## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/01/2022 Period start date To 31/12/2022 Period end date Charity name: Churches Together in All Lincoln** ## **Charity registration number: 1173828** ## **Objectives and Activities** |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|The objects of the CIO are the advancement of the Christian
religion, the relief of poverty and any other purposes which are
charitable according to the law of England and Wales.| |---|---| |Summary of the main activities
in relation to those purposes
for the public benefit, in
particular, the activities,
projects or services identified
in the accounts.|In particular, Churches Together in Lincolnshire seeks to
further these objects by :
a.
encouraging and enabling Churches in the county to
grow together in trust and mutual acceptance through shared
worship, prayer, learning, service and evangelism with each
church sharing with others the treasures of its tradition;
b.
encouraging and stimulating throughout the county a
deeper commitment to Christian unity;
c.
promoting and co-ordinating ecumenical strategies at
all levels
d.
acting as a sponsoring body for Local Ecumenical
Partnerships, ensuring the provision of appropriate ongoing
advice and support, equitable financial assessment and proper
periodic review;
e.
encouraging full and early ecumenical consultation so
that the churches may use resources (including buildings and
the deployment of personnel) with sensitivity and in the
interests of good stewardship;
f.
providing a meeting point for Christian leaders and
representatives within the county;
g.
keeping the churches informed about ecumenical
initiatives both inside and outside the county, liaising with the
national ecumenical bodies;
and in all these ways, providing a focused Christian reference
point for local government and other secular bodies with
whom Churches Together in Lincolnshire will seek to work in
the interests of the well-being of the people of Lincolnshire
Examples of this are by encouraging and enabling church
bodies in Lincolnshire to act together; for example : providing
trainingcourse,conferences on relevant subjects,times of| ||prayer and discussion, etc. We also act as a voice for the
churches to the wider community, in particular public bodies -
working with Lincolnshire County Council to promote road
safety. We organise the annual Road Victims Memorial Service,
Working with LCC, District Councils & other organisations such
as Lincolnshire Resilience Forum to resource Critical
Emergencies via the CTAL Emergency Faith Responders, and
also helping with situations such as Refugee, Migrants and
other situations churches can be of key support with.| |---|---| |Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard
to the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|The Trustees are conscious of their responsibility at all times to
act in accordance with the advice issued by The Charity
Commission relating to public benefit considerations.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policy on grant making|We are not a Grant Making organisation.| |---|---| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|We wish to record our thanks to all those who Volunteer their
time, be it the Emergency Faith Responders, Trustee’s or the
many others in Churches that work with us and who have
assisted Churches Together in All Lincolnshire to fulfil its work
during the period covered by this report.| |Other|| ## **Achievements and Performance** |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a whole.|2022 very much continued to be a year of hybrid working,
change and disruption for many people and organisations.
Churches Together in all Lincolnshire was not unaffected by
these things either, but where there is change and disruption
there is also potential for growth and renewal in response.
The year began with work arising from the War in Ukraine and
our work to be swiftly responsive in helping Churches,
organisations and individuals provide aid and help to both
those in Ukraine and those coming as refugee’s to the UK. CTAL
worked as a stakeholder agency with the County Councils and
the Lincolnshire Resilience Forum on ensuring information and
help was collated and networked out – a not insignificant task
given the speed of things needed, and our Mission Enabler was
tasked daily with collating and responding to new enquiries and
missions as they arose. We cannot praise highly enough the
work undertaken by the Churches of all Lincolnshire during this
time, and how our Churches Together groups across the county
provided real assistance.
Preparations for our usual events, such as our Annual General
Meeting, The Lincolnshire Road Safety Road Traffic Victims
Service, The Gritter Blessing, And the Emergency Faith
Responders Conference day and training were also being taken
during this time and late spring.
Our annual general meeting was held online.
At this meeting two of our Trustee’s, Maji Rudi Bruinwold and
Rev’d Kathy Colwell retired from CTAL due to their retirements,
we want to take this time to thank them for their valued
service and contribution. Welcomed to the board of Trustee’s
in their place was The Suffragan Bishop of Grimsby,The Rt
Rev’d Dr David Court, and Cap’t Wendy Brown.
