BLACKSTAFF MISSION AREA
Reaching the Lost, ond Building the Church, for God's Glory
St Aidan's Parish Church
Blythe Street
Belfast
BT12 5HX
Trustees, Annual Report
For year ended 31 st December 2023
Charities Number.. NIC101978

Trustees, Annual Statement
References and Administrative Details
Charity Name..
St Aidan's Parish Church
Charity Registration
Number:
Correspondence Address:
NIC101978
St Aidan's Parish Church
Blythe Street
Belfast
BT12 5HX
Trustees,:
Venerable Barry Forde
Rev Ross Mungavin (From 181 July 2023)
Mrs E. Adair
Mrs B. Bowden
Mr A. Campbell
Mrs M. Close
Mrs D. Coates
Mrs E. Collins
Mr J. Collins
Mrs M. Couchman
Mr R. Griffin
Mr S. J. Griffin
Mrs A, Hunter
Mr J. Hunter
Mr E. Murray
Mr R Redpath
Mrs A. Richardson
Mr A Serplus
Principle Office-bearers
Clergy:
Venerable Barry Forde
Rev Ross Mungavin (From 1st July 2023)
Vacant
Mrs D. Coates
Honorary Secretary:
Honorary Treasurer:
Independent Auditor
Mr Peter Grant
31 Masket Drive
Carryduff
Belfast
BT8 8QP
Bankers
Danske Bank
49-51 University Road
Belfast
BT7 1ND
St. Aidan's Parish Church
Charities Number: NIC101978

Trustees, Annual Statement
Financial Review
As of the 31st December 2023 St Aidan's Parish Church held 5 accounts with
Danske Bank, all with balances outlined in the table below.
Account
No.1
No.2
No.3
Curatea
Website Donations
Balance
£2000.51
£34523.87
£25443.91
£52303.05
£15121.90
Going Concarn
The Trustees, have reviewed the budgets for the year ahead and are satisfied that
there are adequate fuds in place to ensure that the Parish can continue its activities
and the financial statements for the year ended 31 sl De￿mber 2023 can be signed off
as a going concern.
Structure, Governance and Management
Governin
Document and Constitution of Charit
Chapter111 of the Constitution of the Church of Ireland governs Parishes and Parochial
Organisations. The Select Vestry members elected by the parish are the Charity
Trustees,.
Recruitment and A ointment of Select Vest
All members of the Church of Ireland who are aged 18 and over, are either resident
within the parish or live elsewhere and have become accustomed members of the
parish for at least three months, may register as members of the General Vestry of the
Parish. Registered General Vestry Members are allowed 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 an Annual General Vestry Meeting and 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. The maximum number of Select
Vestry members is 16 excluding clergy.
and Renumeration
Since August 2022 the parish is part of the Inner South Belfast Mission Area, along
with St Simon's and St Mary Magdalene. As a result, all 3 parishes pay a proportion
of the salaries directly to the DI0￿Se of Connor for one member of clergy who resides
in St Aidan's Rectory, and a shared Community Outreach Worker with St Mary
Magdalene. The Parish paid a total of £28710.30 with no expenses.
St. Aidan's Parish Church
Charities Number: NIC101978

Trustees, Annual Statement
and will continue to look to inviting all in our communities to such gatherings.
Special seniices were also held across the Grouping for the Comrnemoration
of the Battle of the Somme, and the local Sandy Row Orange Lodge
5. Outreach and mission - we have developed a new vision statement of
'reaching the lost, building the church, for God's glory,. The work of the church
is to its local community and we are seeking to build new connections
alongside those already developed in our area.
6. Community engagement - we engage regularly with Blythefield Primary
School, with clergy on the rota for school assembly visitations and
representatives of the parish on the Board of Governors
7. Pastoral care - the pastoral care of parishioners is of utmost importance,
attending in particular to those who are hospitalised, housebound, and
recently bereaved. Clergy attend to funerals in the area, providing services in
the home, the funeral home, or the parish as and when required
Increasingly our activities are shared and promoted by all three parishes and include
the Thursday afternoon club, the Thrift Shop and a Baby Club and Mother and
Toddler groups organised by our Family Worker in conjunction with Sure Start based
in St Mary Magdalene.
The parish continues to support Christian charities as part of our mission
disbursements, whilst many of our parishioners supported Christian mission
agencies and charities. We continue to promote generosity and support for charities
as part of the disciple of Christian living.
ststement of Trustees, Responsibilities
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees, Report, the Statement of
Income and Expenditure, and the Statement of Assets and Liabilities in accordance
with applicable law and regulations.
The law applicable to Charities in Northern Ireland with income less than £250,000.00
requires the Trustees to prepare the Statement of Income and Expenditure, and the
Statement of Assets and Liabilities for each financial year.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records that are sufficient to
show and explain the Parishes transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at
any time the Assets and Liabilities of the Parish. They are also responsible for
safeguarding the assets of the Parish and hence for taking reasonable steps for the
prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Signed on beh
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tees.
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St. Aidan's Parish Church
Charities Number: NIC101978