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ual..Report 2022

Annual Trustee5' Report 2022
TABLE OF coTr¥fEf•rrs
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Independent Audiior's Report
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The Trustees. eomprisinR of Ihe Vr(Nincial Lea(leT and Te4m. pr&qent this Annual
Retx)rr and Ihe 8udiied Trirt8ncial Stai¢m¢nts of lh¢ Sisters of Mercy rjf the Northern
Province for thr ytar endiTr8 31 December 2Q22. The I rLLsiets of the Chariry are
respotlsiblc for thc &ifc and rni55ion of thc Sister5 Dlmetcy, Northrrn Prov itice. They
confi￿￿ thai the ADnual Report and Ftnancial Stalcments cornpfy wilh the
CO￿st1￿110￿s of the CoDsrewion of the S is¢¢rs of M¢ro. the Charities Act 2DI l and
the provisions ol.the s￿lements ofRewmmended Prn¢iice {Ch8tity SORP r.RS102).
sI￿d and da￿d by the ProvirEEial LEader and anothcr Membcr.
2$1W...

Introduction: Our Mercy Mission
VIKERE OUR MISSION BEGAN
The Com¥re8aiion of the Sisiers of Mery is an international Roman
Catholic ReligI￿lS Cortgregatiorj founthd in Dublin 183 t by
CathLYane McAuley. Influ¢n¢￿ by her Chris¢ian faith. she used her
inhcritancc 10 SCI up a cen￿tt in Baggot StreeL Dublin. Ireland frtim
which she aTbd hcr Larly compaTEioNS tesponded LO the needs of
ople who wer¢ disadvantaged.
The toundin8 Sisters &ithli5hed sch(kiLs Ydnd hospilals and &4ttd in
whaLei'¢r way pos5ibl¢ for the n¢¢ds ofthe peoplo who %YetC PODrtst in SO¢iery.
OUR MISSION TODAY
'lth¢ Sist¢rs ofmercy, NorthertE Provin￿ i& on¢ of the
Six Provin¢es of the Congregalion of thc S islEf5 01
M¢r¢y and w¢Thb¢rs iry all six c<iunlics in
NLTrrtrEtrrt Itel&tJd. where 122 Sisiers reside. There arc
also 161 M￿nbc[S who fLSide ifi the Il¢pvblic of fhVrniSSignoftheC¢YTr9￿¢ptiQn01
Ireland.
the &'sters of Mer£y Is to bear
Ou r Mercy M i551ori
c0nstLt￿[￿Yns ol Si5ter5
of Mercy- No. I[￿ {19551
Throu8hrJUt the last ccntllry* Govctnmeni ptOViSton
in h¢althwe and edw￿]0￿ improved &nd ￿hilL the
SIS*￿ continu¢ in i(> supprjrt io educatiijn for lYd￿l￿[Str0tIofi ol ttmporol
all, Ihe work &nd mission of ¢he Sisters h&8 b¢oime goocls mustexpress the 605gel call
morc varicd.
to jUStic¢ churity qndv1m5p￿1D9.
MolTvai¢d by the ChristiAn vision of a of
Wg Use ¢hese gopds fvr txtr
¢>thfvJOrt Ijfv, fv the vttrlous
cquality. ju5lice, ptsee e&re iyf the earth, the
opostoknfes of merLy(￿10r1he
Charity ha5 COll5iStcnily wotktd for jusliee And
ol the ChtJrcL e5pecJolfy the
r￿pOnded to llnmei TreEds. Sigtcts arc eommiLlrd to poor unddepiTved."
prnyer whil¢ a150 b¢i1Tr8 invoLved im pasloral carL,
eechjusiice ond SPirilV¥Lliiy. l.lowever. a% the age
PTofile ot the Sisiers has increased, tlie need to car¢
lor oldcr Sisiets Ills become a rttcessity for ¢h¢
Charity.
merclful love of GOLI.

Pllrpose/Ob'ects, Activitie8 2nd Achievements
CharEta ble Pu rpDses
+ Advan¢emens ofk¢ligion
+ Pr¢veniion or Relitfof Poverty
Thc Charity aim5 10 suppon lh¢ religious 8nd other chariuhle work5 carrie4J
out In thc of the tharity E￿d 10 care for th¢ Sissers Ihroughou¢ ¢heiE
li ves.
The purpose5 and objects ot the charlty are fulftlled
through the followlnll act¢￿1*5 and mlnistrle5:
l. Congreg&tiort&l Livin8- the Adv&neemthl tst'RL ligiort
2. Hcalthcarc and thc CompagiirJD3te Care af the Sick and tknse in Necd
3. Relief of Poverty. Promotion of Edueaiion. Justice and other
Ch8ril8blL Atliviiics InclLkdl￿g CiJllyt*yratiort und Supptsrt of
Other Oroup5
4. Positive Impact Invtstmertts
5. Hcritagc and Upkcep OF Lisl£d Asscts
Publi¢ Bertèfit
Publi¢ Denefit is delivered throb8h teliBI<j￿ a¢livilic8, prayer. Ertinistry
aciivilies, thc prcvcntiatt And tclicf of PDverEy. WPPPrt w other charities whD
allevialc povctly? Ihc PToMQti(￿ of holiS1i¢ wellbein& iThpaa inve5tynents.
ovcrsus ai(L ew5ogical 4war¢n¢58 and a varkery of services provi(Eed lo
familie5. refi¥tts. older rk4ple. children. to people exp¢rÈen¢in¥ hun8¢r
and povwty.

ngrEqoti?nrJl LfvIRg •Thd tfvè Advon(*mtnt of RÈll410
Th¢ Chariiy is è rtlig10￿s ¢ongrtgaiion and so Ihe nurturanw of fai¢h arTrd thc
dcvclupmcTrl of bpirilualily of tenltal irtlPs)tiartce. This Jfjderpins alj 35peu% of the
life and work of thc ChariEy. Thc Sisicts att cofftmiiied l4) daily personal prayer 4nd to
pattem of £ommunal proy¢r 5uiied to their I(￿1 communitics.
AIL a5￿cts of th¢ Charity's work inyalve thc advanccsnEnl of rcligiort. Th¢ Trubt¢&s
con¢inue to asse%s the Charity's commiinicnt ￿ thÈs fi]ndanJLntal PUrpLtse.
Congr¢¥aiion41 LiviDB4nd th¢ Adi'anwnent ofReligion are thc csscntial dyNamiib thal
perme8te Ihe Charity. Jn our ¢oJ￿￿￿1)lIY living and ministry in local parishcs whcre
Sistcrs rr5idw mcfftbrrs acliyejy wti<ipAt¢ *nrJ int¢Mct Wilh parish fai¢h G￿￿mLlnI1l¢5.
ThrouBh this living a[￿ prayin& Sisicrs froTll th¢ Charity Support peLwle Spiriiualjy 4)nd
p￿¢1¢￿11y.
Salari¢& stipends. and pensions of thc SisLcrs art donatLd lo the Ch8rily. The¢tfore,
Si#¢r5 have no indepenrtenl means ofsupth)rt. Thcy dcyijlc their Iivtt$ 8rtd ¢8rnings
the furtheran¢e of the Charity's objecti1*%. Sisters frcclv EIVC thcir servi¢t5 irt VÈriOuS
Inini5ifiLEh and 50 wel I beyond rrtireffteni 4¢. HCTEGQ the work of thr Ch¥rily includ¢s
Ihe provision of living a¢cOmni(￿aIlOTr, Ihe upkeep, up-&killing and rctraining iy fsisle
so 10 ¢n4bl¢ th¢m to continuo Ih¢ir $¢rwk* to ¢h¢ p￿￿11¢,
Thc TTuSltcS arc co￿1￿?￿L of the agins demosrdphic of its members. the work of the
Chari ry. pr(>pcrty requiresnents and financial itnplications, R4%id¢nEial ac(oMniodatioJi
is kep¢ undei review to cThsure a ciJtELinuurn of ctrt appilJpri8te to ¢8ch sist¢r' s nec4ts.
'lth¢ Charity pr•vid¢% designatcd Assi sTrd-livinB ai hous¢5 in B¢lf4sL N¢￿y. sirab4n4
Lnniskillen and Lurgan.
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tth DÉvetopmentlParisb and Prayer Min151ry
As a Reli8ious C(JrtW8ation. faith a￿d spiritual deve1Lwmen¥ pArish work anJ prJyeT
millistry arc of priinc iinwrtancE to thL T￿sIC￿&. A nutnbrr of Si5lcrs srck 10 respond
lo thc hunscr for cY(￿d in s(Kiety' by promolin8 faith deyelopmcnt, en8ayng int¢r-
faith dialogue and nurturing 8pirituality_
Many of Ihe Sisiers, even in rttiremenc are aGiiv¢l)'
involved w'iih pe¢)pl¢ Aiid c le¢gy in their lo¢al parislie& in
ministries Airncd ai fa¢iEitaiinR a deeponin8 of faith ond
relgtionship V&'ilh Gtsd. The SÈsl¢rs colE%Eborale wilh others
also, i Tr comrnuniiy aclivitics, suppotting and cnrouraging the
'dcYclopETLtTrt of Icadership aThwtJg the people and urnpaigning for strviccs for oldcr
p¢opJe, I lotne visilaliL)n of th¢ sick Ind housebound. prayvr ond s¢riptur¢ groups
ber¢ai,einertt ￿ppOrt. #uidtrd ptt)'er, a￿d tXp¢rirhLtS itt ¢rtÈliVt fotms of ptayey are
SOrn¢ of the scryiccs otTcrcd io pcople. A sample ofthis work listcd bclow.
ncht¥YerrEEnts4nd
lJullp(I¢E TTrlJuiiol
Mirlsfv
Po5tLvoI W¢rk
IDhn P¢puJ 11 ALbVTts
clr0plo1￿ry
5rhJpJ Chupldth
Church MLp5tr£
Sisters also offer eiMeriiilÈ Splfitual devtloptheni progMinfAeg through Crtslion
5piritualiiy ￿'[uAl. Hi8lier Consciousness, 38creé Dance, M[￿￿[U1rL￿s Practi<es
for Wellness, and sc250n#l retleL'lion dzys.
F)faeÈs*n PuliWat Work
A qigter 1$ a Pastoral Worker in tlie Archdioce￿ ofArn)agh. ellcoutraging c lergy and lJity
in planning for lh¢ fuiutc. lrt 2022 she prom4iLd synLMEal engdg¢rneni in parish¢s and
$cFkn￿Ig.
Syn(Klalily i5 -mutual collabotaLiVC listtTring, Buidid by th¢ Holy Spi rii. Vf'hiGh all olth
raithful have som*hing tL) le¥rn fnitn each other. in order ￿ know whai Grd is sayinB"
Algng wilh ¢oll¢a8V¢5 Ihi3 Sisi¢r uDd¢rtook &M¢rtsive list¢ning ¢xer¢is¢s i n many pari5h45.
cylminaliiw ifj l¥kr8¢ diocesan 8alheritl8s (May 8rtd December).

Whai emerged were the f￿] for a proce3$ that has the ￿?￿￿ti.￿l to changc how we
experien¢e church into Ihe fuiuye.
Over and a￿)ve suppotting and resourcing Primary SchLioI teacheTS in passillg utt thc fuith
tts ylTrun$ people. this Sisier and Ihe telm of p￿tO￿al worker5 lllct with thE 150 school
principals Ihroughoul Ihe Ewchdiocese to 2SCtrtain the joys and challenge% in their
respDllSibiliEic5 in passing (m the f¥ith. ThLrt were fL)Ilow-up ¢rtgagem¢nts that allowed th¢
principals col Icclivcly lo pr(Kcs5 thc implic*iioN5 LTrfihe lindtng5. to IMak¢ conn¢cti(ffts with
one another, to contributc to thc ovcrall dcvcloprncnr of 57n*d￿1tY l<J Participaie the
5hapiiis of the mi83ion of Ihe Church in the world of today.
The circl¢ of M¢rcy 15 a lay QTganisatiQTÈ whcK8e MC￿)bErS COfftE
togeihtt in a 5piril of pra)'er. Mu¢ual support and compassi nttate livin&
to prornvltr the MerLy cha￿1$rtI kirtd live Ihe tsospel in the SPiTit CTrf
Cathcrirxc McAulky, Th¢[¢ ar¢ Cir¢les in D¢rry, L)0￿'nP￿1rl¢k,
Laurcneetcbwn, Ncwry W4tr*npoini. A number of Sis¢ers froj
thc Charily art 8150 irtvolved in the Circle of Mercy.
rtIiL'I
Ith¢0￿ ttrid the Composslopjrte Core of the Skk ond those In Ne
Many Sisters ¢thgage in w¢Jlbein8 aclivities and otTcT
¢4re support Iij tndividuals in the wider CO￿￿￿￿]UES
where Ihev live.. heallhc4re. c4re And vysitstion of th¢
d>"ing #nd th¢ ber¢av¢d, provision of spiritual and
psychologiczl thLrapics und Ihc prOtAthti¢Jrt or
ell￿7￿8 CTrf txidy. ErEind and spirit. This is al the hcarl
f Metcy life and Mittistry.
Kfjarbi5ttv=
CoD5tltuilon5 of
thE SI￿èr5 of MÈrtv
No.4311985
'CgritrErure hlc4ul¢y
.' rn sIste￿ a dtrep cLwrn
skk tyJDg. Tri5 r(rnr¢r
Th¢ Tnwe¢s ex¢￿1$¢ a duty 10 ¢are For 4]Idcr and frail erPg0￿￿
Sisttis. These Sisler hdve selfl&%sly Jedi¢Ated their curv gl the Sitk
liv** to the liirtlmn¢e of th¢ Charip) s obj%iiv&s morrle5tlng tty tljpm Ctsrt5Ys
withoul petS<JrtAI rtmurte**iiOth, St￿d tt)ally fjf tlie
eed card for sn oldcr a8¥.

