CENTRAL COUNCIL OF CHURCH BELL RINGERS 

Annual Trustees’ Report for 2022 

## 1. **Legal and Administrative Information** 

## 1.1 Charity 

The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers (“the Council”) was founded in 1891 and is a registered charity, no.270036. Its address is that of its Secretary for the time being, currently 10 Derwent Drive, Onchan, Isle of Man, British Isles, IM3 2DG. The constitution and conduct of the Council is governed by its Rules, last revised in May 2018, amended September 2022. 

## 1.2 Trustees 

The Council’s Trustees during 2022 were as follows: 

|President|Mr S J L Linford|
|---|---|
|Deputy President|Mr D Kirkcaldy|
|Secretary|Mrs Mary Bone to 3rdSeptember 2022|
|Mr E de Legh-Runciman|from 3rdSeptember  2022|
|Treasurer|Mr F M S Stracey|
|Ordinary Trustee|Dr P R J Barnes|
|Ordinary Trustee|Mr C R Whittaker|
|Ordinary Trustee|Mr D Smith - to 3rdSeptember 2022|
|Ordinary Trustee|Mrs A Everett - 3rdSeptember 2022|
|Ordinary Trustee|Ms B Faber- from 3rdSeptember  2022|
|Ordinary Trustee|Mrs C M A Lane - from 3rdSeptember  2022|



At the Annual Meeting held in Nottingham on 3rd September, Mr de Legh-Runciman, Ms Faber and Mrs Lane were elected for a 3-year term. 

## 1.3 Principal Agents and Advisors 

The Council’s bankers are Lloyds Bank plc, Butler Place Branch, 1 Butler Place, Westminster, London, SW1H 0PR. Its Independent Examiner is Mr D Walker. Its insurers are Ecclesiastical Insurance Group,  Benefact House, 2000 Pioneer Avenue, Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, Gloucester, GL3 4AW. 

## 2. **Objectives and Activities** 

2.1 Charitable Objects (as defined in Rule 3.2): 

To advance the practice, heritage and appreciation of bell ringing as an enjoyable mental and physical exercise and unique performing art for the public benefit of both church and community, in particular but not exclusively by: 

## _Communications and Relationships_ 

a) encouraging the growth and public appreciation of bell ringing; 

b) representing the interests of bell ringing and ringers through promoting the development of strong relationships with the church, stakeholders, the media and others outside the bell ringing community; c) facilitating communication and cohesion amongst ringers and bell ringing societies to assist ringers in supporting each other and achieving their bell ringing objectives; 

d) using its efforts to foster the continuing recruitment and retention of ringers; 

## _Learning and Development_ 

e) promoting excellence in ringing by encouraging relevant technical and leadership training; 



## _Stewardship and Management_ 

f) encouraging sources of funding, products, expertise and facilities to support ringing and the availability of bell installations; 

g) sharing, promoting, and advising on best practice relating to the maintenance and improvement of bell installations and training facilities; 

h) promoting best practice relating to statutory compliance, safety and governance in relation to ringing; 

## _Technical and Taxonomy_ 

i) defining and publishing technical standards in bell ringing; 

j) encouraging research and innovation in the advancement of bell ringing, its methodologies, tools and technologies; 

## _Historical and Archive_ 

k) promoting the availability and appreciation of historic resources, publications and artefacts relating to the heritage of bell ringing and the role of individual ringers. 

## 2.2 Public Benefit 

The public benefits from the following areas of activity of the Council: 

(i) the promotion of public worship by the ringing of church bells; 

(ii) the preservation of the tradition and heritage of change ringing; 

(iii) the encouragement and promotion of high standards of ringing; 

(iv) the provision of financial and specialist knowledge in the support of belfry repairs and maintenance; (v) the provision of guidance and specialist knowledge with regard to health and safety, safeguarding, noise control, data protection, fire risk assessment and insurance matters, as they relate to ringers and ringing; (vi) the preparation and publication of educational and training materials. 

## 3. **Structure, Governance and Management** 

## 3.1 Executive 

The Executive is responsible to the members, through the annual meeting, for the general running of the Council. It holds regular meetings during the year and is in contact by electronic means between meetings. Executive members, who are also the Trustees, are directly elected by the members. They retire in rotation and are limited to a maximum of six years on the Executive unless the members resolve otherwise at an annual meeting. The Executive appoints the workgroup leaders and individual Executive members act as sponsors for workgroups. 

