the Archbishops

We are pleased to present the seventh annual report of the Archbishops' Council.

2005 was a significant year of transition for the Archbishops’ Council, marking the final year of the mandate for those elected to serve by the General Synod that first met in November 2000. The Church owes a debt of gratitude to those who have given generously of their time and energies over the past few years to the work of the Council and the range of other bodies for which it is responsible. We also warmly welcome those who have joined the Council in recent months.

We continue to be supported by a team of staff who are professional, hard-working and loyal. The need to vacate Church House in November, in preparation for the refurbishment work there, added to their burdens. It is greatly to their credit that the move to Elizabeth House was accomplished with minimum fuss and disruption.

This year’s annual report is the first to reflect the approach advocated in the latest Charity Commission Statement of Recommended Practice. Like other charities, we shall now be producing annual reports that focus more on outcomes and major achievements during the year, rather than reporting at length on activities and events. As a result reports are likely to be somewhat sharper, and perhaps more readable, than their predecessors.

The Council has paid particular attention over the past year to the value and effectiveness of the services it provides. A team led by the Bishop of Birkenhead scrutinised the work of the Council for Christian Unity, Legal Office, Ministry Division and Mission and Public Affairs Division, in the first phase of a comprehensive review. In December, the Council endorsed the review team’s recommendations and these are now being implemented.

In partnership with the House of Bishops, the Church Commissioners, and the Pensions Board, the Council produced for the first time a document setting out a five year work programme for the new Synod and each of the National Church Institutions. Into the New Quinquennium sets out what the Council and the other national bodies will be seeking to achieve between now and 2010.

We are happy to commend this annual report and seek the continuing prayers and support of the Church for the members of the Archbishops’ Council as we endeavour to discharge the responsibilities entrusted to us.

X ROWAN CANTUAR: X SENTAMU EBOR:

Church House, Westminster

15 June 2006

The Archbishops’ Council in 2005

Review of activities

1. 2005 was another active and, at times, pressured year for the Archbishops’ Council and its staff. The amount and quality of the work which is done by the Boards, Councils and Committees which report to the Archbishops’ Council bear witness to the efforts that are made on behalf of the Council to ‘co-ordinate, promote, aid and further the work and mission of the Church of England’.

2. The Archbishops’ Council aims to co-ordinate issues of policy and resources, taking an overview of the work being done on its behalf, planning a forward programme of work and responding to impulses from within and outside the Church. Increasingly, these impulses include consultations and legislation emanating from various Government departments, all of which make heavy demands on staff, particularly in the Legal Office and those Divisions which help to inform the discussions, not least the Education and Mission & Public Affairs Divisions. We are grateful for all the efforts made on the Council’s behalf.

New faces; new places; new challenges

3. 2005 marked the end of the Synodical quinquennium 2000-2005 and the beginning of the new quinquennium 2005-2010. It also marked a watershed in the life of the Council itself: the end of the Council’s first full quinquennium and, following the General Synod elections, the largest turnover of membership in the lifetime of the Council. Following David Hope’s resignation as Archbishop of York in February, the Council was delighted towards the end of the year to welcome his successor, Dr John Sentamu. The Council also saw the departure of eight of its other members. Between December 2005 and January 2006, seven new members were elected. In addition, the term of office of one of the appointed members – Dr Kenneth Stevenson – came to an end on 31 December and, at the time of writing, preparations are in hand for identifying his replacement.

4. On the senior staff team, 2005 saw the appointment of the Ven Christopher Lowson as the new Director of Ministry to succeed the Ven Gordon Kuhrt, and the appointment of Declan Kelly as the new Director of Libraries, Archives and Information Services. The Council wishes Gordon Kuhrt well in his retirement and welcomes Christopher and Declan to the team.

5. In November, staff of the Archbishops’ Council (and the Church of England Pensions Board) vacated Church House and moved to temporary accommodation in Waterloo to allow the total refurbishment of Church House to be carried out. It is intended that Church House will be ready for re-occupation in time for the February 2007 Group of Sessions when for the first time the National Church Institutions will be under one roof.

