## **MAGHERALIN PARISH CHURCH**
**Annual Report and Financial Statements**
**For the year ended 31 December 2023**
**Charities Number: NIC 101224**
**MAGHERALIN PARISH CHURCH**
## **ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **Contents**
||Pages|
|---|---|
|References and administrative details of the Charity|3|
|Trustees’ Annual report|4 - 8|
|Independent Auditors Report to the Trustees|9 -11|
|Statement of Financial activities|12|
|Balance Sheet|13|
|Notes to the financial statements|14-22|
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**MAGHERALIN PARISH CHURCH**
## **References and administrative details**
|**Charity Name**|Magheralin Parish Church|
|---|---|
|**Charity Registration Number**|NIC 101224|
|**Contact Address**|3 New Forge Road|
||Magheralin|
||Craigavon|
||BT67 0QJ|
|**Trustees**|Rev Simon Genoe|
||Rev Emma Gibson|
||Mr Nevin Anderson|
||Mr Winston Armstrong|
||Mr Mark Bailey|
||Mr Bertie Campbell|
||Mr Jonathan Campbell|
||Mr Mervyn Cordner|
||Mrs Eileen Cousins|
||Miss Louise Cousins|
||Mr Lindsay Dawson|
||Mrs Mildred Dawson|
||Mr Jarleth Downey|
||Mr Peter Greenfield|
||Mr Jamie Haughton|
||Mr Gareth McMullan|
||Mr Mervyn Nicholson|
||Mr Basil O’Malley|
||Mr Raymond Press|
||Mr Mark Turkington|
## **Principal Office-bearers**
Clergy: Rev. Simon Genoe, Rev Emma Gibson Church Secretary: Mrs Mildred Dawson Church Treasurer: Mr Basil O’Malley Church Warden- Clergy: Mark Turkington (Dollingstown), Gareth McMullan (Magheralin) Church Warden - People: Mervyn Nicholson (Dollingstown), Louise Cousins (Magheralin) **Auditor** Harbinson Mulholland Centrepoint 24 Ormeau Avenue Belfast Co Antrim BT2 8HS **Principal Bankers** Danske Bank South Business Centre 45-48 High Street Portadown Co Armagh BT62 1LB
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## **MAGHERALIN PARISH CHURCH**
## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the charity's constitution, the Charities Act (NI) 2008 and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (effective 1 January 2019).
## **Governing Document and Constitution of the Charity**
Chapter III of the Constitution of the Church of Ireland governs Parishes and Parochial Organisation. The Select Vestry members are the Charity Trustees.
## **Objectives and Activities**
The charitable purpose of the Church of Ireland is the advancement of Christ's Kingdom. The principal function of Magheralin Parish is the advancement of Christ's Kingdom in the villages of Magheralin and Dollingstown. As a parish we aim to be both deep and wide in experiencing and sharing the love of Jesus in all we do so that we can introduce more and more people in our community to Jesus.
Our mission is to reach the people in the community by showing Christ's love for them through drawing alongside them, supporting them in their difficulties and inviting them to different services and activities that take place in our buildings in Magheralin and Dollingstown each week. Occasionally we hold major free community events to which everyone in the villages is invited, for example, free family fun days. Our objective is to lead more and more people into a personal relationship with Jesus and, through teaching, worship, prayer and discussion, to deepen that relationship over time.
The trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.
## **Achievements, Performance & Public Benefit**
Implementing the charitable purpose through Parish Activities within and outside the Parish.
## **Parish Activities**
We welcome hundreds of people to different events weekly with the emphasis on worship, prayer and teaching within three or four services held in our two church buildings every Sunday. Extra services are conducted at Christmas and Easter and the church buildings are often used for non-parish Christian events for the Diocese, Bangor Worldwide and organisations such as New Wine Ireland.
Prayer is a key part of the daily life of the church. Along with bible teaching and group/individual bible study it is fundamental to our purpose and mission. 2023 has seen an exciting development through the monthly PowerHouse Prayer initiative which is attended by around 50 parishioners. The weekly bible teaching classes and growth of Life Groups and Alpha courses has focused the parish on the goal of growing Christ's kingdom in our villages. The wider community are invited to attend, and our congregation encouraged to engage and bring along friends and family.
The Parish is under the leadership of our Rector and Curate who are supported by a number of staff members both pastoral and administrative.
Governance is provided in the form of a Select Vestry, which is democratically elected each year, by the membership at the equivalent of an AGM. In addition, we have around 200 volunteers who assist with running the various parish organisations that endeavour to welcome everyone from the two villages to the different activities. On Sunday mornings we run Kids Church, Youth Church and Little Church at services in both villages. For the younger people in our community during the week there is the Girls Friendly Society (GFS), Boys Brigade (BB), Playdays in both villages, Grounded, Kids Club, Kids Choir and Good News Club. For older people there are weekly activities including the Bowling club, the Safe Space, Tuesday coffee morning and Men @ 10. We also have Knitwits, Gather, Active Ladies and MadMen which run on a monthly basis.
