## UNITED PARISHES OF ST JOHN, WHITEHOUSE & ST NINIAN, BELFAST 

Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 December 2025 

|||||**Total**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Funds**|**Funds**|
||**Notes**|**Funds**|**Funds**|**2025**|**2024**|
|||£|£|£|£|
|**INCOMING RESOURCES**||||||
|Offerings and donations|2|46,473|-|46,473|42,203|
|Other Income|3|25,482|-|25,482|15,025|
|Collections/ Appeals/ Events|4|1,597|-|1,597|501|
|Interest income|5|231|409|640|656|
|Building Fund income|6|-|1,559|1,559|1,768|
|||73,783|1,968|75,751|60,152|
|**EXPENDITURE**||||||
|Administration costs|7|74,949|-|74,949|33,246|
|**SURPLUS OF INCOME OVER**||||||
|**EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR**||(1,166)|1,968|802|26,906|
|Accumulated Surplus of Income over||||||
|Expenditure carried forward at 1 January|2025|118,010|10,415|128,426|101,250|
|**SURPLUS OF INCOME OVER**||||||
|**EXPENDITURE AT 31 DECEMBER**|**2025**|116,844|12,383|129,228|128,426|



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UNITED PARISHES OF ST JOHN, WHITEHOUSE & ST NINIAN, BELFAST 

## **Balance Sheet** 

## **as at 31 December 2025** 

||**Notes**||**2025**||**2024**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||£||£|
|**Fixed assets**||||||
|Tangible assets|8||4,463,518||4,463,518|
|**Current assets**||||||
|Sundry debtors||8,487||7,632||
|Bank balances - Building Fund||30,909||28,941||
|Bank balances - Current Account||89,728||91,779||
|Cash in hand||104||74||
|||129,228||128,426||
|**Creditors: amounts falling due**||||||
|**within one year**|9|-||-||
|**Net current assets**|||129,228||128,426|
|**Total assets less current liabilities**|||4,592,746||4,591,944|
|**Net assets**|||4,592,746||4,591,944|
|**Financed**by:-||||||
|**CAPITAL FUND**|10||4,463,518||4,463,518|
|**FUNDS EMPLOYED**||||||
|Unrestricted funds||116,844||118,010||
|Restricted funds||12,383||10,415||
||||129,228||128,426|
||||4,592,746||4,591,944|
|The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on|The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on|The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on|||and signed on their|



behalf by:- 

Rev Colin Welsh Trustee 

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## **UNITED PARISHES OF ST JOHN, WHITEHOUSE & ST NINIAN, BELFAST** 

Notes to the Financial Statements for 

the year ended 31 December 2025 

## 1 Accounting policies 

The financial statements of St John, Whitehouse have been prepared in accordance with the Church Accounting Regulations 2006. 

## _**Incoming Resources**_ 

Incoming resources are accounted for on a receivable basis deferred as described below 

## _**Investment income**_ 

Bank interest is included in the income and expenditure account on a receipts basis. 

## _**Resources expended**_ 

Charitable expenditure includes all expenditure directly related to the objects of the charity and comprises the following:- 

Costs of raising and generating funds; 

Activities in furtherance of the charity's objectives; 

The costs of activities in furtherance of the charity's objectives represents the cost of goods and services and ancillary trading costs that have been incurred in charitable activities; 

Support costs of activities; 

Support costs of activities for charitable purposes include salary costs; 

Management and administration of the charity; 

Management and administration costs represent expenditure incurred in the management of the charity's assets, organisational administration and compliance with charitable and statutory requirements. 

## _**Taxation**_ 

As a charity, the Company benefits from various exemptions from taxation, afforded by tax legislation. It is therefore not liable to corporation tax on income or gains falling within those exemptions. 

