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Status
Received: 113 days late
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Income
£76.8K
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Spending
£82.4K
Public benefits
What benefit from this purpose? It is the opportunity to come together and have fellowship with like-minded Christians. The benefits of this is to allow those in attendance to grow spiritually, build relationships, the edification of the beliefs of those who meet under the name of Lisburn Congregational Church, and to have a sense of belonging.
The church's charitable objects are primarily focused on the advancement of religion, which is recognised as a charitable purpose having public benefit. Other public benefits include: - the provision of facilities for pre-school children for development of social and educational skills and provide their parents/minders with a social gathering to share advice and learnings; primary school aged children with a structured programme of activities to encourage good citizenship, physical development and educational improvement. Can you demonstrate this? Lisburn Congregational Church has been established since 1880. Since this date, the church and its organisations have served the community faithfully. At time of submission the church has approximately 60-100 people in attendance at the main Sunday services each week. This number is constituted by members, non-members and non-Christians. Is any harm or possibility of harm outweighed by the benefit? There is no harm flowing from the purpose. Who is the benefit for? The intended benefit is primarily for those who meet regularly under the name of the Lisburn Congregational church. This would involve a collection of different groups: Church members (these are Christians who, having given regard to the requirements of the constitution and further, having undertaken appropriate prayerful consideration, accept the principles and precepts of membership as laid out in the church constitution); non-members, and non-Christians. Note: The church community comprises of members, non-members and non-Christians. Only members have voting rights in the church business meetings or annual church meeting. As with non-members, non-Christians do not have voting rights. Is there any private benefit? Is it incidental or necessary? Currently there are only two salaried roles within Lisburn Congregational church: Minister and Caretaker. The salaries for these posts are reviewed periodically by the Oversight of the church (Definition of church oversight is outlined in the constitution). Any other benefits would be incidental.
... [more] [less]What your organisation does
Sunday school, Ladies Fellowship Meeting, Boys Brigade & Girls Brigade (uniformed organisations), Men’s meeting and Craft class. Conduct of local primary school assemblies by church minister. Parent and Toddler group meeting, Jay Club (Children’s meeting) Connect (youth Club). interaction with the local primary school - Varied programme of
activities both social and religious for women in the local area - Varied programme of activities both social and religious for post primary children in the local area - Activities both religious and social for men within the fellowship.
... [more] [less]The charity’s classifications
- The advancement of religion
Who the charity helps
- Children (5-13 year olds)
- General public
- Men
- Parents
- Preschool (0-5 year olds)
- Women
- Youth (14-25 year olds)
How the charity works
- Religious activities
- Sport/recreation
- Welfare/benevolent
- Youth development
