BARONSCOURT PARISH CHURCH CHARITIES NUMBER 104681 Trust••s' Annual R•port For th• y•ar •nd•d 31 D•c•mb•r 2022
BARONSCOURT PARISH CHURCH ANNUAL RIPORT AND FINANCIAL STATIMENTS FOII THE YEAR ENDED 31 DecEMIIQA 2022 Cont•nts Ch•rlty D•tslls ObJ•ctlv•s and Actlvltl•• Pastoral Car• Th• Achl•v•m•nts ol th• Charlty Flnanclal Ov•rvl•w R•ctor•l G•n•ral Ov•rvl•w R•crultm•nt and Appolntm•nt of S•l•ct V•stry Oryanls•tlon•l Strnctur• Compll•nc• wlth Publlc B•n•flts stst•m•nt of Trust••'• R•sponslblllty
Baronscourt Parfsh Church Charlty Detalls Charfty Number 104681 Charfty Addrngg Cloonty Road, N•wtownst•wart, Omagh, Co Tyron• BT78 4TG TRUSTEES R•v Iv•n Dln•mor• R•ctor Mlss Ann• Murphy Lord J•ml• Hamllton Mr Tr•vor Irvln• Mrs H•l•n Coop•r Mr Alan Plnk•rton Mrs Carol Plnk•rton Mrn H•st•r Galbrnlth Mrs Irf• Crompton Mr Rob•rt Scott Mr St•ph•n Crompton Mrs Edna Plnk•rton Mr4 Ann• Sprou1• OFFICE BEARERS R•ctor R•v Ivan Dlnsmor• Hon S•cr•tsry Mlss Ann• Murphy Hon Tr•asur•r Mr4 Irfs Crompton P•opl•'• Church W•rd•n Mv% Carol Plnk•rton Sunday School Sup•rlnt•nd•nt Mrs Jayn• Balrd INDEPENDENT EXAAIINER Mr Davld WarnoGk, 48 - 50 Maln Str••t, N•wtownst•wart, BT78 4AA BANKERS Dansk• Ban Omagh, Co Tyron•
rRusfEESPANNUA£ REPOR T FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2021 Th• trust••s' pr•s•nt th•lr Annual Report and Stat•m•nt of Rec•lpts and Payments for Baronscourt Parfsh Church for th• y•ar •nd•d 31" D•c•mb•r 2022. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Th• charftabl• purpos• of th• Church of Ir•land l• th• advanc•m•nt of th• Chrlstlan r•llglon by promotlng through th• work of th• parfsh th• whol• mlsslon •f th• Churchi pastoral •vang•llstlc, soclal and •cum•nlcal. 8•lng op•n to and •ngaglng wlth socl•ty as a whol• and off•rlng support for thos• n••dlng h•lp Is fundam•ntal to th• practlc•l d•llv•ry of th• t•n•ts of Chrfstl•nlty. As • r•sult of actlvlty In purnult of th• advane•m•nt ol th• Chrfstlan r•llglon, th• Parlsh has custody of a lary• body of r•cords, fflat•rfals and art•f•cts of slgnlflcanc• to th• cultural h•rltag• of th• ar•a and socl•ty In g•n•ral and th• Parl•h l• •ngag•d I th• malnt•nanc• and upk••p of sam•. ACTIVITIES OF THE CHARITY B•ronscourt Parfsh Church l• passlon•t• In Itls alm to glorlty God and to d•mon•tr•t• HIS lov• wlthln th• •r••. W• achl•v• thls by r•gular Sunday worshlp ••rvl¢••, Holy Communlon, L•nt•n and Harv•st S•rvlc•• op•n to all who wl•h to •tt•nd and •ngag• In worshlp and pray•r. W• Joln wlth n•lghbourlng church•s In r•gular worshlp and m•mb•rs of th• congr•gatlon tak• part In Moth•rs Unlon and Blbl• •tudl•s. Sunday School Is und•rtak•n to provld• Insplratlon and guldanc• to th• young chlldr•n and young p•opl• of th• parlsh through l•arnlng th• blbl•, natur• walks and fun actlvltl•s. On a bl-annual basls w• •ngag• wlth th• local Or•ng• Lodg• who hold a s•rvlc• to th• glory of God. W• hav• Joln•d wlth our Ilnked churches In prayer and actlvltl•s such as a w••k of pr•y•rg prayer walks and agap• m•als whlch provld•d an opportunlty to mlx soclally and to worshlp God tog•th•r. PASTORAL CARE In Iln• wlth our publlc b•n•flt stat•m•nt w• provld• pastoral car• to thos• In need. Th• slck, th• •lderfyi th• housebound, those In hospltal or nurslng hom•s through vlslts from th• Rector and oth•r m•mb•rs of th• parlsh. Y1• aro commltt•d to h•lplng thos• In n••d wlth •mpathyi lov• and ¢ompasslon.