## 3.2 Workgroups 

The Council has seven Workgroups: (1) Volunteer and Leadership; (2) Historical and Archive; (3) Public Relations; (4) Stewardship and Management; (5) Technical and Taxonomy; (6) Young Ringers – Schools and Youth Groups; (7) Young Ringers – Universities and Colleges. Most of the work of the Council is carried out by these Workgroups. Other activities are carried out by Stewards and other volunteers who look after, inter alia, safeguarding, performance recording, equality and diversity monitoring and advice, and publications. 

## 3.3 Membership 

The Council’s membership comprises Representative Members (elected or appointed by affiliated societies); Small Society Representatives (elected or appointed by Registered Small Societies); the trustees, stewards and workgroup leaders who shall be ex-officio members if not otherwise members; and Fellows. Only Representative Members and Fellows (elected prior to 28 May 2018) may vote at an annual meeting. Applications by societies to affiliate are approved at an annual meeting. Applications to become a Registered Small Society are approved in accordance with the Rules and Standing Orders. 

## 4. **Progress and Achievements in 2022** 



Following the upheaval of the previous two years, most towers found in 2022 that their bands had stabilised, and so in most cases were coming to terms with fewer ringers. Those ringers who wanted to come back to ringing after the pandemic have done so, and those that have not come back are probably lost. Some towers have lost a significant number of ringers, and a drop of about 10% across the board might be a fair estimate. This led to a lot of towers looking at recruitment and a general call for the ringing community and the Council to target and plan for growth. Some towers have already benefited from an increased interest in ringing as a result of local marketing efforts, finding people keen to try something new, maybe with more leisure time from working at home, or different work life priorities. 

The importance of bells as community assets became clear once again with the death of HM Queen Elizabeth. ‘Operation London Bridge’ procedures, which had been many years in the planning, swung into action. Bells were rung muffled immediately after the death, and remained muffled until the funeral. Ringing of bells featured in much of the media coverage. 

The forthcoming Coronation of King Charles has given an opportunity for recruitment, and a campaign called “Ring for the King” was launched. A Ring for the King logo has been used in many local recruitment efforts, and there was extensive media coverage of the campaign, continuing into 2023. The Council’s PR Workgroup worked with the Association of Ringing Teachers (ART) to create a single website for media and individual interest in Ring for the King. 

The relationship with ART remains strong, recognising ART’s focus on training trainers and ringers. ART is not universally supported by ringers and associations so the Council has never endorsed ART as the only ringing training route. However ART is strategically aligned with the Council and hence there are many opportunities to work together. 

Another strategic partner is the Churches Conservation Trust (CCT), which sees bells as an important part of attracting visitors to its heritage assets. Just before the suspension of ringing the Council was about to launch a major recruitment campaign in association with the CCT. That relationship is getting stronger at a time when an increasing number of churches will bells are heading into their care. We have been working on developing a ringing centre as part of a CCT project in Northampton, where they have an NHLF grant to bring and old coaching inn back into use alongside the Grade I listed St Peter’ church. 

The Council holds a regular tri-partite meeting with the Association of Ringing Teachers and the board of The Ringing World. Matters of mutual interest are discussed and the parties look for opportunities to work together and promote each others’ activities. 

The Trustees continue to be guided by reference to the Council’s ‘Strategic Priorities’, released at the start of 2020 and regularly updated since. 

1. Find alternative long term sources of recruits who have the potential to be good ringers 

2. That no ringer should hit a barrier to their own progression 

3. The pursuit of excellence in everything we do 

4. The sound of church bells remains part of our cultural soundscape and is appreciated and understood 

5. The pursuit of method ringing is not the only measure of success for a ringer 

6. The Church continues to value our contribution 

The Trustees and Executive delegate much of the work of delivering the Strategic Priorities to the Workgroups, with regular progress reports from those Workgroups. Each Workgroup has an Executive Sponsor from the Trustees whose role is to ensure that activities are aligned with the Objects of the charity and that any issues and difficulties can be resolved quickly. 