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## **MAGHERALIN PARISH CHURCH**
## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 (CONTINUED)**
In order to welcome everyone in our villages to these activities, we continue to seek out new ways of doing this. For example, at least once each year we deliver a gift, newsletter and knock on the door of all 2,500 homes in our villages and surrounding area. In 2023 we delivered a Christmas gift along with invites to all our Christmas celebration services and activities.
In Summer 2022 we developed a beautiful community garden at the rear of Magheralin church which has been used to host a number of community events in 2023. This included engagement with both local primary schools who painted ‘living’ stones which were laid out in the garden and a Good Friday event was held outdoors with many attending from the local community. The garden is in daily use by parishioners and members of the community to sit and reflect. We extended the formal garden in 2023 with the introduction of a wildflower garden. The location of the garden with direct access from our graveyard has proved to be very popular with the added ‘wellbeing’ benefit for the team of volunteers who meet regularly to look after it. The parish also took part in the Big Butterfly Count in July as part of a national environmental initiative.
## **Safeguarding People and Resources**
In all our activities designed to reach out to children and young people the parish adheres to Safeguarding Trust, the Church of Ireland policy for good practice in working with children and vulnerable adults. The Parish safeguarding trust panel continues to undertake its important role. The panel interview and obtain Access NI reports for all new volunteers. In addition, each year the panel members ensure every Parish organisation is fully compliant and all their volunteers are aware of their responsibilities and standards of behaviour.
Expenditure is incurred in the provision of the activities above and in the maintenance of the church facilities and services provided to the community. This includes salaries for Clergy and Lay employees, repairs and maintenance to church properties and estate, licenses, compliance costs, professional fees and materials/equipment required for effective delivery of the activities above. The Select Vestry which is made up of our trustees seeks to steward our financial resources wisely and support the work of our mission.
Magheralin Parish Church is committed to the mission of providing pastoral care to its members and to the wider community and seeking to draw them closer to God in their daily lives.
Any report about a parish is ultimately about its people under God and their relationship with him - what they have been doing, how they are thinking, how they relate to each other and importantly how they relate to their community in the light of what their faith professes. This report is the story of two churches, Magheralin Parish Church and St. Saviour's Dollingstown, in one parish - Magheralin - and in 2023 it is a story of individual and corporate growth.
## **The Church Year**
2023 was another year when we took every opportunity to ensure that we continued to be innovative in ensuring that we provided church ministry, pastoral care and reaching out to the community. Corporately we met weekly in both our centres of worship via Magheralin Parish Church and St. Saviour's Dollingstown.
Achievements during the year include:
- A successful parish picnic for the Kings Coronation.
- A specific focus with a Wellbeing Sunday supported by the Garden of Reflection, Kintsugi Hope, A Safe Space and the provision of counselling services.
- Returned to a Playdays programme in both locations which encourages young mothers/carers with babies and toddlers from right across our community.
- Continued our strong youth, children’s and families work through many organisations and activities as outlined above.
- Saw the reintroduction of our Newcomers meal when new people who have joined the parish are welcomed into a family home to enjoy a meal and meet the clergy/staff team and find out more about the parish.
- In June we hosted a weeklong SOMA mission team of 8. This involved services, events and a community BBQ in both villages with door-to-door engagement.
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## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 (CONTINUED)**
- In June we also hosted a very successful community fun day, kindly hosted by Dollingstown Football Club. We saw almost 1000 people from the local community attend and enjoy a free BBQ, tea tent, kids’ activities, Mickey and Minnie, games, music, opportunity for prayer and ice cream, bouncy castles etc. We were blessed by the weather and the day was enjoyed by one and all.
- As a parish we tithe and this year we increased our giving to 12% of our income donated to local and overseas missionary work. We focused on 10 charities and organisations locally and globally.
- A very successful Holiday Bible Club was held in August with around 50 children attending every evening.
- A fundraising event was held in October to celebrate 30 years of Fields of Life, a charity birthed in the parish in 1993. Over £7,000 was raised for Fields of Life and Parish funds and the event brought back many memories and laughs and was attended by a large number of non-parishioners.
- Delivery of around 500 meals to vulnerable, elderly and sick adults
- Sent 20,000 emails to parishioners advising them of services, activities and means of help.
- Delivered around 2,500 Christmas gifts to every home in the parish.
