## **THE COTTERIDGE CHURCH** ## **ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2022** 1 ## **The Cotteridge Church** ## **Annual Report 2022** ## **Year ended 31 December 2022** ## **Contents** ## **Part 1** - Page 3 Mission Statement - Page 4 Trustee details - Page 5 Introduction - Page 7 -8 Organisation structure - Page 9-17 Reports of Church Committees and Working Groups Page17-19 Reports of Other Church Activities 2 ## **Our Mission Statement 2022** The Cotteridge Church aims to be: ## **A place of reconciliation** - where hurts are healed, and barriers broken down ## **A place of proclamation** - where beliefs are respected, and dialogue encouraged ## **A place of service** - where community needs are met ## **A place of celebration** - where the good things of life are celebrated ## **Our vision** Striving to be a vibrant, challenging Christian community celebrating and sharing in the life of God's kingdom. ## **Inclusive** Welcoming all: ourselves, our community, and the worldwide community ## **Intentional** Living the gospel in word and deed ## **Inviting** Offering the opportunity to explore the Christian faith ## **Interactive** Enabling all to find and celebrate their place in the life of the Church ## **The Cotteridge Church** 24 Pershore Road South, Kings Norton, BirminghamB30 3EJ Tel: 0121 433 5518 Fax: 0121 459 6909 Email: administrator@thecotteridgechurch.org.uk www.thecotteridgechurch.org.uk 3 ## **Trustees who served during the year** ## **Ex officio** Rev. Michael Claridge (Anglican Minister) from March 2017 Rev. Roger Collins (Non-stipendiary Anglican Minister and vice chair of PCC) Rev. Barbara Calvert Jane Stephens (Treasurer) to July 2022 Dorothy Audley (Treasurer) from July 2022 ## **Co-opted** Neil Walters (Church Warden) Mike Meadows (Methodist Steward) Dorothy Audley (URC Elder) and Chair from July 2022 ## **Elected** Neil Walters (Chair) from November 2020. Stood down as Chair May 2022 John Cooper from June 2021 to May 2022 Stephen Audley from June 2021 Jane Stephens from May 2022 Chris Pascal from May 2022 Sandra Walton from May 2022 Pam Waddell from May 2022 ## **Non-trustees** Rev. Neil Johnson (Methodist Superintendent) Marje Roper (Methodist Circuit Steward) David Pycock/Sarah Molloy (Recorder and Administrator) ## **Church Administrator** Sarah Molloy 4 ## **Introduction** Welcome to the Annual Report of The Cotteridge Church prepared for the 2023 Annual Church Meeting. The contents of the individual reports in this document relate in the main to the mission, worship and service of The Cotteridge Church during 2022. The activities mentioned represent a lot of very hard work by a lot of very hardworking people - some paid, but mostly volunteers. I am sure that you will all join with me in heartily thanking everyone who played a part in the life of The Cotteridge Church during 2022. Every task done, whether big or small, one task or one of many, is greatly appreciated. Please take the time to read this report. Also please use it in your prayers. Pray for the groups and their activities, give thanks for what is going well, pray for the challenges faced. We minister together in very difficult times. May we continue to seek God’s guidance and blessing in all we do. ## **Ministers Notes** During 2022 The Cotteridge Church continued to bounce back from Covid lockdown and easing of restrictions. This was a slow process, and is still continuing in 2023. Numbers at 10.30am Sunday worship slowly increased during 2022 and are now mainly back at pre-Covid levels. Tuesday 10.00am Holy Communion has a small but faithful congregation. At the time of writing, we are still assessing and pondering the return of Sunday 6.30pm worship. Traditional worship for midweek festivals such as Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Ascension etc. are however very poorly attended. But positively the midweek all age events Barbara organised for Harvest, Christmas etc. have been attended by fantastic numbers; café users, C2U, Day Centre and classes from Cotteridge School. It’s clearly one of the ways forward and greatly appreciated. Jane Stephens has written in more detail about face-to-face worship elsewhere in this report. We have also maintained our online presence. Wednesday evening Zoom Services have a dozen or so logged-in most weeks. Thirteen Cotteridge people joined with friends from my previous Circuit, The Black Country Circuit, on Zoom for this year’s Ash Wednesday and, at the time of writing, we are planning to do the same for Good Friday evening. I have also continued to produce my weekly reflections on YouTube. At the time of writing there’s 138 of them. I was conscious that many of the audience are elsewhere than Cotteridge so I’ve recently renamed them to reflect that I use a history or industrial history theme linked to the week’s Gospel. Take a look at “Coal, Iron, Lime … and a bit of Gospel” accessible as mjclaridge on YouTube or via www.mjclaridge.co.uk I would like to thank all those who contribute to leading worship. We have several musicians on our rota, bringing different styles and instruments to lead our singing. Our rota of readers is strong. Our ‘front of house’ volunteers ensure all are welcomed as they enter the building. Service preparation by the vestry team is vital, and one of the areas where we need new volunteers. Also thank you to those who preach. We are fortunate at The Cotteridge Church to have five people preaching from within our membership. Roger, Barbara and myself as ministers, Judith as a Methodist student minister, and John Cooper as a Local Preacher (on trial). Also, a big thank you for many years’ service to Hazel who decided in 2022 it was time to ‘sit down’ from preaching. Her 5 continuing encouraging presence at worship is greatly appreciated. We have also welcomed preachers from outside on occasion and will continue to do so. Having so many in our ‘pool’ of preachers means that I am able to offer dates to preach elsewhere on Sundays. This helps me take ‘ecumenical greetings’ from The Cotteridge Church to other congregations. I love preaching and am fortunate to have the variety and enjoyment that being with different congregations brings. The Cotteridge Church is a vibrant and busy place. It can sometimes seem somewhat overwhelming. In its day-to-day life we are very fortunate to have the calm and efficient presence of Sarah, our Church Administrator. I know I speak for many when I thank her for all that she does, a lot of it seen but far more unseen but just as important. Among Sarah’s achievements in 2022 was to increase the number of room hire users. There are times now when we are at capacity. This is wonderful but brings its own challenges and sometimes we have to move things around a little and be imaginative with the wonderful spaces we have. On the subject of which thank you to Stephen, Dorothy etc. for redecorating what are now the Red Room and Blue Room upstairs. Very posh! At the heart of weekday activity is The Cotteridge Church Café. Thank you to Shirley, Tina and the army of volunteers. The new menu is wonderful. Also, here day by day are The Cotteridge Church Day Centre. Thank you to Michelle, Simon and the team for all you do - and to Michelle for acting as our Safeguarding lead during 2022. She now needs to lay that role down and we need someone to take it on. Please chat with me - that could be you. I commend this report to you. Within its pages you will find reports on a whole host of activities groups, church ones and room hire ones. All make up the varied wonderful family of The Cotteridge Church. On a personal note, I’d like to thank you all for your forbearance in what was a very difficult 2022 for Susan, the family and I. We continue to face challenges of health and well- being in 2023. Things are under control. Thank you to everyone who has been supportive. In all this we remember John Wesley’s words “Best of all, God is with us”. Mike Claridge (Minister of The Cotteridge Church) ## **Safeguarding** I became Safeguarding Co-Ordinator in 2020. I have spoken to the various Church groups and gathered their details for the parish safeguarding dashboard, and have introduced myself to the leaders of these too. I have only had one safeguarding concern reported to me, and this was in late 2022 by a Church group. The concern was resolved very quickly after taking advice from MASH ( Childrens Safeguarding Group Birmingham), and discussions between myself and the group leaders. Michelle Madden. 