During the spring and summer months, our activity of
programmes included many conversations with organisations
such as North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire & North
Kesteven District Council and other Council authorities and
their agencies. There was also work undertaken with the Local
Churches Together initiatives, And of course, we continued
with our programme of work to the Lincolnshire Community of
Pioneers and fresh expressions workers. We ended the FEAST
initiative, but are replacing it with a new initiative in 2023
called the Lincolnshire Mission Enablers Strategy & Sharing
Sessions, that will help share best practice for all involved in
Mission Enabling in the county, be they lay or ordained and
from all denominations.
Our county is a large one geographically, but one that is active
in ecumenism across the area, and one we are proud and
pleased to serve in the many ways we are able to.
During the course of this year we are pleased to say that we
have worked exceptionally closely with a number of Churches
Together groups, such as Transform Lincoln, Churches Together
Grantham & District,CT Lincoln & District,CT Sleaford &| |---|---| District, CT North East Lincolnshire, Skegness Fellowship of Churches, Hope Spalding etc. Via visiting, networking, sharing information and assistance out, and promoting the works that they undertake and are pleased to continue to support them in this way and to build on this going into 2023. In August and September and continuing into the Winter we worked strategically alongside many of our local Churches Together, and alongside Lincolnshire County Council and District Councils on provision for the growing Cost of Living Crisis. In some ways this is a continuation of work we do already liaising with the Council and other organisations as an ecumenical Faith representative on issues such as Modern Day Slavery, Migrant Workers, and as Part of our Emergency Faith Responders work, but this has taken on a growing weight of its own, and in September it was a focus at our Presidents Day, and with much prayer and sharing of the ecumenical picture and hopes for our county and Churches Together in All Lincolnshire they took a bold step in issuing a letter to All Churches in Lincolnshire calling for them to come together, work together ecumenically and for their communities in a way as perhaps never before. This was sent out to all the Ministers and churches, and a page was added to our website specifically to cover the Cost of Living Crisis and in turn Warm Rooms. In October we again held our Emergency Faith Responders Recruitment & Refresher Training day, sadly due to the Warm Rooms and Cost of Living work many of our Faith Responders are already so intrinsically engaged with many couldn’t make it. It was though a good day for those that attended and refreshed their safeguarding skills. During 2022 in the early part of the year we were called upon by the Lincolnshire Resilience Forum to field the Emergency Faith Responders into Lincoln critical emergency for the A&E departments, and were then consulted with by them in relation to the starting of a new volunteer workforce to cover the NHS in these situations, as this is not the type of critical incident the EFR and other similar agencies are designed to be utilised for. We have also continued to work in the field of New Housing projects and continue to support the Heath Christian Partnership at Bracebridge Heath as it models a Pioneering and Fresh Expression model of Local Ecumenical Partnership in an area of still developing new build. We have continued to be active in attending national conferences, webinars and keeping abreast of what is happening nationally and locally, and more importantly working across the county to help advise, support, and share good practice ideas to local churches and ecumenical partnerships in the very many areas in our county where new builds are happening. November was a very busy month which saw us again put on the Annual Blessing of the Gritters at the depot of Sturton by Stow. We very much thank Bishop Nigel Peyton for making time to undertake that this year. It was very well received by those that work at the depot and do the gritting, and by the council. The Lincolnshire Road Victims Service, that we usually undertake with the Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership, was organised by CTAL alone this year due to some retirements from the LRSP, however this year it was held at St Matthews Church, Skegness, and we must give our very real thanks to Jean Smith who very much made it a service to be remembered and worked strongly alongside our Mission Enabler to make it a beautiful and very well attended service, with both BBC Look North and ITV Calendar news attending with Camera Crews on the day and short pieces to air happening, and BBC Radio Lincolnshire promoting it in advance too. It was also live streamed for those not able to attend, and a version of the service shared online. This is hosted on our website www.ctal.org.uk and viewed by more people than would have been able to attend the service and demonstrates how our new hybrid and online systems can work. In November and December our Mission Enabler, Melanie, was very much also engaged with the Warm Rooms project work across the county that our churches and Councils have been engaged with. We are also involved with CTE on a number of groups such as Racial Justice and also as a member of the working group looking at Intermediate Bodies and local Churches Together initiatives, which continues to not only benefit our county but the country as whole. We