At the Nottingham AGM the Trustees announced “Ringing 2030” - a major project to create a sustainable future for change ringing, reversing negative trends and building on many positive initiatives. Ringing 2030 is about considering what ringing needs to be like in 2030, what needs to change in order to get there, and then making sure that change is effected. This project is guiding a strategic review to be completed in 2023. 

The Trustees and Executive are held to account by the members, who in turn are elected from the Affiliated Societies. All Affiliated Societies are involved in promoting ringing to the general public broadly in line with the Objects of the charity. After two years of not being able to hold a face to face AGM, the Council was able to meet in person in Nottingham in September. While the meeting was useful in bringing Council members together, it was noted that with so much of the work now done by the Executive and Workgroups there isn’t actually much left for the Council to decide in an annual meeting. 



At the AGM the Trustees presented the findings of its 3-yearly Governance Review, which followed guidance of the Charity Governance Code. As part of that Review, the Trustees engaged a Council member with extensive legal expertise, the Hon David Bleby QC, to review the Rules and Standing Orders to see how they are operating in practice and correct any anomalies. His review recommended a number of amendments and improvements which were agreed and adopted by Council Members. 

The Council Executive has an ongoing consultation on reducing the size of the Council, i.e. reducing the number of members representing Affiliated Societies, in order to make the meetings of the Council more efficient, and to enable more of the resources of affiliated societies to be focused on their own activities. As reducing the number of members would reduce the Council’s income, the Executive first consulted on decoupling the affiliation fees from the number of Representatives. A proposal was passed at the AGM which moved the subscription to a fixed amount per member of each Affiliated Society, keeping the Council’s income broadly the same, but placing a much larger burden on the larger societies with more members and consequently more income. This paves the way for a proposal on reducing the number of members which will be put to the 2023 AGM. 

The Trustees also took the opportunity to hold a ‘Roadshow’ in Nottingham as part of the AGM weekend. This ringing exhibition brought together a wide variety of trade suppliers along with expert talks and demonstrations, widening the outreach of the Council. 

The Council continues to make progress on projects which are intended to expand the reaches of the charity and increase engagement with the public. 

## • NaRC 

A project to create a ‘National Ringing Centre’ as part of a CCT development in Northampton. The Council has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the CCT to develop the centre, working with the local Affiliated Society. Little progress was made in 2022 as the CCT needed to seek additional funding for the project, however they were successful at the end of the year so the project can progress. 

• Mobile Belfry 2.0 

The new mobile belfry that will make it easier to take ringing demonstration to schools and large events was completed and demonstrated at the AGM in Nottingham. It still needs refinement and some further engineering to make it truly mobile but this is expected to be completed in 2023. The Trustees decided that the ownership and management of the Mobile Belfry was best combined with two other existing mobile belfries, so the project will be completed by the Mobile Belfries Trust (formerly the Charmborough Trust), who will own and operate the belfry. 

## • Youth work 

A ‘scheme of work’, or suite of school lesson plans covering various aspects of the National Curriculum using ringing related themes, has been trialled in two schools in Worcester. This scheme of work was a personal project of a ringer who is now a member of the Schools and Youth Workgroup, and the Council is looking to roll this out more widely as a way of getting an understanding of ringing into school children from an early age. 

The President’s Blog, published fortnightly, continues to be a valuable and popular channel for connecting the activities of the Council with the wider ringing population. It exploits all the media channels the Council has available to it, and has done much to raise the profile of the Council. The Council makes good use of its media channels, with regular news stories promoted by its Workgroups. The Council uses Twitter in particular to spread messages beyond the ringing community and engage with other partners and groups. 

Safeguarding is critical to public participation in ringing, and is something that the Church also considers to be of paramount importance. Through 2022 Church of England Dioceses started implementing the new Safeguarding Learning and Development Framework, which is designed to apply to all those connected with the church, both clergy and laity. Many bellringers went completed this training. Whilst the new Framework is designed to support the needs of believers, who comprise the vast majority of those who take part in church activities, the Council recognises that church bellringers come from diverse backgrounds and that the future of ringing as a performing art depends on it being an open and inclusive activity, which welcomes all regardless of faith. 

