Easter choir was particularly well received and it was wonderful to involve members of our youth group.

We are very grateful that a number of generous donations enabled us to purchase a new digital piano towards the end of 2024.

Rebecca Pain

Christ Church Pantry

In July 2024 we opened the Christ Church Pantry to meet a need within our congregation. The pantry runs out of the John Newton Room and is open after the 10am Sunday service. We receive donations of food, toiletries, and baby items from both members of the congregation and from the Community Food Link (CFL), which we are very grateful for.

We have a varying number of people who come each week, and they can take whatever items we have that they need. The pantry is open and manned by different people each week, they put donated items out and are there to help as required.

We try to put out updated shopping lists every few months, although they sometimes come out late! We are also thankful to receive shopping bags.

Katie Garner

Sunday Prayer Ministry

Christ Church continues to be blessed with a team of people who are willing to pray for others after each of our Sunday services. At present, there are 10 people on the team, with two being available each Sunday on a rota system.

Interaction with prayer ministry by the congregation tends to be understandably variable. It is always helpful when the person leading reminds the congregation of this ministry at the end of the service. Additionally, gracious and gentle reminders to try and leave the Worship Area as a quiet and reflective space are very much appreciated, so that we are able to more sensitively listen and pray with whomever is requesting prayer. This is particularly important with regard for the need for prayer needs to be treated with privacy and confidentiality. When there is no-one who comes forward for prayer, the team members usually use the time to pray for each other.

From my own perspective, I highly value this ministry and I'm always so moved by the love and compassion I am shown. I hope and pray that others feel the same.

Some members of our congregation are brilliant at connecting with others over tea and coffee, and follow the leading of the Holy Spirit to pray wherever the need has arisen!

Going forward, it may prove beneficial for the Prayer Ministry Team to meet with Jonathan and discuss if there is any support or training needed. There may come a time when we need to increase our provision of prayer ministry or at least have a pair on stand-by. With any growth of the team in the future, it might also be of benefit to balance the ratio of women and men on the team, whilst not neglecting the fact that God calls those He has chosen.

Becky Cassini

Songs of Praise

Songs of Praise is an occasional informal event on a Sunday afternoon when we gather together to sing our favourite hymns and enjoy spending time together over a cup of tea and some cake. This was proposed in response to the fact that with so much amazing new Christian music, many of the traditional hymns and songs were not being sung. Interestingly however quite a few favourites have been comparatively modern. If they wished, people choosing hymns have explained their choice and sometimes the story behind the hymn is shared.

Many thanks to those who have helped in different ways and to those who have come along and sung heartily!

Janet Scott

Midweek Life at Christ Church

The office is normally open Monday - Friday mornings, and most afternoons; occasionally it will be closed due to sickness, holidays or staff working from home. If staff are in the building by themselves the main door will be locked and you are asked to call the office for entry.

The Well

The Well has continued to be open during the past year on weekday mornings and once a month on Saturday afternoon. There are always people around to chat to visitors attending the Repair Cafe too. Thanks go to those who give up their own time to host The Well usually one or two mornings a month.

The Well provides a welcoming space for anyone from the community or from the church and it is obvious from the comments that have been made that it is much appreciated.

Janet Scott

Tuesday Lunches

Tuesday Lunches take place on the 1st/3rd Tuesday of every month, 12.15pm for a 12.30pm start. People who wish to come for lunch are asked to book if possible and we generally serve about 25 people, some of whom are church members and some of whom come from the community (this includes our helpers who eat with the visitors). We serve a two course meal based around a jacket potato, a mixed salad and a dessert.

There is no set charge for the meal - people give what they feel the meal is worth or what they can afford. It is not a problem if they are not able to give anything, they can still have a meal and eat with us.

I have a loyal team of helpers and without them these lunches could not happen - there are generally 4 people working with me in the kitchen during the morning (Liz Boddy, Judith Read, Gill Wilson and either Denise Bain or Christine Embleton) ... but not all the preparation happens in the kitchen - John, for example, sets up the tables and chairs in the Shaftesbury Room. Lots of people help clear the Shaftesbury Room after the lunch, but this is generally overseen by Katie Phillips, Janet Scott and Mary Boys, whilst Sue Strawson counts the donations.

If you are free at lunchtime on the first or the third Tuesday in the month why not come along and eat with us? Oh...and if you'd like to join our team of helpers either regularly or on an occasional basis please talk to me or one of the team - you do not need to be able to cook, if you can follow instructions you will make a very good helper!

Marianne Sales

Tuesday Craft Group

This is a relaxed informal group who meet every Tuesday afternoon from 2-4pm. We bring our own work and members are always glad to give advice if they can. One member is making kneelers for her church, others are making toys for Christmas boxes. Some people are crocheting blankets. These have been much appreciated while we have had no heating in the church! Some people just enjoy chatting. When the Shaftesbury Room is available we meet in there, otherwise we meet in the foyer. We're a flexible group of between 8 and 20 attendees. We are a mixture of church members and people from the community.

Sue Strawson

Midweek Service

We have a service every Wednesday at 10am. We have a small team of people who take it in turns to lead the services. Communion is held once a month, the other weeks are Morning Prayer in a variety of styles. We always have someone playing the keyboard for us, so are able to include hymns/songs in the service.

