2023-12-31-annual-return

INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE BALLYMENA PRESBYfERY OF THE pRE5B￿ERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND I report on the accounts of the Ballymena Presbytery of the Pre for the year ended 31 December 2023. Respective responsibilities of charity trustees and examiner byterian Church in Ireland As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the prepa ration of the the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. accounts in accordance with It is my responsibility to: examine the accounts under section 65 of the Charities A follow the procedures laid down in the general directions under Section 65{9){b) of the Charities Act state whether particular matters have come to my attenti Basis of independent examiner's report iven by the Commission I have examined your charity accounts as required under sectio my examination wascarried outinaccordancewiththegeneraldi CommissionforNorthernlreland under section 65(9}(b) of the C My examination included a review of the accounting records comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It a150 1 unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking expla trustees concerning any such matters, 65 of the Charities Act and ections given bythe Charity arities Act. kept by the charity and a cluded consideration of any ations from you as charity My role is to state whether any material matters have come to to believe: y attention giving me cause l. That accounting records were not kept in accordance with s 2. That the accounts do not accord with those accounting reco That the accounts do not comply wlth the accounting requir 4. That there isfurther information needed fora proper unders reached. ction 63 of the Charities Act ments of the Charities Act anding of the accounts to be Inde endent examiner's statement I have completed my examination and have no concerns in resp ct of the matters {11 to14) listed above and, in connection with following the directions of the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, I have found no matters that require drawingt yourattention, IL, "P,1 John Finnegan, 190 Galgorm Road, Ballymena BT42 IHL