Reformed Presbwerian Churcli OF IKILrtND KILRAUGHTS CONGREGATION OF TI.IE REFORMED PIIESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF IRE4 LAND TRUSTE4 E4 S ANNUAL IIEPOlI'r The Triistees pi'eseiit tlieir Aiinual Report aiid F iiiancial Statemeiits foi- tlie year ended 31 Deceinber 2023 iiiclud iiig a Stateiiieiit of Asscls £iiid Liclbi l ities at tliat tiiiie. REI FERENCE AND ADIVIINISTRATIVE Df4 TAILS Kili'aiiglits Coi]CFI'eg<ltioii of tlie Rel'orined Pi'esbylei-iaii Cliiii'cli of Ii'elaiid 175 Ki IraLiglils Road Bal lyiiioiiey BI"53 8NL Charity Number: NIC106384 CHARITY TRUSTEI El S Tlie Cliai'ity Ti'LlSteLs wlio sei'ved duriiig Ilic yeai. wei'e'.- Rev. David Fallows Mi. Cliai'les Kiiox Mi. Will iaiii 14aiiiia Mi. Wi I li<llll .l<iines L,oug7111'idgyc Mi. A11¢ li Keiiiiedy Mi. Robei'l l)1 iikeitoi1 M I. M icliael K.eiiiicdy Mi. Roy Piiikci'loii M I. Flill'o Id Icci'i. Mi. ElliotL Robiiisoii PRINCII)AL ofFICE BE4 AIIERS M iiiistei.: Rev. David fal loiv8 (Liiili l J uiie) Clei'k ofsessioii: Mi. Ellioti Robiiisoii I I"easLlI'ei' (Iiicoiiie): Mi's Audi'Ly Keiiiiedy Ti'easui'ci. (l-"xi)eiid ilLlI'e): Mi's Mai'gai'et Kiiox INDE4 pfi NDENT fxAMINER Mi. Edwiii McLi¢ iigliliii DT Cai'soii & Co - Cli<lltei'ed AccoLllltaiits 51-5 3 'fiioiiii< s Sii'eet Bal lyineiia BT43 6A7 13ANKIRS U Islei" Batik I I Cliiii'cli Sti'cel Bal lyiiioiiey BT53 61-IS SOLICITOR Thoiii<1S Taggai-i & Solis 27 CIILlI-cli Sti-ecl Ballyiiioiicv BT53 6FI%
Fleformed presbyteri Churcli OF IKELAND KILRAUGHTS CONGREGATJON OF I'HE RE4 FOIIMEI D PREI SBYTEIIIAN CHURCH or IREI LANI) TRUSTfi El S ANNUAL REPOIIT (cont'd) Tlie Ki Irauglits coiigregalion lias beeii woi-sliippiiig iii its preseiit locatioii si lice 1805. OLir coiigi'egatioii is cui'i'eiitly Inade LIP of ai'ouiid 40 liouseliolds. Tliei'e are pcople of al I ciges f l-oin eai.ly pi'iinaiy scliool 1( oe to those iii tlieii- n i iieties. Tlie govei'iiing dociiinent of our cliai-ity W<lS issued by tlie Refoi-jned I'i'esbytei'iaii Cliui'cli of li'elaiid iii Juiic 2016. Olii. PLirpose as <i deiioiii iiiatioii is to suppoi't aiid (ldvaiice tlie Clii-istiaii fcliili accord iiig to tlie Wol-d of God, aiid in accoi-daiice witli tlie Book of Goveriiiiieiil aiid Oi-dei- of tlie Refoi'ined Pi'esbytei'iaii Cliui'cli of Irelaiid. Our worsli ip sei'vices, Inoi'iiiiig aiid ev¢iiiiig oli Ilic Loi'd's Day, (li'e opeii to iiieiiibei's of tlie publ ic wlio Inay wisli to atleiid. We listcii to wli<lt Gocl S<iyS lo lis tlii'oligli tlie publ ic I'cadiiig of tlie B ible aiid our iiiiiiistei-'s sei'inons wliicli expl<lill to us tlie Ineaiiiiig aiid I'clcv<iiice of wli<ii li<iS beeii l'ead. We siiig pi'aise to God usiiio tlie Psalins aiid siiig witliout IllllSiC<il <lCCOIIIP<lll iineiit, bel ieviiigy tliaL tliis was tlic way Clii'istians worsliii)ped iii tlie days of tlic apostles. We al so Pl'¢ly lo God, Iliaiikiii -1 iiii t"oi' H is goodiiess Io us, coiifessiiig OLII. SIIIS ¢iiid bi'iiiging H iin oui. I'eqiiest.