St BarthOlome￿s Church,
Parish of Donaghmore
Trustees, Annual report and Statement of Receipts and Payments
and Assets and Liablllties
For the year ended 31" December. 2022
Charities Number: NIC103269-0

St BartholOme￿S Church, Parish of Donaghmore
Annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31rt
December 1022
Contents
Pales
Referen￿5 and admlnlstratlve details of the Charity
Trustees, report
Independent Examlners Report to the Trustees
Recelpts and payments account
Statement of a55ets and liabilities
Notes to the finandal statements
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St BartholOme￿s Church,
Parish of Donaghmore
Reference5 adfflthlstrthe drtams
Charity Narne..
NEWRYl4hader& oonaghn￿fe & Scarva15t. 8arthokMTrew,
Dona6hmorelChJwn and t*omLYelChurch of Ireland
Chanty Re8iStration Nurnber.
NIC 103269
cofit￿ Add￿..
N￿1 McKn ￿h1
153 6dfa5t Road
Newry
BT34 IQX
Mrs Gretta Jackson
Mrjchn MayTre Mtoelland
Mrs Geor8ina Mcoelland {Ap￿inted 04.05.20221
Mr Andrew McGaffin
IRes*ned 04.05.20221
Mr John McGaffin
Mr Tre¥or McGaffin
Mr vfilliarn Joseph Mathers McGaffin
Mr Neil McKni8ht
IAr Nomian McKnight
Revd ffodney Ma8ennts
MrColiTr Mcknight
Mn Ernma m(Ga￿1n
INwointed04.05.20221
Prknctyal Offl¢*thbeare
aergy..
Church Treasurer-.
Assistant Treasurer.
thurch Warden- aer8v'.
Warden. P•)F4e'.
Revd Rcdney Ma8ennii
Neil Mcxnight
Tmor McGaffin
vrilliarnj M MCG
Grettajacbon
Bf¢JWTh
50 8fo¥vn & Co.
2>27 Edward
Portath)wn
BT62 3NÉ
B•nk*
Danske Bank
uslnw Ban
P.0. Yox 183
C*nqal Squ•reWe5t
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Amual Roport foi tho yt•r efided 310 Oeurnbtr 1021
TheTnJstees present the innu•l rep)rt and Stitements of Aecelpts •nd Poyments and Atse¢S and U•bilr¢les for
St Bartholornev/s thurch, ts)n¥hrnore Pailsh for the year ended 31. December 2022
Thech•th•ble purF¥)seol iheChuTth of Irel•nd Is ihe adv•￿ement ol It￿*Th.
The prfntipal frjnrtbon ol St Bartholtynew Churth, OOn¥hn￿fe Parlsh Is ¢0 support Ihe •dvincerneni ol the
Chrlstl•n rellilon ￿ promotlni. throwh the work of St Bartholornew Church. Donaehffw)Te P•rtsh. the
mlmlon ol the Churth. pastoral, evanieli5tiC. 5(Klal and e(umenkal. Beln8 open to and en8J8ini with $￿Iety
whole ond offortni supFort lorthose fteedln8 help afe fundèmenlal to the prxtital delivery of ihe benefits ol
thrf5tl•nlty.
A5 a result of actfvify In ihe piirsult of the •d¥ancem￿l ot ihe Chr15tl•n rellelw. St Bartholomtw Chufth.
Dan•8hmore Par15h ha5 cusicffjiof property and ol records, matttl•￿ wd Jrtefaa5 015ignllunceto the cultural
•nd rellglous herlta¥e. Malntwwice of whkh b undert•kth by thè Seleu Vestry of St BIrthoh￿tW Churth.
Dona8hmore Parlsh.
Athlewm*rts. P*rfgnn•nce & Publlc Nenefft 202212021 In bfttktts)
The Parlsh continue<l to hhve re8ular Ser¥lces of Worshlp throuthout the year 2022. Thls year we were allowed
io rneei every Sundaywtth no resirittkins dueio Cowd whlch was a significant Imprtwement. Servbces contlnued
to be broalkast each week on ihe Parish Yoviube Channd and FKeiK)ok page. There were 511401 Sunday
knices of Worshlp In 2022 120211 wlth an avefage c*￿￿Telation of 23 1181. The average number of
CommunScant5 each month was 181171. As well as 6121 Occasional SeMce5, 1101 Baptisrns and 0111 Mèrria8e.
