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 Ilmit*d 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 •h*r• 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
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19 Palace Sou#•
Lon¢Jon
SE19 2LT
Chart*s ￿ F￿(jab"[
25 Kir¥p HrfA
KirwJs Hll
West Mallirg
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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¢Jnpan*5A¢t 2￿. FRS 102 Finanoal Rem"
Standard 3ppbcabie In the UK ar¥J Reputthc of Irtlarf and AcC￿n￿r￿￿ aN1 Reptytiry by Ch*ileS Sta*rnenl 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
S1*tt￿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•. xhith*ments 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
uireft*nts of the Cornpam*s 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•t*w 45th AMN*sary suFwting the Uk's largtst Irlsh community.
On ￿h￿l[ of fv h)rwJ 51aTh*r¥ 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 educ8t*J 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 w*J over the 12 rnonth$ 8LAS
h￿Ve4 many amazing wtrome8 rai$r4 o¥er 1.5 MIW in extra irK(fne for￿ expKts to h
3fK)O aiien(18n¢es al our clth.
ro hdp mc6t Vulner*￿ within oui c￿mUnIty ¢(X)tinuiro to re0￿￿j ¢onfidgnce and community
PTeserKe. Tts's ha5 meant thal BNS ccrfrtinues to adapl w* tyjr to rn•t thoje ne* challw98S
ihal no one was *ft behind.
BIAS o)nlinu88 to innovative 8ndwtA be Lqunchirvj a n8w ￿￿nI80r wr￿t 2023.
1 Weekty welfgre adwo dro) in
2 TeleP￿e thi
3 HO￿4n9 WIv￿e FKqect
4 In-FersC￿ ad￿￿ and fc*Tn filli
5 T￿ee-W8Y le￿￿8 wrth d￿ts 4nd other
6 Weekty Ao21¥8 Ageing 58r¥Kes Dollis Hil and Crickknc•J
The above addrtional servtts coukj not have happened wrthoul the amaziThJ supp¢Jrt BIAS recewed frrm a nurnter
grant hJThY8rB, en3bbng BWS to ddiver innovatwe r￿W projects ar￿ to use more te¢hnobgy lo reach out l would alsc+
l*e 10 Ihth the funtsrs fty nexibility and uThdetstandw, thai BNS kr￿5 our bcal ￿￿mUnIty with tho trust tAJitt
up over mwy de¢ailes. I w0￿d alw to th￿k a oldonations frcffl Insh t￿r￿leS that a s4n[r￿Art
and real drfferenc• to BWS dehvw.
BIAS h88 had o¥•r 2227 wgapments indivKJuals with ourwelfare adwce Serw￿ allowing us to help Ihgm d*n
o¥er £1 S rn¢tlioTr ITr ben811ts ¢Jther entyt18￿nts. Th's Pélps to reduce [rf)￿rty our community.
BLAS continues ￿ operate uthr fv Advic* (jU￿lty Sta￿tsrd (Aasi kite math IW 2023lwhich provths r8asaurarKg
the ￿ th•t B￿s 8¢(XXffil*lrty and ol coursa quality standaryts.
As caTr b8 888n from our 8￿J11￿ acc¢unts, BIAS irKxffle has Inueased Iho 185t 12 monih *ith am irKreats
8% Income the year before. Ths has b6en no easy task. wilh key stalf wrg ?￿ra rn1￿ In cC￿￿￿.￿j for
k111￿81 lundirKJ Streams.
As a SM￿ oryarbiybon. Opjrniry eThrtr(*wmerrt ¢￿tinu01 lo be chalkrymg lintled resotwces and Capa￿ty.
H¢ywever. BIAS L4 In a Sty￿ fin¥noal ptsits)n. with a ￿m[￿r of w grants asothJe10 stsrtlater this yearand conbnuin9
for Ihe roxl >5 years. BSAS C￿*nueS to have supptwt ftom the EM￿rant Supp)rt Programme Ireland. as It has don
over a numbor of de¢adeJ, and thts 1$ 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 no*d. 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 *h*r• t4p*aD
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$advaniage SlKJal eMtlusKJn amoThJ Irish FecpI8
xally In Brern and acr055 Bfitain. To ach*vetht5 pro￿je$ a rarqeof *ty￿. it)forrnabon. $upp)rt. recreaiw*l
and weware l*lthS a5 wel as to W •p4J n*>n41 th*lwents tho chents grwp.