- St Saviours Church was transformed into the ‘Polar Express’ for a fully immersive experience and creative telling of the Christmas Story through the theme of the Polar Express movie. Over 500 people from the parish and wider community experienced a free audio-visual immersive experience, learned about the Christmas story, enjoyed an amazing 3D light show, met Santa and the Christmas Elf, and finished with tea, coffee, shortbread and very happy memories.
- Christmas events - nativity, carol services including one we called 'Blue Christmas' for people for whom Christmas is not a particularly good time perhaps because of bereavement.
- Streamed services from both locations each Sunday via YouTube for those who are unable to attend in person.
## **Overview**
Growing Christ’s Kingdom continues to be our overall aim in the parish and beyond its boundaries.
The parish is run with a staff team of seven i.e. a rector, curate, youth pastor, family pastor, office manager, caretaker, director of music and is supported by many volunteers.
In our aim to be good neighbours we continue to work closely with Magheralin Community Association and with Magheralin Parish Caring Association. The work with the Caring Association in particular has helped to ensure that we have been able to help the aged, the lonely, the less well-off and the vulnerable through the provision of meals, taking services to them and providing other practical help like food, fuel vouchers and technology.
The level of youth activity has been increasing strongly as we have fully emerged from Covid restrictions. The Youth and Family Pastors continue to engage with young people and families across the community. They have shown God’s love in a number of ways e.g. creating activities that can happen in an outside environment and organising activities indoors. They have been visual and available in our villages regularly but particularly at weekends in an attempt to build on the community trust developed over years and to help address many common issues like mental health and relationship issues.
The two main organisations for boys and girls BB & GFS have returned to normal full schedule of activities. Almost 150 boys and girls and around 30 officers are members of both organisations. The Duke of Edinburgh Award activities run by the BB leaders continue to ensure that boys remain part of the organisation well into their late teens.
The many other organisations in the parish and community which cover from babies & toddlers up to senior citizens are also back in full flow and 2022/23 has seen a number of new activities including the Safe Space, Kids Choir, Kids Club and Wellbeing events.
## **The Future**
2023 has been a really positive year for the parish and has inspired us to look to the future with enthusiasm and expectation as we work to serve our parishioners and our local community.
We are excited to see that people have returned with steadily increasing numbers attending service and events. New faces are seen almost every week and we are able to plan for events that would not have been possible a few years ago.
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## **MAGHERALIN PARISH CHURCH**
## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 (CONTINUED)**
Our overall aim continues to be that we will see people grow in the knowledge and love of God. We want to reach out to all in our community as well as our parishioners showing them God’s love in practical as well as in spiritual ways.
We will continue to support our local community, to be a good neighbour and to build on all of what has been achieved in recent years.
It is our sincere desire that in these challenging days when we hear so much about societal problems, cost of living crisis and political and budgetary issues we will continue to be people who bring God’s love and serve others with care, compassion, and practical help.
We commend this report to you.
## **Financial review**
Magheralin Parish recorded a deficit of £181,195 (2022: £340,044 deficit) for the year ended 31st December 2023. At the year end the parish had cash reserves of £196,840 and total net assets of £1,038,412. The trustees consider the year end financial position of the parish to be stable both in terms of liquidity and net asset value.
Magheralin Parish's policy is to create and retain dedicated reserves in keeping with prudent best practice planning. These reserves will need to be of sufficient size to meet the running costs for an agreed period ahead and facilitate medium and long term planning including provision for reinstatement and maintenance of all assets.
## **Structure, governance and management**
## **Organisational Structure**
The Select Vestry is responsible for the day to day management of the parish. The select vestry consists of the member of the clergy serving in the parish, the curate, the churchwardens, the glebe wardens and generally not more than twelve other members of the general vestry elected at the General Vestry. The select vestry is chaired by the member of clergy officiating the parish. Select vestry members are responsible for making decisions on matters of general concern and importance to the parish including deciding how parish funds are to be applied. The Select vestry meets at times fixed by the members. Special meetings may be convened at any time by the chairperson of the churchwardens.
The trustees who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were:
Rev Simon Genoe Rev Emma Gibson Mr Nevin Anderson Mr Winston Armstrong Mr Mark Bailey Mr Bertie Campbell Mr Jonathan Campbell Mr Mervyn Cordner Mrs Eileen Cousins Miss Louise Cousins Mr Lindsay Dawson Mrs Mildred Dawson Mr Jarleth Downey Mr Peter Greenfield Mr Jamie Haughton Mr Gareth McMullan Mr Mervyn Nicholson Mr Basil O’Malley Mr Raymond Press Mr Mark Turkington
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**MAGHERALIN PARISH CHURCH**
## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 (CONTINUED)**
## **Recruitment and Appointment of Select Vestry**
All members of the Church of Ireland who are over the age of 18 and are either resident within the parish or live elsewhere but have been accustomed members of the congregation for the last three months, may register as members of the general vestry of the parish, allowing them to attend and vote at meetings of the general vestry and to stand for election to the select vestry. Meetings of the general vestry are held at least once a year. The Select Vestry is elected as part of this General Vestry meeting. The Select Vestry will hold their positions for a period of one year. Select Vestry members may be re-elected annually and there is no limit on the number of terms which may be served.