THE ACHIEVEAIENTS OF THE CHARITY C•ntr•l to th• work at all l•v•ls In th• parfsh Is the t•achlng of God's word to brlng parfshlon•rs Into a d••p•r knowl•dg• and und•rstandlng of J•sus Chrlst as Lord and Savlour so that th•y ar• thoroughly •qulpp•d and motlvated to reach out Into th• communlty b•yond th• parl•h. W• strlv• to Insplr• all parlshlon•rs to transforni th• local communlty and to bulld a Chrfst4•ntr•d congr•gatlon whlch wlll b• • wltn•ss for J••u• Chrl•t and to work for th• advanc•m•nt of hls klngdom. Th• dlr•ct b•n•flt of partlclpatlon In church Ilf• Includ•s th• •nJoym•nt of publlc worshlpi th• glvlng and r•celvlng of pastoral car•, Improv•d und•rstandlng of th• Blbl• and •xt•nd•d v•lu•s r•latlng to clvlc •ngag•m•nt. Also Important Is th• bulldlng of eomrnunlty coh•slon whlch wlll promot• ynd•rstandlng and •cc•ptanc• of dlv•rs• groups as w•ll as Improv•d •duc•tlon•l outcom•s through th• churchls mlnlstry ol t•achlng. Church s•rvlc•s att•ndanc• has suff•r•d gr•*tly du• to th• Covld 19 p•nd•mlc. Church•• w•r• closed and only r• op•n•d on a fortnlghtly basls. Sln• October 2021 Baronscourt P•rf•h Church has comm•nc•d w••kly s•rvlc•s agaln but to d•t• th•s• ar• not w•ll att•nd•d. Outsld• of nornial church s•rvlc•s s•asonal Holy Communlon s•rvlc•s ft)r th• •ld•rly In th• Parlsh Hall (N•wtownst•w•rt) h•lp r•duc• Soclal Isolatlon. Th• •xpr•sslon of th• pr•c•pts of th• Chrlstlan r•llglon through •ngag•m•nt wlth th• g•n•ral publlc, and In partlcular wlth th• slck, th• •ld•rly and th• young Is a publ1¢ b•n•flt. Thls can b• m••sur•d and •vld•nc•d through r•gular vlsltatlon, Incr•as•d •oclal Int•gratlon and pastoral car• d•llv•r•d at th• polnt of n••d. Ov•rnll, th• b•n•ficlarl•s of Baronscourt Parl•h Church ar• th• g•n•rnl publlc and publlc valuatlon of th• b•n•flts can b• •vld•nc•d through att•ndanc• at publle worshlpi Partlclpatlon In church gov•rnanc• and th• wllllngn••• to Support th• contlnu•d wltn•ss of th• church through contrfbutlons. Th• wlder ben•flts to th• publlc ar• both th• avallablllty of a pla¢• for worshlp •xp•ftdlng our Chrlstl•n outr•ach and th• facllltatlon of baptlsms, w•ddlngs and fun•rals. As a r•sult of actlvlty In pursult of th• •dv•nc•m•nt of th• Chrlstlan r•llglon, th• Parlgh has custody of • lary• body of r•cord•, m•t•rlals and art•facts of slgnHlcanc• to th• cultural h•rlt•g• of th• •r•• and •ocl•ty In g•n•ral and th• P•rfsh Is •ngag•d In the malnt•nanc• and upkeep of sam•. No prlvat• b•neflt l• r•c•lv•d from trust••s fulfllllng th•lr r••ponslbllltl•s In r•sp•ct of bulldlngs, •rt•facts or r•cords. In th• cours• of cons•rvatlon and to make r•cords avallabl• to th• publlc no prof••slon•l staff ar• •ng•g•d for that purpos•. Th• b•n•flclarf•s ar• sol•ly th• g•n•ral publlc. No trust•• r•c•lv•s r•mun•ratlon r•w•rd or oth•r b•n•flt for c•rrylng out th•lr trust•• r•sponslbllltl•s.
