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BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE {A Iimitsd by g￿rant4•. not havlnk • Ihaiè c•pltAII Annual Report and Audited Financlal Stalements for the financial year ended 31 March 2023 Alkn Tully & Co. 19 Paba¢e Sqwtr London SE19 2LT COM￿ry Numlw: 2289918 Chwrlty Number.. 1059801

BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE {A com￿rtY Ilmitd ty gwr•nb•. hot h•¥lrffj a h*i• c•pltsl} CONTENTS Pag• TnJstees' and Other Infomiatk)n Tru5t8es' Annual Report 4-10 Stattmenl of Trnslees, ReSp￿si￿1t1eS 11 Independent Auditofs Report 12-14 Statefflenl of Financial Actsvrties 15 Balance Sheet 16 Notes to the Fin8nci81 Stalernenls 17-23 St4)plement8ry Infomation ￿lating to the Final￿101 Stalemenls 25

BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE IA tompany Iimrted ty gu•r8nt••. nDI Iwylrtg 4 •hr• capltall TRUSTEES. AND OTHER INFORMATION Mr Cdum Mok)ney Ichairperscffjl Mr J8rl8ih O'Hai'a ITr••surerl Mr DMal Ma¢Crallh Mr Th¢mas Tr8ynor Mr Long Ms Kay Bc4aTrJ Mr Dor￿ MaGCrailh cpwity Nwnty•r In Erylwid W•loS 1059e01 2269918 R•psternd Offi¢¢ and P￿￿1￿1 Addr••s 3Th381 Rtsad Ihlnesden Londc 102JR A•JnTth&C 19 Palace Sou#• Lon¢Jon SE19 2LT Charts ￿ F￿(jab"[ 25 Kir¥p HrfA KirwJs Hll West Mallirg ME194TA Un#ed lQngylom

BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE IA ¢trrnPany liml¢vd ty guar•ni••, rn)t ￿￿11￿j a Ah•r• ¢•WthI TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT for Iinènci81 year ended 31 March 2023 tr￿tee$ tsr TnBlee5' knnual Rewl. ¢Lynkn"ThThJ Ihe Dwedor5' Repjrt * Trustees. Report. 8TrJ Ihe audil•J f￿a￿al 51otements for thefin•rKial year ended 31 Marth 2023. The finèntial Slate￿nts wg prepared in ac¢ordan¢ %wlh Ihe C¢Jnpan5A¢t 2￿. FRS 102 Finanoal Rem" Standard 3ppbcabie In the UK ar¥J Reputthc of Irtlarf and AcC￿n￿r￿￿ aN1 Reptytiry by ChileS Starnenl of RecomrTwwJ•J pral￿ apF4icai4e to than1￿5 prepariry I1￿1r financi￿ stst•rnents In accordance wilh the Financtil RewtiTvJ Standard apF4icable In the UK aThY RepublK of I￿land IFRS 1021. The Trustees, Rewt inf0mat￿ requireAI to bè provthd in tr Trus, Amu¥ R•wi uThJef S1tt￿t of Rec¢mrrwMk4 Pr¥bce ISORPI Tl trustees ofts conpany are atso chanty tnjstees ￿ the pl￿se of charity law and uThYer the coryyany's consi1luli(￿ are knLhVn as memDets of the Ly)ard of INstee5. In this ￿F￿)rt the trustees of BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE k¥e5ent a surrmary of its kvpos•, 9)￿n￿. Xbvil•. xhithments and for the financwl >￿r 31 Mareh 2023. ehanty is o ieglstered charty ar￿ ￿)￿ tts Tewt and results are presented In a Iwm wh￿h ￿th the uireftnts of the Cornpams 2￿0 and althouth Tr)1 ct4pJ•J to the Stathent ol Rec￿￿ PraclKe apFlicable In UK a¢KI Rewbhc cllrdaThJ FRS 102, the oryanisalW)n has imkknented rts recLmmeTrJallons where r&vant In Ih85e f￿anCIal statements.

BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE IA ¢¢ynpony Ilmltsd Irrf guBran¢40. not h•ving a $￿14 ¢opftal) TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT financsil year eThJed 31 March 2￿23 R•vlew of Actlvllb•J. Achhvqmlnts P•rtorn 2￿2) math$ o mw rn￿eStCrf d the th3nty ceW•tw 45th AMNsary suFwting the Uk's largtst Irlsh community. On ￿h￿l[ of fv h)rwJ 51aThr¥ fru5tee5 D￿$ M•cQ•th. Trayncrf arhy m￿d11thaS been ￿ honru to be In¥cfved In the Chanty fw mwy dec&Jes. Th85e limes changed many of the youngw Irish frmigrants A wwell educ8tJ aNJ do not need ¢xY hdp. 11 is tr￿10￿ 51gndiry oldef VLlnèrable, who h8ve setued in UKwho need wr ser4lces. BLAS C￿ last few years hos gone Irom stsenylh to slreThJth like lo thank s￿, ¥dunt￿r5. d Ihe m¢ye recthtyy tThtslo6s and what thgy bnng lo Chanty. 8LAS has swwled many thtyJS0￿ of poWe over a wJ over the 12 rnonth$ 8LAS h￿Ve4 many amazing wtrome8 rai$r4 o¥er 1.5 MIW in extra irK(fne for￿ expKts to h 3fK)O aiien(18n¢es al our clth. ro hdp mc6t Vulner￿ within oui c￿mUnIty ¢(X)tinuiro to re0￿￿j ¢onfidgnce and community PTeserKe. Tts's ha5 meant thal BNS ccrfrtinues to adapl w tyjr to rn•t thoje ne challw98S ihal no one was ft behind. BIAS o)nlinu88 to innovative 8ndwtA be Lqunchirvj a n8w ￿￿nI80r wr￿t 2023. 1 Weekty welfgre adwo dro) in 2 TeleP￿e thi 3 HO￿4n9 WIv￿e FKqect 4 In-FersC￿ ad￿￿ and fcTn filli 5 T￿ee-W8Y le￿￿8 wrth d￿ts 4nd other 6 Weekty Ao21¥8 Ageing 58r¥Kes Dollis Hil and Crickknc•J The above addrtional servtts coukj not have happened wrthoul the amaziThJ supp¢Jrt BIAS recewed frrm a nurnter grant hJThY8rB, en3bbng BWS to ddiver innovatwe r￿W projects ar￿ to use more te¢hnobgy lo reach out l would alsc+ le 10 Ihth the funtsrs fty nexibility and uThdetstandw, thai BNS kr￿5 our bcal ￿￿mUnIty with tho trust tAJitt up over mwy de¢ailes. I w0￿d alw to th￿k a oldonations frcffl Insh t￿r￿leS that a s4n[r￿Art and real drfferenc• to BWS dehvw. BIAS h88 had o¥•r 2227 wgapments indivKJuals with ourwelfare adwce Serw￿ allowing us to help Ihgm dn o¥er £1 S rn¢tlioTr ITr ben811ts ¢Jther entyt18￿nts. Th's Pélps to reduce [rf)￿rty our community. BLAS continues ￿ operate uthr fv Advic (jU￿lty Sta￿tsrd (Aasi kite math IW 2023lwhich provths r8asaurarKg the ￿ th•t B￿s 8¢(XXffillrty and ol coursa quality standaryts. As caTr b8 888n from our 8￿J11￿ acc¢unts, BIAS irKxffle has Inueased Iho 185t 12 monih ith am irKreats 8% Income the year before. Ths has b6en no easy task. wilh key stalf wrg ?￿ra rn1￿ In cC￿￿￿.￿j for k111￿81 lundirKJ Streams. As a SM￿ oryarbiybon. Opjrniry eThrtr(wmerrt ¢￿tinu01 lo be chalkrymg lintled resotwces and Capa￿ty. H¢ywever. BIAS L4 In a Sty￿ fin¥noal ptsits)n. with a ￿m[￿r of w grants asothJe10 stsrtlater this yearand conbnuin9 for Ihe roxl >5 years. BSAS C￿nueS to have supptwt ftom the EM￿rant Supp)rt Programme Ireland. as It has don over a numbor of de¢adeJ, and thts 1$ re￿nity0n of Ihe key rokn we ha￿ In {￿l￿enr￿j Oss￿￿81 sw¥￿& lo our conmunity. This provths BIAS wilh an appropnate platform to contsnue to ts¥lop and ma81 the chan•ng nwJs of Irish Commurmty. A5 nod. rt ha5 been a ththigiry yaar br BIAS ￿$0 wy [￿#￿Ir9. ¥fitt) irtreasod outc4xnoslwwuts gThJ irKreased ccrnmunty aware1￿$ Oft￿ 58rwc8s we can WDvth. First aTrl fc<wkn)sL a b¥ thar to al ts fvrpJer5 and donor5 that have supported BIAS ol course a kn'g thank yc4r to al fv staff, W￿01*r$ InJ5tees Ihat ha¥ Sup￿rter1 th6 ¢hority. Chw"r of BIAS

BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE {A comp•rry lirnstsl ty gwir4nl••. rnt hpvirWJ a hr• t4paD TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT for Ihe financial year ended 31 Morch 2023 0bJKt1￿ aThJ Acti¥iti80 The company is a charity 5tTiwng lo rdiove poverty. di$advaniage SlKJal eMtlusKJn amoThJ Irish FecpI8 xally In Brern and acr055 Bfitain. To achvetht5 pro￿je$ a rarqeof ty￿. it)forrnabon. $upp)rt. recreaiwl and weware llthS a5 wel as to W •p4J n>n41 thlwents tho chents grwp. 4)urwork delFv•r• our aims We re￿ltr ow airr6. ("Kbves orKI attMlS eath ￿91. Tho rve k￿$ al thal we achie%ed aTrJ Ihe outccmei of ow wort In Ihe pF•Wo￿￿ 12 mcrfths. The rpvEw lo¢k$ at Ihe suc￿$S of each key acth.vity antt t￿ benefits ttey have brought lo ttThe ￿0up$ of we are $el up to help. The r¢view also hdps us e￿Ure our aims, otyecli¥e8 and athvilv&$ remained fttused on our staled purposes. We h8¥e referred lo Ihe gU￿art¢e conlaned in tho Charity C•nmissDn's ￿nera guida￿ 00 publt boneht ￿V￿r￿j our èTrJ obJeciNw In F4anniTrJ Iyjr ￿re a￿￿t￿5. In parncular. Ihe trustees comthr wil eontriDute to the 8ims (WNes t hav¢ se¢ Th• l¢xus ol work (￿r man forttE y•OTCCfjrtirwJed ) te ofs•rvw to wr ttygrowj. strategi•s we us•d to rDeEt these cèFdNes inchJdBd 11 Advocxy Ad¥l¢fr sethc4'. S conhrx lo wowdÈ •Jvocacy k Ihe Irish woW•re and on othet •Jvocxy aw$. 81AS $wryts over250 pÈopkn•xh year aTrJ h8& over2227 engagernants through tekphonelourdropin 8dvice 5urgerles on a year basis. BIAS r8gulady sup[￿5 peop￿ prttentiry in wrth multiple and ¢Crfn￿ex a￿ce BIAS ￿11￿#1 woukl like lo exl¢nd 8WJrt to Ihc6e mtr5t vulrw￿ in l￿'r to atw$ gervw enlffj8M￿t y we often oveth)thed. ThvA ts F4anrwd kn hapFen ￿ Lqte 2023 or earty 2024 wth fundirg fr￿￿ Ihe City BW Trust 21 lri$h H8arts IAdv8 N4eiNJ Thutsday CNJbl aryl ￿1r$ Pdlis NorthLrrf)th)nl BLAS weekty s￿14 SL¥)wl thrtyJ9h our In$h Farts Thursday dub and T￿dayc￿bS are rwol%J in the pLwrdry and ddisry. he¥)nvJ to reduce isolation. Improve weleir#a and incfeaw su$tsinabilily. More than haf of 1 local Irish pooplg rellr•d. The mojority flour Cl￿18 arem ￿r7(￿e￿),% ar¥J u abtyeprryea hsto reduce hThlirths.WthrJl ourintthniknl. ow f•or was Ihal many lau thre￿h th• cr&s. SWwJJlity to regain iThjepender￿È and confid8rte wh￿h wouhJ Ihen ruKe 9￿&tel Int&ty8niion from stalulory service5. Our lrt$h Hearts Thursday and Tuesday Clubs averaw 70 pw weok ana we gXF4Ct to ha¥• o¥er 3(X)J attend¥r￿S per ￿ar over 8 44-we8k perKxY wrfh approx. 140 F4OF48 access tyjr swwcgs. BIAS 280 pe tterKI ow ch￿lMa6 whKh t￿lud&0 ts IrL%h Ambass*tr. The mults lor the financial year are Set out pa90 IS and 8ddltlenal not•$ a￿ p￿¢•4 8hwng Income and 8xpendrture in greatsr delail.

BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE IA company limil•d by 9U•llntee. rffjl Iwvity i ¥hv• TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT lor the financial year ar￿d 31 Marth 2023 IAana9em8ni Ccffimittee that tw wth the thty n sec4kn 4 th? char￿8& PLt 2011 to h8¥e due regard IQ mo Chwrty CunMiss￿'S guidarK• on PLthralJn ty Ch Ccthmi$sion'Chairties and Public Be￿n1'. 8NS's thadtOb￿ purposes aro lo provx10 advice, infom18tion 8UPPOrttovuln8r8blè lriih Fwltrliwr8 Inlh&Lon(tn Borough of Brent 8nd $urrounding areas. Brent has the highe51 Irtsh powlalion in Great Brrtain. wrth the majority In the 0￿r 60 ¥ 9roup. B￿5 CLllabNatos wrth other $inilar tsal 86rvi￿S ar￿ conl¢ibute5 to related Ic¢al str810gy Bi4S (¢￿￿￿￿j to ddsv¢r wqacts l>)Ih aJery 5eryM. Ir4sh Hearl I￿￿.¥0 Agelrg Clubl and Sl Mwj's & StAndrews Church BIAS continufr to owr41e from the Tr•J•s Hal in Crid¢l¥ood for wr Irish ActN• Club arJ St Mary's and St Andrw5 whth deh¥tr5 ¢)ur wedEty lea d•rKe. exFe(ls to have arvox. 3(￿ aitendancas yeady. Wafe Advlco SoThlc• BIAS opened an gddilional dr¢pin to inerease %wfar& seThi￿$ ar¥J h8¥) Tr￿ pec need. In our experience. rnore peepl8 are presentrng themselw5 aThJ have ¢oftwx multiple needs and are often crisis. BIAS proviees o¥er 22￿ engageThnts of Jvice wotk yearly wilh approx. 2.W Imnline stsff. BIAS has rais&J an ad￿￿Onal £1.$ million In ￿￿t￿MentS claimed for ¢l￿nts A nurnber of clents r•htsU$e￿ In North London and Is were s￿￿)rted to $￿taiTr t8nanc485. BIAS to w an O￿lne datase Ihat has been desijned to meat tho r￿J6 ol am projects Incluoh'ng casvwolk for OUT w8lTrdre $6Nce. Thts en8bb$ Improved Ferf¢marKe and ccffjThunKion b•tsn all staff and resources are ulilised rnut •lficniJy. 81AS can pro¥id8 detai￿d re￿rtIr￿j lo lunders. qUants￿ry vau8 nd quality slandards achieved. 81AS has had a k)r•Jsl8bl$W Irack fecc¥d of dehvenng proiKls lo th• Ictal ccrfnmunity en$￿￿4 iawL4e bon8fits to ¢onwnunity. IAS has s•en a sm41 $wrAus tho y&8r ￿ Ihtr accountry ￿ar and eXr￿ts to on scrnp ol th• Sur￿$ in Ihe next ac¢ountyng ￿ar aThJ BIAS h8s I￿re￿ our desyThalJ r•seTht W Grwi fuThJing has stayed relaiNÈty ¢oristent with th8 prior ye¥. BIAS continues lo work hard to di%rsfy furknying h•s tyyy1 wi)Jre$8 to he¥) achieve these goals and, at the wnt 11rn8, delwer front line sor￿¢@S BNS cwrentty has three grants on hobj. which Indude the Csly Bridgtr Tr￿t, Trust for London and NCIL Breni cou￿￿ f￿ding. PrI￿￿paI Sowces.. Tl Emwjranl SupFth Prwwn• Ilrthdl just ¢Mr45% rA8iAS fc 2Q21 Invesment pc4 The majority of BIAS fund& are spent In Ihe short kmi $0 Ihore are few fvrKls lor ltrw-term I￿￿￿￿ent. BIAS h(Ad8 Incorne In a Charitie5 Foundation bank ICAFI account 8ttracrKJ rKninal lftt8re&i. BIAS has Irwestsd wa CAF and Flagslone a fixwj lertn Intere$H)earing accwnt In 202>24. R•68rv•s p(41cy WKI conc•rn Managenwt Commrttee k4 (￿MMited to a p￿rY of ath￿r￿j 9•wal resorves •quNaknt ￿ SVA rn￿￿$. 61$. BIAS ct¥rontd6swn3t&8 reserve Is £9).0￿. which IsequNnt lo thre•rfwr monllK% nmnin9 tt6i$ai ￿r- *rwJ. A r•s•N85 kK)I￿Y Is a¥ailat40 from BIAS offw 88 a source of thJthr Inlornai

BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE IA limited ty gwr•mee. ntst 4 •h•f• c•pbry TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT for the financkql year ended 31 March 2023 Plan for Futur¢ P•rft•J• BIAS L8 p￿a￿ thal svJnrfi¢art progress conbnues tote aCh￿￿WIth an ￿1ft In irwne olarprox BIAS exprctj acrne of the 2022123 surp1￿ 10 be used 2023124 and BIAS reser¥e knls have W Increased. Our core fund ¢4bi$Wi1 arnj ¢5 aFprox. 45% of ttts BIAS tur￿￿1. Tl tY99est th￿en9• 15 recruib"r#J xpwrK8d slaff. lalOLrtrtach BIAS promdes limiled 1."1 outreach a58eBsrnenl In chents, tyn h¢ynes desElcped ycpnate 8Tr1 ielate(I gmngl. Ibl Tl Pensioners Grcup has pro¥d KX)pular among Irish penSi￿er$ in erenl. Tl servir has proven to be an effeth form of sefvic OUt￿h to Iht Irish crxnmunity, attrxliry many io ollr Irish service5. BIAS d•n5 lo expand th Ser￿ce. Icl Vc4uns BL4S ¥aks Ihe o)ntrwbons of voKJrtew5 t(Mtard mth"TrJ the ¢harty •ms. BiAS h¥ 8 v¢Suni•frtS eO)tributmg to 81AS dury 2022-2023. BWS plans to attrxt furthtrr ￿￿￿jnIary input Into tho Charty. BWS wll t• k•unching a > year Volunteer prf4e¢t 2023. (dlTalephor￿ adwi BIAS w¥hYes telep￿￿ and 9uIda￿t ai IhL% trne ha5 th• atrf"￿ to habE tlway cats wth BIAS conb'nues to bank ￿th Ihecharibes Foundation Bank and has enabl•J the use of an lnlerest-bear￿9 $awng8 account 8rl online banking, while reducing bank ch8rg85. Ir) Wellare 81AS has re￿81a1£d ow di¢? in ati￿e serytis Flnth¢W Re8 Al the end of the financjal y•ar ts charity has assets of £231,49012022 . É211,3121 liabilrtN8s of £1CQ.20612tr22 - £95.4961. TTr￿ net asset6 of tha chanty ha%* Increased by £15.468.

BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE IA company limlted by g￿lIntO¢, not h•vlng a Capital) TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT lor It￿ financwl yew er1ed 31 MaTcn 2023 STRUCTURE, GOVEANAPKE AND MANAGEMENT The org8nis8li¢n is ¥ charitsble com￿nY Iimrted by guarantee, in¢orKX)raled on 22 J￿e 1988 and ils goverThrvJ w8$ 8meThlad by ¥É¢ial r¢sclutK)n on 27 September 1996 and regi$ler•J 88 charity w 18 Decembof 1996. ¢rmpany was a M￿(￿a￿aum ofAsswab"on. th¢h e$￿11$￿ Ihe cwts and p(wor ol Iha ¢horitsbk c(xrpany aThJ is governed under its Arts ol In tM e￿1 ctsnpany h'rg WQLmd wj. mtmbtrs ala requir1 t¢ conttut8 an zrnount not exceéding £1. Rocrtsrtmenl ond AppoinlmeTrt ol Manag￿ent Committeè The directors ol c(m￿Y 0 th￿ty rruste88 purpose of cknwty and uThYer the CL￿panY'S Art￿leS are also dewgnaled M8mW of Ihe ManageTr￿1 C(ThMrtiea. Urbjer ts reguirnment cl Ihe Vmvandum and Jfftde$ OlA$$(Kiat￿ the m¢m￿r$ tsft￿ Man¥gementC¢ymmittee a￿ led tosw• fw a r￿<1 oiiwth¢ mwi AfterthL% Ilw mu$1 bo r￿￿¢ted 81 the nexl Amual Gonefal Meebng. TP¥¥ h•$ a 9xxJ mix1ure ￿ b￿rts. eoThnunty ar￿ W sk ro•5eried on the Managennt Cthnmilt. In an ellm to maintain thL4 broad m￿￿re of 5kils. r￿b&S c4 It 8o¥d We reqwsted to a h51 ￿ sws and upjate il on A yearly basis. BIAS ha5 re￿nttY updated wrttffjstitubon to adopt Charity CL¥nrnBsKffj praclKe and will also L k)cirKa to add additKn81 rftw tritstee 2024. Tnmtee lThluctk>n and Tralnlng A Induction pack has bean 0)Mp￿ed 2021 and is provided lo 808rd fflembefs. ￿ crrniltee wnb￿$ will rro81 both Ch8irlTreasurer of Ihe Man4ament Cornmiltee and the Director a5 part ef Ih81r Ind￿t￿n. whith wi lÉ¢ The main d￿fi￿nIS $¢1 a￿￿r•I fr•mew( It• cw irth"ry Ihe and Artide$'. aÉ¢ Reswrtsng the cAJrrtnt fInanCi￿ posllion as set out ID Ihe lat•st publisheL1 aerounts., aE¢ Futyffj and ¢)biecb%s." Organi89tlonal Stwctur• Irish Sery￿e has a Klanèwenl CLwr¥Trrtt￿, thwe Is a maxmum Thynber ol o¥ht Tru585. The Ccmmitt88 meetevwy ￿thWeeks sTrJ are respr•￿lets thestrategK¢recticffj andpy ofthech•. Atpresent the M8n8gwnent Crmmitt8e has a varvéty of prOfess￿nal bad¢grounds lo Ihe w¢yk of the charty. The Cl￿panY Secretary $rts on tl Commiltee bul h4 no volirq nghls. Oireclor regu18r Infom￿ me8b.ngs c•dty4trd8y magMntwth Ch•r. TraAwJrer Coftwny sou0t￿. The thfeth¢x ts for day to day runnry of the Ser￿rn. ensuriThJ th Ihe charty ￿BIl￿5 the serwc and Ih81 perf0m￿nCe tarw$ arè mei. The Dire¢ic¢. enswrKJ thai $iaff to Je¥elop t￿¢ in Ilne with ¢L¥rent and b•$t y¥ts"¢e. carrth out ¢poratK)al management •nEI line m•ntyement. Diwttys & TNstes Colun Mdoney (Chawl Tern Traynor Lknnal MxCr8ilh J4¥1ath O'Pl¥a Irrexwerl Davh4 Lc Kay 8olBnd 8NS is 8 $m811 charty wth a DIr￿try, m￿ag￿, Engagemrt Coordinator. knKt Wukw, I4￿1n0 Active +4w'ng Workw ￿ 8nd tyt Fkngrwworker which ar8 in$lrum8nl81 in key operational oreai. D¥•ttu wrth Ihe of tnLStert ol fv Chofity and 15 In tharge ￿ dKe¢ting ar>J contrdliry, rMning and OFeraliThJ the Trust ¢Jn a day to day bask4. Trustee5 9Ne thwr I￿ freety 8Tra ¢J) Tr)t any r•nun8ralK*n In ￿ar.

BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE IA CDmpany Ilrnrt•d guirintw. nDt h•vlng a 5h•ve c4p• TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT lor ￿ finar￿￿oI year ended 31 March 2023 Pay Pollty tor Senior staff The pay ￿ tr fArEctor is rE￿￿ed •nrw4ty w(Ad te rewtsJ In kn wrth avera9• eamirg5 thè cuff•nt finartkgl pc6ilion ol the ¢harlty. fin•n)0l dechw ol the p•y of DKett¢y woubj to bo authrAs•d ty the Board of Tr￿lee8. Relatsd p4rtl•s and cwatlon lth othor olg￿lIatIonS BWS has shared a wth grenl VrKap foroNr 10 years. WAS works wlth a nLKntr ￿ JtahJl¢xy and Yo￿ntary ittior oty•ni5ion5 In relation to service delivery. gIAS ts pleased 10 aoknse signÈd a nw base 2022 lor y•¥8. Rlsk Man•q•n•rt The Man8gThnt Crynmiiiie ha5 corrtJ￿10d a rvmw Of major rL5k$ to which charty is exposed and Ihe BIAS nsk wst•r has ljeen Updthd. Thèfe is ￿ charwJè to tho pnr￿iPal risks.. 11 Chan9ir¥J fl￿dIng enwr¢M￿tr. 21 Inlwnal finorthl contrds aThJ 31 Rks to he8th and sth. Trust888 The trus¢ees who served thr¢MJ9hwi tho flnan¢K?l y&81, except as noled. wwe as fdk7WS" Mr COl￿n ICh¥petwl Ktr Jarlath O'Hata (Tr￿￿rorI Mr Oonal Maccraith Mr Thoma$ Trtynor Mr David Lorvj Ms Kay Bol•NJ In accudanc• wth the Con$b"lubDn, th& tru51Ées rottre by rolaton and. beirg el9ible. offer t￿m$￿VeS for rtrecthon. The secrelary who semd durlng f)anci81 year was. Oonal hlxCrlh Compli￿Ce ￿th Sector-Wld& Llghlatlon and Standards The tharity èngages prtraclth wrth ￿91￿atr.0n, siaThlard$ and c¢d•s whth ar• $￿tsr. 8RENT IRISH ADlllSORY SERVICE substrths to aThJ s ¢tyiWk8fitwrth t￿l0￿1r￿. The C¢yrpan5 Acl 2cr Chariis SORP IFRS 1021 Authtys wilors. A4en Tully & ¢0. iNI￿led t￿r y11￿sS to Cortin￿ ￿ crfl&i in 0>￿￿• Sttb)n 4BS ofthe Ccryan￿5 Act 3)%. Apwo¥8d by tt Bowd of TrustO•8 Ob) ￿14 51gnfjd on ts behall by: ty ICh•i J¥l*h O'Hara ITrea8urnrl TnMt8• Tntstétr 10

BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE IA compary lirnilo¢J by gw¥•n¢w. ts¥iilB a %har• c4prfall STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBILITIES for financial yew erwJ&J 31 Mar¢h 2023 Tr• Ir￿te88. are a￿0 Qirectors ol BRENT IRISH AOVISORY SERWCE P￿F¥A•S d (£¥w kn. ¥• r¢$por6ibk lor preparing thè financSal $talar￿nts In 8ccudaKewth #pF4K8tl l and rngulalirym. CixThpany law i•qwres tl tr4Bt¥ as ts 0￿￿tr)r8 to prepare fvanual Its￿nents ead) finawal year. UThJer thal I￿ the trLffjt8•5 hasp docied ￿ pr•p¥e finanoaf slanenis in acc￿dan￿ ilh G&rrd Accepted AcGountrng PraclK8 Iunited Kingjam Accwnbr¥J StsndardB applKable Ind￿J1￿j FRS102 Tr1 FInar￿la1 RewtsThJ Standard applica￿8 in the UK Ond Republi¢ of Irel8n¢f ￿pany14￿ th8 tru5te•s rnu51 ncl •wo¥e thefinan(aal staieftxnts uNess they $8tssfiJ thal they 914 a d f#irwvw ofth• State of aff8trs of the ¢hgnty of ttr¢ nei the chanty thai In preparing th•se financial &t8tem8rts. trustees are rwuired lo". seknt accwnbr8 and aFvly them o)nsislenl1y'. m&ke ithfjg&nents and esimates thai are reasmable and stale whethei th8 finartkil statamanls have been wepared xcrffdarKÈ the rele¥>nt fin￿1 rwtyn9 Irame40rt. vjenlfy Ihoae 8landaid&, an¢ ncle th8 eff￿1 and the rea80￿ lor any matefi¥l d•partwe frrm I $tandard8. ond Fryare the finanL¥al 61•teM￿¢S th8 g￿r¥j corrern ba￿$ unl8S5 il 15 ¥napk¥¢)pnat• to prosume th8t the eharity iNconkn"nu• In (Vat￿. The trustees aro ressw)nsibk% for kwin9 adequate aCr￿Unting r￿￿$ thai are 8LrffKnt to Sh￿ explain th• charity's transxli¢ys and disckwwith ￿8&On￿O xcJJiacy al any ts"m• the financjal p)silion of the charty an¢J enable ¢h8m kn ensure that tha finantsal st8t7)ents wilh the CL￿panI￿S kl 20C6 They are reSpMs1￿ for 5afew8rdir%J a5S8ts of the charity aThY herK• for liry r•asona14• slops fw wo¥Entth ¥nd detrttKJn ¢Jf fraud aThl other ir1•ath8nt￿. In as tr• ¢nJsl8vs ¥• •are'. there is no re￿vant audrt Info￿akn￿ IirforTn£bcn ￿eded by a￿a￿£1 in CffjMocts(ffi tA4lh w•pMg lh• auditorfs report) of which th8 charity's auditor is unawaro. ¥nd the have taken all the steps ihat thay <KJghl to have leN ￿ trustees In order to make thernsg1¥96 awar8 ol any rfjlovani aLvJIl Inltymatw ar￿ 10 establish ttwl the charrty's audit￿ cl that Inlormation. Appro¥ed by the 8o¥d ol Tru6t••B on?Ih J and #Ignad on $ bèh•lf ty.. rcol ICMI Mr Jarlath O'mora ITr•••urnrl