## **Pay and Remuneration**
The incumbent receives a stipend in accordance with figures approved by the General Synod of the Church of Ireland.
## **Statement of trustees' responsibilities**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that year.
In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping sufficient accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act (NI) 2008, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
## **Disclosure of information to auditor**
Each of the trustees has confirmed that there is no information of which they are aware which is relevant to the audit, but of which the auditor is unaware. They have further confirmed that they have taken appropriate steps to identify such relevant information and to establish that the auditor is aware of such information.
The trustees' report was approved by the Board of Trustees.
Date: 25/10/2024
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## **INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE TUSTEES OF MAGHERALIN PARISH CHURCH**
## **Opinion**
We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Magheralin Parish Church (the ‘charity) for the year ended 31 December 2023 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account), the Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account), the Statement of Cash Flows and the related notes. These financial statements have been prepared under the accounting policies set out therein.
In our opinion the financial statements:
- give a true and fair view of the state of the group and the parent charity’s affairs as at 31 December 2023 and of its surplus for the year then ended;
- have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
- have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
## **Basis for opinion**
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
## **Conclusions relating to going concern**
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
## **Other information**
The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
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## **INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE TUSTEES OF MAGHERALIN PARISH CHURCH (CONTINUED)**
## **Matters on which we are required to report by exception**
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 require us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- the information given in the financial statements is inconsistent in any material respect with the trustees' report; or
- sufficient accounting records have not been kept; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
## **Responsibilities of trustees**
As explained more fully in the trustees' responsibilities statement, the trustees (who are also the directors for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the group’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the group or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
## **Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements**
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually **or** in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.
Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and noncompliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:
- the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
- we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the group through discussions with trustees and/or senior management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the sector;
We focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the group, including Companies Act 2006, Charities Act, data protection, anti-bribery, employment, environmental and health and safety legislation
- we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and
- identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.
We assessed the susceptibility of the group’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
- making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and
- considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations;
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## **INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE TUSTEES OF MAGHERALIN PARISH CHURCH (CONTINUED)**
To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
- performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;
- tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;
- assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates set out in Note 2 were indicative of potential bias; and
- investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions;
In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
- agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;
- reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
- enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims.
There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.
Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: http://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.
This report is made solely to the charitable group’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the group’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
**Angela Craigan (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of Harbinson Mulholland**
## **Chartered Accountants Statutory Auditors**
Centrepoint 24 Ormeau Avenue Belfast Co. Antrim Northern Ireland BT2 8HS
25/10/2024
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**MAGHERALIN PARISH CHURCH**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|Notes
**Income and endowments from:**
Donations and legacies
Donations and Plate Collections
3
Grants
4
Charitable activites
Rent/Use of Hall
Investments
Bank/RCB Interest/Dividends
Other income
5
**Total Income**
**Expenditure on:**
Charitable activities
Wages and Salaries
9
Diocesan Costs
Church Running/Administration Costs
6
Charitable Donations
8
Other Expenses
7
Church Renovation Costs written off
10
Depreciation
**Total Expenditure**
Net gains/(losses) on
investments
**Net Income/(Expenditure)**
**before other recognised gains**
**and losses**
Gross transfers between funds
**Net Movement of Funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total Funds brought forward
Total Funds carried forward|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**2023**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2023**
**Endowment**
**Funds**
**2023**
**Total**
**2023**
**Total**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
387,538
89,439
-
476,977
378,216
13,127
-
-
13,127
130,105
14,492
-
-
14,492
12,024
3,542
10,310
-
13,852
2,646
8,393
-
-
8,393
142,212|
|---|---|
||427,092
99,749
-
526,841
665,203|
||206,425
23,076
-
229,501
225,867
23,760
-
-
23,760
22,490
106,191
237,757
-
343,948
104,954
63,698
9,695
-
73,393
85,062
18,763
10,114
-
28,877
135,263
-
-
-
-
419,116
9,358
-
-
9,358
11,697|
||428,195
280,642
-
708,837
1,004,449|
||-
-
801
801
(798)|
||(1,103)
(180,893)
801
(181,195)
(340,044)
(3,826)
3,826
-
-
-|
||(4,929)
(177,067)
801
(181,195)
(340,044)
540,288
654,036
25,283
1,219,607
1,559,651|
||535,359
476,969
26,084
1,038,412
1,219,607|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.
