Trustee< Annu￿ Yewt and statem￿ of Re￿Ipts and Payments and Awts and Uabllltles
For the year ended 31 December 2023

Leckpatri¢k Parfsh Churth
Annual report and finandal S&￿ements for the year ended 31 December 2023
Contents
Pages
References and administrative detsils of the Charity
Trustees, report
Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees
Receipts and payments account
Statement of assets and Ilabilltles
Notes to the financial statements
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Leckpatrlck Parish Churth
References and admlnlstratlve detalls
Charity Name:
Leckpatrick Parish Churth
Charlty Reglstratlon Number:
NIC104860
Contart Addre5S:
The Rertory
l Lowertown Road
Ballymagorry
Strabane
Co Tyrone
BT82 OLE
Trustees
Mrs Linda Huey
Mrs Sylvia Donnell
Mr Derick Donnell
Mr Geoffrey Kelly
Mrs Ellzabeth Glven
Mr Hall Oonnell
Mr RonnSe Kelly
Mr Leslle Milli8an
Mr Cecil Stevenson
Mr Adrian Shlelds
Mrs Valerie Gordon
Mrs Daphne Lynn
Prlndpal Offlcfrbearers
Clergy: Rev. Canon Paul Whlttaker (retired March 2023)
Church Treasurer: Mrs Linda Huey
Church Warden- Clergy: Mr Cecil Stevenson
Church Warden - People: Mrs Sylvia Donnell
Independent Audltor or Examlner
Mr Peter Clampett
Gortin North
8allindrait
Llfford
Co Donegal
Bankers
First Trust Bank
Meadowbank
Strand Road
Londonderry
BT48
Santander
64 Main Street
Strabane
BT82 8AX
Progressive Building Society
3 Millennium Forum
Newmarket Street
Londonderry
r48 6EB
North Tyrone Credit Unlon
29 Lisnaragh Road
Donemana
Strabane
BT82 OQL

Trustee< Annual Report for the year ended 31 De￿nber 2023
The trustees present the annual report and statements of R￿ipts and Payments and Assets and Liabilities for
Leckpatrick Parish Church for the year ended 31 December 2023.
Objectlves and Actlvltles
The charltable purpose of the Churth of Ireland is the advancement of religion.
The princlpal funrtion of Leckpatrick Parish Church Is to support the advancement of the Christian rell8ion by promotln
through the work of Leckpatrick Parish Church the whole mission of the Church, pastoral, evangelistic, social and
ecumenical. Being open to and en8agin8 With society as a whole and offering support for those needing help are
fundamental to the prartical delivery of the benefits of Christianity.
As a result of activity In the pursult of the advancement of the thristian religion. Leckpatrick Parish Churth has custody of
property and of records, materials and artefacts of signrflcance to the cultural and rellglous herltage and malntenance of
which is undertaken by the Selert Vestry of Leckpatrick Parish Church.
Achlevements. perf0m￿nce & Publk Benefft
The church has achieved its objectives by the holdin8 of regular religious seThlces and also holdln8 various youth and
other artivities for the benefit of the local community. The church holds regular public worship services on Sundays and
also on Wednesdays and Fridays during other periods within the Christian liturgical calendar. As part of the Church's
pastoral care to each church familyi Sunday School Is held each Sunday during sthool terms. The Trustees have a child
protectlon pollcy In place under the control of a Safeguardin8 Trust Committee.
Outside of the worship services, the church nomially el￿geS in several outreach pro8rammes into the local community,
through organlsatlons such the luncheon club {for the senior citizen5 of the parish), pastoral vlsltations are carrled out by
the Incumbent and trained pastoral visitors to the infirn)ed, elderly and bereaved. Wislts are also made to nursing homes
where prayers are held, hymns sung and bible readings rwrrated.
The Church also organlse5 an annual fundraisln8 event whlch is open to everyone in the local comrnunlty.
The Church Hall is provided for use by other community groups such as Glrl Guides. Women's Instltute, Mothers, Unlon
and bowling club.
The mlnlster may serve on the Board of Governors for Artl8arvan Prlmary School. thls Is covered by one of our
SafeguardlngTrust panel mernbers.
The Parish has given careful consideration to the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland's guidance on public benefit to
ensure that the activlties entered into during the year have helped to achieve the Parish's objectives and artivitles, as
well as providing public benefit.
Rev Canon Paul Whittaker retired in March 2023 arKI his replacernenL Rev. Andrea Cotter, was installed as Incumbent of
the Parlsh on 19th Aprll 2024. In the Interfm the work of the congregatlon continued with temporary cover arran8ed by
the Diocese and the Rural Dean, Rev Canon David McBeth.
Flnanclal Revlew
The Parish had an excess of receipts over payments of £22.271 for the year ended 31 December 2023.
The Parish continues to be in a healthy financial state as at 31 December 2023 with totsl cash funds of £189,117.

