Cumber Low¢r Parish Church Trustees, Annual Report for the year end 3 1st December 2023 tnjstees of Cumber Low¢r Parish Chutch presert the annual report aNI statenrnts of Reccipts and Payn]ents azxl Assets and Liabib'ties for the year eThled 31st D¢Gcrnb¢r 2023. Objcctives and Activities Th¢ clwitable putws¢ of the chUh of Iland is advallt of gi0 pri11 futiOn of Cumber Lowei PIsh Church is lo suptM)rt tk advaement of the C])TiStian ligIOn by prollK)tin& through the WO of Cumber Lower PiSh Church wFM)le 110n of tk Cllltycty pastord], evangelislic, social ecumerrical. Being open to engaging with society &s a whole aNI offering swrt for tIK)sc edIng Irlp are fllnd io prxtical delivery of the befits of CI531ty. As a result of lY in pursuit of Il advattemem of the Christian T¢h'gi0 CumberLowcr Parish c1ThCh has custody ofproperty andof TordS mateS and artefacts of SirICae to cultural a1 tEligiou5 kritagc aThl llmlntewe of which is Urtaken by select vesty of Cumber LA)w¢r Pwish ChurclL Achievements, Perfomiance & Public Benefit Cumber iA)wer Parish Church is eabljsld kn be a cbarity wknse pUrE0 is to fvaKt the Christian r¢ligion by: l. Offtring gUlar services of worsFop. 2. UNleTtaking religious ce[ennIeS such as bapti5ll weddillgs aThl fiuErais at the c1mCIL 3. Pmviding religious ¢dUci0 such as Su klM)ol pt0grdllu. 4. Providing pastoTrl cate to members to nurtu their spiiitual developmenL 5. PffNiding Ktivities progranunes commonty provided by such to en1)ae t coininuiw and s(KAal ¢4xrA¢JKts of childrffj yong people atMI WIK) atteThl thenL 6. Pmvith'ng a safe a1 secure envinmeth for all consistcnt with the releva aNI Icgalty biTrJing lulth and safety guideli and the Church of bela1 Child Pr(rtection Th)11 Saf¢guaTding Tn Financial Review The Parish tld ttl cash fu at year eThl of E29.067.29 (2022- E31.799.02). Going Conrxrn TnLStees Illve reviewed budgds for th year aheal and are SatiSfd that the are quate furyls in pjacc to enSll Parish cao Contin its a¢tivili¢s and the fila1 statements for the year efyled 3 1st December 2023 can be SIgd off as a gomg concw Stnwtll. Governance and Management Governing D0cLll a1 COltUtion ofth¢ Clwity CIHptcr lll of tRK CoiEtitution of Chuffb of IrelaThl govenL8 Parishes aNI Paroch] OrgWll.On$. The Church is a regi¢[ chanty - Clwity Registration nDmb¢r NIC104855. Tr Sclcth Vcsty tk Chan'ty Tnjstees. Rccrnitinent adAp}ntcllt ofselect Vesty (Tnjaxs) All nwnbers of Cbjrch otlrelaThl WI arc over age of 18 aNI are either Tesident within tbe paTAsh OT live elsewhere bth have been accustonKd memb¢r5 of tl cOei0n for at least three monts. may register as nKmbers of the gejml vestry of thc parisfy alAowiDg them io attend aThl vole at meetings of the gene] vestry and to sta1 for election to tk selcct vesty. Meetings of tk gewdl vestry a held at kast owe a y¢ar. Th¢ Select V is ekcted as part of this General kstry net8. The Sckct will ]x)Id tlir p]110$ for a nod of year. Select V members may be [k¢t¢d aomlllly atyj is limit on tk number of ternL4 wch ftjay be seryed.
Cwnber Lower Patish Church Tmstees, Annual Report for the y&2r ended 3 1st Ikcember 2023 (continued) Pay and remunerntion StipcTrJ is Mt paid diTecdy kn the uMben1 from th c1Wc Tr cl)urch pays a par(Kbial a&se&qnent to the diocese, who tIM pays a stipe1 to the lbeI. Orgam'sational Strn¢turc The select vesty is s11)le for the thy th day MageMent of the parith Tr selecl v¢sty ¢onsists of the nrnbff of tl clew seNing in lTrt paris c1llwchwarde gl¢be Warde and othr memlKrs of the general vew elec1 at ltr G¢ttral Itsiry. Tr select vestry is ¢lwiral by the clergy officiw in Ik Sekct vesw members 8Te wnsible for makin8 &cisions on rnatte of geMal CoeM aNI IMw)rthc ¢0 nsh inching <kcithDg IM)w pan'sh fuThls are to Ix applied. Compliance otlhe Public Benefit Tr Parish IMS gsven &V¢fi consideration to CIMrity Commission for Nortkrn Irdaul's sdae on public berit to ensu Ib xtivities cnrrA into duringthe year have lyld w achieve Ilr Parish's objectives athl activilies. as well as providmg berfiL Ststement of Tntstees, Responsibilities The In¢5 are SpO1b1e for preparin8 the Tnistees. Report aThl the Statrment of R¢ctiPts a1 Paymerts aNI Ststement of Assets aul Liabiliiies in ac[dae with applicable law re8ulats'oDs. Tr law applicable to charili&8 io Northern with Income of le&g thaD E250,0(M) rwiRs the trustees to pffpate a Ststement of Rectipts aThl Payments azKI a Stameth of Assds aThl Liabilities foreach final181 year. Tk tntstees are responsibk for kttping artIn8 ffcords tha( are &ffKient to slK)w explain the Parish's transathons and disclose with &s0Oable accuw at any timc Il* aThl lithililies of Patish. They arc also rn%p0Ds1e for saf¢8uardin8 the assets of tlK Parish aml for lakin8 aS0nabk steps for tk prevention detects'on of a1 lnEgularits. si8d on Bebalf of Thte¢S