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The Parish of Chilwell

Annual Report 2012

Parochial Church Council for the Ecclesiastical Parish of Chilwell

Registered Charity Number 1134214

Contents

1. Review of 2012 and looking ahead to 2013 p1A report from the parish

- review of 2012- looking to 2013

A report from St Barnabas Inham Nook p4A report from Christ Church Chilwell

- Public Worship p9- Groups p13- Pastoral work and prayer p17- Mission and evangelism p18- Property and facilities p20

2. Trustees’ Annual Report p21

3. Independent examiner’s report p26

4. Financial Statements p27

Review of 2012 and looking ahead to 2013A report from the parish

Review of 2012

In 2012 our vision and values continued to drive the life of the church and the practice of church members in the way we live as Christians in our local community. During the year we welcomed a number of new members and these came into the family of the church via many routes. As always we are thrilled by the contribution of families studying at St. John’s College and making Christ Church their spiritual home. This year with the help of our placement student George Reeves we welcomed them and other newcomers at an Autumn Barbecue. Some new members came via transfer growth as they moved into the area. Still others came as a result of contacts made and friendships established through ‘Healing on the Streets’ and through our developing social action ministries in partnership with HOPE Nottingham. Our Vision and Values are so key to our life at Christ Church that they are always worth restating:

Our Vision

To be a people transformed by God seeking to transform our communities with love

Our Values

Loving everyone Nurturing our children

Belonging together Working in partnership with others

Teaching the gospel Being a dynamic local church

We continue to be served by an excellent staff team. In addition to the core team the Revd. Liam O’Boyle continues to be licensed to work with us as mid-week he serves for the diocese as partnerships officer. Liam continues to help in Sunday ministry and has also helped us address our own work in the area of social action. It is great to have him on the team. Tim Bevington was placed at Christ Church whilst studying with the ‘Centre for Youth Ministry’ at St. John’s College and has been operating in the area of children and families work. This

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continued on a placement basis for the first six months of 2012 for a 14 hour per week. When his course finished he decided to apply for the full time post that was advertised at Christ Church and after interview he was appointed full time. Tim’s work with local schools and in every aspect of children’s work in the church has contributed greatly to deeper relationships with the community. As a result local schools are far more connected to us as their church and this led to larger than ever attendances at our child based Christmas events. Another very positive schools ministry carried out by church members is the assembly ministry conducted by Mike Abel and Bob Epton – they have taken over 500 assemblies since their ministry was founded. The church now supports them as one of our mission initiatives.

Our Assistant Curate Sonia Barron was ordained as priest in July and many church members celebrated this happy event with her. Her energetic ministry and her wide range of gifts have enhanced the ministry of the church in 2012.

Our powerful partnership with HOPE Nottingham has continued as the ministry of HOPE has grown rapidly. Several church members volunteer on a regular basis. We have also continued the partnerships via our Pastoral Coordinator Fran Beedell with shared pastoral courses with three local parishes in an initiative called CHIPPS (Christians in Pastoral Partnerships).

In my role as Vicar I am greatly aided by the operations staff; Charles Hume as operations manager, Kerry Broadley as administrator and John Gibbs as caretaker. Charles has masterminded some great work upgrading our facilities in 2012.

Church members attended Spring Harvest and New Wine and insights from these conferences benefited our church life. As well as the staff team we have a large number of hard working volunteers and teams. Without these teams we would not have been able to achieve all that is mentioned above. The wardens and I wrote over 200 letters of thanks to volunteers in 2012 and in this report we again express sincere thanks to them all.

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With our strong staff team and gifted volunteers we are well placed to make significant steps forward in 2013. A sadness expressed in the report last year was that we were not able to add a youth work placement student to our team. At the last moment in 2012 we were able to organise a placement and Emmanuel Chiweshe (known to his friends as Sky) joined the team. Sky has been quickly taken into our hearts and is doing good work with our young people alongside our gifted and committed volunteer leaders. As a result of this and other factors our 7pm service has grown through 2012 and average attendances have gone up, regularly touching 70. Another area of growth has been the emergence of a group of young adults that meet after the evening service for fellowship and support over food. Much of this food is generated by toasters and the group has called itself Toast.

Looking to 2013

Our 9.00 am service team introduced a new initiative as we added a new monthly midweek service geared to reaching unchurched folks who are available during the day. This has been a great success and more details are given elsewhere in this report. As ever we seek to discover new ways of being part of the mission of God. This year we have felt a strong challenge to take the mission of the church out beyond the walls of the building and the confines of Sunday. We acknowledge that our 300 adults and 80+ children are in mission every day of every week. We affirm and support that mission in every way we can. In addition to this vital every day work we are seeking to engage in more structured missional ventures. Again; we already do this in HOPE, in Healing on the Streets, in our Mid-Week Service, in Globe Café and many other ways. In 2013 we seek to invest in these and in other creative ventures. As we move forward in mission together we seek the guidance and direction of God’s Holy Spirit.

Alan Howe, Vicar

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A report from St Barnabas Church, Inham Nook

2012 was a year of growth and encouragement and thanks are due to the many who have worked hard in the church and community.