Ihere was 9141 buria1511 Paiishk*ner, 8 Non- ParISh￿rterS). On Chr￿ma5 Eve In the •Aenln& a servlce wa5 held
In Donèghmore and the attendance was 281211. Thi5 year, o ConfimMtKM SeThke was held in the 8roup and I
member of the Pafish was confifmd.
Pastoral and vlsknlng remalned dilficuli In 2022 when reStrirt￿ns wereln plxe and especialiyln the settsnAs
of hospltal and care hornes b4rt os the yeJr progressed. re5tTitt*)As were easln8 and Visits w￿e p)551ble.
The Par15h celebrated the Jubllee with a'jubllee Lunch, as part of the nationwide'&'8 Lunch. to commernorate
Hef Malesty Queen ElizaWh 11. Th15 was well attended ￿th Padshioners and Non- PaT15hloners joining thè
celebratlons. A tree was planted in the Church Gravryard by the Select Vestry a5 Part 0ftht'Qu￿1's Canopy..
The new parish -
wide Youth Fellow5hlp started up In November 2022 and Is KIMn8 well wlth a healthy
mernbershlp and leaders In place. Also in t)ona8hmore, a SuThday School 51arted on two Sunday5 in ihe rnonth
th upwards of 6 chTrldren in attendarfe. A monthly Prayer Meetin8 fLV the Group was started and rotates
Bround each ol the Churche& We have offlcers In pl¥e In accordance wlth the Church of Ireland Pdicy on
e8uordin8 Tnjst.
Repalrs and general malntenance V￿re continued on the Church property during 2022. In May 2022.
the 8tshop of the Dloce5e came and there was a spedal servlce to dedicate the new windows that
were replaced In the Church.
At the end of the year, a Rectory was purchased wlthin the Group for £240,OCrfJ. Donaghmore Pèrlsh
owns IO% of this property and is responsible for IO% of the repalr5 and m3iDtenance costs. The
propertyls located In the village of Loughbrickland which is central to the group of Parlshes and the
Rettor has been residing there 51nce the end of 2022.

Tntstoes. Annya Roport lorthe ended 31. December 2022 Itonthvdj
The Parlsh iNeTh careful considerntion to the Charilv Commis51N for Northem Irelands guldJnce wblk
bEnrfit to ensure that the attives tnfered Into durtni ihe year have helped to achlrrfe tht P•rlJh's oblectlvoj
and actMtie5, a5 well as pro¥￿InIpub1￿ b*)efii. TheParish tur￿DI1Vpro￿de5 burial f¥ilitles for otherchristian
Denm'niI￿fvS in Ihe area.
2022110211
The IrKorne Irito the Parish fiom Var￿￿5 Sources was £47,164 IE50,6411 with outgolnss of £44,654 (E45,259)
1 5ufFAu$ 01£2.510l5ur￿u5 £5.382.1
The 8ank and Cash In H￿d &l•n¢e ￿ 31. t)ecefflber 2022 was £55,1491£72,5391. 11 is the Trustee's Policy to
hold 5ufficiwt raerves to coby ￿exPerted emeryencies, to build up funds to pay for future maInt￿anCe to
the(hu￿h and8r0￿& and to further thtObiective5 and ArtNities of rhe Church of Ireland.
Golw Concwn
The injsiees rthed the bud8ets the year ahead and are 5*15fied that there are adeouate fvn¢Js In
p￿Ce to ensure that the Parish can continue tls KtNities and the finarKral statements for the year ended 2022
can besyedoff as a 80M8￿ceM.
