REGISTERED CHARITY ￿ullIBER. ￿1clO4336 Report of the Trustees #nd Unaudited Financial Statement5 lor the Year Ended 31 December 2024 for First Hol￿V00d Presbyterian Church Mcllveen Flowai-d Liniiled Chartcred AcLountantq 169a Upper Newtowiiai'ds Road Beltast BT4 3HZ First Hol)Ivood Presbyterian Church Contents of the Financial Statements ror the year ended 31 December 2024 Page Report of the Trustees 10 14 Independent Examlner's Report 15 Statement of Financial Activitie5 16 Balance Sheet 17 Ilotes to the Financial Statements 18 10 24 Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 25 to 26 First Holyivood Presbyterian Chureh Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2024 Fii'st Holywood Pi'esbyteriaii Chui'ch 1.8 a Christiaii oiganisatioii dcrived li-om a Declaration ot Tnist aiid il is a I'egistered cl)arily, registration nuinber NIC 104336. The trustees pi'esenl Iheii- report with tl)e finanLial stateiiients of the charity for the year ended 31 December 21124. Tlie liwslees have adopted Ilie pi'ovisioiis of the Accounlii)g and Repoiting by Cliarilies.. Sialemeni of kecommended Practice dpplicable to chdritics prcpaiing thcii. accoiints in accoi'ddncc with the Financial Rcpoiting Standard dpplicdblc in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 errective l January 20191. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Objeetlves and #ims First Holywood Congregation is a conLTrecTation of tlie Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Tlie Presbyterian Cliurcli in Ii'elai)d. as a Refoimed Chuirh wiihin the widei. hody ol. Chi'lst is grounded in the Sci'iptui'es. aiid exists lo love aiid honour God through faitli in His Son and by tlic power ul His Spirit, and lu cnablL hcr meinbers lo play Ihcii. part in fiilfi11ing God's mission to oui. world. The congregaiioii's mission purpose is lo seek lo enable people of all ages lo discover Chi'isl and lo follow Him. lo celebi'ate Him togethcr and to Icam how God's h￿th can Lhange anLI equip us lor effcctiiwe scivicc in the community and the wider world. The congre¥aiion aims to live oui ils Mission and Vision as a faiiiily ofcJod's people by being.. A Coveiianl CoinmLinity'. whei'e oui. relalionsliips are rooted in the pi'omises of God by living fairhftilly toward Iiim and toward onc anoihcr An Intergenerational Community.. wliere adults inlentionalSy lake the lead lo engage witl), encourage and nurture youngei- members lo maliirily in Christ. An Oulwai'd lookin¥ Community.. Ivhere we ivant the bl¢ssin¥s of God that belong io us in the gospel lo become blc5sing5 for others beyond ihe bounds of oui. commuiiily. As a congi'cgation uf IhL PrLsbytcrian Church in Iitland, we believe Ilial the Bible is IIiL supreme auihoriiy ovLr dll we do, and tl)at tlie Weslminsler Confession of Faitli. along with Ilie Larger and Slioitei. Catecliisms set out what we understand the Bible teaches on key mattel's of Chi'istian faith and practice Signifjcant aetlvliies Tl)e congregation Incels for worship cvery Siinday and visitors ai'c welcoinc 10 join. Tlic Sacraniciit of tlic Lords Slippcr is ob4erved on several occasions diii'ing thc ycai. and all those who havc been baptiscd and who havc madc a pi'otcssion of faith in IhL Lord Jesus Chris1 al'e adiiiitled to th¢ Lord's Supper. The coii&Fregyation holds Irgular bible btudy Ineelin¥s and has a widc i'ai)ge of oi'ganisations iiicliiding Childreii's Mi inislry ConncLI Ifoi. teenagLrsl Tots R Us IIMoil)ei's and Toddlers) Wonien's Moiiiiiig Bible Stiidy HoinL and fLllowship group5 Presbytei'ian Woinen Thursday Club Itor