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2022-12-31-accounts

2022

Report and Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2022

Honorary Presidents: The Archbishop of Canterbury The Archbishop of York The Bishop of London The Bishop of Worcester (as Lord High Almoner) The Lord Mayor of the City of London

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Charity registered in England and Wales charity number 207736

www.clergysupport.org.uk

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Clergy Support Trust was privileged to have Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as its Patron, since shortly after her accession in 1952, and has been grateful for her support during her reign.

The Court of Assistants and staff were deeply saddened by her death in September 2022, during the period covered by this Report, and send their best wishes to His Majesty King Charles III and other Members of the Royal Family.

Trustees’ Report
A message from the Treasurers 2
The Charity in numbers 4
Objectives, activities and public beneft 5
Achievements, performance and future plans 6
Governance 9
Financial review 12
Reference and administrative details 14
Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities 15
Financial Statements
Independent auditor’s report to the Trustees 16
Statement of fnancial activities 18
Balance sheet 20
Statement of cashfows 21
Notes to the fnancial statements 22

Charity registered in England & Wales Charity number 207736

1 Dean Trench Street Westminster London SW1P 3HB

Patron:

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II [to 8 September 2022]

Tel: 020 7799 3696

Honorary Presidents: The Archbishop of Canterbury The Archbishop of York The Bishop of London The Bishop of Worcester (as Lord High Almoner) The Lord Mayor of the City of London

Email: hello@clergysupport.org.uk Website: www.clergysupport.org.uk

Our report is printed on FSC® certified paper from well-managed forests and other controlled sources. It is produced using vegetable-based inks.

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Trustees’ Report For the year ended 31 December 2022

A message from the Treasurers

Records, we are taught, are there to be broken. If that is true, 2022 was a very successful year for Clergy Support Trust, with huge increases in charitable spend, grants and services provided, and households helped. However, statistics don’t paint the whole picture.

At the heart of our ministry, and behind each number in this report, are the extraordinary people we serve, and who spend their lives serving others. The joy of beating records is the joy of better supporting more people than ever, at this difficult time in our national and ecclesial stories.

In July 2022, the Trust launched a new strategy, with nine objectives to drive its work until 2025.

At the heart of these is an increased growth in our core work of grants and services, alongside a range of innovations. These are not only focused on our principal audience – clergy and their families – but designed in direct response to what we hear from them. For example, we will launch a new training programme providing clergy with space to focus on their wellbeing and development; we have already launched our Visiting Caseworker service, offering faceto-face support for the first time. Alongside the design and delivery of that new strategy, we continued our relentless focus on supporting applicants’ financial, mental and physical health. This resulted, across 2022, in more than 5,400 grants to 2,318 households. 18% of all clergy in the Church of England came to us last year – an astonishing figure.

With pandemic restrictions finally lifted, engagement was a central focus of our work in 2022. We visited twenty-two of the sixty-six dioceses we serve, and presented at a range of conferences and events. We continued to grow our role as advocates for clergy, not just walking alongside them but sharing key messages – always with the highest regard for confidentiality – with Church leaders, in order to influence policy and practice. Although our independence from the Church is important to us and our applicants, we believe that a partnership approach is critical to ensure that clergy households across the UK and Ireland can thrive, rather than just survive.

amount in grants (64% increase from 2021). We believe this not only to be ethically right, but particularly so during a cost-of-living crisis affecting clergy as well as the communities they serve. However, we of course balanced this growth with prudent, careful stewardship of the assets we are blessed to have.

For all the newness we describe here, our mission has remained consistent for almost four centuries: to serve those who, in their own ministry, serve so many others. Our two historic events made a full post-pandemic return in 2022, and we were delighted to welcome over 1,500 guests to St Paul’s Cathedral for the 367th Festival Service in May. Among them was HRH The Duchess of Gloucester, representing our Paton, Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who was a generous supporter of our work and who we mourn with the nation. November saw the Annual Assembly held at Westminster Abbey, where we were delighted with the positive engagement and feedback from our Governors.

As the Trust continues to navigate the turbulent waters of the twenty-first century, and to serve the clergy of an ever-changing Church, we remain committed to a balance of heritage and innovation, changing and growing where appropriate, but always mindful of our rich history. We are grateful to all those who continue to play important roles in that story: our generous supporters, outstanding staff, dedicated Trustees, valued partners, and – most importantly – our sisters and brothers in ministry, alongside whom we are blessed to walk.

All of these increases in our workload, and the vital operational infrastructure which sits behind it, have resulted in significant changes to our resourcing. Between December 2021 and December 2022, the staff team increased by around 50%. Our excellent colleagues are now better able to meet growing demand, as well as to focus on new programmes in support of clergy households. We reallocated £8m from our investments, which had doubled in a decade with a comparably smaller growth in spending, to a secure cash deposit, to help fund these developments, and gave away a record

The Revd Canon Simon Butler Senior Treasurer

Richard Farmbrough Treasurer

The Revd Nancy Goodrich Treasurer

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The Charity in numbers

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Grants expenditure (£m) Total funds (£m) Charitable spend as %
of total
+48% -14% -1%
4.96
2022 2022 2022
134.7
3.34 114.8 119.7 118.6 116.0 91.5 91.6 93.5 92.7 93.1 92.1
3.13
103.3
2.66 2.65
2.58
Households helped Number of grants 2022 Grant spend by
beneficiary type (£m)
+44% +53%
£4.96m
2022 2,318 2022 5,418
1,608
3,545
1,318
2,467
1,033 1,052 1,071
1,035 1,185 1,608
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
£4,235k
£257k
£139k
£67k £59k
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Serving clergy (including PTO) Retired clergy Former dependent (divorced/separated) £201k Organisation Widow/er Ordinands
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Objectives, activities and public benefit

Clergy Support Trust (“the Charity”) is a charity set up by Royal Charter dated 1 July 1678 (subsequently revised) and registered in England & Wales (number 207736). The Charity is governed by a board of Trustees (“the Trustees”), known under the Royal Charter as the Court of Assistants.

The main focus of the Charity at present is to provide assistance in the form of discretionary cash grants to serving and retired clergy in the Church of England, the Church in Wales, the Scottish Episcopal Church, and the Church of Ireland, together with the dependents of such clergy. In addition, we provide support to those training for ordained Anglican ministry (ordinands).

The Trustees are pleased to present their Annual Report, together with audited financial statements, for the year ended 31 December 2022.

Grants are made at the full discretion of the Charity to beneficiaries in the furtherance of the objects. Applicants for financial support grants are asked to complete an application form giving details of their household’s financial circumstances, and the Charity takes this information into account when considering applications and awarding grants. Applications for health-related grants are usually assessed by the Charity’s medical adviser, a retired general practitioner.

Objects and principal activities of the Charity

The Charity was originally established in 1655 by sons of clergymen, to raise funds for destitute Anglican clergy who had lost their livings under Oliver Cromwell. The current objects of the Charity were established in 2012 through Charity Commission Schemes and an Order in Council as part of the amalgamation, effective 1 January 2013, of the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy and the Friends of the Clergy Corporation, which itself was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1849. The objects were further amended by an Order in Council effective 15 November 2017 and now read as follows:

Increasingly, the Charity also offers non-financial support to the same group of beneficiaries, such as counselling for debt relief, access to an online theological library, and cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia. Such services are delivered primarily through partner organisations; more information is included under ‘Achievements, performance and future plans’, where we also outline our ambitious strategy for 2022-25.

‘The Charity shall apply the clear yearly income and at its discretion the whole or part of the property of the Charity for the public benefit in providing assistance to beneficiaries, whether directly or indirectly, in such manner as and by such means as the Court of Assistants from time to time in their absolute discretion think fit for the relief or prevention of poverty or hardship or for the relief of illness, and the promotion of health, whether physical or mental. “Beneficiaries” means members of the clergy, ordinands and the spouses, former spouses, children and dependents of living or deceased members or former members of the clergy or ordinands.