are also engaged with a number or East Midlands groups of an ecumenical nature too, sharing good practice and that benefit our wider community where it crosses boundaries. We also actively worked with and are supporting an ecumenical partnership in the form of the Lincolnshire Faith & the Environment group that aims to highlight and help churches of all types and size address the issues of Climate Change and Creation Care that is part of the 5 marks of mission. This year has also seen us continuing to work on the Lincolnshire Prayer Map, undertaking the mapping and maintenance of the map, as well as collating the mailing list, working with the Groundlevel and our ecumenical Pioneering community so as to make it a truly ecumenical initiative of ensuring our whole county is covered in prayer, and active in faith. This also makes a strong basis for active and embedded community engagement work. This has again been a very busy year, and one of real change too, but one that at the end of it we can see the real work of ecumenism shining through across the county, and that demonstrated well our ability to work with change, with our churches, and with our wider communities in positive, active and engaged ways that demonstrates our real work of supporting the Churches of All Lincolnshire to be able to work in unity and collaboration in very positive ways. During this year we have continued developing our online presence and systems, with a more active Facebook and Twitter Presence, and our website being used to host more active elements of our work so that it can visibly be seen and actively engaged with ensuring that we emulate Matthew 5:16 to ‘let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.’ We look forward to continuing and developing these and other good works on into 2023. **The Future** There are of course still uncertainties in planning for the future given the many situations arising from the continuing impact of Covid, the Cost of Living and Heating Crisis, the ongoing war in Ukraine, and whatever else may come. It remains our aim for 2023 to work on these issues and to support and resource ecumenical responses to these and other situations as may yet arise. It is also our intent to continue to put on the activities – either in person or through new media – that we have always done and that were restored to the calendar, as well as engaging with new projects such as those mentioned above like the Lincolnshire Mission Enablers Sessions, the ongoing recruitment and development of new Emergency Faith Responders, but also new initiatives such as Coordinating the Counties Places of Welcome (Www.placesofwelcome.org.uk) as we move on from Warm Rooms (www.warmwelcome.uk), there is also a plan to develop an ecumenical hub to help resource the growing number of eco, rewilding, and wild/outdoor church initiatives growing in the county, and of course ensuring that our local Churches Together Groups are fully networked and informed and able to develop fruitfully. COVID, Crisis of Living issues, and other financial constraints has exacerbated and brought to the fore a number of problems for our Denominations, churches and the community at large. Identifying these and finding ways that we as Churches Together in All Lincolnshire can assist and help to minister ecumenically in them will be and remain a priority task for 2023. We are optimistic that CTAL’s future lies in more effective service of our member denominations. ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against objectives set Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set Investment performance against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**|| |---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end of
the period|CTAL’s finances continue to be in good order. All
commitments were met during the year.
Accounts spent were, to a high degree, close to the amounts
anticipated in our Budget.
Funds are held in Current and Deposit accounts and in an
Ethical Investment Fund.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|The Trustees have established a policy on our Reserves,
intending that we should keep money in hand to the equivalent
of nine-months’ normal expenditure. This is a necessary
provision for us to be able to continue our work in the event of
income being less than expected or if anticipated income is
delayed.| |Amount of reserves held|Our Reserves are presently in excess of the policy level, due to
the reduced expenditure on activities during COVID but as
normal activity resumes this is being corrected.
Because of our reserves and noting the ongoing serious
financial impact to our member denominations, the Trustees
had reduced subscriptions by 25% in 2021 and held this again
in 2022.| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the charity
continuingas agoingconcern|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal sources
of funds (including any
fundraising)|We are very grateful indeed to our member-denominations for
meeting subscriptions for 2022.
Subscriptions from our member-denominations accounted for
100% of income for our General Fund, which pays for most of
the activities described above.| |---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any social
investment policy adopted|Funds are held in an Ethical Investment Fund.| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|The Trustees have developed a register of the major risks to
which CTAL might be exposed. They consider the nature of the
risk, together with its likelihood and potential impact, and
develop means of mitigation as required. This policy is
reviewed periodically.
