DIOCESE
of
ELY
Ely Diocesan Board of Finance
A company Ilmli•d by guaiantee and nol havlng a share capltal
A•9lst•r•d in England No.. 00142183 IEn9land & Wales) Charity No: 245456
Report & Accounts
For the year ended 31 December 2022

ELY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FWANCE
Tabl• ol corthhts
Pag¢
Mission SlateThnt
Legal (YJiKINeS
Stiategic Report
Slrat8gic airns
Objedives lor the yeai
livilies and khvèvernerrts in lh• ￿al
Future ￿an5
Financial rewew
PrinLipal th and uncwlainios
sliue1u￿ aThJ Governance
Trustee Respon5*ilitigs
14
Adminislralive d8tsi
15
Aut*toffj' ieport
17
Corwh"dated Sla*nt of Ftrmnual ActNthes
19
Summary incoffya and oxpendswre a¢ctyJnl
20
Consoh"dat•d Balal￿ Shé
21
QJn501idat8d Siat8n*nl ol Cash fl¢Jv45
22
Noles to Ihe Accolmts

ELY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE
MISSION STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
We pray to be generous and visible people
of Jesus Christ
Nurture è ￿nIh￿en1 peO￿e ol Ge
Develop heaNhy churches
Serve Ihe comrnunity
Re-imagine Qui building5
Tawget support io key ar•as
To •ngw lulty and courageousty wrth the ol our C￿munitIes, kxalty ano gthalty.
To grow Go(fs clwrth by Iillrfing di5¢ipbs and nurturing leaders.
To deep•n wr tomNtmfit to ihrw9h word. wtsrsh¥J, and pra￿r.

ELY OIOCESAN BOARD OF RNANCE
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OECEIIBER 2022
Th¢ twsf88s, who are aLso di￿0￿ tor thè purposes ol ctynpany law. pres•nl th•r cornbined annual trusiee5'
rewrt and thr￿101s. roport. together Ihe auoliled hnanckal staiamen15. lorthe year 31 tlecember 2022.
The directoisltruslees are one and ihe same and In S￿￿"n9 as I￿￿tee$ they are also soning Ihe slial£g￿ report
seclions n Iheir capacity as threctors of Ety Diocesan Boafd ol F￿ance Ilhe 8oafdl.
This c¢￿￿e0 ￿P)rt sato1￿$ thè Wl reqwrernents for..
A Directors Fleport ol a chaiiiab18 c(￿..
A Sirat9s¥¢ Rep4)rt uTrJor Ihe Companies PAX 2(lJ6; and
A TÉusteès Anrnol Rwl wvjef the cha￿ Aci 2011.
LEGAL 0gJecmv£s
The obl￿1Ve$ ol Ihe thocese ol Ety covgr ggogrnp1*￿ area ol the Oioce5e.
Boards pri￿1paI Obl￿tiVe 18 to protth)1g. a5Si5t dnd advanc8 the work of u￿ ChurEh ol EnglaThl in Ihe Diocese
ol Ely by ackn'ng as Ihe I￿ar￿lar execLrtive ol Ihe Ety IhKesan Synod.
The Board has tl)e loRowng slatuw respOns￿tie￿.
the man4gomeM ot gkn property ￿VeS￿r￿ts to wrale income io sukyort thè c05t of slwrKIs
from the En¢*Mnent and Glth Measure 1976:
th8 repaii of benefico houses as the tX"ocesan Parscxwge 8oard under Ihe Repair of Benelice ￿lI￿ngS
Measuie 1972".
the managemoni ol tnve51rnenls and Ihe cwlothan of as￿$ r8lah.ny to C￿rch schook unda¥ the
O*)cesan Board ot Education Measure 2021:
the custodian ol Ferrnaneni endowment and real pro￿rtY assels ￿lating 10 Iwsis held by Incumbents
and ArchdeaCC￿ an¢J by Parochial Church Councls as Dwesan Authority under the Incumbetsts and
Churchwardens ITw51sl Measure 1W an(J the Par￿hla1 Chjrth Cour￿11$ {PoweTsI Measure 1956.
Theslrategk priorities olthe 808rd are eslabI￿￿ed by the DK(esan sY￿d in W￿M￿n￿all￿ wilh Dpan8ry Synods,
Paro¢hihl ChLtrch Councls. a￿1 the &shop ol Ety Im resp8cI ol lis for the prowsion ol CU￿ ol
souls). To ths end. $W￿lI￿arnt b.me and ellort ￿ conNnrtled to ¢E¥ThjThJn￿atlQn between and with Ihese boclies, as
well as wth the thu14* naiw)nally', inclk¥JirvJ an anrwal series of consuiiaiions on matlers ielaling io the
priorities for the forthconwwyear. taking fotward comThMlmenls ansng from the DKJces8n Conference ¥tcludiThJ
Ihe Diocesan Budget.
STRATEGIC AIMS
Thè 8oard uns lo PrOn￿)te, lacilitaie. and assbt with Ihe wrmk and pu￿￿e$ of Glwreh of En9knd lor the
advancement ol the Christian faith in the DKtese d Ely ar¥J 8Lse*thèr8.
The Board's strttegy for a¢hievin9 ts c*Jieciives is lo MaKrta￿ Ihe sound tIna￿la1 sttucbjre needed 10 8n8t48 it lo
contsnue supporting the c￿rgY th￿ the paymenl of stpeThts. manatyng par50nages and other mir#s1￿￿al
housing and 81so by Pfowdin9 other lactlrties and resources ￿ surrf>ort ol lh2 mintslry of both d8w and lay people
in parishes a¢￿9$ Ihe Dioc￿.
The key acti￿lIeS may be 5umrnaiised as..
Mission and Minislry in the Panshes li￿ludeS 80 del￿ ￿31r￿N￿. h)using, StPBnd5. pensi(￿ arKI all olher
expendiiuie supporting parish.based rr#ntsiryl:
Education funding lirLludes wport ILY sthcdsl..
Implementaii¢)n ol slralegic grrywlh pK¥ects.' aThJ
Conlrbylvjns lor nalional Imwnty by grant 6￿p￿lI.
Tho liustees ol Ihe Board are awwe ol Ihe Charity Commissions on PLth t*r)elil. 'The Ath￿r￿emen1
of Rel￿10n lor the P￿)1￿ 88￿111. have h￿1 regard to il in ath1intstra￿an of the Board.

ELY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
Tho Iwsiees believe thai, by promoliog the y￿r￿ of the Ghulch ol England in thè Dirte5e ol Ely. they h81p to
promote the whole mission ol thg ¢huKh (paslor81, ev8ngel16t￿. and e￿Men￿all more ellecliv8ly, both in
Ihe Diocese a5 a wholè and in rt5 indN&lual panshès, Ihat in thing so r( provides a ben8111 to the publi¢ by..
Providing 18¢ilities for public Wofship. pastoral caie. and spiiitual. mo¥al. and ￿telleC1ual develLVmtrnl,
both tor ils mertjors and lor anyo￿ who wshes to beThelit frorn what Ihe Chu￿￿ offeis". and
Promoiing Christian values. and seNice by membets ol the Ctturth Hi to their CO￿￿Unities, to the
benglit ol individuats arKI society as a whole.
OBJECTIVES FOR THE YEAR
To erwurage more peoplo lo bgcomo (lirth invow In the rT4SSiC￿ ol tho Church ot EnglaThJ Trn thg
Diocese ol Ely.
To support d•aneries in th8 cdkntion ol Ministry Share..
To engage ￿th ccxmmunth'es across the Diocese..
To wiew the ￿l￿at￿lfi of funding resources lo mission pr(iecls'.
To rèview the ￿1¢Xation ol person1￿1 resourees its mission propcts,. and
To rnview the support availaue tor Church Schools acmss the LI.￿eSe.
ACnVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE YEAR
Op•ralional p•rtormane8
This ha8 beèn a transilional yoar as the woikl emerged from the pandern￿ giviro an opportunity lo caich up wrt
some prq.ecis ty) h(￿sing maintenanc8 and repair combined with a higher level ol aciivily in lerms ol clerg
movements. There has been a reyiew ol Mission and Mifti8try support in the Diocese and arrival of now stall in
both MissK)n and Mirw$try and S¢hod$ has gNgn tine lorthese w4ew5 of oper8tirM in tK*th departments.
The Diwesan Offic¢ remained closed Ihrou9hout the yeaT and offi￿ staff ¢onlinued 10 cperato from iheir homgs.
Our stalf were able lo continue lo rely on systerns Ihal had been imp￿rne￿ted in the previously, meanfng that they
were able lo eoniinue to provide a high level of seNte 10 our clergy aftd pari%he5. At the time ol writing th8 ofliegs
are open lo slafl ollering a central facility though u59 ts reStr￿ted 10 inlernal cornM[n￿all0n onty. Dth6san Skfl
continue lo op81al8 principally Irom hom8.
Plans and achIe￿menta in 2022
For 2022 Ihe Board rAanned lo.
Maintain clergy stipeThds al the lev81 iecommended ty th8 Archbishcys, Council..
Make provision lor the training and support ol bolh kay and ordainws in palish minislry,.
Encourage patishgs In their generosily in lunding rntssion arKI ministry through m￿lsIry Shar8.. and
Maintain an ellecliv? repair and maintenance sefvice to c￿rgY in ￿spect of breakages or rjamage to their
homas, and
ContiAue Siage l of the fharying ma￿et Tovms. Inibati¥e.
Commènce a nurnber of initid Proj￿IS in Phas8 2 01 Its mitialive.
During 2022 Ihe Board has".
Engaged with deaneries and parishes 10 8UPPOrt par￿he8 increase Inth'y￿1Ual gmng. ￿arfIng to 7 01 our
deaneries ￿hlEving Ihe payrnent in luu ol Ihwr minisiry sharè allocaiv)ns lor Ihe year..
work￿ ¢losely with each of our deaneries lo continue io make paymenls ol parish shalè achieving an
overall colleclion rate 0195%:
Maintained a cler9y hou51ng rnaintenance prograrn￿ to ensurè repairs report8d were carried out
promptly.,
Reviewed with Ihe eèntral t1￿￿h 8ulhorit* tho fiAan¢ial str￿l￿re to the brst stage ol the fhanging
Market Towns". Budgets havo ffjcalibraied to secure thB Gontinugd 0paraI￿jn ol sorn& ol the 1
piojecls inlo 202314.
Conwnenced a nurrthr ol proj8ct5 in Phas• 2 of Iha chawTrJ markel lown5 prciect.

ELY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
Overall. dewle thg diff￿￿1￿$. the D8F athtsved an irtrease in inconE lo É10.569m. Anhough Ministry Share
collection was ma￿l￿alty up on 2021 IwJure. th8 re¢Athon in ¥Kome recwvgd frorn inveslrnenls during t
period lirnitéd the exlent of $C￿e operalions.
Inv•8lment pgrtorman¢e
Inveslmenls li￿lUdIng St1p￿￿ts lundl are hèhj in both gletse and other Board lunds. The v￿ue ol investrnents
(excluding short-term cash depo*tsl ￿ 31 De￿ber 2022 was £81.2m12021". £84ml and bè5gd on the year end
value the relum ￿ ￿VeStMent was 3.8%12tr21.' 3.7%).
Gbbal equity math•ts wale extremèly vdatilg Ihmugh0￿ the year. man factors ¢￿tr￿Ul￿n9 to Ihis wets
continury war in Ukrai)e anij Ihe varw.ng eflecls that had on the tthy supFty of p¥o¢knts and m8l¢ri* normamy
sou¥ced Irom boih RUs￿a and Llkfaine. The w.ke ￿ Ihe price of Gas intemal￿al1Y and the alle￿ Ilys sudden rise
had on global pr¢)ducts)n costs. Al t1￿ end o108cembw 3)22. all map)r equily mark￿s cknsed lower Ihan the I
January value. Global co￿emS abcxrt rigng levets ol Wilki￿n. in part a¢celeiale(I by the rises ITh IUEI costs ￿VIe￿
on coryanies, lorced rnany lead￿9 central banks lo launch tradthonal c￿tel infla1￿nary measures seeing
inlèresl rale5 to rise to Ihe hwJhest levels seen fol ovei 10y6ars. The Board has taken ihe opportunity to re$liucture
part ol rts invesiment portlolK) dur+ng the yeai. Part of this restructuring has seen the diwvestmenl Irom 1055
Iugls and minirMJ sectors. Trn¢Jilionalty the$8 se¢lors ol the markel provth a sigmth'eanl leve10l dNi¢*nd Iwding.
While our managèrs do strive the idenlify al￿rnate souwees ol revenue. it is ckar Ihat the movetnent has irnpacted
on the income receipts ol the Board. The second element re¥ie* Saw tITe S)aTd arnend 118 management ol
invesimcnts. auoesng lo 8 process lo rethxe the nunber tl inve5tmenl managers *istll￿ed Irorn Iouf lo thre8.
Thi5 WOC95s cortyleted in spn.ng 2023. In lalling rna￿ts the valu8 of invesimonis ha5 been mainlaned by capitsl
rece015 Irorn Ihe sale ol a ol parcels ol 9￿be ￿{￿1. The Trustees ￿rn￿n ol Il* beliel ihai thg porilolio
invested in the most 84)prowiale *&%et classes lor kng lerm be￿11 ol the DI￿ese.
4e
s lund
£55.2m l?0?1.. £56.6ml ol Ihe Board's ￿Vestments a￿ In glth and slwds fund h)veslNwls. primarily to
98nera18 a s[￿taInab￿ income to contw)ue lun(kng t￿rgY Stipond&
Renlal income receNable Irom lkne *be land was £443k12021.. t451kl and investrrent income reEeivable from
the slip8nd5 fund wa8 £1.68m12021'. £1.67ml.
Board InvgStm8nls
Olh•i Investrnen15 are hdd on behalt ol 8 nurtjer of en(bJwed. ￿&t￿ted. and ge￿Ial futvls. The wilh Ihese
investn*nts ts to sale¥Mwrd capAa5 and lo ￿neraTe Inc¢m￿ Investmenl in 8qi*ty, fixed inleresi. property. eorporatg
bonds, and deposit funds We￿ valued al £26 (trn on 31 tlecerthr 2022 I2￿￿1 £28ml. Oiwdends and inigresl
receivatrje aM¢A￿ed to £0.99m12Wd1: £1.03ml- a ydd of &8% <2021: 3.Phl.
Minislry Share is conl11￿jIed by the deaner*s PCCS tcr*a¥ds Ihe Ministry and othor cost5 01 the Dic¢ese. A
large part ol ￿ese L))S15 are ckrgy 51ipends, stall arKJ tu.klng Ma￿tena￿e cosls. In aLklrtlDn. al each
triennHI valualK)n the Diocese laces the poss*)ilrty ol havry lo i￿reaSe conlribulN)nS io the clergy ancl stall
pensKJn schernps.
The Dio¢e5e ol Ely r8masns tinarrially ￿l8￿"Vely SIV￿9 coryared with many other thc*kses aryj is eXP￿d lo
lak8 a pfr¥)ortionalely larw Sha￿ ol NatK)nal Church costs Ihan the less weN.restyJrcod dwe5e&
FUTURE PLANS
C*8r*rYJ b￿￿get$ lor phase 1 of Ihe Charyng M*Tkel Towrffj Proiect have been SeCu￿d lo allthv lh¢ scheme to
c￿linUe ￿th desKJnated projects into 2024. In landem. the Board has comm8nced with the second phase of the
Changing ljarkel Towns inth'airye in Ihe quarter of the year. This phase of the project Ic£LL8 Ma￿lY on the
Towns c4 HUD￿ngdon and St Neols Ind￿*S o￿T smaHer proj.ecls xross th8 Dmxese. Projects are in piqce
covering the nexl 18-24 month&

ELY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
Following the passing gf ￿S01lrtiOrn$ at both General Synod and, in May, 81 Oiocesan Synod, the 8oard will be
seeking to identity and dove1op siratogr89 Io rntJuc• tho lavèls of Cathn re￿aSed to thg atmosphere Irorn the
rjperalion ol the DI￿ese. The central c￿r¢h authoiitses have produced a Tecornmended strategy which ￿11 fomi
the IraTnework ol Ihe strategy focusing part￿UlarlY ol how th8 8oard can help p3rishes to (edu￿ carbon re*ase
and enhance Ihe ecolOg￿al Ljwersity of local churchyar(Is and other land. Also, work has cornmenEod to ieview
housing slo¢k and othei cenlral diwesan operatior6 lo reduce cwbon grrMssk)ns from Ihe everyday operation
towards a n8t zero posilion.
Work continues In the propct lo provth a nfrw centAI DKthsan Olf￿9. Th? projecl is likely to be concluded in the
conyng 12-18 months.
This report is being comw.lgd al a tiThe when Ihere a￿ some s1gniltant inllabonary i&%ues affecting Ihe global
gGonomy. These laclors repr¢$8fit sigThfKant thilenses to the 8oard and parrsbes ol the Diocese seeking to
generate lunds 10 maintain delivery ol seNices. The Board intends to set annual budg81s on a break.even basis.
Expendituie plans are being ￿Viewed. wrth the glualion and its impact on cashlknw beyig cont*nuou5ty rrK)nilgred.
The ongoing ¢)bjectivè ￿ lo resouTce Diocosan neads, as d8termined by Oiocesan Synod and Informed by both thB
local and th8 national Chuich lnsthtutic￿5.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Ov•r•ll fln&n¢lal p081tlon
Income lor the group lof lh¢ year. Wore net gains and losses on ￿vestment and revaluation ol lixed a&%ets,
totalled £12.4m12021.. £10.57ml and expe￿lI￿re amounit<J lo £11.Im12021.. £10.83ml.
The Stalem?nl of FIna￿tal Ac[iMl￿S ISOFAI lor the group lor the year shows net irtome 01 £1.3m 12021.. nat
expenditu￿ £0.26ml belore nei gains and losses on Investment and revaluation ol fixed assets.
Altèr revaluaiK)n ad1￿m￿nts. th& net movorn¢rrt ￿ luTrJs for Ihe group amounted to tl4ml12021'. È16.9m).
During the ￿ar. toial lund bajhnces lor the group decreased from £185m to t181m.
The￿ was an o¥era15 group net cash inllow 01 £953k12021." ouilk)w ol t208kl.
A•vlew ol lh• 81aiem•nt ol Ilnancl•l aetNili•s
There ar& no Signif￿an1 Issues to wh￿h ￿ten1￿)n needs to be Irawn.
PrSn¢lpo1 Fundln9 Sourc•$ of th• Board
Around ol Ihe Boards itKome Comeslrom Ministry Shale. 25% frrffi Di￿eS8n investrnenls and the ￿MainIng
25°k from other rescrtjrces.
R•vhw ot th• fSn•nei•l posllion
8alan¢o Sha81 valugs Idl by lh¢ defrits ol wKome over oxpendiluro 01 £4m for Iho group1£4m for Iho Wrdl.
Losses on inveslments were £3.6m I2￿21.. gain5 01 £9.9rn1 and r8vahJal¢ons of lixed assets durin9 the year were
£11.6rn112021.. £7.&nl lor Ihe growj. A lull independeni ￿￿eW ol the value ol all properties held by Ihe Board was
carriE¢J out in 2022 and the wdatè lor 20f2 has 185ulted in the red￿l￿)n DI Ihe ovefall valual¥)n ol the parsonage
properties.
Fln8rtelal ¥USl8iMb¥lity
A rnaior priorily is tg attsin Ministry Share payment in lull try all deaner*s. Despitè the difficult ¢iicum$tances, 6
out ol 15 deaneries paid their all(tation In fvll lor 202212021.. 6 of 1 $1. The Board's inveslfflent portfolio 15 kèpi
undei regular leV￿w.

