CIMJice Words CM) Charlty No 1163536
Trustee< Annual Report for the year ended 31"January 2022
ObJectl¥es and Artl¥ftlÈs
The purpose of choi￿ Words CIO as detailed in rts constltution is:
To run the Christian bookshop. Choice Words, in the South West of En8land. The CIO aims to further the
Christian religion and the benefiaaiies of the CIO will be those purchasing and accessing Christian books and
assoclaied ￿SoUrCes- and these can be individuals, thurches. schools and other organisations. Customers
Include pastors, church leader5, bible students. mi55ionaries, youth worker5 and the general public. The maln
retail outlet is in Newton Abbot. Devon, wlth other outlets auoss South Devon indudin8 book agents and
bookstslls located in thurthes. The ao also Provides bookstalls at conferences. exhibition5. festlvals and other
Community events.
At the date of thbs report, the CIO has not fulty taken o¥er the operation of ChoKe Words. The planned
sthedule to do was further delayed by the ongoing impact of the pandemic during the early part of 2021 and
also due to the continuing abseno of one of the trustees and co-founders of thoice Words during thi5
reporting period after her hospitalisation for three months from October 2020 to January 2021. Government
restrictions continued including a further national lockdown from January to April 2021 and during thls period,
the shop and outlets remained closed. No booksLIll events took place during the year and all of the Choice
Words church outlets remalned closed ihT¢)u8hout the year. The main Newton Abbot Shop redU￿d its openin8
tlme from six to four days per week from early November due to the shop manager bein8 hospltalised and off
sick. However. an onllneltelephone order and delivery ser¥ice was operated for customer5. As per the
previous public statement confirmlngthe intention of the CIO to take over the day to day running of
operations, the trustees havecontinued to actlvely operate fundraisin8 activities to make this happen.
As part of this process, a section of the Newton Abbot shop continues to be dedlcated to second hand book
sales, the proceeds of whlch all go dlrectly to the CIO. The trustees also continued to operate the Frlends of
Cholce Words scheme throu8hout the year where customers and supporters pay an annual or monthly
membershlp subscription to be a Frlend. the proceeds of which go directly to the charSty, enablin8 CUStomer5
to support the charlty and acce5sin8 speciflc member benefiis at the same time. The Choice Words CIO
websSte, launched in 2019. has continued to be the main public online face of the charity. Ongoln8 emall
communications with the Friends and also communlcatlons via Choice Words, Facebook page have contlnued
to raise the proflle of Choice Words C]0 and awareness of the chariWs mission and ￿lOn.
Despite the thallenges described durln8 the 12 months to 31 January 2022. the net income for choi￿ Words
CIO was only sllghtty down on the prior 12 month period and the tash at bank has continued to Increase.
Structure, G(T4emance and Management
The charlty ts established by Constltution as a Foundation CIO whl¢h t*As registered with the Charity
Commission in England and Wales on 14 Septemi)er 2015.
The trustees met t￿ether On￿ dvrTrng the year but have also remained In regular contact despite the
pandemic and the
The trustees who seNed during ihe year to 31" Jan 2022 and up to the date of this rep￿ are:
Nigel Brrttle Ichairl: Edel Brfittle: Roy 8rrtde: Pamela Brittle: Anne Landricombe. Fraser Nute
Signed on behalf of the Trustees
Nigd Brittle
29 November 2022

CHOICE WORDS CIO
Recelpts and Payments Atcount for the Year Ended 31 January 202Z
2022
2021
Income
Donations
6,072
6,298
Expenditure
Nel Income
5,976
6.238
Bank balance at be8lnnlng of year
Bank balance at end of year
049
Statement of Assets and Uabllltles at 31" January 2022
Cash at bank
The trustees confirm, In accordance with the Charltable Incorwirated Organisations (Generall
Regulations 2012. that at the year end the CIO did not have any oulslanding guarantees to third
partles nor any debts secured on the assets of the CIO.
Approved by the Trustees on 29 November 2022
And signed on their behalF by Nigel Brtitle (Chair of Tru5tees}