St John's Church of Ireland.
Trustaos, Annual Rep(rt Statem￿ of Receipts and Payments
and Assets and Uabllltles
for the year ended 31 December 2019
Chwity Nun4Jer. 104087

St John's Church of Ireland, Nv•rtownhamilton
References and administrative details
Charity Name.. NeWtownhamtltor￿sLIohnslArmaJhIChurct￿rel￿d
Charity Registralv)n NumLw. Nl 104087
Contact otfice:
38 Kidds Ro&J,
Newry
County Dovffl
BT35 6PY
Truslee5.'
Mr R MGBrKle
Mr N Ccx)ke
Mr A Jones
Mrs A J(￿eS
MrJ ￿cOMbe
Mrmwatt
Mrs R CcW8rn1
Mrs G ￿cOrn
m￿ J ￿￿￿t
Mrw Hawth
Mr H Amistrong
Mr W Mccombe
m￿vwatt
trs V Ta￿or
Mr A Anderson
Principa Orr￿e- Bear￿5
Clergy.. Vacant
Church Warden- Cle￿Y'. Mr M Watt
Church Ward￿- Peopk: Mr R v￿Bride
Bankers..
Ulster Bank
86 Hill Street
Nevry
County tbwn
8T34 1BT

Trustees, Annual Report forthè year ended 31 December 2019
The Trustees ptwntthe Annud ReFQrt and State￿rt of Recws a￿1 PaynEnts aThJ Assets and Lil)ilib6s for
St John's Church of IrelaThJ, Ne￿VmhaM1I[0n.
Objectlves and Adfvliles
Th8 Charitab￿ purFw ofttE Church of IrdaThd ts &lVarK￿neth of relKJTh.
The principal fvr￿tion of St John's chU￿h of Ir￿￿1. NeWtO￿haMIft0n ￿ to SUPFQrt aJvavrEtTwI of the
Christian religK)n by prwtoliro, through of St John's the wFL)le mi8sK)n of the ChU￿h, pastoral,
evangeli*, so¢ial ecumenKal BeiTrJ otEn tr) and erppJirYJ *ith S￿ety as a whok and offering SUp￿rt
forth058 needing help furnlarrEnta to the prthl deliNEry of the teneffts of Christianity.
As a resu￿ of in ts pU￿Ult ofthè aYvaKementofts ChrISb￿ ￿1￿j￿)n, St John's has custody of
propety and of rKc*ds, materials and artef%ts of ggnffj￿nce to the cuttural aThJ religDus heritage and
maintenaKe 0fwh￿h is undertaken by the Seknt v• of StJohn's Church of IreLgnd, Newtownhamilton.
Achievements, Perfom)ance and Public Benefft
Sl John's Church of Irdand exists prim￿llY, aTrJ thve all else, as a of Chrislian worship. Se￿￿e$ of
Publ￿ ￿>rShiP are hekl on Sundays thrO￿hOut ts year as
10.15 am- Moming worship
10.15am- Holy Co￿nUnK)nI1St SutK1ay ofevery mcth)
Holy commun￿ is abo hekl on My ¢Jays th as Chrthna51)ay a*J Evening Worship is held lo celebrate
other Christian Festiv* Slth as Har¥esL
During the week ￿ provKle pa5th1 Ca￿ axl supt(wito peD￿e ofdl ajes and at all sewns of life in the
Newtownhamitton area of County Arn￿h, parb'cukAy through home and hospital wsits, esFEcially in b'mes of
illness, berea¥ement, chaleroe CK dt#Jess. We supwrt and oUb￿h in this county and overseas
through woMdiTrJ finartia ass4sLwKe.
Each SuNlay frryn Septemterto June Surbjay SLIKd is OFth to al chiklren in the parth beh¥een ts ages of 4
ar¥J 14.
The Church Chcir, of t*)th al ￿unt*s. rAay a key wt in the ￿￿rship of St John's
NeWtO￿haMlmOn.
We have mrtoated any ￿tents1 ha￿n frDm &tivities by upM)Iding the stsndatd5 ofthe Church of Ireland's
Child prOt￿￿n Fdicy-'SafeguardirNJ TTUSY thich itKaLMJes a risk as8e55npnt of rc￿$, tryjilditvjs, supervisors
and events.
These &bVit￿S fulfil ouroW'¥es and Ch￿lIab￿ purF¥)se JKI prob1d￿ publ￿ ber*ftL ThrO￿h ow activrti&s
aim to contiÉbute not Otly to the syribjal ￿￿1- of twAe Ixrt their thysica. pr￿t￿l. S￿la7 a￿1
emotional needs akn. Ojr &livitss are oFen to all arhj are free at the Frfint of use. ap no fees charged.
Our Ghartty ts furKled by ￿lUntsry donat¥)ns aThJ 0)ntribu￿n

