## **Bangor Parish Church** **Annual report and financial statements For the year ended 31[st] December 2025** **Charities Number: NIC 102615** **Annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31[st] December 2025** Contents References and administrative details ..................................................................................... 3 Trustees’ Annual Report for the year ended 31st December 2025 .......................................... 4 Independent Examiners report…………………………………………………………………….…8 Statement of Financial Activities .............................................................................................. 9 Balance Sheet ....................................................................................................................... 10 Accounts ................................................................................................................................ 11 Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31[st] December 2025 ............................ 18 2 ## **References and administrative details** Charity Name: Bangor Parish Church Charity Registration Number: NIC 102615 Contact Address: The Church Office 1, Castle Street Bangor BT20 4SU ## **Trustees / Principal Office-bearers** Clergy: Rector Church Secretary Church Treasurer: Church Warden- Clergy: Church Warden - People: Vestry Member Glebe Warden Glebe Warden Vestry Member Vestry Member Vestry Member Vestry Member Vestry Member Vestry Member Vestry Member Vestry Member Vestry Member Nigel Parker David Roycraft Gary Warke Michael Hill Paul Johnston Justin McAuley Ian Thompson Terry McKee Liz McAuley Alasdair Pears Felicity Atwell Liz Baird Karen McConnell David Chamberlain David Thompson Paul Bryans ## **Independent Examiner** Richard Shields Adrian Hall & Co Chartered Accountant 100 Main Street Bangor BT20 4AG ## **Bankers** Danske Bank Donegall Square West Belfast BT1 6JS 3 ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the year ended 31st December 2025** The trustees present the annual report and accounts for Bangor Parish Church for the year ended 31[st] December 2025. ## **Objectives and Activities** The charitable purpose of the Church of Ireland is the advancement of religion. The principal function of Bangor Parish Church is to support the advancement of the Christian religion by promoting, through the work of Bangor Parish Church the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. 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. As a result of activity in the pursuit of the advancement of the Christian religion, Bangor Parish Church has custody of property and of records, materials and artefacts of significance to the cultural and religious heritage and maintenance of which is undertaken by the select vestry of Bangor Parish Church. ## **Achievements, Performance & Public Benefit** The Parish has given careful consideration to the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland’s guidance on public benefit to ensure that the activities entered into during the year have helped to achieve the Parish’s objectives and activities, as well as providing public benefit. We continue to work for the good of all, with our core values shaping all we do. We have grouped our activities under those five core values, all of which provide numerous benefits to the public: 1. **Give Your All -** _We value an attitude of worship, which desires to serve, honour and glorify our Heavenly Father in every aspect of daily life._ Giving glory to God is good for us. We cultivate generosity. Prayer, silence and singing are highly beneficial to our spiritual, mental, emotional and physical well-being. Each Sunday of the year, we host two or three services, offering a variety of styles. We seek to promote musical excellence among people of all ages in both organ-led choral music and modern music. This includes weekly training of singers and musicians. In addition, many others of all ages are involved in leading our services through reading, delivering talks, leading prayer, welcoming, providing free refreshments and bellringing. We also provide a service by which people can access a recording of the talk delivered at the Sunday morning service via podcast. We conduct funeral services and support bereaved families, as well as conducting marriage services with prior preparation sessions. During Holy Week we join with four other Bangor City centre churches for evening worship services. **2. Join The Family -** _We value a church community with a deep sense of love, support, and responsibility for one another._ We cultivate unity _._ The lonely find belonging among us. Deep friendships are formed and care given. We host Life Group Communities, which involve 100 4 people meeting during the week. We host regular indoor refreshments, which encourages socialisation. A pastoral team visits those who are bereaved, sick or in need of support. **3. Keep On Growing -** _We value an environment of growth in which disciples of Jesus Christ are striving to become increasingly like their Lord in character, word and action._ We cultivate integrity. We actively encourage people to read, (the Bible and from our book library and generally), reflect on spiritual and ethical issues, and prayerfully live according to what is learned. Education of children, young people and adults is central to all we do. The result is good citizenship, as people encourage each other to be thoughtful and kind neighbours. **4. Serve Each Other -** _We value being equipped to serve fellow members of the church with the gifts given by the Holy Spirit._ We cultivate humility. There is a high level of volunteerism within the church. People continue to give generously of their time, money and energy in serving others in the Name of Jesus Christ. Some of the areas of service have already been mentioned, others include grounds maintenance, financial management, property maintenance, flower arranging, indoor bowls, Mothers’ Union, audio-visuals and hospitality, as well as our social action ministry, Harbour. We offer guidance and training in all areas of service, which increases confidence and a sense of fulfilment in the person serving as well as enhancing the experience of those being served. 