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<Ar4MAI Rep0rtf0rtheywe￿J1. Dti¢mbtr2022
Thetru5tees presEnttheinnual rewtand51atements of Rewpts and Payments *xIAssets Ind liabl￿1￿% Desertmartin Parish Churth
fijrtheyear ended 31 DEcernb￿2022
Oblectlve5andArtivit*s
ThecharitablepurpDseoftheChLrthof lielaThl isthe adva[K￿nt Ofrdl￿lYL
Theprlncipal function ol Desertwrtin PariShc￿r(h ts1O￿p￿theZdYaTr£ernenl of theChFi51i3n by wrAn¢Jtin& ihrough thework of
De5ertmarbn Pa￿h Church the whale rn￿510n ofthe Church. Woral. evangelsbc. S¢￿181 and ewmenical. cpen toand enEaglne￿th
socletyas a vjhde and offer*￿SU￿￿￿t f47rth￿enee￿S helparefundamentl tDthe twiveryof bEnEfits ofChri5tianity.
As a resU￿Of acIN￿1nthepu￿￿Itofth￿3¢kl￿C*nthtt0fthe Chrisban reliOon. Desert￿￿(hurch of treland Parlsh has custodyof prcperty
and rec¢xds. materials and artefacts of5isnificancE tothE and rdigious heritageaThl rnaintenan￿ of which 15 undertsken by theselert
vestry ofthe De5ertmarbn thurth DflrEtaThJ paris￿ The e¥Pr￿On oftheprecepts ofthe Chr￿E￿aTr reuE￿￿￿£h en£a2emeTht%￿th the
gener￿ publ14 and In part&￿￿r¥jItb thethathantsEe4 the5icK the eld￿ty and they￿ng1S a publicbenefiL can be rnea5LEred and
denced throu8h ¢ncrea5ed social ijitÈYati￿ and pastOTaloTe dthered atthe Ontof need. The dlrect benefft of pardclpatlon In Church Ilfe
thdudes theenjoyment ofpublic Wors￿p1 ￿ the&l￿]n&and rece￿￿1¥ of pa5t(nJ mirA5tsy. improbyd ￿￿$tan&1￿ of thevalue5 relatingto
CMI en6a6emer¢ community£ohesx>) •)d wow(*n8a bridge ber*een rfwsegroups as well a5 ImrKo%td educaUorJ•l outctynesihwou8h ihe
Chuich's mintstry of te¥hi
Thebweficiaries arethegeneral publKaThlthe p￿4¢yal￿ation of the benefits can bee￿￿￿enced thmwattendance at pub￿cw0r$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 IL*al community ÉKwps such as the IoL*( branche$ 0Sthe Loyal Orders..Thls
vearbecauseofthe Lod¢dr*4m duetoCOWt>19 seThiw wue ￿t￿cUts￿ed in theearly part ottheyew. BYear￿ April 5eryire5 were back
io nomi*l.
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 Reportfortr*year•thl JI Dec￿￿20221¢0nll￿dJ
(hildrenand Y0￿p￿￿eare8fft inPLYtantpgrt(lour thlhlren frc*)) theSundrySthor4 te*Jthefamltyser¥keon￿ a mmth.
Ourchild Protectson Pollcyts In a(cudan￿vI￿theSdfe￿￿knsTrytt prfi¢* (rfihe Churth ollrda
We confirm ta you wehavemliWed¥rrypot*rtial harm frL¥n theparisKs ackntses tyLkniNgthe requlremwts ofthe Churth of Irdand
Safeguardth8Trust polfjcyforthe of thildren andvuknerable adukk NolnL5tee receTrff5 re*ardtyothef priv*e
benefitforcarryingouttheirtryst& reswtsitmlity.
In tenns ofcr055 c(ThrnunrtyO¢ti%ily. wehotta Lades Gulld youp and kthAln6 whlth dra*4frcfftthekd 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 p*rthÈrs 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(]￿ th*nttrtheemire 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 rernur*ratio￿ 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 en5urEth*the
artivibes eniered into duringtheyea¥ have helped athle*the 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$l￿￿ed purpose- seen(*e 16. page I
GoIngC0￿effl
TheTrustee5 havereviewedthe Ixjdgets fortheye•rahead and aresatisfied thatthereare adequatefvr￿s ￿ pla¢eto en5yreth*the Pèrish
can COMinue its acovldts and lhefiThand￿ stst•i)entsfr*theyear ended 31 December2022 can be swed off as a8olnE c0ncem.Term(￿eeny
Parish areaLw l￿blefor2/5 of the Rettory rLth*Intt￿tslreP1lrs. B￿ance0fth5s p8yment*ill nLX be￿￿È￿ed tsrfileady2023.
Chapter111 ofthe CoThstithtlonof theChl￿ of Irelw41 Parislw P¥oddOr8orllsotityL These*ttv&tym￿bers aTethe tharity
Trustees.
All rnembers ofthechurth ofirejandwho are Q￿rtheège of 18 dnd *re eilher re$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￿$1ts1e10r thedayto day management of the TheSel&tVthy con5i5ts ofthE mEmber ofthe derÈy Se￿ngIn
thepari5h, theChUrthWarder￿. thetsbe wardens and Ewa￿¥ notrnorethantrth members afthE ￿er￿1 vestry elected atthe
General Vemry Meetln&
Thes￿ectV￿ts thaired trythE￿¢UmbÈntorOther memberofthe derEV offiCia￿1n the se1ErtV￿membErS ale re5PDn5ibtefor
maklnE deaskns on mattersof gwal uKKemand lrnwxta￿etothe parish inth(fI￿ dedthghowpawtsh funds aretobe applled.
The Selertvestrymeets attim£s fjxed ￿the members cfjtrtrftherfioce5an 5ynDd. Spellal rneebngs may CanVEn￿ at anytime bythe
thairpersm orthethurchwardenk In 2022, theSeleLtVe5by rnet 7times durfnetheyear and theavLYaEe attendancewas 80%.
The wre5sion ofthe precepts olthe Chtstian relai￿ thrtyJEh engweni ￿ththe genwal publiG 3nd ￿ p3rtiUjtsr￿th the thsadvantapl.
the ￿(k. the eldely and theyour% ￿ a pubJK benefft. This can be measured *MI*KedthrotsÈh weased so£lal Imelrauc￿ and pastoral
Careder￿tred atthe point of The threttb￿efil of partlop3ticn In thurch fft wKlude5 the enl0yrr￿tof publKwor5hip and theEiwnE and
rece[￿ng0fpast0raI mlnistry, tynproyed Und￿510ndin8 of the¥Jues ￿￿tingtO o¥i¢ ccthmthlty £￿￿Sion and provithng a brfdge
between diver5eyaup5 a5w*lIasimw￿dethC/i5onl ￿rt¢(￿￿$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 tC*thefulfilmentofthe purpc6e oftheath4aMr*ntof NoTNsTre receive5 r￿unerati￿.
reward orotherprfvatebenefit fcrf Ca￿vingr￿rttsrTrUStee reSpL￿$1b1l1ty."
The Parish has£D￿n careful cth)skler*lontotheCTharStyCornm155kn 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 Irelandt*lth IrKomeof knthanE250,(KXI reqwresthÈTnJsteÈ#toNÈpare8 stst*nentof 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 theTwsi*e5
Mrsamuel Hudson
Tru5t2e
Mr5 Lo15Au5tln
Dote:
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