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 chU￿h of I￿land is ￿ adva￿￿llt of ￿￿gi0 pri￿1￿1 fu￿tiOn of Cumber Lowei P￿Ish Church is lo suptM)rt tk adva￿ement of the C])TiStian ￿ligIOn by prollK)tin& through the WO￿ of Cumber Lower P￿iSh Church wFM)le ￿1￿10n 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 be￿fits of CI￿5￿3￿1ty. As a result of ￿lY￿ in pursuit of Il* advattemem of the Christian T¢h'gi0￿ CumberLowcr Parish c1Th￿Ch has custody ofproperty andof T￿ordS mate￿S and artefacts of Si￿￿rICa￿e to cultural a￿1 tEligiou5 kritagc aThl llmlnte￿we of which is U￿rtaken by select vesty of Cumber LA)w¢r Pwish ChurclL Achievements, Perfomiance & Public Benefit Cumber iA)wer Parish Church is e*abljsl￿d kn be a cbarity wknse pUrE0￿ is to *fvaKt the Christian r¢ligion by: l. Offtring ￿gUlar services of worsFop. 2. UNleTtaking religious ce[en￿nIeS such as bapti5ll￿ weddillgs aThl fiuErais at the c1m￿CIL 3. Pmviding religious ¢dUc*i0￿ 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)a￿e t coininuiw and s(KAal ¢4xrA¢JKts of childrffj yo￿ng people atMI WIK) atteThl thenL 6. Pmvith'ng a safe a￿1 secure envi￿nmeth for all consistcnt with the releva￿ aNI Icgalty biTrJing lulth and safety guideli￿ and the Church of bela￿1 Child Pr(rtection Th)11￿ Saf¢guaTding Tn Financial Review The Parish t*ld 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 SatiSf￿d that the￿ are *quate furyls in pjacc to enSll￿ Parish cao Contin￿ its a¢tivili¢s and the fi￿￿la1 statements for the year efyled 3 1st December 2023 can be SIg￿d off as a gomg concw Stnwtll￿. Governance and Management Governing D0cLll￿ a￿1 CO￿ltUtion ofth¢ Clwity CIHptcr lll of tRK CoiEtitution of Chuffb of IrelaThl govenL8 Parishes aNI Paroch￿] OrgWll￿.On$. The Church is a regi*¢[￿ chanty - Clwity Registration nDmb¢r NIC104855. Tr Sclcth Vcsty tk Chan'ty Tnjstees. Rccrnitinent a￿dAp￿}nt￿cllt ofselect Vesty (Tnjaxs) All nwnbers of Cbjrch otlrelaThl WI￿ arc over age of 18 aNI are either Tesident within tbe paTAsh OT live elsewhere bth have been accustonKd memb¢r5 of tl* cO￿e￿i0n for at least three monts. may register as nKmbers of the gejml vestry of thc parisfy alAowiDg them io attend aThl vole at meetings of the gene￿] vestry and to sta￿1 for election to tk selcct vesty. Meetings of tk gewdl vestry a￿ held at kast owe a y¢ar. Th¢ Select V￿ is ekcted as part of this General kstry n￿et￿8. The Sckct ￿ will ]x)Id tl*ir p￿]110￿$ for a nod of year. Select V￿ members may be [￿k¢t¢d aomlllly atyj is ￿ limit on tk number of ternL4 w￿ch 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 stipe￿1 to the l￿be￿I. Orgam'sational Strn¢turc The select vesty is ￿s￿￿11)le for the thy th day Ma￿geMent of the parith Tr selecl v¢sty ¢onsists of the n￿rnbff 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 Co￿eM aNI IMw)rth￿c ¢0 ￿nsh inch￿ing