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TRUSTEES REPORT (INCWDING DIREcfoRS' REPORT)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH2024
The truJt••s wes•nt th•lr•nnu•l r•pDrt and flmncknl st•t•mants forth• ￿•rendId 31 Mirch 201
The ftn•ncl•l Jtstements hMI been prnp•r•d In accorthnce wlth the accountln8 polld•$ let out In note I to the flnandal
t•m•rrts and comply wlth tho ¢harftV$ t8￿mIni docwn•ntJ. the Com￿nIeS P£t 2fM16 •nd "kcountlnq and Reportlni
Charttles: Stst•nwnt d Recommended Pr•rtk• •ppllcable to ch4rttlw prnparfni thelr •ccounts In accordanc• wtth th•
Fln•nd•l R•portlwd 5tsnthrd appllc4bl• In the LIK Ind R•publk of Irehnd {FRS 102). leffecth l J•nwry 20191.
Th• Em•rnld C•rtrn Ifornierty kn¢Mn as Th• L•lust•r I￿h Sports •nd Aswclitlcn) vns wt•bllthed as 1 r•Ost•rnd
ch•rlty and • Comwny Llmlted by Gu•rantee In I￿. B•i•d In Lek•st•r Ea¢ th• $ft• h luxd from L•lc•st¢r Clty Councll
•Trd has 15 yurj lease r•fflilnlfi& The Communlty C¢ntr• Fundad throuAh L•le•tt•r Clty Councll Sln* R¢pn¢r4tlon
Bu(W 20L￿ ind the Europ•in R•fvnal D•wlopment Fund.
QbJ•ttlv•A and •cdvlll
Th• Em•rnld C•nts*s obl•ctlvw 8•t OLrt In Sts G￿rnIng D￿￿￿nt •r•:
.Ib provlde • EornfflunTty certre for p•ople fram th• Gr••t•r Hurnb•rth• and d•s￿•t•d •1 the Traon ￿rd
arna of the cltywlth • pirtkulir emphails on •xduded ind dl¥(K•iitwed youpk
.To cr••t• opwrtunlt*• lor •thnl¢ rnlnorfty VOUIX toworktoDth•r and fothr b•tt•rwmmunlty r•l•tlons.
-TD prtwld• tr•lnln& Tr£￿tIonal, culturnl icdvltl•s tr lrfth TrMll•r4 dd•rs •nd lo￿1 communltl•i.
-To ffid• •fi ldvke c•ntM wth icc•ss to 2nd tler C￿ordInatIon and tr•lnlnq s•Me•4 *p•d•1￿ a¢fvk• •nd Wld•nce
promot• h￿tthY I1¥1￿ p￿nI ￿rtIcU￿r attan￿0Th to r•cl•l Ind iocl•l dlwTrlty of the locil •ru.
Th• tharfty woths to achlm th•M obJ•Cu￿ throuih In InfrnXrixtur• d•lfv•rfnq • rnnp of Mrvlcei Includw trnlnlni
Olrnmm•￿ athlc• Ind wldinw hulth InTtlitKw •nd oth•r Inltl•tTwi.
Throuih ￿rkIn( In ￿rtn1￿h1P wtth kn•1 •pncl•s, th•w 8•rvlcM he￿ en•bl•d th• l¢Jc•l communlty to •ct•u th•
trnIn1￿ •ducatlon•l •nd ￿NICal rnultl￿ In m•kln8 i jlinMc•nt cortrlbutlon to loni4•mi •cornmlc
d￿lOpM•nt wlthln th• communTty.
W• hop• to lon* tsrm Improv•m•nts In ¢omfflunlty hwlth and tltrw Imls thrwh th• th•rfV• •mph•* on
vAdenlni to yirtln8 •ctMtles Ind he•lth rnlit•d proirammo&
St•tam•rt
Th• Emornld C•ntrfJ mlmlon tst•rn•ntadopted In January 2a2011:
amot• iml •n•bl• In¢hMh• •ctlvltl¥ whl¢h •mbrnc• And •ddr•M th• •duc•dN4 trnI￿n& •mploym•nl
and r•u••tlonAI n••il• of th• lo¢al fomThwnlty •nd vAd•r ol*l¢ IndUdl￿th• Irknh Dliwr•."
Th• maln r•venue fundln8 h•s tradltlonally been obtslned fram th• Irl8h G(Ydernment's Emlyant Support Pwrnmme to
Imarlly mEot th• n•eds of th• lrfsh communlty In Lokester & L•lc••t•rnhlre. Addltlanil r•v•nu• fvndln8 has b••n
obtaln•d varlDU5fundln8 streami throuthoutth• ￿r5 to rneet the needs of the ￿dar communlty. Wrtkularly thos•
p•opl• who arn most In nttd.