All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
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**MAGHERALIN PARISH CHURCH**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|**Notes**
**Fixed Assets**
Tangible Fixed Assets
10
Investment Properties
11
Investments
12
**Total Fixed Assets**
**Current Assets**
Debtors
13
Cash and Cash equivalents
14
**Total Current Assets**
**Creditors - amounts falling due within one year**
15
**Total Creditors**
**Net Current Assets**
**Total Net Assets**
**The Funds of the Parish**
Unrestricted Funds
Restricted Funds
Endowment Funds
Total Charity Funds
19|**2023**
**£**
**2022**
**£**
446,431
455,789
205,000
205,000
26,084
25,283|
|---|---|
||677,515
686,072|
||182,557
39,537
196,840
508,988|
||379,397
548,525|
||(18,500)
(14,990)|
||(18,500)
(14,990)|
||360,897
533,535|
||1,038,412
1,219,607|
||535,359
540,288
476,969
654,036
26,084
25,283|
||1,038,412
1,219,607|
The notes on pages 14 to 22 are an integral part of these financial statements.
These financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on and signed on its behalf by:
Date: 25/10/2024
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**MAGHERALIN PARISH CHURCH**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **1. Accounting policies**
## **Charity information**
Magheralin Parish Church is a charity registered in Northern Ireland
The principal accounting policies adopted, judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the preparation of the financial statements are as follows:
## **a) Basis of preparation**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity's constitution, the Charities Act (NI) 2008, FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the Charities SORP "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (effective 1 January 2019). The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain financial instruments at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
The Parish meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost and transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).
## **b) Preparation of accounts on a going concern basis**
The Parish generally meets its day to day working capital requirements from its annual income. The Trustees have obtained and reviewed cash flow forecasts for the coming year and based on these are satisfied that the Parish has resources to provide a reasonable expectation that it can continue to meet its financial obligations as they fall due for the foreseeable future . Therefore these financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.
## **c) Income**
Plate Collections, Weekly Envelopes, Graveyard income and Columbarium income are accounted for on a cash receipts basis as the amount is collected.
Income arising from the rental of Parish Centre facilities to third parties is recognised when the parish has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Income from government and other grants, whether 'capital' grants or 'revenue' grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.
Legacies are included within Income under either unrestricted or restricted funds according to the terms under which the donation is made and when the amount can be quantified with reasonable certainty. Donations and gifts in kind are brought into the accounts at their fair value to the Parish.
## **d) Expenditure**
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.
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**MAGHERALIN PARISH CHURCH**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **e) Tangible assets**
The assets of the Parish comprise:-
- Church Building and Graveyard
- Parish Church Hall
- Glebe House
- Fixtures and fittings
The Church Buildings, Church halls and Graveyard are deemed to be Heritage assets as defined by the Charities SORP (FRS102).
These Heritage assets are not included on the balance sheet as information on the cost or valuation is not available and such information cannot be obtained at a cost commensurate with the benefit to the users of the accounts and to the Parish.
The Rectory at Old Forge Road, Magheralin is recognised at deemed cost, being the estimated fair value of the property placed on property for rates purposes. No depreciation has been provided on these properties as the current estimated residual value of each is not less than their carrying value and the remaining useful life of each property currently exceeds 50 years.
No 60 Belfast Road, Dollingstown is recognised at deemed cost, being the Cost of the Property when purchased No depreciation has been provided on this property as the current estimated residual value is not less than the carrying value and the remaining useful life of property currently exceeds 50 years.
5 Holly Hill, Taughrane, 3 Beechfield Hall, Lurgan and 4 acres of agricultural land at Springhill Road is recognised at deemed cost being the estimated fair value of the property placed on property by Church of Ireland Trustees valuation report. No depreciation has been provided on this property as the current estimated residual value is not less than the carrying value and the remaining useful life of each property currently exceeds 50 years. 5 Holly Hill is a restricted property.
Fixtures and fittings are recognised at cost and are depreciated on a reducing balance basis at 20% per annum. The assets’ residual values and useful lives are reviewed, and adjusted, if appropriate, at the end of each reporting period. The effect of any change is accounted for prospectively.
Tangible assets are derecognised on disposal or when no future economic benefits are expected. On disposal, the difference between the new disposal proceeds and the carrying amount is recognised in the statement of financial activities and included in ‘Other operating (losses)/gains’.
## **f) Fixed asset Investments**
Fixed asset investments comprising investment properties, investments in equities and investment in RCB/CIT Unit Trusts are initially recorded at cost and are then subsequently stated at fair value at each balance sheet date. Investments in unquoted investments are recorded at cost and are assessed annually for impairment. Unrealised gains and losses represent the difference between the fair value at the beginning and end of the financial year or, if purchased in the year, the difference between cost and fair value at the end of the year. Realised gains and losses represent the difference between the proceeds on disposal and the fair value at the start of the year or cost if purchased in the year. Both realised and unrealised gains and losses in investments are reported within “Net Gains / (Losses) on Investments” within the Statement of Financial Activities.
