BARONSCOURT PARISH CHURCH CHARITIES NUMBER 104681 Trust••sg Annual R•port For th• y•ar •nd•d 31 D•c•mb•r 2023
BARONSCOURT PARISH CHURCH ANNUAL REPORT ANO VINANCIAL •TATtMENTS VOR ThE YEAII ENDeD 31 DiceM•iR 2023 Cont•nts Charfty D•t•ll• ObJ•ctlv•s and Actlvltl•s Pastoral C•r• Th• Achl•v•m•nts of th• Charlty Flnancl•l Ov•rvl•w R•ctorg1 G•n•ral Ov•rvl•w R•¢rnltm•nt and Appolntm•nt of S•l•ct V•stry Ory•nl•atlonal StruGtur• Compll•nc• wlth Publlc B•n•flts st•t•m•nt of TYu•t••* R•spon•lblllty
B•ron•court P•rlsh Church Charlty D•tall• Charfty Numb•r 104681 Charlty Addr••• Cloonty Ro•d, N•wtownst•w•rt, Om•gh, Co Tyron• BT78 4TG TRu8fEES R•v Iv•n Dlnsmor• R•ctor Mlsg Ann• Murphy Lord J•ml• H•mllton Mr Tr•vor Irvln• Mrs H•l•n Coop•r Mr Alan Plnk•rton Mrs Carol Plnk•rton MY• H•st•r Galbralth Mrs lrfs Crompton Mr Rob•rt Scott Mr St•ph•n Crompton Mr• Edna Plnk•rton Mrs Ann• Sprou1• MrT Edn• Plnk•rton OFFICE OEARERS R•ctor R•v Ivan Dln•mor• Hon S•cr•tary Ml•• Ann• Murphy Hon Tr••sur•r Mr4 Irf• Crompton P•opl•' Church W•rd•n Mrs Carol Plnk•rton R•ctorf• Church W•rd•n MYS H•st•r G•lbr•lth Sunday School Sup•rlnt•nd•nt Mrs J•yn• Balnl INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Mr D•vld W•rno¢k, 48 - 50 Maln Str••& N•wtownst•wart, BT78 4AA BANKERS Dansk• Dan Oma9h, Co Tyron•
TRUSTEESNANNUAL REPORT FOR fiiE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2023 The trust••s' pr•s•nt th•lr Annual R•port and Stat•m•nt of R•c•lpts and Pym•nts for Baronscourt Parlsh Church lor th• y•ar •nd•d 31" D•c•mb•r 2023 OBJECTIVES AIVD ACTIVITIES Th• ch•rft•bl• purpo•• of th• Church of Ir•land l• th• adv•nc•m•nt of th• Chylstlan rellglon by promotlng through the work of th• parfsh the vthole mlssl•n of th• Churchi pastoral, •vang•ll•tlc, socl•l and •cum•nl¢•l. B•lng op•n to and •ngaglng wlth •ocl•ty a• a whol• and off•rfng SUPPOrt for tho•• n••dlng h•lp IS fvnd•m•nt•l to th• pr•¢tlc•l d•llv•ry of th• t•n•ts of Chrlstlanlty. As a r•sult of •ctlvlty In pursult of th• advanc•m•nt of th• Chrl•tlan r•llglon, th• Parlsh h•• cy•tody of a lary• body ol r•cords, m•t•rfals and •rt•f•ct• of •lgnlficnc• to th• cultural h•rftag• of th• ar•a and socl•ty In g•n•ral and th• P•rl•h Is •ng•g•d In th• malnt•nanc• and upk••p of ••m•. ACTIVITIES OF THE CHARITY Baronscourt Parfsh Church l• passlonat• In Itls alm to glorlfy God and to d•moft•tr•t• HI• lov• wlthln th• •r•a. W• achl•v• th1• by r•gular Sunday worshlp s•rvlc•s. Holy Communlon, L•nt•n and Harv•st S•rvlc•s op•n to all who wlsh to •tt•nd •nd •ng•g• In wor4hlp and pr•y•r. W• Joln wlth n•lghbourlng church•s In regular worshlp and m•mb•rs of th• congr•g•tlon t•k• p•rt In Moth•r• Unlon •nd Blbl• studles. Sunday School Is und•rtak•n to provld• Insplratlon and guldanc• to the youn9 chlldr•n and young p•opl• of the parlsh through l•arnln9 th• blbl•i n•tur• walks and fun •¢tlvltles. On a bInn41 basls we engag• wlth the local Orang• Lodg• who hold a s•rvlc• to th• glory of God. W• hav• Joln•d wlth our Ilnk•d church•s In pray•r and actlvltl•s such as a w••k of pray•ri pray•r walks •nd •g*p• m•al• whleh provld•d an opportunlty to mlx so¢l•lly and to wornhlp God tog•th•r. PASTORAL CARE In Iln• wlth our publlc b•n•flt stst•m•nt w• provld• pastoral car• to tho•• In n••d. Th• slck, th• •ld•rfyi th• hous•bound, thos• In hospltal or nurslng hom•s through vlslts from th• R•ctor and oth•r m•mb•rs of th• p•rlsh. W• ar• commltt•d to h•lplng thos• In n••d wlth •mpathyi lov• and compasslon.