We can range from 8-20 people each week; for some people this is the only service they attend, others come on Sunday as well.

Sparklers

Sparklers runs on Monday and Thursday mornings 10-11.30 during term time. Parents and carers need to book online as spaces are limited for safety reasons, we limit the number of childminders in each session to give priority to parents/carers who are at home.

The children have a variety of toys to play with, which have been donated, our Local One Stop have very generously supplied us with biscuits, chocolate and toys. There is also a craft or play dough activity as well.

Our new story time has proved a great hit and we are working on smaller bible stories that are age appropriate that we can use. We finish every session with our Sparklers prayer. On average we have approximately 36 children per session plus 30 adults and then the team.. We are very blessed to have an incredible team of volunteers who give their time to help serve our community, we couldn't provide the supportive environment we do without them.. The charge for Sparklers remained static for 5 years, but there has been a modest increase since Easter.

Tonya Butler

Twinklers

Twinklers is a small group of 6/7 mainly 1st time mums with newborns, the aim is to provide a safe space for chat and support. The mums and babies stay in Twinklers for a term, meeting on a Wednesday morning. This group is intentionally run as a closed group, aiming to encourage friendship and self support. They meet in the creche, and Tonya is there to facilitate and provide refreshments. We also have a set of baby scales if they want to weigh their babies.

By keeping the group small, it helps the mums to build confidence and help each other. At the end of the term the group then move onto Sparklers where they can continue to support each other with the challenges and celebrations of having a small child.

We were happy to welcome a representative from Healthy Families who was able to give advice on dental care and weaning, and hope they will be able to attend again. There is no charge for Twinklers.

Tonya Butler

Outreach Ministry to Children

Alongside the outreach work that takes place during the week in our building, we also reach out to our local schools. Unfortunately Great Binfields School is still not wishing to have our input, but Jonathan has done interactive sessions with Year 5 at Four Lanes School and Year 3 at Marnel School. We've maintained our link with the local uniformed youth organisations, who joined us again on Remembrance Sunday.

Jonathan Clark

Open the Book

I have been running an Open The Book team since 2011 and at the moment we have the joy of going into Marnel Junior to share Bible Stories with the whole school. Classes compete to get to assembly early in the hope that their class will be picked to help us tell the story. It has been a great privilege to share with the children the teachings and Miracles of Jesus during the spring term and as I write this it is actually World Book day so on Monday I told the children that we dress up in costumes of our favourite book characters every time we come in to do Open the Book we don’t have to wait for World Book day. Some of my team have being doing Open the Book with me since we started at Great Binfields, for which I am very grateful but we could do with some more team members so if you are free on a Monday afternoon between 1pm and 3pm please let me know. You would need to have a DBS and join Open The Book through the Bible Society. For more information speak to me or one of my team, Sue Strawson, Katie Phillips, Cathy Foster, Paul Webb , Una Urry, Janet Scott, or have a look at this link.

https://www.biblesociety.org.uk/get-involved/open-the-book/

Maggie Chiverton

Lettings

The building continues to be used for a range of activities including a breakfast/after school club, a variety of U3A groups, music and drama rehearsals, Zumba, home-ed science workshops, board games, and even local and general elections. Two other churches use our building on a weekly basis, and we have also hosted other church groups including One Church, Deanery Synod and the local Baptist Association. The number of one-off bookings for parties has remained relatively steady, averaging at one per fortnight.

Although we rely on the income from these Lettings, we are conscious of maintaining a balance so that the building remains available for our own mission and ministry as well as for those wishing to hire a space.

Rebecca Pain

Administrative Information

Christ Church is located in Chineham, Basingstoke, and is the Church of England Parish Church (part of the Diocese of Winchester). It is also a Local Ecumenical Partnership (LEP) jointly held with the Baptists (Southern Counties Baptist Association), The Methodist Church (Berkshire and Hampshire Borders Circuit) and the United Reformed Church (Wessex Synod). The LEP has a Constitution and Sharing Agreement agreed between the four denominations.

The correspondence address is Christ Church, Reading Road, Chineham, Hampshire, RG24 8LT. The Church Council is a charity registered with the UK Charity Commission, number 1142640.

Objectives and Activities

The ecumenical Joint Church Council (referred to simply as ‘the Church Council’) of Christ Church has the responsibility of cooperating with the incumbent and other denominations’ ministers in promoting in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical.

The Church Council is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship at our church and to become part of our church community. The Council maintains an overview of worship in the parish where we aim to put our faith into practice through prayer and scripture, music and sacrament.

When planning our activities for the year, we have considered the Commission’s guidance on public benefit and, in particular, the supplementary guidance on charities for the advancement of religion. In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our parish community through:

To facilitate this work it is important that we maintain the buildings and facilities of Christ Church and the Church Centre complex. The PCC is specifically responsible for this; for details of

how the PCC works as part of the Church Council, please see our separate ‘How We Work’ document.

Structure, Governance and Management

The method of appointment of Church Council members is set out in the Church Representation Rules, the Constitution, and interpreted by our ‘How We Work’ document. All regular

worshippers are encouraged to become a Member of Christ Church, to register on the Electoral Roll and stand for election to the Church Council.

