Donacloney Congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 NI Charity Commission Registration No: 105113
Donacloney Congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland Contents Page Contents Trustees Annual Report Independent Examinerfs report Statement of COnggational Committee io Statement of Finanaal Artivttles li Balan sheet 12 Notes to the financlal statements 13-16 The following pages do not form part of the Financial Statements Detsiled Statemert of Finandal Attiviknes 17-21
Donacloney Congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland Trustees Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2022 The Trustees present their Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 including a Statement of Assets and abilItieS as at that date. RERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DAILs Donacloney Congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland 56 Moygannon Road Donaghcloney CFLAIGAVON BT66 7PN Registered Charity in Northem Ireland (NIC 105113) CHARrrY TRusfEES The Charity Trustees who Served during the year or who were trustees at the date of this report were: Gilbert Alexander Desmond Hilary William Thompson Donald &cker5taff Errol McDowell Ian Williams Jim Dennison Adrian Moffett Richard Heming George Stevenson PRINCIPAL OFFICE BEARERS Minister Clerk of Session Treasurer Adrian Moffett Ian Williams Ian Williams INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS FPM Accountants Ltd Independent Examiners Unit I, Building 10 Central Park Mallu5k Road Newtownabbey Co. Antrim BT36 4FS BANKERS Danske Bank Donegall Square West Belfast BTI 6JS
Donacloney Congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland Trustees Annual Report ctd... lor the year ended 31 December 2022 srRucfuRE AND MANAGEMENT The Kirk Session The charity trustees of the congregation are the members of its Kirk Session. Under the congregation's goveming dooJment, 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 connected with any congregation who are within its bounds. It ensures pastoral care is in place in the congregation and seeks to fijrther the contribution of the Church to Christian witness and service in the local community. The Kirf< Session has delegated to its Congregational Committee the temporal affair5 of the congregation including administering all funds and propety belonging to the congregation. Members of the Kitk Session are ex-offiao members of the Congregational Committee. The Kirk Session consists of the ordained minister and the njling elders of the congregation. All members are entitled to propose, speak and exercise equal votes at meetings, except that the Moderator, the minister in active duty in the congregation. has no deliberative but only a casting vote. stated meetings of the Kirk session are held in January, April, August and October. To be chosen for the Offi of the elder5hip in the cOnggatiOn a person must be a voting member and a regular attendant on its ordinances. The selertion 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 those who vote when the name of the member is put to the voting members of the congregation. Presbytery Under the fom of govemance of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. the corpordte oversight of a congregation is the spOnsIbl11ty of a Presbytery. The Presbytery superintends generally the spiritual and temporal affairs of the congregations assigned to it by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. The membership of the Presbytery consists mainly of the active ministers of congregations assigned to it by the General Assemblyi minsters who have retired from active duty and presentatiVe elders, each of whom is appointed by the Kirk Session of congregation assigned to the Presbytery by the General Assembly. Donacloney Congregation of the Presbyiertan Church in Iland has been assigned to the Iveagh p$bytery of the Presbyterian Church in ]land. The General Assembly The General Assembly is the supreme court of the Church, representing in one body the whole Church and acting as its supreme legislative, administrative and judicial authority, in dealing with all matters brought before it. The General Assembly nom)ally is constituted during the third week in June for worship and to conduct its business. At the end of business it is dissolved. The membership of the General Assembly consists mainly of the active ministers of each congregation, retired minsters and a repSentative elder appointed by the KI Session of each congregation. DESCRlFYtION AND PURPOSE Donacloney Presbyterian Church is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Iland. The Presbyterian Church in Ireland, as a Refomied 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 Spirtt, and to enable her member5 to play their part in ftjlfilling God's mission to His world. The charitable purpose of the congregation Is the advancement of religion. The congregation's mission is to serve its community, society and the world, In the Name of Christ, for the advancement of His Kingdom.