ELY DIOCESAN 80AAD OF FINANCE
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31 DECEMBER 2022
Goln9 ¢o￿orn
Aller ma￿'n9 enqui￿5 the truslees are satislied that the Board has 8dequai• resour¢•s to contirtuB lo ￿erate as
a go￿19 concern lor the Ioft5eeab￿ lulure and h8ve ￿epared the lina￿la1 slal8rneni6 on thai basis.
Inv•¥tm•nl policy
The Boaidis char￿d vmlh Ihe management of a diverse portl¢Yio olassets bd¢)ng#¥J tolha D*ocesÈ. M8ny ol Ihe88
assets have teen gbven ￿ swrt Ihe $bp￿d5 01 c￿rgy LY to 8rtrsure the provision of ¢*9y housing. The 8oard
undertakes lh8 rnaTragemenl ol these 8sseLs in ￿e0rdance ffith Ihe teqwrements ol goveffling Church ol Engtand
Maasures. The Board strives lo be a respJngbFe irN¢slor and to fdk)w th8 recommenLkntions an¢1 guidarte sel
down by The Elhrcal Inveslment Adwsory Grow ol the Church of EngL4nd.
s￿lect to the ethK* cOnstr￿n1$. the PDkcy dth8 BoaThJ is to in¥8St ai its re5wrc85 in such a way as to maximi8e
a 5UStainable levd ol income and theref￿ the amounl C(￿trI￿Alled io detgy stwnds, wh￿0 at the same limtr
protecting ihe lon*ierm caprtal value.
Financi￿ a5￿t5. The eoaid r81ains professi￿1 tnvestm8nl advts8ts lo manage inveslments. The perfofmancB ol
these manage1$ is Monito￿ constanvy and is compawd annvaly *ith Ihal ol other charily asset lund rnanagets.
Man8g•i8 818 rffjjbred to meet regutsrty wrth Truslees to dtscuss and ag￿e ihe WTWemeThtabon of Slraie•'es. Tl
investment polw. I￿Ome. the SUstan￿bIllty cl thal wome is a prime corKein of the Boar(l.
Land.. the hoklings are managed on a day.itrday ba5L% by land agents ￿laIned by Ihe 808rd. Most of the land is
undevelop8d, and thus the inccrne Irom 11 is generaly lower than fr(m linanckal investmenl, lhOu￿ the ￿)tential
lor long.lemi Cap￿al appr8¢k￿￿n k8 high. Thè Board r8views its hold￿95 lor potenti￿ devdopmenl OFTJOrtunilios.
The Bo8rd's str8legy is in general nol to sell its landhok*"Th> ai uThJevebpad value, but lo s¢ek or await
development w)teniial and hence capital appreciat￿n.. Ihe 14md5 ra￿e￿ Ihen being invested as lina￿la1 assets lor
high8r M)c(xne. PlannirKJ poky thu5 play6 an important part m t1￿ in¥eslmenl fevi8W5.
The Board Is sensitive lo Ihe cO￿e￿5 ol rtivithal paashes a5 regarLts develLynenl of lanCho￿ng$ in IhÈii area
JI is 18quired to balance this wilh the rKxmal obie¢live and corThnÈrcial approach Ihat wy arms.lenglh inveslor in
propety would apth i￿l￿dIng. Whe￿ rekvanl, Ihe Board'5 de5bre io conlributo to mrtigatir¥J tho shc¥rtage ol local
housing, Ihg 9lobal inpact ol dimale charoe. le£1￿Ing the nation's cartth emk$510n5 and rTM)ving to'net zero..
The B08rd regulaty re¥iews its nvestn￿￿
AeGeive$ pollcy
The Board has considerable respon*bililies includ5n9 Ihe re￿￿nerati￿ of Some 120 stipent*ary clergy. Ihe upkeep
ol approximatety 1 $5 hcwes and ts er￿loyment of some 37 lull or part twne siaff. The krgei for Irc¢ resorves
(net of tangible Iixed assets and inveslm8nlsl is CUTf8nUy se1 at an amO￿t equivalenl lo thrpe t￿nths, gro55
expenililure Irorn wres1r￿1ed esbmaled at £2.07m.
On 31 December 20T2 tree reseNes were £5.670k. The ￿TeSt11cle￿ fund cornpri585 assets arnounling to
£21,576k of wlN"¢h £99k is tied up M laTh￿e fixed assets.
Th& Tfuslees are aware. parttharty In he ttght ol Ihe COVIO-19 p8ndgnK. Ihot lev8ts of parish contritxrtions may
duce in lulvre yea¥s and that lhe￿ could be a def￿1¢ 8gairKsl the levol ol free reserves. The vllimale imp&1
of Ihe COVID.19 ciisis asset vaths. incomB Ibvals aThJ ￿llI￿atelY (th Irg9 T$$￿•9 is. * y8t. undear.
PRINCIPAL RISKS ANO UN¢ERfAINTIES
The trustee5 con11￿ that the maior risks lo which fv Board ts exFwd. as xjenlrf￿d by the tW51ees and stafl,
have been reviewed and Ihat systems and proc8dur85 have been e51ab1l4￿d lo manage t￿9 risks. Th8 trustees
ddegale to the Finan¢e Comrnittee the task of ensuring thai iisks a￿ ￿vIewed and managed as part ol the r￿k
nMnagem&nt stralagy. The Finance Conwnttle8 has def￿￿d Ihe rth in th•r are8s. rep(A1ed on the meagJr*5 ill
place lo rnana9e and mor*lw these risks and imJYemenled procethves af¥J contrt)Is designed to minimBe any
polen1181 impact ort Ihe Board ShO￿d arry ol tho risks malerk￿lSe. A risk regist81 has b88n cotrp.￿lfj.

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The Finance Cofflmiiiee ¥eviews the risk ￿gister perioc1￿1ty and reports to trustees wh8iher il is satislied with its
findings and rnakes recomfflgndaligns as io areas foi fvrthgr work in Subsgquenl years. The Iw$leg$ ￿vi￿ the
risk regisler ai least annually as part of th• corpornte rr5k management strat•gy. A summary of thè maior risks
Ideniilied In the nsk register ar8..
Shara
The relkqbility and timing of the lrtom? receNed frorn Iccal churchès s voluntary In nalufe. The ri3k reco9nl¥e8
the irnportance ol Ministry Share. a voluntary income stream. *tsch accounts lor apPr0￿mate￿ S￿A ol the Ely
Diocesan Board's ovgral i￿orne. 11 recognises thg risb ar￿ing from a shorttall on Minislry Share and the need
lor c￿tinUed g?neiosity.
Mitigating po}￿leS are..
The constant rrK)nitorMig ol linanckql StrategE5 and costs", and
The provision ol individual SLVPOrt strategies for parishes wh￿h eXperIe￿e unfo￿een t8ffyorary
drfficutties in meeting Ministry Share payments.
Potenl.
I disru
tion In the flow ol investment income
Th8 reliability and timing ol recwvab18 Irorn inv6stm8n15 and tenanis ol Boafd land and prop8rtits'.
Invesimènls ar• m¢)niiored dosely and ar8 held in baknced p)rtldios 10 reduce specdTC risk ol OVe￿XpOSUre to
any single assel $eclors and ca$hllows are re￿￿4ed regjlaity to hvJhlighl any PDtenlial thscrepancy in the
availability ol lundmg.
Safeguarding is a Itigh prioniy for Ihe D￿¢8$8. 11 is an area whtch has seen signif￿an1 invesiment In capacity and
resource in r￿ent years. Saleguard￿9 allegation5 havg Potenlial re5ourGg and Igpulational im￿1¢81￿)n6.
In response lo this risk the Board has sel in place policies to..
Respond well lo allegat￿5 of abu58 and suThivor5 inejudfftg WDthing 8ffèctivèty ￿1h 5tAtulory ag8nci8$',
Keep kdvels ol r•soLtrce in the safe9ua￿lng ièam under Teview..
Respond to national pl￿eSSeS and seek to infftu8r¢& nalKJn4 pol¢y guidance lo aV￿d urynlendod
consequences.,
Goniinue 10 ddNer saleguarding training ts iry)rove aware1￿$ and responsNenBss acr05S thè Diocas&.'
an(J
Learn Irom eypeiieneè and $e0k to conD'wgly ifflprov•.
Trustees and Oiocesan Cxlicers are a$s￿1rVj Ihe ris￿ and Urtellainl￿S broughl aboth by Ihe COVIO.19
pandemic. Cashllow ¢ontinuou51y monitored. 8knng wilh the inpa¢t of the crisis on iA¢orn8 levgb. A numbor of
scenarios aro being modelled. assessing the conseqL*rus on easily available lunds. and thB a5sel Portlolio
revigwed to ascertain the potenlHI source of a(k8thonal short-term linancing.
STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE
Summary Informbllon abo￿ the struetur• of th• Church of England
Th8 Church ol England ￿ organised as two provin￿5 ¥ch led by an archbishLV Icanlwbury lor th? Southgm
Prowrte and York ltsr the Northeml. Each provirte u)rnPr￿ dw)¢eses. ol whth Iheio are 41 in England.
Each diocese in England K% thwijed into parksbe5. Each pafish is overseen ecclesiasticalty by a parish prwst if not
an 'incumbeni' lusualty called a vicar or re￿rI. From anceni times ihrough lo today, Ihey and Iheir bishop are
rgsponsiblg for Ihe cure of souls, in thwr parffjh.
His Majesty the King. who is the SVpr￿e Govemor ot the Church of England. appoinls archbishops, diocesan
bishops. and deans of cathedrals on the of th8 Prime Ministor. Th? archbishops and 24 senior bishops
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The Church ol England is epis¢rpalty led. The￿ arè 108 t4"shops I￿1￿01n9 thocesan. assbslant. and sullragan
t4sW. It Is govem8d by G￿er￿ Synodas its bgislabve and dethFab"ve bodyat Thalional level, making de¢ision6
on mallws of docl¥in•, th8 hok*ng ol chuth swvKes ar¥J ￿latIonS with other churche5. G￿er&I Syntsd pHsses
measures Wh￿￿. Il accepted by Parfomenl, have the ellect of acts of Parliament. It is mad& up ol thr¢8 groups or
houses ol rnembers.. The House5 01 Btshops. of Gler9y arbj of L*ty. a￿1 meeis in Lorn(b)n or York ai lea51 IwKe
annually to considei leg4slat¥)n for tho broader ￿ of the (hurth.
Th Ihree Natlon•l Chweh In8tllutlon8
The Archbisw, c(￿￿1. Ihe thurch Crrfnrrisstonors and Iha Churth of Enwand Pan&0￿ 8oard are sometimes
referred to as thè three NatrO￿ Cl¥Jr¢h 1nstdu1•￿.
The Arcl*Jishops' C¢￿n￿r was e*abli5hed in 1999 lo cothinate. plomolo. aKI and lurthar the mKssron of the
Church ol England. Its task is to give a dear 5en5e ol th"rectK)n to the Chufth natHW￿lY arKI s4)port lh¢ Chwch
locally by atting as a polry discussth lorum.
Th8 chu￿ manw Ihe hotoric assets ol IhE Churth ol El¥J￿. today spending most ol the
incomo on pe￿1*￿￿ for the dergy The costs d eprK¢yl athN"nistrakn thrw the If￿05an and SLrffra9an
bishops are m8t by the Church Commissiorws.
The Church of Pe￿onS Board was eSts￿L51￿d by the Church As58W in 1926 as the Church ol
Enoland's pensions aulhotity and lo a¢Jrn￿r5I8[ Ihe pgnston schwne lor the clergy. $￿sequentty il has been gtven
wider powets, in r8specl ol thscfekn8ry tr*nelits and accOThw￿thkn.0n LK)th lor those ￿tired from stipendiary
ministry arKI for wdowleils ol Ihose who have seThed in thai mini51ry, and to adminisler pensiw $themes lor lay
￿Mp￿yO9$ ol ChuKh organfj5a1v)￿.
The Pensi)ns Board. Wh￿tt reports lo the General is Ifuslee ol a nurrt)er gf pensio) Iut¥ts and challtable
funds. Whilst lh8 Chuich has drawn lo99iheT Ihe 8oard its cenlral we5￿)￿lI￿￿tieS relirefflenl We￿a￿. t
Board works In cl¢)se woperatKm both wilh Archbishcps. Courtil and wbth Ihe Chutch c0rnmtss￿n8rs.
The fAth•drnl
Ety Calh#dial is the molher chuvch 01 th8 OKtose and legalty ts CO￿lI1U1ed as a soparalè charity with Charity
Commisson regislratjon and supemsion. CLVi8S of its truslees. report and slalements may be oblalned
trom Ihe Chapter (Xfice. Ety Ca1hedr￿.
The inlomialion abwl General Synod, the Cnurch Comrnk5soncrs, Ihe Ar￿1$￿. COU￿11 and Ely Caimedral is
I￿luded as background only. The hnar￿1￿ transact￿5 d Ihese bo(th"ès *Jo not lorm part ol thFse fina￿la1
Statemenls.
Organl881•oft•l Stru¢iure
'ccesan S od
Tlw $1olytory g)veming body ol Ihe Diocese is Iho Di¢x6san SyTr)d wh￿h is elocied with lep￿Sentat￿n Irorn
a¢r0$5 the dI￿eSe wrfh broadly equal nurn￿r$ of deigy and lay pewe Me￿Ing lo￿l￿er In DI"￿esan Synod wilh
Ihe Di¢xesan L¥shops archdewts. 11 compws Ihree houses: laty. dèrgy and trashcys
It5 rolé ￿ to..
ConsKter rnatto￿ alleclin9 the Chur¢h ol ErfjlaTrJ in the dKtese'.
Act as a lorum lor dabaie ol Chrisiw 9)v)￿n on matters of reli￿0￿$ or pubk inlgrest".
Ad￿50 the bishop where l¢qL￿$ted".
Deal mattErs ro18Th8fl by General SyrK¥l', and
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Under the ¢on$tilutioTr ol thg DI￿e$an SyTh)d. 8ishop s Council has the following fu￿1￿)n$..
To plan the business ol the Synod, lo prepare the agenda lor Its $ess￿n5 and 10 circulate to rngrnbgrs
Intomialion about mallets lor dscus5ion".
To initial8 proposals for a¢tion by the Synod and lo advise it ¢)n maNets of polry..
To advise the DKLesan 8i$hq) on any malter.,
Subject to the dire￿1￿9 ol the Syrv)d. to IranSa￿ the b￿tleSS ol the Synod ￿en the Synod is not in
$e$$ion',
Subject w the di￿110￿$ ol tho Syntxl. to memb$rs ol c￿MItt8eS or ￿)minate ¢ThJiw¢ua4 for
election lo ccxnmitlees.. apxl
To carry out suth 1Vnc￿.Or￿ a5 Ihe Synod rnay delegale to it.
ane
Deanery Synod has two holkses. ￿tY and cler￿. and its rc48 IS to:
Aespond lo r¢quests from GeneRI Synod..
Where appf(priate. give pffect lo thè decisions rnadg by th¢ Oiocesan Synod-
Consider matters affecting the Church ol England by drawiFvJ iogelher Ihg viev43 of thg parishes wlthin
the deanery.,
Act as a channel ol comWvJn￿aflOA to axpr855 the views ol pa￿he$ lo ol￿san SyTrod and thgncè to
General Syn¢xl;
R8lSè Wlth Dioc8san Synod suth malters as it ¢(￿SIderS aKyropriate.' and
Elect mernbets ol Iho doan8ry io the Diocesan Synod and o11fv8 diweBe to General Synod.
Parksh
A benelice 15 a parish or group of paii5h8S S8Ned by an iThcumbenl or piiesi In charge in h(ty orders whg as SlKh
is a church beneliciary and typ￿￿[Y receives a Slipend and fftè b8nelit ol free txcupatr¢￿ and use of a parsonagB
house al the beh8St ol the Bishop lor the purpose ol carrying spiFilual dubes.
A deanery is a wup ol parshes over whth a rural dBan ha5 overswhl. and an arch*aconry is a group ol
deaneries lor which an archdeacon is rospThisibk8.
A dio¢e5e is then Ih¢ prinTrpal pastoral and. ty Means ol its Board ol Finarta, financial and 8dministialive resource
of Ihe Church el England in the area. enconyasgry the various archdeaconries unthr the spiritual leade(ship of
the Diocesan Bishop.
I Church Council
Thè PCC Is Ihe elecled slatulory 9)vernin9 bjdy of an inrfiv￿￿al parsh which broadly is Ihe smallost pasloral 8fea
in the Church of England. Typralty. each parish ha5 one parish Church. The PCC is made up Df Ihe incufflbent or
Pri851 in char98 as chair. the churchwardens. and a number ol elected and ex olficio Mornbe￿. Each PCC is a
corporate charily, bul a.'I Ihosè not exceedin9 £1￿),0(￿} annual gross income are curr8nlly excepted Irom
re9islralion with the Cbarily Commission. Except W￿￿re shown, the Iransactions of PCGS th) not lorm part ol thèse
finarti£l staiemenls. Financial $lalements of an rndithijual PCC can be obiaine¢J Irom the relevant PCC Ireasuwer.
Struclurn, gov•rnance and rnana9emenl
The Diocese ol Ety WaS￿ated in 1109 and Cove￿ an area of 1507squarg mibBs with apopulation ol approximately
725,m).
Th8 Di￿88e is arranged as Iwo Archdeaconries.. Can￿ridge. comprsiNJ the southern part wilh seven deane¥ies.
and Huniingdon and Wisb8ch in the northarn part with evJM deaneiies_ In total there ai6 316 parishes.

