## **KYRIA NETWORK** ## **ANNUAL REPORT** **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022** CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Kyria Network On a¢¢ounts for the year ended 31 December 2022 Charity no (if any) 1193102 Set out on pages 2to9 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Yhe Trust.) for the year ended 31 December 2022. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordan￿ with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the AGt°). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts Garried out under section 145 of the 2011 A¢t and in Garying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under sedion 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. l Corfimi that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. Independent examiner's statement accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Slgned: Date: 2411012023 Name: Greg Smyth Relevant professional qualification(sl or body (if any): ICAEW Address: Smyth & Co, 4 High Street, Langford, Biggleswade, Beds, SG18 9RR ## KYRIA NETWORK ## **1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022** Trustees’ Annual Report for the period from 1 January 2022- 31 December 2022 Financial year end: 31 December 2022 ## **Reference and Administrative details** |**Charity name**|Kyria Network| |---|---| |**Other name the**
**charity uses**|Sophia Network| |**Registered charity**
**number**|1193102| |**Charity’s principal**
**address**|4 Hanbury Road, Chelmsford, Essex| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |**Trustee name**|**Offce (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**| |---|---|---| |Amanda Jackson|CHAIR|| |Olivia Laverne Amartey|TRUSTEE|| |Grace Yee-Oi Marshall|TRUSTEE|| |Catherine Madavan|TRUSTEE|| |Nicola Alice Sims|TRUSTEE|| |Tania Bright|TRUSTEE|| |Peter Granville Sims|TRUSTEE|| 2 CHAMPION | EMPOWER | RELEASE • info@kyrianetwork.com @kyrianetwork Kyria Network • UK Charity No. 1193102 • kyrianetwork.com • ## **Additional information** Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members: |Amy Summerfeld|CEO|| |---|---|---| |Samara Noblett|Operations Assistant|Appointed May 2022| |Odele Harding|Scottish National Leader|Appointed May 2022| |Bukola George|Volunteer Finance|| |Lisa Leonce|Volunteer Diversity and
inclusion Offcer|| ## **Objectives and Activities** |**Summary of the**
**purposes of the**
**charity as set out**
**in its governing**
**document**|The promotion of gender equality within the Christian
church, in the UK and beyond, for the public beneft
through education, research, advocacy and awareness
raising. Promotion of the Christian faith.| |---|---| |**The objects of the**
**CIO are:**|The promotion of gender equality within the Christian
church, in the UK and beyond, for the public beneft by.
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The elimination of discrimination on the grounds of
gender
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Advancing education and raising awareness in
equality and diversity
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Promoting activities to foster understanding
between people from diverse backgrounds
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Conducting or commissioning research on equality
and diversity issues and publishing the results to
the public
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Cultivating a sentiment in favour of equality and
diversity
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Promotion of the Christian faith| 3 ||| |---|---| |**Summary of the**
**main activities in**
**relation to those**
**purposes for the**
**public beneft, in**
**particular, the**
**activities, projects**
**or services**
**identifed in the**
**accounts.**|●
Leadership Blogs
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Leadership Focus events
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Book clubs
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Conferences in regions and nations
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Advocacy and advice meetings
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Senior leaders networking and retreats
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Research, including consultancy and community
feedback
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Online portal of resources and webs development| ## **Additional information** |**Policies**|Trustee Job Description and Role
Volunteer Declaration
Safeguarding Policy
Data Policy and Privacy Policy| |---|---| |**Volunteers and**
**breakdown in 2022**|Whole Number: 55
Board: 7
Council of Reference: 9
Canopy: 6
England: 6
Northern Ireland: 6
Scotland: 8
Wales: 6
Operations: 7| ## **Achievements and Performance** 2022 has been a significant year for Kyria. ● Kyria has been honoured to be part of several significant, confidential, denominational conversations with women in leadership seeking support, advice and advocacy. ● We have continued to provide support, encouragement and mentorship to a number of high profile senior women leaders. 