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Th• typ• da¢Uvltlesthat hm IMn d•lNTrnd atthe C•ntrn h•v• bo•n deslRMd to rn•et th? n•eds of th• p•ople It i•r¥•s.
Snce Aprfl 2023 s•rvk• delfvery Is underplnnad by thè Charft¢s obJarthtt ind the Truste•s contlnuous MonItart￿ of
•¢tMtl•J •nsurnsth•t work d•lhr•d rnmblns wlthln th• reilmi ofth• Em•rnld C•ntrn'i ch•rltabl• purpo￿.
Em•rnld Centr• s•Trkes h•v• conslstently ffl•t the Irtsh Gov•rnmunVi Emlyant Support Pwr•mm• obj•ctI￿I by
addresslrKg thi evohlnl ne8d5 of tho 111 2￿ ar￿ 3wd wieratlon wlthln th• Irlsh txworn, wlth • bxrtlcular focus on
Illevl•tln£ lomllness & T￿l*10Th •mon8stvulMr•ble eld•rfy lrfsh membern throuah provldlNa •duutlonil, r￿r￿tIonal and
Jocl•l proAr•mnxJ.
The Centrts Outreach Shlm • Lltht B•frfendln£ proJ•rt his d•monJtr•t•d th• •ffertI￿ne$s of th• on• to one SUPPDrt
off•r•d to Isolatsd members Ms￿[nI wlth m•nyJolnlniyoup ictlvlty and malntslnlni • sense of Independenc•.
Tho on4tta fK• to f¥ce weekly irtfvltles h•ve Includ•d • weekty wllklng VOUP* lunch•on elub& •dvlce ind Inforni•tlon
surprl•s. Adult Educ•tlon clasw4 •rmth•lr a•roblci. Arts ind Cr•fts ind Blnp s•sJlons. Th• st•ff tslm ohr on••tOllon•
support on • drO￿n ￿91$ and there ar• numerous wclil vnnts In the ev•nlny Offert￿ qulz nl8hty 111m •¥•nlny. Ilt•rnry
iesslon4 lrfsh Laniu•y and Comh•lt•s Mu* •nd •ddltlon•l off-Ilt• trlps wrtnerlng wlth oth•r Irlsh eomrnunlty
orpnlsatlonj In th• rqlon.
A¢c•8slbiirty to th• Centre for frnll•r m•rnb•bY h•1 ￿en hclllt•t•d thrO￿h • pkhipl dropoff Mr¥lce USI￿ th• C•ntr•'i
m1n1￿1.
Th• ab¢y4e iclfvltlej h•v• •llwl•t•d lonelln•M and I￿l•tIon rWuft1￿ In Impnwlni h•ikh •nd TA*II. b•lni •monyt our
memb•r¥ •nd th•lrf•m1￿IC1rnrl.
dltlonal •cthiftlw for th• lrfth •nd wld•r wnmwittles Indud• In and Infomwtlon Enlryy &Trl•w xrvlce,
Enillth to Swknrl of Other IESOL), dlwtsl Indu￿On ithc• wTth prnttI￿1 AUPWt promotlnq •ducrtlon•l
Oppor￿nItIes1nd • F•rnltyAnustry Ra￿1th wole¢ c•pturtni m•rnb•r Ilf• #arl¥ on film and iudlo r•cordlrqs.
Th• c•ntrn m•lntslni •fid f•cllTtatsA th• of ltri footb•ll k*ches for I￿r￿ t••mi Indudlns th• IAle•Jt•r ￿ornh Padrnli
G•dlc Footb•ll aub. Th• Emernld Centr• bo•rts the onty GA4 fv11 slze plfch In L•l¢¢#er5hl￿ and Is pl••xd to c•t•r for UK
wld• ￿ t•imi. Th• c•ntr• has i Ilc•nwl blr and hai eStr￿[Shad •1 • venue for Prf￿ hlrn by th•
communltl•& It IA P•tr￿l￿d Incr••dnth by communlty m•mlxrnforfuneral rnc•ptknn4 c•l•br*lw ind Bnnfv•rsirf•s.
Th? iustaln•blllty of th• *NlceJ hag bwn drtven by volunts•rJ. liry•ly r•cnatsd throuth th• •Sh￿[shad Ui•r Groups of
th• Centr•. Th• volunteer5 from theje orpnknitlons hm contrlbutèd to ethbllJhln8 the •¢lp4tt1￿ is 'reguIrf •ctlvltles.
Volunt••rs vecefv• in Inductlon •nd • Volunteerfn8 H•ndbook contslnlni • degcrlptlon ￿th• rnsponilbllttlei of the rol•J.
Th• cor• Jtaff pThld• Jvpport on in on-plnl hsls and there •rn pollcles •nd pmcodur•s In pknc• to addmi
comphlnts and condKL The Em•r•ld Contr• •nsurns that all valunt••rs orn DBS ch•cknd and •r• opportunftl•s to
develop n•w skllls.
Contrlbutlon of tlmi fr(xn ￿lUrtee1$ ¢TrsurE% th•t the Charttws obl•rtlb•s •rn delTv•r•d thn)uqh rnrrthln8 b•rrt•rJ to
p•rtklp4tlon ty pr(wldln8 rnuth needed transport to older people. The Emernld Centre's mlnlbus hu cOntInu￿ to b•
nd￿ thrO￿h smmlul fun(kalslni prfmarlty by Voluntsers from the * of cycl1￿ GrDUP thmuih thelr
•Dnu•l ipM8ornd blk4 rld• t￿￿1[Ingfr0ffl L¢lcwt•r and cycnni rvund th• co•st41 try*ni of lrnlind a¥•r 5 d•y&
Th• Ch•rWs •rtMtl•s hive been monltored thrO￿h Month￿ reporti praduc•d ty th• C•ntrn Min•yr. Theso r•ports
hav• boon pre￿rrtQd tt nJ6ul•r Trustee N*etlne5. where all asp•th th th• Ch•rfrfs ￿rk li Con￿dIn¢ Includlni fln•nd•l
update& pdlcy 4nd prOCe(￿r•S r•¥lews and S•f•8wrdlry Issues.

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Athlr4•m•th •nd p•rfornwnc•
Th• type of •rthftl•s that h•ve b••n ddlver•d at th• CeThtre hm been d￿￿ned to meet the needs of th• people It Mr¥•s.
Th• C•ntra's •ctlvttles Ir• auwiiented by th• Centr•'s Us•r Groups ictlvltl•& Th• Outreach lfttenslve Shlne a ￿ht pr*tt
V•x>rks In colliborntlon wlth Naomh l¥drnl& Cornhaltas. Irlsh St￿1*5 Group, lrfsh L•nwa8e Graup ind GATE project.
Th• Outr•Kh Int•Mlw support SeMc• r•llev# an￿•ty •nd In¢r•I￿ m•rtd hilth ¥m1￿bIl￿ for our
m#mb•rn thrmh horne vtslts, frnqu•rt tolophom s•rvlc•, waekly food wrc•ls and hot dlnners provldln8 much n••d•d
b•frl•ndlni throuih an• to an• support.
Memlxrs •xperlendn8 pa¥•rty ha￿ r•cel￿d ftMn¢l•l Ilterncy support •nd hlp to •eeas wqW•re b•n•fft& hmlth Ind
socl•l c•re s•rvl¢es and food throu8h th• local foodbink The (hrtr•Kh Int•nth* Supwt Workws have *￿rked In
rtn•rshlp wlth oryanlgitlons hojtlni ath• iuryrlej tt th• C•ntrn for th• wld•r publk.
Incr••1￿ •¢tMtl* ind TRAth peEr5 h•B •nhanced th• qu•lty of Ilf4 r•dudw Iwlillon •nd
londlntt• fpr our Trwrtiers. S•nlor memb•rs hm •ttend•d i•v•rnl off-jlts vljlti durtTr8 thlj r•portln8 p•rfod to num•rous
untry •nd ￿rI0￿ vlthor •ttrnctlons throughout Lelcaster and L•lc•1tWshlr￿ InCr•wI￿th01r w41kb•ln&
S•l•ty and ••f•w•rdlry l••wJ af our m•mb•rs li record•d In C•rn plani throuth to •nd of Ilf• for e•th nxmb•r
caMlo•d•d •nd • manapd hlndawr li 8l¥•n to •tatu￿ry ¥•Nk•s enibllw m•mb•rs to •ec•u aPPrnPrf•t•
Th• Intensh• outreach support comprfs•s of home vknlts, Mllirtlw prexrfptlon4 aCcom￿ny[ni ¢ll•nts to GP, hospltll and
ce¥•ry S•rvk•i. Th¢ J•rVI￿ h•s &¥perf•nc•d ift Incre•s• In pro￿dI￿ ber•w•ffrtnt 5UPWt •nd th• Qntr• provld•d
iupport thrO￿h tr4Mportln8 memb•rJ to funernlj Ind h¢)Jtlngth• rnceptlons at th• C•ntr•. Thls hii kYtr4ld•d comfort •nd
•uurnnrxto m•mb•rs wlthln our communlty durlryv•ry •rnotlon•l ind dlfflcult Ilmes.
Th•r• h•$ I1￿ Ixen •n Incrn•i• In tho numb•r of •ld•rty m•mbers ent•rfw rwldentl•l hom• c•r•. The Lwrtr• At•ff h
16knt•d Ind Il•ls•d *4th Aduft Socl•l C•re on b•h•lf of f•mlN•J •nd •niured th•t m•mbers •re supported whlljt s•tt11
Into th•lr new erNlrcnffl•nt throu8h fr•quert vlth$. Wher•v•r posslbl•, memb•rs r•4dln8 In care horn￿ h￿￿ b••n
colk¢t¢d and Ix)uiht to ictmtles •t th• C•ntre. Famlly m•mbeTh ind c•rnrJ h•¥e contlnuod to be supportod throuih
phon• clllg ther th•lr lthd onu h•ve p15s•d or •re In • carn hom•. Thls Illl￿￿ h•$ slen in Incre•* In the nurnb•r of
p•opl• •tt•ndlni th• C•ntrrf$ artMtl•s. •1 pr•vlouJly nKqry I￿ pn•rntlon lthh m•mb•rs *r• un•wir• of th• b•rl•ty af
th• actmtles at the Centre or hlt thelr n••th wern not cat•rnd for. W• hm found that zrd a•n•rntlon Indhlduikn rarfni
for th•lr •ld•rly p•r•nts h•ve often wreued Mdnem Ind lon•llnuJ onc• thelr dut1￿ 1$ urers comes to an Ind.
In addltlon, th• C•ntr• PVDmot•s •duratlcn In tha communlty throuth Dur pirtnershlp ￿￿th Lelc•Jtsr Aduk L••rnl
S•Mce. •niblln8 tutor5 to support m•mhrs to lum n•w ff skllls to wlden dliitJl InClu￿on •nd te•chln£ ESOL (E￿11￿ to
Oth•r L•nw•w) . Comh•lt•s tuttlon to wuni peopl• ind •duJts In Iflth Tr•dttlon•l Muslc •nd the
Irtsh Llwuap Group hw• •ll helrAd to Increas• th• profil? of th• Emer•ld C•ntr• ai • tr•lnlniwnu•.
5ult•ble work &Yperlenc• pl•cemerts ir• cre•t•d for Jtuderts from a loc•1 ithools ind dxth forni communlty collep In
and c)rf￿ for th• •ld•rly In socl•l tttt1n￿ Thli his pnyvld•d opportunltles for #ud•nts to le•rn •nd ob141n
pn¢t￿l •xpertenc• lfi th• Heifth and Sod•l Car• Mthr.
Th• Emerald Centr• •lso milnt•lns th• Irlsh Llbrary undar the m•na8am•nt of the lrfth Studl•s Group. a ￿luabl¢
•ducitlon•l r•poJltory i￿11•blo to th• lo¢•1 cornmunlty ind the ic•d•mlc comuDIty.
Th• Em•rald C•ntr• th• innual 5t. Prtrkvj Pay c•l•brntlon hrnde and thlj ￿r •ttract•d an •udl•nce of vd•r
550 peopl•.
Emernld C4fi￿ b • mornber of th• r*in•l Farnshare (hirfty and for • subxrfptlon, food to be drtrtbuted to
th• ¢ommunlty vla the Northfiold Food Oink, Tvs loal yrtnar. The User Gwoups of the C•ntr* Includlry th• Emw•ld
Senlon Luncheon aub, Mlhn Aslan Lunch Club, Comh•ltss Irtsh Group ind th• Foot￿11 ind 6•elk Football
tearn host frequent *Jdal and culturnl ev•nts thrO￿hOutthe year.

