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TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT
The Trustees present their Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31
December 2023 including a Statement of Assets and Llabilities as at that date.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTrATIVE DEfAILS
Clonduff congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland
51 Bannfield Road, Rathfriland, BT34 5HQ
Registered Charity in Northem Ireland (NIC104968)
CHARITY TRUSTEES
The Charity Trustees who served during the year or who were trustees at the date of this
report were
Cecil Brown
David Harmon
lan Megaw
William Walsh
Joe McKnight
Aubrey Stewart
Joseph B Moorhead
Robert Graham
PRINCIPAL OFFICE BEARERS
Convenor
Clerk of Session
Treasurer
Ken Nelson
Cecil Brown
Brian Magennis
INDEpENDE￿r EXAMINER
SM Vint & Company
8 Newry Road, Banbridge, BT32 3HN
BANKERS
Danske Bank
Donegall Square West, Belfast, BTI 6JS
SOLICITORS
Fisher & Fisher
l Newry St, Rathfriland, Newry. BT34 SPY

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STRUCTURE AND MANAGEMENT
The Klrk Sesslon
The charity trustees of the congregation are the member5 of its Kirk Session. Under the
congregation's governing document, The Code, the book of the constitution and government
of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, the Kirk Session seeks to watch over and promote the
spiritual interest of the congregation and of persons not connerted with any congregation
who are within its bounds. It ensures pastoral care is in place in the congregation and seeks
to further the contribution of the Church to Christian witness and service in the local
community. The Kirk Session has delegated to its Congregational Committee the temporal
affairs of the congregation including administering all funds and property belonging to the
congregation. Mernbers of the Kirk Session are ex-officio members of the Congregational
Committee.
The Kirk Session consist5 of the ordained minister (currently Vacantl and the ruling elders of
the congregation. All members are entitled to propose, speak and exercise equal votes at
meeting5, except that the Moderator, the minister in active duty in the congregation, has no
deliberative but only a casting vote.
Meetings of the Kirk se%sion are held on a regular basis. usually at least 4 tlmes a year.
To be chosen for the office of the elderS￿1p in the congregation a person must be a voting
member and a regular attendant on its ordinances. The selection of those proposed to be
called to the office can be either by the congregation or by the Kirk Session. Members are
elected if they obtain two-thirds of the votes cast.
Presbytery
Under the Presbyterian Church in Ireland form of governance the corporate oversight of a
congregation is the responsibiltty of a Presbytery which Superintends generally the spiritual
and temporal affairs of the congregatiors assigned to it by the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Clonduff congregation of the Presbyterian Church has been
assigned to the Iveagh Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. The membership of
the Presbytery consists mainly of the artive ministers of congregations asslgned to it by the
General Assembly, minsters who have retired from active duty and an elder appolnted by the
Kirk Session of each congregation in the Presbytery.

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The General Assembly
The General Assembly isthe supreme court of the Church, representing in one bodythe whole
Church and acting as its supreme legislative, administration and judicial authority, in dealing
with all matters brought before it. The General Assembly is normally constituted during the
first week in June forworship and to conduct its business. Atthe end of business it 15 dissolved.
The membership of the General Assembly consists mainly of the active ministers of each
congregation, retired minsters and a representative elder appointed by the Kirk Session of
each congregation.
DESCRIPTION AND PURPOSE
The charitable purpose of the congregation is the advancement of religion.
Clonduff Presbyterian Church is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. The
Presbyterian Church in Ireland, a5 a Reformed Church within the wider body of Christ is
grounded in the Scriptures, and exists to love and honour God through faith in His Son and by
the power of His Spirit, and to enable her members to play their part ir fulfilling God's mission
to our world.
Our mission statement is simply summed up in the opening answer of the Westminster
Shorter Catechism. which states that our 'chief end 15 to glorify God and enjoy Him forever..
All our services, activities and or8anisations have this overarching purpose.

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ACTIVITIES AND OBJECTIVES
The congregation meets for worship every Sunday and visitors are welcome to join. The
Sacrament of the Lords Supper 15 observed on several occasions duringthe year and all those
who have been baptised and who have made a profession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ are
admitted to the Lord's Supper. The congregation holds regular bible study meetings and has
a wide range of organisations includin8
Sunday School
Youth Fellowship
Girl's Brigade
Presbyterian Women
Daniel's Band (primary school aged children's ministry)
Bowling Club
ACHIEVEMENTSAND PERFORMANCE
Worship and prayer
The congregation normally meet5 for worship each Sunday at 10:45am and 6.30pm. The
evening service is shared with Hilltown Presbyterian, our sister congregation, and the venue
alternate5 accordingly. During the week the Bible Study p", ovides an opportunityfor members
to meet together for fellowship, to study the scriptures and for a time of prayer.
Pastoral care
Members of the congregation who are unable to attend church due to 51ckness or age are
visited on a regular basis by the mini5ter(currently vacant), elders or indeed by members of
the congregation at large.