Public benefit

In carrying out these activities, the Trustees have complied with the duty under section 175 of the Charities Act 2011 to have regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit, and they are satisfied that the Charity fulfils its fundamental objects and so provides public benefit.

Volunteers

a) “children” includes adopted children, step-children and persons treated as the children of a marriage or civil partnership.

The Trustees and Committee advisers are the only volunteers directly involved in the work of the Charity. All Trustees and advisers give their time voluntarily and receive no personal benefit from the Charity. Further information on the Trustees is included in the Governance section. Details of Trustees’ expenses reclaimed from the Charity are set out in Note 8 to the financial statements.

b) “civil partners” means the members of a civil partnership within the meaning of Section 1 (1) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004.

c) “clergy” and “members of the clergy” means bishops, priests and deacons of the Anglican Communion.

d) “ordinands” means persons who are preparing for ordination as members of the clergy.

e) the “spouse” of a person means his or her wife, husband, civil partner, widow, widower or surviving civil partner.’

The above figures are taken from the audited results for the Charity for the years ‘Financial review’ section on pages 13 and 14. In the pages that follow, we give from 2017 to 2022. Further commentary on the 2022 results can be found in the more specific details of what we achieved in 2022, and set out our future plans.

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Achievements, performance and future plans

Strategy 2022-25

Confident that we had delivered well against our 2019-22 Strategy, as narrated in our last Annual Report, we launched (at General Synod in York) a new three-year strategy from July 2022. This includes six programme objectives (P1-6) and three supporting objectives (S1-3):

In the pages which follow, we seek to provide further information on the outworking of each objective, and of progress made since the Strategy’s launch halfway through 2022. Inevitably, given that the Strategic Period was only six months old at the end of 2022, some objectives are more advanced than others, and we look forward to reporting further in our 2023 Annual Report.

Grants & Services (P1 – P3)

2022 was, by some distance, the Trust’s busiest year on record. At year-end, the number of grants given

(from 2021) had risen 53%, to a total of 5,418. Those grants supported 2,318 households – a 44% increase from 2021. It is difficult to analyse precisely how many individuals were supported through that work (given that applicants are not, in all circumstances, asked to divulge how many dependents they have, or how the grant is likely to affect the wider household); however, it is reasonable, based on the data we do collect, that over 7,000 people were directly helped by the Trust’s core work in 2022, including around 3,000 children.

Our four principal grants categories remained unchanged from 2021:

Debt Support Grants have always been a smaller area of our work, and were the only category of grant to see a reduction in 2022. In 2023, we plan to consider more carefully the reasons for this, which may include wider societal attitudes to debt, as well as the pressure of dayto-day expenditure brought about by the cost-of-living

crisis, and which means clergy are less focused on the long-term impact of debt accrued. As in recent years, we also made a small number (five) of grants to organisations which have significant synergy with the Trust’s own aims and objectives, and which contribute proactively and positively to the wellbeing of our applicant groups.

Alongside our core Grants work, we continued to expand and develop our suite of specialist support services, as promised in our ambitious 2022-25 Strategy. We saw a growth in applications for counselling and talking therapies, aided by the launch in 2021 of our partnership with JR Corporate Health, and continued to see strong usage of the Online Library, run in partnership with SPCK, for ordinands and curates. The focus of our new delivery was our Visiting Caseworker service; we anticipate launching more specialist support services in 2023-24. Initial planning also took place for the Support Hub, which we envisage as an online resource bank for clergy households, including signposting, information and resources, and which will be launched later in our Strategic Period.

P4: Training

Discussions with clergy and senior diocesan leaders, particularly as we revitalized our engagement postpandemic, revealed a desire for high-quality spaces where clergy could come together, reflect on their wellbeing, and develop critical skills to aid their thriving in ministry. As part of our more holistic approach to clergy wellbeing, we announced in our new Strategy a commitment to providing training resources for dioceses.

Significant work took place with partners and dioceses, during the latter part of 2022, to find and pilot the right provision, to develop a fair funding formula based on diocesan headcount, and to construct an administrative and booking process for the selected courses which was rigorous without being burdensome. This programme was subsequently launched at the 368th Festival in May 2023; fuller details will be provided in the 2023 Annual Report.

P5: Visiting Caseworkers

A number of other grant-giving charities have had significant success with Visiting Caseworker services, and we were delighted to begin ours in July 2022. Two Visiting Caseworkers, Lindsay Goward and Elena Benato, were appointed that month to coincide with the launch of our Strategy, and have made outstanding progress in establishing this new workstream.

Visiting Caseworkers work closely with applicants, and work closely with Grants & Services Officers, providing dedicated support to those households in more challenging circumstances – perhaps because of health concerns, or

family dynamics, or because of challenges associated with ministry. GSOs refer applicants directly to the VCs (i.e. there is no current provision for direct application to this service), who then offer online and face-to-face support. Significant work was undertaken, in the summer and autumn of 2022, in establishing this service (including critical safeguarding components), and it was launched towards the end of the year. As well as assisting with grants applications, VCs also maximise applicants’ non-CST income, for example by supporting them in applying for other funds and benefits. Data in the 2023 Annual Report will illustrate the early success of this exciting new scheme.

P6: Research

For some years the Trust has been eager to commission and curate impactful research, and major progress was made in 2022 through our relationship with the National Church Institutions. Although fully independent of the Churches whose clergy we serve, the NCIs’ Living Ministry project offered a powerful opportunity for partnership working. We jointly commissioned a major research project looking at the wellbeing of Global Majority Heritage clergy, led by Dr Selina Stone, and this was published in October 2022 to considerable acclaim. A further project is planned for 2023, focused on a different area of clergy wellbeing.

Alongside this, the Trust’s team made progress towards a wider research programme, which is proposed to include a literature review on clergy wellbeing, and a more reactive programme of smaller research grants, in areas closely aligned to our charitable objects and identified in our own analysis of applicants’ narratives.

S1: Engagement

The pandemic had rendered face-to-face engagement with applicants, stakeholders and partners deeply challenging. As such, we entered 2022 with a renewed and zealous passion for such engagement.

During the course of 2022, Trust staff visited seventeen dioceses across England and Wales; the majority of these visits involved the Chief Executive meeting with Diocesan Senior Leadership Teams, but also included all-clergy conferences and study days. The Senior Treasurer visited Scotland to meet clergy in five further dioceses, meaning that during 2022 we engaged directly with a third of those dioceses we serve across the UK, Ireland, Isle of Man, and Europe; this has resulted in significantly stronger relationships with bishops, archdeacons and others who can support us in reaching those households we seek to serve. Many further visits are planned for 2023.

Non-diocesan engagement is equally critical, however. Some clergy will prefer to engage through other channels, and it is important that – while working in

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Achievements, performance and future plans (cont.)

Governance

partnership with dioceses – the Trust underlines its own independence, which is critical to the confidence applicants have in us. We therefore worked hard on our social media engagement, took out greater numbers of adverts and articles in local and national publications, and presented at a range of conferences for specific groups. These included the National Estate Churches Network, National Deaneries Network, College of Archdeacons, National Association of Deans of Women’s Ministry, and SSMs Network. We also held a fringe event at the July 2022 General Synod, where we launched our new Strategy.

Our Annual Assembly, held at Westminster Abbey in November 2022, provided a key opportunity to engage with our Governors (effectively the charity’s members). We were delighted to welcome Bishop Chris Goldsmith, Director of Ministry for the Church of England, as our guest speaker, and to see excellent engagement from our generous supporters. The 367th Festival marked a return to in-person worship and fellowship, following the cancellation of the Festival in 2020, and our Online Festival in 2021. We were delighted to be joined, in St Paul’s Cathedral, by some 1,500 guests, including HRH The Duchess of Gloucester, who read the Second Lesson; the Choir of St Paul’s was joined by those of Southwark and Liverpool Cathedrals. The Festival, as well as being a joyful opportunity to engage with our wider family including Livery Companies, the City of London, and our own supporters, offers enormous future potential as the broadest possible “celebration of ministry”, and we look forward to further innovations – tempered always by our passion for our rich history – in 2023.