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## UNITED PARISHES OF ST JOHN, WHITEHOUSE & ST NINIAN, BELFAST 

## Notes to the Financial Statements for 

the year ended 31 December 2025 

- **2 Incoming resources** - **offerings and donations** 

|Freewill Offering<br>General Offertory<br>St John's Gift Day<br>Income Tax Repayable on Gift Aid Donations|**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Total**<br>**Funds**<br>**2025**<br>**Total**<br>**Funds**<br>**2024**<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>36,302<br>-<br>36,302<br>33,578<br>1,510<br>-<br>1,510<br>827<br>175<br>-<br>175<br>142<br>8,487<br>-<br>8,487<br>7,655<br>**46,473**<br>-<br>**46,473**<br>**42,203**|
|---|---|



- **3 Incoming resources** - **other income (note 12)** 

|**Incoming resources**-**other income (note 12)**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**Total**|**Total**|
||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Funds**|**Funds**|
||**Funds**|**Funds**|**2025**|**2024**|
||£|£|£|£|
|Special Events and Services - per schedule|3,156|-|3,156|4,124|
|Donations and Bequests - per schedule|16,786|-|16,786|415|
|Other income - per schedule|5,540|-|5,540|10,486|
||**25,482**|-|**25,482**|**15,025**|



## **4 Incoming resources - Collection/ Appeals/ Events** 

|Collections & Appeal - per schedule<br>**5**<br>**Incoming resources - interest income**<br>Bank Interest - Building Fund Account<br>Bank Interest - Current Account||**Total**<br>**Total**<br>**Unrestricted   RestrictedF u n d        F u n d s**<br>**Funds**<br>**Funds**<br>**2025**<br>**2024**<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>**1,597**<br>**-**<br>**1,597**<br>**501**|
|---|---|---|
|||**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Total**<br>**Funds**<br>**2025**<br>**Total**<br>**Funds**<br>**2024**<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>-<br>409<br>409<br>457<br>231<br>-<br>231<br>199|
|||**231**<br>**409**<br>**640**<br>**656**|



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## UNITED PARISHES OF ST JOHN, WHITEHOUSE & ST NINIAN, BELFAST 

## Notes to the Financial Statements for 

the year ended 31 December 2025 

## **6 Incoming resources - Building Fund** 

|Collections - General Offertory<br>Other receipts - Donations and Bequests<br>**TOTAL INCOME**<br>**7**<br>**Total resources expended**<br>**_Clergy_**<br>Minister's Salary & Allowances<br>Pension contributions<br>**_Organists's Fees, Organist Maintenance etc_**<br>Organists's Fees, Organist Maintenance etc<br>Dioceasan Fund<br>Collections&Appeal-per schedule<br>**_Premises_**<br>Insurances-Church, Hall and Rectory<br>Light and heat-Church and Hall<br>Water and Sewage Charges-Church and Hall<br>**_Maintenance and repairs_**<br>Churches<br>Halls<br>Grounds<br>**_Rectory_**<br>Rates and Ground Rents<br>Maintenance<br>**_Miscellaneous_**<br>Accountancy fees<br>Legal expenses<br>Pest control<br>Electricity safety checks<br>Magazine, Stationery, Copying etc<br>Connor Sundry Funds<br>Bank charges<br>Gifts to Charities<br>Fundraising<br>Other Sundry Costs<br>**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**||**Unrestricted   Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Funds**<br>£<br>£<br>-<br>1,559<br>-<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,559**|**Total**<br>**Total**<br> **F u n d s     F u n d s**<br>**2025**<br>**2024**<br>£<br>£<br>1,559<br>1,768<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,559**<br>**1,768**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**73,783**<br>**1,968**|**75,751**<br>**60,152**|
|||**Unrestricted**<br>**Funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds**<br>£<br>£<br>19,977<br>-<br>3,214<br>-<br>3,285<br>-<br>7,433<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>5,691<br>-<br>4,152<br>-<br>443<br>-<br>7,124<br>-<br>4,471<br>-<br>2,020<br>-<br>825<br>-<br>9,182<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>684<br>-<br>1,461<br>-<br>880<br>-<br>100<br>-<br>1,597<br>-<br>2,007<br>-<br>401<br>-|**Total**<br>**Funds**<br>**2025**<br>**Total**<br>**Funds**<br>**2024**<br>£<br>£<br>19,977<br>821<br>3,214<br>1,097<br>3,285<br>2,860<br>7,433<br>7,008<br>-<br>-<br>5,691<br>5,860<br>4,152<br>4,429<br>443<br>227<br>7,124<br>1,248<br>4,471<br>654<br>2,020<br>40<br>825<br>756<br>9,182<br>580<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>684<br>872<br>1,461<br>994<br>880<br>1,960<br>100<br>91<br>1,597<br>501<br>2,007<br>671<br>401<br>2,575|
|||74,949<br>-|74,949<br>33,246|
|||**74,949**<br>-|**74,949**<br>**33,246**|