My thanks to the DCC, to the Wardens, Glenys and June, Richard our treasurer and all those who have contributed to our worship and services by welcoming, reading and praying, leading services and operating the sound desk and data projector. This has been a difficult year for many and I appreciate the continued faithfulness and commitment of many individuals. Thanks to those who by running coffee mornings and social events, parent and toddler groups and fairs and events have welcomed many more members of the community into our church. Glenys will stand down (has stood down) as warden this year and I extend my special thanks to her.

Worship

Our service pattern continues with alternate Morning Prayer and Holy Communion. The fifth Sunday service is the responsibility of the Worship Group and we have had some very creative and inspiring services over the year. The worship of the church is developing with many contributing. Thanks to John and Jill for their work and Gary who contributes regularly by preaching and leading praise times in our services. Thank you to Sue, Cass and Valda, John MacDougall and Rob for preparing rotas and operating our service data projector and sound desk.

We have introduced celebration evenings, held every few months, which have been very creative and meaningful.

Our sermon series included a series ‘called, equipped, sent’ which Bishop Paul concluded in September, this was in readiness for our ‘Away Day’ in October, led by Archdeacon Peter Hill, where we looked at mapping out a mission plan.

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As a result of this seven areas were prioritised which we are looking at in small groups, praying together discerning God’s way forward for us.

We have been supported in our ministry by Nick and Anne Ladd (Dean of St. John’s) we also have had two very good students and expect to have two more this year. Mission

Our Mission team have organised fairs and socials for church and community. We successfully celebrated the Queen’s Jubilee with a garden party on the Saturday and service on the Sunday.

The Wednesday morning coffee group continues to thrive, offering friendship and pastoral support to church and non church members.

The food bank continues with many committed volunteers, it varies in busyness, though coming up to Christmas we helped out many young families. We have changed the day from Monday afternoons to Tuesday afternoons to fit in with Hope opening times.

There are many events planned for 2013 including a social to celebrate St. George’s Day, a harvest supper and our regular summer and Christmas fairs.

Finance and Fabric

We are grateful to Richard for his sound management of our finances. The building is kept in good order. A new Holy Table and flower stand were commissioned and are now in place.

The church is increasingly used by the community for various events, the grounds are kept in good order and they are a pleasure to look at whatever the season. Thanks are due to Rob, John Jackson, Steve and Ray for their work in this area.

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Barney’s Parent and Toddler Group

Our parent and toddler group continues to flourish, still running two sessions a week. Their garden is well kept and led to the development of our orchard. With consultation and the hard work of Alan Withington (Broxtowe Borough Council Environmental Department), fruit trees were planted by the Scouts, Guides, Barney’s and the Deputy Mayor at the Queen’s Jubilee garden party.

Home Groups

We currently have two home bible study groups, a new group meets on Tuesday evenings, and we are hoping to start a day time group soon. A small group meets on Wednesday mornings to pray for the work of the church.

Overseas Mission

Again we are grateful to John and June Jackson for their work for The Leprosy Mission, keeping us up to date with various projects, providing us with information and collecting our TLM boxes.

Our links with the Berega hospital, Tanzania, have been strengthened by the work and commitment of David and Anne Curnock, who are our links with this project.Sue Carvin acts as our correspondent with them and organises dates when they can join us for our morning service.

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Pastoral care and prayer ministry

Much of the pastoral care is done by individual members looking after each other; I visit the sick and take home Communions when requested. Pat Morris visits Southfields Court and others who are in nursing care.

I am very encouraged that several members of our congregation continue to attend courses on pastoral care, bereavement and listening. The prayer ministry team meet regularly; they meet to pray before and offer prayer after the services. There were again some funerals of church members, Dr. DeVille among them; we held a service for the bereaved in October.

Ecumenical

We continue to work closely with our Methodist partners. The group that was formed from both churches involving leaders and members elected Richard as ‘executive secretary’ to help us take things forward. We have met on several occasions with support from ecumenical officers, including a prayer breakfast, and we hope that a sharing agreement will be in place by the autumn.

For the future

We are doing well, despite the considerable suffering that individuals have experienced and I am encouraged and sometimes awed by people’s faith and resilience.

For 2013 we will take forward some of the 7 areas given at the ‘Away Day’.

A new ‘girls’ group currently led by Lisa and Jan Key, will move to St. Barnabas. It is hoped that once the sharing agreement is passed and in place, other activities, such as cafe church, will move into our building. We are also looking

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at holding a children’s church once a month...............my dream is to have a children and families worker........A new evening group for young people is being planned and prepared for. We are working more closely with the school, they have been in church on several occasions and we now have two DCC members as governors. Anne and Nick Ladd will lead us in a time of renewal over the Lent - Easter period. I continue to attend some staff meetings at Christ Church and am grateful for the support of Alan and the staff team.

I am thankful to the people of St. Barnabas for their prayer, faithfulness, hard work and support, in particular to the DCC and especially Glenys and June for their friendship and care, and I look forward with anticipation to what God may do in the life of St. Barnabas this coming year.

Revd. Canon Lillian Heptinstall, January 2013.

Numbers on the Electoral Roll in 2012 Christ Church Chilwell: 267St Barnabas Inham Nook: 51Total: 318[Total in 2011: 312. Total in 2010: 299]

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A report from Christ Church ChilwellPublic Worship

Grove CourtThe monthly services at Grove Court Sheltered Housing have continued, with a typical attendance of between 12 and 16. In this, Christ Church is greatly helped by one of the ministers of the local Methodist Churches; to reciprocate, we assist the chaplain at Queenswood Methodist Home for the Aged by leading occasional Anglican-style services on Thursdays in the Home's chapel.