6 ## **Membership** The number of members, as reported to the Church Council on 31st December 2022, was 125 (2021 - 138). During the preceding twelve months six members sadly died and eight names were removed for other reasons. The current membership is 124. ## **Reserves Policy** The Reserves Policy of The Cotteridge Church was reviewed during 2022. The policy is next due for review in 2023. The reserves are calculated as follows: “Six to Twelve Months Average Monthly Expenditure, plus the evaluated 5-year forecast of property expenditure, plus any restricted or designated funds, plus five percent of annual income for mission projects”. ## **Structure, Governance and Management** The Cotteridge Church is a Local Ecumenical Partnership between the Church of England, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church. Its premises are subject to a sharing agreement between the three denominations and its structure, governance and management is ordered by an updated constitution adopted at the 2020 AGM in April 2020. Throughout the year the Trustees pay due regard to the Charity Commissions guidance on Public Benefit and in particular the specific guidance provided to charities involved in the advancement of religion. ## **Joint Church Council** The legal responsibility for The Cotteridge Church rests with the Joint Church Council (JCC), which is elected on denominational lines as defined in the Sharing Agreement. The Stipendiary minister, and non-stipendiary ministers are ex-officio, co-opted members serve until the next AGM, and elected members serve for three years retiring in rotation. The JCC is also the body of Trustees and membership is as per the list at the beginning of this report. The JCC is responsible for the Church finances, its management and control, including the appointment of a Treasurer. The Trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy, and enable them to ascertain the financial position of the Church, while ensuring that the financial statements comply as follows: The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS102. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP), applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) published on 16 July 2014), the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Accepted Practice as it applies from 1 January 2015. 7 The JCC is responsible for safeguarding Church assets and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. Due to the level of income of the Charity, JCC is required to have the financial statements independently examined prior to publication. ## **Congregational Meeting** The meeting is chaired by the chair of JCC and is a vehicle for consulting with the congregation about all aspects of Church life, and for communicating the decisions of JCC to the wider Church congregation. The annual meeting usually taking place around April is not only the Church AGM but also the time when the three denominational AGMs are held. It is at this meeting when the Annual report and Accounts are received. ## **Risk Management** The Joint Church Council recognises the need for appropriate policies and procedures to manage risk (including Health & Safety), across all areas of activity for which it is responsible, including its buildings and facilities, as well as a wide range of activities and events. Subject to policies agreed by the JCC, each Group and Committee has responsibility for the effective day to day implementation of the relevant agreed risk management processes covering the areas of activity for which they are responsible. The Church’s exposure to risk is being managed and monitored through the Risk Register agreed by the JCC in 2014 and covers five major areas: |1.|Strategic and Reputational Risk| |---|---| |2.|Financial Risk| |3.|Compliance Ongoing Risk| |4.|Operational Risk| |5.|Property/premises| The major risks to which the JCC is exposed are identified in the above-mentioned document and the JCC are ultimately responsible to ensure that there are procedures established to reduce and manage those risks. It is the intention of the JCC to review this Risk Register on a regular basis. ## **Financial Review** The total unrestricted income for the year is £107,702 which is some £25,000 less than that of 2021. This is principally due to a significant drop of £50,000 in voluntary giving, which has been somewhat offset by an increase of £14,000, mainly from Room Hire which has been increasing throughout the year due to the efforts of our administrator. The Covid Pandemic is continuing to affect the Church finances, which are generally worse than last year. Last year the government furlough scheme helped to offset the wage costs. This year wage 8 costs had to be covered by cafe sales and Day Centre income from clients. Unfortunately, the footfall for both is still well short of pre covid levels, though they are continuing to improve. During the Pandemic, Room Hire income also collapsed, and is only now recovering. The net result on church finances has been a reduction of £354,988. A restricted fund transfer of £252,729 to B30 Foodbank occurred as a result of the Foodbank becoming a registered charity in its own right and removes Foodbank finances from future accounts. An unrestricted fund loss of £126,918 is described above. Essential maintenance/repair work, to meet the Methodist Quinquennial report as well as insurance compliance, has also eaten into our financial resources. However, with a new team tasked with applying for grants, it is hoped they can in part fund some maintenance and repairs going forward. The detailed Accounts for 2022 will be circulated separately. ## **Church Committees** The Church is supported by a limited number of Committees and Working Groups: ## **Worship and Pastoral Committee** ## **Pastoral** - In January the pastoral links met for a very helpful learning and sharing session. - Pastoral links have maintained their contact with members with ministerial support. - Prayer cards have continued to be delivered to members. ## **Services** - Memorial service held in the autumn was the first to include those who had died from covid. - The introduction of midweek services at key celebrations which include the day centre and classes from Cotteridge School. - Tuesday communion services returned to the chapel. - Sunday morning services have evolved to include: - Experimenting with layouts of chairs including curves. - New volunteers operating the sound desk. - Full text of Bible readings on the screen. - Re-introduced lay assistance with distributing communion. - All age worship. ## **Witness** - At the front of our building now stands a large wooden cross which was decorated with flowers at Easter. 9 - Walk of Witness organised by Churches Together in B30 on Good Friday encountered an unexpected and divisive deviation en route which caused a lot of upset. The route has been revised to go straight from Cotteridge to Bournville along Watford / Linden Road. ## **Ongoing developments** - Evening worship – at last year’s AGM we were requested to look at restarting an evening service. The format of this is being explored before going to consultation with the congregation. - Guidance information is being developed for visiting preachers. - Welcome cards for visitors are being worked on. Jane Stephens (Chair) ## **Property and Management Committee** Property & Management (P & M) have met every two months since the last AGM. Eco Group: The Eco group, led by Sandra Walton, became incorporated into P & M. Roof Repairs: Covid restrictions had delayed some important repairs. Problems with the roof such as slipped slates and loose coping stones had been noted in the last quinquennial report (August '21) but these issues were not addressed until January / February 2023. Note that a £10 k grant from Historic Churches has been applied for when the administrator post was handed over from David Pycock to Sarah Molloy. The grant offer came in at £2 500 but required oversight from an architect. In the event it proved too difficult to operate within the framework required by the grant and we declined taking it up. Lightening Conductor theft: about 2 metres on the bottom half of the copper strip acting as a lightening conductor set up on the church tower was noted to be stolen in January 2023. It was last definitely known to be intact in 2021. Repairs, including a vandal proofing guard, have been made. Hot Water: Both the Weatheroak and ground floor water heaters failed. The Weatheroak one was replaced. That heater had previously served both the Weatheroak hot water and the kitchen & toilets hot water on the first floor. A separate immersion heater under the first-floor kitchen sink has been installed. The ground floor hot water taps had been fed from an immersion heater in the BB cupboard. When that failed David Pycock re-plumbed the hot water feed from the basement boiler supply. David also fitted a new thermostat to the vestry immersion heater. Tap water temperature tests are done monthly to ensure we comply with legionella legislation. Space Heating: We continue to have problems matching room heating with demand. Too often rooms are heated but empty. Ever increasing electricity and gas prices cost us significant expenditure. Only qualified staff should program the heating zones. Recycling: First Mile are paid to collect paper, glass and metal off site. Omissions: The A/V system has not been upgraded. Attempts to upgrade remaining single glazing to double have so far failed. Friday Jobs: Tony Dyer, Peter, Steve & Dorothy continue to work Friday mornings and other times as necessary to do jobs within their capability and remit. Painting & Decorating: Both upstairs meeting rooms have been decorated. Fire Safety Management: An upgrade has been made to the emergency alarm & lighting controls. Warm Spaces: The Pennine Way Cafe times were extended Mon-Friday to offer a 'warm space' to the community. 