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT to the Members of BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE Roport on the of the Ilnanclal $tat•mgnts Opin Wehave the th•ttyfinantra statements of BRENT IRISHADVISORY SERv￿E I'ts ¢harlVI forlhe fin•nclal year ended 31 Marth 2023 which comws8 Ihe Slaternent of Financial klivilvés Iincorwraling at) In¢fKne and ExFerKJIIufe Accounll, th• Bala￿e Skeel aTrJ notes lo Ihe financ￿ slawnts. inchmliw the summ¥y of SvJnif￿¢ accounts.ng pdKJe8 sel in nole 8. financA rep)w frameM(xk th has W a¢plEd In tt￿r wepwalion atdo Unitthl KinWI Ac¢wnbry StafvJants, InclLKliNJ FRS 102 Financ￿81 Reportir¥J SI￿da￿d aWub18 Inthe UK and Re￿￿1¢ of Ir•land' ar¥J Accounting and Reporbng by Charitss.. Slalem2ntof RectNnmended Practice appl1¢ab￿ ￿ ¢harTIth preparing Ihdr accounls In cOrdan￿ with FRS 102. "ve a and lair vw ol It stats ol tho charty's affairs a$ 8t 31 Mar¢h 2023 and of 115 s￿￿Ul for th8 flnanEial year t1￿￿ ended. have be￿ prcwty prepared in accordwce with Uniled Ki￿aOM Gèrwaly A¢cepivJ AcuJw)kng Pr•AX.' have been prepaf•S in aruKdarte with Ihe r￿ul￿)ents of CtynpaThes kt 2￿￿. 8asls lor We conducted our audit in ¢ord•n¢e with Intetnatsonal Slandartt5 cfi Auditiry IUKI IISAS IUKII applKable l. Our resp￿$11￿0$ under those stafthrds aTe lurther d￿ted in Ihe Audrtofs r&S￿51￿rt￿ for ts audil of the finawal $tstw￿nts secfvon of rvjr repcrt VIÈ are indwdeffj c4 tho In with •thKal tequirerronts Ihal ¥0 tts our audit of the financial stalaments in UK, Includiry the FR¢'s Ethical Siandard. and the Provisions Avaikgble for Audit$ of Small Enttl￿, in the circunslances set out In Note 910 Ihe financial $ta18ments, and we have fulfilkd wr other elhi¢al respM$itMlthes in ctydarre wilh theso roquirements. We (b) not ￿￿￿Ve that th• audil •￿0￿nc6 wo h•¥e cth1[￿ Y$ Suffic￿1 aThJ aFvwate to promide a toso frjr CorKluBlons relatlng to golrNJ concwn In aud￿ng finanual statements. w8 ha¥8 conduded that the tru$es' Lme ofth8gdng basrd irfac¢owling in the pr•par8tion of Iha fir￿￿91 ststuw)ts B wwate. Basedon Ihewty we ha% wrfomed, we h8¥0 not ldelitffj￿d any moienal uncertèinttes relaknn9 ioe¥ents or condhions that, indiwidually or ¢olleclisly. may cast $1gnifwt doubt on tts charity's abillty 10 eix)linuo as a concem lor a period cl al18ast knlve m￿th$ from dot• w￿n thts finwa¥l stsftYils ar& authLY•d tr is$￿. Our 18SkVL8knIW ￿ tre reswnsknlths off th• Iwwi8•s wth respxt to corKem ar• doscnkned in the rek•vant sections of th15 repcrt. Othgr Intonn• hEr Inf(xmolth ¢(MYIWW5 IrrfcYmim indudod ¢n th• annual Tepryl 011￿ Ihan tt finanual $￿teMentS and ourAudrtots RewIthere￿. Th• truss 8re respons￿ for the Olher Infom8lKJn contained within the 8nnual report. Our rpinion on ts finan¢ial slataments does not ¢over the othei Infotmabon and. except K) the ext￿1 Oth￿ exKAiully slatéd In our report. w• do rKI express any frym d a55urce cLwKJsth thereort. Our res￿nIst￿￿ty 1$ lo r•al Iho other ￿￿rnation and, In dtyrg so, ¢onsider wh•lher Ihe other informalon ty materKqt In¢onsL¥ieni with th• financial 51at•ments or our knowledge obtained in the course of Ihfr audit. or ofvTWLse aws lo be mate￿01￿ mis51ated. If wè Identify such material Incon51s¢encits or appar￿1 malWk71 missieftwiis. we We rwJuir&a to ￿￿te￿ints whelker IhY& nse to a malwial missktement In Ihe fin￿￿ 5tatwnents tI￿se1￿. V, ba￿ on thew¢x ha¥e perf¢ffted, wo ¢￿￿￿de thalthere 1$ 8 mati mi$state￿nI of Ih thr rforrnat￿n, we are reqwfed lo re￿rt Ihal fad. We have nothing to rerth In IhL8 re9¥d. Oplnlon on other mt•r prexrlbed ty tho Compani•• Act 2008 In our based on the work Undertak￿ In the C￿Jr$6 of the Infmation gNen in the Truste85' Annual RepNt for the financwl yew for which tho finw¢lg1 $taternents aro prepared Is consislenl with th8 frnan¢k81 $t8lements, aTh Trustees, Annual Rerort has been pr•p8red In ac¢orthn¢e wlh awlKat4•1ty4 re4uiferr*nts. 12

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT to the Members of BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE IA comp•ny limttèd ty 9uarnthts•. Mt ￿vIng a share capall Mallers on vthl¢h we are requlrod to report ty exceptlon In the I￿ht £rf our knowledge understsnding of the Gharity aThJ its envircfimenl Obtsi￿d in the Gwrse of thè audit, we have not Identified matenal misState￿ntS In the Trustee5' Annual RepoTt we have not obtain&l al tt infomation and explanatiorts that we cons￿￿￿d n8CeS8ary fu Ihe PU￿$0 of our audit, aTrJ we were unable to d8t8rmiTrewhelher adequat& aGG(KJnting record5 had teen kept. We have nothing tts report In wpect of the folknviTrJ matters WTr￿ the Compan￿$ Act 201A r￿￿reS us to r•wt to yw if, in ow ownion". Jw4uate aG¢ounbng records ha￿ r￿1 been kept., or the finanaal statements a￿ not In agre8ment the accountirvJ records and returns". or Gertain dlsck)sures of Irtstees. rernurÉratson Specified by I￿ a￿ not m." or the trustees were not entitled to prepare the finanual statemen15 in arGordance with the small conyni85 regime and tthe advanl•J Oft￿ gnall cc4npanie&' exemption in ￿paring the Trustees, Annual Report. Responsibilities of true¥s forthe fln8n¢lal statements As explained more fully in the slatWn￿t of Trustees. Responsibilities sal out on pag8 11. the trustees a￿ respons￿e fer the prwaratK>n of the financial 51atemonis and for beirvJ satisfied thal they give 3 tru8 and fair vew. and for such intemal as tlpy deter[nIt￿ is rw$ary 10 enable th8 pr8parats.on of finaniial $taiwnents that a￿ free Ircrn matsfial misststunent. wheth¥ due to tra￿ tr error. In weparing the finano818tatements. th8 tsuslees are re5ponsib￿ fN assessirKJ Ih8 Chantys >ility lo continue as a going concern, discksirvJ, as applKakAe. matter5 ￿lated lo goirKJ concem and using the going concern ba&$ of a￿O￿nting unK8ss managgment either Int¢nits 10 I￿VIdate Ihe charity or lo cÉa6e operatsons, crf has no realisti atterTratsve trt to do 80. Audho¢s r8sporrJibilitie5 for Ihe audit of the financial statements Our resp)nsibility i% lo rx)Thfju¢t an of the charity's financial stalernènts In acwdanr with ISAS IUKI and lo issue an auditrfs report, hthvever. because of the mattÈfS describBd in th8 Basis for disdwmer of opinion paragraph. wo were not able to obtsin suffi.c￿1 apprc¢riaie a￿lit e￿den¢e to pro￿de a basis for an audit Dp'nion on the financial stst8m8nts. lrr8gu1arit￿s. IrKluding fra￿1. ar& in51ance5 of norrtomtyiance with laws and regvlalions. design wocedures in line with our reswn5ibilities. ouilined above. to detect material misstaternents in rgspgct of irwularilies, Including fraud. The èxtent towhich our procedures are detecting irregularitts. irKludiry fraud ￿ (Jetaled b81ow.' Th8 pr¢xeElur95 are Capab￿ of delectsng m¢sstatements in re$￿ct of irre9ularibes, IndLMling fraud, lo a reasonab level of assuran￿. It is not guaranteed that the audit conducted in accwlarre wilh ISAS IUKI will a￿ayS d&tect a mateiial mtsstarnèntwhèn it•xists. Further inlomiation regarding the 8copo ol r85ponsilJilTrties a$ auditor AS part of an audit in xcordaThc8 with ISAS IUKI. we exercise professDnal iudgwnenl and maintwn W0fe$s￿al 5￿p￿"C1SM through¢ul audiL We al$o' Iden￿ty and a66ess the risks of matewial misstate￿nI of the financial statements, wh8thw dug to fraud ￿ grtor, design and perform audrt pro￿jUre8 responsiw to Ih05e risks. and obtain ￿di1 8￿ence that 15 suffiGEnt and appropriate lo pmvide a basis for cpinion. The of not detecting a matsrial misstat8rnent r85ultiry from fraud 1$ higher than for ￿$u111t¥j frorn errcf. as fraud may invdve ¢dIuS￿n, forgery, intentiona tynissms. mIsr&prosenta￿>r6. or override of nternal control. Obtain an understandiw of internal ¢ontyol relevant to Ihe audil &n cdor to desgn audit pr￿•￿Ules that are appropriate in the ¢ir¢umstan¢es, not the purpose of expressing an gpinion on the effectiV8ne5s of I charity's intemal control. Evaluate the apwcyriatene55 of accounting wjlicies ￿ed and th8 reason8tsness of a¢o)unng estrmates and related disclosures made by trustees. Condude on the appropriater￿ of thp Irustee$' w ol Ihe gtyng ￿￿rn basis ol accounting aThJ. ba￿ on the audit evidents obtained. whether a matwial uncertainty exists related to e¥ents or ¢ornlitior6 that May casl S￿nifiCant doubt on the tharW5 ability lo conbnue as a going COn￿rn. If we ¢on¢lude that a material uncert￿tY exists. we a￿ rswired to draw atteniion in oJrAudilorfs ReY)rtt0t￿ ￿lated thsdo$ures In the fInar￿la1 staterrents or, rf such dIs¢losu￿ are ina(Jffjuate, to mtsyrfy our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit 8videnc8 obtained up to the d31e of our Auditor's Repgrt. H¢)wever, futura wents N contlOon$ may ¢•use the the tharty to ase to continue as a going Cortern. Evaluate th& overall presentation. StrU¢tu￿ aNJ ¢ontent of Ihe financial staterrtnts. irtlutliro tl disclosures. and whether th8 finan￿al stsletnents represent the undertying transxts'ons and events In a manrer that xhwe5 fair presentatv)n. 13