Financial Revwi
The charity h￿1 a sWpI￿ of £1.￿ forthe yearetvjed 31 [bXMtr￿r 2019. The Charity o)ntinues to be in
reasonatdy heathy financial state as at 31 ￿mter ￿$19 7*ilh tota fiJrNts of£74,253. The charity aims to
retsin wftient reserves b) rr*t ils ex[￿ted thjte eX￿1￿￿e rg]iirements as v￿1 as tthntia fvtU￿ captal
projects.
Going Concem
The trustees have reweMEd the budgets for the year aheaj aThJ are Satisfi￿ that tlwe are adequatè fvnds in
place to ensure that the Pafish can continue its activ5b.es arKI ts fin￿¢1￿ stslements for the year ended 31
December 2019 can be stgn￿1 off as a going co￿eM.
Reserves Pollcy
The S￿￿t Vestys [KI￿Y is to retain a offree rewves gewa reser￿ maiches ts ne&Js al the
Current time and foreSeea￿e fubjre. The matyi re￿n lor hddiThJ reserves is to ensure that the charity has
enoLTrJh resources b fund its woJrdmme and lo hokl Suff￿￿t resourrffi to m*t is commitinents. The Trustees
believe that thi% reseNes F()Iy is tx)th ￿[K)lL81b￿ and wtvjent
Structure, Governanc• and Managerr*
Govemlng Document and Constitution of the Charity
The P￿sh 15 ajminl&e￿d in with C(ytsttbjtK￿ of Tr Churth of Ireknd wblished by The
GerErdl Synod of ts Church of IrelwNJ.
Chapter111 of ts Cortstbtubcffl of the Church of Irdarnl g)vems Parishes arwj Parcthi8J Ckganisalr)ns. The
Select Vesty ￿eM￿rS are the Chanty Trustees.
Recrultm&nt WFntment of Select Vesty (r￿￿tee5)
All m&ymtW5 of the Church of Ireland are overthe of18 arKI are eit￿r wdent within the parish or live
elsewhere have Eeen ￿￿$tomed n￿MberS oflhe congTegatKsn for at least three months, arKI have been
identifiable contributors, may registeT as mernbers of the ge￿[al vesty ofthe parish. alkM￿ng them lo attend
and vote at meetiNJs ofthe gen￿￿ ￿sty and lo stsThJ for *otion to ts seiect vesty. Meetings of the general
vesty are held at ￿a$[ 0￿e a year, kr#M a5 the E&lerVW. This hekj not earfierthan ts%Enty seven days
befo￿, and not laterlhan 20 days after Easter. The General Vesty nEetiThJ may rtot te held within the period
from the SurKlay next kfore Easter IPaSm ￿nday) to Easter Day. The ￿ect Vesty is elected as part of this
General Vesty meeting. The ￿ect Vesty wfil ￿ th￿r r*)sJtKsns for a pericxj of one year. Select Vesty
memtets may be re-elected annually and there is M limtl on the nUM￿r of te￿nS which nxy ke seNed.

Organisaiional Structure
The sel￿t Vesty is [eSF￿** forthe day to day manaJeTrMt of ts Parish. Seknt Vesty con&sts of the
mEer oftr* cknjy seMTrJ in ts parish (or Rural Ckan). any cuT* as￿tant {ts wr*e'l, the
churchwardens, the glebe wardens aNJ generJty more than iwplve other ffthtws ofthe geneta V￿ty
elected al the Ge￿1 Vesty.
The Select Vesty is tha1￿d by the imimtent ￿ Rwai Dean ¢y other nwnber ofthe dergy offiGkib'ng in the
parish. SeleLt v￿ member5 are wrtsit4e for makiTrJ decNon5 on matters ofgerEral ￿nCern aThJ
importance to the partsh induding d￿lI￿j Iv)w fistvjs are to k ap[1￿.
The Se￿t Vesty meets at tsnEs f￿ed byts nHntW5. SFecd meelings may t* ca)nve￿I at any time by the
chairtwson ortsE chll￿h wadens.
Trustees do Th)t receive r￿TrUnerati)n. orotsr pirR* c￿1 th￿r Twstee responsibility.
Compllance 7wlth Public Benefft
The Parish has given carefijl (x)nsideration to ts Chartty Commissk)n for Northem Irel￿,$ guidance on public
benefit to ensure that ￿t￿tteS entered into duriry the year have Wp&J to Parish's obiectsves
and aCliv￿es, as as provkJiThJ publ￿ tenefit
statement of TntsteÈ' Responsibtlities
The twstees are respK)nsitAe tor preparir¥J Ihe Trustees, Re￿rt arvj ttE statement of r6YEipts and payments and
statement of assets and liabilities in ￿)r￿a￿￿ with appI￿ab￿ law regulab'ons.
The law appli(2ble to charibes in Northem Irela￿1 with ITKom& of kss than £250 000 requires the knstees to
prepare a Statement of Recew and Payments and Stale¢TEnt ofAssets and ￿abil￿eS for e￿h ffinancial year.
The Trustees are resF0nSib￿ fof keeping &￿Unting records that ate sufficient to show and explain the Parish's
transactions and disclose wrfh reasona)le ￿rdCY al any time the assets and liabil￿eS of the Parish. They are
also responsible for safeguarding the assets ofthe Partsh aThJ hen(* for tsking reasonable steps for the
prevention and detth offraud aThJ otsr irregUlar￿eS.
Signed on Behalf ol the Trustees
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