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UNITED PARISHES OF ST JOHN, WHITEHOUSE & ST NINIAN, BELFAST 

## Notes to the Financial Statements for 

the year ended 31 December 2025 

## **8 Fixed Assets** 

|**Cost**<br>At 1 January 2025<br>Additions<br>Disposals<br>At 31 December 2025<br>**Depreciation**<br>At 1 January 2025<br>Charge for the year<br>On disposals<br>At 31 December 2025<br>**Net book value**<br>At 31 December 2025<br>At 31 December 2024<br>**9**<br>**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**<br>Trade creditors and accruals<br>**10 Restricted funds**<br>At 1 January 2025<br>Movement during the year<br>At 31 December 2025|**Land,**<br>**buildings**&<br>**contents**<br>£<br>4,463,518<br>-<br>-<br>4,463,518<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-|**Total**<br>£<br>4,463,518<br>-<br>-<br>4,463,518|
|---|---|---|
|||-<br>-<br>-<br>-|
||4,463,518<br>4,463,518<br>**2025**<br>£<br>-<br>-<br>**2025**<br>£<br>4,463,518<br>-<br>4,463,518||
|||4,463,518|
|||4,463,518<br>**2024**<br>£|
|||-|
|||-<br>**2024**<br>£<br>4,463,518<br>-|
|||4,463,518|



As Charity Accounts must include the assets held by the Church, the insurable value of the Church's assets comprising of: Church Building, Church Hall, Rectory and contents have been introduced. These assets all belong to the restricted fund. 

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**UNITED PARISHES OF ST JOHN, WHITEHOUSE** & **ST NINIAN, BELFAST** 

## **INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT** 

## **for the year ended 31 December 2025** 

|**11 SCHEDULES**-**Receipts**<br>**_Special Events and Services_**<br>Harvest Event<br>Fundraising - various<br>**_Donations and Bequests_**<br>Donations<br>Anonymous Donation<br>Garden of Remembrance|**2025**<br>£<br>**2024**<br>£<br>383<br>550<br>2,773<br>3,574|
|---|---|
||3,156<br>4,124|
||16,786<br>415<br>-<br>-<br>-<br>-|
||16,786<br>415|



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UNITED PARISHES OF ST JOHN, WHITEHOUSE & ST NINIAN, BELFAST 

## **INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for** 

**the year ended 31 December 2025** 

||**2025**|**2024**|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|**12 SCHEDULES**-**Receipts**|||
|**_Donations and Subscriptions_**|||
|Charity shop|56|1,980|
|RCB Distribution|1,124|1,075|
|Hall Rental|360|7,430|
|St Comgalls reimbursement|3,000|-|
|Council Grant|1,000|-|
||5,540|10,486|
|**_Collections_**_/_**_Appeals_**_/_**_Events_**_-_**_Donated_**_/_**_Presentations_**|||
|Greenisland Appeal|-|380|
|Earl Haig Fund|115|121|
|Christian Aid|754|-|
|Black Santa Appeal|70|-|
|MacMillan Cancer Support|548|-|
|NI Childrens Hospice|110|-|
||1,597|501|
|**SCHEDULES**–**Payments**|||
|**_Collections_**_/_**_Appeals_**_/_**_Events_**_-_**_Donated_**_/_**_Presentations_**|||
|Greenisland Appear|-|380|
|Earl Haig Fund|115|121|
|Christian Aid|754|-|
|Black Santa Appeal|70|-|
|MacMillan Cancer Support|548|-|
|NI Childrens Hospice|110|-|
||1,597|501|



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