RUGBY AVENUE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Trading as Carryduff Congregational Church Trustees Report and Flnancial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2023 Reglstered Charlty h Plothern IrEland (NICIIXJ952)
Rugby Avenue Congregational Church Trustees, Report and Financial Statements forthe year ended 31 December 2023 Page Trustees, Report Independent Examinerfs Report Flnanclat StatenTerts - Receipts and Paymerrts Accourt Flnanclal Statements- Statement of Assets and Liabilities Notes to the Financlat Statefflents 10
Rugby Avenue Congregational Church Trustees, Report and Financial Statements forthe year ended 31 December 2023 Trustee Report The Ttee5 present thelr Report and the Flnancial Statement for the year ended 31 December 2023 hKluding a Statement of Assets and Ilablfftles as at that date. The Trustee5 of Rugby Avenue Con8repUonal Clwrch have had rerard to the Charity Commission for preparatlon of thls report and In the Course of thelr Ixtslness In the reportlry perfod. Ru8by Avenue Con8re8atk)nal Church 1$ governed by Its c0115tltutlon whkh was revlsed durlng 2015 and 2016 and ame hrto •ffert at the Annual General Meetlng on 17 Febrry 2016. A dAnge VAS made to the ¢onstltutloft 15° May 2022 to trade In the name of Carryduff Cowegatl Church. Thls Constltutton Fs stm In place Key obJertl¥es. purposes and actlvltles the Word ol God In Publk Worshlp, reach1 out to people wlth the Go91 of Jesus Chrfs¢ and OThcnIthern kn thelr dally Ilve& To to the lonely and depressed arKI provlde opportunltles for them to relate to other people In slmllar drmStanCeS, to bulld meanlngful Actlvltles undertaken for publk benefft chlzenshlp. The dlrect benefits of thls alm Indude the provL%lon of a Church bulldlng lor publk who are welcome to attend. Opportunlty Is provlded for Blbllcal teachln& 4Ver and worshlp. Our whlch our Charlty serves. All our artlvltles we open to the general publk and are advertlsed to them. There b no IlkelllM7ad ol our purpose belng of harni to anyone. One OF or alms to do all the good v can to all those we can. thls Is necessary Sn the fvrtherance ol our charws purw and Is reasonable and not excesslve. What we do: SeTvlces of bric W r5hi Pandemi¢. There Is one selvke eath Sunday. Spec5al services are In olebration of fe$IS such
Rugby Avenue Congregational Church Trustees, Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 Harvest, Christmas and Easter. There is an opportunlty to share In refreshments, re1ve 8lfts and kltsrature about the real meaning of these festiwals The weekly artlvities have contlnued and new actIvI have commenced. Talk Talkln8 Chairs was orl8lnally concelved as a result of a survey ¢arr5ed out by one of our kKal councllors who cornmente that whlle area of Carryduff dld not have many"d04vn and OU dld have a lot of "up and In's ". Meanln8 that there were many older $Ile people who whllst not In dlre flftan¢lal dlfficulty alone. lonely S(?11¥ Isolated and In mentsl defidL As a dlrert result of that ¢ommert. we ¢oncelved the klea of Yalklwd Chalrf. A place where older potentlally lonely people could meet In a warni PlSant atThre, have a cup of tea and a b1$ a chat and a laugh. Somethlng to look forward to and get them t of the house, a motlvator to 8et up and dressed and an expertancy of a blt of Crak "news and gasslp. Cjood relatlon5hlps have commenced over a cup of tea/coffee wlth p051th outcomes We cleared part of our maln Church l>ulld1 and Introduced tables and ¢onffortable ¢holrs and a faclllty for Tea and Coffee makln8. The area 1$ warni,118ht and open and folk can come In and stay for the fflornlw ar far shorter perlods-Ju# as they please. Thls prov151on15 free, thrMn8 and open to everyone. Now Inlts 4th year Itls 5ervlced by 6 volunteers and attra¢ts 30to 35 Indlvlduals each Tuesday fr(xn 10.30am to 12.30. News of the faclllty Is spr&id by word of mouth and new attendees appear regularly and are qulckly and warnily wekomed hrto the group. r and fel Meetln8 weekty, up to ten people Joln In a course of study in Marv5 Gospel (notes are provlded each week>. There are lots of SlArI questlons and fellowshlp. Great c(mcern15 shown to eath other In thls learnlng envlronment. The Ladles, Gulld Thls Meet1 for women meets monthly from September to May wlth a full and varled programme. This has hiduded :. a talk ab(Krt her life in Nurslng by a retired Misslonary 14urse. do1 Craft wort Hearlnz about the work of varlous Charftfes and a Flower Arrangi Demonstration . The purpose of the Gulld Is for Fellowsttlp. Frfendshlp. and EncouragefflenL
Rugby Avenue Congregational Church Tru5tee5' Report and Financial Statements forthe year ended 31 December 2023 n for Pra er anyone who wlshes to attend. The IlIdIng Is open from 10.30-1230. People can come and go as they to be qulet. to 8et away fr(xn all of IIWS cares. proble and dwes. Many have stated that the have How we are funded: The chartty has suffidert funds ln Its acaxiits to sustaln h5 expenses and Ilablllttes. The maln s(¥urce of annual Incomels the ¥reewlll Offerlnrf of those attendlng worshlp at our weekly Sunday the Collectlon plate. These are recorded and banked weekly. The Ladles meetln8 (called Tr Ladies Gull) also have an offerlng Wate and they are responslble for deddlry h(w It Is used In thelr organ15atlon. Report% on the Chur¢Ws actlvltles. arnl finamlal affalrs, are preparnd for the Congregatlonal Meetln8 In November and for the AGM In Aprll. The rePts are fornlIv adopted at the AGM REFERENCE AND ADMIPIIThTIVE DEfAILS Rugby Congregational Church 4 Queensfort Road Caryduff Belfast BT8 8NG Reglstered Charity In Northern Ireland (NIC100952) CHARITY TRUSTEES The Charity Trustees who served during the year or who were Trustees at the date of this Report were: Mrs Margaret Stokes Mrs Hilda Johnston Mr Reginald Humphreys Mrs Edith Young PRINCIPAL OFFICE BEARERS Minister Church Secretary Rev Kenneth Irvine IPn Mr Reginald Humphreys (kting)
Rugby Avenue Congregational Church Trustees, Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 Treasurer Mrs Margaret Stokes INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Mr Stephen Mccausland 13 Cleland Park Central Bangor BT20 3EP BANKERS Danske Bank PO Box 183 Donegall Square West 8elfast BTI 6JS Trustee< Report contlnued SOLICITORS Hewitt & Gilpin Thomas House 14-16 James Street South Belfast BT2 7GA Approved by the Trustees on 26 April 2024 and signed on its behalf by Margaret Stokes Chair oftheTrustees 30°OV- ¥W