Donacloney Con9regation of the Presbyterian Churth in Ireland Trustees Annual Report ctd... for the year ended 31 December 2022 ACTIVITIES AND OBJEcfivES Donacloney Congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland seeks to pursue its mission in the following ways: In its visible presence By the encouraging and equipping of its members Through organi5ations for children and young people and organised events By providing for the work of others In co-operation with other churches ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE Wisible Presence Donacloney Presbyterian Church nornially meets every Sunday as a church family made up of all sorts of families with a warm welcome to visitors to the congregation. The congregation regularly meets each Sunday at 11.30am and, on the last Sunday of each month, at 6.30pm. When it meets, the congregation expresses its praise of Almighty God, engages in prayer and, thmugh the reading of and preaching from the Bible. hears afresh the call to believe the Christian Gospel and to live in accordance with the Chrisknan faith. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was observed twice in 2022; 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. At 31st December 2022 there were 93 communicant members of the Presbyterian Church in Iland on the roll of the congregation and a total of 155 families connected with the congregation. Donacloney Presbyterian Church has its ovm meetinghouse. church hall and graveyard. These are maintained by members of the cOnQgation. In 2022, teams in monthly rotation kept the graveyard tidy and volunteers cleaned the meetinghouse and church hall. on rota and in special efforts. Such efforts, the regular Sunday gatherings. the special SeN1 at Harvest time and Christmas, and the online ministry that continued weekly until the end of August 2022, remind the community of the presence of the church in its midst. A150, in 2022, the church hall was used by the local general medical prattice for vaccination clinics. Encouraging and Equipping As a church, Donadoney congregation recognises that it needs to do more than just be present if it is to serve its community, soaety and the world in the Name of Christ for the advancement of His kingdom. Its members encourage one another, and help one another be equipped, to live out the Gospel of Jesus Christ in their everyday occupations. When the congregation gathered each week in 2022, it focused first on the call to set the cross before us in everyday life that emerges from the Gospel of Mark's presentation of the earthly ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ. The congregation also was encouraged, in its studies in I Corinthians, to recognise its calling to share with each other in the Body of the Church, and by its reading of the prophecy of Isaiah, to behold afresh the glory of Almighty God. Further studies in the Gospel of Mark emphasised the nature of discipleship. and the work of harvesting physically and spiritually - was brought before the congregation in the autumn of the year. The congregation also celebrated the faithfulness of God seen in the fvlfilment of prophecy and was thus encourdged to trust Him and make Him known all the more. The congregation's Sunday School and Junior Bible Class continued throughout the year. At the end of 2022. 12 children were enrolled in Sunday School and 8 young people in Bible Class. Eight young people were associated with the Sunday evening youth fellowship. The Tuesday Fellowship provide5 an opportunity for members each week to meet together for fellowship, to study the Scriptures and to pray. The monthly Ladies, Group also provided encouragement and equipping to those who attended and provided a venue for frlendship and fellowship both to members of the cOnggatIon and others too. Through the course of the year number of letters We wriiten on behalf of the COng98bOn's oversight to pmvide Informatlon P399 4
Donadoney Congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland Trustees Annual Report ctd... for the year ended 31 December 2022 and encouragement to the members and friends of the congregation. These were distributed by mail and, on occasion, by hand. well as these ways of equipping and encouraging one another. members of the congregation are also encouraged into faith and service by the minister. The congregation recogni5es, however. that all its member5 are called to serve In the Name of Christ for the advancement of His kingdom. Organisations & Organised Events The 1st Donacloney Boys. Brigade Company and the 219th Nl (t>onacloney Presbyterian) Company of the Girf's Brigade operate under the oversight of the Kirk Session of Donadoney Presbytersan Church. These organisations follow the progrdmmes devised by the Boys, Brigade in Northern Iland and GBNI SpeCtiVe1Y to address the physical, mental. emotional and spiritual aspects of the lives of children and young people. At the end of 2022, there were 69 girls and 14 leaders enrolled in the congregation's GB Company. and 56 boys and 10 leaders enrolled in its BB Company. The Trustees wish to acknowledge their deep appreoation of those who give freely of their time by serving on committees and helping with organisations and other church attivities. Providing for Work of Others Donacloney congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland seeks to serve beyond the ach of its own members. The congregation support5 Dr Suresh and Mrs Roja Vemulapalli in their work with Indian Village Minisirtes and forwarded £300 to this work from the Midweek Fellowship Fund. Gifts of £500 were given to each of la Link, the Belfast City Mission, the Faith Mi55ion, Good News for Everyone, the London City Mission, the Messianic Mission, Mission Africa, New Tribes Mission. the Revival Movement Association. the Seamen's Christian Friend Society, the Slavic Gospel Mission and Wycliffe Bible Translators from the congregation's main account. In addition, £1,312 was donated to the PCI World Development Appeal and £476 to the p$bYterian Children's Society. The