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