S2: Data

Clergy Support Trust has perhaps unrivalled data on clergy wellbeing, both in terms of statistics and from the narratives which our applicants share, which we are privileged to hear. Keeping those confidential is the heartbeat of our mission. However, we believe that this rich data provides an opportunity for us to advocate more keenly on behalf of those we serve, and to present a compelling story to the Church and others, which in turn might lead to greater support for clergy households.

As a first step in developing this, we appointed our first Data & Service Development manager, Joanna Micklethwaite, in January 2022. As well as providing far more detailed analysis of our data for staff and Trustees, Joanna’s work has enabled the production of briefing notes for General Synod and the House of Bishops, on the cost-of-living crisis, and far more in-depth conversations with senior diocesan leaders than previously. We plan to build on this work in 2023, including considering how best to widen and publicise our advocacy.

S3: Infrastructure & Governance

The enormous growth in the Trust’s ministry and mission has necessitated significant changes to our infrastructure, not least in terms of resourcing. The large increase in our charitable spend, in 2022, addresses the similarly large increases in our total assets in recent years. With a more holistic and relational approach, staffing deficits have also needed addressing: we ended 2022 with a team of eighteen outstanding staff, better able to meet demand in the way and culture we would like.

Our cultural and infrastructural transformation has also included, investment in new IT systems (including telephony, supporter management system, and finance software), refurbishments to our London offices at 1 Dean Trench Street, and an improved training and development offer for our hardworking colleagues, who now also benefit from hybrid working. Trustees, too, have embraced the latter, meeting virtually and in-person, and in combination, which has enabled strong overall Trustee attendance, not least as we diversify the Court with more members from outside South-East England.

Mindful of its desire to exemplify best practice, and to learn from others, the Court of Assistants commissioned a full, externally-led Governance Review in 2022. This was undertaken by Action Planning (a firm selected through open competition, with two other organisations shortlisted) and overseen by a Governance Review Panel consisting of three Trustees and the Chief Executive. The final report, presented to Trustees in winter 2022, noted the Trust’s excellent governance, and made a series of recommendations to improve this further. An action plan for those, including potential reforms to Court and committee meetings, will be developed in 2023. Towards the end of 2022, the Court also began succession planning conversations, mindful that the current Senior Treasurer’s term ends in 2023.

Across all these milestones and developments, during perhaps the busiest year the Trust has had in a very long while, the feedback from our applicants has sustained us, as they continue to be as generous and compassionate in their letters as we seek to be in supporting them. Across the year, as noted above, 18% of all Church of England clergy approached the Trust, and we hope this extraordinary figure is based not only in the challenges too many face, but in the expectation they have of a warm welcome when they approach us. It is a privilege to serve each applicant, and we look forward to doing more in 2023.

Court of Assistants

The overall management of the Charity is vested in the Court of Assistants (“the Court”), which consists of the Trustees of the Charity. The Trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report are listed under ‘Reference and Administrative Details’ on pages 14 to 15. The Court met seven times in 2022 in order to conduct the principal business of the Charity, including an online strategic vision session in January 2022.

The members of the Court are elected each year by the Governors of Clergy Support Trust at the Annual Assembly, previously known as the Annual General Court, in accordance with the Royal Charter. Three Officers of the Charity, known as the Treasurers, are also elected by the Governors at the Annual Assembly.

The Court delegates some of its responsibilities to four committees with agreed terms of reference which are reviewed annually. The committees met as follows during 2022:

Trustee recruitment and induction

The Trustees keep their membership under review in order to ensure a wide and relevant representation among their number. When recruitment takes place for new Trustees, skill-set and professional experience are key considerations, as well as commitment to and passion for the Charity’s work. The Trustees also consider issues of diversity and inclusion when considering new members, as well as the overall size of the Court (which is fixed by our governing documents). In 2022, no Trustees left the Court, and no new Trustees were recruited.

The Trustees can appoint a number of committee advisers with expertise in particular areas of the Charity’s operation, these advisers attend relevant meetings but are not Trustees. In 2022, Bill Seddon continued as an adviser to the Investment Committee; Kerry Hugh-Jones, who held a similar role with that committee, left after a much-appreciated period of valuable service, and was replaced by The Reverend Christopher Hancock. No other committee advisers were appointed during the year, but the Trust continued to benefit from the expertise of its two specialist advisers on health – Dr Christopher Trower – and education – Andrew Trotman.

Trustee attendance

The table overleaf sets out the attendance of Trustees at meetings of the Court and its committees during 2022.

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Governance (cont.)

Court of Assistants 1 Commitees2 3 Commitees2 3 Total
Total Atended Total Atended Total Atended
The Revd Canon Simon Butler4 5 7 5 8 4 15 9
Mr Adam Chamberlain7 7 5 4 4 11 9
Ms Constance Chinhengo4 6 7 7 8 6 15 13
Mr Martin Cooper6 7 6 4 2 11 8
The Revd Canon Dr Jack Dunn4 7 6 4 4 11 10
Mr Richard Farmbrough7 7 7 4 4 11 11
The Revd Nancy Goodrich6 7 7 4 4 11 11
Mr Jeremy Hargreaves4 6 7 6 8 8 15 14
Mr Stephen Hogg4 6 7 7 6 12 11 19 17
Alderman Robert Hughes-Penney7 7 5 4 4 11 9
Dr Mayowa Jolaoso5 8 7 7 4 4 11 11
Mrs Jackie Jordan5 7 5 4 3 11 8
The Revd Ruth Newton5 7 6 4 3 11 9
Mr Stephen Slack4 5 7 7 8 7 15 14
The Most Revd Patricia Storey5 7 4 4 2 11 6

  1. Substantive Court meetings only, including January 2022 away-day

  2. Excludes working groups

  3. Excludes Treasurer ex officio membership, unless designated ‘lead ex officio’ for that committee 4. Governance Committee

  4. Grants & Partnerships Committee

  5. Risk, Audit & Finance Committee

  6. Investment Committee

  7. Dr Jolaoso was married during 2022, at which time her surname changed to Marcus.

  8. Tonya Goldring, Head of Finance & Operations, who leads the Charity’s support functions including finance, HR, IT, property and office management, and in 2022 managed one other member of staff.

Executive management and organisational structure

The day-to-day management of the Charity is delegated to the Chief Executive, The Revd Ben Cahill-Nicholls, who heads a Senior Leadership Team which additionally consists of the following colleagues:

One additional member of staff (not on SLT) reports directly to the Chief Executive (his Executive Assistant), meaning that the total personnel count at the end of 2022 was eighteen [FTE: 17.7].

Key management personnel

The key management personnel of the Charity at the end of 2022 comprised the Trustees, the Chief Executive, the Director of Charitable Services, and the Heads of External Relations and Finance & Operations. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the Charity are disclosed in Note 8 to the financial statements. Remuneration and benefits for executive management are set by Trustees on the basis of peer sector benchmarking • and annual cost of living adjustments. There is currently no performance-related pay scheme in operation.

Principal risks and uncertainties

Trustees and management regularly review the major risks to which the Charity is exposed and consider how these might be mitigated. A detailed risk register is kept constantly under review by Trustees and management, having been significantly restructured and revised in 2021. In general, the activities of the Charity are not subject to major risk. Income is derived from a diverse portfolio of investments and charitable expenditure is largely discretionary, so could be scaled back if income fell below expected levels. There is no over-reliance on donated income or statutory funding. None of the Charity’s activities are subject to external regulation (other than by the Charity Commission) and the Charity does not engage in any regulated activities for Safeguarding purposes. Although our Visiting Caseworkers do not meet the definition of “regulated activity”, they are DBS-checked as an additional measure given their contact with some vulnerable adults and children.

Fundraising

In accordance with the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016, the following statement outlines the approach of the Charity to fundraising in 2022.

