IONTAOBHAS NA GAELSCOLAIOCHTA
TRUSTEES REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 3J MARCH 2024
The Truslees present their res￿ and financial sialem¢nts for Ihe y¢ar ended 31 Murch 2024.
Thc TnLtst¢¢s have adoplcd ihe provisions of the Stalcmcni of Recommended Prnctic¢ (SORP>'Accounting and Rcprtiftg by
Charilie%' IFRS 10?) (clTe¢iiv¢ Isi January ?019) Th¢ CIuriiie% Acl (Nl) •008. in prL'paring ihc Jnnual r¢pon and
accounts of the charity.
Objeciivts. and *rtiviti¢s
I'hc principal activity of the Trusi is the ￿vanC¢m¢nI of cducalion through th¢ mcdium of lh¢ Irish lansuage in sch(Ktrls in
Northem Ircland.
The Trustees hav¢ paid due regard to guidan￿ issucd by the Chariry Commission in d¢ciding whut a¢tivilics the Tn￿(
should undertake.
Inie5¢ment in khool Buildin&
Invcstmeni in schLK)I buildin&v% r¢prescnLs all capitol costs in¢urred for thich individual projecl. Ai present capilal
grant is payabl¢ on such cxpcnditure unlil a 5¢hix)l 1% approved by (he Departmcnl of Education. On paymcnl of th¢ brant by
Ihe tkpartTncnl the Trusl seek io recover exkKndi¢ure alr¢udy inc¢tsrcd on thc schools.
Si*tui
lonuwbh&s na Gael%colaiochta is an unifK4)rwr*ed Charitsblc TnsL thttl h&$ b¢cn approved by ihe Charity Commission Nl
on I I th August ?014. Thc Charity rcg15traiion number 1% NIC.100147.
T*x.Stst
lontaobhi% na Gaclswlalochth h&$ been grunied charitsble slatus by the Inland Revcnue is exempl from co1￿)rnI10n on
its dLlivilir5.
Achi¢vement% And perfommnce
'rhc S&'iiem¢nl of Financial Aclivitirs (SOFA) shows the mov¢meni in all churitJblc fund% Nplil bclwecn unrrslri¥lcd fund¥
{mcinic% (hal ¢dn b¢ applied to an) ¢hariLthle obj¢¢livcs with the Trust s objcciive5) and r¢striit¢d funds (monics prvvidcd
fi)r I￿¢1ft¢ purrK)5cs).
ToLiI unre4lric¢ed incoming rewurce5 for the y&v ￿'¢re £164.727 {£19S.413 ycar cndcd I I si March 2023). The m￿￿1￿ sources
vf income wcr¢ Lombined th)ntslions of£.30.159. mainly from I'ACA, £86.197 of rcn¢al incoml. £39.193 of rcl¢&scd dL.fcrrcd
incom¢. lind £6.4$? of other income that Gimc from bdnk inlercsl received.
Ilnre%tricl¢d ¢¥￿ndIt￿re for the year lolallcd £?80.163 whi¢h in¥lud¢d £34.$00 on grdnts io variow8 Irish medium ￿h0O18 io
&bSis1 thcm wilh their runninb* ¢o%ls ihroubhoul ihe y&gr.
Thc Tru%l'% u￿Stric[Cd funds Iw ma(k J deficit of £115.436 this year. The main expenditure Continues to be payroll wsLs.
l()L'illinb £141 ?70 ihis y¢ar.
In addilion. thc Trust has conlinued 10 provide funding lo Irish Nqcdium SchcK)l% for ￿￿Mm0<t￿li0D and running eosts Ihroush
(h¢ Ai¥iimm(NJation fund. £87.976 ol- lUnding.￿S1￿tJn¢c pA)vided to lri%h Mcdiun) Schools.
inthnciAI rr%'iew
Thc Trusl unr¢s1riiled reseTvc4 at 31 st March ?0?4 of £1.40? 860. The Tru%lcc5 aini (() mainLiin a Icvel of rc%crvc% tti
alloiy it lo Continu¢ to Ll)v¢r il% ongvoing running? co%1% and provid¢ ¥r.uJi as%is14inie lo Iri%h Medium schcK)1s. Tlic 'frustCCS
conlinuc lo rcvi¢w ihc 'fru.%l'S Icvel of in¢omc Jnd cxpcndilurc c)n an onbTroirtg bJsi% ￿ en%ure it muinthin.¥ a rc&%onable IcY¢l or

IONTAOBHAS NA GAELSCOLAfiocHTA
TRUSTEES REPORT (COI¥4TtYUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Goin£ eonetrn
11)c Balance Sb¢d al the end of th¢ y¢4r shows unrastri¢t¢d r￿¢$ of £1,402.860 und r￿l¢led reserv¢5 of £2.021,060.