The Church Council has the following Groups or Teams which it delegates parts of its work to, each with Terms of Reference:

Church Council members who served between 2 May 2024 and 10 May 2025 were:

Title/Role Name Dates (if diferent)
Denominational
Ministers (ex ofcio)		 Jonathan Clark (Chair, Anglican)
Vacant(Baptist)
Martin Beukes (Methodist)
Vacant(URC)
Church Wardens
(ex ofcio)		 Katie Garner
Olu Ojo-Oratokhai (Vice-Chair)
Treasurer Stuart Woosnam
Ordinary Members Olufunke Akinleye
Amanda Eves
Gareth Rowlands
Rachel Wilson
Andrew Young		 Until November 2024
Deanery Synod
Representatives (ex
ofcio PCC)		 Graham Ellsmore
David Josey
vacant
Denominational
Representatives		 vacant(Baptist)
vacant(Methodist)
Denise Bain (URC)

Safeguarding

During this period the Church Council has complied with the duty to have ‘due regard’ to the House of Bishops’ Safeguarding Policy and Practice Guidance. As part of this the Church Council has Safeguarding as a standing item on its agenda and the Safeguarding Policy was reviewed on 18 March 2025.

Liz Lang continues as our Safeguarding Officer, and Alex Bain as our DBS Officer, both liaising with the professional officers at the Diocese of Winchester. Liz hopes to step down from this role in the coming months.

The main work has been (helped by Rebecca Pain) ensuring that all our staff and volunteers have completed the relevant training recently enough. We have also updated our Safeguarding ‘Dashboard’ (helpfully provided by the Church of England) and are in the process of writing role descriptions for our volunteer positions.

Data Protection

Rebecca Pain is our Data Protection Officer. No changes have been made to our Data Protection Policy this year.

We continue to display notices informing congregation members that we film our services, but aim never to show people except those who come to the lectern to contribute. We have occasionally removed sections of a service from the YouTube recording when particular children accidentally wander ‘into the shot’.

Behind the Scenes

Pastoral Care

Our aim is to offer pastoral care with integrity and in a way that honours God and all those involved. The Pastoral Care Team is a group of volunteers who try to offer friendship and practical help when needed as we try to “follow Jesus in every way”.

As members of Christ Church, we commit ourselves to the nurturing, protection and safekeeping of all in our community. It is the responsibility of each one of us to care for one another and to seek to help others when they are experiencing hardship or problems that, at least for the moment, seem beyond their ability to cope.

The Holy Spirit has equipped some with particular pastoral gifts, and more time to exercise them. These people come together as our core Pastoral Care Team, along with Home Group leaders and Ministers. But we know our limits: the pastoral care team doesn’t seek to replace the services provided by social services, GPs and NHS, ambulances, professional carers or any other professional body.

The team aims to

Denise Bain

Facilities Management Group

2024 OVERVIEW

The year was challenging with respect to our building maintenance as it was dominated by the breakdown and restoration of heating to the church building. Due to discontinued failed parts on old boilers, we lost heating to the building in February 2024. Thanks to a team of hardworking staff, dedicated Facilities Management Group (FMG), a supportive Church Council and a patient community of worshippers and users, heating was eventually restored to the building in February 2025.

Nonetheless, we completed an energy audit in April to guide how we should prioritise our continuous improvement journey on energy usage and efficiency. Our facilities coordinator oversaw the usual routine maintenance of our site and equipment including appliance PAT testing several lighting repairs. The FMG organised a well-attended Autumn Clean event in October and we also reviewed our fire safety procedure in the year.

The FMG team had a standing meeting slot of 3[ rd ] Sunday of the month. The group core (Lead, Coordinator and Team Expert) met at least four times in 2024. The group communicated regularly on urgent matters via a dedicated FMG WhatsApp group where other members too were updated.

MORE DETAILS ON KEY 2024 PROJECTS/SPEND

Boiler Replacement Completed in February 2025, 6 months beyond the August 2024 target and almost £6k over budget. The original contractor, despite seemingly knowledgeable and most responsive at the quotation and early project stage turned out incompetent to resolve heating circulation issues resulting from installing a heat exchanger which they recommended and added to the system. The overspend was for a second contractor who did reworks and restored heating to the building. Discussions ongoing to recover some of the overspend from the balance of the initial contractor. The CoE Diocesan Advisory Committee (DAC), have refused to grant retrospective permission for the recently completed boiler replacement work, after over 11 months from the Faculty Application caused by their unacceptable delays and unrealistic considerations. Energy Usage and Spend * We used 26.95KWh of (Green Tariff) electricity costing £8.8k and 61.32KWh of gas costing £5.5k Inspections & Audits The 2023 Quinquennial Inspection report was received in May. Key points raised were roof moss removal, tree canopy control, external door redecorations and damaged ceiling replacements. We completed an energy audit in April, which recommended LED lighting and timers changes in a 1-year short term, building insulation and solar panels in the medium term and heat pump replacement of gas boilers in the long term (2030).