senior citizen.4) Lunclieon Club Ifor senioi- ciiizensl Girls Bi'iLFade and Explorcrs Arts & Crafty Folk Yoiing Life Cirche Page I First Holyivond Presbyterian Church Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 Dcccmber 2024 OBJECTIVES ANI D ACTIVITIES Public benefit The Pi'esbyterian Chiiwh in Ircland Ineels the piiblic benefit requiiEinent by providing benefit to its meinbers and the general publiL by Inaking known thc Christidn Gospcl ol the Lord Jesus Clii'ist througli thc ddvanLcmenl ol religion. The direct benefits wl)icli flow from the purposes of tlie Cliurcli include ilie gainingy of an understanding in Christian beliefs as set oiil in the Bible and in thc Chui'ch's SLibordinale standards (the NVestmin%lcr Confession ot Faith and the Shoitcr and LargLr CalLLhisms1 leadingT to spiritual and moral dLvelopmenl and opporiLinitiLS for rLsponsL lo Bible leaLhin&. In tum, thi% fraimewoi'k Icads lo pi'acrical expi'essioiis of Christian bcliefs and standards in the local comniunity such as Ihrougli IIIL care ol'ihose in need liiicluding ihL siuk, dibabled and bei'eaved). GenLrally the above bcnclits al'e delivered IoLally by congi'cgations and their members, oi. al'e facilitatcd through presbylei'ies oi. are orgYai)ised and dclivcrcd cenli7lly. Local delivery is faciliialcd by cenii'al resoiirces in alin05t all cascs. Public acccs5 15 Inade kiiown thi'oiigh thc usc ol- noliceboai-ds. piiiiled Inatci-ial, pi'css lldvcrtisemenl. web%iles, aiid Socidl media oi. iii other ways. Thc bcncfits arc demonslraled Ilirough rcgular evaluation of the serviies and infornial and ad-l)OL feedback from nieinbei's. tlieir fainilies. and meinbers of the Pliblic. The piirpube does not lead to Iiar111. The only privale benefit tlowing from uur purpose is relaled to Mi inistcrs. Mi55iOI)ai'ies. Deaconesses. Ii-ish fvlission woi'kei's and Lay Agents who receivc bciicfits as a resiili of their holdiiig oifice or cmployiiienl. Hoivever, Illib is incidental ai)d llCCCSSdry in order lo funher our cliai'itablc puiyosc. Tliere dre no oilier private benefits. Tlie beneficiaries of this purpose are meinbei's, Iheir fainilies, otliei. individlials tlial the Pi'esbylerian Churih in li'eland i.s in dii'cct and indiirLI contact with, the community in whiLh pastoi'al seiviLes are providcd and other coinniiiniiies Ihrougliout Northern Ireland, Ihc Republic of Ireland, and worldwide which beiiefit from oiir eiigagemenl with and SLlPPOrt loi. both Christian aiid othei. secular oi'ganisations. ¢haiities and individual meinbers of the public. The Kirk Session ha5 had regard lo ihe Charity Coniinissions public benefii I'equiirment statutory guidance. Page ? First Flolyivond Presbyterian Church Repnrl of the Trustee5 for the year ended 31 December 2024 ACHIEVEINIEYTS AND PERFORlk IANCE Cliaritable Activities IIYISTER'S REVIEW We give thanks lo God OLir Faihei.. for the gl'ace by which we have been called lo faith in Jesiis: led and empowered by IIIL Holy Spirit to live ds mLmbers of his Chui'Lli univcrsal, and blLssLd lo be gatliered in the fLllowsliip of First Holywood Presbyterian Churcli. We have jouiiieyed willi one another IhroiiL?l) scasons of sickness and bei-eavemenl, new birihs and new growth, both physically ai)d spirittially. It was a pai'licular joy oli Palm Slinday, lo baplise Ihi'ee adulis and welcome them along with Iivc oihLrs into full mLinbcrsl)ip of thL churcl) Ihrough profcssioii ol- laith. What d ivondcrful Iliing lo see and hLai' liow God has called these Iriei)ds and family meinbei's into hi5 etemal familyl Amidst the celebratioi) of welcome iii tliat serviLe, we also marked Il)e relireinent ol- Kathleen Spenie, giving thanks lor Ilie iniredible blLssing sl)e bi'oughi lo First Holywood. Ihroiigli nine years of faithful service as our part-lime pastoi'al ivorkei.. l ivant to iiole again my personal thanks for the ivonderful siipport that Kathleen ivas in the pastoral care of our church tamily. 