10 Christmas Tree: Seasonal trees with lights were installed inside and outside the church. My thanks to all who have served on P & M this year, to the administrator, Sarah, and to Tony Dyer. Peter Childs Chair of P & M ## **Property Development Working Group** PDWG met in March 2022 to remind ourselves where its predecessor, the Building Steering Group, had got to and whether BSG's research remained applicable. The Covid pandemic has changed behaviour patterns among all users of the site, so PDWG has been deliberately cautious while new expectations emerge. Last Spring, I set up website www.PDWG.weebly.com to aggregate reference material, further links, and record all progress. The notional intention long-term has been to open up the visual frontage of the church, to likely reorient the everyday entrance to face Watford Road. However, we awaited the church awayday in June to inform action1. In July, JCC suggested full refurbishment of the main kitchen; making the internal southwest area (old reception room and Beacon Room) more open plan; refurbishing / relocating toilets, to enable enlargement of kitchen; improvement to entrance to evidence being open (perhaps with a new door in place of 'the funeral door'). By autumn, and before speaking further with professionals, PDWG wished to know there was a concerted, clear and visible, vision for any project of substantive change to “stay the course” and flourish. We met informally in early November and wished for some formal report (with aims and actions) following the awayday. Part of that is understanding the clergy leadership's vision for this place, which we invited late last year. While that crystallises, I met with the Grants group early in 2023. Through the “Warm Spaces” initiative (Mon-Thu since November), Barbara Calvert has hosted visits from BVT and Thrive Together Birmingham, recently resulting in £3k for immediate kitchen work. They, with BVT and Birmingham City Council, encourage us to 'think big' and apply for much larger grants for a sitewide refurbishment. The Council recognise that supporting organisations like ours is a major vehicle to addressing the cost-of-living crisis among the huge diversity of people alone or in groups who can be given friendly welcome on this site—all building healthier lives and stronger community. Our facilitator created a map representing our church life: Pennine Way Café, Saplings, Day Centre, worship (Sundays and midweek), harvest and faith celebrations, Eco church, fairtrade, fellowship groups, Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Boys Brigade, Pennine Way coach trips, Knit-&-natter, Little Foxes, Church Garden, C2U, Platinum party, Irish dementia café, Warm Spaces, Christmas Fayres, etc. 11 There is much work to be done to articulate our committed vision. The outcome of last June’s away day is a key first step. Membership is due for reconstitution in May 2023. ## **Tim Clayton** ## **Community Services Committee** This Committee, reporting to JCC, continued to meet throughout 2022, overseeing Catering, Young People and Older Adults Working Groups, as well as the Book Centre and Foodbank. Each of these areas is separately covered in this Annual Report. In 2022 the CSC took on oversight of two new activities, both substantially driven by Barbara Calvert, as follows: - Warm Space: In response to the energy and cost-of-living crisis, between November 2022February, the Pennine Way opening hours were extended beyond the café closing time (13.30) until 17.00 Monday-Thursday. During these hours hot drinks and toast were offered for free. A steady flow of people attended. This means the church was offering a warm space for a total of 8.5 hours on those days, enabled by volunteers from The Cotteridge Church and the Cotteridge Quakers. - A Grant Fundraising Group was established, as a task and finish group rather than a standing part of the governance structure. The group has so far raised over £5000 towards running costs associated with Warm Spaces and for kitchen and café equipment and improvements. Pam Waddell, Chair of Community Services Committee ## **Catering Working Group** As predicted last year, catering made a deficit in 2022 (about £17k) as we continued to recover from the impact of Covid. The reduced number of clients in the Day Centre has a direct impact on catering, as well, as café footfall and sales being less than pre-Covid. However, sales trended upwards throughout the year, as the food offer expanded and new customers started coming. By the end of the year the typical takings were about £560/ week, including sale of over 200 hot drinks and about 60 hot meals per week. Increasing footfall, together with price rises, introduced in March 2023 following about four years with no rises, makes the Catering Working Group hopeful that the deficit will be much reduced in 2023. Furthermore, a new menu was developed in 2022, and introduced in March 2023, that aims to attract a wider clientele, thus increasing community reach and sales. The new menu features, for example, more children’s, light lunch and vegetarian options. The café has been open from 08.30-13.30, Monday to Friday and reopened 10.00-12.00 on Saturdays, since spring 2022. WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING VOLUNTEERS, 12 PARTICULARLY FOR LATER SHIFTS, to allow opening until 14.00 on weekdays to encourage extension of the lunch service. The Church Administrator has had ‘Catering Manager’ duties formally added to her role, and she sits on, and works closely with, the Catering WG, which has been of great benefit. We are also very grateful to the kitchen staff for continuing to adapt this year, and to our loyal band of volunteers. We continue to work in partnership with C2U on catering; they run the café on Tuesdays in term-time and provide kitchen assistance on other days too – this is a mutually beneficial arrangement that provides catering resource and training opportunities for C2U. With an aging kitchen, we have ongoing need to repair and update equipment and facilities (e.g., there was a major issue with ventilation in this year) – we are grateful to the P&M Committee and the ‘maintenance team’ for their help in resolving issues. The work of the Grant Fundraising Group has started to help with the costs of replacement equipment, and will soon contribute to improving the look and visibility of the café. Further bids are anticipated in 2023, allowing us to pre-empt crises and continue to improve the service offered to the Cotteridge community through our Catering Services. Pam Waddell, Chair of Catering Working Group ## **Older Adults Working Group** 1. **Knit and Natter** continues to flourish on a Thursday morning with church and non- church members. Leading up to Christmas lots of hats were knitted with contributions also from home knitters. These and scarves were sold at a very reduced price at the Christmas fayre and the remainder made available free in the Pennine Way. Lots of knitted sheep provided a visual aid for the All Age/Parade service 5[th] March and the Midweek Mothers’ Day service Thursday 16[th] March. Sheep were then given to members of CCDC. We have been asked to knit soft toys for children at Christmas in preference to them receiving plastic items at the Children’s Christmas party. We may also knit toys for Saplings children. 