Truste& Annual Report for the year erbded 31 December 2023 (contlnued)
The trustees consider that the unre5trirted funds of the church have suffiaent resources and assets available which are
adequate to fulfil their obligations. A detsiled analysis of parish income and expenditure is set out in the notes to the
financial statements.
Golng Concern
The trustees have reviewed the budgets for the year ahead and are satisfied that there are adequate funds In place to
ensure that the Parish can continue its activitie5 and the financial statements for the year ended 310ecember 2023 can
be signed off as a going concern.
Strurture, Governano and Management
Governlnq IXKument and Constltth of the Chorlty
Chapter 111 of the Constitution of the Church of Ireland govems Parishes and Parochial Organisation. The Select Vestry
members are the Charity Trustees.
Recrultment and Appolntment of Seknt Vestry
All members of the Church of Ireland who are over the age of 18 and are either resldent within the parish or Ilve
elsewhere but have been accustomed members of the congregation for at least three months, may register as member5
of the general vestry of the parish, allowin8 them to attend and vote at meetings of the general vestry and to stand for
elertlon to the Select Vestry. Meetlngs of the General Vestry are held at least once a year. The Select Vestry is elected as
part of thls General Vestry meetin& The Selert Vestry will hold their positions for a perlod of one year. Selert Vestry
members may be re-elected annually and there is no lifflit on the number of terms whlch may be served.
Pay and remuneratlon
The Incumbent of the Parish'5 Stipend is paid directly by the Dlocese. whlch Is In accordance wlth flgures approved by the
General Synod of the Church of Ireland together with approved office and locomotory allowances. One other Charlty
Trustee re￿iVeS a remuneration from Leckpatrfck Parish thurch for employment duties as sexton.
Or8anlsatlonal Structure
The Selert Vestry is responsible for the day to day management of the parssh. The Select Vestry consists of the member
of the clergi serving in the parish, the churchwardens, the glebe wardens and generally not MO￿ than twelve other
member5 of the Beneral vestry elerted at the General Vestry.
The Select Vestry is chaired by the incumbent or other member of the clergy officlatin8 In the parlsh. Select Vestry
members are responsible for makln8 decisions on matters of general concem and importance to the parish Includlng
declding how parlsh funds are to be applied.
The Select Vestry meets at times fixed by the members or by the Diocesan Synod. Spedal meetings may be convened at
any time by the chairperson or the churchwardens. In 2023 the Select Vestry met 6 times and the average attendance
was 75%.
Compllance wlth Publk Benefft
The Parlsh has 8lven careful consideration to the Charity Commisslon for Northern Ireland's guidance on public benefit to
ensure that the attNities entered into during the year have helped to achieve the Parlsh's objettives and activities, as
well as providing public benefit.

Trusteeg Annual Report for the year ended 31 Dec4mber 2023 (contlnued)
Statement of Truste￿ Responslbllltles
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees. Report and the ststement of receipts and payments and
Statement of assets and liabilities in accordance with applicable law and regulations. The law applicable to charities in
Northern I￿land with Income of le55 than £250,CKKI requires the trustees to prepare a ststement of receipts and
payments and a statement of assets and liabilities for eath financial year.
The trustees are responsible ft>r keeping accounting records that are sufficient to show and explaifF the Parish's
transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any tlme the assets and liabilities of the Parish. They are also
responsible for Safeguarding the assets of the Parish and hence for taking reasonable step5 for the prevention and
detettlon of fraud and other irregularlties.
Slgned on Behalf of the Trustees
Mr Geoflrey Kelly
Date 3- la.
Mr Derlck ljonnell
Date