OUTLOOK ON 2025

OUTLOOK ON 2025
The KeyProjects/Activities below are the main focus of 2025 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Velux windows repair(including moss clearing)
Worship Area Lighting Control Replacement *
High Level Cleaning & repaint(Wesley, Worship)
Spring/Autumn Clean
Wesley Hall Upgrade(Buy-in, Ideation, Quotation)
Solar Powergeneration(Further Investigations)
Review vendor selectionprocess to avoid a TS Gas-type issue

*Requires a volunteer project leader

Olu Ojo-Oratokhai

Mission Group

The Mission Group reports to the Church Council giving recommendations for our tithing. Our practice is to support charities for a period of years, enabling them to plan activities for the future. Each of the members of the group have a link to a specific charity and keep in touch with them throughout the year.

CCC currently support the following:

Katie Garner

Social Team

We are currently rebuilding our social team. We're aiming to gather together volunteers who are happy to either lead or help with events we’re holding throughout the year.

Events planned so far for 2025 are Songs of Praise services, Church BBQ, welcome meetings, Harvest Bring and Share lunch, Women’s breakfasts, an International Sunday and a Christmas Festival.

If you would like to help with any of these events please either contact the Church Office or talk to Katie Garner.

Christ Church Home Groups

We have a number of homegroups running throughout the week; if you would like further information please ask the church office. We have reports from the following groups:

Tuesday Evening

Over the past (church) year, our group has:

We meet fortnightly on a Tuesday evening in Old Basing, and have space for new members. We use study materials that guide the leader of the session through the readings and questions, and we share the leading of each session amongst us.

Current home group membership is - Mark Teahan, Bev Teahan, Katie Garner, Jim Garner, Katie Nickerson, Aidan Nickerson, Sue Russell, Judy Woosnam, Sue Handslip, Pete Chiverton and we also keep Lesley Aitchison included in all of our emails.

Bev Teahan

Thursday Afternoon

We meet at a member's house every 1st/3rd Thursday from 2-3:30pm.

We use various study guides, during the last year we have spent the most time on looking at SAT 7. We found this a particularly rewarding study. In January we enjoyed a lunch together at a member's house. Currently we are looking at Lent from various aspects. At the moment there are five of us in this group.

Sue Strawson

Thursday Evening

I co-ordinate the homegroup which meets twice a month at Jean and Martyn Wilde's home in Chineham. We usually meet in term-time from 7:30- 9pm on the 1[ st ] /3[ rd ] Thursdays of the month but are flexible to the needs of the group and their busy lives. The group is currently comprised of the following people: Jean and Martyn Wilde, Nigel Foster, Helen Winkle, Christine Daly, Kim Austen and myself. Although Christine and Kim are not current members of Christ Church, we very much value their presence and participation in the group. During discussions about the size of our homegroup, we have agreed that we could probably offer one more place, mainly due to not wanting to over-burden Jean and Martyn. They are kind and generous hosts and we are very grateful for them.

Since the last Annual Meeting, we have studied: Proverbs, Daniel, The Apostle's Creed, How to hear God (a short study series), and we are now using a studying guide looking at 1 Timothy and Titus. We generally take turns to lead and our discussions are often wide-ranging and challenging. We feel that through reading the Bible, our discussions and prayer/reflection times that we are supporting each person's faith in a loving and encouraging way. Our evenings usually follow the same format: chat and catch-up; study; prayer/reflection time. We may look at studying David or Elijah next.

Becky Cassini

Mums’ Group

Members of the group are: Martha Clark, Jumoke Akinbusoye, Amy Mills, Patience Ndaga, Debbie Jiki, Shirah Blackwood, Julian Okoronkwo and Julianne Adebimpe.

Some of the topics/books we have discussed in the past:

This year, we have started with a topical Bible study format of discussion where we explore a topic and look at it in different cultural contexts and look at what the Bible says about it. Meeting days: We used to meet physically during the weekends. Now we meet virtually, every other Wednesday.

Jumoke Akinbusoye & Martha Clark

Christ Church in the Wider Community

Members of Christ Church also take part in Christian work and activities in Basingstoke. These include volunteering for CFL, Street Pastors, Basingstoke Foodbank, B:United, Basingstoke Town Chaplaincy, The Safe, Anna Chaplaincy, Junction 5 and One Church Basingstoke. We have reports on some of these activities.

Community Food Link (CFL)

CFL is a volunteer-led project based in Basingstoke & Deane. We collect fresh food that cannot be sold from our partner supermarkets and sort, repack and deliver it to our distribution partners, charities, schools and playgroups to help the most vulnerable in our society. I have been involved since the beginning of the Covid pandemic and have seen it grow so much. To give you an idea of the growth I have quoted Dave from the latest CFL newsletter:

David has been volunteering with CFL for 5 years. Here is his perspective on how the project has grown since he joined: “On a Saturday evening, I used to collect from two supermarkets using my own car, take the food back to the United Reformed Church (navigating around numerous Deliveroo drivers), sort it all myself and pack it into the three or four freezers and fridges. Now, on Saturday evenings, I collect from eight supermarkets in the fantastic “new” van and take it all to K18 where at least two sorters process it all and store it in rooms full of freezers, fridges, and tables. One thing I definitely don’t miss is lugging the crates and boxes up and down the stairs at the URC – K18 is such a great resource for us and makes the whole process so much easier and more efficient. It’s been great to see so many new volunteers joining the team too. There were fewer than twenty when I started, and there are several times that number now – it’s wonderful to see more and more people “catching the vision”. Some things haven’t changed, however. Everyone is still so appreciative of what we do – not just the recipients of our food, but also the staff at the supermarkets and other places we collect from – they are always so glad to donate to us. And although there’s inevitably the odd hiccup, CFL continues to be really well organised and fun to be a part of!”