The TrusEees are tomm ilLed to
cnabling Mcrnbcr5 to acti*'Lly Lngage is Thi&llhe8rt minisirits.
ensuring S ister5 receivE the appropriate leyel of carc thcy rcquire.
maintaining aTEd revi¢wing coM￿￿￿1ry hO￿se5 for Sisters.
ii)
iii)
plt>ln¢y. WEllbelri¥ ¢tsYe
A nufftber of Members of the Charity have a morc 5trUCiUtcd milli5ty of ¢hapl8irtcy.
i¥cllb¢iiiB and rare ￿}0 engage in Pall iativ¢ Care Chaplaincy - Southcm Arca HvbpiIAI,
Ple￿'ry. Ch8pEaincy ai the Aeute Mental Hea Iih l￿All - Belfast C ity Ilospital and Nfaier
i.lospiial, Bell￿* and antslhcr STSlcf is 8 Stscial Wijrker in Demeniia Services - Southern
HetLIth & Social Scrviccs. A Sislcr is indLpcTktYLrtt Ptov ider irt Ari Th¢rap)'_ Div infly
Irtspircd. 8orne of oyr Sistets have becn trained in and Mi ndfulnc55 PrtigrknJme5 i
many parts ofthe Provi lice.
Htssplt41 thap14nrr. Hty5plt•l, O•lff￿ wnd Bell&rt tity lÈo$pFtal
I'he MaLer In firrnnrium Hospital. Bclf85E w'as {￿t￿bE1￿￿e￿ in 1883
by the sis￿r3 of M¢rcy. The sick and dyins of BLltasl and IRY
surroundiong areas were eared for by ski Iled nur&es. ￿anY of
as members ol-lhe Mercy Order Ws)rked ￿'it110uI a salary
up uni111972, wheTt fvnding was finally grdniecl. The Ilopspital is
noi¥ uNdfder the mJTragement of Belfast Flcalth & Social C3rc Trust.
i¢blEvEDienES 4t4d
An*lvFHp% In ?n??
A Sister frr￿ th¢ ¢hBrity 1$ a Chaplain in the Matcr Hospital aTkd is part of a multi-
disel inary healih care *ain. providing spiritual, re ligious and pasiornl support to paticiiis
and their lamilies. The fourndirtg phil ospopy ol Ihe h(JspithI, 10 ¢OfflfvTI, Co￿01e, ¢Jte
ST¢PIYQTI ihe Jick ityimg, wiihDEIt diyiinction of CrEcd is maintai Thcil. In additkon. Ihe
SISILY looks after the chaprl CThsurin8 it is an 035is of pucc for all who visil ls)r a
quiet momeni, communal prawer or worship.
Sister is also choplai￿ the Acuie Mehi&l
Unity 8l Brllgst City HLVaPital. This 15 2 Vcry
specialiLcd and scnsitivc minibty ol- gcrallc
Ccompanirnem to those in necd.
-1 Pr￿nCE - o those
Ilwing strcr9gJlng with
héolth Illr7ess t>nd who ofÉ wer9hed d¢Jwn by
*pr¢¥rgrp 05 they Struggle to nHJkÈ 5enS
ol bvlpot 15 hfJDUe￿ftQ".

New Ule Dlrneiia
Lifc Direc*ions (Tr4LD), foundtd by and co.ordinatcd by two of the Chtirily,
pmvides QPPDrtuniEy for personal. psychological alld spirilual dcTr'cloprncnt oEindi*idual
furnilies and COTnmuniiies and 4vnrk5 in parRnership with comniuTriry, voluTriary and
statutory organisA¢iolls. NLD offers a wid¢-YangiTr8 menu of well-being praclices and
Melh￿Is, fAciliiation, medi iaiion, dance. son& ritua1. journalling. In 2022. NI,D WKJrk¢d
in parlnwship Ihc fLillq)wiRg Notlhetn Itcl&nd-IMs¢d OrgL￿aS￿lIQnS.
He&lth Alli anee Worlhem It¢land
Mid- Ulsiei Age Wrll P8rtn¢tship.
Mid- uls-ter SeThiOts Nei￿(Tr[k
Northern lrtlgnd Ctsmmunity Hcallh Network (NACIIN)
LTlac, Cancer Support OrE3nisatlDn
Wellbein# & St¢eSS Man¥tefrtht PioEr*J)Trfhes.
PriJgraEnm¢ ol 'Wellb¢in8 foT Caters" offered tltrouAh Cooksi(ywn And W¢*¢rn Shor¢s
Arca 65 Nclwork (CWSAN); 'Timc for Mt, & per>Llnal developrrtertt pto¥MMtYLt delivettd
by Nl.D 5PjTL￿rtd by Cookslo￿￿ and Wcstcrn Shores ArL'& NciwLirk (CWSAN);'Tai
Chi and Wellbe ing, sponsored by Nrmhwn Ireland Lifestyli Partnership.
WellheiNg and SEress Mana8ement weckly sc5sions comrnissiontd by Mid Vlslcr A8c WLII
Paffner5hip: Mid Ulster Seniors. Tr￿orthern Ircland CommuniLy Hcalth NCl￿'0rk
{>iILHN).
Stress M onagem¢nt ¢la&s¢s for J ltal th A Ilian¢¢ Northern Ireland:
An Caiis¢s. Sigrts and LtTects of SIY&%5. Thele
prvgrammrs ]nir￿￿re￿ parti£ipatLlS to well￿lfiS Pr8¢1 i¢C5. 1 ai
Chi, RTeath Work and Rcflcrtion to cornbai Anxiely and Strtss.
DevetopmeNt and Cetèbratlon Pro8rammes
NLD offere4J 8 variety of progrgmmes activiiies Ihroughout
thL ytsqr which i nel￿ded the foll<JwiiJ8- Mid-Lif¢ And Long-Life
DircclioTrs, Ncgotialing thc Mid.Lifc Jounjcy, NcgDli8iin¥ Ihe
L&ter Years. Age Friendly Conference. RIiBid's Day*
Iniemaiional Women's Day, 'Look after myself. so I c4n be
there for ljihers. {AS part of 4 Palliative C8r¢ C'Lmfer¢n¢e). 'We
rtmunber thern. memorial 5crvic¢.

CapacitaT Multl-cultural Wellne55 Education- Tr¥ln ing and MentiKln8
In partnership with Cap3Citar InteThational, USA, NLD
de1jvet¢d Nlodule i. 'I'rJiiiiDg Capacitar MuLti-CuliuraL
Wellnes5 Lducaiion at Marino College. Dublin. It Wa5 also
involv￿1 in 'Healins and TransfotrniiJ8 Lite Paitems.
Advallc￿ Tiaining to 42 pcoplc, upskilliTLg Ihem in CLFfaGili1411 W¢llb¢ins and Sire&s
Managerncnl workthops and q￿alIfyIng thcrn tD Ottcr prowthines as illdependeni
providas.
Ilel ol P4J¥erty. Protnotlon ol Fducatlon. JUrt1￿ ond other CITQrttable
Artlvlues
iliistry.. Constit￿11￿￿$ ol thè Slstors of m￿cy. No. 4311985)
"Our Jourddrès* Mc4ulÉy. generated In her 515ters o deep conceth
tI￿se ot115k In so£lety. tPp15 cgnrern engqge5 VS E&v￿tr9￿. . , it vf9èS US
to b2 with, ondfor. tlJepDorunddistre55ed, wvrkinq1orso￿0Ijr)sIIce #nrfwèjlbélno,
seek1￿9 tG brTng rich poor togetfvei in mutu•l love ¢pfdd Serni¢¢.-
In 2022, 122 Sisters en8a8ed in thc Chariy'5 commiiiTrcnl IIF the reliel- tsfpoverty tlirough
activitiQ8 of the Siqtep5 and dLinaiions io othcr charilic5. Ministy rngagemcnl was related
the (ol lowills Areas..
Promoiiom of All AS￿cts of Uiicaiion
<* Justicc, Pc&LL and RL'e(TrnCili&lion
OVLy.￿aS r)EvcIopmLnt and Support
+ Pas￿ra1. So¢tJl Care and Dei'2lopment
roroiollorF ol All Aspects of Educatlon
A priDiily olthc Foundcr olthe Sisitts ot-mercy. WAS to open s¢h(Trols. creating eduC￿L0￿
opportunitics fgr childrcn: Esp￿i&lLY PODfLr childrcn. Thc provisÈOn Ot" formal educaiion
was A snajor minislry o rih¢ Clbariiy for ov¢r 170 years.
Lo

By the laie cetttury. se¢(th6 level schools were establithed in
mosi prs)viN¢ial ￿wrtS throuAlioui Ir¢lartd. In Fec£nt year3 a
¥tadual ITallSfcra frespon5ibilily For Caiholie educAtion in MerLry
SthoD15 lo Trther truSILebh ips ensures s¢hools are communiiies
whcre ChrÉsli3n faith, justlCL *md iespunsibilily are nurtured.
Sisier5 Serve otL sch[￿]5, B¢wd5 of Governors of Schools that the SisLcr5 ts1"MerLy helped
ttr csiablish.
Revjew Df
Arhfevemert5 3nd
.ryhlNe¢ Ih 2DI?
Thc Catholi¢ S¢hotsls' Trnsi is She sect(WAI I￿aY for Catho11¢ MaDaged
SchooEs INI) and wotk% oll behalf of Diocese and RcliEiQU& Congrtg2tiLvs. CSIS Assists
the Sister% of Mercy in tru5tceship maEters. ensurins thr mai[LI¢￿8￿ct of¢ihLE walues and
5piriiual focus in our schools. The Sisters Dr M£tcy th¢ Trnsicts of Meicy Ptirn8ry,
Belfgksi. MeKy Colle8¢, Il¢lfa%i and Our l.ady's CJraEnmar School. Ncwry.
Ir.
MerGy PTirn8ry is all- incliisive school for si rl$ iii North Rel fa%i that delivers a broad-
bascd curriculum in linc wi th the Northern Ireland Revised eurriculuin. The school works
closely with othcr schools and thc paribh and prornoics a Caiholic Lthos ali8n¢d wilh
m¢￿Y values and herit384 all of which pcrmcBIE thc Sch￿1.
The Sisters of Mercy T￿slee5 offeT SUPPDrt and Cn¢OurageEneni to the BoAtd ¢)fGovemiEs
and 3Ctively participate in negoLiations related to thc lulutc of Catholic PriimAry School
provisi on in th¢ N onh belfa51 Are8.
Year I Pupi l inl&ke
puPi15
T%Trtsl tea¢h¢r
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Pii pils- Tn care
Pupil&. Mediul coMditb)ns
75194
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49
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148
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11