5. **Transform Your World -** _We value the call to reach out to people in need with the love and strength which God supplies._ We cultivate authority. We run Harbour in the hall, which includes a Clothes Store, Social Supermarket, Pickleball, Coffee Drop-in. Harbour provides clothes, food and refreshments free of charge to those in need of them. Our Christmas Services, both traditional and contemporary, are excellent outreach events as well as celebrations. On Sundays, we continue to collect foodstuffs for North Down Storehouse, which distributes food hampers to those in need in Ards and North Down. Each May, we send out a team to distribute leaflets during Christian Aid Week. During June and July, a team carries out ground’s maintenance at local schools. We continue to support those in need overseas, including our mission partners in Argentina. We host a week-long Holiday Club for children in August. 5 ## **Financial Review** ## **Going Concern** The trustees have reviewed the budgets for the year ahead and are satisfied that there are adequate funds in place to ensure that the Parish can continue its activities and the financial statements for the year end 2025 can be signed off as a going concern ## **Structure, Governance and Management** ## _**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 ## _**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 at least 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 and curate receive a stipend, office and locomotory allowances in accordance with figures approved by the General Synod of the Church of Ireland. ## _**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, any curate assistant (“the curate”), the churchwardens, the glebe wardens and generally not more than twelve other members of the general vestry elected at the Annual General Vestry. The select vestry is chaired by the incumbent or other member of the clergy officiating in 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 usually meets on a monthly basis except July and August. Special meetings may be convened at any time by the chairperson or the churchwardens. In 2023 the Select Vestry meet 9 times during the year and the average attendance was 90%. ## **Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities** The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. 6 The law applicable to charities in the Northern Ireland requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the trustees have prepared the financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Practice in the United Kingdom (accounting standards issued by the Financial Reporting Council in the UK , including Charities SORP (FRS 102) “ 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) “and promulgated by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in the United Kingdom and United Kingdom Law) Under that law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the charity and of the statement of financial activities of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to: - select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; - make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; - state whether the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with applicable Accounting Standards and identify the standards in question, subject to any material departures being 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 Parish will continue as a going concern. The trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Parish’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Parish and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and the provision of the Constitution of the Church of Ireland. 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. ## **Statement as to disclosure to our examiner** In so far as the trustees are aware at the timing of approving our trustees’ annual report: - there is no relevant audit information of which the charitable company’s examiner is unaware; and - the trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s examiner is aware of that information. ## **Independent Examiner** The examiner, Neil Robinson has retired and Richard Shields of Adrian Hall & Co has been appointed and a resolution concerning his reappointment will be proposed at the Annual Easter Vestry Meeting. ## **On Behalf of the Trustees** Nigel Parker, Incumbent Gary Warke, Treasurer Dated: 10[th] April 2026 7 ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE CHARITY TRUSTEES OF BANGOR PARISH CHURCH** 8 Statement of Financial Activities Bangor Parish Church _ NIC 102615 Stslement of Financlal Activitles For the pèrM)d from 01 January 2025 to 31 December 2025 Total fun Donation$ and legaoes IncL¥rE from charit&4e ￿l￿￿￿eS Crfher tr￿1￿j activibes In¥estm2nts Other inc(¥rE 368,952 4.342 21,293 2,331 39),245 6.674 351,525 5,814 5.367 10 5.371 T 1 year 6699" A4ency ¢￿￿'0n8 Z04." Payawe 4,536.42 3.045.92 Trtal LI￿li1￿e5 3W2 NetA¥set suWus Idefic 49,943ts7 791A61ffj4 Rese￿es Excess I IdefKitl to date Z01." Starknj b￿3[ Z03.' GainslllftsSe81 ￿ revl offtted assets 58,481.93 791,461.64 60.987 89 730.473 75 849,943ts7 791N61 10 Accounts General Account Paiish Church_ NIC 102615 To Gèneval. Ge￿[al fimd (Unrestrietedl 28.750.81 27.43485 1.032￿¥ 199.81228 17.057 Xl 4.002 13 18.005 14 53.721 41 1.1￿c 321,71577 191.Q37 75 1040 1)] 3.C￿.45 11￿0.21 49.912.07 12gJ.¢XI B￿n￿ Hope LoD5e colK**or 2￿692.23 lJ45. 12*.IY2 Ir*)Thfor Or¢*5r*i s*s 1.990.34 2.11329 835IXJ 31 710.C fjn30 324428 3.917 58 7%.20 32Y.820.66 R￿n9 frjr 471.7g 1.872.25 1.184.07 528.10 22&)C 1.322 31 20301 108£ strpe Fees ic*c 1.945 30 430C 4316.09 54.141.77 53.154.58 1.385.78 4e1.77 0.44e 42 10242 20.078 C 88.889 55 .2331 203 15 5.70229 ,229 45 10,844 LXI 1.951 39 832ce v￿l￿g & Rd￿c*BY Fi￿31 In￿￿arK*FRSI 10.130. 10.448.•3 .558.0] 10ZB31.70 471.87 10254 0.135 19 7.7Cfj C 2497.37 813.&1 1.495.92 Church ligtrrt 3nd r C*urch he*rvJ Cbjrch tdeptr From To 01 January 2025 31 December ?0 01 January 2024 311)ecember Xl24 Hal répaKs aThl mantenance Hal light and prm Hal heab"n9 Reclcry repars ma*itenance 3.702 55 2.629 02 1.409 00 2.417 63 1,831.30 2,118.67 205.83 10,537.24 4.4PO.17 2.662.43 1.339.00 382.97 1.754.30 1.￿.39 186.56 9,746.94 109.26 Water c*argesl rales Upkeep of grounds Inwrar Heatth & Safety Costs ￿lj account Legal fees 660.00 os.001 6￿.00 4,049.01 2,493.79 1,889.00 FlJTchase worntrip and olher boc*¥ 127.03 2,265.48 Vnit frorn Sala T Ottw Grfs Porish Organiwabon chiklrens Porish Oryanisation Co¥ts-Youth rrMrMstr Parish Oryani%ation Cost5 Young Parish Organi%ation C4st$.ArtQN Parish Organi%ation costs. 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