At present, and in the light of its significant investment portfolio, the Charity does not actively fundraise, other than through its annual Festival Service at St Paul’s Cathedral, where a general appeal to support the work of the Charity is made. Occasional donations and legacies are also received, but these are not currently actively solicited. The Charity does not contract the services of any professional fundraisers, nor does it have any commercial participator agreements. During the course of the year we did not receive any complaints about our fundraising practice. We do not engage in persistent or intrusive fundraising practices with any of our supporters.

Subject to this, the three main risks identified by Trustees as potentially impacting the work of the Charity are closely related to those identified in our 2020 and 2021 Reports:

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Financial Review

Investments and investment performance

Introduction

Unless otherwise stated, figures are expressed in m (millions) or k (thousands).

The main source of income for the Charity continues to be its investment portfolio. The Charity’s Statement of Investment Policy is reviewed annually by Trustees, and the Investment Committee reviews the performance of the Charity’s investment managers on a regular basis, together with asset allocation. The Charity adopts a long-term approach to investment, seeking to achieve the best possible total return within an acceptable level of risk. The Charity’s investment objective over the mediumterm is to achieve a total return which outperforms the rate of inflation (as measured by CPI) by at least 4.0%.

Total income for the year amounted to £4.71m (2021: £4.26m). Total expenditure amounted to £6.9m (2021: £4.57m). Whilst the number of grants awarded increased by 1,873, representing an increase of 53%, grant expenditure of £4.96m was £1.62m higher than 2021. Further information on our grants expenditure can be found in Note 7 to the financial statements and also under Grant Making of the Trustees’ Report.

Support and governance costs, at £701k, have increased from the 2021 figure of £314k. Similarly, staff costs of £860k were higher than the previous year (2021: £622k). As outlined in the narrative above, this relates to a significant growth in the Trust’s work over several years, including increases in our core grants and services work, and a range of new programmes within our charitable objects. The overall net deficit before net gain on valuation of properties and deficit on investments was £2.19m (2021: net loss of £310k) and reflected a planned policy of Trustees to begin a period of operating deficits after many years of annual surpluses. After taking into account the net deficit on investments of £16.71m (2021: gain on investments of £16.45m) and revaluation gains on the investment property portfolio of £201k (2021: £nil), total funds at year-end decreased by £18.71m (2021: increase of £16.13m).

The Charity seeks to mitigate investment risk by having a diversified portfolio managed by four fund managers. One of these, the Charities Property Fund (CPF), managed by Savills Investment Management Limited, focuses only on property investments and consequently performed less well in the year relative to the other portfolios. The portfolios managed by Sarasin (73% UK and overseas equities) and Cazenove (75%) have a balanced multi-asset approach while the Charles Stanley portfolio is at present almost wholly (98%) focused on equities.

The portfolio values and performance of the four fund managers during 2022 are summarised below. Total investment funds at year-end were £105.4m (2021: £130.1m). Cazenove’s performance benchmark is its long-term (ten-year) target of inflation plus 4%, so not directly comparable to the other benchmarks, which are annual targets. Sarasin’s benchmark is a composite of relevant indices. Charles Stanley’s benchmark is the FTSE All Share index, while the CPF’s benchmark is the AREF/ MSCI All Balanced Property Funds Index.

Manager Value of Portfolio Performance Relative
Portfolio Return Benchmark Performance
£m % % %
Cazenove Capital Management1 25.42 -6.6 5.3 -11.9
Sarasin & Partners LLP2 27.09 -6.7 -6.7 -3.0
Charles Stanley & Co Limited 42.38 -14.0 0.3 -14.3
Charities Property Fund 10.53 -4.3 -9.5 5.2

1 Charity Multi-Asset Fund

2 Alpha CIF for Endowments

The annualised three and five year returns for the Charity’s longerserving investment managers are shown for information here.

Periods ended December Portfolio Performance Relative Portfolio Performance
Relative
2022 (annualised) Return Benchmark Performance Return Benchmark Performance
3 years 5 years
% % % % %
%
Sarasin & Partners LLP1 5.7 7.0 -1.3 5.8 6.1
-0.3
Charles Stanley & Co Ltd 0.9 2.3 -1.4 2.8 2.9
-0.1
Charities Property Fund 3.6 2.2 1.4 4.0 2.9
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1 Alpha CIF for Endowments

The Charity also owns three investment properties, together with some agricultural land in Northamptonshire, which had an independently assessed market value at the year-end of £2.7m (2021: £2.4m). Two of the properties were externally revalued in 2022 by Edward James Surveyors; the value of the remaining property and the agricultural land was reviewed by the trustees.

Funds and reserves policy

The Charity’s total funds as at 31 December 2022 were £116.0m (2021: £134.7m) comprising £114.0m of unrestricted funds (2021: £132.7m) and £2.0m of restricted funds (2021: £2.0m).

The unrestricted funds principally comprise a designated investment fund which as at 31 December 2022 totalled £105.1m (2021: £129.6m). The designated investment fund represents the Charity’s unrestricted investment assets held for the long-term to generate income for the Charity’s current and future activities in support of its beneficiaries. Other unrestricted funds at 31 December 2022 included an undesignated general fund of £2.1m (2021: £1.9m), a designated fund for strategic development and reinvestment of £6.0m which was set up during 2022 and a designated sum of £0.9m (2021: 1.1m) which represents an amount set aside by Trustees for investment in partnerships and special projects as envisaged in the 2019-22 Strategic Plan.

Further information on our investments can be found in Note 11 to the financial statements.

The restricted funds principally comprise the Clergy Orphan Corporation fund, which is restricted to providing financial assistance to children of clergy of the Church of England and of the Church in Wales.

Further details of the designated, restricted and endowment funds held by the Charity can be found in Note 15 to the financial statements.

The Charity’s revised policy on reserves, agreed by Trustees in May 2020, is to hold free reserves (defined as unrestricted net current assets less provisions and excluding any designated funds) sufficient to cover at least three months of forecast operating costs for the current year. As at 31 December 2022 the Charity held free reserves of £1.4m (2021: £1.4m), equivalent to approximately 2.1 months of expected operating costs, (2021: 4.2 months). The trustees are monitoring the reserves position with a view to returning this to 3 months of operating costs in the future.

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Trustees’ Report For the year ended 31 December 2022

Reference and Administrative Details

Officers and Chief Executive

Incorporation and registration

The officers of the Charity during 2022 were as follows:

The Charity now operating under the working name of Clergy Support Trust, and previously (until March 2020) known as Sons & Friends of the Clergy, was originally founded in 1655 by a group of sons of clergymen. It was later incorporated by Royal Charter in 1678 under the name of the Governors of the Charity for Releefe of the Poore Widdowes and Children of Clergymen. The Royal Charter was amended in 1971, in 2012 (as part of the amalgamation, effective 1 January 2013, of the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy and the Friends of the Clergy Corporation), in November 2017 (to amend the Charity’s objects to include the promotion of health) and again in February 2020 (a complete revision of the Royal Charter to bring it into line with Charity Commission guidance). Clergy Support Trust is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales with the number 207736.

Honorary Presidents

The Archbishop of Canterbury The Archbishop of York The Bishop of London The Bishop of Worcester (as Lord High Almoner) The Lord Mayor of the City of London

Honorary Vice-Presidents

Marsha De Cordova MP

The Reverend Prebendary The Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint

The Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE PC QC FBA The Lord Lisvane KCB DL The Rt Hon. Lady May MP

Senior Treasurer

Trustees

The Reverend Canon Simon Butler

The membership of the Court of Assistants did not change during the course of 2022; the following were its members throughout:

Treasurers

Mr Richard Farmbrough The Reverend Nancy Goodrich

The Reverend Canon Simon Butler Mr Adam Chamberlain Ms Constance Chinhengo Mr Martin Cooper The Reverend Canon Dr Jack Dunn Mr Richard Farmbrough The Reverend Nancy Goodrich Mr Jeremy Hargreaves Mr Stephen Hogg Alderman Robert Hughes-Penney Dr Mayowa Jolaoso (subsequently known as Dr Mayowa Marcus) Mrs Jackie Jordan

Chief Executive

The Reverend Ben Cahill-Nicholls

The Charity was privileged to have Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as its Patron, until her death in September 2022.

