Shankill Parish Lurgan TRUSTEES, REPORT for the financial year ended 31 Dember 2022 The trustees present their Trustees. Report and the audited financial statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2022. The financial statements are prepared in accordance with FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and Accounling and Reporting by Charities.. Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their financial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102). The Trustees, Report conlains the information required to be provided in the Trustees, Annual Report under the Statement of Recommended Practi (SORPI guidelines. The trustees of the charity are also charity trustees for the purpose of chariiy law and under the charity's constitution are known as members of the board of trustees. In this report the trustees of Shankill Parish Lurgan present a summary of its purpose, governance, activities, achievemenls and finances for the financial financial year 31 Dember 2022. The charity is a registered charity and, although not obliged to comply with the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) as issued by the Charity Commissioners for Northem Irelaind 2018, the organisation has implemented its recommendations where relevant in these financial statements.
Shankill Parish Lurgan TRUSTEES, REPORT for the financial year ended 31 December 2022 Review of Activities, Achievements and Performance OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES The charitable purpose of the Church of Ireland is the advanment of religion. The principal function of Shankill Parish Lurgan is to support the advancement of the Christian religion by promoting the mission of the church pastoral, evangelislic, social and relational. Being open to and engaging with society as a whole and offering support for those needing help are fundamental to the practical delivery of the benefits of Christianity. Additionally. and in accordance with its stated charitable purpose, Shankill Parish Lurgan has custody of a large collection of historical records, materials, and artefacts of significance to the cultural and religious heritage of both the Parish and the town of Lurgan. The care and maintenance of these is undertaken by the Select Veslry. ACHIEVEMENTS, PEFORMANCE AND PUBLIC BENEFIT Shankill Parish is a vibrant and welcoming church family of different ages and backgrounds seeking lo build faith and build community in Lurgan. We are called to be hope builders in our community as we use our gifts. talents, and passions lo serve one other and those beyond our walls, sharing the Iransforming love of God and leaving a legacy of faith for the generations to come. This statement embodies and undergirds the mission we undertake as a parish and recognises the strategic role we have in Ihe community of Lurgan. The parish has considered the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland's guidance on public benefit to ensure that the activities entered during the year have helped to achieve the Parish's objectives, as well as providing public benefit. CORPORATE WORSHIP For almost the whole of 2022, we have been worshipping in the Jelhro Centre (the community facylity owned by Shankill Parish Caring Association). This is due to a serious outbreak of dry rot in the church building. Investigations into this and the consequent remedial works necessitaled the closure of the church from the start of February 2022. Worshipping in the sports hall at Jethro is very different to an hisloric church building. but the congregations have grown during this period, particularly at our 10am setvice which is largeted specifically at a younger demographic. We are consistently seeing over 300 people galher for worship each Sunday. We are grateful to the management and staff of the Jethro Centre for their support. CHILDREN AND YOUTH During the year our children's and youth ministries have been able to resume without restrictions. It has been so encouraging to see children and families re-engage wilh our programmes on Sundays and during the week. Particularly pleasing has been the re-launch of our Toddler Time group which has seen large numbers of parenlslcarers and children return on a Monday morning each week. Our Sunday school and associated children, programmes have all seen encouraging growth. Our youth programmes returned to normal durtng 2022. Our youth worker left in June to lake up a post with the Education Authority and we successfully recruited her replacement who started in post in September. By the end of the year, programmes for 11-18 year-old were running on Sunday morning and evening, Wednesday afternoon and Friday evening. PASTORAL CARE During the year. restrictions that had impacted pastoral care were gradually eased and we have been able to return to a more or less normal pattern. the exception being access to care homes and some hospital wards. access to which has at times been restricted by COVID outbreaks. Our pastoral Support Worker retired in mid-2022. and we took the opportunily to create an enhanced pastoral care role. We sucsSfUllY recruited a Pastoral Care Coordinator. and she took up her role in September 2022. PARISH GROUPS The easing of COVD restrictions and a return to regular patterns of social interaction has allowed us lo re-introduce our various mid-week programmes which encourage members in their faith and provide opportunities for social connection, which has been so important coming out of the pandemic. These include Connect Groups, Womens, Guild. Motherfs Union. choir and ourweekly prayer group. OUTREACH AND EVANGELISM Towards the end of 2021, we applied to The Henry Smith Charity for a grant lo enable us to employ a Gommunity evangelist who would develop our spiritual and practical outreach into Ihe community. Our successful application has enabled us to employ a community evangelist. His role has signtficantly increased our presence in the community and enabled us to initiate several new programmes such as The Living Room. a weekly drop-in run in partnership with SPCA. and Story, a monthly informal gathering in Café IncredAble {in the Jethro Centre) where a member of our church family is interviewed about their life and faith. This new role has also enabled us to expand our compassion ministry through more personal face-to-face contact and support.
Shankill Parish Lurgan TRUSTEES, REPORT for the financial year ended 31 December 2022 Flnancial Review Full details of the current year finances are shown from pages 10 onwards. In 2021 financial year the Charity received £574,902 of income which had increased from 2020 resulls1350/.l- The majorily of the income 173%) is unreslricled. Expenditure in 2021 lotslled £340.888. including £46.407 of depreciation. The lolal expenditure in the current year is significantly higher than the 2021 comparative 181 /ol as as over £220.000 has been spent on the repair of the dry rot in the church and on spire repairs. A reported surplus of £144,366 including this depreciation charge is shown in the Church's Statement of Financial Activities for the year. This result is as anticipated and expected by the Trustees. The Church has reserves of £6.9m al the year end and the financial slalemenls have been prepared on the g¢ing concem basis. Results and Dividends Al the end of the finanGial year the charity has assets of £7.125.358 {2021 £6.970,543I and Ilabllilles of £145,994 12021- £135.5451. The net assets of the charity have increased by £144,366. The charity Is committed to enabling as many people as possible to worship al our church and lo become part of our Chrlslian Community. Our SeNices and worship pul faith into practice through prayer and scripture. In particular, we try to enable ordinary people to live out their faith as part of our community. In accordance with the Axticles of Association. the trustees redre by rotation and. being eligible. offer Ihemselve5 for re-election. Compliance with Se¢tor-Wlde Leglslatlon and Standards The charity engages pro-actively with legislation, standards and ctNJes which are developed for lh9 seGlor. Shankill Parish Lurgan subscribes to and is compliant with the followlng.. The Charities SORP {FRS 1021 Public Benefit The Parish has given careftjl ¢onsideralion to the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland's guidance on public benefit lo ènsure that the actives entered into during the year h8ve helped to achieve the Parish's objectives and aclivilies. as well as providing public benefit. Approved by the Board of Trustees on 20 Aprll 2023 and slgned on it behalf by-. Revllmar Harv Chairperson Allstyn Marti6 Trustee