2022-12-31-annual-report

Desertmartin Parish Church AÈf*rentesandadmlrasua￿de CharityNam CharltyRegtstr3tlon Number. NIC104698 ContèrtAddres5: The Rectory 25 Dr¢Jm¢ye Road De5ertm3rtin MaEherafdt BT45 5JZ Tru5tee5 Mr Rwald Caskey i)ere45ed Mrs L￿lSe(aSke¥ MT Harold Bra￿eY r5 LIx5 A￿stIn Mrs Barbara Hudson Mr Samuel Hudson M1$5 Tr￿lary HutcNnson Mrs Jac4ueltneJohrtston Mrs Lc45 Kane MrTrevoT Klny MrAnthew McKeown Mr Ernestyoung Mrjohnwoodwxd Mrs P¥ulineTaylor PrfndpaI0ffl￿-hea￿ aergy. R￿PhIllp B￿sonap￿0￿tsJ FebnMry2022 LThurth Treasurer= Mrs Lths AustirL Church W8rden-aer6y. Mrs Pa￿ineT (thurth W3rden-PeopJÉ: Mrjohfi Woodward Indep¢ftderttAuditor D Lyttle+ Co Lid IS Meetingstreet Maeherafelt Co L<Jndonderry BT45 6BN Banker5 Danske Bank DoneEall Squarewest Belfast Bn&S

Desertmartin Parish Church Trtthe) •)d wow(n8a bridge bereen rfwsegroups as well a5 ImrKo%td educaUorJ•l outctynesihwou8h ihe Chuich's mintstry of te¥hi Thebweficiaries arethegeneral publKaThlthe p￿4¢yal￿ation of the benefits can bee￿￿￿enced thmwattendance at pub￿cw0r$h1p. partldpation in Church go¥vrwn¢e arxl Wilbngr￿tOsupE￿thr￿Jgh Ccfflrfbutions to ihe continuI￿￿rInesS ofthÈ Churth. The wldÈrbenÈfft tothe publfjc wllloutwdch any detrirnent ar￿ing1￿ thecourseof OLri5tj￿ outreadL Any prfvatebwrfit ar￿thg outof the fvjfilment of OUT Christian ministry w to lay staff Ls esseM[￿t0thefU￿Ment of thepurposeofthe aJ¥ancement of rdlckn. Notrusteere£d¥es rwnunerat reward or other wi¥ats benefrtlor w11￿lArtthtyrTr￿steere$p￿sThl ility. Oestrbnarbn Parish Chu¢ch was vacènt Februxy 2022 %then the Rw PhllKp Benscnwas Insti￿lled asthenewrector. The churth Is p8rtof 8roupwth fermcneeny IKnockloU&￿xn} Par￿￿ both underthecharle ofRev Phi1tp Bensw. T8rnweeryshare Rert(¥y ruDnin8c05ts. churchwe pro￿deaWeek1¥ se￿￿ of Morning Prayerand a onceper mcmthser¥iceofHdy Commuth. Weatso wov)deforbaptisms. weddlngs, fvnerals and pa5torHI 5uppryL 5peual s￿￿￿wer￿ Itso held duringLentand ai Easter. In •d(liti￿ the parish has hosted religitsy$ services in assooation with local conwnuntty8r￿pS swh a5 the Low and Nla50nic¢xdvs. kndu41ngtheOranKeOnler.theRoyal Bkck Fyeceptory aThJ The Apprerrtice of Derry. Theparfshwould ge￿￿ty￿ductwee￿&ts ot pubkw(xthip. as authNtsÈd inthe g0(th ofcLffim￿IY8YeTa￿I joith ith ￿￿$￿￿erplY1sh forthebi-annual"Confifmati¢Jn" oflabth sthc4 led by the diocesan ￿h(￿. In addition to thelointWi5h &"t4e5tuo groupthe parish h05 hosted and parttcipated in rdi&ws senrites in a$StiO￿lL￿ Tmth ILal community ÉKwps such as the IoL( branche$ 0Sthe Loyal Orders..Thls vearbecauseofthe Lod¢dr4m duetoCOWt>19 seThiw wue ￿t￿cUts￿ed in theearly part ottheyew. BYear￿ April 5eryire5 were back io nomil. The benefits of public W￿shIP ind￿e corbtributingto the 5ptr[￿al w￿￿b￿n￿Of parttuparrts. the relrtforcem￿1 Df Christian values. together th prathcal suroort to struEElinghxal fvmoies t1¥(￿gh Iksthartin Parish (thurth partner5hrps ¥Ath 5pecÉafist Sup￿t￿rE￿niSati￿5. We have a m￿thlYP￿rlsh N￿¥￿￿ch keep5 up to date ¥Ath our acuwtses *￿those7n1he kncal communlty. Ourspecoal ser￿(e5 at P￿ffl 5undwand ourcard SeThqceat Ouknas resumed nNTn4