Mercy Colleg¢ is ￿ all-abil ity ¢<wJu¢alional facil itv ITr North R ElfLst. Standards conliniie
alon8 a Nis iiive trertdlirtt Lm lh¢ school irnproveineni jouniey; 94% of our Year 12 pupils
acliieved 5 GSCES A-C artd 94% q)f £HLr Year 14 Pupils &ehicved 3 A LcveEs A-C. lkncse
iQ5ults arc very fayourahle when compared to reles'ant bencTrLTnarkiNg daia for a likc s¢hool.
EThrtslEncni figurcs dLJltlQlJStraic ihc faith and confidcncc thal thc local community places in
thc College aTEd retenlion raLes frotn year 12 PCFSt 16 is a furthEr stamp of approval
from the wider eommunily. Moreover, leavers destinaiion& in Augu%1 2022. indicatc thal
the Coll4e is prtrviding prLy¢SSiOrt artd appn)Ptiaie paihways for alj pupil5. wjih 53%
going on 10 Highcr aTrd Fullhcr EducaiitTrn ctTrurscs. CLTrUtscs Lhosen by pupils in¢lud¢:
ChildrerJ'5 Nursing, ICT. H￿%pl￿11ty, Busine55 and Markcling and TLathing. 360A or
MeECy Colleg¢ Y¢ar 14 pupils tJkiiig wur%¢5 $ucli as the CACHE SLtaight in
emplovment.
On ? Stra￿1¢ l¢v¢l, M¢r¢y Ciblle8¢ svpports th¢ N(lrth E4tlfasi Com mun ity by ¢xlendin8
pr(JVision fLSr thildr¥n with SpL'ciul NeLxls' thosL' with ASD (Auiisiie Stwirum L)isorder)
£8n 8CEess 5pccialiscd cduculi4)n im a mkksnstrearn seiLin8. The SF*Cialist seiting has Dow
Baincd pcmaneEYCy and in SepteTtLber 2022 the fiTSt CDhurt transilionL'd inits K54 10 siudy
OCSES.
Throu8h Sh&re(l Educatiort, Ihe schoot prL)vided excelleni professional d¢velopmcnt
L)pptsfiilnilies 101 s￿(r to t￿sure Wr 4r¢ pruvidiTEt OulSl&ndin8 tea¢hiTh$ ¥[E￿ leamin8. 1
August 2022, a s￿r[DcyeL0prncTri Dav was hcld in conjuTrcEion M'i th BLlfa51 Boy's m￿e1
Sch(M)l. £talT f¢edba¢k and evaluation of this training wa5 ex¢elLeTrt.
Yrar 8 Pupil inlukt
Year 13 Pupil iiitake
Lltil pu pi l?
Tvlal lÈaèhct&
154
57
793
49.6
P￿piES Wltli 51a1¢ni￿1(5
Pupi15- ln carc
I￿ed-￿E1cl Childrtn
97
22
N¢w¢tsttteÉs
Itill¥hFn¢nt io rrte schLJ) I moals
560 (70.62Y•)
S4.9Y
Allrndaii¢e
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L￿ICe. Peace & ReconrllÈatio
The Charity 15 committed $0 raising owar¢rJ¢ss of th¢ IDlerder￿nd¢nC¢ an
inl¢t¢ortnectedness of All o( life. li aims to promot¢ righi rel41ionships * every level. Fro
its foundation, thc Charily has end¢Bvourtd 10 allrvi8l¢ bufttrirt
Sistcrs coTrtin.ue to wurk P&g5iOlJalEly lo reduce poTr'trty, violertec
and racism Nvcll as thc widcsprcad dLnial of hUTfLa￿ ri¥hts,
thc dcgradatiLin of Earth. thc colltln￿d oppre95iOll LTrf womcn.
thc ab￿sC Dlchildrcn. Ihc mi51tcalmcnl of irnrn igrthts thd the
lack of s01idaTity among PeLiple &rtd nations. We exgkmine Ihe
root causes
Achknremefjts and
Art5Vit4es 511 2D22
of thoY iS51Ees 3ttd promnie systhrnic change in the COmEnunitics in which Vb'c millisier. WL
connect our ¢tYon% on a global Scale with the network of SisEers of Mcrcy Congrc8ations
Lhrou4hL)ui Ihe world.
sisters of the Ch8fily are MemE￿$ of (¢gani721ions that priHDotr justice. pea¢E and
iecon¢iliaLion including GLOEFL Gtcen bod Ireland, ￿EjN. AKISF ff)uiiJoiion. Iris
Refugee Council. Tosvards HEaling* Toward5 Pucc. SornL' JuSli¢¢ F¢a¢¢ wotk is
high lighi¢d bere.
Sisiern of the Charity are Thembers of Clogher Justice, Peace and ItLicgrity of Crcation
8n)up (CJPle ) which prosresses action on Cltma* Change and Homelesqtws.
Educ8lion And &￿'arentS5-￿&l51fts #re a cor¢ part of ¢he group'5 work. CTrTC group liai3Q
Mrith. and networks with ￿h¢[s incl￿ding Fcrmartagh & Omagh Disirict Coun¢il. and
FC[Thkn￿a8h Churehcs. FotLUn, hclping IoL'&I peoplL to preser1¢ wildlife habitats by
PDStpolling hEdgcrow and VClBC-cuttin8 until after khu brceding se4aSOn. C'JPIC also w(Jrks
Ivith EC￿ongreSat1Ons Ircland rE bcsi practic￿% around Chut¢h property artd wunds
maint¢nan¢e etr.
Mercy tsirl EtTe¢t (MGE} #s a Notr Gov¢rnrnenial Qr(wp Mvrkin8 in con%ultBtj(bn with
UNICEF and Ihc Working Group Girls. A Sisitt e&e{yor￿1￿a￿S MtiL to educate
animatc & new gcncraLion to bE advocalcs lot yourt8 women and ehildrtrt vulnerable bring
roe¢•J by iraffickers.
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2022, the frus of 'Water and SaTritation.' In wnjunclTon with UNICEF
resourL'LS, siudertts in Ihe Wesiern hemisphere were eJucaied on 'Gir15 ￿ WaterQarrtcr5'.
The caEllp3i8n vf MGE reali&Ed thnding for 19 wcEl¥ in thL dcvcloping world.
MECPAT*IS MLCPA I FIS is 4 project of The sist¢￿ of m.ercy
Congregaiion and works in partnership wilh the Hospitality 3cc￿r in
IrelAnd lo counlcr ch ild Irdfii¢kin8 artd child sexual exploitation. It 15 M E t P A T H S
thc only PT0jc￿ of its kind in Ircland.
M l L H P F I l
Ffm Imt Il r
'The Asso¢iaiion of Leoders pf Iteligiows and MEssynnafio5 of Ircland gives
¢oll¢ctjve voice 10 Religious Congr¢Bations in a%'areness-raisiiJB 3nd
response to eurrelli emerging S￿La1 jus¢ice. li represent5 ReliBi0118
Consrr8aTiOns. Soei¢liLS ofAposioli¢ Lif¢ And LAY Missionary groups. As
eot]stitucni rnembeT, our Chari ry cOn￿lbules lo AMRI.
AMEU
er5e35, Oevelopment and Support
M Inistry: The Univer5?1 Church
nstiltJtlon&of t￿e Slstets of ￿e￿- Mo. 45 (IWJ)
-Belorpoin9 ro tlje IlnlvÈrsol Cljurch, Mlsslanary In ljer very rur¢ we seek to
Inrorrjote the mercy ol 604 according to the lirnits ol OL4f ￿50￿￿è5. 1
r11155ionaiy <gvntrig5."
The Chority.4uppoff q, Ihr￿U8￿ its human. financial and Dthcr re5C￿￿rCeS, 311 chariiable Works
i¢d t)ui in Ihe n&m¢ of th¢ Congr¢8aiion of lh¢ Sist¢r5 of Me￿. This objcctivc 15 TO￿ta
in Ihe priL)rity outre8eh Df the eongregaiion ￿ peopEe wh(5 experietJ¢e poverty and
mEJrginal i5iiliun 15 ¢xpressed irt its SPCTrnsorship of numerous and ev¢r-ln¢re￿lng
charitsble ￿tIvLikeS.
Thc Chariry respond% a B]obal sc4lc to the oall of pcoplc who cKp¢ritnc¢ poverty and
disadvjjiiage at Ic*al. naiional and international levcls and works in co113boratioii wilh
oth¢t M¢rcy Charili¢s 4rtd tn partnership witli oih¢r ¢1￿￿111¢5 involv¢d In Ov￿5¢AS
dcvclopmEnt and support.
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10 2022 the Churity off¢Yed particular SUPFM)rr til Ukrninian appea]i. donating t4) Clonard
m(y￿A5￿. R¢d¢1np￿rI5l 1.-ailiw$ £TO.000. doTraiion of £15.01)9 to the Redemptorists
Ukraine Appeal, and £1,317.70 ia preparaiion of 8 house for Ukrainian refvgees.
Loc41 ¢ornmuniiies of M¢rw Sisters also GOn￿lbul¢￿ financially to Inany chariiies • l(ul
and naliLVkal artd iiJt¢matilJrt21 levels..
A Sibier is a ¢IFfounder of the Derry-Done$al Outreach Pro8ramiMe wilh & 114work of
donors who SUPPLSrt ovct5La8 devtlt4)mcni services for inrfiVsdu815. f8milies and
communiti￿. Contribulio￿S dircctly rcach pcoplc and prDjCtts ()V¢tSrab Aftd te¥ul&r
feedback cnsurc5 an intirtLatc conncction bctwcLn doTrnut5 and the 'on-tlTr8round" people
WLYkiTrg for those in need.
* Llkll PERU .
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r[H￿Id PJY a ASr#w
frJ i IifJ *Ern
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bj
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DERRY-DONEGAL
OUTREACH
PROGRAMMÉ
FUNDING
T £66.019.69
. ELIXIAET. KENYA
I*AIIO8L KEIIYA
rj UHKEF, IEWY(
An KIETW
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astor21. Soctal Care and DtrvElopmerkt
Thc Charilv has, from its I￿c¢pl1vA, bccn LLlnLtrraed Wilh promiAin8 paS￿ra] Jnd so¢ial
dwkrclopmEnt Initiatives and rcspondinB lu thc nccds olour Lim¢ in line with Gospel values.
Thc Si.4tcrs undertake meaning￿1 social and pastoral miniSlric5 in tcSPOnse to the nttds of
Ihe wider commun ily, in particular ￿ Ihose who experience poverty aTkd rn3rBin&lisaiion.
Mony 5ist¢rs $p¢nd htrurs ￿'¢¢klY carrying (put VISI￿110￿ lh¢ trjdiiional work of M￿[￿.
They ate also &¢livtly irtvolved With sthtutory volunthry aBenci¢$ who 4)IYer F￿%￿ra1.
SOCIAI ¢tsre Ind d<vrlop￿¢n1. Irt short. iowns p%ri5h¢5 wh¢r¢ th¢ Si5iers reside.
Pa5tLiral carL' is place.
Sislrr5 arc involvcd in vatiOUS PTojcGIs UtLd al various ILYrls olYerirt8 pasiorAI atid s￿la]
care and suppoL1. 11iis in¢luJ¢s the Ai51in8 C¢ntr¢, Fernianash. Tara CLTrlrc, Omagh, Gloit.
N•Yry. and DdllL4Tr: B¢Lfasi.
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Daneo. Human Wfrd spJr1t￿￿1 ¢knlw. ent SEp4lcts
D￿cO wa& foundcd by fftErnbcrs of Ihc Passionist and Mcrcy Congreg81iorts irte(Jrp¢)r8ting
th¢ mjssioTr and ￿ flectins the val￿$ of both. Ivhose airns arc to offor 30lidarity Support
nll those who Jre suffering. A Si8Ler frorn iho Claaritv is a S￿tT ￿C￿be1 which
compris¢5 of faur self-employed indepcndeni qualifscd coun5rlloiS arl
adtrtinisirntor. All th erap ists belong 10 profes%ionJl bodie5, holding Accrtditati.o
stsius or working iow4rd$ Complet ion of these requirements. and the centre is in5urcd
to thc highcst SL1ndar(Is.
Daneo perSo￿￿e1 dclivci coun$cllirE8 Scss ions alortg with
linical and pastoral 8upervision. The). provide
IherApeutic ourreach ta Holy Cross Girl's prirnary 5chi)ol
8ftd cDnsultan¢y work and counsell ing to Canccr I,ifeline.
eortsul IA ncy work 10 Survivors o f Trauima Esiid Lenadoot
Cou sJ5Llling Seivice.
Oaffteo 011￿￿%.. BBifW511￿r4 t+￿5
ritage ond Upkeep ol knstedAssets
The Charity owns 50m¢ Lis￿& buildiiTrgs. The5¢ h￿IldingS protcctcd structurtt &nd arc
on the Dgpartment of Coinmunities listed buildings Jathbase in reco&mitiiJn af their
imwJrtanc¢. Therefore, Lhry ar¢ l¢g&lly pro¢¢£t¢d from harm. A¥Ly futwe changcs tg thes
structurts art ¢oh￿oI1¢d tYtarta$ed through Ike development control process.
Li5Lins mark5 atsd ctIcbr&tes a building's speci al archite¢tuNI und
bistoric intete5t. It also briny it under thL' tOE15ider8lion of Ihe
planning system 30 thal some thou8ht will Eakcn 8boul its
future. The Ch&riEy is leg&lly r￿UIred to make surc thc5C
siruciures do not becorne endan8¢red Ihrough negle£¢ decay.
dEtm&BC OT hanTr.
fvlerLy Celltfe,
Be55biook
In 2022. Ihc CharÈty oullaid £205,139 irt the tspkLtPiAg ot. liste
asscts. Ccrtain rL'pair works thaL are n4)￿nI11Y rLK51ine on a bui Idin& may r¢qvire planning
P2rEni8SiOn on i pr01cc￿d 5mclure. AddillLH￿[ expendiiure is in¢unTd in sourcin8
¢xp¢rtis¢ ?nd ma￿rEal$ fcTrr the renovalion of a listcd buildin8 or in C44W'iiig Oul dernolilio
on A heritage site. Auociaie4J wsts 4re irasur&Dce. Main￿n￿nCe, sccurily, genctydl upkcL¥,
dcprecialiL)n, tn8agerneni of a J.l¢riiage A￿￿1¥￿1 ￿￿tt other Professional Fces.
17