The Council therefore embarked on a programme of engagement with the Church of England’s National Safeguarding Training and Development team to ensure that the new Framework is implemented appropriately for all bell ringers and that training offered to ringers is both relevant and inclusive. It was found that the nature of ringing was poorly understood, and working with the Guild of Clerical Ringers and two supportive Diocesan Safeguarding Advisers (DSAs), the Council published a booklet “From Practice to Perfect – How Church bell ringers are trained, safeguarded an organised”. This publication was so well received that and was distributed to all DSAs by the Church of England’s National Safeguarding Team, who have agreed to consider how bell 



ringers’ specific safeguarding training can be developed so it is more relevant. We expect this to start being developed in 2024. 

The Council’s finances remain very healthy, as we have reported in Section 6 of this Report. Two years without holding face to face AGMs removed a major item of expenditure. However projects the Council is now engaged with have significant cost implications so the Council expects to be able to apply its funds to these projects in the near future. 

The Trustees of the Central Council are confident that progress and achievements will continue to be made across all the Council’s stated Objects. This is assuming that the level of volunteering continues to be at least what it is now, with ringers stepping forward to lead Workgroups, be working members of Workgroups, and undertake other roles that support the Council’s work. 

## 5. **Statement of Policies** 

## 5.1 Reserves 

(i) **General Fund** – the balance on the General Fund is invested to produce income which, together with member societies’ affiliation fees, provides sufficient funds to support the work and activities of the Council. The balance also facilitates cash flow and enables the development of new projects and initiatives. The Trustees have agreed that a minimum of £75,000 needs to be kept as a reserve in the general fund. This is in order to cover three years of overheads, provide adequate cash flow and give a reasonable level of contingency against any unforeseen financial risks. This fund is unrestricted. 

(ii) **Education Courses Fund** – the balance provides cash flow to enable the Volunteer and Leadership Workgroup to run various training courses; in general the costs are recouped from attendees. This is an unrestricted designated fund. 

(iii) **Bell Restoration Fund** – the balance is fully allocated to bell restoration projects and paid on satisfactory completion of the work. Grants are made in proportion to the types of applications received and in accordance with priorities agreed by the Council and reviewed annually. Members approved an increase in the maximum possible grant to £2,000 in May 2018. This is a restricted fund. 

(iv) **Fred E Dukes International Bell Fund** – Grants from the Fred E Dukes International Bell Fund are made in accordance with the terms of Mr Dukes’ legacy. Grants are awarded from the interest on the legacy and reviewed annually. This is a restricted fund. 

(v) **Publications Fund** – the balance represents the stock of publications held and a cash balance to facilitate the production of new titles and the reprinting of existing publications. This is an unrestricted designated fund. (vi) **Library Fund** – this fund represents the value of the library as well as sundry income items and is restricted to use for the benefit of the library, which is maintained for use by council members and affiliated societies. 

## 5.2 Investment 

Funds are invested in low risk investments and bank accounts. The need for regular income from investments is considered important to support the work of the Council. 

## 5.3 Investment and Borrowing Powers 

The Trustees have the power to invest money and adopt such measures as seem to them necessary in the interest of the Council. They do not have any power to borrow money, except by Council resolution. 

## 5.4 Risk Assessment 

The Trustees have identified and reviewed the major risks to which they believe the Council may be exposed and have taken steps to minimise and manage those risks. 

The Council’s banking deposits are fully protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). Expenditure is only incurred on receipt of relevant supporting documentation and proof of service delivery. Bank statements are electronically available to the Treasurer.  The Treasurer provides a financial update to each Executive meeting, highlighting financial issues that need to be brought to the Executive’s attention. 

## 5.5 Expenses 



Updated guidance on expenses was approved by the Executive in November 2019. 

## 5.6 Safeguarding 

The Council’s guidance on safeguarding was revised in June 2019 and issued to societies and members. A safeguarding policy applicable to the Council and its own activities and events was prepared in January 2020 and placed on the website. 

## 5.7 Conflicts of Interest 

Members of the Executive are required to complete an annual declaration of Conflicts of Interest which is available to the members. 

## 5.8 Data Protection (GDPR) 

The guidance note on data protection was last reviewed in January 2018. A privacy notice is available on the website. 