Desertmartin Parish Church rru5tqe5' A￿ll￿1 Reportfortryear•thl JI Dec￿￿20221¢0nll￿dJ (hildrenand Y0￿p￿￿eare8fft inPLYtantpgrt(lour thlhlren frc)) theSundrySthor4 teJthefamltyser¥keon￿ a mmth. Ourchild Protectson Pollcyts In a(cudan￿vI￿theSdfe￿￿knsTrytt prfi¢ (rfihe Churth ollrda We confirm ta you wehavemliWed¥rrypotrtial harm frL¥n theparisKs ackntses tyLkniNgthe requlremwts ofthe Churth of Irdand Safeguardth8Trust polfjcyforthe of thildren andvuknerable adukk NolnL5tee receTrff5 reardtyothef prive benefitforcarryingouttheirtryst& reswtsitmlity. In tenns ofcr055 c(ThrnunrtyO¢ti%ily. wehotta Lades Gulld youp and kthAln6 whlth dra4frcfftthekd communltyas av4hde. In addltlonwe run i lon8St3ndingYintaBeVehide Ra1￿ whith Krn popularand interestfffx)) ¥ross the Mid-ubter eountil arÈa and bty￿d.. We haveaj(AntPrwGrWlble5t￿t￿Ith TerMly￿ Par￿h. The ¢hurthsupp¢￿mISSIon prthÈrs as ￿laS suPpN￿ other ktsl chart￿es aThl M￿s￿￿$S￿ch as Crosslknb. The Parish norma1tynmstwmwfuthts￿tsvrfs eachyear.Thefirstls a Thfjnme Ralv wNth ha5been rnrth$lr￿ 1987. %thlch rèlses app￿￿rnately£10.0C(IpeTVW.1Mrtl50tso4 yeatso(]￿ thnttrtheemire cmmthity. Thesee￿d is atswns(dCy¢le"whi¢h ¢id nottake place thls year. We confirm to you wehavemlWaThypoten¥4 hamifrcrfn thep•rish's •¢ts¥rW by<knrM￿thereqWr¢m￿￿ of the thurth of Ireland SafeguardfngTrustpoltcy forthe Pr￿ec￿￿ of chlldren andbwknerabie adukk Notru5teerecebve5 rernurratio￿ r￿arde( other pri¥e benefit fcrcarrylngoutthdr tnthee reSp￿lI￿lIty. The Parlsh has 8l¥en careful con55thrn￿ontothechar1tyco￿rn15SI￿ for Northem Ird/nds guidanrecfj pubtscbenefrtlo en5urEththe artivibes eniered into duringtheyea¥ have helped athlethe pèrlsh's objec0￿ and aCti￿ties. as well as l￿ding publlc benefft. Flnanclaj Re¥kn¥ The resultsfortheyear areset￿rtrn p4e4 wlxth theTrustÈes ¢(xurd¥t¢ ksatisTracttyy. The reserves olthe Parf5h ￿held kVthea(tr4W￿Df its tharilable purpTr￿ oth¥than re5tr1cted re5erye5 W￿￿th are held for de$l￿￿ed purpose- seen(e 16. page I GoIngC0￿effl TheTrustee5 havereviewedthe Ixjdgets fortheye•rahead and aresatisfied thatthereare adequatefvr￿s ￿ pla¢eto en5yreththe Pèrish can COMinue its acovldts and lhefiThand￿ stst•i)entsfrtheyear ended 31 December2022 can be swed off as a8olnE c0ncem.Term(￿eeny Parish areaLw l￿blefor2/5 of the Rettory rLthIntt￿tslreP1lrs. B￿ance0fth5s p8ymentill nLX be￿￿È￿ed tsrfileady2023. Chapter111 ofthe CoThstithtlonof theChl￿ of Irelw41 Parislw P¥oddOr8orllsotityL Thesettv&tym￿bers aTethe tharity Trustees. All rnembers ofthechurth ofirejandwho are Q￿rtheège of 18 dnd re eilher re$KIert￿tknthe￿￿h￿fl￿el5e1￿￿trtb￿1 hwe be accustomed membets ofthe con8re8al￿Tr for at leall 3 years. may retseras members ofthegaiwal ¥estry of the partsh, aUowlnÈthemto ttend and vote * rneebTW &ew8l¥tstyand tostand for electiorttotheselettvestry. Meetiw ofthe generalvestry are held at le8St once a year. TheSeleuVe5tryls elected as partof tht5 GervalVwtryrneetin& TheSelertVe5try vrill hold their I￿51￿¢￿S fora perlod of one vear. Sele£tVesty membersmaybertrelecthd anThJaMyaTrJthere on therthjmber oftermswNch may bes￿ve The rectu is not pald direthybythe PaTi5h. Arncffjth￿ a55e55mentis paid to the Dlore5evknlth comkrtse5 Stlpen(Llocomrtory Allowance, Emk4oyds NaU¢Jnal Insurance and Emtherfs Clergy Pension Contributiorts.

