19/4/2023 Christ Church Cheylesmore Christ Church Annual Report for 2022 The **Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church Cheylesmore, Coventry** , operating within the Diocese of Coventry, is a registered charity number 1172607. Our mission statement is: **Worshipping God** : Bringing us into a more intimate relationship with Christ; **Making Disciples** : Raising up passionate disciples for Christ; and **Transforming Communities:** Combatting loneliness, isolation, and the stress of modern life by creating Christ-centred communities. Christ Church continued to progress its mission in spite of declining membership, dramatic cost rises due to the war in Ukraine, and the increasing threat of climate change. ## Worshipping God Our worship pattern has shifted since the pandemic with more emphasis on building community and children. Our monthly pattern is: - 1[st] Sunday Holy Communion - 2[nd] Sunday Praise, Preach and Prayer - 3[rd] Sunday Breakfast Service - 4[th] Sunday Praise, Preach and Prayer - 5[th] Sunday Café Service The breakfast service has grown and attracts the greatest number of children. Sunday school continues most Sundays although numbers have yet to recover. Excel, now renames Space2, has one person usually, Explorers and Seekers often combining to make one group of 4 or 5 children. Those who attend do appreciate what is offered and we are very grateful to our teacher who persevere under difficult circumstances. For some months we ran SES, Sunday Evening Session, a youth group with games, pizza and worship. We worked together with City Church who not could provide inspiring worship, but who had youth of their own to bring. Sadly, personal circumstances (i.e. youth leaders having babies) meant SES stopped for the summer and never restarted. Special services were held at Christ Church to mark the HM Queen Elizabeth II’s diamond jubilee, then sadly to mark her death. Admired by many and a pillar of faith and strength to the Church of England, she will be sadly missed. ## Making Disciples Fishers, our initiative to create a 2 year discipleship program with provision for 4 young adults to live at the Lodge, progressed from fundraising to renovation of the Lodge. This was a major undertaking that that began with negotiations with architects and builders. The unexpected rise in construction costs due to the war in Ukraine meant compromises were made. By the end of the year, the lodge was just completing kitchen install and white goods 19/4/2023 Christ Church Cheylesmore were on order. The near completion of the Lodge was a major step forward. We will always remember God’s provision for this phase of the project, that included: - reaching our fundraising target of £117k, - the availability of Howard Williams to help manage the project, - the provision of Carolyne Powell, curate in the diocese, to work on Fishers, - the willingness of Lynn Woo and Sally Timbral to help establish the Rhythm of Life in the congregation. The Pub group continued to meet as well, focused on various topics and open to those especially on the exploring faith issues. ## Transforming Communities - Tea & Chat - **Lynn** , can this be about 200 words? - Noah’s Ark - **Susan** , can this be about 200 words? - Summer Fair/Christmas Fair - Susan, can you write briefly about this? ## Tea and Chat Tea and Chat restarted again in March 2022 and it was wonderful to see the joy on people’s faces at seeing each other after all the stops and starts of covid and not being able to meet up. We are sad that not everyone has been able to return after covid but it has at the same time been a delight to welcome a few new faces to the group. The group meets every Thursday between 2pm and 3,30pm with tea and cake enjoyed whilst chatting with others. Some of the group like to play scrabble or dominoes and an occasional quiz can also challenge us. A cream tea was enjoyed in the vicarage garden in August when we were blessed with perfect weather for the occasion and the group was invited to an amazing Christmas lunch