4)urwork delFv•r• our aims
We re￿ltr* ow airr6. (*"Kbves orKI attMl*S eath ￿91. Tho r*ve* k￿$ 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 $wryts
over250 pÈopkn•xh year aTrJ h8& over2227 engagernants through tekphonelourdropin 8dvice 5urgerles on a year
basis. BIAS r8gulady sup[￿5 peop￿ prttentiry in wrth multiple and ¢Crfn￿ex a￿ce BIAS ￿1*1￿#1
woukl like lo exl¢nd 8WJrt to Ihc6e mtr5t vulrw*￿ in l￿'r to atw$ 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$h F*arts Thursday dub and T￿dayc￿bS are rwol%*J
in the pLwrdry and ddis*ry. he¥)nvJ to reduce isolation. Improve wel*eir#a and incfeaw su$tsinabilily. More than haf
of *1 local Irish pooplg rellr•d.
The mojority flour Cl￿18 arem ￿r7(￿e￿),% ar¥J u* abtyeprryea h*sto reduce hThlirths.Wthr*Jl ourintthniknl.
ow f•or was Ihal many lau thre￿h th• cr&*s. SWwJJlity to regain iThjepender￿È and confid8rte wh￿h wouhJ
Ihen r*uKe 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 PL*thral*Jn ty Ch
Ccthmi$sion'Chairties and Public Be￿n1'.
8NS's thadtOb￿ purposes aro lo provx10 advice, infom18tion 8UPPOrttovuln8r8blè lriih Fwltrliwr8 Inlh&Lon(t*n
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 $inilar tsal 86rvi￿S ar￿ conl¢ibute5 to related Ic¢al str810gy
Bi4S (¢￿￿￿￿j to ddsv¢r wqacts l>)Ih aJery 5ery*M.
Ir4sh Hearl I￿￿.¥0 Agelrg Clubl and Sl Mwj's & StAndrews Church
BIAS continufr to owr41e from the Tr•J•s Hal in Crid¢l¥*ood for wr Irish ActN• Club ar*J St Mary's and St
Andrw5 whth deh¥tr5 ¢)ur wedEty lea d•rKe. exFe(ls to have arvox. 3(￿ aitendancas yeady.
Wafe Advlco SoThlc•
BIAS opened an gddilional dr¢pin to inerease %wfar& seThi￿$ ar¥J h8¥) Tr￿ pec*
need. In our experience. rnore peepl8 are presentrng themselw5 aThJ have ¢oftw*x 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 dat*ase 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 ccffjThunK*ion b•ts*n
all staff and resources are ulilised rnut •lfic*niJy. 81AS can pro¥id8 detai￿d re￿rtIr￿j lo lunders. qUants￿ry vau8
nd quality slandards achieved. 81AS has had a k)r•J*sl8bl$W Irack fecc¥d of dehvenng proiKls lo th• Ictal
ccrfnmunity en$￿￿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 desyThal*J r•seTht W Grwi fuThJing has stayed relaiNÈty
¢or*istent 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 $0 Ihore are few fvrKls lor ltrw-term I￿￿￿￿ent. BIAS h(Ad8
Incorne In a Charitie5 Foundation bank ICAFI account 8ttrac*rKJ rK*ninal lftt8re&i. BIAS has Irwestsd wa CAF and
Flagslone a fixwj lertn Intere$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 IsequN*nt 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 kn*ls have W Increased. Our core fund
¢4bi$Wi1 arnj ¢5 aFprox. 45% of ttts BIAS tur￿￿1. Tl* tY99est th￿en9• 15 recruib"r#J
*xpw*rK8d slaff.
lalOLrtrtach
BIAS promdes limiled 1."1 outreach a58eBsrnenl In chents, ty*n h¢ynes desElcped ycpnate 8Tr1 ielate(I
gmngl.