20?4 saiy the retirement of two loiigslanding elders of our chiirch, Paul Mcclenahan and Jeremy Harbii)soii, and the ordination of five new Lldet Cliristina Baillic, Hazcl MLCrca, Arthur Parkc. Jcnny RussLII. and Mark Walson. The Clerk's report will give fiiither detail in I'elatioii to PaLII and Jeretny's seivice, as well as the addition of Qui. new elders. want lo reLord my thanks lo Mai'k Baillie loi. the vision and wisdom that h¢ ionlinues lo bling lo the IDle ot Clerk of Ses81011. vas blcsscd to cnjoy a sabbatical bi-cak in June and July, and vcry tliankful lo Ihc eldci's, mcnibers, and fi'iends of ihc hui'ch. who took oli pastoi'al and preaching diities in my absence. Late in tlie Auluinii term of ?0?4, we successfully rai) an election for a new cliurch comniiiiee, thanking all the oiilgoing mcTnbcrs who sei'ved so effectively, and pl'aying the Lord's blessing on oui- neiv committee cohort. including a new seLretary and nLW Ircasurcr. Thaiiks Inust bc noted lo Trevor Rcaney, for his cxLmplary wurk in Lli¢iiringF tIIL church Committee. which hc has agrccd to continiic into 2026. In Novembei- we wei'e deli .hted to call Cathy Smith as full_time Deacones5, and shal'e in the celebi?tion of her coinmissioning and inslallalion io thai role, by the Pi'esbytery of East Belfasi. I want lo thank our 5tatf tcaiii for ?024 (Maria Lopcz-Illc1115. Kaihleen Spcnce. Chi'istinc Mi cclenahan. HLlen Jeffrcy. Charles fvlaginnes, Amy Hunter and Cathy Sinithl, Kii'k Ses%ion, Lommittee InenibeiN, treasurer, organisational leaders and hclpers for Ilieii. dedication, inspii'alion and ci'eativily. Thanks are also due to all oiir menibers. who faitlifully suppoit and enthiisiastically participate in the many aiid vai'led aspeLls of oui. chui'ch lite. Ive pi'aise God foi- Ihc taiigiblc signs of his gracc ai)d powei. al work, iii aiicl Ihroiigh the coinmliiiily of oui. chuith. aiid VL LLI)u Ilie Psalini%t in declai'ing 'the Lord is good and his love Lndui'cs lorevi'r; liis laithtulneS5 continu¢% Ihrougl) all enerations IPS l 00'.51. I pray these repoits will niove us lo fllrtlier praise of tlie Lord for his goodness and faithfulness, and inspire us lo spiir one dnotlier on. in the work ()f his kingdom mission through the lit-e. wilnc%s and fLllowship ol- Fii'st Holywood PrLsbylerian Cliur¢li. Grace and PLacL to you. Rev. Siuait Mi Lcl'ea Page 3 First Holyivnod Presbyterian Church Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2024 KIRK SESSIOi 111 2024. Se55ion Inel oli eight occasiolis to Lleliberaie aiid provide spii'iriial leadership tor the Congregation of Fii'sl Holyivood PrLsbyleridti. BLforL thL suillinLr. the Longregation electLd fivc new elders lo join the Session of First Holywood.. Christina Baillie, Hazel ￿l¢Crea, Artliiir Parke. Jeniiy Russell aiid Mark Walson. Oiir new eldeis l)ave ali'eady brought tlieir Ixlenls. wisdom and cnihusiasm lo Sission. Wc al'c gi'aletul lo IhLm tol. tlieii- willingncss to scrvc as cldLrs in oui. congi'egation. We also pul oil rcLord our Ihank5 to tlie Presbylcry of East BLifasl lor ilieir giuidance, suppo11 and Icadciship ihi'oub'houl Ihe pioces.q ot electing aiid oilaiiiiiig oiii. new eldei'5. While we liad five elders join Session, we also liad Iwo elders