Desertmartin Parish Church The SelectVe5tryis rESpc￿$1ts1e10r thedayto day management of the TheSel&tVthy con5i5ts ofthE mEmber ofthe derÈy Se￿ngIn thepari5h, theChUrthWarder￿. thetsbe wardens and Ewa￿¥ notrnorethantrth members afthE ￿er￿1 vestry elected atthe General Vemry Meetln& Thes￿ectV￿ts thaired trythE￿¢UmbÈntorOther memberofthe derEV offiCia￿1n the se1ErtV￿membErS ale re5PDn5ibtefor maklnE deaskns on mattersof gwal uKKemand lrnwxta￿etothe parish inth(fI￿ dedthghowpawtsh funds aretobe applled. The Selertvestrymeets attim£s fjxed ￿the members cfjtrtrftherfioce5an 5ynDd. Spellal rneebngs may CanVEn￿ at anytime bythe thairpersm orthethurchwardenk In 2022, theSeleLtVe5by rnet 7times durfnetheyear and theavLYaEe attendancewas 80%. The wre5sion ofthe precepts olthe Chtstian relai￿ thrtyJEh engweni ￿ththe genwal publiG 3nd ￿ p3rtiUjtsr￿th the thsadvantapl. the ￿(k. the eldely and theyour% ￿ a pubJK benefft. This can be measured MIKedthrotsÈh weased so£lal Imelrauc￿ and pastoral Careder￿tred atthe point of The threttb￿efil of partlop3ticn In thurch fft wKlude5 the enl0yrr￿tof publKwor5hip and theEiwnE and rece[￿ng0fpast0raI mlnistry, tynproyed Und￿510ndin8 of the¥Jues ￿￿tingtO o¥i¢ ccthmthlty £￿￿Sion and provithng a brfdge between diver5eyaup5 a5wlIasimw￿dethC/i5onl ￿rt¢(￿￿$thrW8h the Churth's rnint5try oft¢athin& The beTLeficiarie5 arethe8eneral puL414 andthe publk ¥7luation ofthe ran be ￿dencedthrOUÉh attend4￿e3t wbli¢ wtrship. P8￿C1PatIon In Churth g0w￿nCe3nd Y￿r￿greSstO supportthrwgh Ccffltiibutionsthe contlnulngwltness of the Churth The wider benefftto the publitwll ouwh anydetrimentarsing in the cour5eof Chri5tMn (Mrfrexh.Anywivate benefft ar￿gO￿t olthe1ulfllm￿f of our rlstian rn1nlstryc￿tO lay5tsff is essemial tCthefulfilmentofthe purpc6e oftheath4aMrntof NoTNsTre receive5 r￿unerati￿. reward orotherprfvatebenefit fcrf Ca￿vingr￿rttsrTrUStee reSpL￿$1b1l1ty." The Parish has£D￿n careful cth)sklerlontotheCTharStyCornm155kn for Northem IrekThl'5 8uKlorKern pthbthefittoWW￿thOtthe actl¥ltle5 entered Intoduringtheyew hwe help￿1 tO8thie%the Parlsh's oblecti¥es and actiwlfjes. as wdl as prnw(bnE puNc benefiL stst¢ment ofTrnstees' Respothlths The Trustees are respO￿bIeforpfEPa1thgtheTrUSteeS, Rwt and the$18t￿ent￿receIpts paymuts statemefftof assets ènd abilltles In accordarKe withappkatAe ￿￿and regulations. The appr1eat￿tt￿thalItI￿]n N(rfthern Irelandtlth IrKomeof knthanE250,(KXI reqwresthÈTnJsteÈ#toNÈpare8 ststnentof receipis and payments and a slatem￿l tsf sets and babYAbes eath financlal year. TheTrustees are respon5nJle forkeepu% tircountine r¢rxds thatare suffidentto showand explain the PwTsh¥transacUortsand df5d05e wlth reasonable acLwr4cyatarrytirne the assets and ￿abIllIes of the Paris￿ Thry are a&0 resp￿￿1blef0rsafe£uarrfITrgthe a55Ets olthe Pai15h and hence fwtskinzTeasLThbiesteps and deteLIkn offraud artd otherlrrewlahtie5. 8ned on Behalf of theTwsie5 Mrsamuel Hudson Tru5t2e Mr5 Lo15Au5tln Dote: 29/,./.,