Ibl
Tl* Pensioners Grcup has pro¥*d KX)pular among Irish penSi￿er$ in erenl. Tl* servir* has proven to be an effeth
form of sefvic* OUt￿*h to Iht Irish crxnmunity, attrxliry many io oll*r Irish service5. BIAS d•n5 lo expand th
Ser￿ce.
Icl Vc4un**s
BL4S ¥ak*s Ihe o)ntr*wbons of voKJrtew5 t(Mtard m*th"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 tlw*ay cats wth BIAS
conb'nues to bank ￿th Ihecharibes Foundation Bank and has enabl•J the use of an lnlerest-bear￿9 $awng8
account 8r*l 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 er*1ed 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$￿ Ihe cwts and p(wor ol Iha
¢horitsbk c(xrpany aThJ is governed under its Art**s ol In tM e￿1 ctsnpany h'rg WQLmd wj.
mtmbtrs ala requir*1 t¢ contt*ut8 an zrnount not exceéding £1.
Rocrtsrtmenl ond AppoinlmeTrt ol Manag￿ent Committeè
The directors ol c(m￿Y *0 th￿ty rruste88 purpose of cknwty and uThYer the CL￿panY'S Art￿leS
are also dewgnaled M8mW of Ihe ManageTr￿1 C(ThMrtiea. Urbjer ts reguirnment cl Ihe V*mvandum and
Jfftde$ 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 Managen*nt 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)c*irKa 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 Tru5*85. The
Ccmmitt88 meetevwy ￿thWeeks sTrJ are respr•￿*lets thestrategK¢*recticffj andp*y ofthech•. Atpresent
the M8n8gwnent Crmmitt8e has a varvéty of prOfess￿nal bad¢grounds lo Ihe w¢yk of the charty. The
Cl￿panY Secretary $rts on tl* Commiltee bul h4 no volirq nghls. Oireclor regu18r Infom￿ me8b.ngs
c•dty4trd8y m*ag*Mntwth Ch•r. TraAwJrer Coftwny sou0t￿.
The thfeth¢x ts for day to day runnry of the Ser￿rn. ensuriThJ th* Ihe charty ￿BIl￿5 the serwc
and Ih81 perf0m￿nCe tarw$ 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 & TNste*s
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 rew*tsJ In kn wrth avera9• eamirg5 thè cuff•nt
finartkgl pc6ilion ol the ¢harlty. fin•n)0l dec*hw ol the p•y of DKett¢y woubj to bo authrA*s•d ty the
Board of Tr￿lee8.
Relatsd p4rtl•s and cwatlon *lth othor olg￿lIatIonS
BWS has shared a wth grenl V*rKap foroN*r 10 years. WAS works wlth a nLKnt*r ￿ JtahJl¢xy and Yo￿ntary
ittior oty•ni5*ion5 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 R*ks 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 rtre*cthon.
The secrelary who semd durlng f*)anci81 year was.
Oonal hlxCr*lh
Compli￿Ce ￿th Sector-Wld& Llghlatlon and Standards
The tharity èngages prtraclth wrth ￿91￿atr.0n, siaThlard$ and c¢d•s whth ar• $￿tsr. 8RENT
IRISH ADlllSORY SERVICE substrths to aThJ s ¢tyiWk8fitwrth t￿l0￿1r￿.
The C¢yrpan*5 Acl 2cr
Charii*s SORP IFRS 1021
Autht*ys
wi*lors. A4en Tully & ¢0. iNI￿led t￿r *y11￿sS to Cortin￿ ￿ crfl&i in *0>￿￿•
Sttb)n 4BS ofthe Ccryan￿5 Act 3)%.