9am serviceThe 9 o’clock service is the most distinctively Anglican of our services. One service per month is Morning Prayer, the others are Holy Communion, with vibrant liturgy using the material from Common Worship. Use is made of the variations permitted within this book, and it is intended that even more variety will be used in future. Most of the sung parts of the service are led by a robed choir and organ, using hymns and choruses from Mission Praise, with appropriate settings for the Gloria, Te Deum and Affirmation of Faith.

The members of the congregation have a very real spiritual life, reflected in the sense of awe often experienced, particularly during Communion, and in the great demand for Prayer Ministry which is offered every Sunday. Although there are newcomers from time to time, either people moving into the area or transferring from other services, the majority of the congregation have been stalwartly attending this service for many years, so preaching can be appropriate to people who, in the main, are very committed Christians, although we do bear in mind that we do have some members who are comparatively new to faith. Teaching is also firmly Bible-based, with two scripture readings being the norm.

One development this year has been the launch of a mid-week service, Worship on Wednesdays, overseen by the 9am leadership team and supported by members of this congregation; this is reported separately.

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Average (mean) attendance for the year:Communicants Under 16 Over 16

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10.45am serviceIn our 10.45am worship at Christ Church we continue to explore ways to help one another meet Jesus and also to encourage one another to act like Jesus outside the church, so that we become more and more part of the transforming work God is doing and wants to do in our communities.

Our young people’s leaders have once again been awesome – THANK YOU! - and it’s been great to have Tim Bevington on board as a full member of staff to bring new ideas, leadership and encouragement to all who attend this congregation. We value all gifts and ministries and continue to encourage more people to join our young people's groups, prayer ministry, and welcome teams.

When we meet together on Sundays we believe this is to give our worship to God and to be equipped and prepared for our mission as Christians in the world. We also place great importance on worshipping together as a family of different ages, abilities and backgrounds. The ministry and leadership of our young people amongst us is a blessing and we want to encourage each other to see our ‘all together’ time as being a crucial part of building community rather than an option: these times challenge our perceptions of what it means to be church, allow us to grow in different ways, nurture our young people, and help us minister and witness to the widest possible range of people in our daily lives. Along with the rest of the church in 2013, the 10.45 leadership team is focusing strongly on the opportunities for this particular congregation to reach and touch lives of those who don't know Jesus, especially through building long-term relationships as well as through specific events and activities. We want our time together on a Sunday to be one of encouragement and encounter with God but

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also sharpening and practising our gifts and ministries to make a difference to our friends and neighbours the other 6 days of the week.


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7pm serviceThis service is flexible in nature and follows a celebration model, which allows for a prolonged period of contemporary sung worship, followed by congregational testimony, teaching and prayer ministry. As such, it attracts a broad age group, growing slowly year on year, and including substantial numbers of young people who stay on for it after the preceding Inspire youth group meeting. The 18+ group of young adults meet afterwards in the Lounge.

The combination of sensitively and carefully produced music involving many excellent musicians and singers, inspirational testimony, and emerging prophetic input has been exciting. This coupled with an imaginatively delivered teaching programme, utilising our improving audio-visual facilities, has been rewarded with good feedback and many eternal blessings.

Priorities for 2013 include training and enabling wider involvement in prayer ministry and the prophetic, considering how young people can be more frequently involved in service planning and delivery, inviting more guest speakers, and building strong community and missional relationships. We shall continue to seek attractive and effective programmes that render this service inclusive, and spiritually and practically helpful to all.


60 5 62

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GroupsChildren’s groupsThe past year has seen a number of changes in the children’s work. The departure of Fiona as crèche leader and Gina handing over the running of Scramblers to Clare are two examples and we are thankful for all they have done for those age groups. We have a fantastic team of leaders across all the age groups and part of the vision for the next year is to invest in and grow current and new leaders. We do often have a shortage of leaders on a weekly basis, but this also means we have lots of children. Part of the way we are looking to address this issue is to have a number of different roles within the children’s work, enabling people to volunteer at a level they feel called to.

Connecting with and experiencing God through worship has been a key area we have looked to develop across all age groups. God wants to speak to our children and we need to give Him the space to do that on Sundays, but also help children to do that on a daily basis at home and at school. Resourcing leaders, parents and carers in sharing faith and nurturing children continues to be our passion and is at the heart of all that we do. This next year we will be focusing on making parents and carers aware of what is out there to help them in growing in faith as a family. We are continuing to develop events throughout the year that enable individuals, families and the church as a whole to share the Christian faith with friends and family, linking in with the focus of the 10:45 leadership team. This also links in with the wider children’s work of Christ Church beyond Sunday services.

Improvement in safeguarding and child protection is a priority, and we continue to work closely with the diocese in this area.

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Young people’s groupsPathfinders:Pathfinders continue to enjoy meeting on Sundays and Thursdays. Sunday mornings are the heart of the group, where we build on the knowledge and experiences gained in the younger groups and challenge the young people to engage with God more in their everyday lives. We give them opportunities to think about and discuss how to live as a Christian in secondary school and at home. The sessions are active; with games, activities and discussions.