in the hall in December. ## Noah’s Ark Noah’s Ark is a stay-and-play baby and toddler group which runs weekly during term-time in the church hall. It continues to thrive with up to 40 babies and toddlers attending each week. Families prebook each week which helps us to make sure the hall doesn’t get too busy. Noah’s Ark is more than just a stay-and-play session, we are a community where people can share stories and make friends. We also are able to share information about events that are happening at church. We are very grateful for all those who help at Noah’s Ark, either setting up and clearing away, serving refreshments, or being there as a friendly face for people to chat to, and would like to take this opportunity to thank them all for their support. ## Summer Celebration The Summer Celebration in June 2022 was inspired by the Queen's Jubilee, the Commonwealth Games and a desire to have some in-person fun together. It involved many of the groups that meet in C4 and was a great celebration of our ‘common wealth’. It was very well supported by the local community. 19/4/2023 Christ Church Cheylesmore ## Christmas Celebration The Christmas Celebration in December was a development of our previous Christmas Fairs with a Christmas Tree Festival and carols. This again involved many of the C4 community groups and was a great success raising over £900 for our church charity, African Pastors Fellowship. ## Governance and the Parochial Church Council The PCC, although small in number, continued to meet throughout 2022. As well as receiving regular finance updates, which included discussions over the allocation of various funds, GDPR and Safeguarding compliance was monitored and building renovation, rental and repair plans were made, with special consideration of the need to respond to climate change and how we might reduce the carbon footprint of our activities and buildings. Discussions were also held regarding youth work and the challenges of dwindling numbers of both children and of volunteers, often leading back to the need to attract young adults and families to our congregation and how we might do this. In addition to all of this, the PCC sought to support volunteers in community work, from providing storage for Ukrainian aid supplies, to hosting the Summer Celebration and Christmas Fair, and to committing to a planned calendar of events for 2023. A successful Away Day was also held in September, at which the PCC hosted group leaders from within the church, with activities and discussions to highlight any challenges or opportunities. The PCC has again been greatly encouraged by the support of those attending the prayer meetings that are held at the same time as the PCC meetings and we hope to continue faithfully and prayerfully in 2023. ## Electoral Roll The number on the Electoral Roll stood at 83 at the 2022 APCM. At the time of writing, it now stands at 74. ## Fabric We continue to address issues which were highlighted in the Quinquennial Report of 2021. One of the most pressing issues, that of the door leading from the tower on to the church roof, was resolved with the fitment of a new door in April 2022. Also, more attention has been paid to the maintenance of rainwater goods and gardens around the church. Many outstanding issues with our fabric are as a legacy of the original design and construction of the buildings. Foremost amongst these is the poor environmental performance. This is caused by such factors as the large, single-glazed windows, particularly in the church, and the roof of the hall, which appears to be comprised of a single layer of plywood, covered with roofing felt. The fluorescent strip light tubes in the hall were replaced with LED tubes in October 2022. There are 33 in total, and the change has reduced electricity consumption from 1.9 kW to around 600 W when the hall is lit. 19/4/2023 Christ Church Cheylesmore An application was made in November 2022 for a faculty to replace the external doors and windows to the hall. If granted, this will improve safety and