Ecdesia>Lical Societr. RECEIPTS AND PAYMEMfs FOR THE YEAR ENDIIIG 30 JUNE 2025 RECEIPTS 2024125 2023n4 Members. subscrf tlons CUP royal payments Conference Income Lectures Other Income Interest r¢ceived 46,615 35.450 4,193 6,560 2,160 453 2,156 io 39,804 1,810 230 2.248 Totsl Recel 90.707 50.9n PAYMENTS Journal costs Conference and events $ts Conferences Lertures CUP Fee Grants Awards and Pr¢sentJtlons Educatlon Admlnlstratlon costs". Website and other onllne c05tS Admlnlstratlon Trustee Ex en5e$ Inde endent examlnerfs fee5 Bank and Subscri tion collectlon tha 9,117 io 48.873 463 2,450 250 542 5.474 1,116 2,314 22,226 3,032 28,004 1,687 600 672 589 Total P ents 87,3> Su luslloeficltl of Recel ts over P Current assets at be inrsin ear Current assets Jt end of ents 3.317 65,917 13591 66,276 65,917 Cash at Bankers: COIF De CAF Bank Totsl Currettt Assets slt 20.345 48.889 19,423 46.494 65.917
Not•$ to •ccourts for the yr •ndlrf 30June 2025: L All thefvnds of the Society ore unrestslrted as defined by the Chorltles Art 2011. 2. These accounts cover the periodfrom l Jufy 2024 to 30June 2025 •. Members'subscriptlons ore collected by r"rert •bI¢ BACS ond cord payments the Societys webslts, Gocardless and Stripe and recordedon o cash bus1& In July 2024 there was a slqnificont Increase In Subscrlpiion rotes afterseveral years of no Increases. Thls ts refvrted in hiqher Income in 2024/25. Tnfjtees keenq thesub5CriPtlon rote under revlew. There hos been no Increase In 2025 The Soclety makes poyments to the Edltor and the ConA4iurt Edltor of the Joumal. In 2024125 these totolled £9.{). 5. Admlnlstrotlon Costs Include thefteswld to three servke provIde- the Executlve Secretary the Flnance Offlcer, and the c0mmunkod0 C)ycer. Thelrfees totolled £21.932 (2023/24 £18,957),. these were Increosedfvllowlng o wlodlc revlew of rates ofter a sub5tantlal qap. Admlnlstmtlon expenses totalled £894 (2023/24 £9,0471 Trustee Expenses were nll (2023/24 £1.687). The Trustees dld not meet In person thts year wlth all meetlngs taklno place onllne. There were therelNe no trovelllnq orsubslsten<Y costs. The new CUF• contrart Is now In opernt1 ond the Impart ts as expected- the new agreement results In hlqhercharqesfvr the productlon and dlstrfbutlon of the Journal whlch èxceed the amount of Royoltles poyoble. This Is therefve now on expense ondnot Income and $0 has been moved to Payments to reflert the new contrart. Payments of£292 were made to o Trtee, Fr Stephen Colemon, who retlred In May 202S, lor hls servlces os a tmlner In Canon Low. In uddltloffj Fr clnn ts Prlert4n£harge of The Grosvenor Chapel whlch pald £177fvr the use of itsfvdlltlesfvr London lertures Sponsorshlp In 2024AS hos been Induded wlthln thefigufesfvr the events to whkh they relote, We have restuted 2023ft4 Iorcoftslstency For clarlty, the amounts recehtd were.. London Lertures £4750 (2023/24 £15¢) b. Conftrence £16,440 (2023ft4 £3,CW) ia In June 2025. the Soclety hosted a mojor ecumenlcal e%ent over three doys In Chichester to hk7rk the 17CXJth annlversory of the Councll of Nlcoeo- thts generatedslqnlflcontly hlgher Income ond expendjture than prevlous (one dayj ConftmS