l ￿pOrt OD the Statement of Receipts ￿ Payments and Assets aftd Liakmlities of Leckpatrick Parish Churth for the year
ended 31 D￿ernber 2023, which are set out on pa8e5 1 to 10.
As the chxtys tnjstees. yw a￿ fw%￿lb1e for the weparntlon of the account& The tharirf5 trustee5 consider that an
audlt Is not requlTed for this ￿ar under sectlon 65(2) of the Charfties Pzt INorthem Irelandl 21>X (the Charltles Att) and
that an independent examination is needed. The charlty Is weparln8 rece*ts and p•yrnents accounts and l am qullified
to undertake the examlnation.
It Is my ruponslbllltyto:
exaThlnethe accounts
follow the wocedLwes laid d(r•m in the General 8i¥ffi by the Commission for Northern Ireland
examlnatlon was caTrled accofdance wlth the General DTrecllo￿ 11¥￿ by the Charlty Commlsslon for Northerfi
Ireland. An examlnatlon Indudes a ol the acc(wntln8 re£ords held ty the thaflty and a comparlson of the
accounts presented wlth those record& tt a150 W￿ude5 consxlerntlon of any ￿U$￿tI itents or dlsclosures in the accounts
and seeking explanations froffl you as trustees conwnlnq such matters. The wocedures undertaken do not provlde all
the erfldence that would èe required In an audlt and consequently no opinlon is 8i¥en as to whether the accounts present
a true and falr ¥kn and the report ts Ilmlted to those rnattefs set ¢)ut bel￿.
I whlch m• reasonable cause to that fflaterlal rwttt the requlrements:
to keep accounth¥ record5 In accordarKe vAth thèrlty leglslation In Northern Irdand.
to pryre aCu￿nts whlth ¥c￿rd the accountlD8 reco￿ and compty ￿ the accI￿ntIng requlrem¢fits of
2 to whIC￿ kn my OPIn￿ attenuon shwld be dravm In (xder to ¢￿ble a pn)pw understandln8 of the accounts to be
8n•d
Mr Peterclèmptt (U8 QFA) c￿￿￿.¢9)
Gonln North
Ballindr•tt
Lifford
Co Donegal

Recelpts and Payments Account for the year ended 31 Deomber 2023
Restrfcted EndOwn￿nt
Fund5
Funds
2023
2023
Funds
2023
Total
2023
Total
2022
Recei
Plate collections
Recorded giving
Gift Aid
Investment income
Interest from endowment funds
Donations
Sale of Queen's books
Reimbursement of expenses from
Dunnalong Parish Church
Power Nl cost of living payments
Dlocesan Grant
Conacre
NIE Poles
Graveyard fees
Fundraising
Sunday School Collertion
Refund of Assessment
Board of Education
Bowls club
Other receipts
Total Recel ts
1,309
37,791
4,873
745
1,309
38.697
5,204
745
14,381
2,805
125
2,357
1,094
35,728
5,472
483
13,840
4,111
906
331
14,381
2,805
63
2,357
62
3,280
1,200
1.200
1,200
1,200
5,000
906
4,500
1.350
2,027
1,350
2,027
23
13,728
539
2,220
13,728
539
98
20
71,754
72
72
75,061
1,322
14,381
90,764
Pa
ments
Wages and salarles
Diocesan costs/assessment
Church running costs
Glebe costs
Church hall costs
Charitable donations
Administration Costs
Sunday School
Fence for graveyard
Gardening tools
Communion set
Bank fees
RCB Gift Aid administration fee
Jubilee expenses
King's coronation bench
Discretionary fund
Total Pa
ents
Net receiptsl(payments)
Transfers between funds
Net movement in funds
Funds brought forward
Funds carried forward
1.812
40,057
8,345
6,746
2.994
ILN)
423
140
3,820
618
458
551
1.812
40,057
8,385
6,746
2,994
518
423
140
4,320
618
458
551
331
1,812
36,750
7,429
6,505
3,495
418
1,148
418
500
542
339
140
331
8iX)
800
340
340
1,629
13071
428
121
23.672
23,793
670
59,248
12,506
66,864
8,197
13.953
22,150
143.174
165,324
68,493
22,271
14,381
{14,3811
22,271
166,846
189.117
12.506
154,340
166.846
On Behalf of the Trustees
Mr Geoffrey Kelly
Mr Derlck Donnell

ststement of Assets and Llabllftles as at 31 December 2023
Unrestrlcted
Funds
2023
Endowme
Funds
2023
Funds
Totsl
2023
Total
2022
Cash Funds
Current Accounts
Deposit Accounts
Sunday School funds
Discretionary fund
Bowls club
Building & repair fund
Total Cash Funds
84￿53
80371
1,699
21,010
192
701
86.652
101,381
192
701
69.357
96,181
119
165324
23,793
189.117
166,846
Investment Assets
Investments in RCB / CIT
Unit Trusts
Other unllsted investments
Investment Properties
Total Investment Assets
522.746
522,746
507,265
522,746
522,746
507,265
Assets retslned for the
Parish's own use
Church and 8raveyard
Church hall
Rectory
Glebe land
Total Assets retalned for
the Parlsh'$ own use
2,278A98
907.615
783A08
1278A98
907.615
783,308
250,000
4219021
2,046,750
801.639
544,253
250,000
3,642,642
4219A21
On Behalf of the Trustees
Mr Geoffrey Kelly
<*
Mr Derlck Donnell