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Éthrnil siiknhold•rn Ind Jolnl Workl
Th• Emer•ld C•ntr• Is curr•nt￿th• only communlty hub •nd sports fa¢lllty In th• East of th• Clty Ind Is • ¥iluable rnsource
and partn•r In the d•llv•ry of •s￿ntral *rvlces for loul communltles. Succesjful Jolnt Kirklw Vot￿0& •nd partnershlp5
Includ•:
R￿¢￿￿ P•opl• Conmrtlum: The Em•r•ld Centr• MKc•Jrfully del￿rn projects on b•h•lf of th• ConwrtIu￿ CunErrtty, the
Centr• Mani8•r Is • Truthe on th• Bo•rd of the Conwrtlum.
L•lA#•r Athk Lmrnl￿ S•r¥k•.4 Th• Effl•nW Contre fi¢llltl•i provld• i pemian•nt b•se In th• E•rt of th• aty •n•bllni
•dult l•amlnito be dell¥ered to memb•rJ of the wlder communl
Northfi•ld Food Th• Emernld Centr• works clowly wlth the local food support1￿ ￿ dlrtrlbutknn of food
rcets to th• local communlty. 15 wdl •$ provldlry i w••kly ftxjd p•rc•l delfv•ry• I￿lUdIn8 provtslon of Irlih brnnd•d
produc• to vuln•r•L4e lrfsh alderly p•ople •croM Lek•rterJnd Lel¢estershlrn.
Local S¢hoal•: Th• C•ntr•'s pllylw fl•ld• contlnu• to b• uwd by th• n•lthbourfni Khooh dUrf￿ t•rm Ilm• for v4rlo
sp￿tt •wnts •nd •rttvltle&
rr•nt Fwdlry Mod•l dth• Em•rnld C•ntr•
Th• Emernkl C•ntr• his b•en iust4ln•bl• thro
rant$
obt•lnln
fvndl from fvefundln
str••ms:
nu• for Mlirl•* ovarhèlth and artmtkn ts m
hll•rrthrnplstslTruJts
mls•5 L•ttlnp
Soclil Ert•rprlM- Llcenmd Bir
tX>nitlong/Fundrnlsl
nu• forMl•rf•4 ov•thMds Ind 4ctMt
B•r lory•, trnIn1￿ roo￿ foot￿11 pttrh•s
e4enu• frorn iale of b•v•rwi
evenue from sochl Income and lunch•on clubs
rrffit W Il•l•tlomNp• wfth Fwdlry Bodl
Th• Chrfty'j Iwy fundlry r•l•tloMhlp Is wlth th• Irlsh EmbiJJ% •• It has Ix•n pro¥ldlnilundlns for thr••
•M•rtthI l¥* posts wtthln the Centre. Th• Embnw h•$ fund•d 80% of th• totsl cojt of thue ￿ Includlnq • proportbn
of rev•nu¢ fundlnl IncorporntlnAth• a>rt of u￿b￿tI￿th¢ a￿5 •nnuDI St P•trlcY$ D•y cel•brntlan for over• dEc•d•.
Th• Ernernld Centre h•1 • strono p•rtnornhlp wlth loc•1 w>lunt*ry orpn]￿tIo￿ •nd Is •bl• to brolwr fund1￿ opportunltlo4
•.& Ro•chlni P•opl• Consortlum and Volurt•ry Artlon L•lc•Ji•r.
The Emoruld Centrn acknry*W •nd thankn the fundlrq b¢￿•1 for support1￿ Ivs thirTtsbl• •lmi. The Ch•rtty h•s
)d trxk recDrd wlth fund1￿ bodl•s throu£h w¢¢essful completlpn offunded proJ•cty e.i. Th• Natlonal Lott•ry. Peopws
Postcode Lott•ry. Peoplrfs Heatth Tnrt L•lcart•r Clty Councll Ward Fundtn& Sport5 Councll En8lin4 DEFRI L•k¢8ter •nd
L•lceJternhlre Communlty Da¥elopm•nt Foundltlon. PO￿*r to Ch•ny. &rnlc R•llof. Football A￿thron ind Lek•ster
Cxy Football Founditlon and varfpus sm•ll•r y•nts proilded ty¢orpornt• comrnunlty fundlwstrnami.
FIMnd•l r•rtLWI
Th• thtement of flnincljl actmtles shows total Incoff* for th• y••r of £179,235 up from £160.741 ind totsl •xwndltur•
of £186.105 up from £163,￿. Th1$ lems a t¢tsl defidt of£U70 for the year.
There rernalng totsl r•S•r￿ of £212A87 carrled forward and spllt between Uftrestrlcted Funds. De91￿8ted Fund$ •nd
Rortrfct•d Funds. Explanatbn on ourfundlni and rnser4u wnl be artlcul•ted belo￿ D•tslls of th• fun(ts and thelr spltts Ire
shown In th• stat•m•nt of flnanclil attlvttles on pay 9 Ind $heet on pase 10.