Apwo¥8d by tt* Bowd of TrustO•8 Ob) ￿14
51gnfjd on ts behall by:
ty ICh•i
J¥l*h O'Hara ITrea8urnrl
TnMt8•
Tntstétr
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BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE
IA compary lirnilo¢J by gw¥•n¢w. ts¥iilB a %har• c4prfall
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBILITIES
for financial yew erwJ&J 31 Mar¢h 2023
Tr• Ir￿te88. are a￿0 Qirectors ol BRENT IRISH AOVISORY SERWCE P￿F¥A•S d (£¥w kn. ¥•
r¢$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 sla*nenis in acc￿dan￿ *ilh G&r*rd
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 ￿pany1*4￿ th8 tru5te•s rnu51 ncl
•wo¥e thefinan(aal staieftxnts uNess they $8tssfi*J 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
Irame*40rt. 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 8LrffK*nt 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 st8t*7)ents wilh the CL￿panI￿S kl 20C6 They are reSpMs1￿ for
5afew8rdir%J a5S8ts of the charity aThY herK• for l*iry 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•p*Mg lh•
auditorfs report) of which th8 charity's auditor is unawaro. ¥nd
the have taken all the steps ihat thay <KJghl to have l*eN ￿ 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 $tat•mgnts
Opin
Wehave the th•ttyfinantra statements of BRENT IRISHADVISORY SERv￿E I'ts ¢harlVI forlhe fin•nclal
year ended 31 Marth 2023 which comws8 Ihe Slaternent of Financial klivilvés Iincorwraling at) In¢fKne and
ExFerKJIIufe Accounll, th• Bala￿e Skeel aTrJ notes lo Ihe financ￿ slawnts. inchmliw the summ¥y of SvJnif￿¢
accounts.ng pdKJe8 sel in nole 8. financA* rep)w frameM(xk th* has W a¢plEd In tt￿r wepwalion
atdo Unitthl KinWI Ac¢wnbry StafvJants, InclLKliNJ FRS 102 Financ￿81 Reportir¥J SI￿da￿d
aWub18 Inthe UK and Re￿￿1¢ of Ir•land' ar¥J Accounting and Reporbng by Charitss.. Slalem2ntof RectNnmended
Practice appl1¢ab￿ ￿ ¢harTIth preparing Ihdr accounls In *cOrdan￿ with FRS 102.
"ve a and lair v*w ol It* stats ol tho charty's affairs a$ 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•A*X.'
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 ¢olleclis*ly. 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 sts*ftYils 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 IrrfcYm*im indudod ¢n th• annual Tepryl 011￿ Ihan tt* finanual $￿teMentS and
ourAudrtots RewIthere￿. Th• trus*s 8re respons**￿ for the Olher Infom8lKJn contained within the 8nnual report.
Our rpinion on ts finan¢ial slataments does not ¢over the othei Infotmabon and. except K) the ext￿1 Oth￿
exKAiully slatéd In our report. w• do rKI express any frym d a55ur*ce cLwK*Jsth thereort.
Our res￿nIst￿￿ty 1$ 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 aw*s
lo be mate￿01￿ mis51ated. If wè Identify such material Incon51s¢encits or appar￿1 malWk71 missi*eftwiis. 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 mat*i* 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 m*t•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.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
to the Members of BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE
IA comp•ny limttèd ty 9uarnthts•. Mt ￿vIng a share cap*all
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 tru*e¥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 t*rt 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$￿ct of irre9ularibes, IndLMling fraud, lo a reasonab
level of assuran￿. It is not guaranteed that the audit conducted in accwlarre wilh ISAS IUKI will a￿ayS d&tect a
mateiial mtssta*rnèntwhèn it•xists.
Further inlomiation regarding the 8copo ol r85ponsilJilTrties a$ 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 ￿$u111t¥j frorn errcf. as fraud may invdve ¢dIuS￿n, forgery, intentiona tynissms.
mIsr&prosenta￿>r6. or override of *nternal control.
Obtain an understandiw of internal ¢ontyol relevant to Ihe audil &n c*dor to desgn audit pr￿•￿Ules that are
appropriate in the ¢ir¢umstan¢es, not the purpose of expressing an gpinion on the effectiV8ne5s of I
charity's intemal control.