Thc TnL51¢¢% will rontinuc to look at income 8amting opportunities to ethle it (o continue to provide wt &ssisLthce to
Irish Mcdium s¢hools.
The tnst¢¢s hav¢ ¢oTh¢ludd thjt to the appropriate l¢vel of rcservcs and the buildAng being fully rented oul the going
con¢¢rn b&sis is 4ppropriat¢.
Given the a￿¥¢. the tsith's bclievc thal it is appmpriate to prepare th¢ fuwi¢ig1 stat¢m¢nts on a going ￿ls.
IDveqlmeDts
Thc TTus1 hts ￿Mpleted th¢ construction of the Aras na BhFaJ buildin8 on th¢ Falls Road in January 2020. Th¢ t￿ildIng IS
w fully r¢nt¢d out to providc funds lo thc Trust to cnablc li ￿ wntinuc to pur5u¢ ILS c1￿[tabl¢ a¢tiviti¢&
PlaThi for the futurt
ing fon4wd it will continue to provido fimding ￿ Irish Mcdium 5¢hoob fLY a¢¢0￿0d￿ti0ll and nUw1￿ ¢o*s.
Structsr4 2overn*n<e *nd mAD#£ement
The TnJstc¢s who served during the year were:
Jxkie Fit4Tr4tyi¢k
IA)rcan Mac Gabhw
G¢aroid O Muilleoir
Pilib.MtS'téil
Pudrnig O Cdlaigh
Auditors
Aft¢r tIK audiied fill￿¢721 stslcmcnL% for the year ended 3 Isi March 2017 ww¢ approved by the imydrd of lOn￿bhaI. na
fra¢l.wolai￿htI The Trusl iniliat¢d a tender prnKess to provide auditcd accounts for the ne￿ thrc¢ ycar¥. A5 a ro%ult of thi4
trnd¢r prtKcss 1onuobh￿. GaclicolaSochta Jppoitilcd SLMD Limited Tla Bridg¢. Th:W￿r¢d AwunLints for a period of
three years.
Ihc ￿ the IimiLI¢io￿% PTuented due to Covid-19. no new tender4 wcre iL)ught and the wmmittc< agre¢d lo continue with
SI.MD Ltd Tla Elridge. Chart¢red Accounlants being the audiiors for the year ended 31 st M4vch 2024.

IONTAOBHAS NA GAELSCOLAIOCHTA
4iTATEMEI%T OFTRUSTF.F.¢i RF.SPONSIBILITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
The Trusices are reswrL%iblc for prcparing the Truslees Re￿rt and thc financial ￿L￿eML￿￿ in accordance with applicable law
and United Kingdom Accounlin8 Sthndards (United Kingdom Gencrnlly Accq)icd Ac¢ouniin8 Pradic¢).
Th¢ Charities A¢1 (Nl} •008. r¢quircs ihe Trustees to prcpJrc finthncial siutcmcnts for c￿'h financial year which give a true and
fair view ofthe financial N)sition of the Trus1.
In pr¢paring Ih¢s¢ ￿Ounts. th¢ Trust¢e5 are required ￿.,
- sele¢l $uitablc accountin8 poli¢i¢s and ihcn apply them ￿nSISte￿ily.
- obser¥e ihc methods and principles in ih¢ Charili¢s SORP.
- make judgernents wid estimJte.% (h￿ are rc&sonable and Pfudenl;
- wheih¢r applicablc accounlinbv standards have been followed subjcct lo any maicrial d¢partur¢s dI￿105¢d and explained
in ihc ac￿UnIS. and
- prcparc the finan¢ial slatemenis on the goin8 wn¢ern basi5 unless li is inapwoprial¢ to presume that thc TnL%t will Conlin￿ in
opernlion.