## **g) Cash and cash equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents includes cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within Creditors Amounts falling due within 1 year.
## **h) Financial instruments**
The Parish only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction price and subsequently measured at their settlement value.
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**MAGHERALIN PARISH CHURCH**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **i) Funds**
Funds are classified as either restricted funds or unrestricted funds, defined as follows.
Restricted funds are funds subject to specific requirements as to their use which may be declared by the donor or with their authority or created through legal processes, but still within the wider objects of the Parish.
Endowment funds are funds which have been given on the condition that the original capital sum is not reduced, but the income there from is used for the purpose defined in accordance with the objects of the Parish.
Unrestricted funds are expendable at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the objects of the charity. If parts of the unrestricted funds are earmarked at the discretion of the trustees for a particular purpose, they are designated as a separate fund. This designation has an administrative purpose only and does not legally restrict the trustees’ discretion to apply the fund.
## **2. Critical Accounting Judgements and estimation uncertainty**
Estimates and judgements made in the process of preparing the financial statements are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. The Trustees do not consider that there are any critical judgements made in applying the Parish’s accounting policies or that there are any critical accounting estimates or assumptions which may have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year.
|**3 Donations & Plate collections**
FWO and Loose Collection
Gift Day/Bishops Appeal
Harvest
Compassion
CAP
Building For Life
Renovation/Refurbishment
Gift Aid
Special Donations
Fields of Life|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**2023**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
282,121
-
4,292
-
17,183
-
-
6,387
-
3,493
-
-
-
72,924
82,867
-
1,075
-
-
6,635|**Total**
**2023**
**Total**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
282,121
255,520
4,292
9,930
17,183
11,328
6,387
12,665
3,493
5,840
-
17,078
72,924
3,430
82,867
62,041
1,075
384
6,635
-|
|---|---|---|
||387,538
89,439|476,977
378,216|
|**4 Grants**
Garden grant and donations
Mains Grant – Wild Garden
Diocese – Children’s and Orphans
RCB
Diocese
Jubilee Grant
Benefact Trust
ABC Council
DFC Charities|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**2023**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2023**
**Total**
**2023**
**Total**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
-
-
-
100,495
-
-
-
10,000
-
-
-
15,000
6,775
-
6,775
2,300
-
-
-
1,910
-
-
-
400
5,500
-
5,500
-
400
-
400
-
452
-
452
-|
|---|---|
||13,127
-
13,127
130,105|
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**MAGHERALIN PARISH CHURCH**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|**5 Other income**
Graveyard
Bank loan refund
Payments from MPCA
Miscellaneous
Legacies|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**2023**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2023**
**Total**
**2023**
**Total**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
7,100
-
7,100
3,550
-
-
-
936
-
-
-
2,212
1,293
-
1,293
13,050
-
-
-
122,464|
|---|---|
||8,393
-
8,393
142,212|
|**6 Administration costs/Church Running Costs**
Heat and light
Rates
Insurance
Repairs and maintenance
Communication and media
Printing and stationery
Cleaning|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**2023**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2023**
**Total**
**2023**
**Total**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
27,250
-
27,250
16,326
5,186
-
5,186
3,728
6,467
-
6,467
7,234
52,976
237,757
290,733
61,901
5,343
-
5,343
5,949
8,644
-
8,644
7,448
325
-
325
2,368|
|---|---|
||106,191
237,757
343,948
104,954|
|**7 Other expenses**
Payments to MPCA
Jubilee Garden/Wild Garden
Gifts
Music equipment
Accountancy/audit fees
Bank fees and interest
Miscellaneous
Legal and Professional
Rent|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**2023**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2023**
**Total**
**2023**
**Total**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
4,000
-
4,000
6,175
1,920
10,000
11,920
116,625
940
-
940
750
1,370
-
1,370
3,169
2,436
-
2,436
4,836
665
114
779
802
4,112
-
4,112
2,906
720
-
720
-
2,600
-
2,600
-|
|---|---|
||18,763
10,114
28,877
135,263|
Governance costs of £1,500 (2022: £1,500) were incurred during the year which relate to fees paid to the independent auditor.
