# Straid Congregational Church 


## Financial Report 2023 



## **FINANCIAL REPORT 2023** 

**MINISTER SERVICES** 

**SUNDAY SCHOOL & BIBLE CLASS** 

**STRAID CHRISTIAN WOMEN FELLOWSHIP** 

**MUMS & TOTS** 

**PRAYER MEETINGS (Including Missionary Prayer times) PATHFINDER GROUPS** 

**STRAID YOUTH** 

Mr. A Patterson Sunday morning 11.30am Sunday evening 6.30pm Sunday morning 10.15am 

2[nd] Monday each month Each Tuesday 10.30am Wednesday and Thursday 8.00pm and 10.00am Friday evening 7.00pm Friday evening 8.15pm 

## **DEACONS** 

## **DEACONS** 

Mr Thomas Strange Mr Brian McFall Mr Chris Carson 

Mr John Strange Mr Ralph Gilmour Mr John Haaijer 

Mr Richard Gilmour Mr Michael Ewart 

**Interim Secretary:** Mr John Haaijer 

**Treasurer:** Mr Thomas Strange 

## **FINANCIAL SECRETARIES** 

Mrs Margaret Bailie   Mrs Betty Ogilby        Mr Hugh Ogilby    Mr. Jason Chartres Mr Brian Morton Mr Bill Bailie (Bookkeeper) 

**AUDITOR** 

Mr Desmond Dunn & Mr Bill Bailie 

**CARETAKERS** Mr & Mrs R Gilmour 

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## **Straid Congregational Church** 

## **Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 December 2023** 

|**Income**<br>Offerings (note 1)<br>Gift Aid<br>Rental Income<br>Gifts<br>Other<br>**Expenditure**<br>Salaries and expenses (note 2)<br>Pulpit supply<br>Missionary Support (note 3)<br>Rates & Water<br>Insurance<br>Electricity & Fuel<br>Security<br>Books, Publications & Stationery<br>AV ministry<br>Catering<br>Repairs and Renewals<br>Telephone & Broadband<br>Transport<br>Other (including prof. fees)<br>**Surplus/Deficit for the year**|**2023**<br>**£**<br>101,384<br>23,966<br>12,388<br>8,540<br>2,229<br>**148,507**<br>17,949<br>5,005<br>36,474<br>2,811<br>4,596<br>9,908<br>485<br>2,470<br>1,959<br>3,580<br>11,226<br>638<br>3,920<br>14,061<br>**115,082**<br>**33,425**|**2022**<br>**£**<br>89,181<br>23,715<br>12,409<br>4,326|
|---|---|---|
|||**129,631**|
|||5,506<br>7,170<br>38,895<br>2,724<br>4,039<br>8,742<br>78<br>3,255<br>1,094<br>1,459<br>25,063<br>589<br>200<br> 7,394|
|||**106,208**|
|||**23,423**|




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**Bank Accounts** 

|**Current Account**|**2023**|**2022**|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|
|Opening balance at 1 January|108,735|85,312|
|Surplus for the year|33,425|23,423|
|Transfer – Ulster Bank Investment a/c|-100,000||
|Closing balance at 31 December|42,160|108,735|
|**Investment Account (Bank of Ireland)**|**2023**|**2022**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Opening balance|154,390|154,390|
|Interest|-|-|
|Closing balance at 31 December|154,390|154,390|
|_Initial investment matured in March 2022 and rolled over to mature in March 2024._|||



|**Investment Account (Danske Bank)**<br>Opening balance (opened June 2015)<br>Interest<br>Closing balance at 31 December|**2023**<br>**£**<br>100,000<br>-<br>100,000|**2022**<br>**£**<br>100,000<br>-|
|---|---|---|
|||100,000|



_This is a fixed deposit account due to mature in June 2025._ 


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|**Investment Account (AIB)**<br>Opening balance<br>Interest<br>Closing balance 31 December|**2023**<br>**£**<br>151,251<br>302<br>151,553|**2022**<br>**£**<br>150,947<br> 304|
|---|---|---|
|||151,251|