Notes to the flnandal statements for the year ended 31 December 2023
Accountlng pollcles
Set out below are the principal accounting policies which have been adopted In the compilatlon of the Receipts and
Payments Account and the Statement of Assets and Liabillties
(a) Recelpts and Payments Account
All items of income and expenditure induded within the Receipts and Payments Account have been accounted
for on a cash recelpts basls.
(b) Statement of Assets and Liabilltles
(l) A55ets retalnedfvr the Parlsh's own use
The Parish owns the following prernlses and the associated fixtures, fittings, plant and machinery which have
insurance values as follow5:
Church and graveyard
Church hall
Rectory
Farmland
6 Leckpatrick Road. Artlgarvan, Strabane, Co Tyrone. BT82 OAL
4 Leckpatrick Road, Arti8arvan, Strabane, Co Tyrone. BT82 OAL
l Lowertown Road, Ballymagorry, Strabane, Co Tyrone. BT82 OLE
Townlands of Glebe and Leckpatrick
2,278,498
907,615
783,308
250,000
4,219,421
Farmland conslsts of approx. 30 acres of arable land and approx. 6 acres of woodland In the townlands of Glebe and
Leckpatrlck. The Trustees estlmate a Market value of £250,IXM) for these lands.
11) Investments
Fixed asset Investments comprlsln8 Investment In RCB/CIT Unlt Trusts a￿ inltlally recorded at cost and are then
subsequently stated at fair value at each year end date.

Notes to the finandal statements for the year ended 31 Derember 2023 (contlnued)
Reconclllatlon of Cash Fund$
Total Cash Funds at Beginning
of the year
Receipts for the Year
Payments for the Year
Total Cash Funds at end of the
166,846
90,764
68,493
189,117
year
Movement In Funds
-IE!E!E!
Movement
In fund
value
Atljan
2023
Incomlng
Out8oln8
At 31 De¢
2023
Transfers
Endowment funds
RCB/CIT Unit Trusts
507,265
14,381
{14,381}
15,481
522,746
Restrlcted funds
Sunday School funds
General fund
Dlscretionary fund
RCB Priorities fund
Bowls club
Buildin8 & repair fund
1,365
73
1.249
326
59
1,764
127
701
21,010
{1,2891
(3401
1,041
21,010
43
43
Unrestrlcted funds
Designated Fabrlc Fund
General Fund
25,252
117.922
4,456
70.605
29,708
135,616
(66,864)
13,953
Totsl funds
674.111
90,764
{68,493)
15,481
711,863
Pur
oses of Endowme
Endowment funds are a permanent endowment which means that the capltal Is not avallable to the parlsh. They
consist of a number of bequests and legaaes which are invested in the RC8 and CIT Unit Trusts. The income from
these is avallable to the parfsh to be used malnly for general purposes with a portion restricted for specific use i.e.
Sunday School, cholr and building repair.
Pur
oses of Restrlrted Funds
Sunday School funds comprise of monies re￿fved for use by Sunday School.
General funds comprise of monies received for a speufic purpose.
Discretionary fund comprise5 of monies set aside for use at Rertorfs discTetion.
RCB Priorities fund comprises of monies set aside for use to encourage ueative and innovatlve projects which
reach out to the community.

Notes to the flnanclal statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 (contlnued)
Collectlon5 for Thlrd Partles
2023
2022
Blshops, Appeal
RBL Poppy Appeal
Castleder8 RAC
Armagh Robinson Library
260
96
l(K)
62
178
120
120
418
The above amounts have been Included In Receipts for the Year under Recorded 8fvin8 and In Payments for the year
under charitable donations.
5. Transactlons wtth the Trustees
The parlsh pald expenses of £3,552 relating to the running costs of the glebe house.
One trustee recelved gross remuneration during the year of £1￿12 for employment dutles as sexton.
No trustee or a person related to a trustee had any personal interest In any contract or transaction entered Into by the
charlty duringthe year.
6. Governance Costs
There were no governance costs Incurred in the year.
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