To mltlg•t• ag•lnst h•rni. th• trust••s •nsur• ad•quat• h•alth and safety m•asur•s ¥Ar• In pla¢• at BaronsGourt P•rlsh Church. S•f•guardlng ol Chlldr•n Is •n Important subJ•ct for th• Church of Ir•land and Chlld prot•ctlon ch•cks and tr•lnlng •r• In plac• for thos• Involv•d In Ghlldr•n and youth wovk. FINANCIA£ OVERVIEW Th• Dloc•s•n A•s•s•m•nt ro•• from £7043.00 In 2022 to £7486.00 In 2023. Fr••wlll off•rlngs Incr•as•d from £12,6900 In 2022 to £13,998.00 In 2023. Th• closlng b•l•nG• •5 at 31112123 was £51,867.07 In th• g•n•ral account and £49509.25 In th• D•poslt Ae¢ount. RECTORS. GENERAL OVERVIEW R•v Dlnsmor• put on r•¢ord hls thanks to thos• who att•nded th• Annual East•r V•stry h•ld on 20 Aprll 2023 . R•v Dlnsmor• outlln•d hls Int•ntlon to contlnu• wlth a Parlsh W••kly whlch would b• dlstrlbut•d vla •mall. M• thnk•d all th• offlc• b•ar•rs for th•lr work and commltm•nt to th• Church. He also •xpress•d h1• th•nks to th• Sunday School t•ach•rs for th•lr work In th• Sunday School whlch was up and runnln9_ on • fortnlghtly bas1•. ELECTION AND APPOINTAIENT OF SELECT VESTR Y All m•mb•rs of th• Church of Ir•l•nd who ar• •v•r th• ag• of 18 •nd ar• •lth•r r•sld•nt wlthln th• parlsh or Ilv• •ls•wh•r• but hav• b••n accustom•d m•mb•r• of th• congr•g•tlon for at l•ast 3 months may r•gl•t•r •• m•mb•r• of th• G•n•ral V•stry of th• parfsh, allowlng th•m to •tt•nd •nd vot• •t m••tlngs of th• G•n•ral V••try •nd to •t•nd for •l•ctlon to th• S•l•ct V•stry. M••tlng• of th• G•n•ral V••try •r• h•ld at l•••t onc• a y•ar. Th• S•l•ct V••try l• •l•ct•d a• part of th• G•n•ral V•stry m••tlng. Th• S•l•ct V••try wlll hold th•lr po•ltlons for a p•rlod of on• y•ar. Th• S•l•ct V•stry m•mb•rs m•y b• r•4l•ct•d annually and th•r• l• no Ilmlt on th• numb•r of t•rnis whlch may b• s•rv•d. ORGANISA fioNA£ 8fRUCTURE Th• S•l•ct V•stry Is r•spon8lbl• for th• day to day manag•m•nt of th• parlsh. Th• S•l•ct V•stry conslsts of th• cl•ryy of th• parf•h, th• chUh W•rd•n•. th• Gl•b• W•rd•ns and g•n•rally not mor• than 12 oth•r m•mb•rs of th• G•n•ral V•stry •l•ct•d at th• G•n•ral V•stry m••tlng. S•l•ct V•stry m•mb•rs r• r•sponslbl• for maklng d•clslons on matters of g•n•r•l conc•rn and Importanc• to the parlsh Includlng how parlsh funds •r• t• b• •ppll•d. Trust••s •r• •l•ct•d by th• S•l•Gt V•stry.