4 ● This year we launched leadership teams in Wales and Northern Ireland, who are tasked with working on vision and raising the profile of and support for women leaders in those nations. Our wider volunteer team has also grown. - The appointment of a Kyria National Leader for Scotland one day a week as a - Sole Trader - The appointment of a ½ day a week Operations Assistant as a Sole Trader - In April this year the board changed our CEO Sole Trader payment from one - day a week to 1 ½ days a week - We continue to hold meaningful conversations around issues that most affect - women leaders. Our up-and-coming leadership and menopause night has over 170 women registered and plans to introduce an ongoing community around this subject are being put in place. - This year we’ve held two conferences, one in Scotland and the other in - England, plus one Leadership Evening in Wales and one in Northern Ireland in total impacting over 500 women leaders in four nations - We've also held Team Days in all 4 UK nations which have included prayer, - fasting and envisioning for the way ahead for that nation - We’ve endorsed new books on leadership which have helped to profile our - work and area of advocacy. Related to this we also ran regular Book Clubs exploring leadership principles and theology. The clubs had an average participation of around 20 people per book - We’re partnered with Wonderful Leaders to provide a series of podcasts about - women in leadership, providing 11 speakers. - We launched a resource called “The Well” which aims to resource women in - leadership and theology with recommended reading, blogs and articles which really help all. ● We launched “Allow Me” This resource introduces people to 20 Biblical women leaders in many different spheres. For each study there is a short video clip, Bible references and a set of questions to ponder or discuss with a group of friends. - We launched media shorts called “Top Tips Tuesday”, providing top leadership - tips each Tuesday from women leaders in all spheres of influence which led to the production of a podcast to equip and resource leaders - We continue to speak at external conferences, hold mentoring and coaching - 121’s with leaders. As a Board we have aspirations and aims for 2023 including: - Collab - a year long cohort for younger female leaders aged 18-25 - with coaching and monthly teaching - Ongoing Research - launched in Scotland but with a view to be - used in Wales and Northern Ireland to help better understand the experiences and needs of women leaders in all spheres. - Kyria Australia launch 5 - Leadership and Menopause Focus evenings and creating ongoing - community and meaningful conversation - In addition to this, we will continue to build on our existing work through: - Providing Top Leadership Tips each Tuesday from women leaders in - all spheres of influence - Expansion of resources online and offline to support a better - theological pathway for women leaders and our male counterparts - Participating in denominational conversations for advice and - advocacy - Support for senior leaders via Zoom and mentorship 121s - Conferences across the four UK Nations ## **Financial Review** |**Review of the**
**charity’s fnancial**
**position at the end**
**of the period**|It has been a relatively healthy fnancial
year for Kyria . We received one grant to
the amount of £5,000 which has made a
signifcant difference.
In partnership with Stewardship we've
benefted through the gift aid scheme
and our regular donations have increased
from £580 a month to an average of £900
a month with one off giving varying
throughout the year. This signifcant
increase has allowed us to build and plan
more effectively and strategically as a
network.
Our biggest expense has been ongoing
payment to our CEO as a sole trader and
now this year our new 1 day a week
Scottish lead as a sole trader and our new
Operations Assistant sole trader.
Our ongoing strategy to carefully manage
the budgeting and planning of events, to
at least break even and to fundraise at
face to face events, has been successful,
but there is more to be done. In
summary, we are thankful for a stable| |---|---| 6 ||and healthy fnancial year, despite
challenging circumstances| |---|---| |**Statement**
**explaining the**
**policy for holding**
**reserves stating**
**why they are held**|The trustees have considered the requirements for
reserves based on the main risks to funding, and
have decided to aim for 3 months of core operational
costs in the unrestricted reserves.| |**Amount of**
**reserves held**|Our reserves for this year are £18,014 of which £5,594
is our restricted funds for Scotland| ## **Declarations** The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees ## **Signature & Full Name** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Amanda Jackson
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## **Position** |Kyria NetworkChair|Kyria Trustee|Kyria Trustee| |---|---|---| |**Date**||| |24th October 2023||24/10/23| 7 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Kyr￿ 1191102 Recei tsand ments accounts CC16a Forthe period from 1StJaThU￿ry 2022 31st Dewnber2022 Section A Recei ts and pa ments Unrestrictod funds totht npBrest End¢)wment fuTrds tothb noar•Jt£ Rostrlcted funds Total funds LA•ty¢#i 10thono#¥¢st£ tothp TrparqstE goth¢ nearest£ A1 Roc81 Onati￿5 ra 20 89 Sub totallGross Incon￿ forARJ 24.636 24.&36 34,917 tablo Sub total Total receipts 24.636 A3Pa mfynts Admin15tr8tiwese￿K￿S Speak8rslL8ad*s Fe¢51Grfts EveniveDuE C03tS Fo(w*Accommodaian $ Intemet Web￿le cost Postage Insuran¢* Cost Tt5vel Mileaya BODk￿reSoUrC￿￿ costs ConfereDce. 5coOand .75 15.870 323 729 1.631 1,132 3.41 36 271 460 48 372 460 5S 7Z 197 519 li 9(K) 2,7SZ 630 494 82 630 Trawd. ￿h8 eanks ioi 82 Sub total A4A$5etand investment Sub total Net of ￿tIPt5/(paymentsJ ASTransfer5 between funds A6 Cash fund5 last year end Ca$h funds this yearend LSS 19.570 19,$70 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period LSTrrestsicted I￿ndS to nparNtE Restrlctsd funds Endowment furMIs ID ￿nfEstE B1 Cash fund8 Bank￿￿￿nt 5.594 payp￿•￿￿ Total cash funds Unrestricted R•strfcted lusxls Endowmgnt funds funds fo n•arnst£ tOllOaFE¥t£ to nB¥rv4tE FunJ oSS¢t Cyrr•trtvil Deta.'Is F￿rAItO￿h*h assot charity's own use hon du• BS Liabilities SW by one arh¥olrusteeson beha ofll I￿ Irustees Signature Print N8tne Date of approval 2411012Q23