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Il•wMI Pollry
The (￿rItabl• corryary's ilm h•s always bwn to hold It kngt ilx ft￿nths normal D￿ratIonal cots In reseNe& Whllst the
trust4e5 wlsh to r•tsln le￿IVeS of up to ilx month "normal costs" th•y •cknowl•(*• the dlfflculty In pnerntln£ iuffkl•rt
Incom• In th•%e chilhno￿ tlm•i, and b•ln4 •ble tr• m)Intsln iuffklert funds.
The tN#¢¢J estlmats nornwl onlalni Inn￿1 colts to be b•tween £125 Cth) and £2(1).(*JO p•ryMr. Th• had cthlni
•r¥es of £212A87 •1 rt th• 31 March 2024 On the hc• af ￿ th•t look8 very •nmurnOnq. 01 reserv•J £130.605
ir• h•ld wlthln unrnsttttod and d•Jkn•t•d funds. Howmr, wlth £103,324 h•ld In r•*rlcted funth th•r• •r• Ilmltstloni on
what th•s• funds b• w•d for.
Th• ￿ureS show we •v• lft Ilne wfth whit we n•ed but wlll need to fflonTtor Ilmrw Wni forMrd to L4uur• we
molntsln sufnd•nt res•r¥•s In ord•r that th• chjrlty c•n opwats In o p031tlon of confld•nc• In th• m•dlum tsmi
we can cofttlnue to wpport our Jerylce use
The trustees b•ll•¥• th• r•Ser￿ to be abm the stst•d pollcy. However wtth som• dlfflcult tlm•s ahud the tnuttts
b•llevq th•re li • n••d for prudenc• •nd so ar• hlpwwlth th• Iw•l of itthli momenL
The Charfty reports a surplus on r•strlcted fundi of £24024 Thls pl•nned far Ind •rfRs b0￿u￿ of tlmlng dlfferencai
b•twe•n th• r•c•lptof Incorm •nd wh•n proJe£t •xp•ndltur• •rfJw.
W• r•c•lwd £148,154 In Arnnts ind don•tloM and whllst on • numb•r of projects w• h•v• fuffill•d aur outcom•$ there wlll
Ix balirths r•rrl•d fomrd.
bro￿ht for￿[d £56,934 of restrl¢t•d fun& and •ft•r trnnrf•rJ of £924 w• carry for￿r￿ • ￿lanca of £8&182
to undertak• the proJ•cts In lln• wlth donor requlr•m•nts.
In reiprft of th• Emly•nt Support PruDmrN w• •l*ys hm • bIl•n￿ urrl•d forward to e¢Mr th• qu•rt•r to th•
end of Jun•. In of thls fund ther• Is £20,51XI un￿ent ai at th1 31 M•rch 2024 In rnipect of th• Emlqrnnt Support
Pl0￿Mm*. Thlj li to LThYr onplni ¢orti up to th• 30June 2024 •1 fundlno runi from th• l July to th• fo11ry￿￿& 30 June
••ch ￿r.
An iddltlonil •hmgrrt of thè Incom• rec•lwd frvm th• Effl￿rrt Support Pray•fflm• w•Jforth• L•t• Prothlon wharn
w• •rn alx) foThY•rd an unsp•ntarnourt of £12.581.
Thern •rn • number of other ¢xyln8 projects *th•r• •r¢ clrrfni hlances forwrd whern d•tslli ¢•n b• found In th•
r•sttht•dfun¢h •t not• 16.
DUrt￿ the yur the chirfty rnPOrt•d a defiC￿On Its unrtstrkted funds. The ¢Mr•ll defldt on ￿ernI unrertrlctéd funds W•1
£30.894 bBforn r•s•r¥e trnnsfers. We knuiht fomrd £135.142 of g•Mrnl unrestrltted fund5 frorn th• pr•vTous flMnclil
r Ind therthe Imyrt of th• defklt and r•Mr¥Yt trnnrfern of £924thls reser￿9 of £103.324to carryfor￿Td.
In •ddltlon to the pnernl unr•strkt•d fund5 w• hw• 2 dosthnitsd fund5. A 8•n¢rnl milrt•n•nc• fund sat up to
r8*rve fvnds to any rn￿or rena￿tIOnS or dll•pidaUons •J rn*ht arfAe. Thtt• ts bothnce of £7,281 on thli fund
carrknd fOr￿rd. There m no mrNements In the ye•r. There Is also a s￿eral Contlngency fvnd of £20,CAXI specllkilly
semd to c¢wr •ry unforw••n major expendlture Hr151n8 and that cannot be m•t by our fvndThlslr4 4¢1￿1th•.

THE EMERALD CEKfRE
TRUSTEES REPORT (CONTINUED)(INCWDING DIREcfoRS' REPORn
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Rlth Poll¢y StAkn*tt
part of th?Irov•r•ll dutlw of monaDn* th• truite•s must •r4ure thlt the m•Jor rhkntr• whleh th• company IJ
•xpoged ar• mlew•d and that syJt•nts are •rt•bllsh•d to mltlyts tho* rlsks. The truste￿ cansld•r that a major rbk Is
whlch11 It materlalls•d. would have a s18nlf1￿nt Impact on th• tharltles abiirtyto functlon ind •chlev• tts
purpow •5 Id•ntlfled In Its M•mDrnndum and Artlcle5 of A$￿¢T1¢10n.
Th• truiteos f•wI￿ th•t rlths can •rl* not onty from th• th•rliVs •ttlvltlu but al￿ from f•llure to Itt or È¥plott
opportunltlej. The tNJt••g •Ctlvoty r•vl•w th• m•Jor rfsks whlth the dwrfty on • ind b•llM
hm est•bllshed Jyst•m8 to mttilate any slsnfflcant op•rntlonil or bwlnw
On th• 13 December 2(106 Th• Emernld C*ntre IncorpDr•t•d unthr th• ¢ompanIe￿ act 1985 u i ￿l￿ta comp•ry
Ilmltsd by iuarnnts•. On r•8litrntlon th• company took 0￿r th• •ss•ts and Il•bllltl•• of th• forn*r unlnc4rporntad
aMo¢l•tlon Lelc•st•r Irlth Sports & Culturnl Asstxlatlon is ottha 13 0•c•mber l(K16. Th1$ •tsoclatlon w•J fOrn￿d In 1996
and mid• con￿de￿ble durlnith• next I0￿r$ prlorto In(￿rPO￿tIOft.
lkn•mh¥ Do¢unwit
Th• c￿rIty Isconsiituted •1 • compny Ilmlted by ￿rnntN numhr 6028027 •nd IJ th•r•fore p¥em•d ty•
1r￿￿ndUrn and arUclesd*llo¢l•tlon. Th• objects •nd powers ir• let out In th M•mor•nduffl of Alsoclttlon •nd
rnwl4t•d tyth• Artkl•s of A$￿tIatI￿. All rn•mbeTr of th• ¢harlty wlll b• approv•d Trust••i ind no emplo￿ Df
the comp•ny or r•lth af an •mploy•e IJ o m•mb•rof th• min4•ment commltte•. Th• m•n•prnint commltt•• li
rMpon￿blfj foriettlrq the dlr•ttlon of th• ch•rlty •nd •St•b1￿h1nl pDIIcy.
The trustees, who •re al￿ th• fortho purpom of comp•ny ind who Jenfftd durlfta the￿r •nd up toth•
dits of i*natur• of th•f[n•￿Ill Jt•tem•nts ￿r•.
Mlchael ￿lknf
No•1 M•fvln
St•phen Ashl•v
Ilob•rt 8erym•n
T•re￿ Spllibury
D•cl•n McNlcholl
Dl•n• Cank
M•lreod Bhohh
<A•￿In•d 17 Octob•r20241
(R•*nod 10 2023)
Th• eompDsitlon of th• B￿rd of Trurt••s Is ￿¥•M•d ty th• Ch•rWs Artkl•s of Al￿¢[•tIon whlth ststss th•tth• 8o•rd
shuld of i mInIm￿Tr numberof three m•mbers- ther• Is no m•xlmum number. •Ith0￿h 10 ￿Uld seem a
n•wble numberts •dmlnlster th• ch•rfty
Th• Boird meots rnonthly, or mor• Ir•queTrtM Ilroqulr•d. Thern irn Jub comnltt•M cmrlnispjrts •nd Ktlvlt1•5. A
m•n•pr. •ppolnt¢d bythe Tru5tee4 IJ r•sponslbl• for dipto-d•y•cthttl•s.