COVID and Cost of Living financial constraints has exacerbated
and brought to the fore a number of problems for our
Denominations,churches and the communityat large which| may have an effect on subscriptions commitments amongst other work undertaken in partnership. Identifying these and finding ways that we as Churches Together in All Lincolnshire can assist and help to minister ecumenically into them will continue to be a priority task for 2023. We are optimistic that CTAL’s future lies in more effective service of our member denominations. Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:|| |---|---| |Type of governing document|Constitution| |How is the charity constituted?|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of any
person or body entitled to
appoint one or more trustees|CTAL is managed by a Board of Trustees, one appointed
by each of our 8 member-denominations. They are
charged with the responsibility of ensuring that CTAL
conducts its activities within the law, pursues the
objectives as set out in the Constitution, and using its
resources efficiently.
Trustees are replaced from time to time, when they move
to new ministry out of the county or need to resign for
other reasons.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|New Trustees on appointment are given a copy of the
Constitution and latest annual accounts and gradually
introduced to our significant activities. Copies of_The_
_Good Trustee Guide_are also available as required.| |---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the charity
works|We aim to hold at least two meetings per year for CTAL
Presidents, who are the denominational leaders in
Lincolnshire. They meet to discuss the broader context
of ecumenism in the county. Trustees seek the view of
the Presidents throughout the year as necessary.
The Trustees are responsible for setting policies and
priorities for CTAL and delegate day-to-day management
to the Mission Enabler as Administrator. The Trustees
receive full reports from the Mission Enabler as
Administrator at their quarterly meetings, and as needed
at other times.| |Relationship with any related
parties|CTAL is a member of Churches Together in England, and
we benefit from the periodic publications and advice of
this national body reflecting developing national
experience and best-practice.| |Other|| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Churches Together in All Lincolnshire| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|| |Registered charitynumber|1173828| |Charity’s principal address|C/O St Benedict’s Church, St Benedict’s Square,
Lincoln, LN5 7AR| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to appoint**
**trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---| |Mrs Michelle A.
Arthurton|||East Midland Baptist
Association| |Cap’t Wendy Brown|||East Midlands
Division of the
Salvation Army| |Rev. Robert J.
Bushby|_Treasurer_||East Midlands Synod
of United Reformed
Church| |Rt.Rev. Dr, David
Court|||Church of England
Diocese of Lincoln| |Fr. Eddy Jarosz|_Chair_||Roman Catholic
Diocese of Lincoln| |Rev Mark Sherman|||Lincolnshire District,
the Methodist
Church| |Mrs Anne Wood|||Lincolnshire Area
Meeting of the
Religious Society of
Friends (Quakers)| |Rev. Jonas Eyles|||Groundlevel| ||||| ||||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |**Bank**|CAF Bank|25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, ME19 4JQ| |||| |||| |||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Melanie Carroll – Mission Enabler ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** ## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**
**etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Fr. Edward Jarosz|| ||

Chair|| ||02/06/2023|| ||02/06/2023|| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO IYALES Church4$ Tag•th•r In Llneolnshlr• Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the podod from To 011D112022 Section A Receipts and payments Unr•8tri¢t•d funds tothe nearest R&stri¢ièd funds tothe newest£ Endo*m6nt funds theneare5t£ Total funds Lasty•ar to the nearest£ totheneare5t£ A1 Receipts SUtstripi￿ns omerincLK 11,774 11,774 Ja 20 bat* inl ros5 Income or ARI 11.833 11,B32 5set an (see table). Investment sa es, Total reeolpts ents costs rent & ublrti Offi￿ c05ts Accountancy& ￿kir 10.6Da 917 8B3 1.827 10.608 917 88? 