05itlve Impwt Investing
Our invcst￿¢n¢ winfol io is p?n of our Mi*8ion. Alnng5ide active Mini8tries, thc Charily
seeks to brrnR about cl)4nge Ihroush ity invesimeni ponfolios. AvoidJnce of invesmo¥Lts
in f055il fuel tompailics or am)arnents comparaies thai support the produciion oF8ood5 that
can be highly darr￿￿]￿8 to the environmeni or hum4n wellbeing is an aspeci of the
Chan'ty'5 eftort5. Thc Charity 15 comrnillcil lo rn51EfiTI8 its irti'ebtrnertt porifolio is llOI
invulTr'Ed in harnful aciii'itie
cfforLq to brkng about addiiioD, rMl%itivc change in Ihe world. the Charity inwrsts
aciiviiirf thai have beneficial impau& for ￿1¢h individual w¢llb¢ing and for thc
enViro￿lYjeftt. Positive itnpacls are assessed under a nutnber of litadinss to help measure
hrjw fflir invesitn<n15 ttrt posiliyely atT¢ttiTh¥ Ihe world 4riJund LL5. Uelow ar¢ 30m¢ of Uie
Posilive iEtEpacis achieved by the investment pcrtfolio:
co
LVV
REME￿￿LE
ENEFtoY
TQIINEa OF
JDtF
￿VE
EgLQWL
po
WN
In Wr.
The Portfvlio gnd tlre $￿t￿rI￿Oble DtvilopffTeJ7t GL￿1$ ISDGSJ
All inYcstmcnt5 within thc Pgrtfolio contributc low￿ tTrLC achicvcrncnt of thL Suslllitkablc
D¢vcloptTLent CT4)als (8l)CJS). The ST)G5 were devcloped and adoplcd by all rncrnbcr 51alcs
ol the United h'aiion5 to help achieve "a rnore su5kni Trable fuiure for LLI". They rcpifsrni
a cajl to action to eiid poverty. prot¢cl th¢ planel aiiJ ptomote prosperity &Nd people's
w¢llboing b). 203Q. ThLy inicgt*lt and bghlAn£e th¢ thiee dI[n￿￿1￿ns of sus¢ainabl¢
dtVL'lopmcMI: e£onoThic, soci81 and cnvtroNmcntal.
AchTcvin8 the 8r)(h on a Blobal basis rcquiTeS collabordlton bef￿￿en BovcrntnEnts, th
piivate sector. civil s(Kiety aTrd ¢iiizens alike. The Ponfolio plays a role in the r*alisaiion
ofthe goèls.
18

susrAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
?ALS
10
11
LrytK
GCIALS
The Sustainable Developrn¢nt Goals are also ¢10s¢ly align¢d with the charitable objective5
of religious oiggnis4iions. Since the public8iioK of Ltsudolo Si. Pope frnncis has made a
strong Cotnrnit￿Ln1 Lo suslainublc d¢vLloprncnl. His appe8110 '
.ev¢ry p¢rson li Vin8 on
thi5 planci foi an inclu5ivc 4￿0BuC 3tK)ul how we irc shaping the fiiiure of our plAnet"
provide5 a firm cthical foundalioN for actions that nccd to be tkkert LÈr8erttl.y ai all levels.
Pope Frdncis, spcech ahcad of thc Unitrd WaLiofis GcTkcral A$5crnbly'5 fLirnlll tdoption of
the17 Sl)Gs gav¢ fvrther supwrt w the a￿bItiouS and translorrna*ion31 vision ol thEgo&Is.
]pre1￿￿1ve Fthical and Posilive Impact policy cnsurts the Portfolio rcmaTrts
consiM¢rkt with ow ahos. Th¢ Portfolio currently excludes companies involvcd in thE
produc¥ion of weapons. tobacc￿ al¢okol, pornography, and ac¢ivitleS su£h 3s 8anibLing and
cmbryonTC Stem cell rtscareh. EnviroTrmentsl. Social gThd Oovernance (F.,'SO} ¢riteri
ctTrrnplcmcnts scrccnine &5 il improvcs thc Ove[811 ESG risk exposure of Ihe Portfol io.
In partsclllytr. Clima￿ ri sk 1$ addre￿sed through thc cXcl￿S1on ol f(KS5il luel companic5 and
a foGu5 to redu¢¢ ihe carlm)n fwiprint of the Portfolia throu8h investmcnt 5￿ch a[￿5 as
rene¥v8ble ertergy ¥oresiry.
ElCfft￿ts olhow the Portfojio 4ddrtSSL5 the S￿s are outline<l belovi.
L9

vSronm*ntol Impoct
L&4erttll Curbon FvDrprJrtt
MoasuTernctLt af carbon cmiS5iOtkg is c￿claI ltr hclp tss tsrtdets14nd the
roye our i￿￿eST￿ne￿L PDrtfolio play5 in th£ clirtLatc Erisis, whilc iakin¥
measures to address it. As the SDG logo% kn th¢ 1¢ft 5hoiv', limiting
carbon ¢rni&550Ths ini¢ra¢ts Wish several SVGS. helping addr¢55 Clary]￿<
Action in patlicular. C li(rt&ie jusliee is d*ÈOthet Asyt¢t addtessed in
P4￿[0110, 45 rliThatc ¢lwigL prrdcirn in8nlly imp4¢ts those who'v¢ d¢)n¢
the loasi to cnntribuLc ID PLilluLioTr and havc Ic55 fL%ourtes Iv deaE with
ii. Th¢r¢for¢, wntrol of carbon emi55ioEJs in our portfolio a15ts ha
posilive irnplieaiions for rediicing r￿vertY <.%DO I ). reducing inequ21ity
(SDGI O) and prcscrviTrs lilc on aand (SDG I O} and iij IhL IKe8n (SDG14)
Thc Portfol io includE5 a DuThber ofcarbon 5ink-typc invc5tmrllts, which sequesiLY (Jr dttEW
rb¢)Tr di[￿l￿e (C02} froin t1￿ attnoiphere. ForLrytry in Particul￿ is a vory C￿etT]ve catbon
sink. as trees absorb carbon dioxide part of Iheir 8rowivB prwes5.
Th¢ Portfolio in aggreg￿ will ￿￿￿&￿ter (wiihdraiv) -1,769 toThnes of C02c frorn Lh¢
tmospher¢per&ttnum whil¢ &m unscreened port folio of ¢he sarn¢ si7.e would
roduce 1.814
ionnes. We belicve Ihai these extrtrnely strong carboll emission 5taiistics makes th¢
Portfojio parE of tbe sojulioll to cli matc Cha￿SE, r2thcr than pall of thc prtsblem.
This seeiion addresses Ihe level ofexp(K%ure
ctsmpanic5 tsWilin8 th￿rnal eLwI: oil gas
rixpYCS oihei unconvcniTonal 50urccs ol
reserves such as oil satjds. shalc oil. aTrd 5halc
Matky of reserves ma>. not be
u%eabl¢ if we are w keep Ihe ￿rgete{l
temperdlurt rise (as 8 resull of global
wartning) below 2 d¢gTees Celsi11s. This risk
is rcfErrrd Io 15 Strandcd 255tt ri5k5 Ind it. 15
addressed through avoidaT&LY of cornpanies
holding fossil fvel T¢3ffv¢5.
Htnc¢, in
adJiiion 10 th¢ irnpact, noi holding Ih¢se ass¢ts
re￿￿¢5 th¢ finan¥ial Tibk withirt Lh¥ portlvlio.
Fer<lmiNw¢5*dl
20

Renew&bAÈ 51￿19Y
Th¢ benefit of Benernlin8 rcnewable powercan bc rncasurcd by I￿>W Tnuch f055il Fucl wwct
(gnd resultinB C02 emI￿10￿s} 1¢ repla¢es, l D 2022. the Pi>rtfolio avoided the rclcase of
2lrnOSI 4,013 tonnes of C02e. This is equiv¥&l¢lli $0:
RLTrtovirtg 631 Cars frorn the rD8ds every year
6,716 b2rr¢ls tsfotl saved
2.432 acrts of pine fore518bsorbi ng C02 for one year
321 rourtd trips around the world by on¢ rypiuE p35s¢n8er ¢&r {travelLin8 al th¢
cquaior).
In 2022, thc Pijrtfolio piIAtseed 91 Mwh irt 2022. ofrenewable en¢rsy - enough to
Jw¢r 1,2l19 home5.