THE EMERALD CENTRE
TRusfEES REPORT ICONTINUED)(INCLUDING DIREcfoR5' REPORn
FOR THE YEAR EPIDED 31 MARCH2024
Tru*••i arn •l•ct•d •nnu•lly •tthe Annu•l G•nffil M••tln& Th• Trutt••s m•y ctropt furthertrusta•s the y••rwho
111 xr¥e until the followl￿ANnUll Genernl mlet1￿ The flr5t dlr•ctors, 43 requlred byth• Artjdes of Assoclatlon. resl
•t the flrst Annuil Gen•rnl Meetln8* Thoreafteron• thlrd •t eich Annu•l General Me•tlr
All membern •rn clrcvlat•d wlth Invhtlorn prlor to the Annu•l G•n•r•l Meetlng• •thIsl￿ them of the n•nw due to rnslon
and requértlni nornln•Uons forth• Annull Genernl M••tlw. The Chirlty Commlssk>n s publlcatlon: Thi Euentl•lThistee
-An Introdurtlon., Is bwod to prvld• 8ulthnc•.
AM dlr•ctots of th• (MI￿nY •rn 41￿ trustem ofth• ch•rfty. All of th• dlr•ctors Jtat•d b•ltrwJ•Md thrOu￿tth¢
and contlnue to be both dlrettors and truit•e% as •tthe dits of slwlni of the rnwrt. The Trusta•s WI￿ ffjWned rt Th•
AGM on 27 Nov•mb•r 2023 wern No•1 M•lvln and Mkhiel W•llor. B(th ￿r• rHppdnt•d. 14on• ofthe trustees his any
n•ficl•l Inter•st In the comp•ny. All of th• trust••s Jre memb•rn ofthe COM￿ry ind •wrnntee to C(￿trIbute £1 In the
rt of i wlndln8 up.
Non• of the truit•ei h•1 any b•n•ficlal Int•r•it In thq (omwry. All of the Irurt••s •r• m•mb•rs ofthe comp•ry and
iuirnnt••to corrtrfbut• £1 In th• •v•nt of i *rfndlw up.
R•lAt•d P•rtl•B
Th• Ch•rty his • r•l•t•d ￿cIal •nt•rwlse whlch 1$ kn¢Mn ai th• Em•rnld Trndlw C•ntr•.Th• goclil fjntsrprf￿ 1$ th•
Il¢•nAd bar wlthln th• Communty C•ntr•. Prort •Ccn￿d throwh trndln& b plouih•d ￿ck Iiito th• Chlrltyta iupport
th• ch•rltsbh obJ¢rtTve5 of th• Ch•rt
Th• trwt•es r•Port￿9 •pprtr4•d tythe Board of Tnuteu.
Splhllury
Dthd: 27 Nov•mb•r 2024

THE EMERALD CEhmiE
INDEPENDEKf EXAMINER'S REpoKr
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE EMERALD CENTRE
I report to the trust•• on my axamln•tlon of the fln•nGl•l st•t•ments of The Emernld C•rtre (the th•rlty) farthe •nd•d
31 March 202
pondbllltlas of rnpr
the tnistoes of the tharfty land also Its dlmctors for the purposm of comwny l•wl are reJpThulbl• forthe pr•p•rntlon
rfthe fln•n¢tsl st•t•m•nts In •ccordinc• wlth th• r•qulr•mnts of th• corn￿￿10% Act IlX161th• 2(K￿￿tI.
H•vln£ s•ttsfied nrmlf th•t the flnand•l st•t•mknti of the charfty •r• not requlred to be iudltod under hrt 16 of the 2006
£t and irn •ll￿bI• for Ind¢pend•fit wrnlnttlon, I r•pDrt In rnsp•ct of fty examlnrtlon of the ch•rf￿5 flnincl•l ststem•nts
arrf•d under Eertlon 145 of the Chirft1￿ Act 2011 Ith• 2011 Art). In urryTn8 out rry &Mmlnatlon I hm follrM•d •ll th•
•ppllc•bl• Dlrectlon$ ihen ￿ th• Ch•rfty Comrnlsslon Under￿c￿on 145){b) of th• 2011 Art.
I￿P•￿•nt •umhMrf• rt•twn•nt
I h•wd ￿rnplet•d rrry wmln•tlon. l ¢onfirrn th•t no matten hMI eome to ry •tt•ntlon In connectlon wlth the •ximln•tlon
Ini me c•us•to b•llth* thit In any m•t•rf•l rnsp•rt."
•ccountlni r•cordJ w•r• not knpt In r•spect ofth• ch•rfty •J r•qulr•d by *cUon 386of the 2LI16 A¢.
th• flnanclal st•t¢merts do not Kcord wlth tha￿ racords; er
the Iln•ncl•l stst•ft*nts do not comply wlth th• •¢¢ourtlng r•qulr•ments of Jectlon 396 of th• 2006 Att oth•rth•n •ry
rnqulrern•nt that the iccounts • trwj and hlr vl•w whlch li not • m•tt•r con51dered ij part of •n Ind•wndart
•x•mln•tlon; or
the flnanGlal st•tsm•nts ha￿ not b•en pr•p•rnd In •ccord•nc• wfth the mothodi Ind wlnelpltt of th• St•t•m•nt af
R•comm•nd•d Pr•ctlc• for •¢countlni and reportlni by ¢harttles •ppllcibl• to C￿rItIeS kv•yrlni thelr iccounts In
Icconlanc• wlth th• Flnincknl R•portTw st1nd•￿ 4pplkibl• In tha UK and R•publlc OF Irel•nd IFRS 102).
I hm fio concerns ind hm com• •craM no other mattarn In conn•ctknn wlth th• wmlnth>n to whlch •tt•ntlon should
¢trThn In thls rnp¢Jrt In (thr to efiabl• i proper und•r*•ndlni Df the flMn¢l•l strtem•rtS to ba re•ched.
Mtyfi•ld
Mrf•ld & Co (*uountsnti) Ltd
Z M•rus Court
Merfdl•n Builr*Js
L•lcethr
LE19 IRJ
Dthd: 27 Nohwnb•r 2024

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iji" I. I
Ill ,1 I

THE EMERALD CENTRE
BALANCE SHEET
ASAT31 MARCH 2024
nlllble auets
.000
17,SfP)
Debtorn
Cash at hnk and In h•nd
10.963
195AIIS
15,242
191573
207.815
(5,9581
Cr•dllor% •mourt•f•lNN ikn *lthln on•
(7AX)
N•t curr•rt aM•ts
194487
201.857
Total ••Mts kn arr•rt Il•bllltl••
212W7
219,357
N4t amats •M(￿l￿ p•ndan Il•bll*y
212.487
219357
Th•fvnds olth• ¢hwlty
R•*rlrt•d funds
Unr•strlrtad funds- 8•nernl
Unr•Jtrlcted ftsnth-
103J24
27.281
135,142
27,281
17
211487
219,357
The comwny Is •ntftl•d to th• &wnptlon from the •udlt rnqulrern•nt u)nt•lned In ￿CtIOn 477 of the Comp•nlw Act 21x16, for
th• yur •nd•d 31 M•rch 202Q No m•mb•r of the comp•ny his d•pNlt•d • notlc•i puTru•nt to i•ctloTh 476. r•qulrlw an
audlt of thu• fln•nclil Jtst•mnti.
The dlrnctors acknowle* th•lr respoTrstsllltles for comply]ng wth th• rnqulThn•nts of the Cpmp•nles Act 2(M)6 wlth r•4*Ct
to jccountlni recorth Ind th• pr•pr4Uon of flmnrhl rt•t•m•nts.
These fin•ncknl st•tsm•nts h•ve b•en prnpir•d In a¢cothnc• wlth thè p￿1￿￿¥ •ppllcabl• to comwnl•J subJ•¢t to the Nnjll
Compan[￿ re8lme.
Th• flnanthl st•t•m•nts w•rn apprmd by th• tnth•s on 27 N0￿M￿r 2024
No?1 M•lvln
Robert B•rrym•n
Corn￿￿ wlttrntlon number06028027 (Eniknnd •nd ￿1•1)
10-