1.827 Sub rotal 14879 14,379 A4 A53et ind investment urch8se8 se8 tabl8 Sub total Totalpaym•nts 14.010 Net ofreceipts/(paymentsJ A5 Transferg between funds A6 Cash funds last year and Cash funds this year end 11,332 CCXX R1 account5 ISSI 04105r2023 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unre$tri¢tod funds Re¥tri¢t¢d fun¢Js to n•ar•stt Endowmtnt funds lonMr•st£ B1 Cash funds Cashth rotal Cash funds I￿￿È￿￿Ke5￿thre[£qp￿ Unrestrictsd fundy t•nearest£ Restrictsd fund9 to nearest£ Endowrnent funds toneaiest£ Details FundlO*hSCh a550t bolon uN•strict•d cost ioptionai currentvaiu• B3 Investment assets 23.800 FundlOWllStsh a5501 bolon Detalls Cvst loptvJna curr•ntvaiu• B4 Assets retslnèd for the charity's own use Fundtowhich r￿at•S Wkndu• Detalls BS Llabllltles Soned byone Ort￿ts trustseson behawolall lhe1t￿1eeS SwJn*lur& Print Nam8 Dai8 of ¢CXX R2 accounts ISS} oW￿r2D23 Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the tru¥te¢•l CHURCHES TOGETHER IN ALL LINCQLNSHIRE members of Qn a¢¢ounts for tho yoar 1 31 DECEMBER 2022 Charity no .. 1173828 lif any) onded I S•1 out on pag•• 1 4 and 5 R08pectlve The charity'$ trustees are re5pon8Ible for the preparation of the accounts. responsibilities of The charity's Iru51ee5 consider that an audit 1$ not required for this year tru*tt88 and examin•r uncler section 144 of the Chariligs 2011 Ith8 Charitie8 Act) and that Sn independent examination 18 needed. examine lae accounts under section 145 of tho Charit￿$ Act. to follow the procedures laid down in the genèral Directions given by the Charity Commission lurfer section 14515llbl of the Charities Act, and to $taie whether particuLar matt8rs have come lo my atttrntion. Ba$ls ol Ind•p•nd•nt My ex2rn1nation was ¢amod out in accordance wrth general Dir8ction$ given examlner's statement by the Charity Commission. An exarninalion includes a review of the accounting records kept by the chanty and a wmparison of the accounts presented with those recoids. It also inclucles consideration of any unusual items or disclosure5 In tho arKounls, and seeking explanations from the trustee5 con¢eming any such Mattèr5. The w0￿dureS undertaken do not provide all the eviden¢e that would be r8quired in an audit, and consequently no opinion Is given as to whether the account$ present a Irue an4 fair, view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the staternent below Independent In connection with my examinat10n. no Matter has come to my attention oxamlnar's $latement lother Ih£n that disclosed below'l l. which give5 Tne reasonable cause to beI￿Ve that in. any material respect. the reqLJiremgnts' to keep accounting records in accordance wth section 130 of the Cttsiit1è5 Ad., and to prepare accounts whith accord wth the a¢GDunting records and comply wrth thg accounting requirgrnonts of th8 Charitie5 Act have not been met., or 2. to which. in my opinion. attention shoulÉJ be drawn in Drder to enab proper understanding of the accounts to be reached ' Pl68s& d618t8 the wonls in the brackgls rfthey do nol 9th. Signod.. Oat•.' 1314123 Nam•.' CRAIG THORNTON R•lovant prpf•ssional gualificationl81 or body lif any): IER March 2012 Addres$.' 14 WINTHORPE CLOSE LINCOLN LN6 3PQ Section B Disclosure Only compleie If Ihe examiner needs lo highliyhl material problems CTAI Bud8et for 2022 2022 Artuol 2022 2023 draft INCOME Subscriptions Donation5 Income from AciMtie5 Bank Interest Income for CTLD Unrealised incorne frorn inve5trne Other Income Gain on Investment 17534 11774 17534 20 85 12 20 250 50 TOTAL INCOME 17919 11832 17534 EXPENDITURE Staff and Volunteeringcosis Rent Business Rates Insurance Subscriptions Paid Stationery Phorocopwng Publiiity M3teria15 Posiagt Telephone IT& Website Bank & Finance Charges Otlier Office Cosis Office Equipment Travel Prayer Breakfast Costs Trustees Meeting C05tS Presidents Meetingcosts Charity R￿IStratIOn 2060844 259.6 14(K)O 15 115 477.12 385 550 390 9.23 i(K) 50 270 SW 14(hl 179.9 279.06 1626.5 120 500 I￿0 2W 5(Ml 210 200 250 2￿ 11)0 200 20125 18020 FEAST/MSM 5(K) SW 5(K) 200 250 New Housing Conferenies LRSP Costs Emergeniy Reswnse Other Actiwties 203 73 90.74 200 S(rt) 29(M) 250 141K) TOTAL EXPENDITURE 23025 19420 Surplus/-Deficit .5106 -2547 -1886 OPENING BALANCE 21tTh) 13509 Surplusl-Deficirfor Year -5106 -2547 CLOSING BALANCE 15894 11332