security for hall users, as well as improve the environmental footprint for this space. We would like to carry out further major projects on our church and hall. However, we are severely restricted by the low availability of funds for such projects. ## Safeguarding Our safeguarding representative on the PCC is Pam Price and our Parish Safeguarding Officer is Sarah Neville who has made regular reports to the PCC and maintained the Safeguarding Dashboard. The PCC are not aware of any major incidents that require reporting to the Charity Commission. ## Finance Our end of year position is satisfactory. With an unrestricted balance of £36,750 we have entered 2023 with an acceptable reserve. However, we cannot avoid the challenges before us that suggest our finances will be less confident going forward: 1. We continue to offer rental space at a discount. It seems likely that some renters will themselves be impacted by the increased cost of living for their members. 2. Energy cost increases will impact, especially as we heat these buildings through the winter. 3. We have numerous structural challenges that will be very costly. It is not obvious how these will be funded, nor is it obvious to me how we can meet the Church of England’s pledge to become carbon neutral. We have agreed to a modest increase in the parish share from £64,200 to £65,805. VERDICT: We have much to give thanks for in 2022 with the state of our finances and the work undertaken on Fishers. ## Conclusion We are encouraged by the stability of our finances and many of our ministries continuing, and in many cases growing in spite of challenges. We are cautiously optimistic about growth opportunities going forward. The Parochlal Church Councll of the Ecclesiostical Parish of Christ Church, Cheylesmore, Coventry The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church, Cheylesmore, Coventry Financial Statements 31 December 2022 Charity Number . 1172607 The Parochlal Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Porish of Chrlst Church, Cheylesmore, Coventry The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Chrlst Church, Cheylesmore. Coventry Accounts for the year ending 31 December. 2022 Contents Page Independent Examiners Report Statement of Financial Attivities Notes to Financlal Statements 6-12 The Parochlal Church Councll of the E¢cle￿¢¥t1￿l Parf&) of Chrlst Church, Cheylerne, Coventry Independent exlmlnerfs report to the PCC of thrfst Chur¢h, Cheylesmore I report onth• •ccounts ft>rthe year end¢d 31 Derem￿r 2022 whlth ar• set wton pa8os 4 t¢ 11 ReiW*lve r*Spon￿1)ll111oloI KC•nd th• •x•mln•r Tho Ptt ccnslder that an audlt Is notrequirod forthlsye•r underu¢tlpn 144121 of the char￿1•$ Act 2011 lthe 2011 Attl and that an kndtrpondent •xamlnition is nleded. Itls my respon5￿[11fy to ¢x*mlneth* a¢counts under se¢tlon 145 of the 2011ALt,' follow￿ Procedur9• lald down In Ihe Gtner41 Dire¢llon$8hn bythe CharttyComm1s61oner se¢tlon 145151 Ibl of tht 2PII Act,. 4nd te wh•th¢rpartlcular rTr4tt•rs how (xjmè to my •ttentKIn, 84$1$ of Indep￿IdIrrt ExaYrln•rfsStthmml My exarnlnatlon wag ¢arrled out kn a￿ordanCe wlth the Gener•1 DITecllons Oven by the cha￿ty Commlsslon, Ah examlnotlon Indudés • revtew of tha 1cco￿tIng records kept by the charlty and a ¢omp•rlson of the accounts pr•lented wlth those rocords. It Olso Indudes conslderinl any Items or dlsdosvres Ih th• ac£ounts, and seekln¢ eX￿an•tIonS from the PC£ M¢emln8 arby suth rnatters,Th4 procedure¥ undertaken do not prts￿de all the Èvld#nc• that would be r•qulr•d In o full autht, •nd ￿nsequ￿ntlY I do npt express an iudlt gplnlon on th• aceoun Indep•ndent 8x•mln¢rfsstst•m•rt In ttsnnectlon wlth my •xamlnatlon, M￿lTS h4va come to my Att•ntlon', iii whl¢h glb* m¢ r*4sonabt¢ ous• to b•￿￿¥+ that In any mltsrhl re5Pertth• r•qulrgm4nts to keep a¢¢ountlni rrfurd5 In accordance secdon 13001 th• 2011 Act; or to prepare I¢￿￿nts whlth 4(xord wlth the atcounYn8 rKords and compty wtth the attountln8 requkemonts ofthe 2011 Alt have ntst t*en met,, or 12 to whlth, In Myoplnlon, 4tt•ntlon should