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Mission and outreach
All our services and organizations have a conscious focus on mission. We likewise engage in a
number of activities that are intentionally aimed at sharing the love of Jesus with people
outside our own congregation, including children's ministry in Hilltown village and a Bible
study in the local hotel.
One of the key elements of our mission work is to encourage and support our members in the
unique mission God has given them as individuals. As part of thiswe have given prayerful and
financial assistance to some of our members undertaking mission work elsewhere (on this
island or overseas). We keenly support a number of charitable works, perhaps most notably
Tearfund.
The congregation supports the United Appeal for Mission which is a central fvnd of the
Presbyterian Church in Ireland. This fund enables congregations to support the wider mission
of the denomination and to do mi55ion and outreach on a denorninational basis beyond what
the congregation could do on its own. The United Appeal Fund provides financial support for
mission personnel at home and overseas, assists congregationswith the deployment of locally
based staff, enables church plantin& provides grant support for the upkeep of church
premises, assists With the running costs of Union Theological College, the Church's training
college for ministry students, and financially supports congregations in the areas of worship,
discipleship, global mission. outreach, leadership and pastoral care.

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Presbytery
The congregation wa5 represented at the regular meetings of Presbytery by one of the elders.
This provides an important link between the congregations and the wider structures of the
church.
Property
During the year the P'all Kitchen was replaced at a total cost of £26519. This will be an
Invaluable asset to the congregation going forward.
We are thankful to be able to keep our property well maintained.
Organisations
Our various organisation5 including Sunday School, Danlel's Band. GB, Youth Fellowshipi PW
and the Bowling Club continue to meet as nonnal.
Volunteers
We are deeply grateful to all who enthusiastically and conslstently serrfe the Lord in various
ways within our congregation.

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PUBLIC BENEFIT STATEMENT
The Presbyterian Church in Ireland meet5 the public bencfit requirement by providin8 benefit
to its members and the general public by making known the Christian Gospel of the Lord Jesus
Christ through the advancement of religion.
The direct benefits which flow from the purposes of the Church include the gaining of an
understanding in Christian beliefs as set out in the Bible and in the Church's subordinate
Standards (the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Shorter and Larger Catechisms)
leadingto spiritual and moral development and opportunities for response to Bible teaching.
In turn, this framework leads to practical expressions of Christian beliefs and standards in the
local communty such as through the care of those in need (including the sick, disabled and
bereaved).
Generally the above benefits are delivered locally by congregations and their members, or
are facilitated through presbyteries or are organised and delivered centra15y. Local delivery is
facilitated by central resources in almost all cases. Public access is made known through the
Use of noticeboards, printed material, press advertisement, websites, arbd social media or in
other ways.
The benefits are demonstrated through regular evaluation of the services and informal and
ad-hoc feedback from members. their families. and members of the public.
The purpose does not lead to harm. The only private benefit flowing from our purpose is
related to Ministers, Missionaries. Deaconesses, Irish Mission workers and Lay Agents who
receive benefits as a result of their holding office or employment. However, this is incidental
and necessary in order to further our charitable purpose. There are no other private benefit5.
The beneficiaries of this purpose are members. their families, other individuals that the
Presbyterian Church in Ireland is in direct and indirect contact with, the community In which
pastoral services are provided and other communities throughout Northern Ireland, the
Republic of Ireland, and worldwide which benefrt from our engagement with and support for
both Christian and othersecular or8anisations, charities and individual members of the public.
The Kirk Session has had regard to the Charity Commissions Public benefrt requirement
statutory guidance.

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FINANCIAL REVIEW
The congregation's main source of income is members, contributions through the Weekly
Freewill Offering. There were 79 contributors during the year donatin8 a total of £31.949.
Total income of the congregation during the year was £73,100 compared to £74,839 in the
previou5 year.
Total expenditure increased from £50,995 in 2022 to £70,540.
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEE RESPONSIBILITIES
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements of
the congregation in accordance with applicable law and generally accepted accountin8
practice.
As the congregations total income does not exceed £250,0(K), the Trustees have elected
under Section 6413) of the Charitie5 Act {Northern Ireland) 208 to prepare a receipts and
Payment account and a statement of assets and liabilities.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to
show and explain the congregation's transactions and disc105e with reasonable accuracy at
any time its financial position. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the
congregation and hence fortaking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud
and other irregularities.
Approved by the Kirk Session at 3 mpptin8 nn 22rd April 2024 and signed on its behalf bv
Cecil Brown
Joseph McKniglit
Clerk of Session
Trustee