Registered office

1 Dean Trench Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3HB

Auditors

Buzzacott LLP, 130 Wood Street, London EC2V 6DL

The Reverend Ruth Newton Mr Stephen Slack CBE The Most Reverend Patricia Storey

Investment advisers/managers

Sarasin & Partners LLP, Juxon House, 100 St. Paul’s Churchyard, London EC4M 8BU

Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities

The Court of Assistants is responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

The Court of Assistants is responsible for adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Charity’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and enable it to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations and the provisions of the Royal Charter and Act of Parliament under which the Charity is incorporated. It is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the Court of Assistants to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of the income and expenditure of the Charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Court of Assistants is required to:

The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the Charity and financial information included on the Charity’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Signed on behalf of the Court of Assistants on 23 September 2022.

The Revd Canon Simon Butler Mr Richard Farmbrough Senior Treasurer Treasurer

The Revd Nancy Goodrich Treasurer

Cazenove Charities, 12 Moorgate, London EC2R 6DA

Charles Stanley & Co. Limited, 55 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 3AS

The Charities Property Fund, 33 Margaret Street, London W1G 0JD

Bankers

Messrs C Hoare & Co, 37 Fleet Street, London EC4P 4DQ

National Westminster Bank Plc. PO Box 3038, 57 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0HN

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Independent Auditor’s Report to the Trustees

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Clergy Support Trust (the ‘charity’) for the year ended 31 December 2022 which comprise the statement of financial activities, the balance sheet, the statement of cash flows, and the related notes to the financial statements, including the principal accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’ (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion, the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The trustees are responsible for the other information.

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report and performance review 2022, and the annual report and financial statements, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Matters on which we are required to report

by exception

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities Act 2011 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of Trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement, the trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of noncompliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below.

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:

We assessed the susceptibility of the charity’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the trustees and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and with regulations made under section 154 of that Act. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity’s trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity’s trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Buzzacott LLP, 130 Wood Street, London EC2V 6DL

Date: 21st July 2023

Buzzacott LLP is eligible to act as an auditor in terms of section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006.

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Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2022

Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2022

Statement of Financial Activity For the year ended 31 December 2022

Statement of Financial Activity For the year ended 31 December 2021

Notes
Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies
2
Investments
3
Total income
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
4
Charitable activities
5
Total expenditure
Net (expenditure)/income before
transfers and investment
gains/(losses)

Gain on valuation or property

Net investment (losses)/gains
11
Net (expenditure)/income and
net movement in funds
Total funds brought forward at
1 January 2022
Total funds carried forward at
31 December 2022
15		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
316,363
4,316,025
4,632,388
527,663
6,106,408
6,634,071
(2,001,683)
40,000
(16,569,257)
(18,530,940)
132,592,260
114061320		 Restricted
Funds
£
3,885
76,235
80,120
12,917
255,929
268,846

(188,726)
161,205

(149,907)

(177,428)
2,130,223

1952795		 Total Funds
2022
£
320,248
4,392,260

4,712,508
540,580
6,362,337
6,902,917

(2,190,409)
201,205
(16,719,164)
(18,708,368)
134,722,483
116014115		 Total Funds
2021
£
116,382
4,145,821
4,262,203
314,709
4,257,631
4,572,340

(310,137)
-

16,448,003

16,137,866
118,584,617
134722483

All of the Charity’s activities during the above two financial periods derived from continuing operations.

Notes
Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies
2
Investments
3
Total income
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
4
Charitable activities
5
Total expenditure
Net income/(expenditure) before
transfers and investment
gains/(losses)
Net investment gains/(losses)
11
Net income/(expenditure) and
net movement in funds
Total funds brought forward at
1 January 2021
Total funds carried forward at
31 December 2021
15		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
110,632
4,053,611
4,164,243
305,158
4,159,406
4,464,564
(300,321)
16,382,377
16,082,056
116,510,204

132,592,260		 Restricted
Funds
£
5,750
92,210
97,960
9,551
98,225
107,776
(9,816)
65,626
55,810
2,074,413

2,130,223		 Total Funds
2021
£
116,382
4,145,821
4,262,203
314,709
4,257,631
4,572,340

(310,137)
16,448,003
16,137,866
118,584,617

134,722,483		 Total Funds
2020
£
311,476
3,359,853
3,671,329
271,119
3,460,035
3,731,154
(59,825)
(1,035,840)
(1,095,665)
119,680,282

118,584,617

All of the Charity’s activities during the above two financial periods derived from continuing operations. The notes set out on pages 22 to 32 form part of these financial statements.

The notes set out on pages 22 to 32 form part of these financial statements.

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For the year ended 31 December 2022

Statement of Cashflows For the year ended 31 December 2022

Balance Sheet For the year ended 31 December 2022

Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2022

Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible fxed assets
10
Investment assets
11
Current assets
Debtors
12
Short-term deposits
Cash at bank and in hand

Current liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year
13
Net current assets
Total assets less liabilities
Total net assets
Funds
Unrestricted - Designated
15
Unrestricted
- Designated Specifc
15
Unrestricted - General
15
Restricted
15
Total funds		 £
630,257
108,124,515
211,230
6,012,618
1,391,349
7,615,197
(355,854)
7,259,343		 2022
£
108,754,772

116,014,115
116,014,115
111,993,845
-
2,067,475
1,952,795
116,014,115		 £
656,200
132,603,378
144,425
674,517
945,548
1,764,490
(301,585)
1,462,905		 2021
£
133,259,578
134,722,483
134,722,483
130,524,785
200,000
1,867,475
2,130,223
134,722,483

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Court of Assistants on 13 June 2023 and signed on their behalf by

The Revd Canon Simon Butler The Revd Nancy Goodrich Senior Treasurer Treasurer

The notes set out on pages 22 to 32 form part of these financial statements.

Financial Statements

Total Funds
Total Funds
2022
2021
£
£
Net cash used in operating activities(a)
(6,583,820)
(4,385,156)
Cash fows from investing activities:
Income, interest and rents from investments
3,971,576
4,145,821
Purchase of furniture and equipment
(9,915)
(18,505)
Proceeds from sale of investments
21,077,358
43,092,878
Purchase of investments
(21,029,471)
(43,070,265)
Net cash provided by investing activities
4,009,548
4,149,929
Change in cash and cash equivalents
5,783,901
(235,227)
Cash and cash equivalents brought forward
1,620,065
1,914,165
Cash and cash equivalents carried forward (b)
7,403,967
1,678,938
Reconciliation of net movement in funds
to net cash used in operating activities
(a) Net income/(expenditure)
for the reporting period
(18,708,368)
16,137,866
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charge
35,858
30,811
Income, interest and rents from investments
(4,392,260)
(4,145,821)
Loss/(proft) on sale of fxed assets
-
-
(Gains)/losses on investments
16,719,164
(16,448,003)
(Gains)/losses on investment properties
(201,205)
-
Decrease (increase) in debtors
(66,805)
10,197
Increase in creditors
29,796
29,794
Net cash used in operating activities
(6,583,820)
(4,385,156)
(b) Analysis of changes in net debt
Balance at
Change in
31 Dec 2021
net debt
£
£
Cash at bank and in hand
945,548
445,801
Short term deposits
674,5175,338,101
1,620,065
5,783,902		 Balance at
31 Dec 2022
£
1,391,349
6,012,618
7,403,967

The notes set out on pages 22 to 32 form part of these financial statements.

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Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2022

Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2022

Clergy Support Trust (“the Charity”) is a corporation governed by Royal Charter and a charity registered in England & Wales with the registered address of 1 Dean Trench Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3HB. Its principal charitable activity is the provision of financial grants and other support to Anglican clergy households in times of hardship or crisis.

1 Accounting policies

(a) Basis of preparation and assessment of going concern

The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

The financial statements are presented in pounds sterling which is the Charity’s functional currency. Unless otherwise stated, amounts are rounded to the nearest £1.

The Charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the Charity’s ability to continue as a going concern. The most significant area of uncertainty that affects the future carrying value of the assets held by the Charity is the level of investment return and the performance of investment markets (see the investment policy and performance and risk management sections of the trustees’ annual report for more information).

Details of the various funds held and of the terms on which each of those funds is held are set out in Note 16 to the financial statements.

Income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities when entitlement is both reliably measurable and there is probable receipt. Where income derived from endowment funds is unrestricted this is included within unrestricted funds. Income comprises donations, legacies, income from listed investments and rental income from the Charity’s investment properties.

Legacies are recognised following the granting of probate when the administrator or executor for the estate has communicated in writing both the amount and settlement date. In the event that the legacy is in the form of an asset other than cash or a financial asset traded on a recognised stock exchange, recognition is subject to the value of the legacy being reliably measurable with a degree of reasonable certainty.

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and notification has been received from the bank. Income from investment funds is recognised once notification has been received from the investment advisors. Dividends are recognised once the dividend has been declared and notification has been received of the dividend due. Income derived from the letting of the Charity’s investment properties is recognised in the period to which the tenancy relates.

(d)

Expenditure recognition

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the Charity to that expenditure, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and includes irrecoverable VAT. All expenses including support costs and governance costs are allocated to the applicable expenditure headings.

Grants are considered as gifts from the Charity and are made at the full discretion of the Trustees to beneficiaries in the furtherance of the charitable objects of the Charity. In the case of an unconditional grant offer, this is accrued once the recipient has been notified of the grant award. Deferred grants are grants that have been awarded but are not payable until some future date. Most school fees grants and certain other grants are paid by instalments and some other grants are awarded for payment at a future date.

(e) Governance costs

Governance costs comprise all costs associated with the strategic as opposed to day-to-day management of the Charity’s activities together with the public accountability of the Charity and its compliance with regulations and good practice.

(f) Expenditure on raising funds

Expenditure on raising funds consists of investment management costs and an allocation of staff costs based on staff time. Investment funds management costs are allocated on the basis of percentage holdings of investments in each of the Charity’s funds. Investment property costs are those relating to the individual properties held in each of the Charity’s funds.

(g) Expenditure on charitable activities

Expenditure on charitable activities consists of grants made, an allocation of staff costs based on staff time and all support and governance costs. These costs have been allocated wholly to charitable activities as a significant proportion of the Charity’s investments are managed externally and the amount spent on fundraising is insignificant.

(h) Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

Freehold properties are included at cost. No depreciation is provided on such properties as the Charity is an unincorporated charity, and the estimated residual values are considered to be in excess of cost. Regular maintenance is carried out on these properties to mitigate against any indicator of impairment.

All assets costing over £1,000 are capitalised and stated at historical cost. Depreciation is charged on a straight line basis on fixtures and fittings and equipment over their estimated useful life from the year of acquisition of ten, five and three years, respectively.

(i) Fixed asset investments

Fixed asset investments that are a form of basic financial instrument are initially recognised at their transaction value and subsequently measured at their fair value as at the reporting date using the closing quoted market price.

Fixed asset investment properties are measured at fair value at each reporting date.

(l)

All gains and losses on investments are taken to the Statement of Financial Activities as they arise. Realised gains and losses on investments are calculated as the difference between sales proceeds and transaction value. Unrealised gains and losses for the year are calculated as the difference between the fair value at the year end and the opening carrying value, or the transaction value if acquired in the financial year. Realised and unrealised gains and losses on investments are combined in the Statement of Financial Activities.

Financial assets and liabilities

The Charity only has financial assets and liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. With the exception of the fixed asset investments referred to in (i) above, the Charity’s basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.

The main form of financial risk faced by the Charity is that of volatility in investment markets due to wider economic conditions.

(m)

Key judgements and estimates

(j) Gains and losses on investments

The preparation of the financial statements requires the Trustees to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities, and the disclosures of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements. If in the future such estimates and assumptions, which are based on the Trustees’ best judgement at the date of the financial statements, deviate from the actual circumstances, the original estimates and assumptions will be modified as appropriate in the year in which the circumstances change. The Trustees consider the following to be the main sources of estimation uncertainty:

All gains and losses on investments are taken to the Statement of Financial Activities as they arise. Realised gains and losses on investments are calculated as the difference between sales proceeds and transaction value. Unrealised gains and losses for the year are calculated as the difference between the fair value at the year end and the opening carrying value, or the transaction value if acquired in the financial year. Realised and unrealised gains and losses on investments are combined in the Statement of Financial Activities.

(k)

Pensions

2 Donations and legacies

Donations
Legacies
Donations
Legacies		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
94,310
222,053
316,363
Unrestricted
Funds
£
69,632
41,000
110,632		 Restricted
Funds
£

2,885

1,000

3,885
Restricted
Funds
£

5,750

-

5,750		 Total Funds
2022
£

97,195

223,053

320,248
Total Funds
2021
£

75,382

41,000

116,382

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Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2022

Notes to the Financial Statements (cont.) For the year ended 31 December 2022

3 Investment income

Rental income
Income from investment funds
Bank Interest
Rental income
Income from investment funds
Bank Interest		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
52,168
4,263,282
575
4,316,025
Unrestricted
Funds
£
54,638
3,998,872
101
4,053,611		 Restricted
Funds
£
32,880
43,015
340
76,235
Restricted
Funds
£
26,830
65,379
1
92,210		 Total Funds
2022
£
85,048
4,306,297
915
4,392,260
Total Funds
2021
£
81,468
4,064,251
102
4,145,821

5 Expenditure on charitable activities

Grants (see note 6)
Support and governance costs (see note 7)
Staff costs (see note 8)
Grants (see note 6)
Support and governance costs (see note 7)
Staff costs (see note 8)		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
4,702,076
701,895
702,437
6,106,408
Unrestricted
Funds
£
3,241,032
314,526
603,848
4,159,406		 Restricted
Funds
£
255,929
-
-
255,929
Restricted
Funds
£
98,225
-
-
99,225		 Total Funds
2022
£
4,958,005
701,895
702,437
6,362,337
Total Funds
2021
£
3,339,257
314,526
603,848
4,257,631

All support and governance costs have been allocated to charitable activities as the amount spent on cost of generating funds is insignificant. Staff costs are allocated on the basis on estimated staff time.

4 Expenditure on raising funds

Investment management costs
- investment properties
- investment funds
Staff costs (see note 8)
Investment management costs
- investment properties
- investments
Staff costs (see note 8)		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
18,243
350,925
158,495

527,663
Unrestricted
Funds
£
13,068
274,055
18,035
305,158		 Restricted
Funds
£
8,946
3,971
-
12,917
Restricted
Funds
£
5,433
4,118
-
9,551		 Total Funds
2022
£
27,189
354,896
158,495
540,580
Total Funds
2021
£
18,501
278,173
18,035
314,709

6 Grants

During the year, the Charity awarded 5,418 grants to qualifying individuals and organisations (2021: 3,545).

Serving clergy households
Retired clergy households
Divorced or separated spouses
Ordinands (health and book grants)
Widows/Widowers
Children of Clergy
Organisations		 Number
of grants
4,428
302
204
76
77
322
9
5,418		 2022
£
3,975,031
271,157
194,583
57,450
69,554
251,091
139,139
4,958,005		 Number
of grants
3,047
217
139
73
63
-
6
3,545		 2021
£
2,708,865
201,533

143,443

52,974

61,967

-
170,475

3,339,257

Serving clergy includes retired clergy who are still in active ministry with a bishop’s Permission to Officiate (PTO).

Investment management costs are allocated to the funds on the basis of percentage holdings of investments held in each fund. Investment property costs comprise management fees and property maintenance costs relating to properties held in each fund. Staff costs are allocated on the basis of estimated staff time.

