an INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT TO SOifftI BELFASt PRESBYtERY OF THE PRESBYfERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND We report on the accounts of the charlty for the year ended 31 Dernber 2022 whlth are set out on pages 11-16. Thls report Is made solety to the charws Tnjstees. as a body. In acCOr(lan wfth sertlon 65(3}{a} of the Charities Act Northern Ireland 2008 and regulatlons made under section 66 of that Act. My worf( has been undertaken so that I mlght state to the chartys Trustees those matters l am requlred to state to them In an Independent examlnerfs report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permltted by law, I do not accept or assume responslblllty to anyone other than the charlty and the charltvs Tnjstees as a body, for my work or for this report. Respectlve rnsponslbllltle5 of Trustees and •xamlner As the Trustees you are responsible forthe preparatlon of the financlal statements on accordance wlth the Charltles Art (Northern Ireland) 2CKI8. It is my re5pon51blllty to: examifte the flnancial statements under sectlon 65 of the Charftles Art; follow the procedures lald down In the General Dlrectlons 8lven by the Charlty Commlsslon for Northem Ireland under sectlon 65(9}(b) of the Act. and state whether partlcular matters have come to my attentlon. B•$ls of Ind•pendent Examlnerfs Report I have examkned your charlty flnanclal statements as requlred under sectlon 65 of the Charltles Act and my examlnatlon wa5 carrled out In accordance wlth the General Dlrectlons 81ven by the Charlty Commlsslon. My examlnatlon Included a revlew of the accountlng records kept by the charlty and a comparlson of the accounts presented wlth those records. 5t also Included consideratlon of any unusual Items or dlsclosures In the accounts, and seekln6 explanation5 from the Trustees concernln8 any such matters.
an Independent Examlnerfs Statement I have completed my examination and no matter has come to my attentlon, which gives me cause to belleve: (1> That accountlng records were not kept In accordance wlth sectlon 63 of the Charities Act; (2) That the flnancial statements do not accord wlth these accounting records; (3) That the financlal statements do not comply with the accountlng requlrements of the Charlty Act: 14> That there Is further Informatlon needed for a proper understandlng of the flnanclal statements to be reached, Mlchael Fltch UHY Hacker Young Fltch Chartered Accountants Gordon Street Mew5 27-29 Gordon Street Belfast, BTI 2LG Date: 2 May 2023 10