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**MAGHERALIN PARISH CHURCH**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|**8 Charitable donations**
Missions (see breakdown)
Outreach/Red Door
**Total Missions expenditure is broken down as follows:**
St Johns Parish, Lurgan
Youth for Christ
New Wine Ireland
Love for Life
CAP
Bishops Appeal
SAMS
Poppy Appeal
Kintsugi Hope
Lord Enniskillen Memorial
Compassion donations
Open Doors
CMS
SOMA
Fields of Life
Renew Wellbeing|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**2023**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2023**
**Total**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
41,995
3,977
45,972
21,703
5,718
27,421|**Total**
**2022**
**£**
51,480
33,582|
|---|---|---|
||63,698
9,695
73,393|85,062|
|||**Total**
**2023**
**£**
5,600
5,729
5,600
5,600
2,500
500
2,800
85
300
660
3,372
3,800
2,800
2,800
3,200
626|
|||45,972|
|**9 Employee costs**
Salaries and employer NIC
Pensions|**Total**
**2023**
**Total**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
203,045
202,198
26,456
23,669|
|---|---|
||229,501
225,867|
The average number of employees during the year, calculated on the basis of head count was 9 (2022: 9)
There are no employees in receipt of employee benefits in excess of £60,000.
## **Key Management and Trustees**
Key Management are deemed to comprise the Trustees.
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**MAGHERALIN PARISH CHURCH**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|**10 Tangible fixed assets**
No 60 Belfast Road
Rectory
Beechfield Hall
Equipment
Total tangible fixed assets|**Cost**
**2023**
**Depreciation**
**to date**
**Depreciation**
**for the year**
**Transfer**
**Impairment/**
**revaluation**
**Net Book**
**Value**
**31.12.2023**
**Net Book**
**Value**
**31.12.2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
69,000
-
-
-
-
69,000
69,000
145,000
-
-
-
-
145,000
145,000
195,000
-
-
-
-
195,000
195,000
121,320
(74,531)
(9,358)
-
-
37,431
46,789|
|---|---|
||530,320
(74,531)
(9,358)
-
-
446,431
455,789|
Note:- The Select Vestry have taken the decision to write off the repairs to Magheralin Parish Church in 2017/2018 as the repairs now form part of the heritage asset that is the Church. Note 1e explains the rationale behind not including the value of the Church in the Accounts.
Property values have been adjusted in line with Church of Ireland Trustees valuation report.
|**11 Investment properties**
Holly Hill
4 Acres of Agricultural Land at Springhill
Total investment property
**12 Investments**
RCB Investments
CIT Investments
Total investments
**13 Debtors**
Gift Aid
Prepaid Insurance
Loan to Moneyreagh Community Church|**Cost**
**Depreciation**
**to date**
**Depreciation**
**for the year**
**Transfer**
**Impairment/**
**revaluation**
**Net Book**
**Value**
**31.12.2023**
**Net Book**
**Value**
**31.12.2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
160,000
-
-
-
-
160,000
160,000
45,000
-
-
-
-
45,000
45,000|**Cost**
**Depreciation**
**to date**
**Depreciation**
**for the year**
**Transfer**
**Impairment/**
**revaluation**
**Net Book**
**Value**
**31.12.2023**
**Net Book**
**Value**
**31.12.2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
160,000
-
-
-
-
160,000
160,000
45,000
-
-
-
-
45,000
45,000|**Cost**
**Depreciation**
**to date**
**Depreciation**
**for the year**
**Transfer**
**Impairment/**
**revaluation**
**Net Book**
**Value**
**31.12.2023**
**Net Book**
**Value**
**31.12.2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
160,000
-
-
-
-
160,000
160,000
45,000
-
-
-
-
45,000
45,000|
|---|---|---|---|
||205,000
-
-|-|-
205,000
205,000|
|||**Value as at**
**31.12.2022**
**£**
22,619
2,664|**Valuation**
**changes**
**Value as at**
**31.12.2023**
**£**
**£**
677
23,296
124
2,788
801
26,084
**2023**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
13,179
34,204
5,666
5,333
163,712
-
182,557
39,537|
|||25,283||
|||||
During year ended 31 December 2023 the church advanced a loan to Moneyreagh Community Church £170,488. The loan is repayable and the balance outstanding at 31 December 2023 was £163,712. The amount due greater than one year amounts to £145,712. The interest charged on the loan is included in the Statement of Financial Activities under Investments – Bank/RCB interest/Dividends/Loan interest.