2. **Midweek Christmas carol service held Thursday 15[th] December** was attended by members of the Day care Centre, C2U, Year 5 from Cotteridge School, church members and others. The members of the Day Centre particularly enjoyed the children being present and singing two nativity focused songs for us. C2U also contributed to the service which was great so very good to have young and old together. 3. **Art –** small groups of children from year 1 at Cotteridge school have visited the Day Centre to do art work with members. Again, very good to have young and old engaged in shared activities. Linda W. does wonderful creative art with members and it is greatly appreciated. 4. **Warm Spaces.** The Café remained open in the afternoons during the winter months to provide hot drinks/toast with no charge. Donations are accepted. We had a wonderful team of 13 volunteers to staff the Warm Space from the church and from Cotteridge Quakers with one or two others. Attendance varied with a maximum of 12 in any afternoon. Birmingham City Council are supporting a network of Warm Spaces across the city seeing this initiative as in its infancy with a vision that there will be a Warm Welcome Space in every community. The Bournville and Cotteridge Cost of Living Group (of which I am a member) meet in the Pennine Way on occasional Tuesday afternoons. They are very impressed with what we offer and very encouraging. Liz Clements (Councillor) attends the meeting. She said it was early days. She also was very encouraging about what we offer to the community in so many ways. She encouraged our application to Birmingham City Council for a grant towards the cost of running Warm Spaces. We were successful in our application for a grant receiving £3,000 from BCC, £500 from Thrive Together Birmingham, £500 from Cotteridge Quakers. The Co Op have also put up £1million to support Warm Welcome Spaces on a Crowdfunding basis immediately paying in £500 and doubling every contribution that is made. To date our Crowdfunding page has raised in excess of £1,500. Our aim is to upgrade the café with new signage, new aprons, cutlery, crockery etc. Seeking grants continues with a vision in the longer term to upgrade our premises especially the toilets! 5. Big green week. We came together to produce a wonderful programme that involved all ages…really driven by older adults. 6. The garden…..new garden continues to flourish thanks to tireless efforts of a special few. . 7. The Platinum Jubilee party last June was very popular and a great community celebration. The church is uniquely placed for organising such events which help to create healthy communities. The Christmas fayre and the green Week fayre were also very successful as community events. 8. **Coronation celebration** : Plans…All Age/Parade service Sunday 7[th] May followed by shared lunch and music by Peter Childs and musicians. On Coronation bank holiday Monday 8[th] May Garden tea at 5 Middleton Hall Road. Donations to Christian Aid. ## **9. Looking ahead:** - Thai chi – we are looking for an instructor. - Table tennis – many older people enjoy physical activity and it is good for healthy living. Table tennis is enjoyed by many even people into their nineties. One idea for the future would be to have a table tennis afternoon for the over 60s perhaps alternating with Tuesday Fellowship. Those who are not so keen on table tennis would be welcome for board games such as Scrabble. - Warm Welcome…to continue to be an active participant in the network of Warm Welcome Spaces working with others in the community to provide the best we can offer. 14 ## **Day Centre Report** **Members attending** from 6[th] December 2022 to 27[th] February 2023 Five Days Per week 1 Four days per week 2 Three days per week 1 Two days per week 6 One day per week 6 **Total 16** ## **Members** Further to my last report, Joyce who used to attend the Robin Centre, has now started doing 4 days a week with us, as the family have said we are more friendly, better value and more accommodating with Joyce and her needs. One of Joyce’s daughters, who is currently over from America gave an interview to Birmingham Mail regarding Day Centres. She said that she did mention us by name, but that doesn’t appear in the article. (I will bring copies of the article to the meeting if you wish to read it). We have had two new people start with us. Iris on a Wednesday and Margaret on a Thursday. We have also had multiple enquires recently. ## **Activities** Davina (Sing for joy) is returning to us in April after her maternity leave. The members are all looking forward to her return. I have booked a visit from the Zoolab people who are attending in April, which always seems to go down well with the members. They bring in small exotic animals for the members to hold if they wish. ## **Staffing** As you are all aware, I was recently off sick with shingles, and then Simon contracted chicken pox which meant that for three days crossover illness period the Day Centre had to close. Tracey continues with her treatment and obviously she requires time off when she feels particularly ill, but she does try to come in most days. Nikki, our apprentice, has proven a great asset and we wouldn’t be able to manage if we hadn’t got her to rely on. ## **General** We have had visits from two charities who support the Day Centre, Cadbury trust and Douglas Turner Trust. Both visits seemed to go very well and we hope both charities will continue to support us in the future. Cadbury trust in particular seemed very keen on supporting new chairs or transport during the visit. 15 Myself and Simon have both made leaflet drops in the local area, targeting doctors’ surgeries and advert spaces in local shops and businesses, although Doctors surgeries no longer display the leaflets, they still have them for signposting. We have had a meeting with Dan Yarnell and Martin Thompson (Fundraisers) and discussed the targets for this year, they are both very motivated and hopeful of a good year, and have given us some pointers on things we can do to help as well, with publicity. Michelle Madden (CCDC Co-ordinator) Barbara Calvert (Chair OAWG) ## **Work with Families and Young People** **The Young People Working Group** oversees all young people services provided by the Church and links to other young people in our community and groups who hire rooms. Following the Covid period when our groups were suspended, Saplings and Boys’ Brigade have returned. Other areas of our children & youth work have not, either due to a lack of volunteers (Messy Church), or a change in demand (Youth Café). The focus on Sundays has shifted from Young Church to All Age Worship services, which are proving popular. Rev Barbara Calvert has established a good connection with Cotteridge Primary School, which has seen some of the children coming to participate in our Christmas midweek service, as well as the Day Centre. Looking to the future, we are in the early stages of researching the possibility of employing a part time Children & Families worker to support current and lead new projects. Anyone interested in volunteering with children and youth is always welcome to get in touch. Sue Clayton (Chair) **Saplings Stay & Play group** offers friendship and support to carers and their pre-school children, with both secular and Christian themes. This group returned in June 2022. There was great demand, with the group fully booked, with a waiting list, most weeks. By the end of the year, we had welcomed 66 families with 90 adults and 83 children, most of whom were new to us. Parents are very appreciative of the group and the opportunity to talk to the leaders, other parents and Cathy Leigh, our contact from the Early Years Alliance. We are particularly grateful to Laura, one of our former parents, who now helps to lead the group every week and Barbara, who welcomes and provides a wonderful listening ear to the families. Additional volunteers would be most welcome. Sue Clayton (Saplings Coordinator) ## **Boys’ Brigade** 2022 was certainly a busy year at Boys Brigade. Our numbers have improved but we would always welcome new members. We continue to provide activities for all the boys on a Friday night. We have taken part in several competitions and quizzes. Our sponsored sleepover was a great success which provided funds for the running of the company. Poplar events such as our Peckwood weekend and the outing to Weston –Super-Mare returned after an absence of a couple of years. Finlay has been working towards his Queens badge which should be completed in 2023. Bob Hotchkiss (Captain) 16 ## **Youth Café** This time last year, in March 2022, we were taking a break from Youth Café with a