6. In conjunction with the beginning of the new quinquennium, the Council developed with the House of Bishops a programme of work for the National Church Institutions and the General Synod for the next five years. Building upon the Presidential Address made by the Archbishop of Canterbury at the inaugural Group of Sessions of the General Synod in November, this is a real expression of the relationship between the various parts of the national Church envisioned in the Turnbull Report Working as One Body. The General Synod endorsed the programme in February 2006.

Service reviews

7. During 2005 the Council instigated a review of the range of services it provides to the Church. Four areas of the Council’s activities were reviewed during the year – the Legal Office, Mission & Public Affairs Division, Ministry Division and the Council for Christian Unity. The outcome was largely positive and work is in hand to implement the recommendations in the report. The main area of change was in respect of the Legal Office. In the light of the report, the Church Commissioners decided that it would be in their and the Church’s interests if the rural and residential property transactional work carried out by the Legal Office on its behalf was contracted out. A tendering process was initiated towards the end of the year.

8. Reviews will be carried out in 2006 of the Cathedral & Church Buildings Division, the Central Secretariat (including the Research & Statistics Unit), Church House Publishing, Human Resources and the Communications Office. The remainder of the Council’s activities will be reviewed in a third phase.

Bookshop

9. In line with the Council's ongoing review of its activities and its desire to focus on core functions, the Council and its Publishing Board carried out a review of the operation of Church House Bookshop. This concluded that there was no fundamental reason why the Council should be running a shop in central London and the decision was therefore made to sell Church House Bookshop as a going concern. The sale was agreed, subject to contract, with Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd towards the end of the year and finalised in April 2006. The Bookshop will continue to trade under the name of Church House Bookshop from its current premises and its staff will transfer to the new owner.

Documentary Heritage

10. The Council, together with the Church Commissioners and Lambeth Palace Library, accepted the recommendation of the Documentary Heritage Review Group that a new post of Director of Libraries, Archives and Information Services be created, with the goal of creating an integrated National Library and Archive for the Church of England. Declan Kelly took up the post, of which the Church Commissioners fund nearly 85%, at the beginning of November.

11. The key operations affected by the Documentary Heritage review are Lambeth Palace Library (which is funded by the Commissioners), the Church of England Records Centre at Bermondsey (which is funded by each of the NCIs according to use and falls within the Council’s responsibilities) and the library of the Council for the Care of Churches and the Cathedral Fabric Commission (which, again, is the Council’s responsibility, though there are no funded posts). Work is in hand to rationalise and improve the administration of each of the bodies involved.

Safeguarding

12. It was agreed that the post of Child Protection Adviser would be given an expanded remit to cover both children and vulnerable adults and be renamed the Safeguarding Adviser. Putting further flesh on the bones of the Anglican-Methodist Covenant, it was also agreed that this would be a joint post for the Methodist Church and the Church of England. The Revd Pearl Luxon, a minister in the Methodist Church and the Methodist Church’s Safeguarding Adviser, will take up the post in September 2006 on the retirement of Janet Hind.

The wider Church

13. The Archbishops’ Council carries out a great deal of work which impacts directly on the life of the wider Church. In 2005, the Council was particularly active in developing the agenda of Mission-shaped Church (published as GS 1523 and debated by the General Synod in February 2004) and in encouraging a more efficient regulatory framework for the Church.

14. Much of the Mission-shaped Church agenda can only work if the framework in which it is to operate is flexible enough to accommodate it. With this in mind, work has continued on the Dioceses, Pastoral and Mission Measure through 2005. This work will continue into 2006 with input from across the Divisions and the NCIs.

15. Work also continues on two pieces of work which directly affect the clergy: the review of clergy terms of service, which involves significant input not only from the Legal Office, but also from Human Resources and the Ministry Division; and the area of clergy discipline, for which Rules were approved for the Appeals Panel at the November Group of Sessions.

16. Forty-nine selection conferences were held during the year from which 578 candidates were recommended for ordination training (82% of those attending). This was the highest total since 1998. Following the lead of Mission-shaped Church, guidelines for the selection and training of Ordained Pioneer Ministers were developed. A number of candidates have already been recommended for this type of training.