Thursdays are getting very exciting as this is the outreach part of Pathfinders. These sessions are intentionally welcoming for new people to make it easy to invite friends along. In the last year these evenings have included computer games nights, film sessions, active games in the large hall and more thoughtful sessions on Fair Trade and poverty. This mix of activities builds the friendships amongst the Pathfinders and helps the group to be a more supportive place through the trials of school. Also, as some of their friends come along to these sessions, it has been exciting to see the group grow. Some of these friends are joining us in May 2013 when we are off to our annual weekend away at The Oakes, to experience the rope swing, mud bath and teaching sessions.

We continue to need a couple of extra leaders, especially for Thursdays, having had to cancel a couple of sessions recently as we did not have the minimum of two leaders per session. We would welcome the addition of two regular leaders to the group especially as two leaders will be leaving at the end of the school year!

Inspire:Inspire have settled well into the new pattern of meeting as two small groups midweek and together for tea before the evening service. Having school year 9 as a transition year between Pathfinders and Inspire is also working well as the young people have some flexibility to join when they are ready. We said goodbye to quite a group of young people who went off to University in the

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Summer and it’s been great to see them back during their holidays and hear how much they are enjoying University life.

Keith and Carol Pentelow did a great job of leading one of the small groups during the summer term, which meant that Chris and Jenny could have a short break after the birth of Eve.

In September we were pleased to welcome Emmanuel (Sky) a CYM student into the Inspire team. He quickly got to know everyone and is now involved in all Inspire groups and activities. Sky has taken on the leadership of the Sunday evening group and it has been excellent to have a consistent person each week. The other leaders and volunteers take it in turns to come and make pizza and join in. There is now a different focus each week: guest speaker, testimony night, and games night. We also use this time to plan other events like the annual Hope Christmas party.

Small groups follow the welcome, worship, word, witness format and the young people are encouraged to use their skills and take turns to plan and lead these activities. Each half term we have a joint social activity that people can also invite friends to. We have cooked and shared meals together, been to Quasar Laser and bowling, been on a treasure hunt with a difference, organised a quiz night and got dressed up and into character for the ever popular murder mystery evenings.

Some members of Inspire are still involved in the 10:45 service as they offer invaluable help with children’s groups and the Inspire band have been leading the worship for the monthly FUSE service.

Small groupsSmall groups have continued to be a vital part of our life at Christ Church. The twenty or so groups which meet - mostly on a weekly basis - are the most effective way to ensure that people are cared for pastorally and are nurtured spiritually. Members of a group meet to worship, to pray and to study the Bible

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together and to discuss ways of sharing their faith with neighbours and friends who are not yet Christians. Many arrange social activities of various kinds - usually involving food in some way or other! Some groups, linked with Bethany, meet during the day; other groups are task-based, such as the teams which lead worship at the various services.

Recently, many of the groups have chosen to follow a series of studies linked with a sermon series on being 'missional'. These were prepared by our last placement student from St. John's, George Reeves, and leaders adapted the studies to suit their members. The feedback has been positive and encouraging from those who decided to use them.

Encouraging each other is so important, and Small Group leaders met twice over the past year to do just that and to pray for one another. Training will continue to be offered over the coming months in various ways. Meanwhile, we continue to encourage as many in our congregations as possible to become part of a small group - to learn from and to care for, one another.

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Pastoral Work and PrayerPastoral care covers all the ongoing care of our congregations, such as bereavement ministry, visiting (informally and by a group of dedicated visitors who go to the nursing homes and hospitals, and offer communion), prayer ministry, mentoring, welcoming and much else besides. Fran Beedell co-ordinates these areas, directing the care much as a triage nurse would, informing other carers and the staff team of needs and how they could help. Because of our good small group system, much care took place through these, especially among the elderly of the parish. The Bethany ladies’ group and the men’s fellowship were superb examples of this care. The excellent bereavement team has been used throughout Beeston and Chilwell, visiting and running coffee mornings for support with an annual memorial service.

Prayer is a fundamental part of our church life, with creative prayer evenings joining with other churches to pray for our city and using prayer in our ONE services to include the children. Our three prayer ministry teams were headed up by Fran, and a large number of our congregation were trained and got involved with Healing on the Streets, in partnership with HOPE Nottingham. Prayer and listening was offered during the week.

CHIPPS – Churches in Pastoral Partnership – including St Helen’s Stapleford, and St Peter’s Toton, continue a programme of training led by Fran, Chris Bassford and Sue Goring. This partnership enables parishes to offer local support for one another in pastoral care and training. At Christ Church our Way In course offers a welcome and a support to newcomers.

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Mission and EvangelismThis was a year of highs and lows in terms of evangelism. However as with life sometimes out of adversity can come new strength and vision. The year combined both new and ongoing initiatives.

In the run up to Christmas 2011 a great effort went into plans surrounding the Christmas Services with a great focus on encouraging the church members to invite friends to the services with a view to joining a course in the new year. However the take up from the many Christmas Services was zero. In the late spring a comedy supper was organised but the take up again was very low and in the end the event was cancelled.