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The ljocese ss gmrned by StandwvJ Ordors appro¥¢d vi 1994 and $theq￿lI amondmènts. Its siakniory
govern￿9 boty is the Diucesan sYTh￿. ￿ch 1$ an elected l)ody wilh rsjpresental￿n from ￿1 parts of Ihe Di0￿$8.
Member8hip consists ol 8K 0￿"0 mwnbers, Ind￿'n9 Ihe Bthop5 and AYchtsacorbS, dergy men*)ers elecied by
tho houses of eK8rgy In Deanery Synods, lay persons elected by Iho hwses of laty in Deanery Synods. up to five
persons who may be co.cpted by thè hws8 ol dgpjy or the ￿>￿¢Se ol laity a maK¥num ol Wn mgmbg18
nominated by the Diocesan 8￿p. The Diocesan Synod normally meets Ihree times a year klany ol D￿c•S￿n
Synod's responsibdities have delegaiad to the Stanthng Ccrnittee. the Btshop's CAJUrt￿.
C¢)m
The conwany. Ety DI￿O$aN 8tsard ol Finance (the BO8￿). Is eStab￿h8￿ lo mana9e the linancKqI alfairs hokl
leg81 title to the assets of Ihe Chocese.11 was irtorporated On 19 No¥ember 191 S as a chaniable company1in5￿￿
by merY*Jership guaraniees (No. 1421831 and ts go¥ernirKJ documpn15 4r8 the M•morandLm and Artides of
ASs0rAath￿. The eA)ard is wi8temd with tho Gharity Gornmwx)n (￿. 2454561.
Each member ol D￿ce$an Sync¥J 15 a150 a member ol Ihe Board for ¢ompany law purp0585 and has a personal
liability limited to £1 underth8irguaranlee as a c(Mnpany M￿er1￿ Ihe event ol rts being wound up. The membe
ol tha Standing Commrttèe of DKtè5an SYr￿d and 8￿h￿'S CryJr¢il c¢J)wn"se the Board tA twstees ol the Board
- they we its directors under conyany law.
De¢l8Son-moklng Mruciure
Within the superwsory powers d the Diocesan Synod. as ILSted betow. certam Di¢xe5an 1￿ctIonS (those ilaliGi$¢d
on page 111 und8r the heathg 'CTrmmittee SIr￿lu￿. a￿ undertaken by Ihe Bo8￿ in wrsurt of the BoaF(fs
cha#table ol¥ective5'.
anning Ihe busiress ol Synod h)clu(hn9 Ihe preparalvjn ol agwdas and papers
Initialion of proposds lor ac11￿ by the Dtte$￿ SyMd an¢J PTOW5th of prAy alfv￿e
Transacting the bug.ness ol Ihe O¥Ltssan SyThJd when not in 8ess
Manag8ment ol Ihe lund5 and property of the DK)cese
Preparation ol annual e5timat85 01 exp8nd¢ture
Advising on actr'on needed io raw the i￿(￿ne necessary lo final￿e ex￿[KIll￿re
ov0￿1gh1 of exp¢ndlure by b)digs in weyl of L>"ocesan Synod'5 funds against eslimates ol e¥p8ndiluie
approved by th.￿San S￿d
Ad￿l$ing Diocesan Synod ol the hnancial aS￿¢ts d its a￿1 on arty other rnatleis refetted lo it
App¢Jnkn"NJ membets ol commiltees or nDminabrg menknLS lor election lo c¢)mmittees. sutr4ect to the
directions rA Diocesan Syrkxl
Carrying any other lurthjns d818gated by DI￿¢$8￿ SY￿d.
The Board has d818ga18d respon5biknly lor the day-to-¢Jay managementof the eLYnpany tothe &'ocesan seC￿l￿ry.
Iwho acts a$ Company sec￿lary) v•ho i£ suM)orted by a number of heads of departments arKf thoir stall.
Commltl•• strueiwe
&shep's Is Ihè Board ol In￿1888 and cr*bWWV thr￿10￿. li ¢cA￿lSts of ien ex ol1￿￿) members, I￿ludir0
l*e Diocesan Bishop and the Sullragan 8ishLp, the two Arthjeacons, the Dean ol Ely and Ihe chair ol Ihe Finance
Commillee. six clergy elecled by the hcKJs8 of dtr9y from among Ihwr nurrl)er lon an Ar¢hdeaconry basis. Ihiee
per Archdeaconryl ten lay Per￿￿5 eleeted by Ihe m8mbeis ol ihe hDUSe ol laity repre5enliny ¢J8an8ri8s lon
an A[Ch￿9￿¢jnry ba8is. live pew Archde￿(￿1} and a MaxIn￿ffl ol hve merwtsrs nonwnated by the Drtesan
B*shop.
etshop's Ctyjnul 4180 ac15 as ￿ D￿￿e58n Missi¢)n ￿ Past￿￿ Cth1N￿8e, whth has delggatcd ils avthority
under Ihe MISSI￿ and Pastoral Measwe 2011 lo Ar¢hdtr&wry and Pastoral C(￿MIttees.
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The Board has the Icllowing sub.com￿￿tt8e5. exh ol has v4rillen lorns of rgleiencg:
Fv7anc8 Cornrnitt68. which ￿ respcfi5ible for the fina￿[al affai￿ of the 0￿. AmorKJsi othèr Ihing8,
il draws up drall budgets tor approval by the tmslees prh?r lo subFniss¥)n to Diocesan Synod and moniiors
expenditure and incorne.
Auth't Cornnvllee, eslablished by th8 Dirqclor5 1 Try15￿9$ in 2016. The primary respo￿lbIlitY is to review the auth'l
process Ihe Diocese is subject lo and Ihe audiled accounts prod￿8￿. Its remil is with ranging and ¢an ¢onsido1
any area ol the linancial actNilie5 of th8 DKJcese in an eflort lo idenirfy lnethcier￿l&3, reduce costs. and Dth•rwise
achieve organizational ob'JectNes. The eommitlee iq a150 involved in risk management lor the Di￿e69 Aeporting
directly lo thè direeiors I Irustegs. il Con￿sts of three members.. one Irom the Finance Cornmitieè, on¢ Irom Ihe
Deanery Liaison Group rep¥e5enling d¢aretie5 and parishes an*J one indepeTr(knt rnembgr with I￿anCIal èxp8rtise
Irorn outside the eoard_
The Auth't Cornmittee B also responsi￿• lor a5$￿ting the trustees in the rjischary? of thgir responslbililfes lor
aceaunliry p)Iici98, iisk management. witem81 eontrol. arKI fmanual Trk>)rting. ￿￿llIng liaison wrth the auditors.
Assets Commitlee is reS￿)nSi￿e lor determining polry and rnaknrrtj major tJeci%ons eoneèrning the managemonl
of glebe propety Jnql Inveslmenls for the benelrt of the Oiocese.
There are a number ol Dioeesan s￿0d 51atutory cornmttiees Ihal. thtyjgh nol sub4omrrMllees ol Ihe Board. can
influence lh8 Operations of the Board.
Housos Conjrniftee w1￿ch LS resw)&ble for ts18rmiwg and making maj.or d¢¢isions concerning the
manag8rner71 of parsonage houses bn each bene1￿e, including seltin9 the polw lor buying. reparin9. mainlaining,
and disposing DI all parsofta￿ houses. team ¥￿arage$ and houses cwr*d by the Board.
Diocesan A￿lSOry Committee for Ihe Gare ol Churches whKh adwis8s on matters affecting churches and places
of worship. such as the granliny ol faculties, alchileclure. archae￿O9Y, art. and the history of places ol worship.
tho usè and eare of FAaces of worship artd their certents and the care of churchya￿.
Ely Dwesan BoardolPaironaoe wh￿h is constiluled under the provisions ol the Patronage IBeneficesl Measure
1986, 15 501e paIr￿ oi joint patron ol a number ol benefKe5.
The Churches Uses Commillee wh￿h is re5ponsib'.e lor fintyng appropri*e alternative uses lor churches which
hav8 been, or are proposed lo be. declared ¥edundani.
Appointrnent ol ITu$¢e•s
The trustees ol Ihe Board are the m8rnbers of Ihe Bishcfj's Council. S•a abov¢ d81ails of rnembershlp.
Tru51ees arg gNen Induction training when firslappthnled and receivoongoing liaining. as appropriate. This training
is 18ilor8d lo Ihe indivi(knal needs ol Irv51e¢s and may tr￿lUde Introd￿tiOnS lo church. compaThy and charity
law. an overview of curient pmgrammes and ol t￿? Diocese and an introduction 10 any spocial areas of the
Diocese wilh wh￿h they will b¢ woFkin9 le.g.. Boarcl of EdL￿tion. Housès Commilteel. Twstee5 are encouraged
lo vi4ii Diocesan operaiions.
Some senior staff may havè lob litles IncorpDr8try the 1rt18 'Dioclorf but they are not ne¢essaiily dir8etows of the
ornpany (for the purposes ol company law} and so Ihoy do counl as eharily trustees..
In preparing the linancial statements lh¢ tiustees am wuired to-.
S81ect the mosl suitable &¢ounlJng policies and apply Ihem cortsislèndy".
Make judgrnenls and estimates thal aro reasona￿e and prudenl..
Fdlow appltable ac¢ountiro standards and SORP, subJ"*t to any material departvres (S￿l058d and
èxplained in the tIna￿la1 slalements,. and
Prepare Ihe financial slalern8nts on th8 cortem b￿$ unkn il is InappropNate lo presume Ihal th¢
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GAnl￿1akIn9 {benal•cl8ry•l•ctSonl powcy
Granis arè mad• to tha Nati￿al CFM&rch to ol ts central costs and a159 to ￿Ver the ¢gst of
Irwning lor minLslry (See ntTrte 11 lo the Iinantsal siatementsl. Grants ao paid lo olhef charilable pfoiesls bvhich
aFvear to the Boaid lo gjpport the furtherance ol Its otpctive5. Isee note I I lo th8 linancbal slalemenlsl.
Funds hold 4$ cJJ¥todian tru$io0 lor 0lhwB
The Bo8rd is ¢4ts10dian tru*ee lor instmerf ass￿8 Mth a markèi valu* of U).&n on 31 DecérT*)er
2021. Detailed certr"ficatgs of hoknngs wern sertto parlshes an¢J oiher rrtar4aging Iwstoes ofthè r$s￿￿4ve Charit￿5
at Ihat dat8. The Board as custodian Iruslee tho holds PCC propety. Each PCC is a separale charily. The 8SS9ts
are hdij separalety Irom those ol the 80a￿.
Fundraislng practkeg •nd perlormance
The Twstees a¢e awave of the Charit*S IProtecti¢m and S￿ial Itwesimenil Act 2016 and support th8 airn5 of thi5
legislation. The DBF dces nol engage wth any i&rect Ma￿e￿n9 activit*s. nor does il share or purchase any
donof daia wilh of Irorr¥ Ihird parties. Th8 Oioce5e cons¥J8rs the orign of unslllKited doThalh?ns and legacies In
1 the DBF tlid not •ngagg with ind0pond￿t prolessi(*wl fundrai8ets and Th)I rtteiv6 any cOr￿la1nts in
rdatson lo fundraising or raise any m8lter wrth T8g￿alorS.
Related partle#
General S od church Commisgoners a￿1 Archt•s
' Councl
The Board has to coftwy wth Measures li.e. ec¢leswsltal Iw"sla1￿0 wth the same lorto as an Act ol Parliament)
passod by the General Synod ol lh¢ Chuith of En￿arnI and is requiied lo makg certain arThJal paymen18 to Ihe
ArChL¥shop￿, Counol towards the r￿ning cosls ol ihe NatKThl Church. The StiP8n(Ss of Ihe bthops are boine by
the Church Commi$sk)r*rs and are refiected m lin8￿1¥ stat8m8nts as costs furKW by grants reKeiv8d liom
Ihe Church Commis*¢)ners.
Par
chial Chu
h COU￿￿$
PGGS
The aoafd is requifed by Measure lo be cuslo(han Ir￿le8 in reTrat￿n lo PCC propety (excludin9 ecclesiaslical
buik*ngsl, bLrt the cowny has no Cmlrol over PGCS. whKh are ts*ependeni c*)aril*S. The accounts of PGCS
a￿j deaneivds do nol lorm part 91 thsse Ima￿￿al statements.
PCCS are abk lo inNuence the dectsion.mthThJ *ilhin the 808rf and at lknsan Synod levd through
rep￿96n￿lM)rtS 10 those t￿1(*95 and th8 ww Ot ih•r Deanery Synods.
Sub
Th3 Board has the IdhJ%*in9 subsidiary Underta￿.ngs. lh8 bjmover, 8xpeTrJitiJr8. and profbll Oossl lor 2021 for each
ol the n¢N)-chariiatAc gJbsMJiaries was as lolDWS'.
ExpeThliluve
E'CrfJO
171
1201
ProliVIIos51
£ (x)o
Ety 06F Prwrty tiffKied1059571281
Ety Diocesan Schools SeNices ￿'￿ted{0$037336}
1181
Each $￿S￿lary intend$ Io gitt any taxab￿ profvs to the 0￿CeSe v*thin 9 monlhs ot the fine4￿1 year end.
12

ELY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE
ANNUAL REPORT
FOA THE YEAR ENDED 31 DEceMBER 2022
on
Clergy P6nsth Fund
The 8oard participates fn the Church of EnglarKI Funded Pensiw Scheme.
Th¥ Church cf England Funded penS￿)n Scheme is a defined benelrt schèrne. but the 808rO is unable 10 identity
ils share ol the undedying assets and liab￿l￿&s- employer in that Schem& pays a cornrn￿ ￿nIribUtIon rale.
The lalesl valualion ol the Scherne was carried as of 31 D8cèmbgr 2018.
For Schemes SLKh as Ihe Churth ol EngFaTrJ Funded Pensk￿ $ch￿e, s￿1th)n 28 01 FRS 102 req￿leS the Boar
lo a¢¢ount for pensbn costs on the basis of Conln.btst￿ns payabfe to the &heme in the yaar.
Churdj ol England Del￿0￿ 88n6h.ts Schomg
The Board partKpates in Ihe Chtjrch ol England Delirted BBnelrts Schem8 IDBSI. part ol iha Church Worktr￿,
Pensions Fund.
The Board is unable lo identity ils Shfi￿ of the L¥￿rt￿n9 assets and l￿bIll1•e$ - exh employer K% exposed to
acluarial iisks associaied with tho ojrrenl and lormer employees ol other 8ntrties participating in the DBS. Tha
most recent Iinalise(J Vduat￿ft ol the lund w&5 al 31 D8e8rnber 2019 wilh the nexl Iriennkal Valualm￿ du8 at 33
December 2022.
Church olEngland Delfftedcontributsi Scheme
Thè Board partiapates in Ihe Church of Englarwj Pension Buibjar Seherro. a detiThed Contribul￿n scheme.
Further detaiLs ave con1ain￿l In n¢Ae 26 lo Ihe f￿ar￿la1 $talgmenls.
13

ELY WCESAN BOARO OF FINANCE
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED a1 DECEMBER 2021
TRUSTEE AEPONS181LmES STATEMENT
The twstees are ￿SpOnSI￿e lor prwring the Annual R8FQrt ar￿ the fir￿￿tal slatements in attordane8 wilh
4)plicablo law and regulalitins. Cryny law wI￿S the tnts1￿$ (os thrttorsl to prepare financial slatements
for ?￿h finalK￿l year. Under that Saw the I￿￿e&S have eiectgd lo prepare lhe lèna￿1￿ ￿atemeN5 in accordancg
wmh United KingdL¥n G8neTaly Acceptgd A¢cfAmtrng Prnckn IUrni*d KIr￿M AcwJntirwJ Slandards and
applicab￿ lawl. Under Ccxmpary law Ihe trustees m￿1 nol approve the financi￿ statements un1e55 they are
sat15fyad Ihal Ihey give a Irue and 18ir view ol Ihe slate ol allaiis of Boatd and ol the swplus ￿ delicit ol the
Board lor Ihat PBrKJd. In preparing th•5e fwHncial stat8ments tho Iwstses aro r•quirod io..
ObseN8 methods prrriFkn ￿ Il* ¢JwrJb"os SORP
Make ludgemenls and estimates thal arg reaso￿19 and prthje
Stale whgther W1￿￿)1e accuJntThig staThY&rds have been loifow&l s￿11￿1 ki any marerid doparturns
disch)sed and eWain8d in Ihe lin8￿1&1 Slat￿ents
Prepare Ihe I￿an¢￿ slalements on the wn9 conc8m b)¥is tmkss it is l￿p￿0pnate to Assum that lh¥
¢wany VAI eonknuo in operalion
Thg trust8e$ arg *0 resp￿s￿le lor koeping records diylosg with reasonaNe accuracy at
any time Ihe linanek41 ptis¢lion of Ihe Board and e￿e them lo ensure Ih&t the [￿ar￿￿1 ¥tatgnwts comply wlth
Ihe Companies Acl 2C#A and Charities Ael 2011. ars also ￿p{￿ble lor saleguarding assots ol th
8oar(l and h8nce IL¥ takJ.￿ rwdson*¢ for tr* pro¥9￿1￿ OBIKi￿ ol fraud arKI olhgr irre9￿8￿￿S.
The trustees are rèsponsible lor Il* MaIn￿&r￿￿ arKI integrty ol ihe corporate and linancial inforrnabon ￿¢Cl￿*d
on tho Boarf's websrte. Lggi61atKsn in England and Wal8s govgmir4 the Prepalat￿ and assèmina16on of tht
Iinancial 5ta18mgnt5 and olher inlormatim i￿lded in Annual Reports may diller Irom kn91￿ation In other
jul￿dI¢l￿nS_
STATEMENT OF DISCLOSiFIE TO THE ALIDITORS
As lar as the trn￿teeS are aware:
There Is rnlavanl authl inlommity) lh9 thath*)le coftyarry's auddols are unaw•r¢. and
We have laken all Ihe steps Ihat we outht lo hav8 laken as tlltst￿ In o￿leY to make ￿rselveS &war8 of
any Felevanl audrt Inl0rmat￿n and to eslthish that thB d￿rJIaLl8 cow's authtors are awa￿ of Ihat
inforn81ion.
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ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
In accordance with the compani¢s Act 2006 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Statement of
Recommended pr￿t￿8 lor Charities (SOAP 20151 lse¢ond Edibon. effectwe 1 Janu8ry 20191. the trustees Ilor
the purptsses ol charity ￿wI and directows Ilor the purposes of company lawl, during the period from 1 January
2022 until the date ol Ihts reporf were..
8i8hop's Council
Bisho
ex Off￿10
The Rt A&vd Slephan Conway IBishop ol E￿)
Thè Rl Aèvd Dagmar Winter18ishcp ol Hunb"ng(knl
Ex officio
The Very Revd Mark Bonw IDè8n of Ety)
The Ven. Dr Al¢x Hughes (Archdeacon ol Cambridge)
The Ven. Hugh Mccurty IArchdea¢on of Huntingdon and WLsbech and DMx&san Clergy RepresenlatNe on
General Synodl Irèsiwed 18 April 20221
The Vèn Richard Hadow (Archdeacon of Huntinwlon & Wisbechl lappoiniod 27 Sepl 20221
The Revd Canon Sarah Gowèr (Chair ol the House ot Clergy) lappointeLI 2 January 20221
Canon Simon Kershaw (Ch￿r ol the House ol LÈtyi
The Revd Canon Brian Atling Ichairrnan of the Board ol Finance arKJ the FInar￿ Committeal (rèsigned 31
December 20221.
Canon Tim Walters (Chainnan ol the Board ol Finance and th8 Finaw Gornmitteel lappoinled 1 January 20221
The Revd Canon Simon Talbott (Chair ol Ihe Houstr ol Clergy) (resigned 1 January 20221
lected lor the Archdeaeon of Cambri
The Revd Canon Anna Matthews Ideceaseil 8 April 20231
The Revd David Newton (ap￿inted 1 January 20¥21
Tho Rovd James Blandford-Baker (appointed 1 January 20221
Canon Peter Maxwell
Mr Steve Mashlord Irgsigned 10 March 20231
Mrs Sarah Robinson
Ms Elizabeth Taylor
Canon Dr Felicity Cooke laFyointed l January 20221
Elected lor th A PKleacon
Mrs Elaine Levitt
Mr John Pigotl (appointed 23 March 20221
Tha Flévd Canon Rebecca Dyball (appointed 1 January 20221
The Revd Canon Jessi¢a Marhn (appointed 1 January 20221
Tha Revd lain Osbouwne (appointed 17 Mar¢h 20231
Canon Janet Perrett
ol Huth"n
thn And Wisbec
Diocesan La
resentatN& on Goner8J S
no
Mr Christopher Ti>wnsend (appointed 1 January 2￿2}
Mr Francis 8urkilt
Mr George Lynn [ch￿r of th8 Audit Committee)
Miss knn¢tsay Davies lappointod 23 Nov8mb8r 20221
Nominated b thé Bis
Mr Robert Needle
The Revd Canon Adrian Daffern (re￿gned 31 ALrgMtst 20221
Diocosan Secretary
Canon Paul Evan5 - C(xnpany Secretary
Is