Financial Review
Results for the yur
A Summary ofthc ye4f s accounls bE tuulld on pagc 3 5 uf this tLPOrt.
JJJtTrme - 1fte￿il￿ L'un￿Trol
Incomc for Ihc JTar totsllcd £5:034,710-
VoluNlary incDmE of £3,4 70,971 . Lht ￿aJ()riIY trf this: £2,7 82.108, was the rtn5i0n.
sElary and stipend tncoEnE u3rncd by thL of thr Sisi¢ts of Mercy Northern
Pri>v1￿ce and don ated tn ihe Charily. The balancL, £68E,863, w&5 fccLiYeil from the
US Region o rtlie Sisiers of Mercy a$ a Cr)n￿1but]IJl toi¥ards the c05t5 of mLmbLt5 Vp"h4)
ve Yeiumed ifj Ir¢larJd from t1￿ US.
Ins'cSITncni IncoTnc of £221:546' was Thc itLcomc rarned ljn Ihe Charity's investineni
portfolio. bank inicrest and rcni rcccivcd.
Chariuble activiiie5 of £19.257: oth¢r i￿Ome r¢tti%'ed.
Gain on the salr of a5sds of £1,322,956.. Ihe vasi majority of thi5, £1.322.314 w45 the
8ain Dn Ihc dispDsaJ Trf p[0[￿ty.
GaiD s&e
ol assets
26.3%
Qther
4).4
Dnaledbv
5i5t¢f5
55.3%
U5 RtÉi
Broakdoivrt tsf lrtLom¢
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hVJYdilJtre - Ihe Is.
Total CKpcndilure ftsi the y¢ar lirA5 £4,469,698.
Charitable Activities- of Ihe totsl. £4.418.712, or 99%. &pcnt Charitabl¥ Aeiivilies".
CcwtgAtiortaI livirt& Ihe ad￿nC*￿ent of Roligion. £2,216,228: thi5 includL'S thc
upkrrp and up-skiLlin8 artd rdrninirag of lh¢ Mel￿b¢r5 pf Ib¢ Province so that they will
bo sblc ID conlinue in thLir seNiL'e ￿) the public. Tlie meinbLYS recoive salary,
pensioii, sIipEnd and rclircmcnt lump income dortAte Ihem 10 Ihe Charity and
therefore have no indcpondcnt rncans 015upptstt. Thty have (Eevoted all of their aduli
year% and their earniiJ85 to rcalize thc objcctivcs of thc Charily. Many Sive ¢heir s¢rvi¢L
free in Iheir Vario￿ minisvies and coniinue to do so well twond rtlirerneni age.
Hence Ihe work of Ihe Charity in¢lud¢s the prnivÈ5inn of livin8 accommLKlati17tt.
He4althttqre Ènd Ihe compassionate care of lh¢ Sick and those in ncEd. £1.402:228:
Cathcrinc MUAU ley genwAted in her Sisiers a deep concem and compassion lot thc sick
]d dyin8 and iodayy OVCT 180 years lat￿. w¢llbeiMg activiiie5. healthcare. &ryre of thc
dying and Ihc tucavcd Stilt cn888t m&rJy of the meintrtrs in th¢ Provinw. Member5
of the Provincc are inyolvcd in thi5 Wotk in hospital& hospices. nursin8 h(mes.
mtnunity ¢are atÈd within thc con￿￿U￿11Y In 8ddi IiLin, Ihe Ch%kriry mu&t ¢ar¢
for the ¢lderly members of th¢ Pr0viTr￿ who arc now IhETll5cIvc5 in need of£8te.
RcliLf of wjverty. prOmLXiQll Df edue4tion. J￿tice aTbd ather chaTitablc activitic
£595.117: Ihi5 iTrcludcs eXr￿nditU[e ort 8 mumb¢r of headin&% iD¢luding Promoii4]n Trr
811 i$pects of Educatitin, Juslicc, pt8tc & rtCLTrn¢ilialion. Overseas development aDd
supporu Pa%tora] and Social and dcYclopm¥nt, Support ol. othtt ¢haiiii¢¥groups
and Involvement ITr crilical global and IDtal i35Utk
Upk¢¢p of listed asse￿ £205,139.. the ChaTity ovdn& a nurrtbcr of ptoiected stru￿ute&.
The StrU￿ureS typically buildings that pl&￿￿ on thc [￿l￿￿TIme￿I for
Cornmunilies lisied btsildirt8s datAbase. By including them Ljn th5s dllEaba￿, the
impottancL ol Stru¢turtt is r¢¢osnts¢d' th¢y ar¢ legally protECted from harm and
l ￿tUre changcs to Ihc slmclure 8rc eonlrLille<l gLnd n￿nage<l IhroÈJgh the Iwal counci I
and th¢ D¢p?nm¢nt for CowmunyEie5. The Charity T5 Ic8ally requited 10 mBke Sur¢ tI￿l
these siructures do ncK bLYome Lmdangered through tkEBlccl, dcca), damage or a]IT￿.
Invcstment costs - in the year, irjvemrnent C05L% ￿￿Lled £50,986.
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LiSLÈd èssÈ
CFthEr
I chaiFtable
i *li¥i14e%
13
CQ5E5
1%
31%
5t
Ilrex of Exyen¢lllllre
Nei irtCLTrrne lur ycar, th￿C[orc. was £565,012. This syas bEfiJrc the IoAs on TnYcsttnLnt
assets, ￿"hILh whEn ￿kETr In￿ accouttE rcsults in a nei incrc35e in funds in Ihc Tr'Lar ol
£434.105.
Ai 3151 D￿ember ?022, the Chariiy had investm¢llts of £11 .4m. The purp05¢ of these
funds 15 w provide investhJeTht inwme ￿ ptomoie the chariiable objtLiives of the eh&rity
tkd 10 provide ¢Ap1￿1 growth in the rcscrvcs OVCI thr rnLdium I￿￿Tr. Thc objcLlive f¢Jr the
invesimenty 15 Io Bcncrnle a rctun] of 4Oh PEr while utilising thc charity'5 slated
ethical inTr'c5LThcnt policy.
L&P {Cantor Fitr.geralJ IreldinJ} are app&inted ￿ acÉ &s
Disc￿li0￿ary JnveSiEneni ManagEr.
The investment fvnds hal'e an ethi¢al i nY¢simeni screen; Ih¢y ¢x¢tude ¢LTrmPalli&5 thai fall
foul of cenaitt eihic&I ctile¢i41, whete POS&iblÈ, favLrtEr Slrtk5 that providt pOSiliV
b¢n¢fiis 10 s4xicty. As notrd ¢arli¢r, thc Charily also holds a numbEr of Positivc Irnp2cI
Invosimvnts Ihat dircrt mDnry towards ￿]fIlling certain positive ethical criteri
The Tnuees, with their investsnent advi$Llrs, review thc krtvcslmcnts on a regulskr bxsis.
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At the end of lhe financial year, the ¢othl funds ofthe charity arnollnwd to £21_lrn. Of thi&
£0.2m is resiri¢ied for specific purposes stt l.-irtancial StatenienL% no￿ J 6_ Of the
balance, £6.5m is represented by properties artd other tangible fÈxed 8ssets esseniial for the
Tunnin8 01 thc Charity.
The Trustets have dcsisnaied I￿(￿￿¢[ £13.1 m to provide for
Mi%5ion Minigtry WQTks and Congtegation Living needs. Dc￿lIS arc #ivtn notc 14
of thes¢ Finan¢iaa statements. The Tr￿e5 will continue to rcyiew and Tea&scss thcse
desigrJaiion$ IJD an oD-going bL8i
Un.desIgn8i￿ or general fvnds £1.3m. Thi5 equate5 10 gpproxim4tely 4 Month5
ofunrcstritsicd chatitsble ¢xpertdilUre. Tht Trustees w.￿￿[d like this 10 bc higher as. giv¢n
the naturc of thc Charity'5 work and It￿ ctFrnrniltncnib, Ihcy conJidei Lhe level of Iree
reserves should be equ&l to approxirnaidy 6 to 12 months. cxpcndiLutr.
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Review of Objectives for 2022
ObjEctiY¢4 Set
To coniinvc 115 C4JttuTrÉltucul to thr cArG of Èh
Sisters thr Pi¥v[n￿.
To la¢ilithic and support thc Si51ets i
undÈTldki
IEK ch￿ri1
To undcrtthc an in-depth engagcTTrEnt with CVEty
memter ollhr Pro%irKr.
Progtess Rtvitw
Aciiviiic5 Achii'vcmtrnts
Oui Re
ch 5isl¢r vi5il¢d urKt rtsrmal
¢otsver￿li0n ¢omplet
Lcad¢r5 wrnpl¢tcd R¥fTttih¢r
Pr(J¥T#ftktrt¢ (Kyffih#rrfie InstitLlte)
co￿rtICl ManagemenE for
cts
HR Tea￿ WcbinAT
Inilial restrllcturaA8 completed
Tv prvTr'id¢ prograJnnws of suppott tD
develop IrHd¢T5.
recont1gvre m<idrl ol lo¢&t l¢Adership ¢0 r￿e1
the clwi
ee&4 o[Ihe .
To thvi5¢ a 3-yERf 51ratcgy ￿ suppon ihc
floLLrishin
uf R¢li
iTrU5 Li fc our lim¢.
To a¢￿10p OD-going education arKE fomation
cesse5 arKt ￿}Gla7 '
U511#.
To in aTLd Ex￿￿ordi[b￿L y Chaplcr ¢v￿t
Wjth PTO¥inrt5 aTÈd ￿81D1]S of th¢ Mcrcy
CoJwe¥aiiOn furtknr th¢ PT(1¢¢% of 8vvernatict
restructurin
To wo*k e¢llthorativrly with *ih¢r ¥r&uPS
agehLtie$ in ttsptyttdins ¢0 ¥lobAI aTrl
local needs.
To convent a C¢pFr t￿hOrt IE)
assisi wider y￿eMbe￿￿1p de%'elopkn$ a
Aclion Plan for eate of cOTtu￿On HornE.
FipDt ycar ￿T￿pl¢tr￿_ CommLtAiiy
¢ILSWnD io b¢
trt.
Education I￿lTE￿[S ufKÈ l¢¢ttsit
rity tsfter¢xE tts
On-Èoio& Se¢ Acitviiieg ￿Thd
AthieveMeTrLs thYougEM)ut Ileport.
fjroup inauguratt4 wider
menthership Co1￿]Ited. and
priorklic5 idcnlifi¢d.
geepDge31 ff
n)aiLtiitt the sarty￿ar&I￿￿ gtrntlLLre% zt
National ProvÈncial
Icvds.
To move tD coniploiion of transfer of
iru51ccship of the fom?er St Michael'g
Gr￿￿&T School to the DiiKv3o of
ththmi?re.
To a cotÈunitment to CCMS.lod
IIY¥Oliuli Dn5 rc fuiurc Prin￿ Sch(bDI
IQVi$iQn in Nurth B¢lfa51.
To ￿1]Y¢l￿ ￿Lgage Yv'ith DE and CCNIS in
prf>mylion dcvclopmcni of M￿Y
Lolle
e, Betr￿$1_
Complete.
Pr(Ko55 5Mtlcd duE to c￿￿18￿.
Ha5 b￿￿ d¢laY￿ 5llr io
tJrEx￿U1II.r.
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Future Plans and Obj¢ctiYes for 2023
The TtUsÈccs will contilluc ￿ give directiLln 10 th< 8oveni4rt£¢ responsibiliiies for the
Charity. They will moniior nccds s￿ndIng plans, efticieniiy manage exisiing
a55ets to Bencrate iTrcome necessary to acTrLiCVC thc Charity's aiifis. They Will $￿pPOrt Ihe
W(yrk5 of the Charity and the Sisters who work in thc various Aclivilies. The Trustees will
eortiinue ￿CollabOrate with other Chariii¢5 whn hai'e objcctives in kccpin8 with the obJc6Es
Dlthe Charily.
The Sistcrs arc thc mainstay vllhe Charit), and are its ¢hief agents. hal'ing cavenanted their
ljve5 in dedIca￿L scrvic¢ i)f thc idLals of the Stsicrs ofma ercy. 'I"he 'I'rusitts slre commilled
to the onBoillE carE of all th£ sistcrs. Howcver, cvncettL for frail older Si51¢rs is an s)nsoin
halJeng¢ in a tirne of unprecedeTrted chanBC in ￿1r dcrnogrdphi¢S. When necessary,
nursing horne car¢ will k acmsed for S isier5 requiring full limL r&rk'.
The Charity will..
Continue its commitrncnt to the iMBoill8 care of all Sisiers.
F￿111rale aDd_%upport the Sis￿r$ in undcrtakiTrg Charity's a¢liVitieS.
Work collAbonitively ￿lih oiher groups and agencies in responding to 4lobal
local needs.
Create Clus￿[ Communslit5, cutth with a 'Hub', to faciliiate leadersliip and
en8a8erncnE ofall mcmbctg
EnsuTe supwjrt-progrnmme for leaders.
Undertake an in-dq)th Iwwicw of As5ÈSlcd LiVill# Con%'ertts ift support of vJbrL￿t
lift.giving ￿Mm￿li￿e￿, to maxirnTrse our provis10rt ole8re resi>urces.
s￿PpOrt the eeniral L¢4dership T¢am building cohcsive channcls of
cornrnuttitaliom, sh8ted apptoa¢he5 and common pYaaic<s with meTnbErs of
Provinc￿ and tlegiOEls ol the Mercy Con8rega¢ion
Establish Ac¢ion Plan prioriiics to addr￿5 Carc for CrLaliDn throughoui th¢
wider membership.
Nljintain thc S3fcguarding Structutcg at Naliomal 2nd Provincial levels.
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gtructtue, Governance & Management
-1 h¢ 8ovemin¥ i nstrurncnL OF Ihc Nijrthttn PILIVin¢¢ IS the ConstiLUliOnS of the Sisters of
Mercy. Jt W115 adDptcd by thc Gcn¢ral ChaptLr of thc Cun8rtgalion (August 1994) and
apprlJ%'¢d b). thc CongT¢galion fE7t In5l1tUt￿ of Con5ccraicd Li Ic in RoTnc (April 199 5).
Thc Prov incc is one of four Provinc¢s ith Ir£la￿d atjd 13 an unincorpora￿d &55L7ci4Iion.
Thc BovcmThcntal structure of the ConBregatinn of thc Sisters of Mercy involvcs a nuTnber
L)f inter.c[pnne￿ed units.. Iwaj, provi nciaL and congregational. The naiure of the authority
in ea¢h unir is dcscribrd in Ihc C4)nsliluliiinS. IThL Pr4)VinLC is * urtit IJ f Ihe Cortgre8Ation
I￿vIng thL pcr50nnel and other re5ourccs to support its life, mi&sion aThd rncThbcr5hip.
pFViiiiJvtÈ￿l of 1P￿1￿￿￿1￿1 Leorf¢Mhlp Trtyml
The Charity is gov¢ThieJ by Ihe Provin¢ial Leader and f¢arn whTr or¢ el¢¢￿d ei'ery stx years
by Si51¢r% in tht Provirt£e, The Provinci Al Lead¢rship T¢am are Ihe 1'Nsi¢cs (pf lh¢ Charity.
It5 tyjeinbers th4)seA for theit expertise artd skills as M*ll as experierJ¢e and
knLlwledgc ofthc Consrvgaiion. its natu￿ and ￿l&S￿on.
The TruSLetS are rncrnbcrs ofthc Congrcgalion of thc Sistets of Mcrcy. They rcccivc no
per3oD31 retnuner&tion for their s¢rvices as Trustees.
The T￿$￿e5 (Jf the Chariiy meei regularly. -rhe 'L'h&pier' allows &ll Sist¢tS to enga8e in a
prolong¢d p¢rivd ol IcllL¢iioTLlprdyer, IwaluatiLTrn and planThins Mrilh a lts¢us the
dtVLIopthL'nt of PDIicic8 cttcctivE USE of re50urcts in an &&SEssrnent of CUTrenL
iurc nccds.
TrL￿c5 aUeTtd formal Irainins their (Euties and seek guidance and advice as necessary
from Itsal, inves￿(￿t and piopErty advi&LTrrs on thc i55ucs which ati5c in ca￿l￿g out Ih¢ii
dulles. PtlJles5ional adviso[5 assist with various aspEcts of slemwdshtp and thE gcnctal
managcrncnt of the 4&sei% gf the C harity.
Sy5lLins olaccountabil tty operate thrLIU8hout the Chllrity. It reporLS apnuaJly to the Charity
Regulaior and fonn4lly within Ihe organi5aiion every thre£ years_ 11Je Yrovinci al I'reasurcr
adinink51er5 the &ffairs of Ihe Ch8rily Urtder the dirtctiLm of the PrOVinei81 L¢8d¢r And her
Team. Most ot'lhc irt¢omc ofthL Charity is gcnL[￿lld from Sisiets. silaiies. SLiPCll(Is an
F￿slO￿& sale of propcrly and invesltntnts. ThL saljw, 5tiprnd and pcThsion incom¢ 15

