2022-12-31-annual-return

HOPPER & CO Chartered Accountar,Is & Registered Auditors FIRST BALLYEASTON PRFSBYfERL4N CHURCH I'E4R E￿T)ED 31 DECE￿IBER 2022 INDEPENDEYF ELKMINER'S REPORT I report on the financial statements of F￿st Ballyeaston Presbyterian Church for the year ended 31 st Decemkr 2022. Respective rwoLsibilities of trustees and independent examiner First BaIlveaston Presbvterian Church's trustees are responsible for the prepardtion of the financial statements in accordance with the terms of the Charities Act (Northern treland) ?(X)8. t4irst Ballyeaston Presbvterian Church 's tnistees consider that an audit is not required under section 65(9) (audit) of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) ?￿8 for ihe year and that an independent examination under section 64(1) of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) ?008 is required. It is my resp)nsÈbility to: examine the accounts to state whether particular matters have come to In), attention. Basis of independent examiner's report My examination s Larried ()ut under Section 65 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) ?(X)8. An examination includes a review of Éhe accountin? records kept by the Church and a Lomparison of the fmancial statements presented witb those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the fmanciat statements, and seeking explanaiions from the trustees concernÉn£ any such matters. The procedures do not pruvide aIl the evidence that ivould be required in an audit. and consequenily I do not express an audit opinion on the oji'en by the financial statements. Independent ek9miner's statement In the course of my examination: no matler has Ll)me to my attention: ( l ) which ￿1veS me re&sonable cause lo beliei'e that in any material respect the requirements-. to keep proper aLcounliniy records in accordance with Sedion 63 of the charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2(X)8, and to prepare flnancial statemenLs which accord with the accountÈng record% in accordance with SeL(ion ￿ of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland} ?008 have not been met; or (2} to which. in my opinion. attention should be drawn in orderlo enable a prO￿r undetstandinu of the f￿anCIal statements to be r&Yhed. S Hopper FCA Partner Hopper & Co E3 June 2023 6 Doagh Road, Ballyclare, Co. Antrim BT39 9BG T: [phone] F: [phone] E: [e-mail] PJrti7pr: Mich￿[ Hopper FCA:knon HwrFCA