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
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Trustees, Report
Independent Examinerfs Report
Flnanclat StatenTerts - Receipts and Paymerrts Accourt
Flnanclal Statements- Statement of Assets and Liabilities
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Rugby Avenue Congregational Church
Trustees, Report and Financial Statements forthe year ended 31 December 2023
Trustee￿ Report
The T￿￿tee5 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 Febr￿ry 2016. A dAnge VAS
made to the ¢onstltutloft 15° May 2022 to trade In the name of Carryduff Cowegat￿l 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 Go9￿1 of Jesus Chrfs¢ and
OThc￿nIthern kn thelr dally Ilve& To to the lonely and depressed arKI provlde
opportunltles for them to relate to other people In slmllar dr￿mStanCeS, 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

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Trustees, Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2023
Harvest, Christmas and Easter. There is an opportunlty to share In refreshments, re￿1ve 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 $I￿le people who whllst not In dlre
flftan¢lal dlfficulty alone. lonely S(￿?11¥ Isolated and In mentsl defidL
As a dlrert result of that ¢ommert. we ¢oncelved the klea of Yalklwd Chalrf. A place where older
potentlally lonely people could meet In a warni Pl￿Sant atTh￿re, have a cup of tea and a b1$￿
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

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Tru5tee5' Report and Financial Statements forthe year ended 31 December 2023
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anyone who wlshes to attend. The I￿lIdIng 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 reP￿ts are forn￿lIv 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