Christ Church (Congregational) Abbots Cross
Accounts
Period I" January 2023 to 31" December 2023

Contents
Foreword by Charity Trustees
Receipts and payments Account
Statement of assets and liabilities
Missionary Dlsbursements
Notes to the accounts

Foreword by the Trustees
The accounts for Christ Church (Congregational) Abbots Cross have
been prepared on a receipts and payments basis. The accounts are
published to comply with our registration as a charity with the
Charity Commission for Northern Ireland on 12 May 2016.
In Ilne with our understanding of CCNI guidance we have not filed
'public' accounts for 2021 or 2022 (while accounts for these years
were reported to our members as required).
Abbots Cross is not a fund raising body. income is solely from
voluntary/freewill sources contributed by members and other
attendees/adherents and we are grateful to all those who have
contributed.
Our Trustees Annual Report glves a brief but broader plrture of
Abbots Cross.
Thanks also to lan Murray Co. for carrying out the independent
examinatlon of our accounts.

CHRIST CHURCH
CONGREGATIONAL
Abbots Cross
Financial Statements for the
ear ended 31st December 2023
Recei
ts and Pa
ments Account for the
ear ended 31st December 2023
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Funds
Funds
Funds
Total
2023
Total
2022
Recei
Voluntary giving
Gift Aid
Donations and Bequests
Other Income
Investment Income
106,027
8,737
1,751
2,592
136
21,216
127,243
8,737
1,751
2,592
216
196,951
30,058
3,065
io
131
80
119,243
21,296
140,539 230,215
Cost of Fundralslng
Charitable Activities
Governance Costs
94,406
31,261
125,667 209,766
94,406
31,261
125,667 209,766
Before transfers between funds
24,837
19,9651
14,872
20,449
Transfers between Funds
Neto
eratln
Sur
lus
Deficft
24,837
{9,965)
14.872
20.449
The reconciliation of the recelpts and payments shown above to the total funds of the Church is disclosed
on the following page
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CHRIST CHURCH
CONGREGATIONAL
Abbots Cross
Financial Statements for the
ear ended 31st December 2023
Statement of Assets & Liabilities
Reconciliatlon of Recelpts and Payments Account
Unrestrlcted Restricted Endowment
Funds
Funds
Funds
Total
2023
Total
2022
Opening Funds at beginning of year
5urplus/ (Deficit) for the year
37,124
24,837
61,961
12,374
{9,965)
2,409
49,498
14,872
64,370
54,237
20,449
74,686
Closing Funds at end of year
61,961
2,409
64,370
74,686
Held as followlngs:
Bank Current Account No. I
Bank Current Account (Maintenance)
Bank Current Account {Missionary}
Cash in hand
61,961
61,961
2,408
62,309
12,374
2,408
61,961
2,409
64,370
74,686
Non-monetary Assets (not Included above)
Unrestrlrted Restrlcted Endowment
Funds
Funds
Funds
4,931,000
355,000
5,286,000
Total
Total
2023
2022
4,931,000 4,931,000
355,000
355,000
5,286,000 5,286,000
Church, Ha115 & Contents
Manse
The trustees are of the opinion that given that the age of the Church bulldings & Other property that the
most appropriate basis of valuation is the Insurance cover which is shown above.
Statement of Material Llabllltles
The Trustees are not aware of any material liabilities at the date of this Report
Approved by the trustees on 21st Ortober 2024 and s18ned on their behalf by:"
Trustee- W D Annette
Trustee - David Walker
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Disbursement to Missionaries
Each week, we donate at least IO¥o of Dur weekly income to students and full-time Christian
workers and on each tenth Sunday give the entire offering to designated missionary work.
The missionary givin8 to our full time Christian workers who are also church members
approved by the church was £17,818.
Those supported in this way are as below:_
Beverley Mcmaster (Child Evangelism Fellowship Ireland)
Child Evangelism Fellowship Ireland (support for Beverley Mcmaster)
Heather Wilson {Faith Mission Ireland)
Matthew & Elizabeth Cuthbert (New Tribes Mission)
Stephen & Heather Cuthbert {New Tribes Mission)

CHRIST CHURCH
CONGREGATIONAL
Abbots Cross
Flnancial Statements for the
ear ended 31st December 2023
Notes to the Accounts
Basis of Accountin
nder Recei
ts&Pa
ments
Revenue that the Charity is entitled to 15 recorded when received, expenditure that the Charity incurred is
recorded when paid.
Pu
ose and nature of funds
General unrestricted fun
These are funds that have been received carying no Testriction on their use and
are put to pU￿ose at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the objects of the Charity.
The following designated funds are hcld within thc gcncral unrestricted funds. thcse discrctionary funds arc
set asid¢ by the Trust¢¢s for a specific purpose..
Restricted funds: are funds subjcct to spccific trusts, which arc dcclarcd by the donor(s) and arc cxpcndable
by thc trustccs in fijrthcrancc of some partiLular aspcct(s) of thc objects of th¢ charity. Thcse funds are
subject to r¢stri¢tion (as to th¢ir u8c) imposed by those from whom thc funds are obtaincd. Rcsourccs
rcccivcd but not yct expcndcd al thL end of the financial year arc rctaincd as a re8ervc.
Endowment funds., where there is no power to convert the capital into income, is known as a pcrmanent
endowrnent t'und and th¢ capital is nornially held indefinitely. Wh¢r¢ trustees havc thc powcr to convert
endowment funds into income, such funds known as expendablc endowmcnts.
Any funds hcld under this classiti¢ation by thc Charity arc pcrmanent.
Trustee beneflts
In total
2023
2022
Remuneration
9,454
69,660
Reimbursed expenses
266
1,769
As explained in the Trustees Report, the only private bcncfit flowing from our purpose in relation to the
trustees is to those in paid employment within our congregation who recelve benefits as a result of their
holding otTice or employment. Howev¢r, this is incidental and necessary in order to further our charilablc
purpose. Ther¢ ar¢ no othcr private benefits.
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