## 6. **Review of Financial Activities** 

The accounts for 2022 show total funds at the year-end of £441,667, of which £241,778 is in restricted funds.  Income for the year totalled £55,075 (including Mobile Belfry fundraising of £18,013, together with publications and library sales of £13,415 and £853 on behalf of YCRA).  The main expenditure was for grants for bell restoration of £11,400, and publication cost of sales of £6,981.  Publication sales continued to increase from the low base resulting from the pandemic.  A grant of £2,500 was awarded to the North West Course for the start up costs of equipment purchases.  The course is now self-financing. 

The only significant fundraising activity during the year was for the mobile belfry which raised £16,013, of which £10,000 has been paid to Charmborough Bell Trust leaving a balance of £6,013. 

The Council had no employees during the year.  All of its work is carried out on a voluntary basis. 

It is confirmed that the Council’s assets, together with the expected income for 2023, are available and will be adequate to fulfil the objects of the Council in that year.  The 2023 financial estimates were approved by the Executive in November 2022 and they support the fact that the Trustees consider that the CCCBR is a going concern, i.e. that the Central Council can meet its commitments for the foreseeable future. 

The change of affiliation fee calculation from a representative base to a per capita base is expected to result in a small reduction of income for 2023 (2 – 5%).  The increase in activity resulting from the Ring for the King initiative is expected to increase the affiliation fees for 2024, provided those recruited become members of Affiliated Societies. 

On reviewing the financial controls, aside from changes already mentioned, they are consistent with prior years. 

## 7. **Membership** 

At the close of the Annual General Meeting on 3rd September 2022 the Council’s membership comprised 2 Fellows, 13 Ex-officio Members and 181 Representative Members representing 67 affiliated societies. Since then, one Representative Member has become an Ex-officio Member.  We regret to report the death of Dr Michael Pomeroy (Irish Association, 1990-2002 & 2020-2023). 

Subject to any further changes, at the start of the 2023 Council meeting there will be 2 Fellows, 14 Ex-officio Members and 204 Representative Members representing 67 affiliated societies and 2 small societies. Of the 204 Representative Members, there are 28 vacancies. 

## Declaration 



The Trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees on 12th July 2023. 

S J L Linford President 



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CENTRAL COUNCIL OF CHURCH BELL RINGERS
Registered Charity Number 270036
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
F Duke
Intematlonal
Bell Fund
Note
G•norn1 Ed￿cOt￿n Bèll Rggtor8-
Fund
Cours•s
tion Fund
Publlcetlon$
Fund
Llbrary
Fund
Totsl
Funds
2Q22
Funds
2021
Income and Expenditurè
Incoming Resources
Affiliation fees
Legacies
Subscriptions from friends of Library
Interest re￿ivable
Sale5 of publicatiOn5. book5 and
CDS
Sales of training videoldvd
Stock wrillen bad(
Donation8 to Kilffi, K&nya
Mobile Belfry
Other donations
AGM Weekend
Young Change Ringer5 A5so¢iation
7,969
7,969
7.943
11.303
1,464
T5
1,029
109
1,029
2,833
1,517
322
747
138
12,721
694 13,415
7.533
12
1,033
1,033
120
16,013
1,247
10,563
853
189
120
120
16,013
1,000
10,563
853
185
62
6T2
3.494
37,915
627
747
13,892
1,894 55,075
32.506
Resources expended
AGM Weekend
Workgroup expenses
Council and othÈr committee costs
R8cruitm&nl leaflets
Cost of publications sold
Library rDainten8n
Grant5 for bell restoration
Advertising
Storage and di8tribution
Stationery, posl8ge and telephone
In5ur8n
Stock written off disptssed of
Depreciation- Library Colle¢bon
Depr&ciation- shelving
Bank Charges
Paypal charges
Website
NW Course Grant
Young Change Ringers Association
Mobile Belfry
Sundry e¥pen5es
18,705
8,829
18,705
8,829
76
326
6.694
12
76
706
706
7,975
607
11,450
1,294
2,091
589
2,909
541
1,649
106
69
436
96
3,763
398
9,650
2. 101
2.000
722
3, 101
6,981
994
607
10
11.450
1,294
2,000
91
2,562
347
541
1,649
1.683
106
69
270
161
2,500
31
2,500
31
10,000
10,000
700
43,498
11.450
11,436
4,179 70,563
31.513
Net incoming resOu￿e5 before transfers
15,5831
110.8231
747
2,458 12,2851 115,4881
t.292
Transfers between funds
6,000
11.9501
4.000
110.0001
11.9501
Net movement in funds
417
11.9SOI
16.8231
747
17.5441 12.2851 117.4381
1.292
Balances at 31 December 2021
178,735
1,950
50,278
79,654
28,281 120,207 459,105
457.812
Balances at 31 December 2022
179,152
43.455
80.401
20,737 117,922 441,667
459. 104