_This fixed deposit account due to mature in August 2024._ 

|**Investment Account (Ulster Bank)**<br>Opening balance<br>Interest<br>Deposit (May 2023)<br>Closing balance 31 December|**2022**<br>**£**<br>151,083<br>5,439<br>100,000<br>256,522|**2021**<br>**£**<br>151,083|
|---|---|---|
|||151,083|



_Initial investment matured in Sept. 2021 and rolled over to mature in Sept. 2023. £100,000 added and rolled over to mature in Sept 2024_ 


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## **Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023** 

|**1**<br>**Offerings**<br>Freewill loose offering<br>Standing Orders<br>Other income<br>**2**<br>**Salaries**<br>Minister<br>Minister's wife<br>Caretaker<br>Income Tax<br>**3**<br>**Missionary Support**<br>Support of Church Missionaries<br>Other missionary gifts|**2023**<br>**£**<br>49,713<br>51,670<br>9,540<br>110,923<br>7,835<br>1,000<br>5,680<br>-<br>14,515<br>26,548<br>9,927<br>36,475|**2022**<br>**£**<br>47,057<br>40,620<br>1,504|
|---|---|---|
|||89,181|
|||-<br>-<br>5,506<br>-|
|||5,506|
|||26,560<br>12,335|
|||38,895|




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## Sunday School 2023 

|Income<br>Balance Brought Forward<br>Re Barbara Kirk<br>Donation<br>Sunday School Collection<br>Income<br>Balance Brought Forward||£<br>Expenditure<br>269.61<br>353.50<br>Sunday School Materials<br>25.00<br>Carnfunnock and food etc<br>174.00<br>Easter Eggs<br> Christmas Party, gifts and Bouncy Castle<br> Bank Fees<br> <br>Balance Carried Forward<br>**822.11**<br>Pathfinders 2023<br>£<br>Expenditure<br>153.75<br>Balance Carried Forward<br>**153.75**||£<br>460.50<br>132.00<br>33.50<br>120.00<br>37.40<br>38.71|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**822.11**|
|||||£<br>153.75|
|||||**153.75**|
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|Income<br>Balance Brought Forward<br>Weekly Income<br>Bank Interest||Mums & Tots 2023<br>£<br>Expenditure<br>1,210.45<br>646.88<br>Weekly Supplies<br>2.92<br>New Equipment<br>Outreach/Gifts/Books<br>Balance Carried Forward<br>**1860.25**|||
||||||



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## Straid Youth 2023 

|Income<br>£<br>Expenditure<br>Balance Brought Forward<br>241.45<br>Tuck Shop<br>17.92<br>Food<br>Tuck<br>Archery<br>Balance Carried Forward<br>**259.37**<br>Straid Congregational Women 2023<br>Income<br>£<br>Expenditure<br>Balance Brought Forward<br>20.99<br>Collections<br>108.43<br>Speakers**<br>Personal Gifts to Ladies work<br>120.00<br>Stationary/Biscuits etc.<br>Trip to Crumlin Road Gaol*<br>730.00<br>Crumlin Road Gaol<br>Ladies Breakfast<br>286.50<br>Ladies Breakfast<br>Cheque not cashed<br>27.60<br>Stand By Me (Mary Farley)<br>Gift re Mary Farley<br>50.00<br> Christmas Dinner<br>Christmas Dinner<br>886.00<br> Brian Gault***<br>Brian Gault Evening<br>400.00<br> <br>Balance Carried Forward<br>**2629.52**|£<br>63.00<br>88.09<br>5.00<br>103.28|
|---|---|
||**259.37**|
||£<br>80.00<br>38.46<br>663.00<br>262.85<br>50.00<br>957.30<br>400.00<br>177.91|
||**2629.52**|



*Those ladies who had prepaid and were unable to attend on the new date donated their funds to the ladies work . Thank you. 

**Joy Saunderson donated her gift for speaking to the ladies to Misssionary Aviation Fellowship. 

***Brian Gault donated his speakers gift to his work with disabled children and provision of Audio Bibles. 


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