be drawn In orderto •TrIb￿ a prow und4rstsndkng of the attounts to be rei¢h•4. G&￿Th %lbble Mozak Innovate Ltd l Klneton Road, CO￿NIry, CV2 311R 20 Marth, 2023 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiasticol Porish of Christ Church, Cheylesmore, Coventry Statement of Financial Activities Forthe year ended 31 December 2022 2022 2021 Restrltted£ Note Uhres¢rlrted E Rearfcted£ Tot4£ UThrestrlctEd£ Total £ INcomlng Resources Voluntary Fl¥apts Hall Income Donatlonsfrom Church Groups Other REceipts InveStM￿t Income Totd IncoffllngRtSour¢es 73,082 28.133 3.405 5.435 7.004 117059 70.383 143.465 28,133 3.405 5.435 7.112 187.550 72.933 21,637 378 7,146 10,740 112A14 9,530 82,463 21,637 378 7,146 10,846 122A70 108 70,491 106 9,616 Resour£esE%pended ChuTthA¢iithlles Staff Church Omce 736 2,625 3.361 551 1,287 2.625 3.9L2 641 2.280 2.921 641 2,280 2.921 551 MlnlgtryAreas General Mlnlstry WorshipplngGod Makin8Disciples Transformlng Comrnunlties io 589 66 655 1.835 1.820 3.395 7.705 255 1,666 1.289 151 3.361 255 1,666 1.189 151 3,361 li 1.835 699 1,551 4.674 12 1.121 1,844 3,031 Other E¥pendiiure External Payments Church Plant 14 15 72.054 31.351 1,370 86,140 73,424 117.491 73,230 26.731 I,B33 75,063 26,731 103.405 87,510 19D.915 99,961 l.B33 101,794 Tolol R¢sourcesEhpended iii.uo 91,CP32 202.512 106.243 1,833 108,076 Net Incomln8Re50urces 5.619 PO.6011 114.98Z 6.591 7,803 14.194 Transferte￿*￿fUrnds Unrealisedgai.I4111055esl on irwesthwrfv 131,1001 31.100 13151 10,184 11.6621 1,662 334 9.799 rJis1 115.2971 334 14,728 125.4811 4,929 T(tslfunL& thughtfoMa￿3ttstJanua 22 67.466 340.026 407.492 62,537 310,227 392.764 TLx•lfvnits¢•rrlpdfryvavd 41,985 350,210 192.195 67.466 a40.026 407,492 The notes on pa8es 6 to 12 fomi part of these financial statements The Porochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church, cheylesn￿re, Coventry Statement of Assets and Uabllitles As at 31st December 2022 Unrestrirted Fund5 2022 Restritted Funds Total Fund5 Total Funds 2022 2022 2021 InvestmentAssÈts Church House COIF Charfty I nve5bnent FuThJs Totsl InveslmentA55ets 275IQD 2373 Z77,373 275,0(YJ 2.373 277.373 27S.000 2,688 277,688 17 Monetary Assets Cash on deposit C35h at ￿nk 16 28891 43346 72,837 28,891 85,931 114.822 28,790 101,014 129,804 41.985 4L985 Total Monetary Assets Totsl Cath and 1nve5trnèntA￿ts 41,985 350.210 391,195 407,492 Assets GIftAkl Recoverable 30CM) 4,000 Uablltle5 Sundry LiaL￿ltieS 350 350 350 Approved by the Parochial Churth Counal on- 2pl03/2J A. Price Treasurer The notes on pages 6 to 12 form part of these finanaal statements The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiasticol Parish of Christ Church, Cheylesmore, Coventry Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December, 2022 I: Accountlng Polkle5 Basts of AcGountlnB Ihe financial stat￿ents have been prepared under the hi5tQTical (051 wnvention wfth Item5 reco8ftisèd at cost or transaction value and at market value In regpect of the investment assets. They compty with the Charity Commissionerfs Statement of Recommended Practice on Accounting by ChaTltie5 preparing their accounts In accordante wlth the Flnanclal ReportinB Stsndard IFRS 1021 and the Charitie5 Art 2011. All in¢omlng resour￿9 and rewur￿5 expensed are accounted on the receipts and payments basis. Fund Accountlng General funds comprise the accumulated surplus or deflclt on the IrKome and expenditure account. The funds are for use at the discretion of the PCC in furtherance of the general objectlves of the Parish. Deslgnated funds comprlse funds that have been set aside at Ihe discretion of the PCC for Specific purpose> Restrlcted funds are funds 5ubjettto spedffic restrlrted condltlons Imposed by donors. Z,, Invesiments Investments are stated at market value. The property is currently used a5 an investment and generates Income ftrr the church. A valuation carried out bythe PCC In 2020 indicates Its current open market value is £275,(MX). The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Chrlst