17. The Ministry Division continued work on progressing the Hind agenda for the formation of the clergy and continued to be actively engaged in assisting the development of Regional Training Partnerships (RTPs).

18. At the request of the General Synod and on behalf of the Ministry Division, the Research & Statistics Unit carried out an exercise to audit diversity across all licensed clergy, with the exception of those who have retired from stipendiary ministry. The response rate at 86% was very good. The results from the audit will be available in 2006, and the intention is to monitor diversity across the clergy regularly as the information is updated on a rolling basis through the Crockford clergy database.

19. Work also continued, with significant input from the Mission & Public Affairs Division and the Education Division, on promoting the agreed strategies in respect of children and young people. The Board of Education reported to General Synod on the implementation of the Bishops’ guidelines on the admission of baptised children to Holy Communion. The draft Regulations were given First Consideration at the November 2005 Group of Sessions, and received Final Approval by General Synod in February 2006 after revision by the House of Bishops.

20. After the success of a trial in the dioceses of Chelmsford, Chichester, Norwich and Manchester, the Council agreed the establishment of the Youth Evangelism Fund, which seeks, by making seed corn grants available, to help resource local initiatives and evangelistic activity to help young people who are outside the Church connect relevantly with the Gospel and help build, encourage and nurture faith. The Mission & Public Affairs Division leads in this work.

21. The Cathedral & Church Buildings Division worked through 2005 on developing Rules to implement the Care of Cathedrals (Amendment) Measure.

22. On the financial front, the Financial Policy Unit actively encouraged the updating and development of accounting guidelines for parishes and dioceses. This is work in progress. The allocations formula was also reviewed and some adjustments made to make better allowance for deprivation in dioceses.

The Church in society

23. A major area of the Council’s involvement in society is the development of Church and Trust schools. By the end of 2005, the Dearing target of 100 additional secondary schools by 2008/2009 looked readily achievable. 30 new or considerably expanded Church of England secondary schools were open and by the end of the year there were either detailed plans or promising discussions which could lead to a total so far of 115 schools, of which around 44 would be Academies. These developments were backed by substantial fund-raising.

24. The Education Division, together with diocesan directors of education and RE advisers, was also closely involved in the development of guidance on religious education (including collective worship) in schools.

25. At the other end of the educational scale, but to support the aims of the Church in education more broadly, a great deal of work was done with institutions of Higher and Further Education to develop chaplaincy, RE training and the Christian identity of the Church Colleges and Universities, many of which train teachers.

26. The Education Division and the Mission & Public Affairs Division, through the Archbishops’ Adviser for Evangelism amongst Children and the National Children’s Officer, continued to develop an understanding of and support for the spiritual needs of children. Loved into knowing, loved into being, a framework for the nurture of children’s faith, is forming a focus for training in the dioceses. Children in the Midst, published in 2005, is a theological reflection and outline curriculum for working with children.

27. Building Faith in our Future, a strategy for church buildings, was further developed and promoted in 2005. Much work was done by the Cathedral & Church Buildings Division and the Research & Statistics Unit to map the amount of repair work which is needed to the large number of ancient church buildings in England. Awareness is high of the unique place of church buildings in the national landscape and their contribution to the communities around them, but much work remains to be done with Government departments to encourage increased state support to maintain them.

28. The Mission & Public Affairs Division was active in supporting bishops in the House of Lords and in resourcing Synod debates and raising awareness in areas of public concern. Particular areas of involvement this year have included the environment, genetics, trade justice and rural and urban concerns.

29. Marriage and family life also continued to be areas where a great deal of work was necessary to put the Church’s view and to safeguard its position. During 2005, guidelines were being developed on addressing issues of domestic abuse and workshops were set up for a major conference on fatherhood. Work continued to train clergy in preparing couples for marriage and, with input from the Central Secretariat and the Legal Office, draft legislation was in the process of development for introduction to Synod in July 2006 to increase a couple’s choice of churches where they can marry.