Evaluate the apwcyriatene55 of accounting wjlicies ￿ed and th8 reason8ts*ness of a¢o)un*ng estrmates and
related disclosures made by trustees.
Condude on the appropriater￿ of thp Irustee$' 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.
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## **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 

> **[..][04/08/2023][............................. ]** 

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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 tr*15krs t¢hThn
29.775
129.7751
Net movqmont in tund•
for tt* IIMn¢lal y
1S.036
432
15,468
$2.134
128.6371
23,497
ReconcIl￿On ol fwd*
B￿ar￿5 ￿ht ￿ard at
1 *¥nl 2022
114.078
1.138
114816
29.775
92.319
anc•• ¢wri•<l Iiw•Ard
at 31 M*i¢h 2023
129,714
1.570
131.284
114.678
1.138
115.816
The St*mwt ol Fwww81 al gain$ arnl l¢)sw¥ recogrNsed Imatwl yw.
Al iKcffle •nd expeTrJiture ￿￿11e to conlinuirg athvths.
pwJab 17to 23 ftym pwi
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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 b*k 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$jI
1.570
60.0
69,714
1.138
60.0
54.678
Total fuNIs
131,284
115.816
Part 15 CunpaThes 2Q)6.
Approv•d bythe 8oard of •ThJ aulhorl*4d itss￿ on 27*1
behall by
and •lgne<J on Its
r Colwn
Trust
crfwy ICh•l
Mr Jarlath
Tru$t••
'Har• ITr•Jsur•rl
Thè n(A￿ on 17 w23 lum pBrt ol fiTran)al 8tytsmwts
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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 <W￿r￿x•￿ c(xTr￿￿nIty 1rdfallr￿tWe
L•vyl for Heatthy IrBh El¢*fs I*OJ*L
c￿¢01￿￿$ LENTEN APPEAL
An arrKJurrt cl È21.{￿ was reCe￿*d frLYn Cw&n* Lenten k*r IP* y•ar to 30th 3)23 An
•i10￿t of 9 months of ￿ 9rant was rets)gnIS￿ in the >￿1£7$.7501. Tho remainiThJ 3 rn¢￿5 was deferred
th• 2(r2&24 year wth 3 mryth5whth hwl delwW Ite b) 2022.
CARITAS WESTMINSTER. ST JOHN SOUTFIMXTH FUND
An gmoun¢ c4 £3.5(K) rece¢￿￿ frcffl Il* Carita5 Wsstyninsw. st Jthn Suth*tyih Fwwj. I￿￿$ ¥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•¢ts3ni*d in ¢h• ￿UntIng pw¢xl.
PENSION COMMITMENTS
Th8 charity operate5 a defined Contribut￿)n pgrwn Sc￿M•. Pen$ion costs for the ywr wwe £2,75912022-
£2,945). There 16 an wnount of £18 as outstandiw ¢ontribulon ai balatK8 sheei date.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Thor• no rdatod pwty tyansaction5 in fv oJrr8ni or p￿r ￿ar.
CASH ANO CASH EI2iMVALENTS
C•sh athl Cash EquNal•Ats ¢th￿priSe cash at bank and in h￿d, dgrn4TrJ depc*rts banks and olher shcrt
wlium-twm IKIUNI in￿tmon￿ ￿th original matuiilw cl Ihree to months. In the slalement
fi￿n¢18* pos￿. bank ¢M￿raIts {w￿n app￿"CatI8) 818 sts)wTh within creditors.
GENEPAL INFORIAATK)N
8RENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE 15 a compwry limiiwj ty 9uaf#n*e irKuporabJ ifi tho Unrted KingJMI.
Th• r415tered ofttr of the (*mpany s 37￿￿41 H￿h Ro•J. ￿l￿den. LOTrjc￿. M102JR whch ts 3150 tho
l bugrnss of Il* ts)mpany The finanual staiwwts been wesenl&l in Pound SterhTrJ
r4 *0 the th￿￿n81 C￿rrer￿Y ol Ihe cL¥rrfJwry.