THE EMERALD CENTRE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIALSTATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
pollcl
Ch•rhy Inforni•tl
The En￿rnId Centre15 I pthts comp•ny Ilmlt•d ￿ Au•rnntee Incorpornt•d In Eryl•nd •nd Wales. Th• rrflit•r•d offlce
15 450 Glpjy Lan•, L•lc•rter. LE5 OT3.
1.1 kMurtlr4 ¢0114*ntlon
The fin•n¢l•l ttatements hm been ￿parnd In iccordinc• wlth th• ¢h•rnVi tffttrnlTrz documentl, the Comp•nl•s
Art 2006, FRS 102 "The Flnanclil R•portlni 5tand•rd •ppllc•ble In the UK •nd Republlc of Irelan<f (%RS 102.1 and th•
Ch•rftl•s SOIIP 'Accwrtlr41 ind R•pOrt1￿ bl Chifftl•s: St•t•m•nt of R•comrnend•d Prnctlc• •ppllc4bl• to ch•rftl
prepirtni thelr accounts In Jccorthnc• wth the Flnindal R•portlni Stsndard ippllcibh In th• UK and R•pubtl¢ of
Ireland (FRS 102)" 1eff•CtT￿ l J•riu•ry 2019). Th• (￿rIty15 1 PubllE B•n•llt Entlty •1 daftned ty FRS 102.
The ch•rlty hai t•t*n ad¥•ntsge of th• prry41slons In th• SORP forth•rlUu notto prnpar• • Stat•nMnt of Qih Flow&
Th• flMncl•l st•t•mrrts irn prnwrnd In 8terfln& whth IJ th• functlon•l eurr•n¢y of th• th•rtty. Mon•tsry •rnOUrt5 In
th￿1 fln•ncl•l stit•nKints •re round•d to the ne•r•rt £.
The flninclal #•t•ments hMI blen rxwr•d under the hf5torfc41 cort comntlon. The prlnclpal aceountln£ pollchi
adopt￿ ir• J•t out bolv
12 Golw ¢onc•m
At th• tlm• of app1v￿ni th• fln•rKl•l st•tem•nts, th• trusteej ha¥e • rnuon•bl• •xp•¢t•tlon th•t th• ch•TIty h•s
•thqurte rewurces ts cantlnue In op•rntlon•l •xlJtenc• forthe forngee•ble firture. Thwth• truit••i cont1fi￿ ta adopt
th 6oln8 ¢on¢•rn of accourt1￿ In prayrlnith• fln•ncl•l rtrt•m•nts.
LJ Ch•rft•bl• fvndi
Unr¥trf¢t•d fund5 Irn •b•lhble for •tthe dlscr•tlon of th• trust••J In furth•rnnc• af th•lr ¢h•rft•bl• oty•c
R•rtrfcted fufidj •r• subject to wefflc condltlom by I*>n(￿ or wrtors li to hcm th•y my b• Th• purpoMJ and
ofthe restrfct•d funds are xt out In th• notes to theflnancl•l rt•tements.
Endrywm•nt funth •r• ¥ubJ•Etts specmc condltlons by donorg th•t the upltsl must b• m•lnt•lMd tyth• ¢h•rrty.
IA Ine•
Incoffl• ts r•CoDI￿d wh•n the ch•rtty Is l•plly entttl•d to It •ft•r •ny p•rforminc• condltloni hm b••n nK th•
4rn0unts can be muiur•d r•N•l*. Ind It h pffjb•bl• thrt Incom• wlll b• r•¢•hd.
Cash donrtlon$ •re rec¢wils¢d on recelpt. Other don•tlon5 •r• rnco8nls•d oKe the charlty has b••n notlfl•d of th•
donitlon. unl•ss performance condltlons requlrn dthirr•l of the amounL Inconx t•x rnc¢¥ernbl• In rnl•tlon to
don•tlon5 rnceh•d und•rGIft Ald or d••ds of covenant b r•cwls•d •t the tlme of th• donatlon.
Le8•des ire reco￿18ed on recalpt or otherwtse ff th• d￿rfty h•$ b•en notlfied of •n Impendlng dl9trflxrt1¢￿ the
Imount h know￿ and recdpt 1$ expert•d. IF the Hmountls not know￿ thè Iv8acy1s trait•d •J • curtln8ent ass•t.
11

