Annual Report & Accounts fw ￿ar erxled 31A December 2023
The Religious Society of Friends
(Quakers) In Ireland, Grange
Preparative Meeting
Annual Report & Accounts for year ended 31st
December 2023

Annual RepcKt & Accounts for ye•r ended 31Jt Dectrth 2023
Grange Preparative Preparative Meeting
Trustees (at 31¢ December 2023)
Derek G Hobson
WlllSam C Greeves
Regstsred Address
21 Dreern￿ road
Grnrye
BT717EL
Charity number
NIL I07L￿9
Ernail:. sraryqua￿rs￿8rnJlI.COrn
Bankers
Dansk£ Bank

Th• R•I￿￿ts Socxty of Frl•Thls ((SAk•rs) In lrnlJnd. Gr*y Pr•paratl4* M••tln£
Annuol Report & Ac(ounts for ￿ar ended 314 L)ecember 2023
Trustees, Report for year ended 31st December 2023
Introdurtion
Reports) Re8ulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 ¥￿1 in Ine ￿ the 8uthno pffjdiK¢(l ty the Charity
CommiSs￿n for P*)rIt￿ Ireland.
Constitution and 8ovemance
The ReliBi(vs ScK*ty of Fr￿K15 (QuJker5) In Ireland. Grary Preparthe MeeiTn8 IS its
8ovefnln8 document which agreed ty the Prtparative meeti￿ on 1st Awil 2018. The Meetin8
was rwered •s a th•rity by the Chartty Commi55Th fDr Northern Ireknnd on I￿ June 201&
The Tnste4 of WI￿1 there be r•Ot Itss than t￿. arE appmted at the Anftual Genernl
Meetiry. are aprK)inted for a pviod ol yp to three years and are eli8ible IDr rtrappdntment for
fvrther tern￿ Trustees serveé durin8 the ￿ar endwy 31* Dec¢mber 2023 werE a5
Katherine M step1￿10n (aefk of Trustees)
Derek G Hobson
Wlliam C Greeves
Th• Trustees respordble the pollths. actNltles and assets of the thartty. No Tn15tee reco
ny remuneratkni for service5 as J member of the Board of Tru5tee5 and the chaiity has no
emplo￿¢$. ft pays for the Se￿eS of an ad hoc deaner and groundsman. '
The Trustees h•ve put in o dotr protertion pofy and a (hTri mectSon poly, both of whith
•re rev*wed annualty in accordance wilh 8uidelines provided ty tl* RelJ8iou5 Society of Frkrmts in
Purposes of the charity
Grange Preparntive meeti￿ Is esLibllshed lry GranBe and Illchhlll Monthty Mo*tlry of Religlous
S(Kiety of friends in IrelarKI. It is wimonly a Meetir* ts w￿ship that prnctise5 in Kcordance with
the prlnoples of the Religious Society of Ffknds. atso knovffl as Quake
We are based in a Brade B lirted Meffli￿ Ho￿e in a nr415ettJr¥ lthren Ourynnon aThJ Moy. Co
The old Me￿1￿ hcAAe, ￿lIt in 1756 has a numbèr of rooms and a kltchen whlth •dlolns the
caretakers cotta8e. wth ¢)utbuildires indudin8 In old 5tsble bam. r￿r n*ctiT
house wa5 built in 1816 and has rccently underBone a major restofakn to pr￿th 4 new
rnof rnin[￿rn¢nt of bakory to brknw back into Use.
A Premi5e5 Committee. wrks to ￿r5et the martenarKe aThJ up*> of the kyoperty arKI the
Ex￿1•1 8round& Adioiniry the trAsrial zround. the Meetirry Is also respor6ibk ft>r • ￿1￿loW whkh
Was in 19fA). initially for use by rEtirpd mtssionarle& FOlk)Wi￿ the de•th ol i term tenant
this bubldin8 15 U￿r8Th'n8 renovat￿ in Ixder to rent to a new tenant.
rel￿￿)uS ￿￿pose5 of the ReE81LK￿ 5￿ty of Fr*Trts folk)￿ry so far as ttry ore