voIuntsTily doThakd 10 a eotnmort fiJn<L adminisiered throvgh a ProviD¢ial s￿￿?￿d￿1p
office.
The Charily H'ork5 in partncr5hip 2ndlor collaboration wilh minisiry cfjlEeagues, siaiviory
and voluntary bDdie5, rcligious consrc8aliOnS find pyrish aftd ditsC¢S8rt groups in ser¥'ins
the local and wider comrnunity. SoTnt Sistcls arc c￿pIl)Y¢d irt these otganisations. and
oth¢Y Sisters 4r¢ voÈun*¢rs. As a member of AMRI. the Charily is part DI" th¢ colleelivc
voice ol Religious Congr¢gaiion5 in awaTcn¢&% raising rGSPtpnding To EurruLI and
Ernugin8 50¢i&l jusl lee isstses.
Risk
The TruSlce& elJnSCienliOusly attend io 8ovem8nce, managemept and operational risk$
thrL)ugh thL, following:
> IDipl¢nientation of strategic plan5 for Chaptcr priorili¢s.
Trainins and support ffK Irustec 3tLd staff.
> FitMn¢iAI And LWQtimal p¢rformJnG¢.
Insurance ¢ov¢r.
> Suitabiaiiy anj IDatnteDance of building
> D41ts backup pr(Fcedures and security mea$ure5.
Mirtisiry activiti¢s t)f Sisters.
> Safeguarding.
> Heal¢h 4n4 SAf¢ty.
> IrtttFrtaE PoliCi¢S artd Pt￿edi1￿s.
Employmenl Policies a￿d Pi<Jcedurts.
Property
The Sisters of Mercy ¢ommined to a lifestyle rEflccting thc fact that al l our ptsssessions
Art hcld in trusi lor the piomotion ofthe missaon of the Congregaiion,
Professional advr¢c is ￿Ught in rel*iion 10 1¢8ses and A8r¢¢m¢nts. prowted ￿Er￿tyr
Planni￿g. hutth and safcty IcEislation, acquisilion. refurbishment and disposaj of property
all￿ all l¢gally bindills i55U¢S atLJ tro￿&￿tiOnS.
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Ilcl
The Trustees ertsurc Ihai policies and good prdeiice guidelines are developed. circula*d
and iinp1einC￿{rd, thal Ihc5e arc fully Gornpliant with all legislaiive rtquirem¢nts and are
regularly cvaluated and updatcd.
Th¢ Charily has furthcr prjticics an(E guidrlints (Fn SlcwaEdshipy Hcalth artd S&f¢ty. Fire
ETr'acualion for all re$ideTh¢i¢5. Safcgu&rding Adults ai Risk of Ham, Data ProtL*lion, Dai
Privacy N'oiic¢s and Stèiem¢nts ¢ic,.
OD¢ 8is*r works as Human Res(Jurces Co-ordirtasor. In adilition 10 managing Hu￿￿Th
Ilesources r(7[ thc Charily, thc HR Ctrordinuior a15L) managed pAndemic-r¢la*d
Tcsponsibilities in proviJin8 regular upda￿$ and guid3nce regulation
Throvghovi the year, Ihe huni3n r¢sourws mdit¢r5 ar¢ al*DJ¢d to saft
recwitineni proioeols and proceclures. sialT induciion. supervision and 3pprttisals Hre
nsioni.ly rnoniliJrL4] 2nd r¢view¢d. -I'hL Charily [￿11), eompliLS With vei%ifi8 obli8aiions_
"I he 14R CviirdiTEator also tnSUIL% ull puliLits in IhL' Slatt. Hart￿￿)0k are fajniliar 10
anagErs and employees and that ihe policies are jrnplernented.
Con5tilutwnsof ihE sisters ol Mey- No. 119119851
-For fhg soke our r￿er(Y rtjlsslon, the ct>Kgr*9ab'Dn tach provsnw Jjos tljt rlgljt to
O¢q￿rE po5¥¢55, tv pdmini5kr grrd 4lr¢notE prippvmr ¢¢mggrol qoo* rEW¢nVE5
[￿c{￿dIng to tlJE rNYms of Un￿1501 l¢Jw untl t1￿ C(￿511[rIN0n5, wJtlJ respe(1 lor CMI low."
cons111￿1￿￿5 pf Ike of Iklerq- Trlo. 118 Il985>
Ive volut the rtst)aJrtts of thÈ ethth 05 41fts DI Gotl Orld thtm o splrtt DI 5tti¥ord5rlAp ... rhe
Spirit of reliqigu5 poverty. we %ek ts hove 0 5Jrvpple lJle5tyJe triJlon(e (Gjnremfvr 4wtlp
A4PPOrt tMd£Omptsssr4￿jWptscVond r?ttdy￿[W1e."
From Lhe mid-1990'5 tlje Congregaiion of the Sif ler5 of me￿>. ha5 had a 8af£Buatding
Policy in plact whith ha5 been reviewed reBulJrly. The Polic), aiws to encnuraBe adcqualc
awareoc$$ and b¢51 practir¢ Bll Si8ier5 in th¢ CiinBf¢8a¢ioN ADd those 7¥arki￿8 lor
the￿, w engwe lh￿ alL children adults at risk of Iwmi are &afeguardeJ fro￿ abuse of
any kind. The Lharity 15 C4)ffltllillLd 10 a culliire IJ Isateguarding and IL¥ ensuring ¢ompl ian
wilh t*s'l praolicc in ihi5 artA. lThe TIu5tee5 at¢ ptu&ctive in compIy"ing wilh ¢iVjl
ec<lesia5lical requircrncn15 lor safcBuatding and aThnuallv Icvicw thc implcmeiiLqtiOn ljf
the Safeguarding Policy and Pr(Kedures.
3Q

feguardlng
The Trusitts hkwe adopte<l th¢ 'SafeguardinE Childrcn Policy Stand8rds for the
CaihoJi¢ ChU￿h in Ireland., 2D16. 1"h¢y adlier¢ 10 aDd irnpJernenL thE Child Salcsuarding
Prjlicy wilhin thc NoTlhcm Provinee.
The Charity has a robust S31cgu*rdiTrg situtturc ift plaee. The Safe8uardiDg Manag¢r is the
tksignatrd l.iaisnn Person for the Pro*'iTrce. WiTh the Salestsardsng C'(frordino¢or sli¢
promotes And overse￿ be￿ practice in sa feguatdin& liai&ing with the Siatuiory authoriti¢s
and cxtLma] d8encics 85 nettssary arjd appropriat¢.
T.he Safe8ii&rding Commiliee convenes quarterly. IL% n]embers rnOllitOr and Support lh¢
irnpIcTt]cniaii(Jn of the SafeS￿ardIng StShndar(Lq anJ ensure5 a styotLg safcwarding culLurc
iyithin th¢ Charity.
TlJ¢ Sqfeswirrfivg SlruiegK IYfjFI 2t72ei - 10?3
The S￿regUardIng $￿alegIC Plan is bascd upon Siart(12rds 1. 5,0 and 7 of Ihe NRSCCCI
(NaiÈonal Board for SafrguardinB Children in Catholic Church irt Irelandl. It svides the
developmeni of safeguardin8 I￿L￿t practice withtn PrOVi￿c￿. The completion of Ihe
SA feguarding Annu&l Audii and RetM)r¢ also J$sisls with thc monilviirt8 of s4te$u4knlin8
PTaCticc within thL Churily.
¢w fft¢mbers of staff rcreive induction ill 5alc8uardin8 artd 8re afforded t)ppominiiies
t(¥ Uttend SafeBuar4ing lDft>rmation sessions. Thcy arL' a150 iS5ueil wilh E)n infomio¢io
pack and supporring materials ID relation to ' Safcguatdin8 Childrtn 8tuI Adu Its at risk
iyl. 8buse.' Safeguaroing,. Records o r comple￿d induction proce55CS art m(mitoted by
thc Hurnun Resources cLHJrtIsn&￿r and ar¢ retained in the workplacc.
Art￿￿01 Sttlcrgardltt¥ Stl[athlll
A yearly Ttvicw of Sistcts, ministry ertga#ethents Is caLTied ollt by the CIEarity. Sithrs arc
mainly involved in miTri5Rry With childr¢n artd mirtislry w ith adults at risk of harnj.
through ¢xiemal Organi￿10￿& e.g. 5¢hoo15. tkarishc5, nkwsing homes 2nd volunthry
Dt8anisaEÈonS.
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Sisters are increasingly i￿vI)IVed iniemally in pn)viding and managirtg c&re for older
Sis*ts who are drcmcd at risk and tLNuifc 5UPPL7rt and a55isL￿tt.
Cljlldreli
Thc Congrcsation o f the Sist¢rs nf Merry adop*d lh¢ Poli¢v and 8uidanc¢ of th¢
NatioTral Raard fot Safegiiartlillg CAildi¢rt irj the Calh￿1[c Chu¢ch IA Ireland
1Tr4R %CCCI), 2016, Th¢ L￿M$f¢¥￿tional InicrntLional Child Salegugiding Poliiy ansj
Standartts ha5 btcn Eppruvcd by thc NaiionaL Buard. All SislETS Sthly comply
With th1.5 Policy_
In Augu5l 2022. the Mercy Child 8afeguardirJg Policy Swiement Was Upd￿ed and
dissefftiTkated w platrs ofministry Wish chitdren artd IL) the larger communities.
Thc Ili$hTrp5 Confer¢n¢e and lh¢ A5SOC1Lition of Mi55ionari¢s and Religiou5 In5litviions
of Ireland joinily L4)rn tni&&iohed exlth&ivt Rt%'iLw ot- Child SèEfL8uaril inÈ prdeliet
wiihin Ihe CaiholiL Church in IrclaTKJ, li was Conduct￿ by an indepcndent exlcrnal
orsanisaEiLin (RSM). The Sisicrs of Mcrry. Northen Province particiwed iTk this
Rcvicw.
SfflcRyiirrfltig .4dtsllS Rl.¥k of Hrtr
The Tnislees are commllted to promolirtg the satety. wellbciftg AyEd proIL¢lion of 8dul
ai risk in minisitiC5 and in communiliE5. Thcy lake all allcgations arLd disc105ures or
8bust 5criou51y.
Thc Chariry 3dheres to the legislaiiv¢ requirements and the policy guid8rtc¢ i n place in
Northern Ireland. I he Charity's Poliey Artd Protedure5 SofesuL7rdiAg Adiills L7r Risk of
Harrn. is based on lh¢ Niyrthetn [￿laTrd Policy "Aduli St7/£gI￿r￿1￿s. Prev£￿110￿
Proieeiion PoriNerJhip. N_l. ' xnd has bccn di5SErnitLated to Sisters and starr living,
minisi¢rin8 and workins in Nonbcrn Ireland.
l ellliix- Accw Nr
Thc Office ManageTr is fttPL)nsible for ¢tro￿l￿alIng Ihe yelli￿$ process &rtO ￿￿￿13￿18t￿Js the
vctting in aceordi1nce Wilh Access Nl requi ￿meNts. The O I'lice mart88￿ is a
&LcrediteJ "frainer wilh Ihe Naiioftal BoAtd irtd assist5 ￿'1th Ehr dclivcry of safcguardinB
trairting.
In January 2022 a Verification ofideniificatiOTE Fonn sv45 introduced 10 support th¢
v¢IEtng process.
Sqf¢gAftrrfl•Y$ Chllrfrgn Trrflnlml
S&feguardill8 persortnel 8iiertdcil ttainirtg event5 ho51cd by thc National Boatd
12