There has also been growth in how the individual hubs run where the food is passed on to clients. I have been involved with the Friday Hub at Oakridge where over 50 people gather each week to collect food. A warm hub organised by Marianne Sales provides warmth, tea, coffee, soup and pastries to those waiting and Jo Weineck and Josephine Childs are part of the team offering hospitality whilst I and others sort the food ready for distribution. We hold back some pastries for a youth hub where nearly 100 young people from the Vyne and South View Schools meet up for a drink and a snack with Yvonne and Ray, Methodist Circuit youth leaders.

Others with links to Christ Church are involved in collecting sorting food at K18 (Judi and Onwa Wonci), and Liz Lang helps at the Youth Hub outside the URC on London Street where up to 200 young people stop to grab a snack and some conversation on their way home from school or college.

The amount of food we get in each week varies. After Christmas we often have more than we can sensibly cope with and at the moment we are having a lean time. CFL was formed to redistribute food waste and therefore in an ideal world there would be no food for us to pass on, however we know that over 2000 families a week visit our hubs to collect food and they would not do this if it was not needed.

Maggie Chiverton

Looking Ahead

After a pandemic (2020), a refugee crisis (2021), a war in Europe (2022), a multi-nation conflict in the Middle East (2023), and huge changes in international trade and alliances by the new US Administration (2024 on) we've got used to unwelcome surprises. Oh, and we're now well into the age of AI, which is starting to disrupt many sectors. When we have no idea what our world or even our nation will look like in a few months, let alone into the next generation, it makes us even more grateful that we have a "solid rock ... a firm foundation" in our God.

Last year we saw again how Ruth and Naomi trusted God in dangerous and uncertain times. So we go forward choosing to trust the Almighty and loving God who knows the end from the beginning. We will do this by dwelling in God's word together, learning to trust more that He is "good all the time", as we hear more testimonies of Him at work in our ordinary lives. We will continue to see how to love Him with more of "our Head, Heart and Hands": by praying, learning, worshipping, supporting, reducing our impact on the planet, welcoming the stranger, having church family time together, and spreading his good news beyond the church walls and our YouTube channel.

Those things should be true every year. But what’s specific for us in 2025-26? Well, I'm praying that we can make significant progress on:

Jonathan Clark

CHRlSt CHURCH CHINEHAM Charity Registration No. 1142640 Annual Finance Report 2024 Contents: Pa8e 24 Commentary Pa8e 5 Report of the Independent Examiner Pa8e 6 Statement of Flnanclal Artlvltles- as requlfed by Charity Commissioners Pa8e 7 Management Report- O¥ervlew Page 8 Management Report- Income details Page 9 Management Report- Expendlture detalls Pale 10 Management Report- Other detalls Si8ned: Stuart Woosnam Jonathan Clark Treasurer Lead Mlnisterlvlcar Page l of 10 Christ Church Chineham. Readin£ Rd. Chineham. B3sin8stoke. F¢G24 8LT T.. 01256 474280 e.. office chr15tchurchchineham.or .* w: christchurchchineham.or8.uk

Christ Church Chineham Stuart Woosnam- Tre45urer 2024 Annual Financlal Report- Commentary 14 . Marth 2025 6a51s of tlnan¢lal ststements These statements are prepared usin8 Receipts and Payments Auounting. 2. Over¥lew The bud8et for the year was lor a deficit of £IOK in the General Fund IGFI. The artual deficit was £IOk, despite the main income flows- Giving and Lettings- between them being £24K under budget. This was offset by spendin8 less than we budgeted on Payroll1£14XI and Buildin85 & Facilities1£8KI. Payroll, and doubtless Buildin8 & Factlities. will InC￿aSe In expenditure in 2025. Lettings is probably near the maximum achievable without Si8nific)nt personnel input which would seem to be paid staff. Thus Personal Giving is the only possible significant route to move out of a recurrin8 deficit lon8 term sltuation. The first quarter of 2025- see figures below- does not give one confidencel Prayer 15 8reatly needed with respect to our financesl 3. Lettln8S Cash Ilow overview: 2023 invoice payments redd 2024 £2K 2024 imioice payments reed 2024 £62K 2024 invoices outstandin8 £2K rned in 2024 64K ud et£7 Flnan¢e Team Thanks are due to the behind-the-scenes team who mana8e the finance system: Jim Gamer Paying-in of cash Rebecca Pain Monthly payments folder Euna Kim Book-keeper Peter Chiverton Gift Seuetary for the many one-off donations Page 2 0110