Flnanee Comrnltt•g
Canon Tim Waiief$ Ichaiimanl
The Revd Canm Sarah Mr FrarKis 8urkil1
The Revd C￿on 9nan Atlrrfj (Vt(* Ctsinrw) Thp V4rt Dr HI￿e5
The Revd Canon &'rnon Talbtit
Mr Donald Ashmore
The Ven Richard Hark
The Revd Canon R Dyban
R•g1gt•r•d Offlc•
Ety Diocesw Board of Fknance. Ofjocewi Officè
816hop Woodlold House
8•lon Road
Ety
Cambrldgeshl
CB7 IDX
Telephfft No... 01353 6527rxi
AudltoE8
Haysmacintyfe LLP
10 Queen Slreet Pl
SoW¢ltor•
i The Sèrth
lI￿stm1n$ter
PO Box 885
EC4R 1AG
Vi$M Pawk
Hislon
CB24 90E
SW1P 3JT
CCLA Inve51mert MOn￿ne￿ Ltd (CCLAI
Senator House
85 Queen Vicloww stréet
London
EC4V 4ET
Brown SIM(* lfivestment Managpmenl
16.20 Regenl Slreet
Cartjr
C82 114H
Eden Tf•e IrNe5tsntthl
24 Morw*nl St.
London
EC3R 9AJ
Re9 Offic•
Beauk•rt Hwse
Brunswick Road
GIwc¢51er GL1 1JZ
Raihbone knvestn*nt Marwpgffleni
8 Finsbury C4ff*S
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Pryt of Li¥•ryb)c4 Bwlthr¥J. ￿"er He•d
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Inv•Jtm•ntmanaqer•- Glth Property Ag•nts
Cartef Joftas LLP
Jolbffe Wng LLP
6.8 Hrfls Road
25 8roa¢tr4Yay
Cambridge
C821
Muey GI4X￿$ & Co LLP
24 Mwkel Place
March
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PE1 1SQ
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C•n•n E¥
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Th• ftt R•¥d Stsp
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Date:.........20 Ilay 2023........ ........
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INOEpeNDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF ELY LIOCESAN BOAFID OF FINANCE
FOA THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
Oplnlon
We have aucliled Ihe linartial siat•moniS of Ihe Ety D￿￿¢s8n Board ol Finance for thè year ended 31 December
2022 which cornprk%e Ihe Eon801idated Ststernent ol Finarrial ActNities. th& lrtorne and Exwnditure Accounl, the
CDnsolidaled and parent Balance Sheets. the ¢oTrsolrdated Cash Flow Statement and notes to Ihe frnanclal
sialernenls. including a summary ol signilicanlaccounting polKies. The lina￿1￿ reporting Irarnework that has beon
applied in thèir ptepaiation is ap￿1¢able law and United KIngdC￿ AcwJnb"ng Staridarts, including Financial
Reporting Standard 102 The FinèrKial Rewrting Standard 8pWble ￿ the UK and Repubk ol Irelancl (United
Kingdorn Gen8rally Accepte¢t Accounbng Pracbcel-
In our opinion. Ib8 linavKial stalern￿1s'.
giv8 8 tru8 and lair wew of Ihe state ol the and ol Iha parwt ¢haiilatAe conyany's alfairs as at 31
December 2022 and of the grtsup arKI parenl charita￿e company's nel movement in lurtds, includtr4J ¢he
incoma and 8xpènditur8, for th8 year then ended..
have been propety prepa￿￿ in aceordart• wlh Urllted King&)rn GenerJty Acc8pièd Acc￿￿nting
praCt￿e,. an
havo ts8￿ prepared in ￿cOrd￿)ce Tmlh Ihe requiTements ol the Cornpanie5 Act 2008.
Basls lor oplnion
W8 conducted our audit in a￿¢[dance wilh IntemathoTr￿ standa￿ on Audiling IUKI IISAS IUKII and appl￿ble
law. Our r8spon51bilities vnder Ihose slantjards are fuflher deseribed In the Audito¢s ￿spOnsibili11es lor the audit
ol Ihe financial slalemènts section ol our report_ We are independent of the group in s￿0rd0￿¢ with the ethical
requiremfrnls that arè relevanl to our audit of the Iinancial stalements 111 Ihe UK. including Ihe FRC'S Ethical
Startdard, and we have fulfilled our other elh￿l reSpOns￿lI111es in accordant¢ wilh Ihese iequir•m8nts. wt b81i&vg
that the audil evidence we have oblained is sunTciani and appropriate lo provide a basis lor our tspinlon.
Conclusions relating to golng cOn￿rn
In auditin9 the hnancial sialemenls, we have concl￿10d thai tho Iw51ees' use ol Ihe going concem basis ol
accounting in the preparalion of the Itnancial staternenls is appcopriate.
8a5ed on the wNk we have pedomTred. we hav• not idenlifi8d ary material uncertainlies mlaling Io ￿QntS or
conditions thal. indivit1ualty or c￿lS¢11Ve1y. may casl signilK8nt ¢Joubl on Ihe group's ability to continue as a going
concern lor a peTh)d ol at Itast Iwèfvt months ITOrn when Ihe h"nancial stalemenis ar& aulhori$ed lor issue.
Our r8sponsibililies and the reSp[￿S￿lI1t￿s of ihè trustoos vrith rèsp￿1 to wing concem are describèd In lh•
r818vanl sections ot thLS report.
her Inform￿lon
The Irusleès are respons ble for the other inloffnalJ"on. The other infoirnal￿n comprises the in10rma￿.on in¢luded in
Ihe Annual Report Ourop¥ii¢Jn on the [￿anCIal staternents does cover Ihe Olher inlormatloa and, except to the
exlenl olherni%e oxplicilty 51aled in oui report, we ¢10 not express any form of assurarKg ccwlu$son thgrgon.
In connBclion with our audl of the linanual siaiements. our ¥espc¥tsibilrty is lo read Ihe other information and. In
doin9 $0. consider whether Ihe other inlormatron is maleiially incthisistenl wilh Ihe linancial slalernents, oi our
knowledge oblained in the audit or olhemse appears lo t* materkilly missiaigd. If we identify such matorial
inconsistencie5 or apparent material misslalemenls. we a￿ rewired lo determine whether the￿ is a rnaterial
mi5slatern¢nl in Ihe linancial statements or a material misslatemenl of the other inlormation. 11, based on Ihg work
w¢ hav? performed, we cor￿lude thai Ihere 15 a Tnalerial misstalemenl of this other information, wo are T8quire¢J to
report thal lacl. We have nolhing lo report in Ihis ￿garrf.
Opinions on other matlern preaerlbed by th• Cornpanies Act 2006
In OLJr opinion. b05ed on work unf18rtaken in Ihe wurse of the audit".
the information given in the AnnLJal Aeport Iwhth I￿ludeS the 5tratew ￿pOrt and Ihe directors. r?port
prep￿¢d lor the purposes of cOr￿aN￿ lawl for th8 finaFKial year foi wh¢h the finar￿18* *018merbts are
Prepa￿ is eonsisteni with the lirtancial slalerner¢ts'. And
the slrai8gic report anij Ih9 clireclors. inclu(*d wtrM"n thtr Annual Report have been wepared Sn
accordance vthth apjtcable legal Tequirements.
Matters on whlch wo are r•quired lo report by ex¢eptlon
In Ihe light of lh8 knowledge and understanding ol Ihe charrtab￿ company and its environmefil £￿taIned in thg
coursa of Ihe audil, we have not Identrfied rnaterial mssstalements in Ihe Annual Report (which Ir￿rPOrates the
Strateg￿ r8POrt an¢ the E1ir6ct¢)ts' report).
We havè nothing lo report In respect of lh8 lolowing rnaltets in relation to which the Companies Act 20C6 requires
us la report lo you rf, in our opiniM'.
adequate accouniing records have nol been kept by the Pa￿ThI charitable company.. or
Ihe parent tha1stab￿ ¢ornpany I￿at￿lat siaiements are noi in agreement With the accounting rècords an¢J
r8turn3' or
certain disclosur¢y ol lrnslegs. remuneraiw specthed by law ara not rnade.. or
we have Thot t￿eNed au Ihe irlormathjn and •WanatNM5 W8 require lor our audrt.

INDEPEMJENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF ELY DIOCESAN BOARD OF ANANCE
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DE¢EP18ER 2022
R•$pon$lbllitles ol trusiees for financlal •i•tomènt$
As explained more fithy in Ihe Intstees, responsiblities slatemant set pa9e 13, the trustees (who are also
the direclor8 01 Ihe charilable company lo¥ lh¢ purpc6es ol CLryany lawl arè rè5ponsibte lor Ihe ￿partI10n ol the
IinanLial slalemenls lor being satstied Ihat they a true and lair view. and lor s￿h int8rnal contrd a5 the
Irust6es delermine is necessary io enable Ihe Prepara1￿ of t￿￿la1 statements that a￿ free trom maleri&l
mi$stalemènl, whether tsje to iraud or error.
In preparing the fIna[K￿ 51atemEnls. Ihe Inths ar• VespTh￿I8 lor a5seswny Ihe group and pafent charilalAe
company's abilty lo coniinue as a gory C￿cern. dLsdosing. as arWKthe, matter3 related lo gung concern and
U￿n9 Ihe going concem basi% ol p*xounting ￿n￿sS the l¥uslees ￿1her bnlend to IiquKlale the group or parent
charitable comparty or to cea￿ operati¢y)s. of have Th) rnalistic *lema¢ive but to th) so.
Audlior's r•w>onslblll¢lg$ for th¢ audTrt ol Ihe f4nancld slal•rnonl8
Our oty'ectNes ate lo obtain re8sonoble 8S8u¥ance atMMJt wheth9¥ the finanth81 statements a$ a whole are Iree frorn
malenal mi$51algFnent. %thelher to IraL*J or error. to i8sue an a￿*01.$ report that I￿ludeS our opinion.
R8asonab18 855uraneè is a hwJh level ¢S aSsurar￿ bul is noi a guarantee Ihat an atsdil conduuetj in accordance
wilh ISAS IUKI will always detecl a rnalef￿ mi55tatem8ni when il exi8ts. m￿StatEM￿n￿ can arLse from ITaLhY or
error and are consideredmaterial il. rylivKlualy orin Ihe aggregale, thtycould rQa$ona￿botWiedl0 inllu
the economK deci%￿n$ ol useis taken on the basis ol these hnarKial slalements.
Irregularifr'es. inclutling fraud. a¢ instances ol noTr¢ompharte wrth la¥r6 and rwAaiv)n$. We design prwedures
in line wtth our responsibilities. cthined above. lo detect matenai m￿slaternents ￿ resp8tt Df irregLdarities.
includin9 fraud.
Base(l on our unthrstanding ol Ihe gr￿P parent d*Dlable e¢Myny and the awIronn￿t It cyerates,
we idenlilied that Ihe pri￿1paI risks ol n0n<rynp1iar￿e Mth laws and re9￿allonS related lo sale9uardingvulnerable
beneli¢iaYies. health and sa191y. and gmpioym8nt IwKludif¥J laXalioAI, and we con5wJ8T8d Ihe èxtont to which non-
complidnce ryxght havea malerialellecl on the lina￿laI$l8lernOnls We als0c0ns￿ered those laws and regulations
that have a direct Impact on Ihe preparation ol the Iinarthal Slalements such a$ the CL¥npan￿s Act 2￿6, Ihe
Charities kt 2011 and Chuieh ol Ellgland Measures.
We evaluaied managefflonl'$ irtenli¥es and cpportunites for Irauthjlenl manipulation ol ihe f*nancial slatemenls
(including Ihe risk of oveiTide of ¢OAlrolsl and delem)I￿ thai the w"S￿val nsks were relaled lo fund accountitYJ.
I￿luding translers be1v￿en lthids. revenue rwnitk)n. Au(lil FwrKedurgs performed by the gFvJa98m8nl t98m
Included..
In5pectifvJ C0FreSpor¥Je￿e with rWat0￿ and tax aulhOr￿.eS.'
Discussio￿ managerrtenl indudin9 eorwthra¢ion ol knovm or suspected inst*w ol non-
compliance with laws and regulalM)n and Iiaud;
Eva1uabng managemenl's conlrds designcd lo wevenl and detect irregdaribes..
Idenlilying and testin9 ioumals, in parttular journal ￿5￿r￿J$ by unusual Ltsers or with uThtsual
desc¥ipltons",
Challenging aswwrytions pdg￿r￿ts made by managwni in Iheir ¢ritKal ￿unt￿ esb"males:
T8$1ir*J transl8rs betwoen and
Cul-oll testing In ￿SpeCI of teverbue.
A lurthgr rJg%1lpI￿ ol our rt5ponsi¥lities lor th• audrt ol the IMa￿la1 stalenwls is kKaled on Ihe Final￿￿11
Reporting Councifs website at.
. Thos deSulpt￿ lorms part ol ovr audiior's
report.
B8cau5e ol Ihe inherent limrtatK)ns ol an authl. the￿ o a nsk Ihat we whl r￿ltste￿ irreguLgrbties, incluth'ng Ih08e
leading to a rnalgrial rTJisSta18m￿¢ in Ihe linancialslat8ments or non.c(Xrpba￿t wrth regulation. This nsk increases
the more Ihal ¢oftwliance a Lqw or legUlatK￿ is rel￿￿1 Irorn Ihe 8venls Sjnd transact￿n5 rellecled In the
Itnancial slaiemenls, as we will be less *kely lo becrmme aware ol instances ot ncfj-cowvarnce. The risk ts also
ater regaiding i1rewLarIt￿ ￿¢UMng due lo fra￿4 rather Ihan ernw. as In￿1ve5 intenlKMwl ¢on¢88kn8rt,
lorgery. Gollusion. omi5son or MIS￿p￿eSentatW.
Use of our report
This report is made to Ihe ¢haril8ble crynponls m¢mbeis. as a bth. in a￿Ors￿dI￿O ￿th Chapter 3 01 Part
16 01 the Cornpar¥es Acl 2C¥J6. Oui vffjrk has been thidertaken so that we Trthjht $tal8 to Ihe chaiitabl8
eompanvs members thDse mattels we are wuired 10 slaie lo them M an Auditor's report and lor no gthgr PUiPDSe.
To the lulesl exlenl ￿r[r￿tt￿ by law. we th) not accept w assum re5ponsth"lstytoanyone olheithan the chaiilablo
company and Ihe charitable members. as a Lh)dy. lor our audrt woth. lor this report. OT tor tha ty)iniDns
we ha￿ formed.
Adarn H￿SEY (Sèni￿ Slat￿ory Auditor)
For behall d Aaysmacintyre LLP. Siatutory AL*kn
Date.. 09 August 2023
10 Queen Street Hace
London
EC4R IAG
18

ELY DIOCESAN BOAFID OF FINANCE
CONSOLIOATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTivmES
FOR THE YEA51 ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
Nol•¥
Unr•stricted
Fund
2022
£'ooo
Endowment
Totol
Fundj
2022
£'ooD
Tolal
funds
2021
fund8
2022
£'ooo
2022
£'ooo
Income and endowments
Irom..
Donations
MinBlry Share
Archbishops. Counol
Qh8r donalior
Charilable actmties
Otlrr Activities
Investments
ot￿r
5.496
185
516
423
348
1.156
5,498
600
5,554
847
307
406
415
171
423
348
3.102
1.762
1.946
142
3.156
9.662
2.674
82
12.418
10.569
Expenditure on
Aaising Fund5
Charitable aclNrties
185
8.286
108
355
10.741
1,942
8,888
2,455
8.471
2.517
108
11.096
10.830
N•t Ineom•ll•Mp•nditur•)
b•foi• Inv••imMi g•ln8
157
1261
1,322
12611
Net gairs on inveslmenl
87
460
14,228}
13.6811
9,893
Nol inc<)m
1.278
617
14,2S41
12.3591
9.632
Tran4fer8 ￿lwOon funds
168¢1
3,799
13,1191
{Lo$syyln8 on
r•v¥luatlon oi fixed
a•8•ts
(1,6451
11,6451
7,302
Nel rngvoment in fund*
4.416
19.0181
14,0041
16.934
Fl•¢on¢lll8tlon of lund•
TO1￿ iunds al 1 January
2022
20.978
15,616
148,416
185.010
168,078
Total fundg al 31
D•cember 2022
21.576
20.032
139.398
181.006
185,010
All income and eypendiiure relale to conlinuiThJ aaiMIi8s.
The notes on pag?5 23.47 forn part of these fror¢iJ slaterngnts.
19

ELY OKJCESAN BOARO OF FIMANCE
SUMMARY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEPABER 2022
Total
lunds
2022
£'ooo
Tot41
funds
2021
£'ooo
TO￿ Income
12.418
10,569
Total gxpanditure
11.098
10.754
Op¢railng •UrplU￿(￿OflC1t)
11851
Net gaw I Ibsse81 on imiesmKnt
(5.3261
2,329
Nel In¢omel{¢Mpendhur•) lor lh• y•ar
14,0041
2,144
other ¢omprehenalve Incom•:
Gains I Ilotsasl on r8vdual*￿ of lix8d assets
Nèt trans1*5 Irom orKkn￿enls
3,119
1.135
Totsl compr•hen¥lve (expendltUr•yI￿OMfr
{885}
3.279
In 8ccordance wlh Comparyes Acl w¥r8ments this stalèment pr￿nts 8 s￿18ry of Ihe rTh)vement C￿ n￿-
endowed funds In the linartial yeai.