Church, Cheylesmore, Coventry Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For the year ended 31 December, 2022 ZOZ2 2021 Total É Unre*rlrted£ Restrlrted£ ToÈa£ Voluntsry Receipts 61ft Ald 40.801 1.168 17,506 2,379 2,710 43,SLI 1,168 17,506 2,379 47.709 664 Collection5forothercauses r3x Recover8d G￿￿5Gift￿d Donationsforchurth resources Re5trictd IncomelG[ft￿rfl ReStrIct￿ IncornelNo Glft Aldl Grants r￿e1Ved L3.710 2,820 16,700 14,225 30,100 16,700 14,225 30.100 6,595 325 2,500 Lunch Club NonGiftAdEnv&SO 11,220 73,082 6,648 70.383 17,868 143.465 8,L40 82,463 Hall Income Regular L*tin8s office Rentals Prlvate Bookingslth)eoffl 19,665 4,168 4,300 28.133 19,66S 4.168 4,300 28.133 16,783 940 3,914 21,637 Donations from Church Groups WorshippingGod Making Disciples TransforminKCommunltleg 685 250 2.470 3,4DS 250 2,470 3,405 378 378 Other Recelpts Feesto PCC Photocopler Incorne lThvoice5forseNce5used Photocopier Prlntlng Income Other Income Fees payableto Dlocese Feespayableto Offlclants 623 623 1,373 44 44 293 136 293 263 308 136 3.296 833 3,296 833 3.457 1,505 240 7,146 2kO 5.435 210 5,435 Investment Income Investment Property Rent Interest & Dividends 7,004 7,003 IOB 10,740 106 10,846 108 108 7,004 7.111 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Pan5h of Christ Church, Cheylesmore, Coventry Notes to the Financlal Statements {contlnued) Forthe year ended 31 December, 2022 2022 Restrfcted£ zozi Total £ UnrÈ*ricted É Total £ Staff ClÈr8y Expenses other staff Costs Youth WorkerlPNJS Chri5tChurchl 647 647 89 558 83 89 551 551 551 1,287 736 641 Church Office OfficeStatlonary& Paper Photocopler- rental Photocopler-printin8 Postage Tel@phono Offtce Equlpment OtherOffi£eFxpen5e5 Depo4t Refunds 157 157 iii 525 525 343 567 495 343 68 68 586 586 505 79 79 467 52 467 400 2.625 doo 2,625 450 2,280 10 General Mlnlstry Refreshrnents (Tea& Coffee) Publlcity& Comrnunlcatlon CaterlngExpÈnses 277 276 277 106 66 342 149 36 589 35 655 66 255 11 Worshlpplng God Sound TeamlPA M￿￿C Group Wor5hlp Supplie5 JI *Wor5hlp 246 246 81 791 791 799 352 352 78G 446 1.835 446 1,835 1,666 12 Maklng Disciples Chlldren & Youth pha Course House Groups Evangelism PAIS (Non-staffj MakingOlsclplesTralnlng 652 652 83 230 48 17 17 928 1.121 1,121 30 1,820 30 699 1,121 I,289 The Porochial Church Councll of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church, Cheylesmore, Coventry Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) st For the year ended 31 December, 2022 2022 Reslrfcted £ 2021 TDial É Unreslrfrted £ Total £ 13 Translormlng Communities Tea & Chat 424 424 60 NoahsArk Corntnunlly Event Cornpa￿an Fund Lunch Club 75 75 91 978 978 1,792 52 1.792 52 Tr2nsforming CommunltlesTr8lnlng 74 1.551 74 3,395 1.844 151 14 External Payments Parish Share 64.200 303 64.200 303 5,000 2,290 187 64,200 633 5,814 2,374 147 Substrlpt1Dns Mlsslon fjlvln8from￿thlng other cau Bankcharg Audit OtherE¥ternol Paymwts Fees paid to Diocese Fees paid to OFficlants Credlt Card Charges 5.000 920 1,370 187 350 350 700 38 38 200 833 833 672 220 220 240 83 75,063 72.054 1.370 73,424 15 Chu rch Plant G35 3.874 2,036 3A74 2,036 2,309 1.232 iio Electrlclty Water Cleanlng Repalr & Maintenance carsge 12.799 4.143 119 12,799 4,143 119 6,490 2,276 17 Liil The Lodge Insurance Health & Saf Church Plant Repalrs Bui1dinKDevelopm￿t Ilnvestment Proptyl 1,186 2.709 2.808 32 1,186 2,709 2,808 32 87,785 117,491 1,321 5,320 1,157 54 1.645 31,351 86.140 86.140 6,445 26.731 The Parochlol Church Councll of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church, Cheylesmore, Coventry Notes to the Flnancial Statements (continued) For the year ended 31# December, 2022 2021 16 BulklireScKkty t*p(stts Chri5t(hurch burfdin8 fund GeneRI repairsfur￿l In memory dJO3nTh￿psoTh In rnetnory ofchrts Wocxjward lthlllren's wrxkl TheWrf81rt The Lea Leg3CV BL￿d￿￿S¥X￿ DoptylIs￿ 3tstDe¢ember 9A12 I4￿30 9,387 14.030 23,525 4170 1.196 28.891 23500 4,158 1,132 28,790 17 COIF Charlts InvestsnertFuThls The George Wottun Charity The Lea IEgacy Inve5tmentvak* at31sl DErernbEr 230 260 2.143 Z.373 2A28 18 Chri5tChur