Structure, Governance and Mlnaiement
GDvernk¥ Docvment and ConsttttrtJofi of the Ch
Chapier111 ofthe Constitution of the Churth ¢rf Ireland8ovwns Paiishe5 and Parothial Offgani5ation. The Sd
Vestry members arethe (harity Trustees
Recrnttment •ndAppolTrtment ofselert Veslry ￿￿￿tettI
All rnembers olthe Church of Irefandwho a￿0verthe ?8eof 18 and are eitherfesident withln the parish or live
t￿ewhere ￿ have been a(¢ustomed ￿eMberS of the ioThgregatton for at least three months, may re8i5ter as
member50fihe Generalvestryof the Parish. allowin8thern toattend andvoteai rneetingsof the General Vestry
•Thd tostand For el&¢ion tothe Select Ve5ty- Meetings of theGeneral vestry are hejd at least once a year. The
Sdect Vestry Ss eleaed a5 part ol this General Vestry meerir*. The sel￿t Vestry *ill hold their kh)Sitions for a
nod of ￿ar. Select Vtstry mernbtr5 rnay be re4erted annual￿ and there Is no limrt on the number of
torm5 which be ser¥ed.
y and remuDer*iion
The￿.malen￿l￿sQ￿￿tht14h>JLY& (kn4hrrKxe andScarVaGn￿POlPal￿5hèS whue herecefv￿ a stlpeft4
ithe andl(xomotLYy allow*rtsdirtttty fvomthe ParithE5 ID Kcordance wlth Wre5 apprv¥edh theG•7erai
ofthe Chuth ol Irdand. The Donaqhr￿re Par6h IOX 0fth￿ swn.
TheTN5tee. Mr Nell ￿￿1$Cape5* IH5è¥a8edtOm&nt4th theGTrveYar(land
IN 2022, the Parish paid £2.4￿￿Or carrykni tyjtthts
Th¢Tnffiee. P4*5 Gre￿•j￿&s0￿ •cted•s WAS￿Id £7501Lf

Tnthe< Amy￿ Rewl lor thi yew *nded 31" De(ernbor 2022 Icorflnuedl
OryanlMiionil Struclurt
The Selea Vestry is responslble for the day lo day mana8em&)t ol the Parlsh. The Selett Vestry compds
rnember of the aff8y seryin6 In the Parish, the Churth wardens, the Glebe wardens and Éenernlty morethan
twthe other memkn of the Gener•1 Vestry derted ot the G￿er01 Vesiry Medin8.
The Selett Vestry b chalred 141 the member of the aeryy officlatlng In the hrlsh. Select Vestry m￿b￿S Ire
re5pJnslble for makln8 declslons on rnatters of 8eneral concern and Importance io ihe parf5h Includlni decttlln8
how Parlsh fund5 are to be applied. TheTreosuref, Nell Mcxnight Is responslble lor the Cuffent AC￿Unt and ¢he
ulldln8 Funds.ThtAs51stani TrÈa5urer,Trevor McGaffin is resp0nslb￿f0rtheGraVtyafd Accovnt andTheGlebe
National khool Acc¢M￿.
The Select Vestry meets at ￿lfie$ fixed ￿ the member5 or by the DhxesaTh SY￿d. Spwal rnedln85 mry be
convened 81 any tlrne ￿ the Chalrperson orthe thur(h wardem.
Compll•nce whh Publk Beftefft
The Parish ha5 given careful conslderatlon to the tharlty Commlsskjn for Northern Irelantys guidaKe on publ
benefit to ensurè that the aCiNities entered Into durin8 the year hève helped w achieve the Parish's oblectlves
ond arti¥itles, as well as providi06 publi¢ bènefrt. As detalled on pale 4 above.
siaiofflent of Trnstees, AespNulbSlldes
The Trustees are re5ponslble for prepa￿n& ihe Tru5lees' Rep)rt, the Statement of Receipts Ind Payments and
S￿tem￿l of Assets and tiabilities In a(cwdonce with applKable law and regulations.
The law applicable to Charitles in Northern Ireland wth Income of less ihan £250.(￿ require5 the Tnrstees to
prepare i Statement of Recelpts aNI Payments and a Ststerrthi of Assds and Liabilities for each finandal year.
The T￿￿teeS Bre responslblèfLV ke¢pln8 ￿t￿ntin￿recOrdS that are sufficlent to show and explain the Part5h'5
transactions and dlsclose wth Teasonable Kcurw at any dme the assets and liablliiles ol the Parish. They are
also responsible for safe8uardiTr8 the assets of the Paiish and hence for takln8 reasonable steps for the
tlon and detectbjn ol fraud and other lffegularitlts.
Slgned on 8ehalf tsf the Tn￿1*￿$
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