ELY DIOCESAN BOARO OF FINANCE
8ALAt4CE SHEET5
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER ￿21
Gpoup
Ch*rity
2022
£'ooo
2021
£'oc
2022
'ooo
2021
£000
Flx•d Ass•ts
Tangible assels
Inveslrnenls
14
15
99.181
61.160
99.181
79.918
100 996
83 238
84.543
180,341
185.539
179.099
184.234
Cuirgnt Au•
Siock
Assets hatd for sal•
Debiorl
Ca$h al bwk and in hand
720
16
1.923
2,139
1.788
2.6TO
2.0
2.S87
1,533
5.291
4.213
4.738
4.120
CuiT•nt Llabllltl
Cre(lilors" amounts lalthng due wi¢hwi
one year
3.378
3.608
3.005
3.453
N•t Current A•G•ts
1.913
1.733
Total 4¥•o1• l•1• curr•nt IbabillU•J
182,234
186.144
110.832
184.9)1
Cr•dltoM.' arnounts f•lllng du• •ft•r
fflor• than on¢ y•af
Pension sthernt118bilit*s
Other creditors
23
23
18
Provlslom for li•bllitl•s and ¢h•ry•s
19
1.241
1.248
N•t A•••ts
161,006
185010
179,584
183.767
R•pi•s•ntsd by..
Endowm•n¢ lund>
24
139.3
148.416
139,398
148.416
Reitrfct•d Incoffl• fund•
23
20,032
15.616
18,913
14.348
Unr••trlct•d Incom• fvnd•
Genéral funds
R8lr8at House
Other De51wated funds
22
22
22
5.670
518
15.381
8.780
463
11.735
5.367
518
tS,3B8
8.805
463
11,73S
21.S76
20.978
21.273
21.003
Total Fund•
161.006
185.010
179,584
183.767
These fnanGial slalemenis ware approved Oy Ihe Board of Tiu$iees OA 20 May 2023. and 8wJned on rt$ beball
by.
The
Slephan Conw
1&8hop of Elyl
I,.IbJtr
Canon
IleTs ICh8ii 018¢ard ol Financg)
The noies w paoes 23-47
ofthese fbnanck4 slatements
21

ELY DIOCESAN 8OARD OF FINANCE
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR ThE YEAR ENO&131 DEC￿BEft 2022
2022
E'ooo
2021
t'ooo
N•1 Ilow Irom OP8fa¢lThJ aclivili•J I
1424
972
Cash Ilows Ir4wn in¥•stlng actlvltrs
rNwd&nds. ￿1￿1$1, and Irom Mivesbn•rts
Proceeds fiw the 8*e ol.
T￿gIble fixed #sel$
Fixed asset In¥eslffent$
A$¥ets held for to$*e
Puwctsw of..
Tangèk filed assets
F4x¢d hw¢strrtrfS
2.659
2,705
4.918
S,302
3,455
13.2451
(9,7241
12,449)
110.1931
Net ¢aBh wo¥rded by hwe81ry athTrt*s
{4711
(1.14YQ)
Cuh now¥ fln•nclng*¢tl¥ltl¢•
Loans rep¥d
Not cKh thded byl<us•d in) finaru4 *lr4it
Chan98 kn ¢ash ond c4th In th•year
953
(208)
Cg$h aNJ coth eqimvaknts AS 411 2022
l.B94
C￿h •nd u•h ¢qul¥*knnty •• at 31 Doc•mbw 2022
2,639
1,688
' R¢¢on¢lN•tbon oln•t moY•m•nts In lty r•t Ilow Ir¢An •p•rtting •cll¥lti•s
2022
2021
E'ooo
Nrt rnwwn•nt In fvnd• for th• y￿r￿nded 31 Decernb•r
14.0)4)
16.934
Adluslmgnl* fof..
Deprec￿lIOn
Gain on revaluall￿ ofwopety Ywe•lTh
Loss on di5po$al of fixed 88s81s
Inlere51 ond dividends Trceivabk
Aepaym9nl of10gn$ ad¥aTh￿d
Ilncreaseyde¢fe83e in stock
Ilnuea5•ydeci•as• in debiors
Incr•8ie in cl¢d￿r9
Deciea5q in pe￿￿)n frjnd lthiy
Increa$e In piovisions
44
113.7041
9.834
11.5221
P.6S91
12.7051
10
(137)
(230)
P31
137
(51
212
N•tc•th flwi from ¥w•r4tkn9 adMtI08
1.424
972
An•ly•l• •l¢a•h Ind ￿Th •wl¥al•nts
2022
2021
Cash at and in h¥KI
Centrol Bowd OfF￿￿ parish
2,639

ELY DIOCESAN 8OAAD OF FINANCE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEIABEA 2022
1. A¢¢ounting policie#
Ely Diocesan Board ol Fina￿ is a company lirnited by guarantè8 leompany nvmber 1421831, and a charity
(number 2454561 registered in England & Wal8s. and govemed by its Memorandum and Arliclas ol
Associalion. Its 1895tered offts is gwen on Ihe acxministralwe detai15 pagg in l*e Sirawic Report
The principal accounting polries adopteLI. judgeme¢)ts anil key sources of estirnation uncertdinty In the
p￿ParatIon of Ihe financial siaiemenis are as lollows..
Bas18 of p¥eparJtlon
The financkql stalernents have been ptepared in xwrdAnce with AccountiTh2 and Reporting by Charilies..
Staiemeni of Aecommended Practrce applt¢able lo charit*s preparing their accounts in a￿0[da[￿$ with Ihg
Financial Reporting Standard app4table in the UK and Reput1￿ gf 11gland IFRS 1021181fècliw• 1 January
20151- (Charities SORP IFRS 10211. Finan¢hg1 Reportin9 Standard app(ra￿e in the UK and Repubtic ol
Ir81and IFAS 1021 aJ)d the c(￿panIeS Aci %Jo&
Ely Diocasan Boar(S ol Finance meels Ihe definition of a public b8n8lit ￿lIty under FRS 102. A$59ts and
Iiabilili8s a￿ initially recognised at hislorical cost or transaction value unless olherwise staitd in Ihe relevanl
attounting poI￿Y not•lsl.
Pr•paiallon ol accoynto on a going ¢onE•m b•$i•
Having considered lutule budgets. cash Ilows and ￿ServeS. the Twstees conlim) Ihat they have no rn8leri81
doubts aboul thè Charity's atslity lo meet its debts as they fall due. The￿ aw no rnaleriJ LJncert8inlies Ihat
would impact on the Chantys ot*'lity to eoniinue in operational exist￿e for the for8S8eable lutura. Tho
accounls theTefore conlinue to be prepareLI on a g<Mng C￿cern basis.
Group finan¢l&l 8tatement8
The financial slalemenls consolKlate the resufts ol th8 charty and its wholty owned subsidHries Ely Diocesan
Schools Services Limiteil and Ety D8F Property Limited on a Iine-by-line basi5. A sepaialv $18tement of
Financial Aclivilie5 and InccNne and Expenditure Account lor Ihe ¢h8rily ha$ llot been prèsented because the
¢harily has takén a¢Jvaniage Df Ihe exernpbon aNgrded by section 408 01 thè Conwanies Acl 2(X)6. Th8 delKit
01 Iho parent charity wa$ t4.183k12021.' Su￿uS ol El 6.959kl.
In¢orn• r8eognlilon
All income is iecogThsed onca Ihècharity hasentffjementto intorne. rt ￿ probablethat incom? wim bo r•eeived,
and lh8 amount ol irKorne receiv8b￿ c8n ￿ measured rdiably.
il Mlnlgiry Share is recogn￿ed a5 incomE ol iho year in respect ol wh￿h il 1$ receivat￿8.
Ill R¢nl receivable is rocowised as irthme in the period with respect lo il relates.
iiil Interest and dlvidends are r8COgnised a5 income whern ￿CeIVa￿e.
Iv) Paro¢hi81 fe•¥ ale recognised as income of the year to which they relate
iv) DonatlDnB olhor than granis are recognBed whgn rKgivabl8.
vl Galns on di$po$al ol fixed •sse18 lor the Board's own use li.e. non-inveslrnenl ass8151 ala accounted
for 8$ Oth8r inccrfne. Losses on disposal of such assets are ac￿￿nIed lor a5 Other expendilure.
vil Stiptnds lund Incom•. The StipeThds Fund Capital accounl is g)vemed by Ihe 0￿ce$an Sl¥>gnds' Fund
Measure 1953, as wnendgd. and th8 use ol lh• incorne is reslricled lor Clergy sDp8nd5.

ELY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FWANCE
NO￿5 TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBEA 2022
1. Accoun¢ing poli¢ie8 l¢onflnuedl
Expendltur•
EXpendilU￿ Is reeognisèd there is B 18gal or constwclN8 t*ligaI￿n to make a Pay￿￿nt lo a third party,
it is probable Ihal settlement wrfl be ￿quIred, and the amount of the Obligab￿ can be measured rdiably.
i) C08ta of raisin9 fundg are Cfffislrained to COSIS relatin9 lo the lemwary ￿ntIng LXA ol parsonagès and
Invesiment management costs ol glet>e and any othei mestyneni pwrties.
ill Ch•rllabl• expenditur8 is analy5ed betwe8n con1rkn4j1￿ns lo the knN)th)p6': cou￿11, 8xpendilure on
resourang mission an(J ff#nistry in the parB￿S ol the Dmxese. induLling Ihe Oioc25an Retreat H¢xJse,
and expendilure ¢m 8thxat￿ and chU￿h of Eng4aThY schoob Wb the ￿0¢P5￿.
Illl Grsnts pay81￿8 are charged In the yearwhen the olfef is coftveyed to the rewwt exce0 in those casas
where the ofler is ccxxlitional on the Tecipienl sali51￿n9 pertormarte OY other th"screlionary requirements
to th8 salislacjw ol the boa￿ such gfanl¥ being rec¢wised as 9xpendibJ￿ 1he conditions
attaching are lulfilled Gran15 otter8d Sltyct lo such conditws th have not been mel al the year-end
are noted as a comrNim8nL but acc￿￿￿ as expen¢frture.
fvl Support coslll consist ol central management. acknlni5tTatK￿ and g)V8rnance cos1$. Cosls a￿ allocal&LI
whewever pgssible thr￿tty 10 th6 actmty lo whKh Ihry ¥elal8, twt where such 4knca albcation is not
possibb. Ihe rema*ideT ts alktated on an 4)proxirnale stall time basis.
I Pen•ion wnlribulion¥. The Board's slall are methr$ of the Chuth W(¥ke15 Pe￿￿￿ Fund and clergy
are mortyers of the Churth ol EThJland Funded Pe￿1￿& Stt*me Isee r*)te aol. The pension costs
charg8d a5 8xpendilure represenl Ihe Board's C¢￿tr￿)utionS payable in respect of Ihe accounting period,
in 8ccoidance wrth FRS102. Oeh"ul lunding Iwthe dergy p2rtsion xheme to which the Board participate5
15 acciu8d at currenl value in c￿drtfXS (Ssb"wi5hed between contribulws t￿lIng Wilh￿ onp year and
altgr rwre Ihan one yeai.
I￿eCOVerable VAT is charged as a cost agaysi Ihe lor whKh Ihe ¢xpenthtU￿ was I￿U￿0d.
ExpendrtUTè alloeatèd to thè partthar a(*wty where the ￿laleS threctly to Ihat xli¥ity.
Allocathon ol costs
Stall costs are all¢xaleO belween threct chairtable expeTrJiture swy)rt Costs ba￿1 Dll the lime SFerd on
Ihese acliviti&s. Othgr costs are alwated threthty lo Ihe rdewdnt headiry.
Invostments
Inveslmenls are a lorrn of ba￿ finawial instru￿nts and a￿ inrtially 51K>wn Ihe financial slaiÈmen15 at
maik?I Val￿e. Mo¥omentS ￿ the markel values of in¥8stsnenls are $hown as unreal￿e￿ gain5 and 105se5 in
the S*alement of Activit￿.
Pro1rt5 and losses on Ihe reali5alion ol intsoslments ale $l￿wn as real￿$ gains and kjsses in the Slatement
of FinarKk91 Aclivilies Aed*sed 9ains and kjsses on ￿¥8S1M￿nIS are cakubl•Y belween sales proCe￿S and
therr openfftg edrrying volue5 or therr purchase Va￿ rf acquired 5thJsequenl ID Ihe hrst day of the linancial
year. Vnrealised gains and losses a￿ cakulaied Ihe ¢thllerence belween the laiT value at Ihe year end and
their carrying Value. Realwd and unigJised Mivestrnenl and k)5S85 arp combind in the Slalement ol
FinanciAI Aclivities.
xed a$$et$
FreelJc4d andle8seholdpropertw lor Ihe ¢haKity5 use
Depre¢ialion is not p¥ovKJed on butldiTh35 a5 any p￿VIsiOn lannual or cumLrtaiivel wouSY not be material due
to Ih very k)ro expocied remainmg ￿e1￿1 econcfflK lrfe in e8ch ca88. and becausè their txpecled re5idLbal
value ￿ noi maierialy les5 than thetr ¢arw9 value_ The Boartl has a p￿tY DI regula¥ slrwlural inspection.
repair and mainlena￿. whKh in Ih? case ol residen1￿ FYa￿lI*S Is in xc0[dar￿e wilh Ihe Repair of
Benelices Buildings Measure 1972 ènd pryrties a￿ therefore unl*tely to dete1￿rale or suller from
obsolescence. In a¢dition. dtspos￿s ol pwoperties ttcur wdl b8fore th8 end of th￿1 eeonomt livvy and
d4)osal pruceed5 usually nol less than their carry¥YJ value. The Irk￿18es pertorm annual wnpwrmènl
reviews in ￿cordance ¥￿h the r￿uIremen1S of FRS102 to ensu￿ Ihai the carrying value Is not more than
the recoverab￿ wnovnl. ThÈ8e properties are al cost.
24

ELY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THe YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBEFI 2022
1. Ac¢ountlng polici•• l¢ontlnuedl
Flxgd 818•t• Iconiinu•dl
Schools
The Board doe5 not rècognise Ihe value ol its reversionary interest in the assets ol aetive schools and, in Ihe
Case ol closed schooLs. only when the uttwnat? Pro￿ad5 of di5pDsal have been receNed.
P8rs¢Ma9e houses
Th8 8oaid has followed the requirgments of FRS102 in accounting tr8aim8nl for benelice houses
Ip8rsonagesl. FRS102 r8qt*irestht aeccNJntw)g tr•atment lofollowthe sthtance of arrangeM￿ts raI￿r than
their strict lègal form. The Boaid is foimally responsiblt for the maintenancè and repair ol such prOpert￿S
and has some jurBdiclion overlh8ir futurè use or poiential Sa￿ rf not required as a benelice house, but in Ihe
Mean￿'m￿ legal title arKJ Ihe rKJhi io benelicial occupalK•n 1$ vested in the incumbent. Th8 trust885 Ih8f8lor8
on5ider the rnoslsuitsbte acccxjnling pdicy is to capitalise s￿h plope￿.es as expendable endowment assets
and lo carry Ihem al their e$bmated cvrr￿f market value. calculat￿1 by using the mi¢*oint of the Council tax
banding as arliu5ted by a pU￿￿£hed in¢*x io rell￿t changes sin¢¢ the lasi vluabon.
Olher tan￿ble I￿￿da$S8ts
Deprecialion is cakulaied to write oll the costs of the fi'xgd asset by 8qual ins1alm￿lS as lollowg, all slraighi
Fuinilure & equipmèrnt
Leasèhdd improvemenls
Freeh￿d properties
12.&33% per annum sITai￿1 line
life ollg
Not D8prtcialgd
A lull year ol dèpieckllK*) is chargeLI in 1he year of addAion for all lumiture and equipment assets.
Flnanclal Instruments
Th8 cornpany only ha5 linwKial assets and linanciBI liabiliknès ol & kn.nd Ihat qualify as basic financial
Instruments Basic Ibnancial inslrumonts are inifvalty Teco9Thsed aitrnwction value subsequentlycarried
al either arnorti¥ed c051 or lair value as noted below.
Debtors
Trade and other debtots ale recognised at Ihe selllern¢ni arnokbnt due after any Irade (Jiscournl ollered.
Prepaymenls are valueLI at Ihe arnount pr8paid nel of any irad8 discounis due. At Ihe ond ol each roporting
peiiod deblor5 are as5e5sed tor eviL*nce ol impairment. If an assel is i￿lled an impairrnenl 1055 r6
recognIs￿ in Ihe Slatemenl of Fin￿¢181 AclNiiw.
C8sh
Cash 31 bank a￿1 cash in hatK4 itludes cash and shorf ierm hvjhty Iqiwd inv8Stmefits wrth a short maturity
ol Ihree months oi less frorn d318 01 aCqUk%itpJn or opening ot de￿1 or simlai accounl.
Cl￿1101$
Basic linancial liatm'lilies, incltsdin9 trade and olher payables and bank loans. 8re recognised where the charity
ha3 a pres¢nl obligation resulting from a past event Ihat V4ill prob8tAy result in the tran51er ol funds lo a thirrl
party atFd the amount due lo setlle the Obligat￿ can ￿ measured or esiimale(J relia￿y. Ciedilors and
provision5 ar? re¢ogni%ed at transaction P￿￿e.
Stock and work In pro9r?
Stock and work in progress 15 valued al Ihe l(wer of cost and estinaled selling price18ss costs lo complete
and sell.
Funds
Fund balanc•s arè split between uftrestrtcle(I (general and d8syna18d). restrKted and eTrJDwrnenl lund5.
ijnresliicled fun(Ss are the 8tsard's corporate funds and are freely available ltsr ary pvrpose within the
charitable company's objects. al lh8 thscretion of th8 Board. There are Iwo lypes ol unreslricled funds..
General funds wh￿h the Board inlen(ts to U50 loi the general pu￿9$e$ ol the Board.. and
o D8signaied funds set aside out ol unrestricled fund5 by the Board far a purpose specihed by
the truslees.
Desiw8led lund$ are unrestiicled lunds earrnarke*Y by the tritstee5 for part￿ular purposa$.
Restriue(J luntJs ale ihose lunds wh￿h argto ba used in accordance with specific Instruciions iTN)ose*J
by the donor or liust da8d.

ELY OIOCESAN 80ARD OF FhNAI4CE
NOTES TO THE ACCOi
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
as Income. Expgndabl• may. howwew. be sp¥)t as inct￿me ¢ertaA) c*C￿n￿rKe$.
'SpecialtnJsll' la$delinedbyth6 Charitseshd20111 and w otsr 1ft￿ts *tsre the eompany ￿lS as tiuslee
and ¢onlrols Ihe management and use ol Ihe IwKls. a￿ irtI￿ed in the companys own lin8n¢ial slatements
a5 charity branches. T￿lS the 8oard mèr•ty Js c￿￿0dlan tftffjl88 wilh rbo coniiol ovor Ihe
managemenl ¢4 thè Iutyts. are not ir¢lu(W n Iha ￿￿¢￿818181?rn￿$ summarised in the lo Ihtr
financi* ￿atOmor¢ts.
Pension #el*m•
Thè 01￿8Se parbcyates n Iwo delmed I)￿11t pen8b￿ 5cP*nes to womde pJ8nsion benells based on final
)&onable pay, nam•ty the Church of Enyknd FL*thI Pwgons sC￿me Icleffjy) and the c￿1th ol
England Defined Benelits Schom8 part of Ihe Churth Workors Pengon Fund. The Di￿858 also participates
in the Church ol En￿and Pengon 8uAder Scheme Ilcfftiety known as Oehr*l Contrl)ulions Sche￿¢) parl
ol the (￿u[ch Workets P￿￿(￿* FuTra. Detarfs ol Ihe 8cherres ar¢ set cArt m note 26.
The co￿$ charged as expgnthluie I￿rESen1 the Dbx8S8'S payable in respect of the
accounkng pei4)d. in pLcordarKtt wilh FRS102. Del￿rt luna.ng lor p8nsion Sch￿88 tts byhich ￿0¢eSe
partKipale8 is &crn￿d ai tsJThent valug in cr•ShJ5 thsiir4wl￿J beMwicorrtthMth.C￿ lalh"r¥J due wlhin one
year and alter more than one yw.
Judgwn•nt$ and •sfim•i•s
In Ihe application of the ¥counbng pok*s. the afe required to mako Ii*gmènts. estinales. arKI
8ssUrWI￿S aboulth8carrying value of assetsand ￿at￿litiesthat are read￿Y apparent IK#M Other soureès.
T1￿ o&matsS and underlying 859Jmptthis ￿ based on h¢siorical eXperie￿e and olher f*wrs Ih&t ale
cOns￿ered to rvthant. A(lual results May drtler Irom Ihese eslwnales. Th8 esl*nales and l￿derlYIng
8Ssump￿0nS af8 conlin￿lty evaluated. Aev[s￿$ lo wxountirKJ eslwnales are recognised Ihè pènod In
which the estimate is re¥￿d.
Vgluaiion of Freehold proptstles and p•rBonage hou•08:
Al le￿ vKarages and parsonag8 housesa￿ revak*dtothwrl•irvab*AMualtry LNrrfJ valualion$ c￿C￿lat￿d
Sing Indexed COLw*iI lax banthng5.
Valu•lion of IlJbllltle8 Brislng from the ¢harlty's obllgallon to meet d•ficlt rtrduetlon ￿¥M•nI0 lor 1¢$
multl*mploy¢r d•fin•d benefft pen•lon 8chemBS.'
These l*blrties aro re¥￿Ued at eath yèar end thscwnl lates T4ylith ara r￿$65$8￿ anwaly.
Re￿dual val￿# ol Fr••hold propertlea:
The Tru5tee5 consider that re81(￿ Val￿ d trgthjbj prCPWt￿ is hp* thal d8precialim woultl
not be ffla1e￿.
In the vkwi ol Ihé Truslees there a￿ no swrees ol esb'm8lKm uncértainty aftectfftg assets or liabilil*S #l lh&
balarte sheet ¢Jats thal are kk8by to resuli in a matgrial ti1ustiner￿ to iheir carrymg amwit5 In Ihe nexl
￿na￿l* year.

