CWR REVIEW 2007

Highlights of the year

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Objects and activities

The overall objective of CWR is the Advancement of

the Christian Faith and to bring lasting change for

good in the lives of people through its Publishing and

Training programmes. These activities remain firmly

based on biblical principles through which people are

encouraged to apply the teachings of Christ to their

everyday life and relationships.

Our publications cover all age groups and our

Training programme offers courses for all academic

levels from degree level to one-day seminars.

Worldwide distribution of publications and products is

through a number of local National Distributors; and

our training courses for ministers, leaders and church

workers are held at Waverley Abbey House in Surrey,

churches and venues around the UK and overseas.

Structure, goverance and management

The late Rev Dr Selwyn Hughes founded the ministry

of CWR in 1965.

CWR is incorporated as a charitable company, limited

by guarantee and governed by its ‘Memorandum &

Articles of Association’.

Following the full enactment of the Charities Act

2006 and the Companies Act 2006, the Trustees

intend to revise the Memorandum & Articles of

Association during 2008 in order to comply with

the new legislation and to ensure that our governing

document is fit for the future mission of the Charity.

The Board of Directors – who are also the Charity’s

Trustees – have the ultimate responsibility for the

work of CWR. They, in turn, delegate the day-to-day

management of the Charity to the Chief Executive,

Mick Brooks.

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Two new Trustees were appointed during the year

and a further three Trustees were appointed in the

first quarter of 2008 as the Board continues to be

refreshed following the retirement of Trustees with 12

or more years’ service.

Five Advisory Groups cover the key areas of

Governance, Finance, Training and Events, Publishing,

and Resources. A minimum of two Trustees are

members of each of the Advisory Groups, one of

whom acts as the chairperson.

The Ministry Strategy Team, made up of the Chairman

of the Board, the Chief Executive and three senior

managers meets three or four times a year with the

brief to assess the progress of the ten-year plan and

to set future strategy.

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CWR: a registered charity

Founder – Rev Dr Selwyn Hughes

Chief Executive – Mick Brooks Company Secretary – Paul Bexon

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Total income for the year amounted to £3,543,728

(2006 - £3,795,691)

Overall resources expended in 2007, totalled

£3,543,531, giving a small surplus for the year of £197.

With the strong financial performance in recent

years, the Directors decided to take the opportunity

during 2007 to invest in the infrastructure of the

organisation and, in particular, to carry out much-

needed refurbishment work on Waverley Abbey

House, the Charity’s major asset.

This included extensive external works on two

elevations of the building, repairs to the stone

south staircase and replacement of three hot

water storage tanks.

Some £250,000 was spent on these and other works

and this was the main reason that the overall financial

result for the year was a break-even situation.

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Financial Review 2007

Balance sheet highlights 2007

Net assets stand at £3.315m (2006 – £3.314m)

Fixed assets reduced to £3.156m (2006 – £3.195m)

The net stock position stands at £390k

(2006 – £389k)

Cash balances were up from £848k in 2006 to £857k

(as at 31 December 2007)

However, a commercial loan (mortgage)

of £903,392 is being repaid

The cash balance includes restricted funds of £286k

(as at 31 December 2007)

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Total income 2001–2007200620052004200320022001 2007

£500,000

£1,000,000

£1,500,000

£2,000,000

£2,500,000

£3,000,000

£3,500,000

£4,000,000

Total IncomeGiftsTraining/WAHPublishing

Total expenditure 2005–2007200720062005

£500,000

£1,000,000

£1,500,000

£2,000,000

£2,500,000

£3,000,000

£3,500,000

£4,000,000

Fundraising trading costs

Generating voluntary income

Publications costs

Training costs

Governance costs

Total Expenses

Total incoming resources 2007Dated PublishingOtherWaverley Abbey House Non-Dated Publishing

Voluntary IncomeTraining & EventsRoyalties etc

Voluntary income 2007LegaciesAppealsGift Aid Partners’ Gifts General Giving

4% 2%

32%

19%

2%

17%

24%

13%

30%

11%

31%

15%

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60 new external groups were introduced to the

facilities at Waverley Abbey House during 2007 at

two successful reception events.

Almost 1,000 new guests were welcomed to the

House in a year that saw over 10,000 guests and

delegates pass through the House.

Further receptions will be held in 2008 as we look to

make the exceptional standard of Waverley facilities

and food known to more organisations, especially in

the local community.