view to restarting after Easter. That didn’t happen. It had become very apparent that the ‘landscape’ had changed postlockdown. Even the qualified Youth Workers that we were working with were having difficulty engaging with young people on the streets of Cotteridge. Some teens seemed to have turned inwards, wanting to relate only to their peer groups. Current thinking is that, with appropriate qualified support, we should consider a younger age range. Previously we focused on secondary school age. Maybe Year 5 and 6 (top two primary school years), with parents, might be an idea. They would then hopefully ‘grow through’ into a teenage group in time. It will be a challenge though because support from church members previously was very disappointing. ## **Girlguiding and Tuesday Evening Café** Girlguiding groups (Rainbows, Brownies and Guides) are strong in number. We have continued to open Tuesday night café, usually from 6pm - 7.30pm, to serve the (mainly) Rainbows parents who wait during their daughters’ stay. On occasion the café is full and is very much appreciated. Girlguiding groups have continued to support The Cotteridge Church in a variety of ways. They have also been present at several Parade Services and guides have taken part in drama within the services. In September this year we will be hosting the Divisional Service on a Tuesday night. This is for all Girlguiding groups from Cotteridge, Kings Norton and Maypole. We expect over 200 in church. We may need some extra help on the café that evening. ## **Communicate to You (C2U)** C2U continues to be a valued part of The Cotteridge Church. They support a number of events; Christmas and Summer Fairs, last year’s Jubilee event, carol singing in the Day Centre, midweek ‘Pennine Way Services’ on special occasions such as Harvest and Christmas. They also help to run the café on Tuesday daytimes during term time. They bring a vibrancy and ‘buzz’ to The Cotteridge Church on weekdays. Rev Mike Claridge (Youth Café & Link with external groups) ## **Other Church Activities** ## **Pennine Way Trips** In 2022 there was a varied programme of monthly trips – 7 half days and 2 full days. The aim is to provide good value and a friendly group for people who have little or no access to cars, and/or no family nearby. Visits included Hartlebury Castle, Guide Dogs Puppy Breeding Centre near Leamington, Bourton on the Water, Liverpool and Weston-Super-Mare, plus a shopping opportunity at Boundary Mills sale. 17 The annual early Christmas shop and meal was so oversubscribed that an additional trip was organised so that 60 plus people were able to take part. As part of the Big Green week, there was a harvest Tea for 40 people with quizzes and an hilarious game of Beetle. The 2023 programme has started well with a good mix of venues. Day trips include Chester and Oxford. Rita Sutton. ## **The Church Garden** A gardener’s wish come true…..to be allocated £10,000 for our Church Garden. The work started in February2022 with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee to be the aim and purpose. The garden gang (Dorothy, Steve, Sandra, Bob and myself), along with other willing helpers, set about transforming what was a rather tired, cluttered space into an open, user-friendly area to encourage everyone using the Church building to be part of it. Moving the dead ivy and hedge, replacing with open fencing, knocking down the centre raised bed, creating a Bible Garden, restructuring the area by the greenhouse, meant some very serious physical work. Despite a few sleepless nights and waiting for materials, (soil, bricks, planters etc), we did manage to achieve the vision. A place for people to come bringing drinks, sitting, playing, and hopefully, find peace on a busy place. The kitchen staff cooked the beans, tomatoes, used the strawberries, plus the birds now use it as their home. Many thanks to all who contributed in any way at the start of what must become part of our Church life. Please use it and contribute in any way you can….the bank account has been spent!!! Chris Pascal. ## **BookCentre and Traidcraft** During 2022 the BookCentre received income which totalled £5745 and expenditure of £4038. It was during the run up to Christmas that the signs that Traidcraft was in difficulty because not only was there no CHRISTMAS catalogue, but also stock items were not replaced when stocks ran out. Roger Collins/Jane Stephens 18 ## **The Tuesday Fellowship** Tuesday Fellowship meet on the 2[nd] and 4[th] Tuesday of each month and we are open to anyone who wishes to come. We have a variety of speakers throughout the year interspersed with meetings on poetry, music, quizzes and discussions. We have a cake stall at the Church Christmas Fayre and raise about £220. We advertise our meeting in the Pennine way and in Roundabout to encourage people to come to the meetings which interest them. Linda Mann. ## **Flower Ministry** It was a joy to have flowers in church throughout 2022. We have celebrated Easter, our late Queen’s Jubilee, Big Green Week, Harvest and Christmas with flowers that enhance worship for us all. I have been very grateful for the support of Linda Woodhouse and Rita Sutton who have helped arrange these displays, …and special mention and thanks to Steph on the Coffee Bar who is always ready to help and make a cuppa to keep us going. I am also very grateful to Sarah and others who moved our flower resources to the Clent Room after all these years of carrying from the basement. It has made it so much easier to access all we need. Thank you all. We are so thankful for donations to support this ministry and know from your comments that you appreciate the displays. I have also sent or taken flowers to members and friends within our church community who need to know of our thanks and prayers. Working as a small team brings the best results for us all to share. There is always room for others to join us so please come and chat to me about the possibilities. Thank you again for all your encouragement. Sandra Walton ## **Roundabout** Roundabout is the bimonthly magazine for the Cotteridge Church. As its editor, I would like to thank sincerely all the contributors of articles for it. The aims of the magazine are to foster and encourage the community spirit within the church, and its locality - something which has been severely damaged during the Covid epidemic. We need to let everyone know what we are thinking about, what we are planning to do, and what we have done, and, of course, occasionally -to amuse. The articles we publish are doing just that. I have a “Next Roundabout” folder on my computer, which is always ready to receive your articles for the next edition; so, to the regular contributors - please keep them coming, whenever you like, and perhaps we can inspire others to write something too. Celia Lester ## **Eco Church Report** The Eco Church group has had a busy but successful year in supporting the environmental policy. Our group consists of Peter Childs, Carole Allen, John Cooper and myself. 19 We have met regularly over the year. A big project was to open the Church Garden for the Jubilee. We now have a green space to enjoy peace and calm, listen to the birds and admire the plants and trees that were planted. So many folk worked so hard to make it and our thanks to them for the legacy that has been given to us all. We were pleased to support Big Green Week in September/October. Many activities took place over the week and highlights must include the Big Green Fayre held on the Saturday. We had the opportunity to welcome our community with gardening stalls, finding out our carbon footprint, enjoying fruit and vegetable treats in the Coffee Bar and activities for the younger ones in the garden. Thank you to everyone who made this and other activities that week possible. We achieved our Bronze Eco Church award in October. We are very proud of the plaque in the Pennine Way and look forward to working towards our Silver in 2023. Working with First Mile recycling we have also re-recycled our paper, tins and cardboard. Every edition of the Roundabout, our Church magazine, I write an article on an area of,” Making a difference” for the Climate Emergency. We can all make that difference to our work to support Climate change however small. Thank you for your support and encouragement throughout the year. We have much to be proud of, but much to do in the future. Let’s keep on making that difference together. Sandra Walton 20 ## THE COTTERIDGE CHURCH Annual Report & Financial Accounts For The Year End 31st December 2022 1 **CONTENTS** **Trustees‘ Annual Report 2 ….