Government consultations and legislation

30. A growing amount of the Council’s time is spent considering how to respond to Government consultations and draft legislation. During 2005, the Council has considered issues arising from proposals in respect of the Equality Act, the Racial and Religious Hatred Act, the Civil Partnerships Act, the Education Act 2005, the Education and Inspections Bill, the Joffe Bill on Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill, the Terrorism Act, the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act, the Charities Bill and on the continuation of the ‘ecclesiastical exemption’ amongst others. All of this demands a great deal of the staff of the Legal Office and the Divisions into whose remit these pieces of legislation fall.

Getting the message out

31. Getting the message out about the Council’s activities and achievements is handled by the Communications Office. The Communications Office provides media relations and internal and website communications services not only to the Council, but also to the Synod, the House of Bishops, the Church Commissioners, the Pensions Board and the dioceses. It leads the Church’s representations on broadcasting policy (and has been closely involved in the discussions about the BBC’s Charter renewal) and answers enquiries from the public.

On behalf of the Archbishops’ Council

X ROWAN CANTUAR: X SENTAMU EBOR:

Joint Presidents

Church House, Westminster

15 June 2006

Governance

32. The Archbishops’ Council is established under the National Institutions Measure 1998. Its purpose is to ‘co-ordinate, promote aid and further the work and mission of the Church of England’.

33. Supported by its Boards, Councils and Divisions, the Archbishops’ Council aims to hold together issues of policy and resources by co-ordinating and taking an overview of the work already being done on its own behalf and on behalf of the wider Church, by planning a forward programme of work and by responding to impulses from within and outside the Church.

Staff

34. The Council’s Human Resources Panel exists to review progress of its Human Resources strategy. It meets annually with representatives of the Council’s staff to discuss matters affecting the staff; acts for the employer on occasions (e.g. provides members for disciplinary appeal panels) and provides advice and guidance to the HR Director when necessary.

35. The Joint Employment and Common Services Board (JECSB) was established specifically to take operational responsibility for the joint employment relationship between the NCIs and to manage common services. The First Church Estates Commissioner, the Chair of the Pensions Board, the Chair of the Council’s Finance Committee and the Chief Executives of the Archbishops’ Council and the other main National Church Institutions make up its membership.

36. The JECSB has one sub-group – the Remuneration Committee – which sets senior pay levels and mandates the management side of the Joint Staff Council for negotiations and consultation with the trade unions.

Equal opportunities

37. The National Church Institutions (which include the Archbishops’ Council) are committed to equal opportunities in employment.

38. The NCIs are also in the process of agreeing diversity targets (to ensure that the NCIs comply with the recommendations of the Stephen Lawrence follow-up report – Called to Act Justly). The Equality for All Group monitors progress and is involved in designing proactive initiatives. Equal Opportunities advisers are in post to support staff who may feel harassed or bullied and there is an established complaints procedure for dealing with claims of discrimination. All staff are required to undergo training in Equal Opportunities awareness and all appointing managers must undertake Fair Selection training before being permitted to interview for staff.

Environment

39. The Archbishops’ Council is fully committed to an active environmentally aware policy. In addition to the Archbishops’ Council’s policy, individual departments are encouraged by the Environmental Working Group to produce their own policies for their specific areas of work.

Health and safety

40. Together with the other National Church Institutions, with whom the Archbishops’ Council is a common employer, the Council has duties under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and associated legislation to protect the wellbeing of its staff and others affected by its work. During 2005, the NCIs further developed and implemented a comprehensive occupational health and safety management system to reduce the risks of accidents and work related ill health.

Trustee training

41. New and existing members of the Archbishops’ Council have the opportunity to meet heads of department and other staff for briefing on the organisation as a whole, on particular areas of work and on their responsibilities as members of the Archbishops’ Council. Members also have the opportunity to learn about the Council and contribute to its development at close hand as members of Boards and Councils and of committees and working parties looking into specific areas of the Council’s work and operation.

Trustee responsibilities

42. The members of the Archbishops’ Council are required to prepare for each financial year consolidated financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Archbishops’ Council and of the results for the year. In preparing the financial statements, the Archbishops’ Council has:

§ selected suitable accounting policies and applied them consistently;

§ made judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

§ followed applicable accounting standards without any material departures; and

§ prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis.