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To ensure that the efficiency of the bookings

procedures is maintained as client numbers increase,

2008 will see a major upgrading of our event

management software.

The Charity was one of many other UK organisations

to sustain a major theft of roof lead from our Grade

II* listed building, Waverley Abbey House.

The Woodlands were again used by the youth

organisations, Urban Saints and the YMCA for their

youth camps during the year. However, the YMCA

have indicated that these events will not be part of

their programme in the future.

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Waverley Abbey House and Estate

Training & Events ministry

The overall Training Income for 2007 showed a 6%

increase at £610,918 compared to £574,207 in 2006.

Expenditure, including allocated support costs,

increased 15% to £1,187,464.

Numbers on the Certificate and Diploma of Christian

Counselling courses remain buoyant and over 70

students have been accepted for the 2008 intake

for these two courses, run in partnership with the

London School of Theology.

These courses received accreditation with the

Counselling Society and the Certificate course

received accreditation (level 3) from the Association

of Christian Counsellors.

180 students completed five Introduction to Biblical

Pastoral Care & Counselling courses.

A team returned to Bahrain following the successful

counsellor training programme in 2006, in order

to extend this training; and as part of our overall

development of the ministry in Singapore, a series of

counselling courses took place there in late 2007.

Pastoral Care courses have been a most successful

new initiative this year, engaging pastoral carers and

church leaders from a wide range of churches.

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One new course, Closing the Back Door of the Church,

was repeated four times because of demand.

The Women’s Ministry events continue to maintain

very high attendance levels, including the eight-week

day-release course, Women Ministering to Women.

Seminars specifically designed for women were

presented at Waverley, churches around the UK, and

visits were also made to Geneva, Nigeria and Guernsey.

The 7 Laws for Life which Selwyn Hughes regarded as

his legacy to the Christian Church, was a major focus

and was presented at 11 different churches.

During the year the 7 Laws seminar was committed

to DVD, to enable this teaching to be more widely

available. The release of this major teaching initiative

is planned during the first half of 2008.

The first podcast was produced towards the end of

2007 and it is intended that podcasts on pastoral

care issues will become a regular feature of CWR’s

ministry in 2008.

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Publishing ministry

Total Publishing Income recorded an encouraging 5%

increase, from £1,786,444 in 2006 to £1,880,614.

This figure includes £411,074 from sales and royalties

through our international distributors and agents,

down from £447,581 in 2006.

Overall publishing costs, including allocated support

costs, rose 6% to £1,934,329.

One of the Key Publishing Initiatives was the

production of Cover to Cover Complete – a Bible

reading programme taking the reader through

the Bible in one year in chronological order. The

publication includes maps, charts, diagrams and

devotional thoughts for each day and was launched at

Madame Tussauds, London in September 2007.

To date, over 100 churches and 3,000 readers have

committed to follow this or our Every Day with Jesus

Devotional Bible in reading through the Scriptures

in one year.

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Highway Code for Parenting followed Highway Code

for Marriage as a key resource for families and both

titles were major sellers during 2007.

From January 2008, CWR products will be

represented to the UK Christian book trade by the

sales team of an international media company,

Integrity-Provident.

Through a special appeal, we have been able to send

4,000 copies of Cover to Cover Complete to help equip

church leaders and pastors in the developing world.

Another special appeal enabled over 20,000 copies

of the YP’s Guide to Starting Secondary School, to

support pupils as they make the transition from

primary to secondary school, to be sold at a heavily

subsidised price of 99p.

Translation work continued during the year, with

various publications being translated and published in

Romanian, German, Persian and French.

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Staff

Staff numbers remained stable during 2007

and turnover of permanent staff has again been

encouragingly low, reducing from 17% in 2006 to

12% during 2007.

• A new position of Personnel Officer has been

established to enable CWR to develop more

centralised procedures in respect of the recruitment,

induction, training and development of staff. This

is essential in a climate of changing charity and

company regulation and increasing amounts of

complex employment legislation.

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Bestsellers for 2007

EDWJ for New Christians – 25,429 sold

YP’s Guide to Starting Secondary School – 20,675

Cover to Cover Complete (Hardback) – 11,273

EDWJ One Year Devotional ‘Bread for the Journey’ – 8,225

YP’s for New Christians – 7,891

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Partnership and giving

Voluntary Income remained resilient in 2007,

following the exceptional level of last year due to the

legacy from the Estate of our founder Selwyn Hughes.