Wider Children’s and Schools workThere is much more to the children’s work of Christ Church than just Sundays. Bob and Mike continue to do a fantastic job in reaching out to many children across lots of schools with their assemblies. Tim Bevington helps in the classroom at Meadow Lane on a weekly basis as well as leading assemblies once every half term. We worked in partnership with both Meadow Lane and College House to put on a very successful iSingPop concert in the Autumn. Both Meadow Lane and College House, along with Eskdale and Bramcote have made visits to the Church within the last year.

Input at the Christ Church Hall preschool continues to grow, with weekly input (singing/stories) as well as helping at their Christmas and Easter performances in Church. There are more plans to develop children’s work outside of Sundays over the coming year, which is very exciting.

Worship on WednesdayWorship on Wednesday is new venture which was successfully launched in September by the 9 am service team. There are three different kinds of services:

(1) Just a Word - based on the service of the word, but we try to make it less

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“churchy” so those who don't normally come to church don't feel alienated(2) Songs of Praise format with choices mainly from members of the congregation(3) God Cares - a service where there is an opportunity for prayer for healing

The aim has been to have a distinct but gentle outreach theme and each of these services have been very encouraging with an average of 30-40 people attending, with significantly more at the Songs of Praise.

These services have all been subject to advance pieces of editorial in the Beeston Express as well as posters on the church noticeboard. An invitation card is given at each service with details of the service for the next month.

VisionIn the middle of the year the leadership team visited the New Wine Leaders Conference and it was there that a new vision grew. This was to seek to move our church onto a Missional footing in all areas of our life and work.

Following this, three key meetings have taken place with those both inside and outside the church to develop and facilitate a new approach to our outreach.

As we approach 2013 there is undoubtedly a new vision and hope in our quest to see new folk enter the kingdom. Some new study materials have been prepared for the new year for home groups and further consultation and help is being regularly sought by the leadership team to help us tune and direct the Missional Project in the year ahead.

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Property and Facilities2012 was another busy year for the church buildings and facilities, with a continuing pattern of well-attended services, and a wide range of church and non-church groups making use of the buildings. In both church extension and hall, lettings remained strong and income increased. Our affiliated Scouts, Guides, Cubs and Brownie Groups continue to be supported with preferential rates, and the separate Christ Church Hall Playgroup continues to be well subscribed. Prices for hiring are under regular review and price increases were introduced to mitigate general rises in energy and other costs.

2012 also saw a continuing programme of maintenance and improvement projects, focusing particularly on the Church Lounge and Halls. These included a new Lounge Kitchen and boiler, funded largely from legacy income. We also replaced the Hall Central Heating pipe-work which was severely corroded, and had caused rotting in under-floor woodwork, which had to be eradicated. After that, we also conducted major redecoration works, and started the batch 2 window and door replacements, which have rejuvenated the Halls and made them a much more attractive venue. This work continues into 2013, during which we also hope to improve toilets and the stage area and provide excellent audio-visual facilities.

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Parochial Church Council of the Parish of Chilwell Registered Charity No 1134214Trustees’ Annual ReportReference and Administrative DetailsCharity Name:Parochial Church Council for the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church Chilwellalso known as Christ Church Chilwell and as Chilwell PCC

Charity number: 1134214

Principal Address: 6 College RoadBeestonNottinghamNG9 4AS

Parochial Church Council ex officio and elected members, constituting the trustees:

Rev Canon Alan Howe (Incumbent & Chairman)Rev Lillian Heptinstall (Associate Minister with responsibility for Inham Nook)Rev Liam O’Boyle Rev Sonia Barron (Assistant Curate)Penelope Wallace (Church Warden) (Diocesan Synod)Timothy Easun (Church Warden) Gary Stephenson (Deanery Synod) (Treasurer)Colin Slater (General Synod) Graham Gardner (Deanery Synod)Margaret Metcalfe (Secretary) Clint RedwoodCrian Wilson Anne WillmotElizabeth Jordan Sally MellorHelen Mather Peter BroadleyCatriona Petit Charles HumeAlan Darley Elizabeth AttwoodEffective from the date of the Annual Parochial Church Meeting on 16 April 2012.

Christ Church Chilwell holds “Community DirectPlus” current accounts with The Cooperative Bank. St Barnabas Inham Nook has a current account and a business money manager account with HSBC Bank plc.

Christ Church Chilwell has chosen Baldwins (Nottingham) Ltd as its independent examiner.

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Parochial Church Council of the Parish of Chilwell Registered Charity No 1134214Trustees’ Annual Report (continued)Structure, Governance and Management

Christ Church Chilwell is controlled by the Parochial Church Council Powers Measure (1956) as amended and Church Representation Rules, and constitutes an unincorporated charity.

Trustees are ex officio and elected members of the Parochial Church Council (“PCC”). Ex officio members are: the ordained clergy assigned to the parish; members of General Synod on the electoral roll; members of Diocesan and Deanery Synod covering the parish; and the Church Wardens. Church Wardens are elected for a term of one year at an Annual Vestry Meeting. New elected members are appointed at each Annual General Meeting for a term of three years, to bring numbers up to a maximum of eleven. At least four posts have to be re-elected each year, with earliest elected members standing down as necessary. Changes in election rules can be proposed at an AGM to take effect from the following year. Church Wardens and ordinary PCC members can be nominated by any person on the electoral roll of the parish. The Incumbent has a statutory right to appoint one Church Warden; this right was not exercised for this reporting year. Trustees are referred to as “the PCC” in the rest of this report.