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Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2022

Notes to the Financial Statements (cont.) For the year ended 31 December 2022

6 Grants (cont.)

In addition to the above, and gradually replacing the book grants for ordinands which are being phased out, the Charity partnered with SPCK Publishing to provide free subscriptions for its Clergy Support Trust Library e-book resource to ordinands, Anglican curates-in-training and others (eg diocesan staff and theological college librarians) as follows:

Number of
2022
subscriptions
£
Clergy Support Trust Library
1,205
0
The breakdown of grants expenditure by type of support was as follows:
Number
2022
of grants
£
Financial support
347
893,557
Emergencies
2,721
1,348,293
Health
748
612,681
Wellbeing
1,600
1,953,726
Training support (grants)
2
-
Training support (Clergy Support Trust Library)
-
-
Organisations
5 149,748
5,423
4,958,005		 Number of
subscriptions
1,743
Number
of grants
281
1,725
608
917
8
-
6
3,545		 2021
£
20,475
2021
£
718,513
829,798
479,104
1,139,196
2,170
20,475
150,000
3,339,256

The following organisations received grants from the Charity:

Society of Mary & Martha – £50,000 (2021: £50,000). This charity, also known as Sheldon, supports people in ministry at times of stress, crisis, burnout or breakdown.

Holy Rood House/ Centre for Health and Pastoral Care – £20,000 (2021: £15,000). This charity provides professional therapeutic support and relaxation for Anglican clergy, their partners (current or former) and families.

St Lukes Healthcare – £7,649 (2021: £nil).

Clergy Transition Service – £nil (2021: £10,000) Grant for coaching and mentoring support for clergy when dealing with challenging or transitional periods of change.

Research – £nil (2021: £10,000) Research project into Clergy Wellbeing.

In addition, grants were made to the following two care homes in respect of residents who were beneficiaries:

College of St Barnabas – individual grants were awarded to 16 residents of the College of St. Barnabas, totaling £63,100 (2021: 11 individual grants totaling £48,000). The College is a retirement community for Anglican clergy and their spouses, as well as clergy widows, with a significant number of residents whose means are insufficient to meet the costs incurred for their care.

Terrys Cross – an individual grant was awarded to one resident of Terrys Cross Trust totaling £6,000 (2021: one resident totaling £6,000). This charity provides retirement accommodation and respite care for those associated with the Church of England.

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Support and governance
Unrestricted
Funds
£
Support costs:
Festival costs
77,990
Property costs
266,199
Marketing & communication
65,926
Recruitment costs
15,445
Offce equipment maintenance
38,874
Website costs
14,824
Staff training
18,256
Other offce expenses
128,044
Legal and professional
37,906
Governance costs:
Legal and professional
22,231
Auditor’s remuneration
16,200
701,895		 costs
Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Total Funds
2022
£
77,990
266,199
65,926
15,445
38,874
14,824
18,256
128,044
37,906
22,231
16,200
701,895
8 Staff costs
2022
2021
£
£
Salaries
710,112
524,928
Social security costs
78,429
45,862
Pension costs (see note 17)
72,39151,092
860,932
621,882
These net costs comprise the staff costs referred to in Notes 4 and
5 and have been allocated on the basis on estimated staff time.
During the year under review, the following staff earned total
emoluments, excluding employer’s pension costs, in excess of
£60,000:
2022
2021
No.
No.
£60,000 - £70,000
–
–
£70,000 - £80,000
1
1
£80,000 - £90,000
–
1
£90000 - £100000
1
–

Support costs:
Festival costs
Property costs
Marketing & communication
Recruitment costs
Offce equipment maintenance
Website costs
Staff training
Other offce expenses
Legal and professional
Governance costs:
Legal and professional
Auditor’s remuneration		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
64,796
58,508
41,035
9,837

51,058
3,660
7,113
56,183
6,076
-
16,260
314,526		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Total Funds
2021
£
64,796
58,508
41,035
9,837
51,058
3,660
7,113
56,183
6,076
-
16,260
314,526

The Charity’s key management personnel during the year comprised the members of the Court of Assistants, the Chief Executive, the Director of Charitable Services, and the Heads of Finance & Operations and External Relations. Total employment benefits, including employer pension contributions, of the key management personnel in 2022 were £332,103 (2021: £258,054) in relation to four staff (2021: three). Two employees had benefits in excess of £60k (2021: two).

The average number of employees, analysed by function, was:

Generating funds, grants and support
Administration and governance		 2022
14
2
16		 2021
9

2
11

Pension costs

2022 2021 £ £ Pension payments (10% Personal Pension Plan) 72,391 47,677 Death in Service premiums & admin costs 3,137 900 75,528 48,577

The annual Festival is the most significant event in the Charity’s year, providing the opportunity to celebrate both the support that the Charity is able to give its beneficiaries today and the nearly four-hundred-year tradition on which the Charity is founded. Through the Festival Service and Dinner, the Charity increases the awareness of its activities and benefits from the generous donations received, including those from Stewards, the Livery Companies and the collection at the Service.

Members of the Court of Assistants did not receive any remuneration or benefits in kind in respect of their services during the year under review (2021: none). Travel expenses of £10,006 (2021: £3,829) were reimbursed to 8 Trustees (2021: 9).

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Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2022

Notes to the Financial Statements (cont.) For the year ended 31 December 2022

9 Auditor’s remuneration 11 Investment assets

2022 2021 £ £ Investment properties - United Kingdom 2,700,000 2,498,795 Investment funds 105,424,515 130,104,583 108,124,515 132,603,378 2022 2021 £ £ a) Investment properties - United Kingdom Market value at 1 January 2,498,795 2,498,795 Additions - - - - Profit/(loss) on sale Net gain on revaluation 201,205 - Market value at 31 December 2,700,000 2,498,795 Historical cost at 31 December 239,897 239,897

The auditor’s remuneration comprised an audit fee of £14,500

(2021: £12,880).

10 Tangible fixed assets

Cost (as restated)
At 1 January 2022
Addition
Disposal
At 31 December 2022
Depreciation
At 1 January 2022
Charge for year
Disposal
At 31 December 2022

Net book value
At 31 December 2022
At 31 December 2021		 Freehold
Property
£
500,775
-
-
500,775
-
-
-
-
500,775
500,775		 Fixtures,
ftings and
equipment
£

295,928

9,915
(44,045)

261,798
140,503

35,858
(44,045)
132,316

129,482

155,425		 Total
£

796,703

9,915
(44,045)

762,573

140,503

35,858
(44,045)
132,316

630,257

656,200

Investment properties are valued at open Market Value at the balance sheet date. Investment properties have been valued by Berrys Chartered Surveyors, Edward James Surveyors and Tuckerman Chartered Surveyors, in accordance with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ “Valuation – the Global Standards 2017”. The Trustees of the Charity have adopted a policy of obtaining an independent valuation for the investment properties every five years, and adjusting the most recent valuation by a suitable property price index annually to account for any material differences arising in the intervening years.

The Charity’s property at 1 Dean Trench Street in Westminster is a ‘mixed use’ property comprising the Charity’s office and a threebedroom residential flat which is rented out. The property was previously classified as a freehold property under tangible fixed assets and shown at cost. Since 2019 the residential component of the property has been reclassified as an investment property (see note 11). The land and operational component of the building remain classified as a freehold property under tangible fixed assets.

b) Investment funds
Market value at 1 January
Additions
Disposals

Net gain/(loss) on revaluation

Market value at 31 December

Cash balances held with
investment managers

Historical cost at 31 December		 Total
2022
£
130,104,583
3,304,214
(11,960,316)
(16,719,164)
104,729,317
695,198
105,424,515
93,848,695		 Total
2021
£
113,620,320
43,070,265
(43,092,878)
16,448,003
130,045,710
58,873
130,104,583
101,368,530

The investments at the end of the year were held in realisable funds consisting of the following:

The Sarasin portfolio is invested in the Alpha CIF for Endowments. This fund is diversified across the world’s principal stock, bond and currency markets, together with investments in alternative assets such as property, commodities and hedge funds. Holdings are at the bid price. The basis of fair value for quoted investments is equivalent to the market value, using the bid price. The Cazenove portfolio is invested in the Charities Multi Asset Fund. This is a long term investment fund with a diversified strategy investing in equities, bonds, property and alternative assets. As at January 2021 the portfolio was transferred wholly to The Responsible Multi Asset Fund. In the Charles Stanley Discretionary portfolio, investment in equities, unit trusts and fixed interest securities are all traded in quoted public markets. Holdings are valued at the closing mid price. No single investment was more than 5% of the total portfolio. The investment in the Charities Property Fund is valued using the NAV price.