J,Es¢ening Meeting (13.01.2022)
.1 rAin¢rs Updale {19_01.2092)
Train the'frainers Cours¢ (Apri LIMay 2022)
Anrtual SAI eouAiding Conference (11.05.2022)
Risk Ass¢ssrnrni S¢1 t" Audit pr(Kess {2Q.09.20221.
Rcvicw Dfthc SafcguardiTkg ChildTcn Polt•' siandard& 20I 0 (10.1 I.2Q22)
mctropollL￿ Eccle&iastical Arca MEctin8 { E3.12.2022)
Safeguarditjg pErsrJnncl atttuydcd ttsining tvcnt5
K¢¢ping Children Safe (L-LeamiTh￿ - Sa fe8uardiDg Co-ordinator (16.03.2022)
MandaTed Pers(Trn E-Le4knin8 - 38fegu8fttirk8 Manager {I1.(14.2022)
SA feguarding Children thainirtg provided by Trainers 10 S ist¢rs in lon￿3 Centre,
Ca5Llebl&ncy. (15.06.2022)
SaJeg4ardlng14dults TrglTr1ft9
Adull SafcguardinB oij-linc ttaining etsnjplrtcil by 2 stAff. (24.01.22)
rjcmentia Care cOmple￿d by 12 stat7(on-linc accrcdilcd trainin¥).
End of l.ife MMplet￿ by 15 staff (on-linE traintng).
MedicatioD Trai niDs completed by l membcr {on-linE acctcdiicd tr&inin$)
Sttltgtsordlt)g Updotes/ SoJe4uordlrJo Communlrnrhn Record
Thc Trus￿ rcCO￿lse the iMp￿tIn¢C of keeping S'isier5 and s￿ff inf(TrfFn•J of b¢
practic¢ and developments in relation to safcBuarding.
SJ fe8vardiTE8 infOThnatiOT￿UPdalCS werc wovidcd tI￿UU8h nCwsleii¢rs, ctsm¥*pondence
mtttinB5 via Room conferencing. A rnccting as a15D hL'ld wilh Loeal Leaders
Area Group Co-ordinators LQ provirte an updatr in retat iorh to salc8uarth.ng dcYeEs)PJTEcrJtg
{J.(M.'22)
Tntrr-PEOTr'incial SafLsuaTdin8 M2na8erS revised the Con8ttgational Safeguarding
Vulnctablc Persons Policy, llpdalcd s&fcgu¥wditt8 infom21ion on ¢he Congregaiioreal
ebsit¢ and considered the cornpilation of the Safcguarding Scif-&udil piU¢eSS.

ReFeLence And Admini%tra
ve DLtii1s
Narne of Charity
CongregAtion of the Sislers of Mercy.
Northern Province
Ch2ri iy Nurnb¢r
CCN1:102827
Provinci471 H(Truse
74 Main Street
Clo8h¢r
Co. Tyrorte
Bf16 OAA
Addre55 of Prineipal
Otyiee
Sr. Rose Mari¢ Conlan (Provifioiydl L4>Jer)
St. MeN￿llY (A¥iytanl PrwiDci&l
Trustee
(Provirttial Lead¢r5hip
Te￿￿>
Sr. hfary De Largy (p￿￿¢1￿ Teth MerfLEet)
Sr, Ain¢ ewnpbell (ProvinGiil Team M¢mbeF)
Sr. fvlabel MwroD {ptOvi¢Leiil Ttkni Mcrfnbet)
Sr. Aine McGotdrick
Provincial Tieasurer
Daly, Park & Co
6 TTevor Hill
Newry
Co Dowrt
BT34 J DN
Independent Audi*ors
AIB (Trffj
Meadowbarkk House
143-145 Str2nd Rolld
Principal B8nktrs
BT48 7TN
Investment ME￿￿gerS
SetaThts Asset Mansgemeiit Ltd
UDi8¢$tson SA
GL NlcGowan
The Souare
Batbri88an
Co Dublin
K32 XTq61
Sol icitors
34

ithdpwnt1￿t audktorf$ wrt to th• trust¢e% of (￿¢re￿￿tIon olthe SF51ers r)f Mercy NorthErn
Piowlr¢re
Oplnh
We FWE avditEd Èrbar*ial statÈmèrttS DIC¢)￿g¢ÉgaliO￿ of the Srsters of Merry Northeffl Pipvin£E for
the yearended 31 December 2022 4yhiGb cornyi5E Ihe St￿tE￿n￿nI Firtarttral AciTp¢ltFeS. ihÈ Èalafi¢e
Sheet and thE rekted notes L¢ th* h'rtatsC4al statements. InclvdlnB a SuM￿￿ry of 5ign4fiF3Trt aEIDunlin
pollcEes. The financial reporyin8 framEwDrk thal ha5 bEerb appliÉd irt their pre￿ratIon 15 IppIIcFJble liw
It￿ Uplited Kln8doM ACCOUlltlnB Stindaid5, ifbcludiw Farwrbfiol Reporting Stanc5arO 102-Thts Finarttial
Repprtiw Standard aPPlitablÈ in thè iJK Republicof Ireland- IUnlte41 Kin8dom Gerte￿Ily ￿￿Epted
At<0￿￿tIn8 Pi&ctlce}.
lfi 095nlon the fir43ficli I slOterTrpiitS:
g4we i true and f&krvlew oFthe stale of the rFtariV5 3ffaifs a>aE 11 D￿ÈM1Jer 2022. and of Its
tDtal inttsmir* rèSOLrr(Ès and È%*Thd4tuie of rtsouiit& for ihe yehr IhEn en¢e¢.'
ha￿ beén piD￿rIY pre￿red ITh accordince wlth Unlied KI￿0￿ Gerteially ArtePtÈd
A(CDLrntins PrKtirp',
have bpen prepar￿ in at(tsrdan￿ WFth thÈ réoul¥éments of the Charllle5 {Ngrthem Irel3rKI)
5asRs fov ¢plnloffl
We corkducted oyi in ￿(￿rdanc? wtth 1th￿l￿a￿lI)ha1 Stahdords on Audktiw IUKI11S45 IiJKTr) Irwj
ppliealJlÈ law. 0￿r iesponsibllltles u nder I*05e sta nd¥ry15 *lFE harlhpr de5rfibEd irt thE Audlzorfs
re5pofL5ilJilifie5 for lh¢ 3 udit of thE finarttpal siaiements st<tion of our report_ We pre in¢eF]¢fb¢erf of
Iho tha rity ift accordance wllh Ihe ethlcal reou irement5 Ihlt aiE reEevant to C>LFr aud li of Ihe flfiancla I
5t3ternentS 4n tPbÈ UL lrtdudI￿ thè FRtrs Ethpcil Standi￿, Ind we h?ve ftJlhl*d our taihét Èthital
reswn51bllltiE5 Sn &ccoidBTrre wifh the5E rEq￿l[￿rnÈr￿ts. bÈliETryÈ that thÈ abdlt ewldefflct we Ikwe
tainpd is su￿￿1ÈMI and èt4JitsPfiat& ￿ provide 8 basls forour opinlgn.
rdu5iDTr5 lelating tè*DFrtÈ
We have nothing h) repDrt 4n IÈ5VCt DI followlfig ￿￿tlerS ID relilion to which thÈ ISAS {UKI
us to report to you where:
the trLk5lee5' Use of Ihe 80in8 fQllfErn ba515 ofaEtountirtÈ in the piÈparatkn of the ftnartckl
is rtcrt approp¢iatè: oi
tho irustets ha4re plot dlsckysed ID the financl3151atempnt5 ary FdEntilrod maiÈrtal ￿nCe￿int4es
ttsl ffl3y r35t signili(ant doubt abtrut thÈ tha rit¢s ibilily tLI to adopi thE £Dlll8 EofbfPffl
basis Df atcouThtJn8 for & perlod of al k151 twekwe tnonlh5 fTQrn thÈ dalè whtn the firkar￿la
xiternenE5 Bre authgri5ed *or issue.
3$

Olhei Intormatk
TThe trus*t5 afe respornsiblÈ fo¢ thÈ othef infoimatitsn. ThÈ tsther iThfDrfflatitin ¢¢mprisesthÈ informatiDfF
In[l￿e￿ in the iwstee5' reporL Dtler the flnanclal statements i nd oui audi10rf5 fetKbrt
thefeon. Our the tinanrièl 5tatemÈrtts does not ¢yvei thE pthEr infoimalian and: exc?Pt t
thÈ ÈX￿￿tot￿￿[wl5E explbtitly stated in our reporf, we do expres5 any of assy￿￿(E conclus￿)E1
thEreofi.
In comertlon Wilh Our audtt OT thÈfiTh3htial statÈmÈrFtS, résptrnslbility is to ¢Èad ihe other
InfDrmat*)n aThd. In 5P, fQll5idErwhether Ihe olPErinft>rmBtipn bs m?teri?IIy 4Throny51EnfwFth tP
finaTrtiil slltementsor Qui knowkdge obtolned ln tht avdli Qr Qthtrwlse èppeais to be mitertally
mi5Staied. If idpnlifv such mitEtial in(t)rt5i5tenrip5 or aptjiiellt m6ieriil miss￿￿￿￿￿ts. are
requsred to deiermlfie wheiher t￿￿￿}5 a material Mlssknterrtéfii In thè finafbtial itatEMiefbts or
M4tefièl mlssialÈmÈrrtoFthE Othèr i*fonr4atiOn. If, baSEd on rhp wtsrk P￿re performed, v¢È (t)ntl￿￿
that IPErE 15 ￿ rnaterlal mi551atement of thls Other Inth)rmatlon, we ait required to reptrrt Lhat *act. W
have nDthing to rEpDrt in thi5 regarfl.
Matt*rs Dn vJ*lch we •re re9ulred to report by exctpt
Wp hwE nothin8to reFhDrt Irb r85pectof the followlng MèltÈrs sn rélsiion to 4*hlth Ihe Cha￿LIe
IAc(ounts RÈport51 Re6u13liDfkS {NDrthErn l¥Elandl 2015 Teouire lo repgrrro yov it, in ¢Jyr
Ihe aDform4Uoft In financi81 li inttsn141tÈnt in any Matèrial tÈswtt With thÈ
tnJStéÈ£ repprt: o
JuffitienL acEountinE recoid5 h3ve not bEen kept: or
the flnantial Sta￿r￿ents a rè ffjDt irt with thp aEcuunling t>r
wt Mtrt rÈtehÈtF all IhÈ ifÈfDrmèiiDn antF ÈApknatiOnS WE fequirefor¢lll iudtt.
RÈwn5ibE1115p5 Df tNs*es
explained WTe in the trLPSiee< responsibllltles %1&ter￿Tht wt I)￿1 on paÈé 2. thé t¥￿1￿￿È% a
PDnsiblt thÈ preparation firbarbEial statEments whirh give 3 true and talrview, and for su(h
IrrtÈr￿al (Dntrtsl thp tIU5tee5 ¢etermirLe 15 fbece55&ry to enable tbe pre￿ratIOn rèl fill3￿1&1 sLitem￿lS
iTe free from mareiFal miSSkn)tÈmeni whÈLhpèr due tD fraud oreiror.
In preparrng the fillèntial stBtsmEn15, thE trn5tee5 are re5Wn5ible (ora55e551n8 the chiritrf5 ability to
ttsntFnuE a5 a EPIfj8 cffjncern, dlsclD51fj& a&appllcabfe. marters relitÈd to concèrn uslng thÈ
sgin8 wncern èèsis ¢fatc¢unting uTh1¢55 th¢ tru51eE5 Elth¢r i ntplld to liq￿Id￿lE IhE Ehlrity orl? GPa5
¢peiati¢n% or have M reillstK alternitive but to do so.