  1. GIVI￿ Analysis The principal Giving income flow is regular monthty Giving. P¢r M•nth r•4t To£ £I¢m￿￿1 £2Thk£399 Tol•l Tot1 Ptople estimate December 2011 FIoLESL'holds Amount Avera 52 £2.177 £42 19 £2.437 £128 122 £ia £258 £2.210 £552 114 £101 Dtttmbtr 2(121 Elouseholds Am(iunl Av¢ 39 19 £2J34 £129 14 £4.014 £287 75 £9 £125 £1.382 £41 Dtttmbtr 2022 Ilouscholds Am(wnl Ave 34 £1.216 £30 21 £2.592 £123 £3.078 £280 £1.8 £450 £124 £109 Dectmbtr 21123 Ilouhold5 Amouni Ave 26 20 £2.456 £123 70 £2.118 £302 £2,357 £471 £7175 £lJ6 £36 £113 December 2024 li)uy¢h(?Sd¥ Amount Avera 27 £899 £33 16 71 £2.X28 £471 £7117 £142 £13J £326 £104 M•r¢h 2025 Iluuseholds Amouni Ave 28 £922 £33 14 £1.778 £127 72 £2.178 £514 £138 The toial people Grvln8 is an estimate because sorne wple gi¥e anonymously. Page 3 of 10

  2. AccountlTh8 Poli¢i¢s and Practke5 The financial statements have been prepared in accordance wrth the Church Accounting Regulations 2006 as prescribed by the Busine55 Committee of the General Synod of the Churth of England. These are similar to those of other denominations. General funds ￿present the fund5 of the Church Council that a￿ not subject to any restrictions regardin8 their use and are available for application on the general purposes of the Church C¢)unol. Funds de5i8nated for a particular purpose by the Church Council are also unrestricted. The accounts include all transactlons. assets and liabilities lor which the Church Council is responsible In law. They tlo not include the accounts of Church groups that owe their main affiliation to another body nor those that afe informal gatherin85 of Church members. All fixed assets a￿ fvlly depreuated In the year of purchase. All consumable Items, whether for Church use or for re-sale, are accounted for gross at time of purchase. Income from sales Is recognised when received. All Income is accounted for when received. All expenditure is accounted for when It leaves the bank. Conwrated and beneflced property is exduded from the accounts by the Charlties Act 1993 5.9612llal. No value Is placed on movable church furnishings held by the churchwardens on special trust for the Church Council and which may require a facumy for dlsposal since the Church Council considers this to be inalienable property. All expenditure incurred during the year on con5ecrJted or benefice buildln8s and moveable church furnishings, whether maintenance or improvement, is written off as expenditure in the Statemeni of Financial Artivities, and the Management Accounts. Items of equlpment are written off when the asset is acqulred. P4e4oflO

Report of the Independent Examlner to the Christ Churth Chineham Ecumenical Church Council - Charity No. 1142640 l ￿port to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above (harity I'the Trust'l for the year ended 31" December 2024. which are set on pages 6 to 10. Responsibllitles and Basls of the Reptyt As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111.the Acfl. I report Sn respert of my examinatton of the Trust's accounts carried out under sertion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. I have followed all the applicable Direttions given by the Charltv Commission under section 1451511bl of the Act. lTrdwndent Examlnerfs Statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no rnaterial matters have come to my attention in connection with the e¥amination which 8i¥es me cause to believe that in, ary materlal respett.. the accounting records were noi kept in accordance with se￿10n 130 of the Act,. or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records- or the accounts do not comply wrth the applicable requirements concernin8 the fom) and content of occounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Re8ulation$ 2008 oiher than any requirement that the accounts give a'true and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connethion with ihe examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understandin8 of the accounts to be reached. Christlne Holland CPFA 9 Ellerton Close Theale Reading Christine Holland CPFA RG7 SQN Date: 2025 Page 5 of 10

Christ Church Chin•ham Statemert ol Financial Acliviti•s (SOFA) For the P8fiod 01 January 2024 to 31 Decomber 2024 Charity Registrdlion No. 1142640 Page 6 of 10 2024 Unrestrkte¢ Restricted Total Funds Funds Furbds 2023 Total Fund5 2024 Management Report Re50urce5: Incomlng Resources Donations & Legacies Charitable attivities Investment income Trading Activities Other income Total Incomlng Resouros £130.027 £5.055 £1.927 £64.167 £130 £201.305 £0 £130.027 £157.058 £0 £5.055 £4,823 £0 £1.927 £1.198 £0 £64,167 £68.434 £2.104 £2.234 £4.460 £2.104 £203.409 £235.973 9&10 Resources Used Cost ofgenerating fvnds Charitable activities Other resources used Totsl Resources Used £0 £206.821 £5.147 £211.969 Éo £0 £0 £0 £206,821 £207.347 El.455 £6,602 £18.959 £IA55 £213.424 £226.306 8&10 Net Movement of Funds Movement between funds Bolances b/f l January Balances clf 31 December £649 -£10.0151 £9,667 £0 £0 £90,1JX) £3.851 E157,397 £147.730 £4.5￿ £147.382 £157.397 £0 £153.546 £142.882 Current Assets at 31st. Dtttmber CAF 8ank Main ,'CAF Bank Letlin8S ,'CCLA- Savings Total currenl assets 2024 £11,454 £102.630 £33.298 £147.382 2023 1 £86,180 £39.598 £31,619 £157.397 Represented by. Parish Funds ..General Fund ReseThe Fund Facilities Development Fund - D Facilities Developrnent Fund- R Grants Received Fund Youth Fund ,. Diocesan Fee5 Fund Lerturn Fund Appeals Fund {not for CCC) Total Parish Funds 2024 Type £52.882 tmrtStrXted 2023 £63,546 £50,CMY) £40,0(X) £0 £0 £2.71]) £0 £i,(KM) £151 £157.397 £0 rtstrKtc £8LY) resrrKte £2,7CN) re#rktsd £0 rest￿¢￿* £0 restrxted £147,382