ELY DIOCESAN BOARO OF FINANCE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
2. Incom• Irom donations
Total
2022
£'ooo
T￿11
2021
Mlnlg¢ry
Current yearfs allocalion n¢t of
disc(MJnts and rebaios
Arrears for previous years
5.492
5,537
5.496
5,554
Total rnini5lry sharè r￿￿pt$ represent 95.1%12021". 94.2%) of the althatirm.
All ministry Sha￿ irtcome is unrg$tricted.
Unrestrict•d Ro8iri￿ed
2022
2022
£'ooo
Total
2022
£'ooo
Total
2021
E'ooo
Archblshops, Council
Chan¢dloi and Re￿$trar
Markel Town5 funding ISDF)
Curales Funding ISMF)
Barnw811 Innovatson fun(b'ng ISIF)
AME grant
47
47
49
291
53
35
419
138
138
415
600
847
In 2021, £428k ol Income was unrestricted anrl £419k was rastricted.
Llnr•$¢rlcted ReJtri¢t•d
2022
2022
£'ooo
£'ooo
Toi81
2022
£'ooo
Tolal
2021
£'ooo
Olher donatlon*
AIIChurches Tll￿1 grant
Furlough Grants
Donatio
103
106
413
171
$84
201
516
171
307
In 2021. t126k of incom* was unrestitted. £181k was reStr￿ed.
3. Ineomo from ch•ritabl¢ aeiivllies
Toial
2021
£'oDo
2022
£'OOD
A85igngd lees
Unaswgned fee5
Rotieat Htsjse
323
102
423
406
l income Irom charitabl¢ actNil*S was wireslri¢led in both Ihè cu￿OnI and prior year.
4. Income fiom olher •Glivitie#
Total
2022
£'ooo
Total
2021
£'ooo
Rent81 in¢om¥ Irorn vacant parsonage8
348
298
348
298
All incryne Irtsm other a¢￿ville$ is Unrest1￿1•d.
27

ELY DIOCESAN 8OARO OF FINANCE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 91 DECEIIBER 2tr22
. Ineom• Irom Inv•a¢m•nts
Unreslrl¢led
Fundi
2022
RB8trlct•d
Funds
2022
Endowment
Fund¥
2022
£'ooo
Total
Funds
2022
£'ooo
In￿lmen1 income
Glebe ients recdvab
Inleresl received
697
443
16
2.643
443
16
3.102
Comparatlve 8n4ly$ls for
Unrostrlct
Funds
2021
Re8lrlct•d
Funds
EndQwm￿t
Fund•
2021
Total
Funds
2021
Invosiment income
Glebe fenls receryaile
Inkrest received
782
451
2.704
451
1.?34
1,gYè
3.156
6. Other incorne
Unre#tTTCt•d Restrlcted EndowmeThl
FUY
Funds
Funds
2022
20r
2022
£'ooo
£'ooo
E'ooo
Toial
Fynds
2022
Total
Funds
2021
E'OOO
Gawilllossesl on sale of
propelbes
Other income
1.522
16
1.522
240
142
142
1.762
TOTAL hYCOME
9,662
2.674
11418
10.569
AH OihérKJ¢orn• in 3021 was vnreslitted
28

ELY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM8ER 2022
7. E¥p•ndilure on rai•lng funds
Unr•$¢ri¢t¢d
Fund•
2D22
rooo
R•siricted
Fund*
202Z
Endowment
Fund•
2022
E'ooo
Tot•1
Fund*
2022
t'ooo
Let houses expenses
Glebe tnanagemeni costs
Inveslmgnt managors tests
76
76
116
163
101
185
62
355
Comparatlv• analy$S8 lor 2021
Unre$tri¢led
Fun¢•
2021
t'ooo
Aestilct•d
Funds
2021
£'ooD
Endowmoni
Fund&
2021
£'ooo
Total
Funds
2021
£'DOD
Lei hooses expensés
Gl8be manag*ment costs
Inv8slmenl managets costs
64
114
1.764
101
13
63
1.701
165
1.701
76
1.942
8. Exp•ndliure on ¢h•fItab￿ a¢li¥rtle8
Vnr•$tri¢ted Restrictèd Endowment
Funds
Funds
Funds
2022
2022
2022
£'ooo
Total
Fund&
2022
t'ooo
conlrlbutlons to Ar¢hbl$hops' Counell
Training for the Ministry
National Church f4esponsbililies
Church's Hou&ng Assistance tor Flelirèd Mintsty
Mission ag?ncy pension conlribu1￿ns
277
277
193
104
12
12
Resouicin9 Mlnlslry ond Mis¥ion
Minisiry in p8rishe5
Stipends, nalional insuiance & pen510r
Housing C051s
Mini51ry selection and training
Clergy Support
Other exponses
2.762
1.587
1.429
506
29
1,619
4.381
1.587
1.841
506
33
412
6.313
2.035
8.348
Support foi rnini$iry in parishes
Retreat House
Tree woths
1.259
35
69
1.259
35
69
7.676
2,035
9.711
EX￿nditUr1 on educalion
Support lorchurch schoo*
24
420
444
Tolal ¢hariiable aclbvrties
8,286
2,455
10.741

ELY DIOCESAN BOAAD OF HNANCE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31 DECEMBER 2022
8. Ex￿ndit￿re on ¢h•ril•ble •¢lIv￿a8 Iconlinu•dl
Unr•8triclod A8￿rItt•d EndoTMn•nt
Funds
Fun
Furrd•
2021
2021
2021
r'ooo
Total
Fund8
2021
E'ooo
Comp8r811¥* •Mly8ts lor&WI
Conlrlbuuons to Archbi8hops' CouncH
Tiaining lor Ihe MiP.IStry
Na￿O￿al Chuich ReSponstdl't￿S
Church'5 HousÈng A$9"$ta￿ for Reb'r8d
+Ai$sion age[￿Y pertsi¢)n cm1￿ul1￿$
277
218
277
218
102
12
12
Resourcing Ministry And hlg•lon
Mintslry in paris￿5
Slpends. national k)surance & pen￿0￿5
Hou5ry COSts
Mintstry selec11t￿ aftd Ir8AniThJ
Clergy swort
Olher exp¢nse5
2.730
1.367
1.637
479
30
2.730
1.367
2.063
4B2
6,243
433
6,676
Support lor mitsstry in parishes
Ral¥eai H¢yJse
1.187
1.187
94
7.524
7,957
Exp8ndltur• on ￿￿￿￿11￿n
SLWOrt lor church sch(x)
322
Tolal chwilaW¢ acivi￿$
8.153
735
76
8.888
8. Analysls of èxp•ndlturn I￿lu￿n9 8llocpllon ol supwt ¢o•ts
Aciivllle8
dertaken
dlreclly
2022
t'¢K*o
Grant
tunding ol
Support
¢o$t$
2022
E'ooo
Funds
2022
t'ooo
2022
r'ooo
Raising funds
CharitatAe aclivrties
contribul￿n5 to Archbishops. Counc
Resou¥ciwJ paftsh ministry
Education
Reireal Hws8
355
355
8.821
444
35
855
9,67fj
444
35
9.655
855
11.096
Comp8rntlve •nafys1s lor 2021
Aclivilies
undort•ken
Dlre¢ty
Grant
fvndlrt9 01
&etivthÈ$
Total
8oJrd
Fundg
202f
S¢¥wort
Costs
2021
Raising fuftd£
Charilalrfe aclivil
Coniributrt)ns ro Archtsshops'G¢>Jn
Resoury P8ri5h MrThslry
Eéucabon
RolreAI H￿$•
1.942
1.942
609
6.814
751
131
7.863
322
9.041
907
10,830

ELY OIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31 0ECEP4BER 2022
10. Analysls ol •upport ¢0st•
Unrestricted
Fund•
2022
t'ooo
R•strlct•d
Fund#
2022
E'OOO
Tot#1
Fund#
2022
£'ooo
Central admlnistration
Svpport tor Scho
Governanco..
Exiernal avdil
Regislrar and CharK¢llor
576
576
129
129
29
121
726
129
855
Comp•Mllv• anal￿1* for2021
Unf••trlcted R•*trkt•d
Funds
Fund5
2021
2021
Total
Fund•
2021
Central admintslrati¢)n
Support lor S¢hool
Governanc•.
Exiernal Autht
R8gisirar and Chan￿lor
631
631
30
771
882
l l. Analysls of grJnt¥ mad•
Numb•r ot Ir￿1vIdualS
gr&nli
2022
£'ooo
Insltlu￿0r1j
2022
t'OOD
Totol
2022
£'ooo
From unreslriet•d lunds lor
Notional Church respon55bi1ft1•g
ContI￿ul10n5 lor Aichbohops. Coundl
586
From unr••trl¢ted fund$-
PCCS lor Church Inspecti￿ lets
Ordinands irs training
PCCS lor Faculty 18es
Diocese Mission Projects
Coniinuin9 rninisterial Iraining
76
76
50
149
10
149
io
31
205
60
216
Total
210
156
646
802
hlumberof thdividu?18 In$iilutlong
gronts
2021
2021
Total
2021
From unYe$tricted fvftds lor
Notional Church r•$pon$ibilili•5
Conlnbuli￿s for ArChkn"s￿lps Courfil
609
From unrèstrieied fund$:
PCCS lor Church insp*tKJn fees
Ordinan(ts In training
PCCS IDr Faculty fees
Diocese M195ion Projects
Continuing nunl81eri￿ training
47
19
170
33
159
22
159
22
16
252
163
55
218
Total
257
827
31

ELY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANce
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED a1 DECEMaER 2022
11 Net incorn• lor lh• y••r
Tolal
2022
£'ooo
Toi•l
2021
N•1 In¢ome lor y••r Is •1•1￿ after charykng:
Deprecialk)n
Auditors. rernun¢ralK
18
29
30
ia. staff C¢8t•
Totsl
2022
t,￿0
Toial
2021
The aggre9ate costs ol ￿&11 were".
Wages ar￿ Sala￿8$
Social securyly cosls
Pension ¢ontnLxth¢ms
1.489
1.378
170
1,681
The average nun*¢r ol perscrt by Ihe eoafd durir9 year was as lolow5.'
2022
Resourcsng minisiry aThJ nrrission
Schoob lund
31
Th8r8 wa5 1 member ol siafl whose 8Molu￿￿nts {{r￿lU￿n9 bgn8fils bul exckKfjng pension conlrrbul￿SI
wnounted to between £120,￿1 and t130.O¢X) and I belweon £70.001 and £80.WO.12021 . was on8
member ol slalf whose emrAumen18 lincludin9 benelits but exduLling pensb)n c￿lI1b1￿1￿61 amounted to
bolween £110,001 and £120.IX(l aNI one bdween £70.(M)1 and £80.C￿0). P9nsion payments al £19.989
12021 - £19.5881 were madB for tk*e empknw.
Remuneratlon of kny manayment perBonn•l
Key mana98m8ftt persc#mel ore deem8d lo b8 th(tse havin9 atsthjfity and re5ponybihty, de￿gated lo Ihem
by the Irustees. lor ￿anr￿n9. direding and cty*rrAin9 the actiwtes ol Il* th"Lxese. Durillg 2021 Ilwy were..
D￿cOSan Sectotary
Mi Paul Evans
Diieclor ol E&KatioH
IAr Andrew Read
RèrThJn¢ration. per6ions expertses lorthese t￿1 •M￿nIed to £221.17812021.. £240.05n.
TiustoBs' ¢malumwrts
No Iruslee received any rwThfrreratbJn for as tr￿SIee. Two tnBtees reeew&J travelliThJ and oul ol
pocket expenses. totallw £6.438121Y21 . £1.2891 in rgsr&l of Bi%hcs)* CwtKI th￿les.
The follow￿g lab￿ gwes delaiL* ol the In￿1#•$ were of a sliJ8TrJ aThJlor ts)u￿n9 provid8d try
t￿ Boa¥d ¢*Jrin9 year..
Stlpend H¢w¥lng
Yes
Yes
The Revd Canon Adrian Daflern
The Ven Dr Alex Hu￿65
The Revd Anna Matthews
The Ven H￿h Mccurdy
Thè Revd Sinw)n Tab)tt
The Revd Sarth Gow8f
The Revd Dr Flotrth Ma
The Revd Oawd Newton
The Rwd Becky
The Revd canon James BSandlw&8aker
Yes
Yes
Yès
Yes

ELY DIOCESAN BOARO OF FINANCE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 21 DECEMBER 2022
13. Staff ¢o•t8 lcontlnuedl
The Board is ￿SPonSible lor luD(Jing, via lh• Church commis￿Oners, the stipends ol IKensed sllpendiary
Clergy in Ihe Diocese, other Ihan bishops and calhedral stall. The Board ￿5 a150 responsibl? for the provision
ol IM)using for Slipendiary clèr9y in Ihe Diocese incltyling Ihe Suflragan &%hop bul excluding the Diocesan
Bishop and calhedral stafl.
The EDBF paicl an average ol 120 12021.. 1221 siywH*ary c1W￿ as office-holders hohling parochial or
DwJcesan appointments in the Oiocese and the costs were a5 lollows..
2022
£'ooo
2021
SlipeTrYs
Naiional Insuran¢9 ￿￿tribUtIOnS
Pension cosls- Cur￿ll1 year
Pension c061s- def￿11 reduclK*n
Other costs
2,532
202
870
11271
70
2,653
949
(232)
3,547
3.594
The stipends ol Ihe two Bishops were paid aftd luThJed by tha Chureh ComrnissK)ngrs.
The 5tippnds ol Ihe Di¢xe58n 8ishop arnl the Sullrn9an Bishcp are fun¢Jed by Ihe Chureh Comrni55ioners
and a￿ in the range £37,670 . E46,640 12021 range £37.670-£46.6501. Th8 annu￿ rate of stipend, lunded
by th8 EDBF, paid lo Archdeacons in 2022 was in Ihe range £36 830 . £38,633 12021 range E36,830-
£38.2501 and Olhèiclergy whtswtrètruste8swere paidin the r8rKJe r26.900 £27.270 12021 rang8£26,900-
£27.0001.
Th• Dic¢ese ol Ety *a5 eslinaled the value to lh8 occupanl gross ol irthme lax and nab.onal insu¥art•. ol
¢huich.pro¥rfled housing lor ￿2￿r23 at £10.0(Kl lor 20211t2 at £9,600.
14. T•nyibl• Fix¢d Ass•is (Boaid and Consolidat•dl
L••s•hold
property
Improvè
rn•nls
a•5etJ-
Freehold
PfOP•rtI¢s
t'ooo
Furniture
& equi
mont
under
¢on51r.
ctlon
t'ooo
Team
Vi¢•ra9•S
E'OOO
R•tr•at
Hous¢
£'ooo
Hou$•s
To1•1
t'ooo
E'OOO
Cost
Al l Januaty
AdditK)ns
Dlsposals
Revalualion
12,377
3.086
11141
3,182
269
276
808
133
11451
1D1,515
3,244
13,3961
11,6451
13.3171
11.7641
119
At 3108cember
1 S.349
3,301
79.720
269
283
796
99,718
Depre¢latlon
Al 1 January
Charge IDr the year
Eliminated in disp05a
269
250
18
519
18
Al 31 Doc•mbgr
269
S37
Not book volu•
Al 31 December 2022
15.349
3.307
79,720
15
796
99.181
At 31 Decemb8r2021
12.377
3,182
64.603
26
808
100,996

ELY tXOCESAN BOAAD OF FINANCE
NOTES TO TrE ACCOIJ4TS
FOA THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
14, T•nglble Hx•d A•*ots Iconttnu•d)
ol FSMed A•M
l ol Board's tsn9Ne fixed assets are used foy direct charilable p￿r￿)$OS with iha gx¢gpl*)n d Ihe
veslmenl glebe land. the 18asehoid pr(kperty and some ol the fvrnilure and equiprnenl whi¢h used for
manag8meiil and adff¥ntslrn1￿.
SubJidi•ry Companle•
x&J assets represents an ¥westment prcfffj hekl by Ety DBF Prop9ty Ltd.
P•r8onag
BOn￿le* houses are legaly Ntsied kn ￿umbentS as Ir6ehc4dèts but tho picthèts ol ary Sa￿ loM¢Mng a
pa51oral reorganisati￿ belong to Ihe ch"c￿eSan Paslowal Ac¢ort ThB D￿9$8 is responsble lor all upkeep
nd rn*ntsnance. As at31 Dècerrber 2Wt2 D￿e58 was lor 118 parsow8 properties. Mlnor
capilal wod¢B 01 £12,05812021.. £31,343) were capttaffised agwrsi the Pastoral Account. The
deemed cost ol Ihe paisona9os is £29.639m.
T•arn Vlcarag••
Together wilh $ubsequ•nt purchases less sales, Ihere arè I￿￿ V851gd Board 5 t8am vicarages. All ￿1*
proceeds must ￿ th8d to ts c￿1 ol the Ck£e5an Strp￿s Caprtal Fund. The iknemed c￿t of Iho tgarn
wieArago8 ￿ £728k.
15. Inv•8tm•nt*
Qroup
8o#rd
22
t.￿0
2022
21)21
£,￿0
Al 1 January 2022
Adthtions
DisFyisa15
Reva￿allon
84.543
9.724
14.9211
18.1861
72.138
4,114
1199}
83.238
9.638
14,9211
(8.0371
70.986
11991
Cafried lonyard
81.160
84,543
79.918
83.238
Invoslmenl ass91$ include bolh Glth18nd ar￿ Sd￿01$ Fund Invbslrn￿tt FKVrties. 4¥h￿h had bgen cla￿rf1ed
as Fixed Assets in FY8vious fina￿181 statements howev8r are hebj for invosbnenl purposes.
Inve8t•d In:
Group
2022
2021
E'OOO £'OOO
Ch&rity
2022
t'ooo
2021
rooo
C8nlr81 Board of Finartè ICCL41'.
Investm￿1 fund
Property fuTh
Global ma￿e18 I￿￿1
Depowts
N W Brown Inveslment Mana98F5
Inveslm811t lur
De{0￿1$
Edentree
Inveslment Fund
Ralhbones investmenls
Investh*nt lunds
Deposits
Invesknont property
Glebe
Schoc4s Fund
Other
Olher investments
Subsldkqry trusts
27.352
4.011
8,794
7.296
29.C61
7.060
10.2>J
5,964
27.352
4.011
8,794
7212
29,081
10,23Q
8,816
220
11,255
8.816
11,255
a,753
3,753
9.018
1.023
10.945
74
9.018
1,023
10.945
74
4.166
437
4.319
437
4.166
437
4,319
437
12
12
1.119
Total Irweslmonts
al.1￿j
84,S43 79.
83,24 1

ELY DIOCESAN BOAFID OF FINANCE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENOED 31 DECEMBER 2022
15. Inv?$tmgnt8 Iconllnu•d}
Sub*idlary Tru•l•
Trusts where the Board is boih tvstodk4n and Ihe benefKiary.
Gl•b• Land
Under Ihe provisions ol the Endowments and G￿be M8a5ur8 1976. the owrnership ol glèbe land was
transferred to the Beard Ircrn 1 April 1978. To9ether with 5Wuent purchase5 less sales, Ihere are now
vested in Ihe SoarLI 5.099 a¢￿$ of glebe land All sale prc£eeds rnusl be placed to the cr¢dil of the D￿CeSafi
Si'ponds Capital Fund. It is nol possiue to ealculate thè cost ol Ihe GL8b8 land.
Subsldlary compani••
Th? Boaid owns 100% of the Issue(J share eap*al ol Ety t￿cces8n Schools Semces Limi18d (Company
Number". 050373361 and Ety DBF Property ￿￿te¢j (Company Nuntsr. 059571281. companies ineoiptrraied
in England. whose priricipal aciivifr85 arg Ihose ol provi(ling projeci managgrrwnl 8¢M¢gs lo schools an11
co￿truCtion, and property develop￿ent rospeci1ve￿. Both enlities have the 5arne ro9islered olfic¢ as the
parenl charity. ThB Cost ol ffie￿ Kwe8lrnents is r2.
Thè rèsults lor the year for the trathng sthitJk41ios ar8 a5 foNowE'.
Ely Oioceaan
Schools
Servic85 Llmit•d
eiy DBF Prop•rty
Lirnlt•d
Income
Expenditure
1,521.605
15,6751
17.110
17,2281
ILossyProlit lof the yèar
1,515.930
9.882
Fixed asse
Nei current IliabililiesllÈssels
37,214
264.102
{1.9761
Nel Iliabithlesllasseis
301.316
11.9761
16. D?btor¥
Group
Board
2022
t'ooo
2021
2022
t'ooo
2021
Ministry shale
Other deblois
Piepayrnen15 and ac¢rued income
Loan5 to paii5hes
Ouo Ir¢)m subsidiary ctynpaniB5'.
Ely Diocesan School se￿ICe5 Limited
Ely D8F Property Limited
728
1.136
59
545
1.148
95
726
1,129
545
1.146
95
27
740
27
774
1.923
1,788
2,670
2,587
Loans to paiishes (bj not inclLM18 any debtors L1ue alter mort Ihan year.
35

ELY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAA ENDED 31 DECEMBER 21Y22
17. ¢r¢dltor$.' amount8 falllng du• wlthln one ye¥
Gro
Bo•rd
2022
2021
2022
Centfai eoard ol FIna￿e lor p8rL8h loans
Olher ¢redlors
School goverThng bodies
Accfua15 and d8leffed irKom8
CAergy Pen5itin scheme
Loan5
1,5&3
748
1.067
1.219
748
1.038
1.007
1.221
1,070
215
1.221
1.031
215
3.378
3.005
3.453
18. ￿•d1¢Or4. amounts falllng due more thofi one ygv
OTOUP
Bojrd
2022
t'ooo
2021
2022
Ponsth sehèma ltabili1￿5
Clergy pension scheme
23
19. Prnvlllons lor liabllllles and Charge•
Group
Board
2022
t'ooo
2022
2021
Porson8ge housing ￿paIrS
RestructurirrfJ
1,214
.076
35
1.214
34
1.076
1.248
1.248
The movement on mwisions 6 as lolows:
8alarKe at 1 January 2tr22
813
813
Provision used (kJiir4J Ihe yeaT
Parsonage housiNJ wepair
RestNcluring
14431
1361
14431
13fj1
New provision in year -surveyors
580
334
334
8olance al 31 06cwthr 2022
1.248
1.248
20. RevJlua¢ic*n Reserve
Group
Board
2022
2021
E'IXIO
8alanco al 1 January
Flevaluation ol lixed assets
Revaluabon ol inves1n￿tt assets
94,931
11.6451
18.6211
.rA5
7.302
94.931
11.6451
18,4721
80.1￿5
Balanca at 31 1)ecethi
84.665
94.931
84,814
94.931

ELY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
21. Fin4n¢l•l commStm•nt•
Total eommikn)ents under llty)-car¢fjllab￿ cy8rabng1gas&s atg as lolow6'.
Group 8nd Board
2022
2021
£'ooo
Oflice equipment ￿1h paymonts falling due-
Due within one yeai
Dug in bgtwetn one and Iwo years
22. Unr••trlct•d fvnd•
Board
t Incomel
(ex￿nd-
itur•
At31
Dee•mber
2022
£'ooo
January
2022
£'ooo
G•in•l
lossos
In¢orn•
ExpenditUFe
£'ooo
Tran$lw$
£'oDo
É'ooo
E'OOO
£'ooo
Oeslgnated lund8
Pastoral propèrty
reseNe
Long term parsonag8
pair reserve
TTae Risk
Managemenl
Ely Church Buildings
Partnership
Ely 2025 growth f(md
Murrow Church
HaFnplon Churth
Maikel Towns
Barnwell
10.371
2,971
13,342
166
166
1691
1891
250
200
200
52
20
59
20
{71
1,179
151
295
16791
1961
13841
22
500
1,295
17
11,735
463
8,805
413
100
9,395
18511
1351
{8.1461
14381
65
1.249
4,087
15.384
518
5.371
Relreal House
General funds
1101
83
14,7661
21.C¥J3
19.0321
876
73
16791
21,273
GTOYP
N•t incorn
lèxp¢nd-
At31
D•c•mber
JarÈuary
2022 Incom• Expnditure
£'ooo
Gains1
losses
Tr•nsl•r5
2022
E'OOO
£'ooo
t'ooo
D•$ign•l•d lund•
Pa51oral property
reserve
Long term parsonage
repair reserve
Tre¢ Risk
Management
Ely Churches BuildThJ
Partnernh*)
Ely 2025 growth fund
Murrow Church
Hampton Church
Market Towns
88rnwell
10.371
2,971
13,342
166
169}
250
181
2¢)0
21))
59
171
17)
1.179
Isi
295
16791
{961
13841
22
1,295
17
11.735
463
8,805
413
18511
1351
IT.58SI
14381
65
1.564
4,087
15,384
518
5,674
Retreat House
General funds
1101
97
9,149
14.7671
20,978
{8.4711
1.191
87
16801
21.576
37

ELY DIOCESAN BOAAD OF FINANCE
NOTES TO THe ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OECE&IBER 2022
22. Unrg•trktsd fwKl• {¢ontlnwdl
2021 eonpar8hv8s.' Boord
Net incomel
leJtpeTrd-
liur•l
At31
Oec•mb•r
Januwy
2021 IncoTh Expendltw•
£'ooo
r'ooo
£'ooo
G•ln
TranBlor8
2021
t'ooo
£'ooo
D•¥lgn*t•d funds
Pastoral propety
r8serve
Long lerm parsonage
iepaSr rese
Ely 2025 grry•rth Imd
Murmw Ghurc
Harnplon Church
Market Towns
8am￿￿[
10,827
14561
10.371
17)
159)
{591
59
15
291
17551
1581
14641
15}
581
1.179
12.14Q
18791
15351
11.735
Retreat House
429
General fthY¥
7.599
17,311)
2.046
1651
8,805
19.105
18,2841
12391
2.072
65
21.Crt)3
2021 compar81wes.' Gro
Nel Incom
lexwd- GJlns1 Transler
Ilurgl
106606
At31
De¢¢mb•r
Janu
2021
£'ooo
Income exw14tur
t'o(
2021
£.￿0
£'ooo
£.￿0
0081gn8l￿ funds
Pastoral propety
serve
Long term patsonage
pair losthè
Ely 2025 groyrth furKI
Murrow Church
Harr￿lOn Chwch
Market
8ainwdl
10.827
1456}
10.371
(7)
Iiyji
17}
(591
118
15
59
20
291
1755)
581
.179
{51
12.140
344
1879)
15351
130
11.735
Retreal H￿l8e
702
194)
463
eid lunds
7.601
17,345)
2S6
2.046
1651
8.780
19.112
8,047
18.3181
{2711
2.072
65
20.978
P4sioral Prop8rty R*wv•
The Pasto￿ Pry8rty Reserve rewesents the arnount ￿¥0$￿ ￿ wloral kvoperty.
Murrow Church
Funds held kry the Board arisiTh3 from the sale ol the Cha0 ol Ease for Ihe bertefrt ol Murrow C￿r¢h labrK.
Ely 2025 Growth Fund
This fund was consolidated to promote rn1￿10n minLStry ID aCcOrda￿e with the DK*ese ol Ety Sliale
to 2025.

ELY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAA ENDEO 31 DECEMBER
Himpton Church
Accumulat￿1 in18rg¥1 on the inter-grwp loans in r•lation to Ihe Hampton c￿rCh build costs.
Market Towns
The aim ol th"s proi•et is to make real in the Dicwe ol EVS rnarkel towns, thè Church of England's
cornmitrnenl lo be a Chrisiian presence everywheie. li seeks by grace lo translofrn Ihat wesenc¢ from one
which is declining and diminishing lo one is fil to engagefultyandtouragoou61y vMth those comrnunitios
in times ol chaI￿n9¢ and chang8.
B•rnw•ll
The aim ol Ihis inn¢)Valwe pmi¢¢t is lor a church P￿TrI on an urban estat8 to effèctivtly rninister to young
ople thrwgh Ihe delivery ol sports minixiry- delNered by trawed sports miThi$ters.
Ely Chur¢h Bulldlngs Partner8hlp
It S8eks nol only lo oller an attemaiN• loi churches which would oth8M5e have lo cl￿, but alsD to support
open churches whgr¢ management and mainlenanc8 are being neglecled due 19 lack ol capacity in the
Patochial Chvrth Council.
Tr•• Rl#k Management
There needed to be activ• management 01trees￿ D￿e$an prop8ty in terms of inspection and then working
n or r8moMng Irees that coukl potenlialty pose a dang8r10 lile or property (pr third party propèty.
23. Re$trl¢t•d funds
Boord
N•t
incom
{•￿￿￿
At31
Dvcember
2022
t'ooo
Janv•ry
Gain¥1
losses
Incom•
Expenditu
£'ooo
Translers
t'ooo
E'OOO
t'ooo
£'ooo
£'ooo
Dioc¢san Pastor
Ae¢ounl
Diocesan
Slipends Fund
I￿orne Account
New Churches
Fun(J
Clergy W81-b&ng
lund
RME FurKS
S¢h¢<4$ fund
13.971
230
211
622
3,782
18.586
1.619
11.6191
61
61
1121
141
49
76
34
132
415
346
15
[731
14191
17
14.348
2,613
12,4571
156
610
3,799
18.913
Group
Not
incDmel
l•xpend-
Ilurel
£'ooo
At31
December
January
2022
t'ooo
Gpinsl
10550$
In¢ome
EX￿nditUr•
£'ooo
Tr•nsf•r$
£'ooo
2022
£'ooo
£'ooo
£'ooo
Di0￿53n Pasloral
Account
Oioce5an
Stipends Fund
Income Accouni
New Churches
Fund
Cbrgy Well-being
fund
RME Fund
Schools fund
SL*sidiary twsts
13.971
230
211
3.762
18.586
1,619
11.6191
61
61
150
34
152
1,268
1121
141
49
76
1.119
415
346
61
14001
14191
15
173)
17
(1501
15,616
2.674
12,51 n
IS7
460
3,799
20,032
39

ELY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEUBER 2022
23. A•slrlcl•d fund• Ic4Mllnu•dl
2021 COj7y8ra&￿S
Net
Ineomel
lexpen
liur•l
A11
J•nu•ry
2021
È'ooo
A131
Docomb•r
2021
£'ooo
Galnsl
losses
Group
Incorn
ExpandltwÈ
Tf*n•lwi
rooo
thoeesan PaS￿ra}
Aecount
'ocesan Slioer•Js
Fund Incomè
Account
12.790
l(Y)
1401
1,035
13.971
11.696}
Fund
Clefgy w*b￿n@
fund
RME Fund
Schools fund
Sub&dh4ry trusis
61
81
137
10
131
13951
13021
13
150
34
132
1.268
419
24
35
1.110
158
14.023
2,436
257
1.070
15.616
P••tor•l Account
The purpctses are laKI down ￿ the m￿s1On a￿1 P8s1or￿ Measwe 2011 and mairty Fdale k•..
Costs incurred tor the PLwJses d lh8 M8a5we. or any thme or wder mad8 ￿der Ihe Ikasure,
ex¢epl lor salari0s of 18gUtar Dir￿e8)n employeB5,'
Costs ol disposing ol oi maintain￿9 h￿$ or churths vesled •) tr* Board or c￿￿1￿[￿er$.
Costs Sncurr&J lor Ihe ben￿11 of ancrther dKttsel$l:
Transfers to the D￿e$an Stipend FuTrY or Ir￿1)me PttLMmts.
Wh8re mor4es are not TequiTed for thg above they may be CO￿￿j￿r8d lor Dlher purposes ol the thocese.
Board properfies afe fu￿ed Irom the Pastora Ac¢(¥ml IDPAI. When such properties ￿ sold, the
proportion ol proteed8 equal to the SLThS used to wrchase th• property are translerred to the DPA. Any
suiplus rèalised Irorn tho sale ol Ihe prtpety IS. at Ihe Board's diYrel¢on. transler￿d into Ihe DPA, or
Iransf8Ned lo arb ex￿ting oi n8w deskJnate(I lund c4 Board.
Dloc••an Stlpenda Fund Incoffle Arxount
Subjecl lo ary charges imwsed by schm or orderthe F￿1 shal bo wlioLrf to:
Prov*Je or atyJmenl slipends ol incwrknts a￿Stant oJraits ollws engw kn thg •Ke ol souls
i) Ihe Dtocese.,
lo&t expen￿$ in¢uFf8d ￿ repairing and mwnlaining Pafsthia9e k￿lse$.
Pay S￿Ondary Qass I cont￿Hrt￿ in respecl (rf milotets nol en4)byed uNknr 8 corrtiacl of servico,"
and
Oelray 8equesiralots' eN)enses.
New Chur¢h•6 Fth
Th48 lund ks used b) lurk1 the ￿t￿￿￿ment c4 churti bJibJir95
Anthony Edward Brookes Fund l*X th• W•ll&lng of the CTrw9y (Clofgy W•l￿B•In9 Fyndl
Thls lor of the crf ckn.
RME Fund
Upon le￿ipl ol Iho Block Grant Irimn ￿ Arch￿1*￿. Co￿$1. Ihe Di¢xese must pay N inlo Ihe Resourckng
loi Miryslerial IRMEI Fund lor minister￿ gthKatbJn tra￿1￿ foi the owthinands IW 5pgn$of. Tho
Bloek Grant can be Spent on Inrfial Ministerid Education paihways. v4hK* have been 8Wrn18d by
Ministry Division at aEcr8(hled T1￿￿)￿Cal E{bxai￿n knStd4rtl￿ (TElsl.

ELY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENoeD 31 DECEMBER 2022
24. Expend•ble Endowm•nt•
Board and Group
A131
D8c•mber
2022
£'ooo
January
2022
Expon-
dl¢ure
£'ooo
Incomel
{expendilurel
£'ooo
Galns &
1088es
Income
Transfers
È'ooo
£'ooo
Stipends Cwtal
Fund
Globe
Team V￿arage
Fund
Parsonag
Houses Fund
Schools Fun
51,257
11021
1201
13,7691
47,587
4.319
161
1271
4.167
3.182
119
3,301
84,601
5,057
11.7641
14321
13.1191
79.718
4.625
14B.416
82
1261
15.873)
13.1191
139,398
2021 COm￿r•I1¥•$
N•t
inctsm•l
(•xp•ndllur•l
£'ooo
At51
Decemb•r
2021
t'ooo
January
Exp•
dliur•
£'ooo
G•ins &
los￿5
£'LThJo
2021
In¢om•
£'ooo
Trangfer8
E'ODO
Slipends Ca￿tal
Fund
Glebe
T8am v￿rage
Fund
Parsonage
Houses Fvnd
Schools Fund
44.821
1631
1631
6.906
51,257
4.322
2,Wl
1131
143
11331
4.319
3,182
78.715
7,021
84,601
4.542
515
11,1351
5.057
134.761
1761
{76)
14,86S
11.1351
148,416
Stlpends Cthpllal Fund, Globe and Team Wicara90 Fund
These are capital lunds held un(Jer the lem)s of the Endowments and Glebe Measure 1976 and the
Miscellaneov5 Plovisi￿S Measurè 1992 and princip*ty comprise I￿ehOld prO￿rtieS and shares in Ihe C8F
Inveslmenl Fund, CBF Property Fund and Ihe CBF Deposil Fund Togelherthey fomi Ihe Diocesan Stipends
Fund. Fleceipt5 all58 rna¢nly from Ihe sale of 9lebe Prope￿eS. grants o18asemenL and variations ol restric￿d
covenanls.
Par$onig• Hous•s Fund
This Fund represenis Ihe st￿￿ of parsonage houses, i.?. hoLBes held as benefte propety IOT occupalion by
incumbents. A par50fTage h¢xw Is required for each bonal￿e and lh8 funding ot improvemgnts and artd
replacement parsonage hw5e5 15 Ihe r8spJr6it*'lity of the Board.
Schools Fund
Th• incomè ol these lunds primanty rep￿sents irKome investm8nts and donaligns. The luncs balarnc¢ is ma¢Je
up ol the proceeds from ck)sed SCh￿IS and ¢Yonali(￿ and ks used prrnarily towards improvement costs at
church voluntary a￿e￿ schools.
During Ihe year the Schools Fund èxpenthd £74,539 on ptopcts as agent lor Ihe schoots, gov?rnirKJ bodies.
41