The Trustees are responsible for ke¢ping suffKi¢nl a¢¢ounting rccords thal disclosc with r¢&sonabl¢ ￿cUraCY al any time thc
rinancial position of the Tru%1 and cnablc thcm ￿ ¢n5ur¢ thai the accounts comply with ¢urrrni ¢htirity law and thc provisions
of the tfU51 (kd, Th¢y are al%0 responsiblc for ￿rC￿Uarding thc assets of the Trust and h¢n¢¢ for taking rc&wnable SIq￿ for thc
pr¢v¢ntion and dclcction of frnud and othcr iffcgularities.
The Truslccs rcFxxt Jpprov¢d by the Board of TNsle¢s.
Re%i%lcnbd oifiet:
na bhFai
•(X).?O? Falls Road
BLlf&sl
Northcrn Irel￿nd
BT12 6AFI
Mr p O Ceall¥i%h
Ci*¢eoir

IONTAOBHAS NA GAELSCOLAIOCHTA
TUARASCAIL NA nlONTAOBHAITHE
DON BHLIAINDAR CHRJOCH31 MAR TA 2024
Cuircann na hlonLiobhaithe a dtuJrJscail a¥u5 a seuniais airgeadais don bhliain dar ¢hrio¢h 31 Marta 20?4 i Ilthir.
Ghlal nu hlonLiobhailhe le for&la¢ha an Raitis ar ChlcJchtsi.% Mo113 (SORP)'Cun￿￿I0ch1 agus Tuairisciu Carthanachtal. (FRS I O?
(i bhfcidhm O l Eanair !019) agus Achi (TLI 2fy)8 0 th￿bh ullmhu thuamcail agus chuntai5 bhlianrula na
thanachts d¢.
Cu*poiri Gniomh#iochthf
Cur chun cinn nu Ga¢lswlaio¢hta s dTuais¢eart Éireann is ea priomhghnSL)mhaliKhi an lonLwbhais.
Ta na hlofiLwbhaith¢ i ndiaidh dul i dtuillfyqmal ar thrcoir Choimisiun na gC¥rthana¢hthl maidir leis na gnlomhalochthl ba clKSir don
lonUy)bhas a dhél￿aMh.
Intheiytlo¢hi i bhTroirRnimh Seoile
Cuim%ionn infhcisiio¢hi i bhfoirgTrnimh s¢oile na Co$￿1% Lhaipitil uilig a ¢hait¢w Jr g¥h tion%¢ad.Il scoilc indibhidiuil. San am i
iaihair nil dconla% caipilil inic)Liha ar ch*lit¢ach&s d& Icithéid so dii go g¢ead6idh an Roinn Oideachais an scoil. Ar dn dLX)nla
caipitil a io¥ an Roinn Oidelichais lor8aionn an tlonLiobha% an l-airb¢Jd J Ciiithcadh ab• na 5coil¢anna ¢hfy2na a thail Ar dis.
15 lonliiobh&% Canhanachta neamhchoTprJithc loniJ0bhu￿ na Gtsel&¢olalochta RIA faofa Coimisiun na gcarthunachiai TÉ. o I I
Lun&%a 2014. NIC100147 is ¢J Shn ¥hllwuirnhir charth￿n￿h
Siadxy Lan4eh
Bhronn loncam Ini5rc ¢arthana¢hta ar lonthobh&g na Gaelscolai(Khta agwK da réir. th sé diolmhAith¢ O chain chorpthid¢¥h
a ILK ar J chuid gni0mhal￿hWE.
É*chtaf a2u% Tr"tidhmiochi
Li'irionn Ra11c￿ nj nGntomh4iiochtai Airgcadai% (SOFA) 2n l-aistriu sna ci%il carthanachia uilig roinnie idir cisil
ncamhshri47nta (airsid ar féidir bainl bheiih ab cu5pOir idrthJn&¢hill r biih aige le cuspoiri an loniaobhais) agu% ci%li srillnta
(atrgid ￿la¢h￿1th¢ do ¢huspOiri Ar leiih>.
Ba é £164.7?7 (£195.413 don bhliain dar ¢￿ri￿h 31 Marta ?0?41 an méld iomian foinsi falt*s n¢amh.%hrianta a thainig isieuch.