Christ Church Chineham Annual Finance Report 2024 Page 7of 10 1. BANK BALANCES CAFBank Main CAFBank LettTrng3 CCLA- Savings ol￿an-24 £86,180 £39,598 £31.619 £157,397 314)e¢.24 £11,454 £102,630 £33.298 £147,382 varianc• SOFA Reference CwrentAccwi -£74,726 £63,032 £1,678 -£10,015 Total Balances blf & clf 2. FUND BALANCES General Fund Reserve Fund FDF-D

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Grants Received Fund Youth Fund Diocesan Fees Fund Lectem Fund Appeals Fund {nol CCCI TOT AL unrestrictedldesignated luiids TOTAL restricted funds 01Jan-24 314Jec-24 ¥ar5anc• SOFA Reference -£10.664 Net Moveinent of Funds £0 Net Movement of Funds £0 Net Movement of Funds £0 Net Movement of Funds £800 Net Movement of Funds £0 Net Movement of Funds £0 Net Movement of Funds £0 Net Movement of Funds -£151 Net Movement of Funds -£10.664 £649 10,015 £63,546 £50.CM)) £40.TrX) £0 £0 £2.7CKI EO £i.(Kx) £151 £153,S46 £3,851 £157,397 £52.882 £S0,OC £40,OLKI £0 estrxted rest￿1¢ £2,700 £0 £1,000 £0 £142,882 £4,500 £147,382 e5rY￿rtI TOTAL ALL FUNDS 3. General Fund Overvlew Aclual Qo GF Exp•ndftur• Being Church

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Ministry Admin. Support Building & Facilrties #2 Mission Support eudm 2024 Varfance £29.825 £86.259 £13.897 £68,932 £13,055 £211.969 £31,625 -£1,8tXJ £86,935 -£676 £19,254 45,357 £79,591 -£10,659 £14.000 -£945 £231.405 419A36 Total GF Incorno Giving Legacies Tax Refunds Interest Diocesan Fees Lettings Being Church £102,465 £0 £27,162 £1,927 £516 £63,956 £5,280 £120,0(X) -£17,535 £0 £0 £30,000 -£2,838 £1.300 £627 £1 £416 £70.000 -£6.OM £0 £5,280 GF Tot315 -£10.664 -£10,005 -£659 Note5.'

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  1. GF Expenditure Annual Flnance Rep¢>rt 2024 Page 8 of 10 Actual year- end t 2024 Varhnce SOFA Refererb EXPEPIDITURE Being Churth: See page 10 for net expenditure Children & families £221 Spafkleis Youth 179 Charitable Activitles Charitable Activities Charitable Activities Charitable Activities Charitable Activities Charitable Activities Charitable Activities Charitsble Activities Charitable Activities Charitable Artivities Charitable Activities Other Resources used £411 £5 .£89 £69 £i,( £i.( £1,4 £2.5CX) £250 £0 £3(M) £50 -£931 Flowers Tuesday Lunches Worship Outreach £1,21X) É1.085 É3.787 £232 £2 315 £1,287 -£18 Pastoral & Welfare Soaal E26 É26 £47 £331 £347 Book Sales Sundries Fees + subs £381 £2SO £334 £2.020 £10363 É1.2th) .850 £820 £1.513 Mlnlslrr. CMF Baptists CMF Methodists Cmf URC £1.463 £1,460 £1,460 ,361 £1,172 É344 £1.460 £1.460 El,460 £80,355 £i.M) £i.L £96.935 E3 Charitable Activities Charitable Activities Charitable Artivities Charitable Artivities Charitable Artivities Other Resources used Éo £0 £6 CMF WD8F Clergy expenses Trainln8 -£28 -£656 £86.259 4676 Admln. Support: Office Consumables oriTrce Equipment Publitity. WEB w al 8ank chèr8es £1.485 £2.766 £2.040 £120 £6.412 £4,rxi) £3.( £3.SCrt) 1.460 É120 £0 £10.620 -£4.208 42.515 -£234 sU￿tOtal Charitable ActNlties Bulldlng & Facllltles: Routlne malntenance £9.450 £12.454 £17.030 £4.260 £2.783 £4S.977 £io.Ix(> £15.IXYJ £22.C £4.L E3.(1]O £54mO 48.023 -£550 Charitable Activities Charitable Activities Charitable Activities Charitable Activities Other Resourtes used Majoi maintenance Utilities IHLW+W¥ste) Kit¢hen, deanin& et¢. Insurance 2.546 -£4.970 £260 -£217 M1551on Supm suIFtotsl £13.055 Charitsble Activities Payroll £49.903 £64AKW) .£14,097 Charitable Artivities Totsl GF Expernltiure £211.969 £238MOS 426A36

