Irish Christian Charity Services (ICCS) NI Charity no. 103975 (Registered 13/10/2015) HMRC charitable tax reference number XN76297
Trustees’ Annual Report for Financial Year 6 April 2024 to 5 April 2025
Summary of Charity’s Purpose:
ICCS exists to support and assist organisations, institutions and individuals which advance the witness and service of Bible centred, gospel motivated Christianity in Ireland today.
The objects of the Charity are to collect sums of money and to use and co-ordinate the use of resources for the purposes of assisting and supporting such Christian organisations and institutions as are in agreement with the statement of faith set out in the constitution document and as are charitable in law and such individuals as may be in need of financial support and assistance.
The Commission’s Public Benefit Requirement:
The public benefits that flow from the charity’s purpose are provided interdenominationally and without prejudice. They have in common the advancement and furthering of publicly accessible Irish Christian religious worship/teaching, community, culture and pastoral care. The public benefits are specifically:-
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i, Provision of quality Biblical education/training and leadership development directed towards the next generation of laity and leaders within the broad Irish church.
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ii. | Equipping and encouraging the development of vibrant, inclusive churches/publicly accessible communities of faith which support and care for the diverse personal needs of individual members and reach out to serve and strengthen their wider communities.
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iii. In realising (i) and (ii) above, the support of selected individual Christian workers/volunteers in need of financial assistance. These individuals are recognised by the trustees as having both passion and ability in provisioning and facilitating our core charitable public benefits (i) and (ii) above. The activities of these individuals are, in and of themselves, of considerable public benefit to the communities they engage with. (Financial support of individuals is only provided where there is public welfare benefit far in excess to the incidental private benefit gained by the recipients).
These benefits can be evidenced in:-
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i. Records kept at the Irish Bible Institute (ibi.ie) in relation to both staff who provide, and students who undertake, in-class/online training courses enabling them to better serve their individual churches and the local communities they socially enrich.
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ii. Activity reports and attendance of various church fellowships throughout Ireland who have been supported by the charity such as Chinese Gospel Church of Dublin (cgci.ie) and Listowel Christian Fellowship (listowelchristianfellowship.ie) :
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iii. Reports on activity from individual Christian workers assisted by the charity.
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No harm arises from these purposes due primarily to their inclusivity and society/community enhancing nature. The trustees conclude that affairs of the charity have been conducted with due regard for the Charity Commission’s Public Benefit Statutory Guidance.
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Irish Christian Charity Services (ICCS) NI Charity no. 103975 (Registered 13/10/2015) HMRC charitable tax reference number XN76297
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Key 2024 — 2025 Activities and Achievements:
During the accounting period ICCS granted support to four beneficiaries, namely:
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Irish Bible Institute, Dublin — Christian training and education
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Chinese Gospel Church of Dublin - Public Worship and social outreach 3. Listowel Christian Fellowship — Public Worship and social outreach
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Within the accounting period ICCS received:
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e Regular (standing order) donations totalling £31,302.60 from 21 individual donors. e One-off donations totalling £525.00 from 5 donors. e HMRC Gift Aid totalling £2,844.67.
This brought gross income for the year to £34,672.27, breakdown for which is represented below:
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Expenditure in the form of grants/banking fees totalled £23,349.93. Expenditure breakdown per actual beneficiary is represented below:
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2024 - 2025 ICCS Payments
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Full traceability of all individual transactions during the accounting period is contained within the detailed account spreadsheet for the accounting period as circulated to all trustees and examined by our Independent Examiner Stephen Glasgow.
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Irish Christian Charity Services (ICCS) NI Charity no. 103975 (Registered 13/10/2015)
HMRC charitable tax reference number XN76297
Financial Position as of 5 April 2025:
The ICCS account closed the 2024-2025 accounting period with a credit balance of £15,760.59. The charity holds no other assets or investments save our bank account which showeda closing matching balance of £15,760.59 of which £209.09 is unrestricted.
As is normal for ICCS, no loan or borrowing arrangements have been entered into during the accounting period. HMRC Gift Aid has been successfully claimed over the accounting period and all appropriate donor gift-aid declarations are on file.
Fund Deficits:
There were no material fund deficits as of 5° April 2024
Principal Address:
1 The Chase, Parkgate, Ballyclare, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland, BT39 OJT
Trustees:
Trustees who served for the full tenure of the accounting period:
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i. Rev Wallace Fenton, DBS
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ii. Mr Ronald Mervyn Hutton, BSc (Hons) Dip Industrial Studies
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iii. Mr John Jacob Reynolds, BDS MDiv
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iv. Mr Martin McCormack, BSc Vv. Miss Dawn Martha Langrell, RGN FIATI
Governing Document:
Constitution dated 21* April 1988, amended by indenture 17" November 2004.
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