43. They are responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Archbishops’ Council, and for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities and providing reasonable assurance that:

§ the organisation is operating efficiently and effectively;

§ its assets are safeguarded against unauthorised use or disposition;

§ proper records are maintained and financial information used internally or for publication is reliable; and that

§ relevant laws and regulations are met.

Internal control

44. The members of the Archbishops’ Council have overall responsibility for ensuring that appropriate systems of control, financial and otherwise, exist. They are also responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Archbishops’ Council and for ensuring that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 1993 and applicable accounting standards and requirements.

45. The systems of internal financial control are designed to provide reasonable, but not absolute, assurance against material misstatement or loss. They include:

§ a comprehensive annual planning and budgeting process;

§ regular review of management accounts, variances from budget and non-financial management information;

§ delegation of authority and segregation of duties; and

§ identification and management of risks.

Risk Management

46. In line with the recommendations of the Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting by Charities, the Archbishops’ Council has approved a risk management programme to assess business risk and implement risk management strategies. A process of identifying risks and implementing a continuous programme of activities to monitor and mitigate risks has been undertaken and is regularly reviewed by the senior management team and the Finance Committee and considered at least annually by the Archbishops’ Council. This work entails:

§ clarifying management responsibility for the risks in each activity;

§ prioritising risks in terms of potential likelihood of occurrence and impact;

§ adopting suitable counter measures to mitigate the risks; and

§ monitoring the management of risk, with regular reports to the Archbishops’ Council.

Internal Audit

47. The Internal Audit department carries out a programme of risk-based reviews. Regular reports are given to the Audit Committee and the Joint Employment and Common Services Board. Management action on audit recommendations is regularly monitored.

Audit Committee

48. The Audit Committee is a committee of the Archbishops’ Council, constituted in accordance with the Standing Orders of the General Synod. It is answerable to the Synod through the Archbishops’ Council. Each year a report on the discharge of the Committee’s functions is put before the Archbishops’ Council and the General Synod. Its principal duties are:

§ External audit: to consider all matters relating to the appointment and removal of the external auditors, to discuss with them the nature and the scope of their audit, and to review their management letter to the Council and its response;

§ Annual accounts: to review the annual accounts, looking in particular at changes in accounting policies and practices, compliance with legal requirements and accounting standards, adjustments arising from the audit and significant areas of judgement;

§ Internal controls: to keep under review the effectiveness of the governance, risk management and internal control systems;

§ Other National Church Institutions: to liaise with the Audit Committees of the Church Commissioners and the Church of England Pensions Board on matters of mutual concern;

§ Representations: to consider representations made to it generally.

Finance Committee

49. The Finance Committee is the financial executive of the Archbishops’ Council. It is the focus for work formerly undertaken by the CBF as the financial executive of the General Synod and for work formerly undertaken by the Church Commissioners concerning financial provision for the clergy, including the allocation of monies made available by the Church Commissioners to support the needier dioceses.

50. The Finance Committee is responsible for the day-to-day management of the financial business of the Archbishops’ Council. This includes the raising and administration of money voted by the General Synod for the Archbishops’ Council and for other purposes; the apportionment of those costs between dioceses; the preparation of financial statements and the preparation of the annual budget. It is responsible for the provision of accounting services and financial control.

Investment: the CBF Church of England Funds

51. The Archbishops’ Council has the same membership as the CBF.

52. Under the provisions of the Church Funds’ Investment Measure 1958 (as amended), the CBF is the trustee of the CBF Church of England Funds. There are five separate funds with a combined total value at 31 December 2005 of £1,846 million invested in cash, equities, bonds and direct property.

53. The CBF has delegated the administration and management of the Funds to CCLA Investment Management Limited (CCLA). The CBF Church of England Investment Fund owns 60% of CCLA’s share capital.

54. As trustee, the CBF is ultimately responsible for the CBF Church of England Funds and, through its Executive Committee (whose membership is the same as the Archbishops’ Council’s Finance Committee), has appointed an Investment Committee to act on its behalf and to advise and report on all matters relating to the Measure.

55. Detailed reports on the CBF Church of England Funds are available from CCLA and may be accessed from the company’s website, www.ccla.co.uk.