Forrest Burlinson CPIAKITeReo AcccwrAJns INDEPENDENT EXAMINEAS REPORTTOTHE TrUSTEES OFThe ECCLESIA iAW SOCIETY I report to the charlty tru5tee5 on my examination ofthe acrounts ofthe Charltsble Incorwrated Orghnisation ICIQI for the year erthd 30 June 202S. R•sponslbMltl•s and b•sls of ltwt A5 the charity trustees of the CIO you are responslble for the prepafatlon of the actounts In aecordance wh the requlrements of the Charltles Art 2011 Ilhe Ad'l. l Teport In respect of my eyamlnation of the CIO'S accounts CaTTled out under sectlon 145 of the 2011 Act. In carryln8 Out my examination I have followed all the •ppllcaWe Dlrectlon5 8lven by the Charlty Commlsslon under sedion 145lSllbl ol the 2011 Act. Ind•p•nd•nt •Mamln•rfs stst•m•nt I have completed my examination. I conflrm that maiérfal mattérs ha comè to my anntSon In ¢onn¢tlon wlth the e¥amlnatlon 8lvln8 me cause to belle¥e that In any materlal respea.. •ccountln8 fecords were not kept In respert of the CIO as requlred by sertlon 130 of the Act: or the accounts do not accord with the accountin8 record5 21 I have no concern5 and have come aCT055 no other matters In connectlon wlth the examlnatlon to whl¢h attentlon should be drawn in this report In order to enable a proper understandln8 of the a¢counts to be reached. Uw of oyr r•port This report Is made solely io the charlty trustees, as a boty. Pty work has been undertaken so that I ml8ht state to the charlty trustees those matters requlred to state to them In an Indepèndent Exomlner's report and foi no other purpose. To the fullest exlent pemltted by law, I do not accept or assume responslblllty to anyone other than the charlty and the charlty trustee5 as a body, fty my Work, for ihls reporL for the staiements I have made. Of for the opinions I have Stated. Ded 16 October 202S. D¥r•n Brdent Member of the Instttute of Chartered Accountants In England and Wales for and on beh311 of Forrèst Burllftson Chartered Attrtants ? l Dethy I W251 Y£*k5lh.'e I wr12 7flQ J 1914 465B51 Jl9244J7)fft
TRUSTEES. REPORT 202412025 The Eccleslastlcal Law Society is a Charitable Incorporated Organi5ation Iregi5tered ch3rity no 11810021 whose re8iStered office is at l The Sanctuary. London SWIP 3JT. The Trustees of the Charity for this rep)rting pericKJ were: Lee Coley Icfvairl The Rt Revd Martin Warner (Vice Chairl The Rev'd Paul Benfield (Treasurer) untll 14 May The Ven Molra Astin (Treasurer from 14 May) Paul Barber Rebecca Cattermole (Copted 14" Julvl Fr?rKe5 Godden The Rev'd Sam Maglnnis Ola Olajide The Re¢d Canon Neil Patterson (until 14th Mayl The flewd Christopher smith The oblee(s of the CIO as stated in our Constitution are.. The objects I"Objects"l of the CIO are., To promote educatlon In ecclesiastlcal law for rhe beneflt of the public Indudln8 In partlcular but rK)t exclusively:131 {bl Icl the clergy and laity of the Church ot EnBland,, those who hold authorlty Dr judicial offlce In, or practise in the ecdeslastkal courts of. the Church of En8land,' and students and teo¢hers ol ecclesiastical law. The Trustees are pleased to repoft that during the calendaT year 2025 these objects were furthered In all ol the activltles and meetin85 Of the Society arKI the Trustees wish to record thelr thanks to all those, Officers. members and service providers for thelr work in maintainin8 the lif@ and witness of the Soclety. Glven the programme for the weekend conference. Nlcaea Received, the AGM WI5 held separately and electronically on 14th May. Forty-tsvo members allended and a further 21 PfesÈnted their apologies. At the meeting The Re¢d Paul 8enfield stood down as Treasurer and The Ven Moira Astin was elected to Place hlm. There were two nominotion5 for Charity Trustee5, both returnin8 for another term of service- Paul 8arber and Frances Godden. The meetin8 received the annual accounts of the Charity which had been independently examined and these, with the Treasurerf5 report. are appended at the end of this report. The society relies almost entlrely on its members for Its Income. Durinq thls reportlng peTiod the Charity received some sponsorship from Wrigleys. Stone Kin8 arxl Birketts, to whom the Trustees express their grateful thanks. The