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CENTRAL COUNCIL OF CHURCH BELL RINGERS
Regi¥tered Charity Number 270036
BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2022
B911
F Dukes
Restoration International Publications
Fund
B811 Fund
Fund
Total
Library Funds
Fund
2022
Total
Funds
2021
General Education
Fund
Course8
Flxed asset8
Tangible assets
Invesbnenls at cost
162,092
30,777
79,131
272,000
80.815 80,815
272,000
82.464
Library Collection
Library shelving
106
106
212
Totsl flxed a888ts
162.092
30.777
79,131
80.921 352,921
354.676
Current as$ets
stock
3,469
3,489
6,030
Debtors and prepayrnenls
Cash on short temi deposit and at bank
251
78
215
168
712
295
19.517
12.600
1,055
17,391
36,852
87,415
100.506
Totsl Gurrent assets
19.768
12.678
1,270
20,860 37,020 91,596
106,831
Current liabiliti8s
Creditors- arnounts due wrthin orE year
12,7081
1191 12.8501
(2,404)
Net current assets
17.060
12.678
1,270
20,737 37.001
88,746
104.428
Total assets18ss current liabilities
179.152
43.455
80,401
20,737 117,922 441,687
459. 104
Funds
Unrestricted
170.730
170,730
178.326
UnreslriGted- de5ignaled
Re8tricted
8.422
20,737
29,159
3Q.640
250, 138
43,455
80,401
117,922 241,778
T¢)tal fund5
179.152
43,455
80,401
20,737 117,922 441,667
459. 104
Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December
2022
2.1 Incoming resources
Interest is accounted for when receivable.
Donations, grants and legacies are accounted for as soon
as the Council is notified of the leg81
entitlement and the amount due.
l. Basis of accountin9
The accounts have been prepared under the historic cost
convention and in accordance with applicable accounting
standards and the Statement of Recommended Practice on
Accounting by Charities.
2.2 Resources expended
Expenditure is included on an accruals basis.
Grants 8re accounted for when paid over.
2. Accounting policies
The accounts have been drawn up in accordance with the
going concern, aecruals, consistency and pruden￿ con￿pts.
3. Consistency
The accounts are prepared on a consistent basis with the
previous year and in awordance with the
accounting policies.