………………………. Independent Examiners # Report………………... Statement of Financial Activities # …………….. Balance Sheet # …………………………………………. Notes to the # Accounts………………………………** The Co(eridge Church 2022 Annual Report & Accounts February 2023 2 ## **2022 TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT** ## **Insert Annual Report Here** ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT** The Co(eridge Church 2022 Annual Report & Accounts February 2023 23 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT Independent Examiner's unqualified report to the members of the Joint Council of The Cotteridge Church, Kings Norton. Birmingham B30 3EJ in respect of the Financial Statements of the Council for the year ended 31st December 2022 as set out on pagesg¢to25of this ReporL Charity Commlsslon Registration Number 114309L Respective responslbilltles of the P.C.C. and the examiner. Joint Council members acting as the charivs trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for the year under section 144 of the Charities Act 20111the Charities Actl and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: examine the accounts undersection 145 of theCharitiesAct to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission lunder Section 14515)(bl of the Charities Art. and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of the Independè-n't Examlnerfs statemenL My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission and the guidance published in PCC Accountability rfhe Charities Act 2011 and the P.C.C.1, 5th edition). An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with these records It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts. and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required for an audit. andconsequently noopinion is given astowhethertheaccounts presenta'trueand fair, view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent examiner's statemenL Inconnectionwith myexamination. nomaterial matterhascometornyattentionwhich gives mecause to believe that in, any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charitles Act, or the accounts do not accord to the accounting records. I havecome across noother matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in orderto enable a proper understanding of the accounts is reached. Signed. Date Name Revd. A A Clements. FellowA550ciation of Charity Independent Examiners. Address 15 Carleton Road, Great Knowley, Chorley PR6 8TQ ACIE PCC CC32 The CotteridRe Church 2022 Annual Report & Accounts February 2023 4 ||**Notes**|**Unrestricte**
**d**|**Designate**
**d**|**Restricte**
**d**|**Total**||**Prior**
**year**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**funds**|**funds**|**funds**|**funds**||**total**
**funds**| |Income and endowments from:|||||||| |Voluntary income|(2a)|71,235|-|44,145|115,380||362,949| |Activities for generating funds|(2b)|25,181|5,329|300|30,810||17,777| |Investment income|(2c)|10,073|-|3|10,077||9,723| |Church activities|(2d)|1,213|24,678|58,007|83,899||31,011| |**Total income**||**107,702**|**30,007**|**102,456**|**240,164**||**421,459**| |Expenditure on:|||||||| |Church activities|(3a)|148,476|57,113|355,196|560,784||347,243| |Costs of generating funds|(3b)|131|3,622|1,235|4,988||5,290| |**Total expenditure**||**148,607**|**60,735**|**356,430**|**565,773**||**352,532**| |**Net income / (expenditure) resources**|**before**||||||| |**transfer**||**(40,905)**|**(30,728)**|**(253,974)**|**(325,608)**||**68,927**| |Transfers:|||||||| |Gross transfers between funds - in||500|67,133|-|67,633||23,156| |Gross transfers between funds - out||(57,134)|(10,000)|(500)|(67,633)||(23,156)| |Other recognised gains / losses|||||||| |Gains/losses on investment assets||(29,379)|-|-|(29,379)||33,548| |Gains on revaluation, fxed assets,|||||||| |charity's own use||-|-|-|-|-|| |**Net movement in funds**||**(126,918)**|**26,405**|**(254,475)**|**(354,988)**||**102,475**| |Reconciliation of funds|||||||| |**Total funds brought forward**||**317,719**|**11,871**|**313,705**|**643,295**||**540,820**| |**Total funds carried forward**||**190,801**|**38,276**|**59,230**|**288,307**||**643,295**| ## _**There may be minor discrepancies in the totals if the pence are not being shown**_ The Co(eridge Church 2022 Annual Report & Accounts February 2023 5 ## **BALANCE SHEET** |**BALANCE SHEET**|| |---|---| |**Notes**|**General**
**Designate**
**d**
**Restricte**
**d**
**At**
**31/12/2022**
**At**
**31/12/2021**
**£**
**£**| |**Fixed assets**
Tangible Assets
**(8)**|5,993
2,087
-
8,080
16,794| ||**5,993**
**2,087**
**-**
**8,080**
**16,794**| |**Current assets**
Investments
**(9)**
Cash At Bank & In Hand
**(10)**
Stocks And Work in Progress
**(11)**
Debtors
**(12)**|138,662
27,000
-
165,662
255,042
35,279
6,964
67,237
109,480
332,275
-
3,825
-
3,825
3,825
18,366
-
4,289
22,655
39,953| ||**192,307**
**37,789**
**71,526**
**301,622**
**631,095**| |**Liabilities**
Creditors: Amounts Falling Due
In One Year
**(13)**|7,500
1,599
12,296
21,395
4,594| ||**7,500**
**1,599**
**12,296**
**21,395**
**4,594**| ||| |**Net current assets less current**
**liabilities**|**184,808**
**36,190**
**59,230**
**280,227**
**626,501**| ||| |**Total assets less current**
**liabilities**|**190,801**
**38,276**
**59,230**
**288,307**
**643,295**| ||| |**Total net assets less liabilities**|**190,801**
**38,276**
**59,230**
**288,307**
**643,295**| ||| |**Fund Totals**|**190,801**
**36,190**
**59,230**
**286,220**
**643,295**| Approved by the Trustees of The Cotteridge Church at their meeting on and signed on their The Co(eridge Church 2022 Annual Report & Accounts February 2023 6 behalf by Date ## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS** ## **1. Summary of Accounting Policies** ## **General Information and basis of preparation** The Joint Council of the Cotteridge Church is a public benefit entity with the meaning of FRS102. The financial Statements have been prepared under the Charities Act 2011 and under FRS102 (2016) as the applicable accounting standards, and the 2016 version of the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Report by Charities (SORP(FRS102)). **Assets:** ## **Consecrated and benefice property.** Consecrated and benefice property is excluded and not capitalised in the financial statements in accordance with Charities Act 2011. ## **Fixed Assets** Depreciation has been provided as follows: Solar Panels Straight line over 25 years. Equipment & Vehicles Straight line over 4 years. ## **Investments** Investments are recognised at their quoted market price. Unrealised gains or losses are calculated as the difference between the fair value at the year end and their carrying value. **Funds:** The financial statements have been prepared using fund accounting. Whereby income, expenditure, assets & liabilities are classified by fund. The 2 types of fund classification present in these accounts are: 1. **Unrestricted Funds** (General & Designated): - a. General Funds are available for use at the discretion of the PCC in delivering the aims and objectives of the charity. - b. Designated Funds are funds that have but have been set aside by the PCC for a particular purpose from the general fund. The Co(eridge Church 2022 Annual Report & Accounts February 2023 7 2. **Restricted Funds** represent grants, donations and legacies received which are allocated by the donor for a specific purpose. The purpose of funds held by the charity are set out in notes to the financial statements. ## **2. Incoming Resources** ||Designated
Fund
Restricted
Funds
Year Total
Last Year
Total| |---|---| ||| |Planned Giving
52,095
CollecIons At Service
189
DonaIons & Appeals
1,644
GiL Aid
12,122
Grants
5,185
Job RetenIon Scheme Grant
-
Legacies
-|- 3,501
55,596
96,800
- -
189 3,051
- 4,877
6,521
129,505
- 814 12,936
19,414
- 34,953
40,138
35,090
- -
-
61,198
- -
-
17,892| |**Voluntary income total**
**71,235**|**- 44,145**
**115,380 362,949**| |**Grants – Church**
Birmingham Diocesan Board of Finance
Quakers|5,185
—
—
5,185
—
—
—
—
—
540| |---|---| ||5,185
—
—
5,185
540
—
—
8,000
8,000
8,000
—
—
11,403
11,403
—
—
—
5,000
5,000
—
—
—
2,500
2,500
—| |**Grants – Day Centre**
Roger & Douglas Turner Charitable Trust
The Eveson Trust
DMF Ellis Charitable Trust
The E. & D. Cadbury Trust|| The Co(eridge Church 2022 Annual Report & Accounts February 2023 8 |Lord Austin Trust
Grimmit Trust
Avon Trust
W.E.D Charitable Trust
We Are All Making A Difference
Measures Trust
Bernard Piggot Charitable Trust
William A Cadbury Trust
The Sparkhill Trust
Marsh Christian Trust
Gowling WLG Trust
The Cook & Wolstenholme Trust
The K & J Mindelsohn Trust