Ethical investment

56. The Archbishops’ Council supports the work of the Church’s Ethical Investment Advisory Group (EIAG), which develops and co-ordinates ethical investment policy on behalf of the three central Church investment bodies. The EIAG makes recommendations based upon considered research, but responsibility for accepting and implementing these rests with the Archbishops’ Council (functioning as the CBF), the Church Commissioners and the Church of England Pensions Board respectively.

57. The EIAG publishes an annual report of its work and this is available, together with other related publications, from the Socially Responsible Investment Unit at CCLA and is also available on the Church of England website.

Review of the consolidated statement of financial activities for 2005

58. The Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities is shown on page 27 of the financial statements. The overall results were in line with expectations, and the Council is satisfied that they reflect accurately the performance of activities in pursuance of its purpose to co-ordinate, promote, aid and further the work and mission of the Church of England.

59. Income of £27.1 million from the Church Commissioners under the National Institutions Measure 1998 was used to pay selective allocations to dioceses.

60. The Vote 1 spend for ordination training costs of £9.7 million was higher than in 2004 largely due to the return to dioceses of £573,000 of unspent income from previous years.

61. Vote 3 income of £1.3 million was fully disbursed in payments of grants towards the work of the Anglican Communion office, the national and international ecumenical initiatives, legal aid and towards the administrative costs of the Church Urban Fund.

62. Vote 4 expenditure of £658,000 relates to the pension contributions for clergy who are employed by Church of England members of the Partnership for World Mission. This was lower in 2005 mainly because of a return to dioceses in 2004 of £100,000 of income from previous years and as the numbers of clergy employed by mission agencies fell significantly.

63. Responsibility for paying the revenue costs for Church Housing Assistance for the Retired Ministry (CHARM) was taken over from the Church Commissioners in January 2005. This has become Vote 5. Of the £3.1 million contributed by dioceses, a small amount was not expended.

64. Unrestricted income includes diocesan contributions under Vote 2, National Church Institutions’ contributions to costs of the common services departments, grants receivable, including those from the National Society for the work of the Education Division and from Quintel towards the aerials work of the Cathedrals and Church Buildings Division, investment income and trading income from publishing and the bookshop.

65. Unrestricted expenditure is largely the Vote 2 budget, the main component of which is the cost of activities in furtherance of the Council’s objectives through the divisions of the Council and a number of common service departments which serve all the NCIs. Details of income and related expenditure for each department are shown in note 10 to the financial statements.

66. Support costs are mainly those relating to the Human Resources, Accounts and Information Technology departments.

67. The cost of managing and administering the Council includes the cost of company administration and audit fees.

68. The costs of generating funds are primarily those relating to the publishing and bookshop trading activities. These were higher than in 2004 due to a higher level of publishing activity.

69. There was a considerable increase in Unrestricted Funds in 2005. This has been generated by a valuation of £3 million of the freehold held by the CBF at Parkstead, the new site of Whitelands College, as shown in note 14, and the reclassification of two funds from restricted to unrestricted as designated funds. Unrestricted funds of £3.5 million have been designated by the Council for specific purposes, details of which can be found in note 19 to the financial statements.

70. Restricted funds, which can only be used for the purposes for which they were given, increased by £8.6 million in 2005 to £36 million. Of this £2.9 million arises from the increase in market value of the investments held. It has now been confirmed that a number of trusts for which the CBF acts as the custodian trustee are within the control of the Council. As a result the funds controlled of £5.5 million have been brought into the financial statements this year. The main restricted fund is the Central Church Fund, which contributes to the activities of the Archbishops’ Council and also makes grants to parish and diocesan projects, particularly where community needs can be addressed. Full details of restricted funds can be found in note 20 to the financial statements.

Reserves policy

71. The Archbishops’ Council holds funds to enable it to meet its continuing obligations and commitments which span more than one accounting period and to assist cashflow management. For Votes 1 and 2 the reserves policy levels are a minimum of 1.5 and a maximum of 3 times net monthly expenditure (excluding designated funds and the Vote 1 rolling reserve), and for Votes 3, 4 and 5 a maxima of £300,000, £200,000 and £250,000 respectively. The balances at 31 December 2005 were within these ranges.