THE ACHIEVEAIENTS OF THE CHARITY C•ntr•l to th• work at all l•v•ls In th• parlsh Is th• t••chlng of Godls word to brfng parl•hlon•r• Into • d••p•r knowl•dg• and und•rstandlng of Jesus Chrlst as Lord and Savlour so that they •r• thoroughly •qulpp•d and motlvat•d to reach out Into th• communlty b•yond th• parfsh. W• •trfv• to Insplr• •ll p•rlshlon•r• to transforni th• local community and to bulld * Chrlst4•ntr•d ¢ongr•gatlon whlch wlll b• a wltn•ss for J••u• Chrlst and to work for th• advanc•m•nt of hls kln9dom. Th• dlr•ct b•n•flt of partlclpatlon In church Ilf• Includ•s th• •nJoym•nt of publlc wor•hlpi th• glvlng and r•c•lvlng of p•stor•l ¢•r•, Improv•d und•rst•ndlng of th• Blbl• and •xt•nd•d valu•s r•latlng to clvl¢ •ngag•m•nL Also Important l• th• bulldlng of communlty Goh•slon whlch wlll promot• und•rJt•ndln9 and acc•ptnc• of dlv•Y•• groups as w•ll as Improv•d •ducatlonal outcom•s through th• church's mlnlstry of t••chlng. In 2023 •tt•nd•n¢• at Sund•y ••rvlc•s Incr•as•d. A D••con• R•v S•an McClaff•rty wa• appolnt•d to th• Parlsh and hls Invofv•m•nt has contrlbut•d gr••tly to ov•r•ll •tt•nd•nc• and p•rtlclp•tlon In Church Ilf•. Back to Church Sundays oryanls•d by hlm saw numb•ra Improv• to b•for• Pand•mlc l•v•ls. Th• •xpr•sslon of th• pr•c•pts of th• Chrlstlan r•llglon through •ng•g•m•nt wlth th• g•n•ral publlc, and In partl¢ul•r wlth th• slck, th• •lderfy and the young l• publlc b•n•flt. Thls c•n b• m••sur•d and •vld•nc•d through r•gular vlsltatlon. Incr••s•d so¢l•l Int•gratlon •nd p•storal Gar• d•llv•r•d at th• polnt of n••d. Ov•rall, th• b•n•flclarf•s of Baron•¢ourt Parf•h Church •r• th• g•n•rnl publlc •nd publlc valuatlon of th• b•n•flts c•n b• •vld•nc•d through tt•nd•ne• at publlc worshlpi partlclpatlon In church gov•rnanc• and th• wllllngn••s to Support th• contlnu•d wltn••• ol th• church through contrlbutlon•. Th• wld•r b•n•flts to th• publ1¢ •r• both th• av•ll•blllty of a plac• for wornhlp •xpandlng our Chrlstlan outr•ach and th• facllltatlon of baptlsms, w•ddlngs and lun•rls. As a r•sult of actlvlty In purnult of th• advanc•m•nt ol th• Chrfstlan r•llglon, th• Parlsh h•s cu•tody ol a lary• body of r•cords. m•t•rfals and art•facts ol slgnlficanc• to th• cultural h•rltag• of th• ar•a and socl•ty In g•n•ral and th• Parlsh Is •ng•g•d In th• malnt•nanc• and upke•p of •ame. No prlvate b•n•flt l• r•c•lv•d from trust••s fulfilllng th•lr r•sponslbllltl•s In r•sp•ct of bulldlngs, rtefacts or rncords. In the courn• of conservatlon and to mak• r•cords av•ll•bl• to th• publlc no prof•sslon•l staff •r• •ng•g•d for that purpos•. Th• b•n•flclarl•s ar• sol•ly th• g•n•r•l publlc. No trust•• r•c•lv•s r•mun•r*tlon, r•w•rd or oth•r b•n•flt for carrylng Out th•lr truste• r•sponslbllltl•s.
COAIP£IAAICE IYITH PUBIIC BENEFITS Th• parlsh has glv•n car•lul consld•r•tlon of th• Charlty Commlsslon for North•rn Irelandls guldanG• on publlc b•n•flt to ensure that the actlvltles enter•d Into during th• y•ar hav• h•lp•d to chl•v• th• parlsh's obJ•ctlves and actlviti•s, as w•ll as provldlng publlc b•n•flt. STAfEAIENT OF TRUSTEE¥ RESPONSIBILITIES Th• trn8t••s ar• r••ponslbl• for pr•parlng th• Trust••s1 R•port •nd •tat•m•nt of R•c•lpts and p•ym•nts and stat•m•nt of ass•ts and Ilabllltles In accordanc• wlth appllcabl• law and r•gul•tlons. Th• law appllcabl• to Gharltl•• In North•rn Ir•l•nd wlth Incom• of 1•55 th•n £250,000 r•qulr•s th• trust••s to pr•par• • stat•m•nt of r•c•lpts and paym•nts •nd • stat•m•nt of •s••ts and Ilabllltl•s for ••¢h flnnel•l y•ar. Th• trn•t••s •r• r••ponglbl• for k•eplng accountlng r•cords that ar• sufflcl•nt to Show and explaln the parlsh's tr•ns•ctlon• and dlsclos• wlth r•a•onable accuracy at any tlm• th• as••t• •nd Ilabllltl•• of th• paylsh. Th•y ar• al•• r•sponslbl• for s•f•gu•rdlny th• as••ts of th• p•rf•h •nd h•nG• for taklng r•a•onabl• st•ps for th• pr•v•ntlon and d•t•ctlon of Iraud and oth•r Irr•gularltl••. Thls r•port was approv•d by th• trust••• and slgn•d by th• R•¢tor, th• S•cT•tary and Tr•••ur•r ol th• S•l•ct V•stry on b•half of th• S•l•ct V••try vlho had •lght off and approv•d th• r•porL R•ctor MISS ANNE MURPHY S•cr•tary MRS IRIS CROMPTON Tr••syr•r