Lille C Johnson Trust
EH Smith Charitable Trust
Richard Cadbury Trust
Stanley Smith Memorial Fund
Jarman Charitable Trust
M & H Cadbury Trust|—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—|—
3,000
3,000
3,000
—
—
—
4,000
—
—
—
1,000
—
—
—
2,000
—
1,000
1,000
1,000
—
—
—
1,000

—
—
—
750
—
1,000
1,000
—
—
550
550
500
—
500

—
1,000
1,000
500
—
—
—
500
—
—
—
500
—
500
500
500

—
—
—
500

—
500
500
—
—
500
500
—
—
—
—
200
—
—
—
100| |---|---|---| ||—
—|—
34,953
34,953
24,550

—
—
—
10,000| |**Grants – Food Bank**
Asda||| ||—|—
—
—
10,000| |||| |**Grant income total**|**5,185**|**—**
**34,953**
**40,138**
**35,090**| ||Unrestricted
Fund|| |||Designated
Fund
Restricted
Funds
Year Total
Last Year
Total| ## **b) Investment Income** |Bank & Deposit Account Interest|186
|-
|3|189|22| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Dividends|7,683
|-
|-|7,683|8,087| |Solar Panel Income|2,205
|-
|-|2,205|1,614| The Co(eridge Church 2022 Annual Report & Accounts February 2023 9 |||**Investment income total**|**10,073**|**-**|**3**|**10,077**|**9,723**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**c) **||**Activities for Generating Funds**|||||| |||Hire|22,905|-|-|22,905|10,096| |||Regular Fundraising|1,323|-|300|1,623|863| |||Other Fundraising|-|-|-|-|-| |||Book Centre Sales|-|5,329|-|5,329|5,964| |||Events Fundraising|953|-|-|953|858| |||**Ac?vi?es for genera?ng funds total**|**24,709**|**5,329**|**300**|**30,810**|**17,777**| |**d) **||**Church Activities**|||||| |||Parochial Fees|1,175|-|-|1,175|23| |||Other Income|38|-|628|666|289| |||Catering Services Sales|-|24,678|-|24,678|11,088| |||Day Centre A(endance|-|-|45,673|45,673|17,956| |||Boys' Brigade Income|-|-|3,286|3,286|763| |||Saplings Income|-|-|693|693|-| |||Pennine Way Trips Income|-|-|6,946|6,946|700| |||Flower Guild Income|-|-|358|358|130| |||Tuesday Fellowship Income|-|-|424|424|62| |||**Church ac?vi?es total**|**1,213**|**24,678**|**58,007**|**83,899**|**31,011**| The Co(eridge Church 2022 Annual Report & Accounts February 2023 10 ## **3. Expended Resources** |||| |---|---|---| |**a) Church Activities**
Common Fund
Methodist Apportionment
URC Apportionment
Charitable Giving
Pastoral Costs
Vicarage Costs
Ministry Expenses & Costs
Church Service Costs
Mission & Outreach Work
Youth & Family Work
Community Work|Unrestricted
Fund
Designated
Fund
Restricted
Funds
Year Total
Last Year
Total
55,260
-
-
55,260
55,260
8,856
-
-
8,856
8,856
9,156
-
-
9,156
8,412
50
-
-
50
-
50
-
-
50
179
892
-
-
892
864
1,078
-
-
1,078
462
2,928
-
-
2,928
2,138
42
-
-
42
150
126
-
-
126
252
146
-
-
146|Designated
Fund
Restricted
Funds
Year Total
Last Year
Total| ||**78,584**
**-**
**-**
**78,584**
**76,573**|| |||| |Staffng Costs
Staff Wages & Payments
Staff & Volunteer Training|-
26,499
34,791
81,271
142,561
157,658
-
-
-
-
145|| ||**26,499**
**34,791**
**81,271**
**142,561**
**157,803**|| |||| |Offce & Admin Costs
Communication Costs
Insurance
Church Utilities
Cleaning & Hygiene
Safety & Security
Maintenance & Improvements
Christmas Tree & Lights
Professional Fees
Depreciation
Other Expenditure|4,662
-
-
4,662
6,745
175
-
-
175
3,864
-
-
3,864
3,780
16,317
-
-
16,317
7,853
5,023
-
-
5,023
4,404
625
-
-
625
1,581
10,665
6,104
-
16,769
2,846
54
-
200
255
300
-
-
300
300
428
696
450
1,574
9,536
486
-
-
486
672|| ||**42,600**
**6,800**
**651**
**50,050**
**37,717**|| |||| |Day Centre Direct Costs
-
-
8,369
8,369
2,127
The Co(eridge Church 2022 Annual Report & Accounts
February 2023||| The Co(eridge Church 2022 Annual Report & Accounts 11 |Catering Services Direct Costs
Foodbank Transfer
Foodbank Direct Costs|-
15,522
-
15,522
5,509
-
-
252,729
252,729
-
-
-
3,017
3,017
61,294| |---|---| ||**-**
**15,522**
**264,114**
**279,637**
**68,930**| ||| |Saplings
Boys' Brigade
Pennine Way Trips
Tuesday Fellowship
Flower Guild|-
-
491
491
-
793
-
1,039
1,832
1,035
-
-
7,056
7,056
745
-
-
85
85
5
-
-
489
489
-| ||**793**
**-**
**9,159**
**9,952**
**1785**| ||| ||**148,476**
**57,113**
**355,196**
**560,784**
**347,243**| ## **b) Costs of generating funds** |**b) Costs of generating funds**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Fundraiser Costs|-|-|1,235|1,235|281| |Fundraising Costs|131|||131|| |Book Centre|-|3,622|-|3,622|5,009| |**Costs of genera?ng funds total**|**131**|**3,622**|**1,235**|**4,988**|**5,290**| ## **4. Unrestricted Fund Movements** |**Fund and type**|**Fund balances**|**Incoming**|**Outgoing**|**Transfer**|**Gains**|**Fund**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**brought**|**Resources**|**Resource**|**s**|**and**|**balances**| ||**forward**||**s**||**Losse**|**carried**| ||||||**s**|**forward**| |**Unrestricted**||||||| |General - General fund|317,719|107,702|148,607|(56,633)|(29,379)|190,801| |**Sub-totals**|**317,719**|**107,702**|**148,607**|**(56,633)**|**(29,379)**|**190,801**| The Co(eridge Church 2022 Annual Report & Accounts February 2023 12 |**Fund and type**|**Fund balances**|**Incoming**|**Outgoing**|**Transfer**|**Gains**|**Fund**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**brought**|**Resources**|**Resource**|**s**|**and**|**balances**| ||**forward**||**s**||**Losse**|**carried**| ||||||**s**|**forward**| |**Designated**||||||| |Book Centre|5,313|5,329|3,622|—|—|7,020| |Cook & Wolstenholme Donation|—|—|—|27,000|—|27,000| |Garden Project|—|—|6,398|10,000|—|3,602| |Catering Services|5,903|24,678|41,787|11,206|—|—| |Day Centre Designated|—|—|8,928|8,928|—|—| |Diocesan Decorating Fund|655|—|—|—|—|655| |**Sub-totals**|**11,871**|**30,007**|**60,735**|**57,134**|**—**|**38,276**| ## **Unrestricted Fund Purposes:** ## **General Fund:** - ➢ Available for use at the discretion of the PCC in delivering its aims and objectives. ## **Designated Funds:** - ➢ **Book Centre Fund** is used for the income & expenditure associated with the book centre selling books & Fairtrade products. - ➢ **Catering Services** is for used for the running of the coffee bar & kitchen at the church and any income & expenditure associated with those services. - ➢ **Diocesan Decorating Fund** is for any internal decorating to the vicarage. ## **5. Restricted Fund Movements** |**Fund and type**|**Fund balances**|**Incoming**|**Outgoing**|**Transfers**|**Gains**|**Fund**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**brought forward**|**Resources**|**Resources**||**and**|**balances**|| ||||||**Losses**|**carried**|| |||||||**forward**|| |**Restricted**|||||||| |Trip to Iona|235|—|—|—|—|235|| |Cotteridge Christmas Tree||455||—|—||| ||1,440||200|||1,694|| |Summer Holiday Club||578||—|—|1|| ||1,000||—|||,000|| The Co(eridge Church 2022 Annual Report & Accounts February 2023 13 |Children & Youth Work|||—|—|—|—|83|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||83|||||||| |Children’s Party|233||—|—|—|—|233|| |Food Ministry|||—|—|—|—||| ||522||||||522|| |**Sub-totals**|||**1,033**|
**200**|
—|**—**||| ||**3,514**||||||**4,346**|| |**Church Group’s Restricted**||||||||| |Boys’ Brigade|6,510||3,287|1,039|(300)|—|8,457|| |Saplings|||702||—|—||| ||129|||491|||167|| |Flower Guild|||358||—|—||| ||298|||489|||340|| |Tuesday Fellowship|||424|85|(250)|—||| ||265||||||404|| |Pennine Way Trips|87|
|6,969|7,056|
—|—|—|| |**Sub-totals**||**1**|**1,738**|
**9,159**|
**(550)**|**—**||| ||**7,288**||||||**9,368**|| |**Food Bank Restricted**||||||||| |Food Bank – General|247,741||7,323|255,064|—|
—|—|| |Food Bank – Summer Holiday|||—||—|—|—|| |Club|578|||578||||| |Food Bank – Advice Worker|||—||—|—|—|| ||554|||554||||| |**Sub-totals**|||**7,323**|
**256,196**|
**—**|**—**|**—**|| ||**248,873**|||||||| |**Day Centre Restricted**||||||||| |DC – General|44,021|68,958||86,521|—|
—|26,375|| |DC – Apprentice|2,603|
11,403|||—|—|11,985|| |||||2,020||||| |DC – Entertainment &|2,821||—||—|—|1,754|| |Therapy||||1,067||||| |DC – Door|3,030||—|—|
—|—|3,030|| |DC – Making a Difference 21|434||—||—|—|—|| |||||434||||| |DC – Making a Difference 22|—||1,000|232|||768|| |DC – Nostalgia Posters|600||—|
80|—|—|520|| |The Co(eridge Church 2022 Annual Report & Accounts|||||February 2023|||| The Co(eridge Church 2022 Annual Report & Accounts 14 |DC – Rempod|81|—||—|
—|
—| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||81|||| |DC – Christmas & Trips|440|—||—|
—|
—| ||||440|||| |**Sub-totals**||**81,361**|
**90,875**|
—|**—**|