Professional advisers

72. The Council’s advisers are listed on page 19. Their performance is critical to the effective operation of the Archbishops’ Council as a charity and the Council has a policy of regularly reviewing all professional adviser appointments.

Administrative information

Archbishops’ Council

The Archbishop’s Council was established under the National Institutions Measure 1998 to ‘co-ordinate, promote, aid and further the work and mission of the Church of England’. It oversees the activities of the national Boards, Councils and Divisions. The Council works closely with the General Synod, the House of Bishops, the other National Church Institutions and the wider Church. Members function as Trustees of the Archbishops’ Council and are trustees and directors of the Central Board of Finance of the Church of England. The Council met six times in 2005; the figures in brackets indicate the number of meetings each member attended in 2005. Membership from 1 January 2005 and up to the date of this report was as follows:

Ex officio Joint Presidents

The Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury (6)

The Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr David Hope, Archbishop of York (until February 2005) (-)

The Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York (from February 2006) (1)

Elected by the House of Bishops

The Rt Revd John Gladwin, Bishop of Chelmsford (until 11 December 2005) (4)

The Rt Revd Michael Nazir-Ali, Bishop of Rochester (until 11 December 2005) (4)

The Rt Revd Graham James, Bishop of Norwich (from 12 December 2005) (-)

The Rt Revd Timothy Stevens, Bishop of Leicester (from 12 December 2005) (-)

Prolocutors of the Lower Houses of the Convocations

Elected by the Convocations of Canterbury and York

The Revd Canon Bob Baker (Canterbury) (until 11 December 2005) (3)

The Ven Norman Russell (Canterbury) (from 12 December 2005) (-)

The Revd Canon Glyn Webster (York) (4)

Elected by the House of Clergy

The Revd Dr Richard Turnbull (until 6 October 2005) (5)

The Revd Prebendary David Houlding (until 11 December 2005) (5)

The Revd Simon Bessant (from 18 January 2006) (-)

The Revd Prebendary Kay Garlick (from 18 January 2006) (-)

Elected by the House of Laity

Canon Dr Christina Baxter (Chair of the House of Laity) (ex officio) (6)

Mr Brian McHenry (Vice-Chair of the House of Laity) (ex officio) (until 6 October 2005) (2)

Dr Philip Giddings (Vice-Chair of the House of Laity) (ex officio) (6)

Mr Ian Garden (until 6 October 2005) (3)

Mr Paul Boyd-Lee (from 12 December 2005) (-)

Mrs Christina Rees (from 12 December 2005) (-)

Appointed by the Archbishops with the approval of the General Synod

Mr Michael Chamberlain (6)

Mrs Katherine McPherson (5)

Mr Mark Russell (from February 2005) (5)

Mrs Anne Sloman (6)

The Rt Revd Kenneth Stevenson, Bishop of Portsmouth (until 31 December 2005) (2)

Professor Peter Toyne (5)

A Church Estates Commissioner

Mr Andreas Whittam Smith, First Church Estates Commissioner (6)

The Archbishops’ Council is a charity registered under no. 1074857.

Membership of the Archbishops’ Council is the same as that of the Central Board of Finance of the Church of England. The Archbishops’ Council met three times as the CBF during 2005.

The CBF is a trustee body with ultimate responsibility for the CBF Church of England Investment, Fixed Interest Securities, Property and Deposit Funds, for the Central Church Fund and for a number of smaller trusts. In practice, this responsibility is discharged through the Finance Committee, acting as the CBF Executive Committee.

The CBF is a charity registered under no. 248711 and a company registered under no. 136413. Its registered office is the same as that of the Archbishops’ Council.