%. OLII. wol'sli ii) sei'vices ¢ll'e I'ecorded aiid <ll'e ilvai l<ible foi. down load oli tlic coiigi'cgalioii's website: www.kili.aii ' )L.COITL Oui. supi'ciiie Slaiidai'd foi. bcl ief arid pi'actice is tlie Biblc. Oiii. priiiiary I'espoiisibi l ity to ilie COII11IILllI ily is tliat of evaiigel isim. OLII. coiigi'egatioii is tlie ceiilre Fi'oiii wliicli tlie &)ospel iiiessagre is coniimiiii icated to tlic siii'i'ouiidiiig iieigliboiii'lioo(l ilii'oLigli OLltI'e¢iclI sei'v ices aiid otliei. activ ities. Oui" iiiiiiistcl. L2ccepted a Cal I to 1£ Ilotliei. coiigi'egatioii iii .liiiie. Oui. I iitei'iiii Modei'¢ltoi' eiisui'ed tliat we liad pi'eaclici's eaeli Loi'd's Day as a vac<lllt coiigi'egTatioii. Midweek Inectiiigs foi. pi'ayei. were lield iii tlie cliui'cli lial I dLlI'iiig tlie year.. Wc also IIL2d a 1lLllllbei' ol. iiieeiiiigs wlieii wc liad special speakers. Oli 14111 fcbi'Ll<ll'y Mi. Col iii J eiikiiis fi'oiii Seaiiieii's Clii'isli<ili Fi'l eiid Society told of Iiis woi'k in Coi'k willi tlie seaiTJeii. Oli 1811) Api'il Mi. P11il DLllllI, tIIc Europeaii Mission Fellowsliip I'epi'esciit<ilive spoke oli tliei I. woi'k iii PortLigal. 011 31 Sl May Rev. Gai'y Glasgow, Iniiiistei. of First Kili'aliglits and Ariiioy Pi'csbytLI'iaii CIILircl)es, spoke about li is C£il I to tlic Pi'esbytei'i(111 111 I Iiistl'y. Wc liad a good IiLiiiibei' of visitoi's. On 12111 Decciiibei. Mr Andi'cw Boyd and Mi- Ross fallows lold soiiietliiiig of tlie work of Opei'atioii Mobil isatioii Sli i5)S. Tlie Scibb¢1tli Scliool classes iiiet weckly dui'iiig tlie year, excepl July c2iid ALigusl. Tlie Seii ior Coveiiaiitei. Youili Groiip iiiei forln iglitly witli ?( bi'cak dui'i lig Llie suinmei- iiioiiths. Tliei'e wei'e soine opportLinities foi- fel lowsliip dui-iiig tlie yeai-. We liad a coiigi'egatioiial wal k iii Poitrusli 011 25tl) July. Our cliui-cli bai-becLie was lield oli 181h Auoiist. Oli 27111 Aiigusl wc liad our churcli piciiic, fol lowed by an afteriiooii woi'sliip sei'vice. Oiii. Faiii ily N iglit was 011 8tli Deceinbei.. Tlie Saci-aiiieiit ot" tlie LoLd's Siippei- (Coiiiniiiiiioii) was obsei-ved in Jaiiuai-y, May and SepteiT]bei-