THE EMERALD CEKfRE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIALSTATEMEKrs (coNriNUEDI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 91 MARCH 2024
A¢•Jth p•lld
(Canllnu•d)
L5 Exp•ndltur•
Expendltur• 1$ r•CO￿l￿d OK• th•rn IJ • l•pl or construtt￿O obllgatlon to trnnif•r•conomlc b•n•fftto a thlrd pDrM tt
Is probabl• that a tr•nsfer of •conomk b•nefftJ wlll b• r•qulr•d In thtlèm•n¢ ind tIK •mourt of th• 0b1lptl￿ c•n b•
mMsur•d r•lt•b
Expand1￿r• Is cl•MMed by actfviw Th• of ••ch •r• rnide up of the totsl of dlrect cots Ind gharnd cast
Indudlni xyport costs Invofved In ufid•rt•klw each actl¥lty. Dlr•tt costs 1ttrlbuiabl• to • •cUvlty ar• •llout•d
dlrertly to th•t irtfvlty. Sh•rnd ¢0sts whlch contrlbuie to m(Ke th•n ar￿ acttvlty ind support ¢orts whkh •re not
•ttrlbutsbl• to • $1n8le actfvlty •rn iPPOrtlon•d b8tw••n thos• Jrtfvltles on a ￿51% cons15t•rt wlth th• use of rnwurc•s.
C•ntrnl st￿ cojts •r• •llwt•d on th• ￿$1$ ￿tIrne Jp•nl ind d•pr•cl•thn th•rw ir• •lloc•ted Dn th• portlon of th•
All •xpendltur• kn •¢c4urrted for on •n •¢¢ruals basls and his bmn C￿MIn•d under h••dlry thrt wr•pt• •ll ca*1
rnlat•d to the c•Wory.
Support costs •r• tlw• cots Incurred dlr•ctly In support ol •yndltur• Ind tho obJeLts of the ch•rlty. Gov•rninc•
costs are those Incurr•d In connertlon wlth •dmlnlJtThUon of the ch•rfty •nd compll•nc•, wlth constitutlonal ind
$￿tutOry rnqulr•nhint
L6 Th￿￿bI• faAd •u•ts
Trnqlble flxed •ss•ts •rn Inltl•lly mMJur•d •t cost and Wbwu•nt￿ mMwr•d It cott or ￿lUItIO￿ n•t of d•pr•clrtlon
Ind 4ny Imp•lmi•rt los￿.
pr•clatlon Is r•co￿l￿d io •% to wrft• off th• colt or ￿l￿tIon of Iw thqlr rwldu•l v•lueJ o*r th•lr umful
on th¢ fpllowln8 hs•J:
Motor v•hld
ia% #rniiht Mn•
The pln or lom •rlilw on th• dlspos•l of an iss•t li d•temiln•d •$ th• dlfference bet￿￿n the Ml• procwd$ Ind the
rryins ￿lue of •nd Is r•Co￿lIed In the #at•m•nt of fln•n¢l•l •rtfvlttoi.
L7 Imp•lim•nt ••Ats
At wch rnportln8 •nd dm the chirlty ml•ws the ￿rryIng amounts of Tts tsn8lbl• aM•ts to d•termln• wh•th•r th•rn
15 Irry Indk•thn thit thos• •M•ts h•¥e suff•rnd in lftw•lrrnnt loss. If iny suth Indlcatlon •xlsts, the recover•bl•
•mount of the •Js•t IJ lstlmthd In ord•r to d•t•rmln• th• •xt•nt ofth• ImpBlrnient lou Ilf any).
IJ C••h Ind yJknl•
Caih and calh •qul¥al•nts Includ• cash In hand. dEP05tts held at call wlth b•nks, other short-terni Ilquld Inb•rtff•nts
wfth orl8ln•l m•turftltt of three months IY l•ss, Ind bank ¢yderdrnfts. B•nk o¥•rdrafts irn shown ￿thIn borrowlny In
curr•nt lknbllltl•
IJ Inrtrumeiits
Th• chirtty only has flNnd•l asi•ts and flnanclal Ilabllttles of • klnd th•t qujllfy 15 baslc ftTrandil Instfumert& B•51c
fln•n¢lal Instrumerts are InlU•lly recoKnls•d •t tron8•ctlon ￿lue ind subs•qu•nty Nwurns at thelr settlement valu•
wlth thé •xceptknn of hnk loan4 whkh Ire sub5wu•ndy musur•d •t arnrtT￿d cost uslng th• •ffectl¥e Intevest
meth¢xl.
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THE EMERALD CEKfRE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR EM>ED 31 MARCH 2024
Ar<ounllry pollc
ICortlN•dl
Baslc flnanclal vthlch Includ• d•btors ind c•sh •nd bank hlanc•4 •r¢ Inltlally meiwr•d •t tr•nMctlon prlc•
Includlno tr•nMctlon costs •nd ire subwuintly urrled •t amortlsed cost U￿nI th• eff•ctkY Interest method unless
th• •rrnnpm•nt coThstitut•s • fln•nclw trnnsxtlon. where th• trnnslrtlon ts mMiur•d It the prI￿nt wlue of th•
fu￿rn recelpts (Ixounted at • m•rlAt Trt• of Int•r•st. Flnanclil aM•ts thstht•d as r•c•N•bl• wfthln on• year •r• not
amortlsod.
Baslc flnanclll Il•bllltle4 Includlni crndltan and bank I￿n5 irn Inltl•lly recogntsed at t￿n￿et￿n prke unless th•
•rrnnym•nt constltirtes • fln•nclni trnn51Ctlon, W￿re the debt Instrurn•nt 1$ m••sured It the pr•s•nt v•lue of the
future pym•ntJ dlJcount•d It a mifk•t r•te of Int•r•Jt. Fln•rKl•l114bllltlw chsthl•d li pwbl8 wlthln on• ￿￿rITe not
•nYJrtlMd.
de ¢r•dltm •re obllptk>nJ to pry foryx)ds or MrvlcMth•t b••n Kqulrnd In th wdlnjrycourm of opernllons
from suppl1•￿. Amowts ￿￿bIl •n ¢11sJlll•d Is currnrt Ilablffltl•J11 p•ym•nt li du• wlthln om >wror If rt tl
•r• prI￿nted Is non4urrent Ilibllltl•i. Trid• crndltorn •rn r•coBnlMd Inltl•lty •t tranmrtlon prk• •nd wbJ•quen
meisured at imortlsed cort the effectfve lrternst m•thod.
Flnlncknl I1•￿tItI¥ arn d•recoanlMd when the chrWJ cthrtrnrtu•l obllptloni c<plrn or arn dlsth•ry•d or c*n¢•ll•d.
LIO Empkny•• b•n￿￿O
Th• cort of ary unw•d holldy •ntlthment Is rwnts•d In th• p•rlod In whlch the •mpIO￿ s•rvlcw Jr• ￿l¥*d.
T•rmln•tlon b•nkn ire r•wrtlMd Imm•dl•t•ly is an expense when the Charfty Is domon#rnbty c4Mmmltt•d ta
t•rmln•t¢ the •mplryff*nt of in •mpla¥ea orto provld• t•rmln*lon b•n•ftts.
Crhl(d •rtlrnrt•J•ndJudq•fflffits
In the •ppllcatlon af th• chirlty's •CttJUnt1￿ poll¢[￿. the trustee5 ir• r•qulred to make JUts￿nts, eAlm•tss and
sumptlon$ •lx>ut th c•rryin& arnount of asmts and Il•bllltl•$ that •r• not r••dMy •ppirw¢ from Dth•r sources. The
•stlmatss and •$Axlated 1sgurnptbnJ •v• b•Md on hlrtorful w•rlence and other fartcrs th•t •r• tonslder•d to b•
roltrAnt. Actu•l miy dllferfram th•M estlmltu.
The ertlmatss Ind underlylnl i¥umptknM ar• r•vl•wed on an basts. knlilons to account1￿ •￿MI￿ irn
rec<wils•d In the perfod In whlth th• •rtlrnate Is rwl*d wh•r• the r￿SlOn affttts only th•t perfod. gr In the wlod of
the rwtslon ind fvtur• p•rfods where th• rwlilpn Jff•rts both current and futurn p•Aods.
13.

THE EMERALD CENTrE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR 7HE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Don•lloM •fid l•yd
Ibtsl UnrnJtFlct•d
funds
nernl
2013
Restrlct•d
fund5
fun
2024
2023
D¢Jn•tlons Ind 611ts
Grnnts ￿c•{￿ble
9,149
6MO
4W2
148,154
148,154
105.767
9.149
148,154
157J03
li￿2
ILk),825
112.647
Don*loM and
L•l¢•rter•nd L•k•it¢rshlrn
Irlih Forum
Irtsh Sod•ty
Furrtral Don•tlon•
Th• Em•rnld Thdlni C•ntrn
St Andr•
Niomh ￿drIll GAA
Blk• Spon8orshlp
Oth•r
2A50
716
1,1
2A50
1716
311
2C
120
3,630
4M9
311
200
iio
3.630
614
614
880
¢>•rt* rK•k•bl•lor￿r•
•&tl¥RI
A￿rth for all
R••thlni people
Nitlonll Lottery Cort of
Uvl
D•p•rtment of Forn
Afvlrj and Thde: Emlir•nt
pport Proir•mme
L•lcestsraty Coundl
Varfous
Pe￿r to
Oth•r
iL810
1¥810
1800
46.J99
46A99
100,755
100.755
75.215
75315
3,800
io,oJo
3.142
148,
148,154
4J42
1th1,825
105,767
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THE EMERALD CEKfRE
N(yfES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH2024
Soclal Inco
Oth•r IncoTh*
Fleld Income
9270
1962
2,283
7hll
15,44S
1379
n•ym•nt ehars•s
1500
Fund rnlglni
2L932
40.747
Oth•r In¢om•
Unrnrtrkt￿ Unr•itrl¢t•d
lundi
2024
N•t Illn on dlspoml of tsnlbl•tlxd ismts
7,347
15.