The PCC meets as often as is necessary to make decisions relating to the activities of Christ Church Chilwell. As a Church of England parish Chilwell is “ecclesiastically led and synodically governed” – this means that decisions relating to the church’s mission are made by the Incumbent and his staff team. Certain matters, including key financial decisions, are referred to the PCC for debate and approval or decision. The PCC is responsible for safeguarding the assets of Christ Church Chilwell and keeping proper accounting records in order to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity.

PCC members have the general responsibilities and powers of charity trustees. This includes the review of risks to which Christ Church Chilwell may be exposed and ensuring appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.

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Parochial Church Council of the Parish of Chilwell Registered Charity No 1134214Trustees’ Annual Report (continued)

The patron for Christ Church Chilwell is the Church Pastoral Aid Society – the patron participates in the appointment of the incumbent or priest in charge when a vacancy arises and is to be filled. Christ Church Chilwell is affiliated to the Evangelical Alliance and to St John’s College Bramcote.

St Barnabas, Inham Nook is the sister church of Christ Church within the parish. St Barnabas has many of the attributes of a “conventional district” (a means whereby pastoral oversight is split within a parish). St Barnabas manages its own finances (shown as designated and restricted funds within the Accounts), has an Associate Minister in charge, has a District Church Council, and maintains its own electoral roll. DCC members are invited to attend PCC meetings (but not as voting members), and the DCC makes reports to the PCC as agreed between the two bodies.

The incumbent, Rev Canon Alan Howe is also the Priest in Charge of St Barnabas, Lenton Abbey. Lenton Abbey is a separate parish as defined under the general governance of the Church of England, has its own PCC and produces its own reports and accounts. Christ Church Chilwell PCC has no trustee responsibilities for Lenton Abbey. The two parishes have shared some non-financial resources in 2012.

We have referred to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing our aims and objectives and in planning our future activities. Christ Church Chilwell operates an equal opportunities policy; services and events are in principle open to all members of the public.

Objectives, activities and achievements

The charitable objects of Christ Church Chilwell are: to advance the Christian faith and to promote in the ecclesiastical parish the whole mission of the church. The PCC must use the income, and may use the capital, of Christ Church Chilwell in promoting these objects. The main activities and achievements during the reporting year are set out in the reports from the parish and from St Barnabas.

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Christ Church Chilwell depends on volunteers (usually from within regular congregations) for many of its activities including: the conduct of Sunday services, children’s and young people’s work; events arranged both for church members and for the general public; activities promoting the Christian faith; support for the Incumbent and paid staff. The work done by volunteers is invaluable and probably amounts to at least 200 hours per week on average. This contribution by committed and variously-skilled people is a tremendous asset for the church.

Financial Review

Although the PCC has an overall responsibility for the whole parish, financial management is in practice dealt with separately by Christ Church and St Barnabas for their respective activities. The majority of income (81%) came from congregational giving and related gift aid claims. Christ Church received two legacies during 2012 totalling just under £31,000 and representing 10% of parish income for the year – this was very welcome unplanned income and has improved the reserves position for Christ Church. St Barnabas overall income is more dependent on ad hoc gifts and was £6,800 higher than anticipated.

The additional unplanned income enabled both Christ Church and St Barnabas to carry out some necessary repairs and improvements that were not included in the original budget. Overall parish expenditure was 8% higher than budget, compared with overall income 13% higher than budget.

Christ Church and St Barnabas carry separate reserves which at 31 December 2012 were £28,900 and £14,000 respectively. The PCC agreed during 2012 a clarification of the reserves policy to the effect that general reserves should be sufficient for two months’ expenditure. The actual position at the year end is that Christ Church reserves equate to 9% (about 1½ months) of a planned expenditure budget of £316,000. St Barnabas has significantly higher reserves because of the greater uncertainty concerning income, and these equate to a full year’s potential expenditure.

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2013 Budget

Planned parish income and expenditure for 2013 is shown in the following table.Income CC St B Total

Church giving200,00

010,60

0210,60

0Gift Aid receivable 40,000 1,900 41,900Lettings & Services 26,000 1,100 27,100Other income a 43,000 1,000 44,000

309,000

14,600

284,800

ExpenditureStaff 70,000 900 70,900

Parish Share144,00

0 5,000149,00

0Outward giving 32,000 1,500 33,500Mission b 20,000 200 20,200Running costs 30,000 6,200 36,200Properties/projects 20,000 1,000 21,000

316,000

14,800

330,800

Notes:a Other income includes anticipated proceeds from closure of a trust fund for the

benefit of Chilwell parish.b The Mission budget includes £10,000 for potential new ventures in 2013 - this

money is not committed at the current time.

Signed

A Howe

Alan HoweIncumbent

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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Christ Church Chilwell

I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 December 2012, which are set out on pages 27 to 32.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act)) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to: examine the accounts (under section 145 of the 2011 Act); follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission

(under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act); and state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent examiner’s report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.