Society made a small surplus of £3k in the year. in spite of the significant costs of the Nicaea Received event. We a grateful for the generous sponsorship received. Membershlp Subscriptions were Increased for thls year, and thls resulted in a higher level of income which helped offset the higher Costs of the CUP Contract forthe Joumal and of the cOnfenCe. The Balance of Reserves at the year-end was £69k. This exceeds the minimum set out in the Reserves Policy (which was revised in January 20251 arml is believed to be an appropriate level to hold. The Trustees met on four occaslons in 2025. A maSor subject on the agenda of the first two meetlngs was to flnallse the detall of the forthcomlng weekend Conference Nicaea Re¢elved: 171KI years of
Canons, Councils and ecumenlsm whith was held from 20th to 22nd June 2025 In Chlthester. The Conference was acclalmed by all who attended as being a m05t Suc551 and Ehallengln8 e¢umenlcal event, A5 reported last year, the keynote addre55es were 8iven His All-Holine5S the Ecumenlcal Patriarch, Professor Myriam Wljlens and The Rt Revd Christopher Cocksworth the Dean ofwlndsor. The thnference domlnated our artivity in the perlod covered by thls report and the sovernanre struaure revlew aroup h85 not rnet. The group wlll reconvene In the comlng year. In addltlon to the Weekend Conference alrea¢ty referred to. a lecturè programme was dellvered wlth both In person and vlrtual events. The London Lectures were at the Grosvenor Chapel There was a 5erles of online lectures. This be seen on the Socletys YouTube channel. The tralnln8 committee events have contlnuod to prove popular wlth members and non-rnember5. All tralnlng events thls year took place on Zoom. The Eccleslastlcal Law 8lte-Slzed 5er4es of tralnlnq events have contlnued and are proving to be very popular. The Trustees record thelr thanks to all members of the tralning committee and to others who have ass15ted In these tasks. The Trustees are also gratefvl to all the volunteer5 who offer to asslstthem in the work of the chorlty. We rerd our ongolng thanks to the sertlon edltors of the Journal ind to Its Edltor, gen Hgrri50n. This is aur flagshlp publlcatjon. and we conttnue to work clgsely wlth CUP to 8u•rantee Its productlon and dlstributlon. The Rerfd Russell Dewhurst and the Rewd Stephen Coleman dellvered teachlng In canon law at several Theolo8lcal Educatlon InstItutlor of the Church of England, presentlng the ELS course 'Canon Law for the Newly Ordalned.. The course is updated each year and Is aayS enthusla5tically recelved by about to beqln th•lr ordalned mlnistry. The ELS agaln lIaborated with th• Inn•r T•mph In •n •nnu•l Ecclesiast1 Moot Compotltlon by provldln8 8 generous cash prlie to the wlnner. A sbrnllar competitlon has begun at Nottln8h•m Unlverslty, and the Trustees are deli8hted to be able to work wlth a member to support thi$ Inltiatlve. The Socletys Newsfetter. edlted by Frances Godden. has been d15trlbuted regularfy to members vla em•il, Fr•ne•s wlshes to keep thls publication fresh and a¢$S[ble and, In arder to do so. will be grateful to recefve contrlbution5 and comments. The composltlon of the Emecutlve team has changed during the year. Thls was necessltated by the appolntment of The Re¢d Russell Dewhur5t as Archdeacon of H45tin85. The Trustees record theSr srotitude to him for •ll he ha• wntribut•d and wi6h hlm w•ll in th• n•w mlni$try. Th• Trust••s also congratulate Moira Astln on her appointment a5 Blghop of Crèdlton. thank all those whose tlme and talent have been employed In furthering the aim5 of the Society In the past year. We look forward to developin8 the scope of our work In the comln8 year.