THE EMERALD CENTRE
NOTES TO THE FIPIANCIAL STATEMENTS (coNnNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Exp1nd￿rn on dwrftabl• ictmtl
Tot•1 lthrn#rt¢t•d R•rtrfct•d
fundi
202J
fvn
2024
fu
St•ff costs
Depredrtlon •nd
Impilmi•rt
Other costs
Prnmlses exp•n
ProJ•ct coJtS
Motorand trml casts
Worklhoy ind g•tslonal
13J147
10,174
93,221
15AIS
25
84,740
7.957
38M03
9013
3,763
8,017
41528
12,502
3,973
25,893
34893
35,117
702
26.5n
L818
210
3,606
55.706
124130
179.836
74551
13315
157166
JhAV• of iupwt and p4Yn•n£• calts (M• not• 11
Gov•rninc•
6269
6269
5.541
6L975
124,130
186.105
80,093
83,315
163,408
AMty* byfvnd
Unr•rtrfcted fvnd•. pn•r•l
R•rtrkMd fvndj
61,975
6L975
124130
80,0gJ
80,093
83J15
124130
83,315
61,975
124,130
ios
83,315
163A08
N•t mty•*m•rt In fvr
The n•t ftw4m•rt In fvndi Is stthd •tAr th•rylWIcr•dltTn￿.
Fees for th• Independ•rt wmln•tlon of th• ch•rltysflMndal st•tem•rtJ
DI￿atron ofown•d trn￿bI• fixd •ss•ts
LoM/(pr¢fft) on dISp￿lI of tawbh •J%•ts
3.21Ki
17,347)

THE EMERALD CENTRE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMENrs (corinNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH2024
Support co
Support ¢OA• Go4Yn•n
1029 ol•llo¢aiion
In&p•nd•nt wmln•Uon
fe•1
Lry•l •nd prof1￿0n11
Oth•r Inwr•npJ costs
P•nilon idmln costs
3,000
2.550
263
396
3.OlXI
2,550
265
396
3.200
2A42 Govern•nc•
Gowrnanc¢
. Gobwn•nc•
Gowrmnce
269
5,542
ai•rti•bh •¢tfvlU
6269
5,542
Gpvorn•n¢e cojts Includej p•yments to the Indep•nd•irt emmlnerj of £3,(IXJ1202J.
£3.200) for&vmlnrtlon f••$.
Trurt•
NOM of th• trurtttj {or any Per￿n1 ¢onnect•d vAth them) r•c•lv•d •ry remun•rnllori durlw the p•r •nd none of
them re[Mt￿r*d f0rtrrnll1ryexpen￿ (2023. £nll).
10 Eftwloy•
The Iv•r•y wththly number of •mplobw durfni tho rd•rw•g:
Nurnb•r
Nunthw
Dlrnct chirfty work•rs
•nd s•lirl
93.221
84740
No emplo￿•15 allocated entlrely to Ioveminca: •n •uesyiMnt of of eKh emplw's In¥olv•m•nt In ywn•nce
has been used Is • hsl$ for d•tsrn)Inln8the above •pportk)nrnent of cojts.
For 4 full brnokd(wn of C¢tt5 plus• rdBr to •ttach•d Incorn• and Oxwnd￿r• attounts thr th• a￿dUS1on to th•
not•s to th• accounts.
Th•r• were no •mplow whose annu•l r￿Un¢￿tIon mornth•n £￿I]CAl
17-

THE EMERALD CENTRE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIALsfATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR EIVDED 31 MARCH2024
(Conurdwd)
PaNin1ratl￿ ol * m•n•pm•rt P•rnOM•I
The remunerntlon of key minwment personnel •5 foll1x￿.
Aurnyte comp•ns•tlon
40,197
35.652
Th• ch•rfty h •y*mptfrom t•x•u1￿ an Its aCt￿ltI•l bK•w• all Its InoTh Is •ppll•d forch•rlt•blè purpo￿.
At l Aprfl 2013
35JKI)
At 31 M•rch 2024
35,000
D•pr•¢l•tlon •nd lTry•lrm•rt
At i Aprtl 202J
D•precl•tlrm ch•ra•d In the
17,500
At 31 M•rch 2024
C•rrylry •moiNt
At 31 March 2024
14.CKIO
At 31 M•rth 2023
17,500
D•bto
Am￿lIts1111ry du• r*lthln rfftr.
Othèr debtors
Prwyments and •¢¢r￿d Inca
10,738
6,956
IQ963
15,242
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THE EMERALD CENTrE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEKrs (coKriNUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Cr•dlt•r&' Imountsfalllry du• vAthln On•￿ar
0thert•Y4tk￿ and socknl s•cvrlty
Oth•r u•dkorg
Accru•ls ind d•f•rr•d Income
5.718
7A91
5,958
Unrn#rt¢t•d fimdi
Th• uThr•itrfct¢d funth of th• thirtty comprfs• th• un•xpwded b•l•nc•s of donatloM•nd w•nts whlch •rn notwbJ•
to $pecffic candlilon$ ty donors ind 8r•nty¥ ai to how th•y uMd.
At l ••rf1202J
Inc•mlry R•wurn• Trnrnhv• At 31 M•rth
Em•rnld TrIdI￿ C•ntr•
Unrertrfct•d proJ•ctJ
Fleld Income
Socl•l In¢Dm•
Other unr•rtrfrt4d Income f￿dI
37,367
92,938
7,617
i¥ii
2,283
9,270
17,364)
(32,068)
18A361
(92701
(4W71
37,620
65,704
17.077)
153
4.837
135,142
31,Cll
(61P751
Pr•vIou•y￿r.
At I P•bll 20LI
R•Murc
At 91 M•r¢h
Th• Emernld Trldlry C•ntr•
UnrnJtrfct•d Projects
Fl•ld Incom•
Sg¢l•l In￿me
Mlnl Bus Fund
Other unr•rtthtad IrKom fundj
30,755
90.115
7,770
30151
79
15,72Q
302
11,158)
(62.797)
18.0301
(7,8061
(3021
37367
91938
34769
5151
(32,1421
{8m21
24,228
8.892
4.837
155,933
$9,916
I80.￿}
16141
135.142
19-

51" l 4
11" 3
4394, |
EFIFIF
i ! i}i}Il

THE EMERALD CEKfRE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR EIVDED 31 MARCH 2024
17 DMknAt•d Funth
Th• folltywln8•r• unr4rtrlEt•d fundi wffic•lty d￿l￿￿ted and rfni tsnced form oth•r unr•#rtivd fund&
At l Aprfl 2021 At 31 M•r¢h
Contlrloncyfund
Genernl Malrtenance fund
20.IK¥J
20,1
7,281
27,281
27.281
l Aprll 2012 P2 31 M•r¢h
Contlnyncy Fund
G•ngrn1 M•lnt•Mnca Fund
io,rp>)
7,281
io,oDo
7,281
27,281
27381
fur
fvnd•
At JI Marth 20X'
Tan8lbl• Issots
Curr•rt asMts1lllablllU￿}
14,OllO
67082
14JX)O
198.487
101324
27,281
103,324
27JBI
81W2
212A87
Unr•rtrlct•d Umrtrt¢tod R••trf¢t•d
funth
fun
nernl
202J
At JI Mwth 102&
Tan8lble Issets
Ojrrert assetsAll•blllt*51
17.500
39h34
17.5(rfJ
201.857
135.142
27,281
131142
27,281
56,934
219.357
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THE EMERALD CENTRE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENfs (copifiNUED)
FOR ThE YEAR ENDED 91 MARCH 2024
A•knt￿ pirtytrnni•ttioni
rna¢lkini wlth rnlat•d p*tl•J
Durln8 the ywr the charrty erttred Into th• follow[￿ hnslrtlons *lth rnlthd p•rU•i:
A related p•rty. The Em•rnld Tr•dlw Centrn th• hcllltl•s of The Em•rnld C•ntr• for whlch r•nt •nd ￿r¥￿• ¢h•ry•s
were ch•ryed In the of £7,417 (2023: £7.5Cfj).
Th• Ern•rnldThdln8 C•ntr• •1￿ yld i don•tlon to th• Th• Emirnld C•ntr• In the yurof £21MI (2023: £270).
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