Trustees Annual Re ort Parish of Whitehead and lslandmagee INICIOZ649) 72 Riverforde Whitehead 1st January 1016 untll 31st Decernber 2016 Trustee5: Canon Mark Taylor. Mrs Inez Moore. Mr Allister Maxwell. Mrsjanet Peoples. Mrs Alison Higginson, Mr Trevor Peoples, Mr Austin Jenkins, Mr Bill Rafferty. Mr Bill Pollock, Mrs Maureen Reid, Mrs Mabel Allen, Mr Bert Thomp50n, Mr5 Valerie Kincaid, Mrs Priscilla Carlisle. Flnances: The opening balance wa5 £4234.32, the Parish finance5 are in a reasonably healthy state at present. The number of people givingthrou8h the FWO scheme has fallen overthe past few years, the effect of this on our Church finance5 has been ne8ated by the number of people who now give money directly into the bank. Church finances are helped enormously by the rebate we receive from HMRC. this amounted to £12,301.02, without thi5 rebate we would struggle to exist. The Parish runs a series of "Lenten Lunche5" from Ash Wednesday until the Wednesday of Easter week, these lunches brin8 members of, not only our local community. but of the wider community together where they spend 2-3 hours having lunch and renewing acquaintances, people who find it difficult to get out and about frorn their home5 have 3 lunch delivered to them. from these lunches alone we gave £3.200 pounds to eight different tharities. Our incorne and expenditure balances at 31st December 2016 were Income £97,450.62 Expenditure £97,450.62 We run many other events during the year, a Trecessity in order to bolster our church income and to allow the parish to 5UPPQrt other deservin8 charities and organisations such as C.M.S.I, and Children to Lapland Trust. Our church hall is used extensively throughout the year by different groups such as Bowling teams, Walker5 8roup, vi5itin8 youth groups, circus skills group. mothers union and other people who use the premises for meetings and fund raising activities. the church premise5 were used recently to allow family member5 from around the world to Bather together to rernember a relative who had died just a few week5 previously. During 2016 we sold the old rectory and purchased a new rectory, this will, hopefully, reduce our out80ings in relation to the Glebe building. We have 3 rota 5VStem in place which ensuresthat the same people are not counting any monies which the parish receives every week, we a150 have trwo people countingthis money each week. The finances are managed by the Hon. Treasurer. MrT.Peoples. who reports back to the select vestry every month or in between if necessary, Vestry members are elected each year at the General Eastervestry. The principal function of the Parish of Whitehead and Islandmagee is to support the advancement of the Christian religion by promoting through the work of the parish the complete mission of the Church, pastoral, social, and ecumenical. All the funrtion5 of the Parish relate to the advancement of the Christian religion through holding re8ular worship and communicating and caring for parishioners of all ages especially the sick, elderly. those with limited mobility and others in our community. The charity trustees have complied with their dutie5 in line with the Commission's Public Benefit statutory guidance.