ConggatiOn provided in other ways too. Non-perishable foodstuffs We donated by members of the congregation throughout the month of October and forwarded to the Via Wings charity in Dromore. £1,582 was raised for a special appeal to support refugees in Ukraine. Throughout the year, then, the congregation provided for the work of others for the advancement of Chri5Vs kingdom. In Co-operation with Other Churches Donacloney Presbyterian Church is one congregation of one Refomied Church in the wider Body of Christ. It seeks to fulfil its mission in co-operation with other churche5 and congregation5 where appropriate. A week of special service5 was held from Ilth - 15th Aprll 2022 in conjunrtion with Donaghcloney Parish (Church of Ireland), Donaghcloney Elim Church, Donaghcloney Methodist Church and Waringstown Presbyterian Church. The churdies in Donaghdoney also prayed and worked together relation to speaal efforts in outreach, under the title "Donacloney Together." These special efftirts included a-Band Nighv and a"Quiz Nighv held in Donacloney Presbyterian Church Hall and gift and literature distribution during the village's-christmas L¢ght Switch-on. event. The churches also carne together for a special SeN1 following the demise of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 11. The church hall was used as the venue for Nexus. a Vrk among older teenagers organised by young leaders from various churches in the area. The minister and presentate elder5 of the congwation participate fully in the work of Presbytery and the meetings of the General Assembly. Other members of the congregation give their support to events arranged by neighbouring churches. Members of the congregation's Ladies, Group also welcomed vlsltors from, and went as visitors to, other church's women's
Donadoney Congregatlon of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland Trustees Annual Report ctd... for the year ended 31 December 2022 groups. In all these ways the congregation seeks to seprfe its community, society and the wortd in the Name of Christ for the advancement of His kingdom. PUBLIC 8ENEFrr srATEMENT The Presbyterian Church in Ireland meets the public benefit requirement by providing 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 dlrect benefits which ftow frorn the purposes of the Churth include the gaining of an understsnding in Christian beliets as set out in the Bible and in the Church's subordinate standards (the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Shorter and Larger Catechisms) leading to spiritual and moral development and opportunities for response to Bible teattÈing. In tum. this framework leads to practical expressions of Christian beliets and standards in the local community such a5 through the care of those in need (induding the sick, disabled and bereaved). Generally the above benefits are delivered locally by congregations and their members. or are facilitated through presbyterie5 or are organised and delivered centrally. Local delivery is facilitated by central resources in almost all cases. Public access is made known through the use of noticel)oard5, printed material, press advertisement. websites. and social media or in other ways. The benefits are demonstrated through regular evaluation of the servi5 and informal and ad-hoc feedback from members, their families, and members of the public. The purpose doe5 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. Thi5, hoviever, 15 incidentsl and nesSary in order to further our charitable purpose. There a no other private benefits. The beneficiaries of thi5 purpose are members, their families, other individua15 Wlth whom the Presbyterian Church in Ireland is in direct and indirect contatt. the community in which pastoTrl servi5 are provided and other communities throughout Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and worldwide which benefit from our engagement with, and support for, l)oth Christian and other secular organisations, charities and individual members of the gublic. The Kirk Session has had regard to the Charity Commi55ions Public benefit requirement statutory guidance. FINANCIAL REVIEW The ConggatiOn.5 main Sour of incorne is members. contributions through the Weekly Freewill Offering. There were 128 contributors during the year (131 in previous year, 2021) donating a total of £104,078 (£104,352 in previous year). Total Income of the congregation during the year was £147.332 compared to £135.484 in the previous year. Total expenditu increased from £95,441 to £191,482. The inCaSe in expenditure in part is because of the greater use of the church premises and the associated njnning costs. but mostly because of the major capital work begun in the latter part of the year. This wiork entailed two projects: one to remodel the meetinghouse annexe and the other to replace the Church Hall stage with a store for chairs and tables. Both of these projects were planned and will continue to require expenditu in the next financial year. The Congregational Committee is gratefvl for all those who have continued to contsibute to the church's funds throughout 2022.
Donacloney Congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland Trustees Annual Report ctd... ft•r the year ended 31 December 2022 STATEMENT OF TRusfEE RESPONSIBILrrIES The Trustees are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements of the congregation in accordan with applicable law and generally accepted accounting practice. As the congregations total income does not exceed £250,000, the Twstees have elected under Section 64{3) of the Charities Act {Northem Ireland) 2008 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 disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time its financial position. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the congregation and hence for taking reasonable step5 for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. Approved by the Kirk Session at a meeting on Wednesday 3rd May 2023 and signed on its behalf by Ian illiams IL Adrian Moffett Date: 21.07 13 Date: