2023-12-31-annual-return

FIRST BALLYEASTON CONGREGATION OF THE

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND

Trustees Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2023

Independent Examiner’s Report

Registered Charity in Northern Ireland (NIC104880)

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XHOPPER & CO Cnai Lei¥d.4ccountar.ts & RegisLcred.4uditois I-F-.IR fr-NI)F.I).11 I)F-C'F-IIIIF-R )ii).I INDl.PTr"NDF"NT TrI.IIIINF:R'S RF"PORT I report on ttr￿ fina￿]21 slannts of FI￿ Ballyeaston P￿S￿erian Church for year ended 31 ￿ Dettmber _￿J. Ro%￿1h.e rospoTh4lblllUe5 01 InLslee5 and Inde￿ndon( eianilner FI￿ Ba]￿e￿I￿ Pre5byierian Church's trusiees are reSEKThible for the preparation of t fin￿Cial ￿alen￿nts in accordwKe with ternLS of Charities Act (TrIOrt￿rn I￿land) ?(x)8. Firsi Ba]tye&st(m Presbyterian Church 's In￿lee$ consider that an I￿￿11 is n( required unthr section 651?1 (audit) of the Charities Acl IINortkrn ]￿land) •(X)8 for year and that in(kFYn&nt examination un&r seclion I ) of Charilies Acl (N'orthern ￿land) ?￿8 is reqUi￿(L is my re5w>nsibility' to: amir£ accwnts lo slate parncular mailers Frtve come lo my attentio Bas15 of In(kh￿ndQn( e￿an￿￿r.5 M J examination w'as carr￿d oui un(kr Section 65 of the Charit￿5 Act (NOrt￿rn I￿land} ?(X)8. .4n examination inclu&s a re%'iev•' of accountins recor(ls kepi ty the Church and comparison of financial staiements ￿e￿n￿d w ith th04£ ￿ cords.. It also i￿ludeS con%i<kration of any unusual iterns or disclosu￿S in the financial slan￿nts. and seeking explanations from trustee5 c(AKerning any such matrk Tr procedures do provi all the eiidence tlkit would ￿ rryirnl in an audii. and consequently I do no¢ CAPR￿ an audil opinion on view gi%tn by tk fin￿￿la1 5Litements. Indewndenl elan￿ne￿5 sIalen￿￿1 In LIK￿ cour%< of mi. eAaminaiion. tx) matter has cow£ lo my attniion: ( l ) wthich gives me reasonabk cawe lo Ee lieve th in any mrial reS￿cl ￿quirements. to keep accounling records in acCorda￿e with Section 63 of the charities Act (Northern Ireland) ?{￿￿. and to wepare financial sta*T[￿nL$ which xcord with accwnting records in (￿nIa1￿c w'ith &ction ￿ of ChaTities (.Northem Ireland) have nol lyen (Y (?) lo whicFL in my Opinio￿ aitention slwld ￿ drawn in orthrlo embk a prO￿r U￿r￿1ng of the financial SL￿eme4)ts to be S FlOp￿r FCA Part￿r HOp￿r & Co ?? Nlay ?0?4 6 Doagh Road. B311yclare, Co. Antrim BT39 9BG T: [phone] F= [phone] E: [e-mail]