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**MAGHERALIN PARISH CHURCH**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|**14 Cash and cash equivalents**
General Account
Paypal Account
Building for Life
Renovation/refurbishment
Compassion
Charity
Savings
Graveyard
Project
Bowling
Choir
MPYO Community
MPYO Investment
MPYO Fixed Term Deposit
Total
**15 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Accruals and other creditors
Accountancy
Mission
PAYE
Pension
Wages
Light and Heat
NI Water
BT
Northtech
Outreach
Stationery
**16 Collections for third parties**
Bishops Appeal
CAP
Fields of Life|**Balance as at**
**31.12.2023**
**£**
26,960
269
1,511
31,228
16,123
-
-
12,780
-
2,001
1,573
3,554
100,841
-|**Balance as at**
**31.12.2022**
**£**
13,521
-
441
178,304
15,040
(2)
2,323
5,558
7
1,943
1,602
34,526
-
255,725|
|---|---|---|
||196,840|508,988|
||**2023**
**£**
3,900
129
3,776
2,100
1,465
3,916
919
537
204
1,134
420|**2022**
**£**
3,900
3,500
5,100
2,490
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|
||18,500|14,990|
|||**2023**
**£**
2,885
3,492
6,636|
|||13,013|
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**MAGHERALIN PARISH CHURCH**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **17 Financial instruments**
|The Charity has the following financial instruments:
Investments
Cash and cash equivalents
Sundry debtors
**Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost**
Bank loans and overdrafts
Accruals and other creditors
**18 Funds**
**Balance as at**
**01.01.2023**
**Incoming**
**resources**
**Resources**
**expended**
**Transfers**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**Endowment funds**
Investments
25,283
-
-
-
25,283
-
-
-
**Restricted funds**
MPYO
290,251
10,310
(28,855)
(167,311)
Compassion
15,041
-
(4,008)
5,090
Renovation/refurbishment
178,303
20,824
(237,779)
69,880
Building for Life
441
5,570
-
(4,500)
Holly Hill
160,000
-
-
-
Wild Garden
10,000
-
(10,000)
-
General
-
63,045
-
(63,045)
Loan to Moneyreagh Parish Church
-
-
-
163,712
654,036
99,749
(280,642)
3,826
**Unrestricted funds**
General funds
540,288
427,092
(428,195)
(3,826)
**Total funds**
**1,219,607**
**526,841**
**(708,837)**
**-**|The Charity has the following financial instruments:
Investments
Cash and cash equivalents
Sundry debtors
**Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost**
Bank loans and overdrafts
Accruals and other creditors
**18 Funds**
**Balance as at**
**01.01.2023**
**Incoming**
**resources**
**Resources**
**expended**
**Transfers**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**Endowment funds**
Investments
25,283
-
-
-
25,283
-
-
-
**Restricted funds**
MPYO
290,251
10,310
(28,855)
(167,311)
Compassion
15,041
-
(4,008)
5,090
Renovation/refurbishment
178,303
20,824
(237,779)
69,880
Building for Life
441
5,570
-
(4,500)
Holly Hill
160,000
-
-
-
Wild Garden
10,000
-
(10,000)
-
General
-
63,045
-
(63,045)
Loan to Moneyreagh Parish Church
-
-
-
163,712
654,036
99,749
(280,642)
3,826
**Unrestricted funds**
General funds
540,288
427,092
(428,195)
(3,826)
**Total funds**
**1,219,607**
**526,841**
**(708,837)**
**-**|**2023**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
26,084
25,283
196,840
508,988
182,557
39,537|
|---|---|---|
|||405,481
573,808|
|||**2023**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
-
-
(18,500)
(14,990)|
|||(18,500)
(14,990)|
|||**Investment**
**gains/(losses)**
**Balance as at**
**31.12.2023**
**£**
**£**
801
26,084|
||25,283
-
-
-|801
26,084|
||290,251
10,310
(28,855)
(167,311)
15,041
-
(4,008)
5,090
178,303
20,824
(237,779)
69,880
441
5,570
-
(4,500)
160,000
-
-
-
10,000
-
(10,000)
-
-
63,045
-
(63,045)
-
-
-
163,712|-
104,395
-
16,123
-
31,228
-
1,511
-
160,000
-
-
-
-
-
163,712|
||654,036
99,749
(280,642)
3,826|-
476,969|
||540,288
427,092
(428,195)
(3,826)|-
535,359|
||**1,219,607**
**526,841**
**(708,837)**
**-**|**801**
**1,038,412**|
Purpose of Endowment Funds:
RCB Investments - These relate to various permanent endowments that the Church has received that are invested with the Representative Church Body with the income each year from such investments being paid to the Church for general church purposes.
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**MAGHERALIN PARISH CHURCH**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|**19 Analysis of net assets between funds**
Fixed assets
Investments
Current assets
Current liabilities|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**2023**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
446,431
-
-
446,431
455,789
45,000
160,000
26,084
231,084
230,283
62,428
316,969
-
379,397
548,525
(18,500)
-
-
(18,500)
(14,990)|
|---|---|
||535,359
476,969
26,084
1,038,412
1,219,607|
## **20 Taxation**
Magheralin Parish Church is recognised as a charity for the purposes of applicable taxation legislation and is therefore not subject to taxation on its charitable activities.
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