**44,433**| ||**54,030**|||||| |**Restricted**||**102,456**|
**356,430**|
**(500)**|
**—**|**59,230**| |**Total**|**313,705**|||||| ## **Fund Descriptions next page.** ## **Church Restricted Fund Purposes:** - ➢ **Trip to Iona –** Donations towards individuals going on a pilgrimage to Iona (Scotland). - ➢ **Cotteridge Christmas Tree –** Donations towards the costs associated with installing a Christmas tree outside the church. - ➢ **Summer Holiday Club –** From a grant towards the running of a club for children over the summer holidays. - ➢ **Children’s Party –** From a grant towards running a children’s party.. - ➢ **Children & Youth Work –** Proceeds from one third of the total fundraising of the bookstore to be used towards youth & children work. - ➢ **Food Ministry –** Fundraising & Donations towards catering’s food ministry initiative which aims to engage with the community through the use of food. ## **Church Group Fund Purposes:** - ➢ **Boy’s Brigade –** Donations & Subscriptions towards the running of the Boy’s Brigade. - ➢ **Saplings –** Donations & Attendance Fees towards the running of the weekly term-time saplings groups for children. - ➢ **Flower Guild –** Donations & Contributions towards the flowers at services & special events. - ➢ **Tuesday Fellowship –** Donations & Contributions towards the costs & activities of the Tuesday Fellowship group. - ➢ **Pennine Way Trips –** Contributions towards the regular organised coach trips covering both coach hire & attendance. ## **Food Bank Restricted Fund Purposes:** - ➢ **Food Bank – General Fund -** Available for use at the discretion of the B30 Foodbank in delivering its aims and objectives. The Co(eridge Church 2022 Annual Report & Accounts February 2023 15 - ➢ **Food Bank – Advice Worker –** From grant income towards the services of an advice worker to help foodbank users with advice on finance management, etc. - ➢ **Food Bank - Summer Holiday Club –** From a grant towards the running of a club for children over the summer holidays. ## **Day Centre Restricted Fund Purposes:** - ➢ **Day Centre – General Fund -** Available for use at the discretion of the Day Centre in delivering its aims and objectives. - ➢ **Apprentice** is the result of grants towards the employment of an apprentice. - ➢ **Entertainment & Therapy** was of grants and an ongoing appeal towards the program of activities the Day Centre runs for members. This includes costs associated with the hiring activity facilitators and material costs of some activities. - ➢ **Door** is the result of several grants into replacing the entrance fire door that is currently a full wood door with the aim of making the entrance way more welcoming. - ➢ **We Are All Making A Difference 2020 & 2021** is a donation to be used towards an expenditure that directly impacts the members are the Day Centre not to be used for general day to day expenditure. - ➢ **Nostalgia Posters** is the Result of a grant towards nostalgia and familiarity posters / canvases to be hung around the centre. - ➢ **Rempod Immersive** is the result of a grant from Birmingham City Council towards the buying of a Rempod System. - ➢ **Christmas & Trips** is the result of grants towards the yearly Christmas festivities as well as Day Trips usually in the summer months. ## **6. Transfers Between Funds** |**Note**|**General**
**Designate**
**d**
**Restricte**
**d Funds**
**Endowmen**
**t Fund**
**Total**| |---|---| ||| ||| |General Fund to Designated Cook & Wolstenholme
1
Designated Cook & Wolstenholme to Garden Project Designated
Fund
2
General Fund to Catering Designated Fund
3
General Fund to Catering Designated Fund
4
Tuesday Fellowship Restricted to Church General Fund
5
Boys Brigade Restricted Fund to Church General Fund
6
General Fund to Day Centre Designated Fund
7|(37,000)
37,000
—
—
—
(10,000)
10,000
—
—
—
(11,205)
11,205
—
—
—| ||| ||200
(200)
—
—
300
—
(300)
—
(8,928)
8,928| ||**(56,634)**
**57,134**
**(500)**
**—**
**—**| ||| The Co(eridge Church 2022 Annual Report & Accounts February 2023 16 - **1** £37,000 transferred from General fund to the designated Cook & Wolstenholme Fund to allow the grant received in 2021 to be set aside to be used for certain purposes as deemed by JCC - **2** £10,000 transferred from the designated Cook & Wolstenholme Fund to designated Garden Project Fund. - **3** £9,907 transferred from General fund to Designated Catering Fund to cover shortfall between caterings income & core expenditure during 2022. - **4** £1,298 transferred from General fund to Designated Catering Fund to fund the purchasing of new Oven & Chest Freezer. - **5** £200 transferred from Tuesday Fellowship Restricted Fund to General Fund as a contribution to church overheads. - **6** £300 transferred from Boy’s Brigade Restricted Fund to General Fund as a contribution to church overheads. - **7** £8,928 transferred from General fund to Designated Day Centre fund to cover the cost of redundancy of one of the Day Centre members of staff. ## **7. Staff Costs & Payments** |**7. Staff Costs**|**& Payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Church**|**Catering**|**Day Centre**|**This Year**|**Last**| |||||**Total**|
**Year**| ||||||**Total**| |Administration|15,063|—|—|15,063|13,045| |Cleaner Wages|6,689|—|2,580|9,269|9,109| The Co(eridge Church 2022 Annual Report & Accounts February 2023 17 |Catering Manager
Kitchen Wages
Day Care Wages
Treasurer Payments|—
1,134
1,134
—
24,729
5,146
29,875
29,406
—
—
68,242
68,242
94,509
—
—
2,318
2,318
2,295| |---|---| ||21,752
25,863
78,286
125,901
148,364| ||| |Social Security Costs
Pension Costs|3,726
—
1,587
5,312
6,614
1,021
—
1,399
2,421
2,680| ||| ||**26,499**
**25,863**
**81,272**
**133,634**
**157,658**| ||| |The average number of
employees|**3**
**3**
**4**
**7**
**9**| ||| During the year, no employee earned £60,000 per annum or more. There are no other disclosable transactions in respect of PCC members, persons closely connected with them or other related parties. ## **8. Fixed Assets** |**8. Fixed Assets**|| |---|---| ||**Food Bank**
**Vehicle**
**Food Bank**
**Fixture &**
**Fittings**
**Food Bank**
**Handling**
**Equipment**
**Solar Panels**
**Garden**
**Furniture**
**Total**| |**Cost**
As at 1 January 2022
Additions
Disposals
As at 31 December 2022|| ||17,316
13,847
5,960
10,701
—
47,824
—
—
—
2,782
2,782
(3,526)
(4,832)
(1,565)
—
—
(9,923)| ||13,790
9,015
4,395
10,701
2,782
40,683| ||| |**Depreciation**
As at 1 January 2022
Charge for year
As at 31 December 2022|| ||13,629
8,817
4,305
4,280
—
31,030
162
198
91
428
696
1,574| ||13,790
9,015
4,395
4,708
696
32,604| ||| |Net Book Value 31
December 2022|**—**
**—**
**—**
**5,993**
**2,087**
**8,080**| The Co(eridge Church 2022 Annual Report & Accounts February 2023 18 ## **9. Investments** |**9. Investments**|| |---|---| ||**Share Fund Property Fund**
**Total**| ||| |Market Value – 1stJanuary
Additions
Disposals (Sales)
Revaluation gain / (loss)|168,165
86,877
255,042
—
—
—
(60,000)
—
(60,000)
(17,999)
(11,380)
(29,379)| ||**90,166**
**75,497**
**165,662**| ## **10. Cash At Bank & In Hand** ||**This Year**
**Total**
**Last Year**
**Total**| |---|---| |Church:
Current Account
Church Soldo Account (Petty Cash)
CCLA Deposit Account
Diocesan Decorating Fund|| ||32,077
39,019
36
42
16,046
13,178
655
655| ||**48,814**
**52,893**| ||| |Day Centre:
Current Account
Reserve Account
Day Centre Soldo Account (Petty
Cash)
Petty Cash|| ||16,588
20,970
25,000
30,000
474
500
—
195| ||**42,062**
**51,665**| ||| |Food Bank:
Current Accounts
Cash in Hand|| ||—
212,496
—
—| The Co(eridge Church 2022 Annual Report & Accounts February 2023 19 |||**—**
**212,496**
2,500
4,982
1,073
185
1,475
11
522
522
3,920
2,213
167
298
6,729
4,781
1,728
1,728
87
129
—
87
404
265
**18,604**
**15,202**
**109,480**
**332,275**
**Book Centre**
**Catering**
**Total**| |---|---|---| |||| |Other Groups:
Catering
Catering Soldo Account (Petty
Cash)
Catering – Square (Till)
Food Ministry
Book Centre
Flower Guild
Boy’s Brigade
Boy’s Brigade Reserve
Saplings
Pennine Way Trips
Tuesday Fellowship||| |||| |||| |||| |**Total Cash At Bank & In Hand**||| |||| |**11. Stock**||| |||| |Cost:
Brought forward 1stDecember
2022
Additions
Disposals
Book Value 31stDecember
2022||| |||3,100
725
3,825
—
—
—
—
—
—| |||**3,100**
**725**
**3,825**| ## **12. Debtors** **This Year Last Year Total Total** The Co(eridge Church 2022 Annual Report & Accounts February 2023 20 |Trade Debtors
Other Debtors
Prepayments|11,949
8,666
6,356
11,143
4,351
20,144| |---|---| ||| |**Total Debtors & Prepayments**|
**22,655**
**39,953**| ## **13. Creditors** |**13. Creditors**|| |---|---| ||**This Year**
**Total**
**Last Year**
**Total**| |**Church Liabilities:**
Other Creditors
Accruals
Agency Collections|| ||7,349
581
2,510
4,013
11,536
—| ||| |**Total Creditors**|**21,395**
**4,594**| ||| |Deferred Income|—
—| ||| |**Total Creditors & Deferred**
**Income**|**21,395**
**4,594**| The Co(eridge Church 2022 Annual Report & Accounts February 2023