  2. GF Income Annual Finance Report 2024 Actual to ￿r. end Page 9 of 10 8udgrt 2024 Varfance SOFA Reference Gi¥ln8. Planned GivinB Givin8- Collections Giving- Donations £90.896 £i(A).LKQ £6,430 £5,5(M) £5.139 £4.5C#) £iOU65 £￿0% 9.104 £930 £639 sU￿t01a1 ￿17￿35 Donations & Legacies Tax Refvnd5 IGift Aid) Le8acie5 Interest É27.162 £0 £30.( 42J38 Donations & Legacies £0 Donations & Legacies Investments Charitable Activities £0 £1.927 £516 £1.3 £i(A) £627 Dlceyn Fees ICCC portion? Su￿10tal E416 41.796 £29.604 1,400 Lettlnp: sU￿tOtal E63.956 £70.￿) 6.044 Trading Activities Belng Church: See 10 for net expendlture Children & families £0 Sparkler5 £3,118 Youth £0 Flower5 Tuesday Lunthes Worship Outreach Pastoral & Welfare Soclal Book Sales Sundrles Fees + subs £0 £0 £618 Charitsble Activities Charitable Activities Charitable Activities Donations & Legacies Charitable Activities Charitable Activities Charitable Artivities Charitable Artivities Charitable Activitie5 Trading Activity Other {Unrestrictedl not applicable £2,￿ Éo £2 £2(X+ £1.196 £0 96 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £224 £ic(J £1 £211 £50 £161 £130 Éo £130 £0 £0 sU￿tOtal £5.280 £3.650 £1.630 £225.050 -£U745

Annual FInaTr￿ Report 2024 Pap 10 of 10 6. m￿rnent in Funds other than Generdl Fund LJ•.24 £50.( £40,￿￿1 £0 Éo 31-Dec-24 Resèrve Fund FDF-D FDF-R

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Totsl Other Funds £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 Éo £0 £0 £543 £0 £912 £L455 £50.1 £40.( £0 £8(MJ Other IRestrictedl £2,7(K) Other (Restricted) £0 Other (Restricted) El,(KQ Other IRestrictedl £0.￿ Other IRestrittedl £94.5(#J £2.7 £0 £543 £0 E761 104 £0 £i.c £151 £93.851

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  1. Grants Recelbd Fund tst. J•ft. 23 £0 31th.24 Winthester DBF for Lighting upgrades Totsl Grants £0. £wi. . Appeals Fund. all donatlons rell￿d passed on. tst. j•￿ 23 433 £184 £0 EO £tsi 31￿14 BDDF Terracyde St. Micahels's Hosplce Parklnson's (plant sale) Total Apwals

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E33 £0 £138 E59) 61 EO £184 £138 £59) £911 £0 £0 £0 £0 43.. B¥iry51oke & tysablNtyFt¥Lm. styMGv4ryr*bwW in 2024 9. Bell¥ Chuwth Cknr¥lew Out £221: £411: £69 £1.21M) £1,085 £3,787 É232 É26,, £347 £381 Children & families Sparklers Youth Flowers Tuesday Lunches Worship Out￿3th Pastoral & Welfare Social Book Sales Sundrbes Fees + subs Totsl Belry Chur¢h £0 £3,118 £0 £221 -E2.707: £691 £1.196 £0 £0 £0 £224 £211 £130 £0 £2.020 £5380 £IOJ63 -£111 E3.787 E232 £26, £123 £170 £454 £2,020

Report of the Independent Examiner to the Christ Church Chineham Ecumenical Church Council - Charity No. 1142640 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity I'the Trust'l forthe year ended 31" December 2024, which are set orb pages 6 to 10. e5ponslbllltles and 8a515 of the Aepryl A5 the charity's trustee5, you are responsible for the preparation of the arrounts in ¥tordan¢e with the requirements of the Charitles Act 20111-the Arfl. I report In respect of my exèmlnation of the Trusys accounts carried out Under 5ertion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carryin8 Out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commisslon under settion 14515llbl of the Act. IndePe￿ent Exaffllnerfs Sternen¢ I have ¢ompleted my exarnination. l ¢onfirm th no merial matters have tom to my attention In connettion with the examination which gives me cause to belie4e that In, any materlal respect.. the accountin8 records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Art.. or Ihe accounts do not accord with the accounting records- or the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concemin8 the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounis and Reports) Regulations 2(#)8 other than any requirernent that the accounts give a'true and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an Independent examination. I have no con￿rn$ and have come across no other matters In connettion wlth the examlnatlon to whleh attention should be dfawn In this report In order to enable a propef understanding of the accounts to be reachèd. Christine Holland CPFA 9 Ellerton Close Theale Readin8 Christine Holland CPFA RG7 5QN Date= 2025 P4e50110