I'eiire froni their roles Il)is yeai.: Jeremy Flai'binsoii and Paul ￿lLCIe￿al}an. The Session of First Holywood is hugely gratel.ul to boili Jereniy and Paul tor tl)eii' illany years of service. Jereiny ivas ordained as ali elder on the ?6tli of September 1999. During Joe Cainpbell's tenure as Clerk of Scssion, Jci'cmy bccame the Deputy Clerk of Sc5sion and diligently pi'oduced the minutcs of thc mcctings of SLssion foi. several years. Jei'einy has bccn a consislent ¢ncouragieinLnl lo fvlinislLI'S and elders dui'ing, Iiis timL on SLssion. fvlany Session meinbei's have been iipliftcd by Jeremy's evident faith and tiiist in God and in the powei- of his Spirit. Pxiil Mccleiialian ivas ordaiiied as an eldei. 01) Il)e 4th of December 201 l. Paul has been a voice of calin and considered wisdom.NLvcr a man to seek ihe limelight. he has playcd a partiLulai'ly impoitanl iole in maitci's of pastoiml Lai'e foi. the Church, botli in his own disli'ict aiid in tenns of the wider congyrcgiation. Boili Paul and Jei'einy will bc Inissed on Scssioii we have been £0 ble%scd to havc had people ol. thcii. calibrc sciviiig with us. bul J know Iliey will both I'einain dclive and suppunive Ineinbers of ihe Church in IhL Inonihs and yearq lo coine. We WLI'e dL.lightcd lo bc able to appoint Cathy Smitl) as our full-time Deaconess in lalL 2024. Cathy l)ad bLen oui- student Deacoiiess ii) 2023 into 2024 and consistently illii%traled her own deep laiih and .'fting foi. pastoral care as she continued on the iY)ad to gradiiation from Union Collcgc. As a Scssion. we were pleased that Cathy applied foi. the full-lime role on her biraduation. It is our hope and prayer that God will continLie lu work IhroiigFh Catliy to bless our congi'egalion ai)d ihe wider Holywood commuiiity in the lime she speiids with LIS as our Deacoiiess. In 2024, First Flolywood supponed foiir charities Ihi'ough OLir Mi ission Partnerships initiative= Thiiiiai., the Irish Bible Institute, Floui'ish Nl and Alpha in Mi aghabLry. Oui. congrcgation has been regularly praying for the work ot thcsc four organisalions and Iliey liave been pi'ofiled iii our Church Inagazine. Gra¢ine Thompson slcpped down as Treasurer uf First Hulywoud in 2024. The congregation are gralLlul lo Graeme for all of thl lime. effort and skill lie bioLight to tho rolc dui-ing hi5 lime of service We are Ihaiikful to P¢tcr Woods foi. liis willingnLbS lo lake on the rol¢ aiid for all ul his work Ilius tar. We al'e gi'atetul to Caroline Thompson and Andrcw Nugenl for Iheii. Lonlinued service as child protCLtion dLsignated pLrsons. Cliild pioleclion reniains a maller ol. niajoi- impoitaiice for our congregaiion and we are blessed lo l)ave individlials likc Caroline aiid Aiidi'ew williiig io serve iii this way. As well as child protection considcrations being a I'egiilai. item of session agei)da. we I'eceived iiseftil iipdates from Lynda FranLis as our Prcsbylery elder. Lynda scrvLd d5 our Presbytery Irpresentativc at tlic Gencral Abscinbly. Our lii)isler Stuart Mi ccrea was on sabbatical dui'iiig the Assembly this year. We iv¥rL gJldd lo juin IugJLiher agyaiii willi oiir biuilierb and sisILrs in High Sirc¢l LOllgTreg?alion fur four Siinddy SLI'viLes in JLily. We al%0 elected a nciv Comniiiiee in 20)4 and they have l)it thc groiind ninniiig oli £evci'al diffci'ciit n)attei's of i)racliLal iinpui'iance loi. th¢ CIIui-Lh. WL are gralel.ul lo all of oui. LoiniiiittCL IIILinbLrs for Ilieir willingn¢tsb lo serve. IVL al'e Ihanklul to Cjod fui. how he ha8 blesscd us in su Inany ways in 2024. First Holywood Pi'esbytci'ian is noi a SOLial cliib. bill one parl of tlie body of Christ seeking to glorify God in ? 