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BRENT IRISH ADVISORY SERVICE
IA ¢0M￿rbY limrt•a ty w•r*nl••. ￿1rWa • ￿￿11)
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
cfffillnug
lor the finar￿%￿l year endod 31 March 2023
SLIAIAIARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNfiNG POUCIES
The fcI￿1￿j 8ccounbng N4i¢)8s ha￿ b•en corobisi•nty in dèalry with whtch are cryt5h
maiwFI in 10 tho chètty's frnawl stat￿n
Btisi$ of prwr•tlon
financial slatemnts haye t*n 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 Charil*s 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•
stst*nent of Fin8no81 ALIMbe5 aryj the 88larte SW. Oep8rturw frtxn the 5taréard f<kniats are to t¢rrp
the rvquirernents of ts Cbarit*s 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 St2nd*d
In the UK a￿1 Rewth d kelwd FRS 10T.
The ¢harrty has avai￿ (4 tf* exempt￿ In FRS 102 from the r•wir8rr*nl 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• $rActhc ￿[1. The sim and use of•8ch reytrthd fund Is sel
out In the notes to the finanGial 51atemenis.
Unrestrbcted fund•
General Funds ar• wreslrict8d fvThYs wh¢h ￿ av?aable for w st I￿ dIStreti￿ cl the lurihw8r￿• d the
gBrnral cknJethve5 of ts db￿ty arhy hove not been 011￿ purrb)se8
C*5gnabJ FuThY¥ ar• arxl cor¢yts¥ knds Ihat have b8en set a5hJe by Ihe Trustee$ for partiCU￿r
purF*JS85. The a•n arwj ￿ of each d•S¥n•t￿ fvnd ffj to cty*r 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 rr*twl*n 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 Aththeswl*n Ihe r*aflty ￿ ￿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 r*rtomiance 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 irtc*ne 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 Irrt8f*St 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 cL*ts are direcuy attribut8tle
to Indimdyal by o*'8Cti%*. Gowm•nc• fX)sts are thjse 888ockyi*I ￿ 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 $iaied at ctssl er at valu•tThi. less 4ctumulated dew8ciakn"on. The charp to
ew8¢kabon Is ¢akulale(I lo write off the or¥inal c051 or valualw)n ol laryib18 fixed assels, ￿58 Iheir estimated
le￿Ual vkn. ovw th￿r exFeciad ￿lu1 ￿VeS as lolw.
Fikluras, filts"ng5 an(1 *ww•nl
Strnight Ilne
Deblots are re¢ogThsed at the let￿eMeM amounl dL* after any dv8wint offwed PrepaY1r￿¢S al
am(￿nt ￿epa￿ nel of any tr*le discount5 due. Inccffj• recoJnLsed by kne chanty IrryTr &hJverMwrt
a9enc*$ 8nd ollKir ctrfvnders. bul not yel rec8Ned al year end. ￿ Includ￿ In d8btor8.
Cr•th¢ow5
Trade gnd other u&Jitors aro Aiib31y rects3n*ed 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$s¥ts 8nd Iiabi11t*s denomlnaied m l(Yeign GLWTe￿￿5 are trar￿lated at Ihe ral85 olexchange nJing
al Ihe bala￿e sheet dale. Transactions, tluring thè year. which are dentrninated in lor￿gn CUTTIn￿e$ 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 tJ*y rel*
PROVISIONS AVAILABLE FOR AUDITS OF SMALL ENTITIES
In cc*rmon 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￿r*r¥ 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
AL*1rtofs 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 * ¥h*i• 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
R*sirKted Fut*J
Unr95triGt¥d lundB
C*synatwJ FuTr15
UNestrthJ Fur*ts
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
- ¢h*rlty 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 U*roaftw, lor paym•nl ol ts debts 8Th1 Ilatslil￿S ol
cunp&ny conlrx*d 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.
oxcÉ*Jin9 £ 1.
POST4ALANCE SHEET EVE￿5