Annual RepM & Act￿$ year e￿ 31* Decemkn 2023
l. Strengthentro the ChriQ5an Understandi￿ and rEllw devehwI￿t of the c*Mker n￿rfIr
both in ￿ ge(erd￿tCal area of Preparathfe Meety aftd bey￿d.
ii. Contraxjfj￿ finartially artd practtcalty to the rel•ef of sufferirl at hon* and abroad:
A few wembers regde tiutsAI• Out area ffl Nthrn or overseas but stHI wish tD retsin an
affilIat￿n to the Meeti￿.
Our activtties during 2023
As the Co¥￿19 rostriCtSons oase4 norni•kty returned and we our PAeetings for Worthip in
that wo malntained the WhatsAprf gr(w. as ty valued the encOura8en￿rt Irom the messages
posted ty other 50. in conjurKtion wrth R￿hh￿l Friends this remained acti￿.
General buslness meetlros **re condtscted thr￿h ow the yur.
Members who did not atterKI on a rE8ular bas5 wrerp erKouwed to attend. Notificaoon of e%*rrts
was commun*ated to niembefs thwh social n)edia. email or pe￿0￿1 te￿￿e calls.
We have be￿ greatly from i0init* with Richhlll Frlends, Meellng for Bible study •rKI Social
e%trrt5. both of whKh re￿)MMe￿ed after the lrftsr¥ of COVKI restnthn& These prnided spiri1￿1
and sodal supsM)rt to w members.
W¢ thank God for Hi5 8u¥JarKe tTU5t Him to le•J aNI 5UStain ￿ in future.
Looking forward
In 2024. to operate a full progrdmrne of aL11VId￿ to sYo(Th)te splrFtual welfare of our
Public Benefit
The Trustees of Grange Prtpamive Meetiry are to confirni that they have complied with
tr*ir duty thty have regard to the publK btt*flt requlrement ststutory of the Charity
Cornmisslon for Nofihern Ireland.
Our publlc benefft l)een du￿n$trated In a number of *qys O￿tr the past year.
Wè hold a MeÈur¢ fof worsNp every Sunday whth is open to membtrs of the
public Js ￿11 as our own members arnl re8ular attende￿ These Meetiry provide Spiritual
nourlstrffiert and deepen the Chrlsoan ￿Per1er￿e aThl undwthndin8 of those who attend:
Wt Pfovided IlnarÉial yjpport to a ratist of other charities from ￿ular and SPÈCial
o)Ilections at our Meet1￿ We supwrted txsaster re￿et xKial need and ChrisriJn M)r* at
home and abroad.
We en8a8ed with the local communlty vknich hope ￿11 map£ the MeetSng House more
¥is•ble encourage othffs to pin with us tr fellp•4ship aThl suppo¢
Wt UrAlert￿ famity visits to thare fellthvship and erwe n*mbers kn tkrns of ￿, as
well as drffKuh tsrnes of isol*x)n. sickness aTrJ l*rekntrnent.

Artnual Rep¢xi & Accounts for ended 31* Decen￿ 2023
Financial Review
Our flnandal statornont for the perk)d IX January 2023 to 319 De￿rnber 2023 Is attached to thls
report shows that we had an openin8 balJrKe in ttr ￿ h(xse Account 32 ￿ the IA hnuary
2023 of £437T7.84 and a closiry balance on 31• December 2023 of £50S1928
The resroratlon fvnd for the Meetin8 House Project had an openire bolarKe of on l# JanuJry 2023
OF £93(•4.83 and a d05ir4 balance on 31* Dectmber 2023 of £9334A3
Declaration
The Annual Gemrnl Meefjry of tho Tnw was held In Grnry Frfends Meetiry Hwse 26th May
2024.
Thls repxt is apPr￿d and Is 4ned on ￿hall of the Trust
KolI￿l￿e