To mltlgat• agalnst harni, the trust••s •nsur• ad•quat• health and saf•ty measures ar• In plac• at Baronscourt Parlsh Church. Chlld prot•ctlon checks and tralnlng are In plac• for thos• Involved In chlldren and youth wor FINANCIA£ OVERVIEW Th• Dloc•san Ass•ssm•nt ros• from 6838.00 to £7043.00 In 2022. Fr••wlll off•rfngs hav• Incr••s•d thls flnanclal y••r from £10880.00 In 2010 to £12694.00 In 2021. Th• closlng balanc• •s at 31112122 was £48896.68 In th• g•n•ral account and £48,896.88 In th• deposlt account. RECTORS• GEIVERAL OVERVIEbV R•v Dlnsmor• put on r•cord h1• thank• to tho•• who •tt•nd•d th• Annual E••t•r V•stry h•ld on 3" May 2022. H• outlln•d th• dlfflcultl•s •ncount•r•d du• to th• covld 19 and th• contlnu•d probl•m of g•ttlng p•opl• to r•turn to church on r•gular basls. H• thank•d Th• Murphy Famlly for the glft of a bookcase In m•mory of Jam•s and Kathl••n Murphy outllnlng that It was a us•ful addltlon to th• church flttlng•. H• also stat•d that th• sllght woodworni probl•m had b••n tr•at•d. R•v Dln•mor• outlln•d h1• Int•ntlon to contlnu• wlth • Parlsh W••kly whlch would b• dlstrlbut•d vla •mall. H• thank•d all th• offlc• b••r•rs for th•lr work and commltm•nt to th• Church. Th• thr•• Sunday School t•ach•r4 had glv•n notlc• that th•y w•r• standlng down from th• rol• and a n•w Sunday School t•ach•r had y•t to b• •ppolnt•d. ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF SELECT VEsfR Y All m•mb•r• of th• Church of Ir•l•nd who •r• ov•r th• •g• of 18 and •r• •lth•r r••ld•nt thIn th• parf•h or Ilv• •l••wh•r• but h•v• b••n •¢¢u•tom•d m•mb•vs of th• congr•gatlon for at l•••t 3 months may r•glst•r as m•mb•Y• of th• G•n•ral V•Btry of th• parlshl allowlng th•m to •tt•nd and vot• at m••tlngs of th• G•n•ral V••try and to stand for •l•ctlon to th• S•l•ct V•stry. M••tlngs of th• G•n•ral V••try ar• h•ld at l•ast onc• a y•ar. Th• S•l•ct V•stry Is •l•ct•d as part of th• G•n•ral V•stry m••tlng. Th• S•l•ct V•stry wlll hold th•lr posltlon• for a p•rfod of on• y••r. Th• S•l•ct V•stry m•mb•r• may b• r•w•l•ct•d annually and th•r• l• n• Ilmlt on th• numb•r of t•rni• whlch may b• s•rv•d. ORGANISA TIOIVAL STRUCTURE Th• S•l•ct V•stry Is r•sponslbl• for th• day to day manag•m•nt of th• parfsh. Th• S•l•ct V•stry conslst• of th• cl•ryy ol th• parl•h, th• Church W•rd•n•, th• Gl•b• Ward•ns and g•n•rnlly not rnor• than 12 oth•r m•mb•rs of th• G•n•ral V•stry •l•ct•d •t th• G•n•ral V•stry m••tlng. S•l•ct V••try m•mb•rs ar• r•8ponslbl• for fflaklng d•clslon• on matt•rs of g•n•ral conc•rn and Importanc• to th• parlsh Includlng how parlsh funds ar• to b• appll•d. Trust••s ar• •l•ct•d by th• S•l•ct V•stry.
COAIPLIANCE IVITH PUBLIC B£NEFirs The parlsh has glv•n car•ful consld•ratlon of the Charlty Commlsslon for North•rn Ir•land's guldanc• on publlc b•n•flt to •nsur• that th• actlvltl•s •nt•rnd Into durfng th• y•ar hav• h•lp•d to achl•v• the parlsh's obJ•ctlv•s and actlvltles, as w•ll as provldlng publlc b•n•flt. STA TEAIENT OF TRUSTEEPS RESPONSIBILITIES Th• trust••s ar• r•sponslbl• for pr•p•rlng th• Trust••sl R•port and stat•m•nt ol R•c•lpts and paym•nts and stat•m•nt ol ass•ts and Ilabllltl•s In accordanc• wlth appllcabl• law and rngulatlons. Th• law appllcabl• to ch•rftl•s In North•rn Ir•land wlth Incom• of l•ss than £250,000 r•qulr•s th• trust••s to pr•par• a stat•m•nt of r•c•lpts and paym•nts and a stat•m•nt of ass•ts and Il•bllltl•s for ••ch flnanclal y•ar. Th• trugt••s ar• r•sponslbl• for k••plng •¢countlng r•cord• th•t •r• •ufflcl•nt to Show and •xplaln th• p•rl•hls trnnsactlons and dlsclos• wlth r•a•onabl• accuracy at any tlm• th• ass•ts and Ilabllltl•s gf th• p•rfsh. Th•y ar• also r••ponslbl• for s•f•guardlng th• ass•ts of th• parlsh and h•nc• for taklng r•asonabl• st•ps for th• pr•v•ntlon and d•t•ctlon of fraud and oth•r Irr•gularltl•g. Thls r•port w•• •pprov•d by th• trust••s and slgn•d by th• R•ctor, th• S•¢r•tary and Tr•asur•r ol th• S•l•ct V•stry on b•half of th• S•l•ctV•stry who had slght off and •pprov•d th• r•port. REV IVAN DINSMORE R•ctor MISS ANNE MURPMY S•cr•tary MRS IRIS CROMPTON Tr•asur•r