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African Missions Northern Ireland Limited

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £665.3K

  • Spending

    £561.7K

Charity no. 100816 Date registered. 12/01/2015

Public benefits

The direct benefits which flow from our purposes include improved spiritual awareness and religious well being as a result of various aspects of work undertaken by The Society. These benefits are demonstrated through feedback from the general public together with evaluations provided by attendees at conferences and retreats held at The Society's

facilities. In our opinion the purposes of The Society are entirely beneficial and do not lead to any harm. The beneficiaries of our purposes are the general public to include people living within the island of Ireland who wish to explore and enhance their spiritual and religious welfare. A private benefit to trustees may arise due to their facilitation of conferences, courses and other educational activities. through such activities trustees gain skills and experience which are transferable to other settings. These benefits ate incidental and necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries.

What your organisation does

Upkeep, maintenance and provision of a retreat and conference centre offering a modern, comfortable, well equipped facility in the most idyllic of rural settings away from the noise and distractions of everyday life. The beautiful grounds, tranquil, peaceful atmosphere along with the modern facilities make Dromantine the perfect venue for retreats,

conferences, chapters, assemblies, workshops, meetings, church, inter-church, ecumenical, medical, educational, business and community groups. Organisation and running of an Annual Open Day / Family Fun Day together with the faciliation of weekly residential camps during the summer months attended by teenage boys and girls which cumulatively cater for up to 20,000 people each year. Provision of funding for the purpose of work carried out by The Society of African Missions primarily in the African continent. SMA missionaries dedicate their lives to providing help and support to the people of Africa and in this capacity serve as pastors, teachers, health care workers, construction workers, farmers and in any other capacity that enables them to help the people of Africa. They provide training, education and practical support which encourage and assist the development of the necessary skills needed to become self sufficient and employable. SMA missionaries promote justice and peace through working with social service agencies, governments and in all other capacities for the purpose of providing help and assistance to those who are oppressed, impoverished and displaced.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of religion

Who the charity helps

  • Adult training
  • General public
  • Overseas/developing countries
  • Volunteers

How the charity works

  • Education/training
  • Overseas aid/famine relief
  • Religious activities
  • Welfare/benevolent

This display is a broad summary of the charity’s financial information. For a full understanding of the charity’s finances, the reader should view the PDF accounts and reports under the Documents tab above.

Income

£665.3K

Spending

£561.7K

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 December 2023

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 December 2022

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 December 2021

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

The advancement of the Christian religion by the promotion of the work of the Society of African Missions (''The Society'') by acting as trustees and by taking over from the existing trustees or owners property of every nature and kind held upon trust for the religious congregation known as The Society including in particular but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing description, churches and chapels, seminaries, colleges, schools, presbyteries, halls, hostels, graveyards, farms, estates, dwelling houses, business premises, buildings and rents or rent charges, and lands and hereditaments of every description and tenure.

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name

  • 8 Trustees
  • 29 Employees
  • 0 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • African Missions Northern Ireland Limited, 96 Glen Road, Jerretspass, Newry, County Down, BT34 1HR

Trustee board

Trustee
Fr Malachy Flanagan
Fr John Brown
Fr Damian Bresnahan
Fr Eamonn Finnegan
Fr Anthony Kelly
Fr Jarlath Walsh
Fr Colum O'shea
Fr John Timothy Dunne

List of regions

  • In Ireland
  • In Northern Ireland