Staff Directors of the Archbishops’ Council

Mr William Fittall, Secretary General to the Council and the General Synod

Mr John Clark, Director of Mission & Public Affairs Division

Mr Peter Crumpler, Director of Communications

Mrs Paula Griffiths, Head of Cathedral and Church Buildings Division

The Revd Canon John Hall, Chief Education Officer and General Secretary, National Society

Mr Declan Kelly, Director of Libraries, Archives and Information Services (from 1 November)

The Ven. Dr Gordon Kuhrt, Director of Ministry Division (until February 2006)

Mrs Gill Laver, Director of Finance and Central Services and CBF Company Secretary (until April 2006)

The Ven Christopher Lowson, Director of Ministry Division (from February 2006)

Mrs Su Morgan, Director of Human Resources

Mr Stephen Slack, Head of Legal Office and Chief Legal Adviser to the General Synod

Mr David Williams, Clerk to the Synod and Director of Central Secretariat

Bodies answerable to the General Synod through the Archbishops’ Council

Audit Committee of the Archbishops’ Council (chair: Mr Tony Hesselwood)

Board of Education (chair: the Bishop of Portsmouth)

Committee for Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns (chair: the Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin)

Council for Christian Unity (chair: the Bishop of Peterborough)

Council for the Care of Churches (chair: the Bishop of Sodor & Man)

Finance Committee (chair: Mr Michael Chamberlain)

Committee for Ministry of and among Deaf and Disabled People (chair: the Bishop of Sheffield)

Deployment, Recruitment and Conditions of Service Committee (chair: the Bishop of Ripon & Leeds)

Theological Education and Training Committee (chair: the Revd Canon Dr Judith Maltby)

Vocation, Recruitment and Selection Committee (chair: the Bishop of Tewkesbury)

Mission and Public Affairs Council (chair: Dr Philip Giddings)

The Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England is an autonomous body, established by statute (Care of Cathedrals Measure 1990) but similar in many ways to those listed above. It is funded by the Archbishops’ Council and staffed by the Cathedral & Church Buildings Division.

Other bodies

The Archbishops’ Council and the General Synod have a number of other committees, commissions and similar bodies which report to them. Details are available in a number of publications, including the Church of England Yearbook, or on request.

National Church Institutions

The Archbishops’ Council works in close partnership with the other National Church Institutions: the Church Commissioners, the Church of England Pensions Board and the offices of the Archbishops of Canterbury and York.

Website

The website for the Church of England is at www.cofe.anglican.org

Offices and advisers

Registered office: Church House, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3NZ

Tel: 020 7898 1000 Fax: 020 7898 1558

Investment managers: CCLA Investment Management Limited, 80 Cheapside, London EC2V 6DZ

Tel: 020 7489 6000 Fax: 020 7489 6126

Bankers: National Westminster Bank plc, City of London Office, 1 Princes Street, London EC2R 8BP

Solicitors: The Head of the Legal Office of the Archbishops’ Council

Auditors: Deloitte & Touche LLP, Hill House, 1 Little New Street,

London EC4A 3TR

		Unrestricted Funds (notes 10 & 19)	Restricted Funds (note 20)	Total
	Notes	Unrestricted Funds (notes 10 & 19)	Restricted Funds (note 20)	2005	2004
		£000	£000	£000	£000

INCOMING RESOURCES
Incoming resources from charitable activities
Church Commissioners	3	-	27,080	27,080	21,926
Diocesan contributions:
- Training for Ministry (Vote 1)	4	-	9,177	9,177	9,050
- National Church Responsibilities (Vote 2)	4	9,580	-	9,580	9,228
- Grants (Vote 3)	4	-	1,273	1,273	1,194
- Mission Agencies Clergy Pension Contributions (Vote 4)	4	-	675	675	675
- CHARM (Vote 5)	4	-	3,058	3,058	-
National Church Institutions’ contributions to costs	5	4,362	-	4,362	4,090
Voluntary income
Grants receivable	6	342	738	1,080	1,001
Other income	7	324	665	989	606
Activities for generating funds
Income from activities for generating funds	8	2,567	-	2,567	2,196
Investment income	9	180	1,277	1,457	1,426
Total incoming resources		17,355	43,943	61,298	51,392

RESOURCES EXPENDED
Charitable activities
Grants payable:

GS 1615

Annual Report

5 Introduction by the Archbishops

7 The Archbishops’ Council in 2005: review of activities

Financial Statements and Accounts:

year ended 31 December 2005