Sarasin Alpha CIF for Endowments
Cazenove Charities Charity Multi
Asset Fund
Charles Stanley Discretionary
Portfolio
Charities Property Fund		 2022
2021
£
£
27,087,733
30,823,026
25,419,377
28,329,144
42,385,638
59,520,740
10,531,767
11,431,673
105,424,515130,104,583		 2021
£
30,823,026
28,329,144
59,520,740
11,431,673

The split of the holdings at 31 December was:

Fixed interest
UK Equities
Global Equities
Property
Alternative Assets
Cash & Near Cash		 Total
Total
2022
2021
£
£
6,031,102
5,209,389
36,968,624
53,445,458
39,015,366
48,365,422
14,317,484
15,184,472
5,595,548
6,059,544
3,496,391
1,840,298
105,424,515130,104,583

At 31 December 2022, listed investments included the following individual holdings deemed material when compared with the overall investment portfolio (including cash held by investment managers):

Value of Percentage Value of Percentage
holding of portfolio holding of portfolio
2022 2022 2021 2021
£ % £ %
Sarasin Endowments Fund Class A Inc 26,463,678 25 30,530,090 24
SUTL Cazenove Charity Multi-Asset S Inc 25,419,377 24 28,329,144 22
Charities Property Fund 10,531,767 10 11,431,675 9

The significance of financial instruments to the ongoing financial sustainability of the Charity is considered in the financial review section of the Trustees’ Annual Report. The main risk to the Charity from financial instruments in the future lies in the combination of uncertain investment markets and volatility in yield, which is mitigated through the Charity’s Investment Policy.

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Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2022

Notes to the Financial Statements (cont.) For the year ended 31 December 2022

12 Debtors

Income tax recoverable
Cash held by investment managers
Prepayments & other debtors
All prepayments relate to unrestricted
funds in both 2021 and 2020.		 Total
2022
£
6,837
111,119
93,274
211,230		 Total
2021
£

4,276

127,693
12,456

144,425

13 Current liabilities

Total Total 2022 2021 £ £ Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Grant commitments 258,617 202,825 Accruals 97,237 98,769 355,854 301,585

Deferred grants:
Balance brought forward
New grants committed to in year
Grants paid
Balance carried forward		 2022
£
202,825
417,658
(361,866)
258,617		 2021
£

208,115

434,658
(439,948)
202,825

Deferred grants are grants that have been awarded but which are not payable until some future date. Most school fees grants and a number of other grants are paid by instalments and certain other grants are awarded for payment at a future date.

14 Operating lease commitments

As at 31 December, the Charity had total commitments under noncancellable operating leases as set out below:

Amounts due:
Within one year
Within 2 - 5 years		 2022
£
1,387
2,773
4160		 2021
£

1,387

5,547

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15 Statement of funds

The following were the Charity’s funds during the year under review.

Unrestricted funds

General fund

The unrestricted general funds are applied by the Trustees in accordance with the objects of the Charity (see the Objectives, Activities and Public Benefit section of the Trustees’ Report on page 5).

Designated investment funds

The designated investment funds represent the carrying value of the Charity’s investments that are not held in restricted or endowment funds as at 31 December 2022. The investment fund has been ring-fenced to demonstrate that the assets are being held for the long-term to generate income to support the Charity’s future activities in support of its beneficiaries. In addition, the Trustees passed resolutions in December 2020 to designate a sum of £1 million for expenditure on Partnerships and Special Projects over the next 3-5 years and in April 2022 to reallocate £8m of investments to a secure cash fund for Strategic Development.

Restricted funds

Clergy Orphan Corporation

The Clergy Orphan Corporation (COC) is restricted as its beneficiaries are limited to children of clergy of the Church of England and of the Church in Wales. The fund includes the investment assets held to generate the income required to fund the Charity’s core activities insofar as they relate to beneficiaries covered by the above restriction.

Other restricted funds

These funds represent donations that are restricted by their terms as to their use.

15 Statement of funds (cont.)

Unrestricted Funds
General
Designated
- General
- Strategic Reinvestment
- Partnerships &
Special Projects
- Refurbishment fund
Restricted Funds
COC - General
Other Restricted Funds
Total Funds
Unrestricted Funds
General
Designated
- General
- Partnerships &
Special Projects
- Refurbishment fund
Restricted Funds
COC - General
Other Restricted Funds
Total Funds		 Balance at
1 January
2022
£
1,867,475
129,614,885
-
909,900
200,000
132,592,260
2,124,590
5,633
2,130,223
134,722,483
Balance at
1 January
2021
£
2,167,796
113,232,508
909,900
200,000
116,510,204
2,068,780
5,633
2,074,413
118,584,617		 Income
£
-
4,632,388
-
-
-
4,632,388
80,120
-
80,120
4,712,508
Income
£
4,164,243
-
-
-
4,164,243
97,960
-
97,960
4,262,203		 Expenditure
losses
£
-
(4,646,689)
(1,987,382)
-

-
(6,634,071)
(263,213)
(5,633)
(268,846)
(6,902,917)
Expenditure
£
(4,464,564)
-
-
-
(4,464,564)
(107,776)
-
(107,776)
(4,572,340)		 Other
recognised
gains and
£
-
16,529,257

-
-
-
(16,529,257)
11,298
-
11,298
(16,516,959)
Other
recognised
gains and
losses
£
-
16,382,377
-
-
16,382,377
65,626
-
65,626
16,448,003		 Transfer
of funds
£
200,000
(8,000,000)
8,000,000
-
(200,000)

-
-
-
-

-
Transfer
of funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Balance at
31 December
2022
£
2,067,475
105,071,327
6,012,618
909,900

-
114,061,320
1,952,795
-
1,952,795
116,014,115
Balance at
31 December
2021
£
1,867,475
129,614,885
909,900
200,000
132,592,260
2,124,590
5,633
2,130,223
134,722,483

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Notes to the Financial Statements (cont.) For the year ended 31 December 2022

16 Analysis of net assets between funds

Tangible fxed assets
Investment properties
Investment funds

Net current assets

Tangible fxed assets
Investment properties
Investment funds

Net current assets
 Unrestricted
Funds
£
630,257
1,700,000
104,560,173
7,170,890
114,061,320
Unrestricted
Funds
£
656,200
1,660,000
128,897,723
1,378,337
132,593,260		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
1,000,000
864,342
88,453
1,952,795
Restricted
Funds
£
-
838,795
1,206,860
84,568
2,130,223		 Total Funds
2022
£
630,257
2,700,000
105,424,515
7,259,343
116,014,115
Total Funds
2021
£
656,200
2,498,795
130,104,583
1,462,904
134,722,483

17 Pensions

The Charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme in compliance with auto-enrolment. Contributions of £72,391 (2021: £47,677) were made in the year.

18 Related party transactions

During the year no trustees made donations to the charity (2021: none).

19 Financial instruments

Financial instruments
2022 2021
£ £
Financial Assets
Financial assets at amortised cost 7,615,197
1,794,490
Financial instruments at fair value 105,424,515 130,104,586
Financial Liabilities
Financial liabilities at amortised cost 355,853 301,585

Financial assets measured at amortised cost comprise cash at bank and in hand, short-term cash deposits, trade debtors, other debtors and accrued income. Financial instruments at fair value comprise investment funds managed by external investment managers, valued at fair value at the balance sheet date. Further information is included in Note 11. Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost comprise accruals and other commitments.

20 Capital Commitments

At 31 December 2022 the charity had capital commitments of £nil (2021: £194,823) relating to works at 1 Dean Trench Street.

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