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT to the Members of BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE

(A company limited by guarantee, not having a share capital)

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

The purpose of our audit work and to whom we owe our responsibilities

This report is made solely to the charity's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

__________Katherine Tully (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of ALLEN TULLY & CO. 19 Palace Square London SE19 2LT

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BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE {A ¢ornwy Ilmfjt•d by 9￿r￿t••. not Iwylng J •h•r• c4pit•n STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES {lficorpor•lln9 •n IDcoffl• ExperwJltweA¢¢ounti for the finarKial year ended 31 March 2023 Unrotrict•d R•strict•d Fund 2023 T¢knl Unr•¥trlcted Re8th(18d Funds FuThJB 2022 Tot 2023 2023 2022 2022 Nat Voluntary Incrffte Charilth actwrt GFants. Per4KXWS CW¥ and Welfa￿ Ser Incorre Inv88tments 10.1 11,108 11,108 7,628 7.628 10.2 2Q6JB 221.195 247,833 22,393 220.192 242.585 10.3 1781 1761 517 517 40,507 221,195 261,702 30.538 220.192 250,7X> chaIrta￿• atm 2&471 220.763 246.234 .179 219.C64 227.233 Ngt I￿OrnIng10th9o•nq r880wc•B bof(e 1&036 432 15,48B 22.359 1.138 23,497 Gross tr15krs t¢hThn 29.775 129.7751 Net movqmont in tund• for tt IIMn¢lal y 1S.036 432 15,468 $2.134 128.6371 23,497 ReconcIl￿On ol fwd B￿ar￿5 ￿ht ￿ard at 1 ¥nl 2022 114.078 1.138 114816 29.775 92.319 anc•• ¢wri•<l Iiw•Ard at 31 Mi¢h 2023 129,714 1.570 131.284 114.678 1.138 115.816 The St*mwt ol Fwww81 al gain$ arnl l¢)sw¥ recogrNsed Imatwl yw. Al iKcffle •nd expeTrJiture ￿￿11e to conlinuirg athvths. pwJab 17to 23 ftym pwi 15

BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE {A comwny Ibrnit•d by guarantee, nol hDving a sh•r• capkn Company Numb•r'. 2269918 BALANCE SHEET 4$ 41 31 Marth 2023 2023 2022 Fix•d Assots 16 2.039 6.12B Curr•nt Assets Debtor$ Cash li bk 8TrJ irt 17 1,762 203,402 229.007 229,451 20S.184 Cr•dllW". Am￿ntI falln9 wlthin ITh year 18 1100,2061 I95.4￿} 129,245 109.e88 T<Jtsl A158ts1098 Cwrent Liabllttl•• 131.284 115.818 Funds Restr￿le￿ trust funds UnrestsKted desvJnated Is￿5 Genw81 hJThJ lun￿1nde$jI 1.570 60.0 69,714 1.138 60.0 54.678 Total fuNIs 131,284 115.816 Part 15 CunpaThes 2Q)6. Approv•d bythe 8oard of •ThJ aulhorl4d itss￿ on 27*1 behall by and •lgne<J on Its r Colwn Trust crfwy ICh•l Mr Jarlath Tru$t•• 'Har• ITr•Jsur•rl Thè n(A￿ on 17 w23 lum pBrt ol fiTran)al 8tytsmwts 18

BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS finondal ye•r •ndod 31 March 2023 GOVERNAleNT OF IRELAND.. EIAIGRANT SUPPORT PROGRAMAIE IESPI A9rant of £130,404 was recefv&Y lor theyear trom 151 202210 301h 2021 lurth ww• r•stricled lor the f￿1￿1r￿j yoiect5'. lil Irish Hearts Engagoffk•nt. contritxjlion t(w¥d$ woject costs £4.464- •Awnlain Scfflething ￿ aTrJ EmLffx8 th• New. lill WaW8re Outreach Servw, contribUt￿n ¢uw8rds woJ•cl E128,IXQ. Nlne months gr8nt Infxjme w88 utr"Iis&1 in th15 ￿COUn￿.ng perloj. Thr•• months grant Inc￿￿8 amountlry to £32.816 ha6 been defe￿0￿ to ts financial year 202>24 year wil bo ulili88d by Xxh June 2023. TIIE C5TY BRIDGE TRUST Agr4nt r4£53,581 fr¢m Cty Brid9eTrustwas rec%d durir¥J th• lo 31 March 2023 and w85 re5trieted tts Iho cosi ￿ a powtty w{￿ker as￿l￿d ft￿nIng rxjsts. amount of £37.075 ulilised in the year. duratson of tho proJeL# is 5 years. OTHER GRANTS Loth Bmgh d Brenl. KIL Th• th¥rty £12.126 LorKI￿ B(wowJh ofBreni- ￿lL ￿1£7$.7501. Tho remainiThJ 3 rn¢￿5 was deferred th• 2(r2&24 year wth 3 mryth5whth hwl delwW Ite b) 2022. CARITAS WESTMINSTER. ST JOHN SOUTFIMXTH FUND An gmoun¢ c4 £3.5(K) rece¢￿￿ frcffl Il Carita5 Wsstyninsw. st Jthn Suthtyih Fwwj. I￿￿$ ¥e rnstrthd and fuHy rewantsa1 in Ihe accwntir¥J perh) THE IRELANO FUND OF GREAT BRITAIN An amount of £4,2LK) was received lo supwrt kli%t W'rg •uNth•. fwds are I f•¢ts3nid in ¢h• ￿UntIng pw¢xl. PENSION COMMITMENTS Th8 charity operate5 a defined Contribut￿)n pgrwn Sc￿M•. Pen$ion costs for the ywr wwe £2,75912022- £2,945). There 16 an wnount of £18 as outstandiw ¢ontribulon ai balatK8 sheei date. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Thor• no rdatod pwty tyansaction5 in fv oJrr8ni or p￿r ￿ar. CASH ANO CASH EI2iMVALENTS C•sh athl Cash EquNal•Ats ¢th￿priSe cash at bank and in h￿d, dgrn4TrJ depcrts banks and olher shcrt wlium-twm IKIUNI in￿tmon￿ ￿th original matuiilw cl Ihree to months. In the slalement fi￿n¢18 pos￿. bank ¢M￿raIts {w￿n app￿"CatI8) 818 sts)wTh within creditors. GENEPAL INFORIAATK)N 8RENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE 15 a compwry limiiwj ty 9uaf#ne irKuporabJ ifi tho Unrted KingJMI. Th• r415tered ofttr of the (mpany s 37￿￿41 H￿h Ro•J. ￿l￿den. LOTrjc￿. M102JR whch ts 3150 tho l bugrnss of Il ts)mpany The finanual staiwwts been wesenl&l in Pound SterhTrJ r4 *0 the th￿￿n81 C￿rrer￿Y ol Ihe cL¥rrfJwry. 17

BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE IA ¢0M￿rbY limrt•a ty w•rnl••. ￿1rWa • ￿￿11) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS cfffillnug lor the finar￿%￿l year endod 31 March 2023 SLIAIAIARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNfiNG POUCIES The fcI￿1￿j 8ccounbng N4i¢)8s ha￿ b•en corobisi•nty in dèalry with whtch are cryt5h maiwFI in 10 tho chètty's frnawl stat￿n Btisi$ of prwr•tlon financial slatemnts haye tn prepwed on the going conc8rn basis under the lyslorK81 cost convention, rnodif￿d lo include certain Items 81 fair v81uo. The finana81 staternents have been prepared in acwdancewrth Statement of Recommended PractKe ISORPI 'Accouniing 8nd Reportirvj by Charils wepanng Ih•r accounts In aCc￿d￿nce with the Fin8ncio1 Repo¢bng Sta￿0rd apF4Ic4ble in the UK aThd Reput4ic ol 1rd￿d FRS 102.. A5 Fwmrtbj ty Ihe ccffj7pgn￿s 2(t6. the caarty ha5 lh• stsThJard knmats in Ihai fu lh• ststnent of Fin8no81 ALIMbe5 aryj the 88larte SW. Oep8rturw frtxn the 5taréard f<kniats are to t¢rrp the rvquirernents of ts Cbarits SORP aNI are ID ccffiplwnc• with sectsn 4.7, 10.8 and 15.2 01 that SORP. stst8Thntof cofflpliqnce The financial slalements of the chafjty ILY Ihe finarKid y8ar eTrJ8d 31 December 2017 ha¥• been wepawj on I￿9C1n9 concern basis and In accordancewrth the StateTr￿n1 clRecommended Pracbce ISORPl-Acuw￿ryj and RepLwDry by ChoNtEs rryariro 8ccixJnts in Kc¢ydo￿t with Ihe Finan¢id RopNb"ThJ St2ndd In the UK a￿1 Rewth d kelwd FRS 10T. The ¢harrty has avai￿ (4 tf exempt￿ In FRS 102 from the r•wir8rrnl to Pre￿uCe 8 cash flow stalemenl because It 18 cla8&tsd a8 a small ch8nly. Fund accountlng The foll￿1n9 WO ¢•we5 offuThts m8irrtorn1". R•8tride¢114￿d RestrKted Fun05 are fuThJs whth ¥e to be used in accL¥dance wilh speufic rts(ALrtw)ns imposed bydon¢y3 ¢y ant fundeFs (¥ which have been raised ty the charity for partroJLyr purpose&.The costs of raisiry aThJ ImiTh5tering s￿h fund$ a￿ charged against th• $rActhc ￿[1. The sim and use of•8ch reytrthd fund Is sel out In the notes to the finanGial 51atemenis. Unrestrbcted fund• General Funds ar• wreslrict8d fvThYs wh¢h ￿ av?aable for w st I￿ dIStreti￿ cl the lurihw8r￿• d the gBrnral cknJethve5 of ts db￿ty arhy hove not been 011￿ purrb)se8 C5gnabJ FuThY¥ ar• arxl cor¢yts¥ knds Ihat have b8en set a5hJe by Ihe Trustee$ for partiCU￿r purFJS85. The a•n arwj ￿ of each d•S¥n•t￿ fvnd ffj to ctyr the wnnir#J cc61s of the chaTrty. R•ser¥e$ Policy In ar(krtoensur• that the Charity'5 krO￿n r•9ularfinancia comrdtmgnts can be rrtwln aTrJ to prov sufficlenl financial ft•xifylity to r￿1 unexpeded eyndilLbre, the polKy IJ to seek to fre• within tts unrestricl&J funds of al least three mffiihs Okwabf¥J ¢x1515. Vc4urrtary I￿rYne LY CaF4th115 rtludèd ￿ Iha Slalarnent cl Fin3noal Aththeswln Ihe raflty ￿ ￿galty enlthd rt, its finarK4al value can be quanlrf￿￿ wilh reasonab￿ c4rtainty and there 18 ￿8$C￿oble certainty of ils Imate rec•pl. Enknllemenl lo kgacies is consid•r&1 e5tsblisW wh8n the charity ha8 been of di$tribulion 10 be made by the executors. 1￿C￿e r￿￿￿￿1 In advorto ol rrtomiance uThler a contracl is accounted for as d•l•rred In¢orr until eamed. Grants for actNIIN8s arè re¢o9lM5ed as mcfxnewhan the relat8d condrtKns fu al entsttémenl have boen rnei. Aji other irtcne Is acc￿n￿ ft acuuals basis. Irtsr8sI R￿vable is intwest on fun(ts he&Y It 15 ir￿￿•y whon remtyble be measured rdrdi4y by Ihe uwi Lrf Ihe Irrt8fSt wd LY payabk try lts Bank. ￿$Ou￿e$ eX￿nd￿l we accounted for M an ac¢ruaL4 ba$is Charrtable actm1￿$ Include co$1$ of services and grants. £￿P0￿ ¢￿ts and doprg¢ialion OTr rdal&4 ass￿&. CoÈts of 9gneralirvJ funds 61rnlady Ind￿j• fvndraising activ11￿ Non-Staff costs not attributed to one categuy ofactiwty are allLK8ted or ¥Wo￿On￿￿ pr¢ rats to the staffing etthe f&￿vantservic Finance, HR, IT and adrnmislralive Staff cLts are direcuy attribut8tle to Indimdyal by o'8Cti%. Gowm•nc• fX)sts are thjse 888ockyiI ￿ tOn5blutonal statu 18

BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE IA company Ilffl11gd ty g￿rant99, noi h•vlng • sh•r• c•pknll NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS its.nued th8fina￿￿ year eTrJ8a 31 2Q3 TangIts￿ ￿xed a•8ets and deprecla¢lon Tanglble fixed as$￿5 are $iaied at ctssl er at valu•tThi. less 4ctumulated dew8ciakn"on. The charp to ew8¢kabon Is ¢akulale(I lo write off the or¥inal c051 or valualw)n ol laryib18 fixed assels, ￿58 Iheir estimated le￿Ual vkn. ovw th￿r exFeciad ￿lu1 ￿VeS as lolw. Fikluras, filts"ng5 an(1 ww•nl Strnight Ilne Deblots are re¢ogThsed at the let￿eMeM amounl dL after any dv8wint offwed PrepaY1r￿¢S al am(￿nt ￿epa￿ nel of any trle discount5 due. Inccffj• recoJnLsed by kne chanty IrryTr &hJverMwrt a9enc$ 8nd ollKir ctrfvnders. bul not yel rec8Ned al year end. ￿ Includ￿ In d8btor8. Cr•th¢ow5 Trade gnd other u&Jitors aro Aiib31y rects3ned al far v31ue and It￿eats stal•J at WI￿r￿Sed cosl usiThJ Ihe effe¢iNe intere51 rneth￿ except where the effect of discouTh￿r￿a would be mmatenal. In s￿h ￿$•8 ￿Y a staiod ai cc6t Cash at bank * In hand Cash 8t bar4( a￿1 in hand g>npnses ￿$h ￿ dwsil * b•$ Iton Ihrw cl Wrthdr&y￿. Taxatlon valued add8d lax 1$ expensed ￿ I￿ur￿. Tr• th￿ty ￿ em￿FI frc¥n I￿1"0n und•r S505 Incon CrypcrfatK)n Taxes Ad 1988. Gran¢$ r¢celvable A 9ranl l$￿¢09n1$8d LY)lywhen there is r•85Cnab￿ 856urarKe that lal Ih8eThtrtywiMcunF4ywth any corfib.crt atta¢hBd to the grant and Ibl the grant will be recdve(l. The giant is reco9nlsed as income ovw Ihe PEriod ne￿sSary to rnatch them Il related c(tsi$. Icrf hKh thèy wo Intended to c(mpensate. on a Systematic basi$ A 9r3nl recwvable •s COMFenS￿ for m5t6 already IrKuryed cw frn8rK4a wirh no luture related tosts. shtyJld be recogTh5ed as income In pericrfj In il rs cwilal 9r8nl8 afe ro￿l￿d. Ihey are amorb5ed the lila ol the aBts￿ aTrJ In With the dgpr•¢Kalion policy of the class cl a55et. Mo￿tsry a$s¥ts 8nd Iiabi11ts denomlnaied m l(Yeign GLWTe￿￿5 are trar￿lated at Ihe ral85 olexchange nJing al Ihe bala￿e sheet dale. Transactions, tluring thè year. which are dentrninated in lor￿gn CUTTIn￿e$ 8fe trw)slated at ￿ lates of exch8nge ruling 81 tke date of Ihe tran6a¢knn. The ￿5￿￿n9 wchange differen¢e$ we thalwth ￿ Ihe Statement of Fina￿81 Aclmt P•n•lw$ Ihe charty owates ad&fir￿d contrilyJlloTh per￿￿)n i¢hwne f(￿ wnthe05. The ass8t8 ol tsGchem8 are held separatety trK6e oflhv chanty. Artfiu￿ cortrtsJbon5 payatlè lo i chanty's Fen510n are thar￿d to Ihe expeTrJrtwo i%unt in Ihe to wl¥ch tJy rel PROVISIONS AVAILABLE FOR AUDITS OF SMALL ENTITIES In ccrmon wth marry other charrtabbfrcunpan￿ size ￿ Tralu￿. we w ojjr wditsys lo a8$1 weparalh)n d IhÈfinart￿ statwts 10. COME 10.1 DONAT￿N5 AND LEGACIES Unrwtricl•d Rt¥trl¢tod Ffftd 2023 2022 11.108 11.108 7.628

BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE IA Com￿nY Ilmlt•d by guarant4•, ¢wl ha¥in9 a hAr• ¢apit411 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for Ihe finJrKwl y••r entw 31 March 2023 1th2 CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES Unr••trld8d R•strfd•d Funts 2023 2022 P•S￿rerS 25.185 1.453 25.185 1.453 221.19S 21.263 1.130 220.192 221,195 221,195 247.833 242.585 1Q3 ￿4vEsTmENTs Unrestrlcted Restrtct•d Funds Fund• xI23 2022 Inv8sthnt Inwne 2.761 2.781 517 11. EXPENDITLIRE 11.1 CHARITABLE ACTWITIES Olre¢t Costs Oth•r Cost8 Support 2023 3]22 181,104 25,444 220.790 2S,444 213.513 13,720 Fens￿rr¥ Cl￿) Acbwbel 20&548 39,680 248.234 227.233 11.2 SUPPORT COSTS 202) 20 Activsti Gtrr￿ral Offrce exF•nses Pl￿￿￿$ C¢>sts 16.826 11,5YI 1.865 3.600 4,089 1,949 16.826 11.557 1,88S 3,8LYJ 4,089 1.949 10.610 15.633 A￿rt fees IGO¥Wna￿e costsl oepreoatr.on Welfare and CtThrnuntty Engagement Co8ts 3.773 39.696 39.606 37.682 11 ANALYSIS OF SUPPORT COSTS 8asi¥ of Apwlbonmoni 2023 2022 Gewal Office •xterts6s Staff Tw710 Pr￿￿e5 Costs Aclimty ounlaw seThKes (G0¥wr￿cO MmJThBtratc 0)5ts1 ALwJrt fe88 (Gowrnance costs) AdminislFab"on D8preciatyon UNeslricl8d Actmty Wf8￿ *)J C¢rnunty En9ogerrtht Ac￿ty 16.828 10.610 15.633 1.885 3.600 4,089 1.949 39,688 37,682

BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE IA ¢omp•ny limhod by gu8ra¥tsO, titTrt Iw¥ln9 a shar• t•pilAII NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ontinued lor th• financlal y•ar end￿ 31 Mareh 2023 13. NET INCOMING RESOURCES 2023 2022 N•t Incoming R￿￿r￿ arv slated after chwglngllcredltingl.. Depreciation of iangit4e ass6ts AL1rtofs rernuneration. - audit servif 4.089 3.773 3,600 3.000 INVESTMENT AND OTHER INCOME 2023 2022 Bank irtst85t 2.761 517 1S. EMPLOYEES AND REMUNERATION Numb8f of ern￿OyeeS The average numtr*r of ￿reon$ (including execulive trustee51 during the finanL?al year was as follow5". 2023 Number 2022 NumLEr Proie¢i & A(knirMStrative Stsff rector Tha $tafl c¢sts COMpr￿e.. 2023 2022 W4ès énd salaii S00481 seourily costs Pen510n Costs 161,181 10.036 Z759 158,781 9.213 2.Q44 173,976 170.938 Th8 key management is cunposed ofa ci'rector. The ￿M￿￿on assrtlated wlth the post dr￿ not exceed £60.WO for the accountrng period. trust￿ are key managers in the charity and no trLL5tge5 rgC8ivgd any remuneration dunng thè rewtw)g Peri￿1. There no employees wlK> [￿l¥ed emptyee benefiL8 iexchJLfing ￿p10yer Fension costs) of ry￿re than £60,(X)O fty Ihe reportiThJ peri(Kl.

BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE IA company Ilmfted by gI￿rAntee, rK+t ha¥Sng a sharè cap5tal} NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS continued for the financia1 year entsd 31 Malch 2023 16. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Fixtwes. fittings arKI a9￿p￿ent At 31 March 2023 12.737 12,737 DgprKlatl+)n At 1 Apnl 2022 Ch¥ge fov financie4 yeai 6,609 4.089 6,609 4,089 At 31 March 2023 10.698 10,698 Net book value At 31 March 2023 2,039 2,03 At 31 Mar¢h 2022 6.128 6.128 17. DEBTORS 2023 2022 debtors 1.782 1,782 18. CREt4TORS Amounts faming du• within ono year 2023 2022 Other credrt Acuuals and defer￿ Inwnp.. Pension accrual Other 8ccruals 8,252 5,129 18 91.936 617 89,750 100,206 95.496 RESERVES 2023 2022 At 1 April 2022 Surr4u$ for the fin8nrial year 11S816 15.468 92.319 23.497 At 31 March 2023 131.284 115.816 FUNDS 20.1 RECONCILIATION OF MOVEMENT IN FUNDS Unrestricted Restrict Fund$ Funds Funds Al l April 2021 Movement duiing the financial year 62.544 52,134 29,775 128.6371 92,319 23,497 Al 31 March 2￿2 Movement duiing Ihèfinancial year 114,678 15.038 1.138 432 115,816 15,468 At 31 March 2023 129,714 1,570 131,284

BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE {A Eornpany by gu•r•nt••, not ￿vIng * ¥hi• capital NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for th• finarKial year Ondod 31 March 2023 20.2 ANALYSIS OF MOVEMENTS ON FUNDS Balan¢$ 1 AprTrl 2022 In¢omo Expondltur• Transfers bBiweon lur Balanc• 31 March 2023 R•rtrl(thl ftjnd RsirKted FutJ Unr95triGt¥d lundB CsynatwJ FuTr15 UNestrthJ Furts 1.138 221.19S 1,570 54.678 40.507 25.471 69.714 114,678 40.507 125.4711 129.714 T(tsl fun 114816 261,702 131.284 20.3 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS 8Y FUND Flx•d a88•ts - ¢hrlty u Curr•nt Current aB•ts liabilibes T￿1 Re5trthd trust fwKIs 97,419 195,8491 1.570 Unrestrthj fvnd• 2.039 72.032 1435n 69.714 2.039 132.032 129.714 2.OJ9 229.451 11rKI,2061 131. 21. STATUS The ch8rity rd hmiled by guar8rt88 rtr)t hawing a shlie caprtal. The liabl￿Y of the m8mbors ￿ limited. E%ry m￿b•r of th ccffjpany undortak05 to contritAJle to tho 9S$01$ of company in the event ol its being )und up they are ￿ters. or within yoar Uroaftw, lor paym•nl ol ts debts 8Th1 Ilatslil￿S ol cunp&ny conlrxd before they c8ased to bg members. wd t￿ costs. charge5 8rn1 el￿n5•S d WI￿11￿9 L4$. and Its adI￿tr￿OnI oflhe r1jhtsofthe￿￿lribJttrsw￿ tP•s#l¥85. SLLh amountas may ts rw4uIMJ. oxcÉJin9 £ 1. POST4ALANCE SHEET EVE￿5