Reformed Presbyterian Church F IKELATrID 2023. oli ly tliose wlio Ineet tlie Iiieinbei-sli ip i-equ ii-einciils of our cliiii'cli iiiay pai'ticipate in tlie Loi"d's Suppei.. Iii oi'dei- to ciclI ieve oiii- aiin of tLaiispai'eiicy oiii- Aiiiiual Geiiei',I1 Meetiiig toolc place 011 28tli Febru<1ry 2023 wlieii i'epoi-ts froill tlie cliLlI'Lli oi'gi21i isatioiis wei'e received aiid adopted by tlie coiigi-egcltioii as ti.ue (Thiid accui-ate accoLints. We iiiet OLir l<l1-gets set by tlie Syiiod of tlie R.1) Cliurcli foi- M iiiisti-y aiid Missioii. We loiig io see people confoiining Inoi"e aiid Iiioi"e to tlie liigliest etliical <iiid nior2c I sl<111dai'ds iii accoi-d1c lice witli tlic Clii-istiaii faitli. Tlie beiietit o r our cliarity to tliL piibl ic is deinoiisti'aced as tliosc who iiitci'act willi tlic cliiircli are led to a bettei- iiiaiiii¢i' of l ife. As a coiigregatioii we seek to dcinonsti'ate ilie beiicfrits of l iviiig <lCCOI'diiig to Clii'istiaii pi'iiiciples. We (ire COliSCiOLlS tliai we al'e liviiig iii d ifficLIIt <iiid LlllCCI'tai li tiines. We seelc to give practical lielp to people iii iieed iii Our. COllllllLlllity, aiid we gyive geiiei.oiisly io woi'tliy caiises. We seek to Iovc OLII. iieigliboLII'S <1S OLlI's¢lvcs, as tlie Bible coiiiiiiaiids. FINANCIAL RE4 VIEI W I'lie coiigi'egatioii's iiiaiii soiii'ce of incoiiie is Iiieinbei's, aiid adliei'ciits, coiiti'i butioiis ilii'oligli tlie Weekly I'eewi I l Otlei'iiig. Tliei'c wei'e 45 coiili'iblltoi's diii'iiig tlie yeai. (47 iii 2022) doii£ltiiig a lolal ot'£ 62,957 (£ 62,836 iii 2022). Total iiicoiiie o f tlie coiigi'egatioii dui'iiig ilie yeai. W<15 £96,715 coinpai'ed io £ 93,989 iii 2022. Total expeiidilure dccre<ised fi'oiii £87,923 iii 2022 to £74,088 iii 2023. STATEMEI INT ofi TIIUSTEI Ei S, REI SPONSIIIILITIEI S Tlie Ti'ustees ai'¢ I'espoiisible foi. pi'epai"iiig tlie aiiii Lial I'epoi'l ¢iiicI tlie tiiiaiici411 sLatenieiits o I" Ilie coiigi'egatioii iii accoi'daiice witli applic<lblc l¢lW aiid geiiei'al ly acccpted accoLllltiiig pi <lCtice. As tlie coiigi'egalioii's tolal iiicoine does iiot excced £250.000, Ili¢ Ti'ustees liave elected uiidci. Secti011 64(3) ot. ilie Cliai-ities ACL (Noi'iliei'ii li-elaiid) 2008 to pi'epai'e a I'eccipls <iiid i)aynieiiis accoLllIt aiid 2£ Sl¢lteiiieiit of assets and l iabi l ities, The Triisiees al'e I'espoiisible foi. keepiiig adeqiiclte iiccountiiig I'ecoi'ds tliat al'e siifyiciciit lo sliow aiid explaiii Ilie coiigi'egatioii's ti'aiisactioiis aiid d isc lose with I'easoiiable accui'acy al aiiy tiiiie its finaiicial positioii. Tliey 21 re also i'esponsible t"oi' safegii2< I'diiig tlie assets of ilie coiigi'egatioll ciiid lieiice foi. takiiig i-easoiiable steps foi. tlie pi'eveiilioii i2nd delection of tl <lLid aiid otliei. i I'i'egiil<l1-ities. Appi-oved by Sessioii at a ineetiiig 011 22nd Octobci. 2024 and sigiied on its beliiilf by Mr Ell iolt Ilobiiisoii Mi- Fldi'old Kei-r