ELY DIOCESAN BOARO OF FINANCE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENOED 31 DECEMBER 202¥
25. An8ty815 of n81 ￿8*1$ b•tw￿rt Iw)d•
Fund5 Al 31 D￿er1￿je1 2022 are repr￿n18d by:
Board
Unrestriet•d
Funds
R•stricted
Fund$
Endowm•rtt
Funds
£'ooo
Totol
rfy)o
Fixed assets
Investments
15.364
19.197
129
83.688
55.638
99.181
79,918
Nd cuwrenl &8sets I Ihabilths}
{141
14621
1.733
Non<urrnnt li*4bties
Prow5ion5
11.2481
11,248
35.522
5.198
138.864
179.584
Interfund borrowwwj
114.2491
13.715
534
8ssets
21,273
18.913
J39.398
179,584
Oroup
Unr•stri¢led
Fund*
e'ooo
Re$trieitd
Funds
t'ooo
Endowment
Funds
£'ooo
Tol41
Fixed assots
15.364
19.320
129
83.888
99,181
81,160
nvestmenls
55.638
Net curi8Tr1 a5sels I Iliabihknes)
2,375
1141
14481
1,913
Non-cu￿￿1 liabi*ies
Prowisions
11.248
11.2481
35.810
6,317
138.878
181,006
Interlund t)orrowr#J
114.2341
13,715
519
N81 assats
21,576
139.398
181.006
Fund5 (Groupj 8t 31 D8crter2021 are iewe5ent8d ty..
Unrestrkled
Funds
Re¥thct•d
Funsts
Endowment
Funds
Total
Fixedassets
Investments
Nei Cul￿￿1 assels/(tstsKw)
Non-curienl &7bJ"litses
Provisths
12.4￿3
18.348
1.4
88,292
100,996
84,543
605
1561
11. 134J
11.1341
31. 107
(10. 129J
147,968
185,OYO
Inlerfund
9.681
20.978
15.616
148,416
185,010
42

ELY DIOCESAN aOAAD OF FINANCE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOFI THE YEAFI ENDED 31 OECEMaEA 2022
26. PenJion•
Church ol england Fund•d P•n•ion Sch•rThry
The Board particpales in the Church ol England Funded Pensions Scheme for slipend7ary clergy. Thi5
scheme Is administewd by Ihe Church ol England Perksions Board. which hokts the assets ol the schernes
separately Irom Ihosg ol the'Ae5pmsknle 8odies'.
Each partKspa￿ng Responsible Body in thg sthern¢ pays ¢MIr￿tIonS at a ￿Mm￿l con1r*>U￿.on fate
pplied to pensiortable stiperKIs.
The stherne s consideredto be a mutti+empknyèrschwng as described ift Section 28 01 FRS 102. Thi8 means
il is not possib18 to attrknute IheKheme's asset$and lith"lilWS to a spec¥r￿ Responsible Boty, and IhI5 rn8ans
contributions are accounted for as rf Ihe scheme were a defired contribution scheme. The pensits)s costs
charg8d to lh8 SOFA in the yeai are Comllbulions payable towards benefrts and expènsts accrued in that
year12022.. É1,010,719. 2021: £1.070.147I, plusihefigure5 highligh18d in the table belowasbeing reeognisod
in Ihe SOFA. giving a total chargè of £1.137.717 for 202212021.. £1,302.147).
A valUal￿n ol Ihe Schgme is ¢arried out once every years. Th& most recent Scheme valuation
Cornpleted was cairi•d out at a5 31 D8C8rnbgr 2018. The 2018 valuatson rov8al8d a dgfi¢il 01 £50m. tsasod
on 055?ts 01 £1,81kn and a lunding larget 01 É1.86P•rs. assessed usin9 Ihe lo1¢￿7n9 assurnptions..
An average ¢lIsco￿t rate 013.2% pa..
API infLqlion 013.4% p.a. land pension irKrèases consistenl ￿ Ihisl.,
Increase in pensionable Slipends 013.4% p.a.;
Mortality In acGordance wilh 95Ya of the S3NA VL tables. with allowance lor iryrovernenls in mortality
rates in line wslh the CMI 2018 extended model wlh a long lerm annual rate ol improvement 011.5%,
smoolhing paraTrplef 017 and an iThli* adthlion to mortality impro¥em8nts ol 0.5% pa.
Follo¥wng the 31 Oecember 2015 valuation. a recovery plan was put in place ￿til 31 Decemb8r 2022 and
Ihe delicil rgcovery contributions las a pewcentage ol pensionablt slipeDds1 afe as set out in the table
below".
1 January 2018 to
31 Dae*mber 2020
1 January 2021 to
31 Decembèr 2tr22
D8ficrt repair C￿tribU1￿)n$
11.9%
7.1%
A5 at 31 DgGember 2019. 31 December 2020 and 31 Drfernber2021 the deficit recovery conlrf)ulions under
the recovery plan M lorc8 Were 45 Set out in thE abDve
For Sènior ollKe hddern, pensionaNe sli)eThts are adJ"ust8d in the ￿l¢￿la11¢)Th$ by a rwitiple, as sot our in th&
Scheme's rules.
Section 28.11A of FFtS 102 reqirrires ag￿e[j (klKit recovery payments to be ￿09￿lse¢J as a liablily. The
fflovemenl In lh8 balance sheet Iiabiltty over 2020 a￿1 over 2021 L% $81 out IN? table below..
2022
£'ooo
2021
Balance sheet Iiabil'ly at l January
Delicil Contr￿Ul on paid
Interest ¢osl Irecognisefl in SOFAI
Remaining change to thè balance sheet tha￿.11ty' Irecwised in SofAI
459
12321
11271
1821
1191
Balartè shèet liability at 31 DeC￿)ber
209

ELY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINANCE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
26. Pen$lon• {contlnuedl
'Comprise5 ch￿ge in a9￿￿￿ d6thil recovery plan and charffje in disewnt rale and 8ssumption5 belween
year ends.
This liabilily ￿presents the present value of Ihe defril conliibulions agreed as at the ￿coUntIng dale arKI ha5
been valued using the folk)wir¥J a$5urnp1￿fis sel ty ￿efe￿nCe10 the duratic￿ ol the del￿￿ recovery paymenls.
D￿embe¥ Decernbei D8cernber
2021
2020
Dtscount rate
inllalhjn
Incie8se io 10t￿ payrol
0.￿ pa
rda
.1.5% pa
0.￿ pa
3.l%pa
1.6¥• pa
nla
nla
rhe sfrUCttJ￿ ol the scheme 15 such I?￿t rf arthr Be￿￿bI* Body latL8, th8 Board couhl becLVng
resp￿Ible lor pawn9 A share ol that ReSp￿th Bws pensk)Tr liab"V•"ties.
Chureh Workeri Pensiw Fund
The F4)ard parb¢Pates In the Pen9C￿ &JihJaT sch￿ seuKJn of CWPF for lay statt. The scheme 15
administefed by thB Church ol ErwJland Pensions 8oatd. wh￿h hJl(ts Ihe assels of the sch•rne5 separalesy
fr￿ Ihose of the emK4oyer the othei p8rtK¥Mlin9 employers.
Tho Workeis Penwn Fund has a knry*n as the Ddin8d Ben81its Scheme. a ¢Jeferred annuity
seth.on kno5￿1 as P8nsicffl BLthr ClassK and a cash baL9￿8 sedwi known as PenS￿n Buikler 2014.
Penwon buil¢Jèr St￿Me
The Pensiorn Buildcr Sclwne ol th¢ Churth Wthets Pe1￿￿ Fund 1$ made up ol iwo sectths. Pension
B￿lder Cla&%ic and Builthr 2014. bolh ol ¥th￿h are dassed as delined benefrt s¢hwDes.
Pènsion 8LMldeF Clas$4c prowide5 a pern51￿ lor Mer1￿ for paymem frorn re￿r￿ment accumulaied from
conlribulions paKJ arEd converted inlo a t1eferred ann￿ty dunro empbyffenl based on18rms s81and re¥iew6(J
by Ihe Church of England PL*)51(￿S 8IHrd from ts.rne to I¥￿. DLscrelionary I￿lease5 rmy aLso be adthd.
depending on inve51rnenl ielLtrr6 and othef laclots.
Pew(x) Buildar 2014 a cash bala￿e schemè Ihat stm thal mamb8rs lo provid•
benelsls at reb"remenl. Pwsion cwlritMl•yB a￿ in an accounl lor each member. Th￿ account may
have b)nuses added by the Board belor8 reiL"rement. The j￿￿Se$ depènd on investment experience and
other factots. Thè¥e Is no requirement lor the Board granl 8ny bonuses. The accouni, any tx)nuses
deelarèd, 1$ payatjlo mert)ers' Normal Pan$￿ Age.
Thère rs no sub.thvision d assets between 8mploy8rs in each secliDn of the Penyon Builjew Schemè.
Thesch8me Ba mullt-emF4oyer sch•rnè as de5cr&)ed ift Section 28 01 FFIS 102 as Itl8 r￿11 pOss￿le to #ttrlbute
the PensiM Builder sCheTh￿,S assels arrfl h"ai¥lili85 to specifK emr*)yers. This ￿￿anS that Contribtstions are
accounied for a6 il Ihe were a d81ined c0ntribkkn￿ stheme. The perts￿mIS co￿$ char9ed lo the
SOFA ￿ar are cor41rknM*)ns payable12021'. £f21.838. 2020" £124.3261.
A vduatw ofthe Pension BuildeT Scheme 15 cari¢edoul or¢e everythree years. The rrM)sl v&ent wa5 carried
oul as at 31 December 2019. The next is due as * 31 Dec8mb8r 2022.
For the Pen&on Bulder sectK*n. lhev￿uatltsTr reve￿e￿ a delicil 01 £4.8m the orgDing assumpiions
used. Al Ihe m¢)st recent anr￿1 ￿vIeW. Ihe 8oard chose to grwrt a (hscreI￿8ry borwts of 3% lohowin9
imwovemenls in Ihe funth9 p)sition ov&¥ 2￿21. no reqU￿rn8n1 lor ¢￿T￿lI payin8nts 81 the Gui￿nI
For the Pensw ￿lIder 2014 section, the wah•lx)n a surplus 01 £5.&n on Ihe wumptsons
used. There reqthrement lor de￿11 payments at the ¢urrent Iwne.
The I￿al Siwtwg c4 the scheme is s￿h that rf arKther ernFtyi lats. Ely Board of FInar￿ ctsukj
be¢oJYe respons￿￿ lor pawn9 a share cd that liabdiies.

ELY DiocesAN BOARD OF FINANCE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOA THE YEAR ENDED 31 OECEM8eR2022
26. P•n8lon8 Icontlnu¢dl
linèd Beftelits Schem
The Defined 8enelit5 Scheme fD8S'I seclion ol the Chuych Workets Pension Fvnd provides benelits lor lay
slalf ba¥ed on final pensionthe salafies.
For funding Putposes, OBS Is di¥Kled into sub.pools In ol each part)upabn9 employer as well a5 a
lurther sutrpod, known as Ihe Lile Rtsk P¢)ol. The Lil8 A&sk Pool e￿$ts to shar• tarfain risky between
8mployers, irKludirvJ those r¢tsling lo rnortalny and post-￿tireMen1 irNe5tmenl rgturns.
Th8 division ol Ihe DBS into stfftJ-pth)Is is ftolional and 15 Igr lh8 purpose ol Cakvlal￿9 onuoin9 conlribulions.
They do nol atterthe faei Ihat the assets ol Ihe DBS are he￿ as asingle trusl lund OLrt ol which all the benelrts
are to te piovHded. From limo 10 timB, a nots.onal piernium is transfeired from omployers. sub-pooLs lo the
Llle Alsk Pool and all pens￿r￿ and death beneth.ts are paid from Ihe Lif8 Risk Pod.
The scherrffj is a mvllFempWr scham• as d•scrib8d in Sectioft 28 ot FRS 102. A is not P05sib18 lo attribute
08S Assets And Iiabililies 10 8pecrfic employers, since Èach employer, Ihfough lh8 Lila Risk Sgction, 18
exposed io athuarial rtsks aS$¢Xi4led wlh the curwt and former employees ol other entil*6 particlpaling in
D8S. This m¢ans Ihal contribulions are %couThted for as if DBS were a defined conlribulion Kheme, The
ptnstons ctss15 charged lo the SOFA durIn9theYeara￿ Cortribubons payable lowards benefrts and expenses
accrued in that y8av12022.. £60.592. 2021.. tS5.5791 plus Ihe 1KJU￿ in rdzlion to the DBS delKit highlightèd
in Ihe lable be￿W as being recognFsed in the SOFA. giwng a lolal charge 01£32,952 lor202212021.. £55.5791.
If. Idloww)g an actuarial valvatw ol Ihe Lrfe RBk Pool. there is a gJOis oi deficil in Ihe and the Actuary
80 iecomrnends. lurther Irarnslers may bo modè Irom the Lrfe Aisk Pool to Ihe 8mployers' sub-pools. or vic8
vorsa. The amoullts to be iian51erre(I land their alILKat￿n belween the SLk)-poolsl will be settled by the
C￿r¢b of Englant1 PgnsK)n5 Board on ol lh• Actuary.
A valualion ol DBS is cairied oul once everyth￿ years. The mosi rècenl wa$ camed out as al 31 Decèmber
2019. In this valuaiion, the Life Risk Section was shown lo bo in deltrf by E7.7m and £7,7m was notionally
Irans18rred Irom the ernployers. sub-pooL8 to the Lif? Risk S8CtioTr. This incffjased tho Ernployèrcontribulions
Ihal would olheTwisÈ h*v6 been payawe. The over811 del￿11 08S was £11.3m.
FolloMng Ihe valualign, th¢ Ernployer has enlered inio an agreement ￿th Ihe Church Workers Pension Fu￿1
lo pay a conlribvtion rate 0123.6% 01 pensionable salary and e¥pons8s of £6.500 per year. In aLldilion deliclt
payrnents of £5.692 per year have been agreed lor 7.00 years Irom 1 April 2021 ￿ respect ol the shorilall in
thè Employ*r sub-pool. Tlis otAvJation has tean rètogni%ed as a liability within the Employeffs fina￿la1
slalemenis.
Soction 28.11A FRS 102 ￿quIreS agreed def￿rt r￿0Very payments to be recognised a5 a liability. Th?
movement in the provision is sèt out betow..
2022
E'ooo
2021
Balance sheet liabilily at 1 January
Delicit coniiibulion paid
Inlèresl cost Irecognised in SOFAI
Remaining change Io Ime balance shesi fiabilty" IT￿O￿lS8d in SofAI
34
161
{41
38
Balanca $ho91 Ivat*'lily al 31 DecertJOf
'Cowises change in agreed delich recovery F4an and charKJe in diKounl ratè bèiween year-ends.

ELY DIOCESAN BOARD OF FINAIKE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOA THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
26. P•n#lon* (eontlnued)
Thks liabilrty r•pr8sents present vak* d ihe d*il Contil￿ti￿ aw89d as althe accourtin9 dal# has
been valued USI￿ Ihe lollowing #sswwions. sel ty rderence to the duration of Ihe d￿l¢￿t ￿0Very
paym8nts.'
2022
2021
2920
Discounl rate
0.0%
The legal s1ructu￿ of th• scheme is ¥wh Ihat it arKther ernpto￿r la15. Ihg ompb>w b￿￿9
responsble lor pawng a share ol that emFtyfs Pe￿￿)n thabliti88.
The ￿xI valuab'on ol the scheme ts b8iro cawii9d out as al Oecwnber2023.
27. A•latsd Party TranSa￿lon6
Ety DBF Property Lmniled ar5d Ety D￿CeSart Sclbx15 Sèrv￿￿9 Limited a￿ bolh whdty.owned subsKharies of
Ety Diocesan 8oard ol fvnan¢¢. ￿*￿Se stat￿ne￿$ are both avadabl8.
Al 31 Decethr 2022, £740 k was owed Ety DBF Property Ser¥Kes Limiled and f27k was owed from
Ety Diocesan SchooLs Se￿1￿$ Limited to th8 parent charity. T￿re is no inlerest ehafged and no fixed
repaymeni on either balance.
28. Post 891on¢e Sheet Events and Conting•nt Llabi141i¥s
Rising inflalKJn become a s¥JrMknnl i55u8 lor the D￿se 20¥3 •nd bèyond Mth Ihe Fotential
impaei on charitable givlng to churches by panshioners, and Ihe efled Ih81 may have on the abilily of parishes
lo meet Ihwr mIn￿try Share requesls. Oiocesan Ollrcets are modelling Ihe impact ol w8ri¢)us scenarios lor
2024 involviNJ redwt40ns #) income Streams and the p05sibilily of cancelliry) or poSIpc￿In9 afg8$ 01
expendrtur8.
This repre5tnts a S￿JnIficanl chanenge both to 8oar¢J and the pa￿heS ol Ihe Di￿eSe to generate Ivnds
10 mainlain dB￿Very ol The Board ￿l￿ndS to set annu81 budgeis a bteak-even b851S.
RegariJiThJ 8ny Potenliel impact on prcperty Valves. 8$ ststed in Note 14. Ihe inlenlion is lo hold most ol ihe
piopedy lor the loThJ tem). wrfh no pLans currenlly to sell any rrorc than 2 houses in nexl year. For
investw*nl assets. as Staled in Note 15, portfdios h•J ¢*creas8d in Wdlue al the year end. The D8F ig a lorhg-
ieim investor and cur￿n11Y has no pkns to realise invesbnents. M) a4"uslmenl ha5 Lwn made in Ihese
financia ptstwnents lo Ihe vakw at 31sl 0￿￿￿2￿22.
The Covid-19 crigs ha(J an Imp8¢1 on the Operab￿S ol the Board lace to late even15 cont￿u9 to be held
online N in a hybiKI mann81. MDSI employees are. however, conlinLHn9 to WO￿ elle¢lNety Itom home and to
piovth SU￿ort ser¥¢es as norrnal. The Board has taken Ihe 0￿rtUnI1Ylo tho OK>cesan Q)eiations
Irorn the current olbces In Barton Road, Ety and it has be8n agreed to txM'IJ a new central olfice cb)se to the
c* ythich wli I be better ¢Jp5ign8d to meel ltr￿ needs ollhe Board in the lulu￿. Thys pr￿e$S ￿ well under way.
and il will tske approximately 12.18 M￿th$ lor the con5truclpon to be CrAn￿e1￿. Funding wa5 id8nt4fied pmd
rin9 f8nced to ensure Ihal Ihe project will be tfvled W￿l￿)ul fInar￿1￿ Irom p8vishe&
46

ELY DiocesAN BOARD OF FINANCE
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEM3ER 2022
29. Tru$1 lunds
The 8oard acts a$'Oiocesan Authorrty, orcusiodian ITuslee fLW manytrust funds by ol the Parochial Church
Councils (Power51 Measu¢ 1956 and Ihe Ivumbenls and Chuichwar(Jens (Truslsl Measure 1984 where thè
managing Irustees a￿ PCCS and others. Assèis held in th15 way are not a9gre9aleO In thesg h"nancial slalements
a¥ thg Board dogs not Control them. The financial assets hekl in ttrms way may be summansed as lollows..
2022
V•luJtion
t'ooo
2027
Velu•iion
EWO
Miscallaneous listed investments
Cgntral Board of Fin￿Ge.. Inveslment Funcl sha￿S
Fixed inierw swritig$ lund uni
Déposits
2.318
14,372
355
2.108
3,033
14,943
2,057
1701
373
Olhgr assets
Cash at bank
314
roial assets held as cuslodran tW51ee
19.467
20,743
47