1st ccnrury Holjwood. Ive ivill togeih¢i' ¢ontiniie to .£eek his fdcc ds we go lonvard togcthcr. Page 4 First Hol)'Jvood Presbyterian Church Repnrt nf the Trustees ror the year ended 31 Dccember 2024 'Giral is the LORD and iiiosl wortliy of praise.. his gyreatness no oiie can fa(hom." IP5alin 145'.31 lai-k Baillie Clcrk of Session CHURCH COININIITTEE Tlic ChuiLh Cominiltee is re5punsible foi. a ranbTe of pracliLal affairs ol. Ihe congJiLgalion, as deleg?ated to il by Ihe Kirk Sessii)11. fvlcmbcrs are elected to scive for a three year teiin. Eleciions wei'e hLld iii the aLittimii of 20?4 aiid a iiew Cuiiiinillee look up ol'ficc iii Noveinber 2024. During tlie yeai- thc Treasurer, Gi'aeme Thonipson, stepped down after live years of serviLe and Peter Woods willingly look LIP the role iii June 20?4. The following office-bearei's served during the year- Chaiiyers01i - Ti'evor RcanL'y Secretary - Cl)I'islina Baillie Iio November) and Joxi)ne Ilendersoii Ifroin Noveinberl Ti'easurcr- Gi'aeme Thnmpson (to June) and Peter Woods (from June) The diligeiit aiid t:aiihftil service ot all office-beareiB, coiivcnors of Sub-coinmittees aiid members whn were appoiiilcd rroin 2021 to 2024 is ¥rLaily appreciated, as is IhL willingneqs of Ilie new Cuininittee meinbers Io SCiVL Ilie con¥reLFation in this role for the ne.xt three years. The essential work of tlie Office Adininislralor I￿[arIa Lopez-melus) and Cleanei'lcaretaker (Helen Jeffrey) continue lo be ol-gi'eat assislned to the East Bellast Pre.8bytery of thL Presbyterian ChurLh in Ireland. The illLinbLiship of tlie Presbylcry consists Inainly of the dclive minisiers of coi)gi'egations assigncd lo it by the Geiiei'al Assembly. minsters who have IElirL.d fioiii active duty and ali elder appointed by tlie Kii'k Sebsion of each congiL'galion. The Genei'al As5embl}' Thc Gcncrdl Aiscinbly is Ihc supitnie Lourt ot tlie ChurLlI, representing in one budy tlie ivliole Church dnd avling as its supreiiie legislaiive, adininisli'ation aiid jiidicial autlioi'ity. in dealing witli all matters brouglil before it. Tlie Genei'al Assembly is normdlly constituted during the fii3t week in Junc foi. woi'qhip and to conduct 115 business. At Ilic cnd of bLisinLs5 il is di5solvLd. The iiiLI?)b¢rship of Ilie Geiieral Assembly Lunsis15 mainly of the aLtivL ministers of eaLh congi'egalioi). relii'ed iiiinstci's ai)d a I'epi'esenlaliiwc cldei. appointed by Ihc t(ii'k Sessioi) of each congiigation. REFF.REYI CE ANI D ADTrI IINISTRATIVF. DETAILS RekFi5tered Charity number NIC104336 Princip#l address 7 Bangyor Road Flolywood Co Down BT180NU Pagc 12 First Hol}'Ii'ood Presbyterian Church RepDrt of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2024 Trustee5 Rev SM ILCIEa Ir R Mi ccall li. P IWlcCILiiahaii (resigned 1216124) r J Fei-gFuson Mi. J I l¢?I'binson (Irsigned 12161241 Ms E Laing Mr A Nugeiit Ir C RLis4cII Mr M SIIiLlds liss L Fraiicis 11.5 F Woudb I Ir D Kennedy I Ir5 S Gallaglier li. CJ C Thompson Mr B Broinlby 1 s J Rlissell (appointed )116124) I i- Mi Walson lappoinled 21161?41 Irs C Baillie lappoinied ?1161241 18 H MLCI'ca {appointcd ?116124) I Ir A Parke (appointed 2116124) Independent Examiner CharteiEd AccoLintdn15 Ireland ILllveLn Hoivard Liniiled Charteird Accoiintants 16C)a UppLr Newlownards Road Belfast BT4 3HZ Solicitors Hewitt & Gilpin Solicitors Liinited 8 HibTh Strcct Holyivovd BT189AZ Bankers Danski Baiik Donegal Square Wesl Bcllasl BTI 6JS lini5tLr Rev Siiidrt Mi ccl'ca Clerk of Session lark Baile¢ Church TrLasurer CJl