The 2007 total of £859,495 compared favourably

with our more typical level of gift income, for example

the £778,393 received in 2005.

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Plans for the future

Consolidate and develop the ministry in Singapore

and Malaysia

Develop new media including content for TV

broadcasting, online learning and webcasts

Pursue university validation and accreditation for

CWR courses

Re-engineer and repackage our dated material;

especially Every Day with Jesus

Establish the status of current planning permissions

Complete the external refurbishment of Waverley

Abbey House

Celebrate the 21st Anniversary of Waverley Abbey

House on 6 September 2008

Visit Australia and New Zealand with a CMCA/CWR

ministry tour in September

Plan for succession – due to the imminent retirement

of several senior staff

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Partners leaflet 2007 Legacy brochure 2007

Legacy Income continued to benefit from our

sustained legacy-awareness programme of recent

years and a total of £92,094 was received in 2007.

We are grateful to God for the financial support of our

Partners and supporters who continue to sustain the

Charity by their giving and prayers. Plans are in place

for a new DVD promotional programme to promote our

Partnership Plan during 2008.

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CWR in South East Asia

CWR is committed to applying God’s Word to everyday

life and relationships. For more than 40 years we

have experienced God’s hand of blessing in many

remarkable ways, as we have been faithful to this call.

From a very small beginning the scope of the ministry

is now multi-faceted and global. Through the decades

CWR has remained firmly rooted in Scripture and

entirely dedicated to seeing Christ’s Church flourish.

CWR is best known for its training courses and Bible

reading notes, especially Every Day with Jesus that is

read by nearly a million people each day and in more

than 130 countries. The late Rev Dr Selwyn Hughes

founded CWR and led the ministry for many years.

Selwyn Hughes saw and endorsed the thrilling vision

that now spreads out before Chief Executive Mick

Brooks and his team.

In 2007, and in response to a clear leading from

God, CWR established a permanent South East Asia

ministry presence in Singapore. This has been done

in partnership with Rev Canon Dr James Wong, a

good friend of the ministry and of Selwyn Hughes.

We are excited to be working closely with Christians

in Singapore and reaching out with them into the

neighbouring countries of South East Asia via our

various daily reading notes and training courses.

CWR has always considered Bible-based training

that has meaningful everyday application, essential

in equipping individual Christians and the Church to

fulfil the Great Commission. However, for Christians

to truly benefit from training they need to be growing

strongly in their relationship with Christ. This is why

CWR places so much emphasis on helping Christians

in their daily spiritual disciplines.

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‘I first met Selwyn Hughes and Trevor Partridge when they visited Singapore in the early 1970s. The churches in Singapore had just begun to experience the charismatic renewal and many people came to know Jesus Christ and were spiritually hungry for the Word. Selwyn’s visits, ministry, teaching the Word and the distribution of EDWJ devotional notes were a great blessing to the Christians in Singapore.

I have been involved with the ministry of CWR for more than 30 years, organising the various Counselling and Caring seminars over the years. Now that CWR has re-established itself in Singapore, the mission and ministry of CWR can reach out further to the churches in the region – especially to Malaysia and Indonesia where there is also a great spiritual hunger and harvest of souls into the kingdom of God.’

Rev Canon Dr James Wong

Esther and James Wong with Mick Brooks

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The CWR foundation

‘There’s nothing like the written Word of God for showing you the way to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another – showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God’s way. Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us.’

2 Timothy 3:16–17 (The Message)

FounderRev Dr Selwyn Hughes

Directors and TrusteesStephen J. Bradley (Chairman), Robert G. Bennett, Paul V. Buckingham,

Daphne J. Cox, Sean P. Gubb, Coleen R. Jackson, Ann C. Lenton, Hugh J. Osgood,

David Rosser, Fiona J. Stevenson, Mervyn L.S. Thomas and Benjamin P. Turner

Company SecretaryPaul Bexon

Chief ExecutiveMick Brooks

Registered OfficeWaverley Abbey House, Waverley Lane, Farnham, Surrey GU9 8EP

T: 01252 784700 E: mail@cwr.org.uk W: www.cwr.org.uk

Registered Charity Number 294387

Company Registration Number 1990308

Copies of the full report and financial statements, audited by Mazars LLP, are available from CWR upon request

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