TRUSTEE ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2022
Downpatrick/Bright, Ballee, Killough & Rathmullan/Ballee Parish Church/Down & Dromore/Church of Ireland
Charity Registration Number: NIC: 103718
Trustees
Mrs R Brown (Treasurer) Miss K Brown (Secretary) Rev A Dorrian (Chair) Mrs L Ennis Mrs A Ferguson Mr D Ferguson MR HTG Hamilton Mrs SE Hamilton Mrs J Maxwell Mr D McCann Mrs LE McCann Mrs MF McCann
Purpose & public benefit
All of the activities of the charity relate to the advancement of religion through holding regular worship and communicating with and caring for parishioners and others in our community. The trustees have regard for the Public Benefit Requirement of the CCNI.
Main Activities
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Regular Worship on Sundays and at other times (eg Christmas and Holy Week)
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Engagement with those in the community through pastoral visiting, conducting of occasional offices (eg baptism, marriage, funerals) and events
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Our annual Parish Barbecue and Ecumenical Carol Service in St Anne’s Killough both resumed in 2022, having been curtailed in previous years because of the pandemic.
Governance
Ballee Parish is part of The Church of Ireland Benefice in a Grouped Parish known as the Lecale Area Mission Partnership (LAMP). The governing document is the Constitution of the Church of Ireland. This document lays out conditions that must be fulfilled in order to be members of the Register of General Vestrypersons. At the Annual Easter General Vestry this list of Registered Vestrypersons elect from its membership those who shall be the Select Vestry for the incoming year.
Financial Review
The Parish benefits from the generous support from Parishioners through Freewill Offering. We continue to operate at a deficit. The Parish does benefit from time to time through one off gifts and through legacies, but these are impossible to budget for. The Charity has reserves. The trustees are cognisant of the need to improve regular giving and develop fundraising activities as a long term and sustainable way forward.
The Accounts of the Charity were received and discussed, and the activities of the Charity reviewed, at the General Vestry Meeting held in Ballee Parish Church on Wednesday 19[th] April 2023.
Signed: Adrian Dorrian (Chairman)
24/10/23