Independent examiner’s statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or

2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

R S NowellR S Nowell FCABaldwins (Nottingham) LimitedChartered Certified Accountants 32 Eldon Business ParkAttenboroughNottinghamNG9 6DZ

March 2013

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Parochial Church Council of the Parish of Chilwell Registered Charity No 1134214

Statement of Financial Activities for the year ending 31 December 2012

Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds TOTAL FUNDS General Designated Christ Saint

Funds Funds St B Church Barnabas 2012 2011Note £ £ £ £ £ £

INCOMING RESOURCES

Incoming resources from generated funds

Voluntary income 2(a) 262,087 17,083 11,639 1,070 291,879 266,379

Activities for generating funds 2(b) - 30 - - 30 -

Investment income 2(c) 6,120 7 - - 6,127 7,016

Incoming resources from charitable activities 2(d) 19,116 1,160 1,432 1,261 22,969 28,255

Other income 2(e) - - - - - 1,411

TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES 287,323 18,280 13,071 2,331 321,005 303,061

RESOURCES EXPENDED

Charitable activities 3(a) 271,158 23,974 14,862 1,614 311,608 301,477

Governance 3(b) 660 - - - 660 600

TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED 271,818 23,974 14,862 1,614 312,268 302,077

Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before transfers 15,505 (5,694) (1,791) 717 8,737 984

TRANSFERS BETWEEN FUNDS 7 - 758 - (758) - -

NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS 15,505 (4,936) (1,791) (41) 8,737 984

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS

Total funds brought forward 7 12,104 16,881 3,118 2,116 34,219 33,235

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 7 27,609 11,945 1,327 2,075 42,956 34,219

Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses for the year ending 31 December 2012

2012 2011£ £

Net movement in current funds 8,737 984

Revaluation of fixed assets 29,399 -

TOTAL GAINS AND LOSSES 38,136 984

The notes on pages 29-32 are part of these reports

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Balance Sheet at 31 December 2012

2012 2011Note £ £

FIXED ASSETS 905,083 875,684

CURRENT ASSETS

Debtors 4 10,761 13,933

Cash at bank and in hand 8 43,413 30,652

54,174 44,585

LIABILITIES: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN 1 YEAR

5 (11,218) (10,366)

NET CURRENT ASSETS 42,956 34,219

NET ASSETS 948,039 909,903

FUNDS

Unrestricted Christ Church 27,609 12,104

Designated St Barnabas 11,945 16,881

Restricted Christ Church 1,327 3,118

Restricted St Barnabas 2,075 2,116

Invested in land and buildings 905,083 875,684

948,039 909,903

The notes on pages 29-32 are part of this report

Approved by the Parish Church Council on 14 March 2013 and signed on its behalf by:

A Howe G StephensonAlan Howe Gary StephensonIncumbent Treasurer

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Notes to the Accounts for the year ending 31 December 2012

1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006, the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP 2005) issued March 2005 and the Charities Act 2011.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Funds

General funds represent the funds of the PCC that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for application on the general purposes of the PCC. Funds designated for a particular purpose by the PCC are also unrestricted.

The accounts include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the PCC is responsible in law. They do not include the accounts of church groups that owe their main affiliation to another body nor those that are informal gatherings of church members.

Incoming resources

Collections are recognised when received by or on behalf of the PCC. Planned giving receivable under Gift Aid is recognised only when received. Income tax recoverable on Gift Aid donations is recognised when the donations are recognised. Bank interest is recognised only when received.

Resources expended

Grants and donations are accounted for when paid over, or when awarded if that award creates a binding obligation on the PCC.

Activities directly relating to the work of the church

The diocesan parish share is accounted for when paid.

Fixed Assets

Consecrated property and moveable church furnishings

Consecrated and beneficial property of any kind is excluded from the accounts by section 10(2) of the Charities Act 2011.

Moveable church furnishings held by the Vicar and Churchwardens on special trust for the PCC, and which require a faculty for disposal, are accounted as inalienable property unless consecrated. They are listed on the church's Inventory which can be inspected at any reasonable time. No value is placed on such property in these accounts.

All expenditure incurred during the year on consecrated or benefice buildings and moveable church furnishings, whether maintenance or improvement, is written off as expenditure in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA).

Church property treated as Fixed Assets

The following buildings are included in the Balance Sheet as Fixed Assets. No provision is made for depreciation. The Lettings Estate Agent carried out revaluations on Church House in January 2013 and on 29 Farm Road in October 2012. The value ascribed to Christ Church Hall is the insurance valuation.

2012 2011Church House, Barn Croft 120,000 175,00029 Farm Road 220,000 230,000Christ Church Hall 565,083 470,684

905,083 875,684

Other fixtures, fittings and equipment

All expenditure on fixtures, fittings and office furniture is written off at the time expenditure is incurred.