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4. Funds
The General Fund is unrestricted and indudes designated
funds raised and held for a particular purpose.
The Education Course5 Fund and Publications Fund are
unrestricted designated funds.
The Bell Restoration Fund, the Fred Dukes Intemational Bell
Fund and the Library Fund are maintained for restricted
purposes.
A donation of £20.00 was received from Miss Bygraves
re David Andrews deceased.
8.4 Othei Donation5- Mobile Belfry
During the year donations totalling £18,013.02 were
received for the Mobile Belfry, which includes £8,263
from Crowd Funder and £2,000 from the Rolle legacy.
Other donations towards the Mobile Belfy totalled
£7,750. A payment of £10.000 was made to the Mobile
Belfries Trust leaving a balan￿ of £8.013.02.
5. Transfers be￿een funds
£10000 was transferred from Publications to the General Fund.
£4000 was transferred Irom The Gener81 Fund to the Bell
Restoration Fund in respect of the Rolle leg8¢y.
8.5 Othei Donations
Of the £11,302 received last year frorn the Estate of
Philip Rolle, £4,000 was allocated to Bell Restoration
projects in the South West and £2,000 lo the Mobile
Bellry. The balan￿ of £5,302 is yet to be allocated.
£1,000 was received from the Bruno Peek Foundation
for the prornolion of ringing.
6. Tangible assets and intangible assets
The major tangible assets of the Council are the Investments in
National Savings Income Bonds and the Library Colledion. The
Library Collection is valued at a replacerrent cost of £95,000.
The revaluation was undertaken by Roger Barnes of Church
Green Books as at 31 December 2014. The policy now is to
revalue the collection every twenty years, but keeping the
policy under review. It is being depreciated for accounting
purposes at 2Vts on the reducing balance per annum. An asset
register is maintained for other tangible assets. The policy is to
treat assets of an individual cost up to £1,000 as fully
depreciated in the year of purchase. The major intangible asset
of the Council is the copyright ol Dove's Guide. The long term
loan of £8,500 to the Keltek Trust was repaid by the Trust
during 2019 and is now induded in the assets of the Bell
Restoration Fund.
9. Workgroup Expenses
Total workgroup expenses arnounted to £8,829 across all
activities. an increase from 2021. Of these expenses The
Executive accounted for £2,322.
10. Grants pal(1
During the year, no grants were paid from the Fred Dukes
Intemational Bell Fund paid. There are one oulslanding grant
commitment of £1,000, and three new awards totalling £2,500
were granted.
During the year. the Bell Resloralion Fund aw8rded £4000 in
four new grants.
Fifteen grants totalling £11,4QO were paid to.. Stockton Heath
(£3501, Gre81 Oakley 1£2001. Alfiiston 1£1,1501 Barfoid
1£1.0001, Belton (£8501, Bratton (£5001. Bubwilh (£8001,
Desford 1£1001, Didbrook (£8501, East Anstey (£8501,
Frensham 1£3501, Milton Abbot 1£1,8001, West Hanningfield
1£1,5001, Witney1£1501, Denbury121,(KJOI.
7. Interest receivable
Interest, in a continued climate of low interest rates, was
received frorn -
National Savings Bonds
Central Board of Finance of the
Church of England Deposit account
Other
£ 2.545
£253
£35
Amounts received were higher than 2021 as a result increases
to bank base rate.
Outstanding commitments total £41,200.
During the year a grant of £2,500 was made to the North West
Course, £1,950 from the Education Fund, the balance of £550
being from the General Fund.
8. Donation¥ and grantB re¢eived
8.1 Kilifi. Kenya
Donations have been received in respect of Kilffi,
Kenya, for ropes and a training project. These are
included In the Bell Restoration Fund as 8 restricted
item and, together with any related gift aid. arnounled to
£150 in 2022, bringing the total now available to
£1,107.
11. Charitsble commitments
There are four grants totalling £3,500 awarded but not yet paid
by the Fred Dukes International Bell Fund, and thirty foul grants
lolalling £41.200 awarded bul not yet paid by the Bell
Restoration Fund. There is also a charitable commitment to
Kilifi bell restoration in respect of the balance of donations
r8ceived but not yet Paid arnounting to £1,107.
8.2 Ringing Remembers
The rernaining balance, at 31 December 2022, of the
Ringing Remembers Grant of £15,e06 is held within
general balances for future related work. Some of these
fvnds have been allocated to the production of ringing
films. April 2022 Executive meeting notes refer.
12. Publications fund
Storage and distribution costs of £2,000 was paid to a Council
member.
13. Payments to trustees
There were no payments to Trustees, except for the
reimbursement of expenses in the course of their duties as
metnbers ol the Executive.
8.3 Other Donations- Bell Restoration
During the year The Bell Restoration received four
donations from Amazon Smile totslling £59.38. P8yp81
£6.00. A donation of £100.CM) was received from CAF.
These were allocated to Bell Restoration at the
Treasuiei'5 discietion.
14. Emoluments of employees
The Council had no employees during the year.

CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustees
Central Council of Church Bell Ringers
On accounts for the year
ended
31st December 2022
Charity no
(if any)
270036
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ("the Trust") and financial year.
Responsibilities and
basis of report
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
("the Act").
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me
cause to believe that in, any material respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act; or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination, to which attention should be drawn in this report, in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Date:
th
30 August 2023
Name:
Duncan G Walker
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
CIMA, ACIE, MBA
Address:
Mell Fell View, Graham Street, Penrith, CA119LE

Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
NONE