AudFt(¢5 fp5PDfk5ibilitTe5forthE audit of thE finanif315tateEnEnts
OurobjÈttiveS io obtaiTh atsu¥arttÈ al￿t whÈthÈr IhÈ fIna￿tIal statÈments as a whol
are freo fro￿ miteriil ffjP551I1Emefii, whElher to fray¢ erfQl, to aLE¢ifprf5 rEp
Ih3t include>Ouroprnitsftr. RéasDnab￿ assu1a￿E@ is a hith lÈ¥Èl of assuiante, rjut IS ntbl a gu4f4nteÈ thit
an 8LHlit corbdvcled in i￿ordIn[e wilh1545 IIJKI will ilwiy5 dEterl i m•tEltal mi5StatemerFt whEn Ft
Èxi5t5. MySStatÈméThts tan a rast f r¢JEn f rèud Or and ale torbsldÈre& matÈ¢ièl If. 1ndl￿dLjI lty in
E6reB?te. they c?vld rea&onikly be e¥peae4 to influeFbEt thE defjisiprks gt u%rs lakeTron ihe
bas&$ of ihÈsÉ fi nanciél
A further 6escrfptlofj of ovr ie5pon51blllile5 f(br the audlt (bf thE ffinanrk•l 51itemEllt5 15 lfjcateJ on thE
Flnantial Reptsrting Ctsuntil's websP(tr aT= wwW.frt.org.uVaud ittsrsre¥iorTr51 bililies. Thls descripttorn lorm5
pin of our iudtrorf5 repurt.
Il5p of rer<Kt
Thi5 repprt 15 madE spletryig Ihe (￿Tr￿S tru5teE5, a5 a l)ody. ITh actordanÈÈ wjth DurenÉagement *tker.
Our ￿L￿11 work h&s bterb undert8ken so ihit we fftiBht sthte to the chariiys irL￿eE5 IPM15e m3i*rswp
arp required its stale tD t￿M in 3LOiwe5 relth and for tsther Purpase_To ihÈ lullesl &Kt*nt
imltted by18w, we do not ac£ept orassume re5pofk51b51ity l(b anyoTre o%hErth thE th￿ricYan￿ Ihe
(harl￿$ ITL￿5￿*è5 a5 B I>Ddy, F¢[ ¢uf a￿di1 w&rk. l¢rthiS ièwrt, Dr thè opinlon5 we have h)irned.
Oaly Park & Company Ltd
ChartÈiÈd Actoununls &
Resi5fered AL￿11￿r5
6 frevor Hlll
H￿I￿ry
BT31 ION
27lh 2023
37

Statsment of F5Mncl•l AciivltlES
lutthè yeèf ÈndÈd 31sk DÈtÈthbÈi 2D2
fun&y
Totsl
Totsl
INEamlr4
Irpm¥enirotin&
I[TrreSkn￿ Incorr
I￿￿￿1[1& rrAXv¢ts fr47vn Ihwi14bly
Voluntary In[￿n
oth¥ I￿
22i$46
19J57
3.470.97J
132L936
JIO,937
3235D
19.157
3,470,971
3ZI,936
661114
5,031d,699
5.034.71Q
514J>
(tr)IS pl ￿n￿r4111n&
Invelttnent rr48nwM¢nl ¢t>srs
CINPr*4bli xtl¥itl
5Q35
4,25IT12
50.985
1g1,CW 4AI8,712
41NS4
,UZU7F
4,3(Ilh
I￿[￿ 4A6g.6g
t*t8aln5llt055e514N
G•irl Ort &il• ItYVE51TheTht PrDPErtie5
11¥9)7)
412,680
113D.
113D.g0
4d2,6WJ
l*t ITh
£4)2.Q)4 1167.iJtt9>
34,105
89141G
Tthl fund5 bro¥ht It1p￿ard
24142th12
371.604 2ts.n4,216 19,B12
Totsl Bartl￿d for¥Ard
2Q,Mq.3¢
1tr3.615 21.14&3IB
20,714.2 16
Thq rtatemETrt of finartElal 3£t&rfibE5 Incl￿￿￿5 al &aln5 k>sses ITr the iltrpFelDre a 5eporatè 4aEemEnl of tvul
lossys lJ¥sn¢i pr¢p¥¢4.
l of theitrtheortwrt51i1ot¢iO(<•tinulng Xtywciu.
38

8aknnce Sheet
iozz
Amed
&.stssio
11,371978
60È5,153
10,21W4
￿l￿entS
li
17,891
17:D¥131
11)Z.fj72
3,229,479
(&5h at èrbd In hatKI
1693.2
3,33Z.1S1
3,755,551
une
13
V4,321}
(69,5661
f ￿rrefit a55ets
3,157,E30
tlet 455
11.JIS,31E
2D.71fj.E16
203,G15
371.EOq
2tI.JfjLs12
Unre5trictrditKotN lund5
Totsl
21.148.31S
2D,714316
Thp frna ncial statÈthèntSwÈrÈ appfovÈtl by thÈ truStÈe on 27th JLr1y 2023 and slgned on boarW5
behèlf bv
5r. Rvse CpnlBn
Truslet
Sr. PwpeW4 McNyRv
TtU5tÈe
3*-

cath Flow 5t*éthèht
for thEyearendE¢I 315t )EiernlJer 2021
ioii
BSIA16
105.2ry2
232.17k
D￿fide￿&S Irom ifNt51mryrtrs
Profft Sale Ufbi￿b}e weTS
¢hWL￿￿)lDe¢Wst1rt deboo
IL3229361
1443931
4.755
&IDO
?8,296
Net ￿5h I0￿wI l knHow Irom oppr&tlHI 4(t14I1b25
[$64,159
279M5P
2NJ53
L145.422
1371,SYBI
[2,5i&a56
P￿￿ed5￿￿M dl4KbsaI￿1t￿￿blt flxÈd
C•ptr•l cK#￿￿turE
I￿reas2 In ￿lut al In¥¢srniènis
L41&692
¢•sh I￿￿trY¢￿t
1463.ts31
ILOX163È1
Re<4rbt1f￿llort IbJwlprnp¥w¥t¥rlTh rwl ¢¢1
Int￿￿1{O￿t*StI In ¢15h Inth*y*
l•pt Cxhlt LJawiry2DII
3,7931
3,691272
Ilvt C•th4t 31 fJe(embpr 2012
3,229,479
2M3,27Z
4tJ

Noie5 to FlnBKlwl St*ements
Iwthe y•w •nd¢d 31st Decen￿1 2022
polk1¢5
The princ5pol 3c(ourting ptblitie5 5vmfFkiilsed below. Thp ￿r￿U￿ti￿ pt>fTrÉ4E* havè bEEn
pplied tOnwStpntty thft>L*hout yeatantE piÈcÈdirtE veal.
B35i51rf Prepar3tl¢n
ThÈ fi'fiantial staiements ha¥È ￿￿￿ prépaiÈd ln a￿Ord￿nC* wlth AccountlDB ReportlnE by
Charitie5'. Slaterneni ￿ RerornmpndEd Pfjcticp ￿ppliE1b1￿ to thaiii*ÈS pfèpaiind Lhèli xt¢)uf•Ès
in atuidantQ wiLh Financral Reportlw Standaid appllc6b1e In i*e IIK and Repuljlic of IrelincE
IFIt51921 lthrtive l January 20151- (Ch3ritiEs SORP IFR5L021}, ihÈ Fbnancial AeptrrtinB Standa*d
applp(ablÈ In the UK &nd kepubllc iretsrbd ¢FRS102J ar¥1 the ChirLtiE5 Report51
Re8ubtiDn5{NTrrth?rn Irpjandl 2015. Ih PiÈParirt% attQurtts thÈTIbS￿Ès have con51dered
wheiher In applyin8 ihe 8uountlfis pTrlkie5 requlred ty FR51Q2 IhE ChariliÈ5 SORP FR5102
th¢ rÈ*tètérrtènt ItÈms was iÈquliÈd. NO adlustmentS to comparaVve5 WPTe
IdEolifled. Thi5 Set offinancial 5tatemEnts1s ihe t115t pippared undpr th41 né4Y logisPatlDn.
12,
In¢omlng
Air incDminE re5aur(e5 arÈ 4titILdÈd in slalerrtent tsl financlèl &ttPwllle5 when the Gh6th15
Entitled to the incDme and tbe amount qV3lltified w¢ith IEAStsnatJlÈ attutaty. ThÈ
follawifi¥ SPÈtif* ptli¢iÈsare applieo to particular taLegorle5 01 Income.,
Grtrrt¥ FntludifiÈÈrafftts for the Purchase of f4x*d assell ale weco8n15ed In fvll In the 5tatemEllt
of flnir4clal attivlSie5 in tbE VEar I￿ whith they ￿￿e1¥￿b[e.
Incorne frow IDwestmeDt515 snrFydp¢ in thp ypaf in whid) it IS reteitrabJ&. DlthlntsiioThs of
irfbdividual alsÉ￿ WiihifF a Portlollo bèlow bmk c￿t are Th3t adju51ed fDr provided IhE portlDli¢
15 a 4vbole, ffj?rketvilue in exre5sibf al[￿k 105t.
Re5oiirtt5 exp]?Tred
Exp￿￿dEtUrÈ is lÈtO$nised ark attrual basis as a t4ability Is IncDrred. Exper￿ Itufe includp5 ar
VAT whkh (*)Inot be fvlty re(o¥ered 15 repprteil partpf thp Ex*hditure tts It
retste
tsf£Èfi*ratlng fundstomprlse thÈ tosts a550taated wlth atlraaln6 voJurLtary IncomE.
Charptable tomprisesihose cD515 1Trru￿ed by ihe chbrlty in ihe ¢¢livery gf 115
¥(liyilie5 afbd 5ervlte5 toi 115 be nef¥iJiie5. It irbElude5 Ex]th cDstS thai tarh b* allotated dilÈetty to
actiVitlÈs artd those cosis ind11￿t ne0eS￿ry to SVPPDrt tbEm.
Support costs ar* those co51s lThttsrFed directly In sUPPQrt of eAgenlityrE ofk the fjbieu5Qt thp
Iharity include proiEcr min48emehL

Notssto FIMTrclal SlaterrpEn
for thE yearértdEd 31st DÈrembÈr 1021
IA
lanKlblE Fixed A55eis and Depretiatr(
All PropertiE4 inrI¥d1￿ Ministry PTgpertiES tFkat rnty bè us&d thÈ CowÈgatlDTh, art Included
a been Xra14aÈd Nei Reall￿b￿ Value.
Depreclatlonls wovkded at rate5 calculated to vwite off thE ￿5t1￿5 re5idui1 valyp oleaih assèt
over ils ÈxPÈctÈd u￿[U￿ life, as fo]lows.'
in¥ÈStmÈrrt P￿D￿rtI￿s
L3 nd arbd buildin85
FIXI￿re5, f11ll￿5 *qulpmtnl
MotorvehirEe5
NOI
2% rEd￿rIng b31anr
re¢5u(In8 baknrbEe
25y• redwir* balartrt
IDve5trThen
Inve5trnents be¥d a5 fixe¢ a55ets ère ￿valued mKl-fflBrkelv￿lLbe at Ihe balarbEÈ 5FbÈEt dBts and
the galn ot loss ￿kÈM to the staiemoit of finantial aciiviLits,
Rentals PèyBb1È undÈr o*railnÈ lÈases are chatgÈd against SMorYke on a Straighl-llrht bisks ovor
Ihe lease ieim.
ForelEn Currer•des
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the rolesof Èx(ha￿È pr@éailing at the accounlinB datÈ. Transaciions In f￿￿18n currer•tae5 are
rE(urded itthe dile otlhE tran5atyiDll5. All fl111e￿n￿e% arEtaken tty thE 5tatÈmÈrtt rjf ￿na￿la4
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fwthe yt¥ omdtd 31it t*ctMber 2021
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19.157
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TDt41
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2.623,939
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12.020
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719.163
7Q,g71
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537,557
430
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5tJ,955
4J.4Y
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1946,115
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1.119,615
96,603
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114,7
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89,610
38,494
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rthE yearendpd Decembpr 21J22
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11,373,978
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