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Notes to the Accounts for the year ending 31 December 2012 (continued)

2 INCOMING RESOURCESUnrestricted Funds Restricted Funds TOTAL FUNDS

General Designated Christ SaintFunds Funds St B Church Barnabas 2011 2010

£ £ £ £ £ £

2(a) Voluntary incomePlanned giving:

Gift aided planned giving 147,172 11,322 7,090 - 165,584 181,023Other planned giving 44,879 397 1,208 - 46,484 28,654

Collections at all services 1,923 2,351 33 - 4,307 5,011Other donations 204 324 368 402 1,298 2,501Tax recoverable through gift aid 37,086 2,689 1,772 - 41,547 47,091Legacies 30,823 - - - 30,823 -Grant income - - 1,168 668 1,836 2,099

262,087 17,083 11,639 1,070 291,879 266,379

2(b) Activities for generating fundsFund-raising events - 30 - - 30 -

- 30 - - 30 -

2(c) Investment incomeRents from church properties 6,094 - - - 6,094 6,990Grant income 26 7 - - 33 26

6,120 7 - - 6,127 7,016

2(d) Incoming resources from charitable activitiesFees: weddings, funerals, etc 1,676 144 - - 1,820 2,091Letting of church halls 17,440 1,016 - - 18,456 15,603Receipts towards church events - - 1,432 1,261 2,693 10,561

19,116 1,160 1,432 1,261 22,969 28,255

2(e) Other incomeInsurance claims - - - - - 1,411

- - - - - 1,411

TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES 287,323 18,280 13,071 2,331 321,005 303,061

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3 RESOURCES EXPENDEDUnrestricted Funds Restricted Funds TOTAL FUNDS


£ £ £ £ £ £

3(a) Charitable activitiesGiving – Hope Nottingham 3,000 - 117 - 3,117 3,456Other outward giving 25,795 1,825 1,772 - 29,392 30,824Parish share 126,185 9,466 - - 135,651 135,957Centre for Youth Ministry costs 7,092 - - - 7,092 8,523Other staff salaries and NI 40,754 - 6,525 - 47,279 36,439Staff working expenses 7,962 367 - - 8,329 5,154Inham Nook partnership 3,000 - - - 3,000 3,000Other mission and evangelism 3,665 331 2,828 1,253 8,077 16,938Church running expenses 15,493 5,163 1,168 71 21,895 18,441Church utility bills 4,136 1,563 - - 5,699 4,869Property maintenance and fees 7,389 - - - 7,389 5,173Hall running costs 15,791 - - - 15,791 8,269Church repairs and works 985 5,259 2,452 290 8,986 15,386Hall repairs and works 9,911 - - - 9,911 9,048

271,158 23,974 14,862 1,614 311,608 301,477

3(b) Governance costAudit fees 660 - - - 660 600

660 - - - 660 600

TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED 271,818 23,974 14,862 1,614 312,268 302,077

During the year the PCC paid five employees (four in 2011). None of these were members of the PCC during 2012.

Gross salaries and allowances totalled £44,879 (£35,039 in 2011) and Social Security costs totalled £2,400 (£1,400 in 2011).

4 DEBTORS Christ Saint 2012 2011

Church Barnabas£ £ £ £

Income tax recoverable 8,742 537 9,279 11,584Sundry debtors - - - 670Prepayments 952 - 952 1,391Banking – credits uncleared 530 - 530 288

10,224 537 10,761 13,933

5 LIABILTIES: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR Christ Saint 2012 2011

Church Barnabas£ £ £ £

Creditors 5,606 2,783 8,389 3,963Accruals 2,829 - 2,829 6,403

8,435 2,783 11,218 10,366

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6 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BY FUNDUnrestricted Funds Restricted Funds TOTAL FUNDS


£ £ £ £ £ £

Fixed assets - - 905,083 - 905,083 875,684Current assets 36,044 14,728 1,327 2,075 54,174 44,585Current liabilities (8,435) (2,783) - - (11,218) (10,366)

27,609 11,945 906,410 2,075 948,039 909,903

7 DESIGNATED AND RESTRICTED FUNDS

Designated funds Balance Incoming Resources Transfers Balance

at 1/1/12 resources expended at 31/12/12£ £ £ £ £

St Barnabas 16,881 18,280 23,974 758 11,94516,881 18,280 23,974 758 11,945

Restricted funds Balance Incoming Resources Transfers Balance

at 1/1/12 resources expended at 31/12/12£ £ £ £ £

Christ Church 3,118 13,071 14,862 - 1,327St Barnabas 2,116 2,331 1,614 (758) 2,075

5,234 15,402 16,476 (758) 3,402

Restricted funds represent moneys received to support specific activities and events. Christ Church balance at 31/12/12 relates to church projects (£1,083) and men's fellowship (£243). St Barnabas balance at 31/12/12 relates to outward giving (£917) and church projects (£1,158).

Invested in land and buildings Balance Revaluations Transfers Balance

at 1/1/12 at 31/12/12£ £ £ £

Church House, Barn Croft 175,000 (55,000) - 120,00029 Farm Road 230,000 (10,000) - 220,000Christ Church Hall 470,684 94,399 - 565,083

875,684 29,399 - 905,083

The Lettings Estate Agent carried out revaluations on Church House in January 2013 and on 29 Farm Road in October 2012.The value of Christ Church is counted as the building sum insured (which was significantly revised in 2012).

8 CASH AT BANK AND IN HAND2012 2011

Net incoming resources 8,737 984Decrease in debtors 3,172 4,999Increase in creditors 852 485Net cash inflow 12,761 6,468Cash at Bank and in hand brought forward 1 Jan 2012 30,652 24,184Cash at Bank and in hand carried forward at 31 Dec 2012 43,413 30,652

Represented by:Christ Church balances 27,007 13,895Christ Church cash in hand 140 183St Barnabas bank balances 16,266 16,574

43,413 30,652

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