Ba iad comhthJblwuis de £30,-159. 0 TACA bo pr10mh￿ a¥us £86.197 d'ioncam ci05< £39.193 d'ioncam iwchurtha ci5ithc,
agTrus £6.452 d'loft￿m eile a thainig O bain¢ A fU￿rth￿ na pri0mhthoi￿Sl ioneaim iad.
e £280.163 méld thn ¢hail¢.whiis neurnhshrionth don bhI1￿1n in:w c#iLh¢adh L14.5(M) di• or dhcontois a tugadh do Ghaelscoileanna
chun cuidiu lena costais reatha i nih na bliJn&
ljhi cLsnJmh san lont￿bhas. dc £l15.436 ina ¢hisli n¢amh%hrianta i mblian& 15 iad cosiai% phdrolla nn priomhEhailC*￿}￿" lo
arbh é £141 ?70 méld iomlan an phriomh¢hai¢eachais i rnbliana.
Ina theannta %in. 1¢an￿Trn &n ilontsobhas ar aghaidh maoiniu a ¢hur Jr fail do Ghucls¢oil¢anna go foill Ic h#¥haidh co5￿% coiriochta
agus reatha trid an Chi￿¢ coiriochth. Tugadh maoiniu dc £87.976 do Ghaels¢oileanno.
A¢hbhreiihniu Airge*d*iq
Bhi iulchisti neamhshrianta de £1.401,860 ag an lonLwbh&%' ar 31 M,Ina 20?4, Is i aidhm na nlonwjbhaithe leibheal ¢ul¢histi a
choinnc/djl a ligfidh do na cosLiiS rLJtha aLI aigc go foill J chludaih ab7US 1¢ dconuis a thi4 bluirt do Ghaelscoilcanm. Di'.Inliidh na
h1on1dwbh￿7Ilhe athbhreiihniu ar Icibhéal ion¢aim ab7US ¢aiieachais an lontsobhais ar bhonn 1¢4inuna¢h fos le cinniiu go gcoinn¢oidh
s¥. l¢ibhial ￿l￿ta iul¥hisli go foill.

IONTAOBHAS NA GAELSCOLAIOCHTA
TUARASCAIL NA nlONTAOBHAITHE (AR LEAN)
DON BHLIAJNDAR CHRIOCH31 MAR TA 2024
CnOtha$ Imntach
Léirionn un Cldr ComhJrdaith¢ ag delre￿1h na bliana go rdibh cul¢histi neamhshrianta de £1,402.860 agus culchisil sriants de
L?.O?1.060 ann. Iniuchfaidh n4i h[on￿0bhailhc na dei%e￿￿nfta le hion¢am J shaothru go foill tt chuirfidh ar a chumas dconiJis
Ihabhairt do Ghacls¢oileAnna.
Chinn na h1ont￿h2*1hc go bhfuil bun1￿ an ghnOthai5 l¢anlaigh cui. mar sknll ar l¢ibhéal cul na g¢ul¢histl a8us ar an thoir8neamh
ligean ar cios go hiomlan.
M.v shcall ar an eolas ihuasluaite. is i baNil na n.iontJobhaithc BO bhfuil sé ¢ui na rait15 airgeadais u ullmhu w bhonn gnOthai5
Inlhei¥tioch¢Af
Bhi ioguil Ihoirbincamh Ar35 na bhFai ar BhOthaT na bhFai criochnJiihc J8 An lonlaobhas i mi Eanair 20?0. Ta an foirgneamh
& libvcan ar ¢105 anois Ic cisti a shoiaihar don lontaobha5 a chuirfidh ar a chumas a chuid gnsomhal￿hthl ¢anhanachLq a
dhéanamh go foill.
g PleAnannx don Todhch#b
Sa bhliain atti Ic ieaL'hi IL￿raldh an tlonthobhas ar aghaidh maoiniu a ¢hur ar fail do Ghacl%coil&inna le haghaidh ¢0s1&% cOirlLKh
&gU5 rcatha fos.
Struchiur. Ri*l*¢h*.s 12us B*inis¢Aocht
Sw d l¢an&% na hlontsobhaiihc a bhi ann i rith blia
JJLki¢' Fit/wtrick
LorLan Mac Gabhann
GG'irOid O Muilleoir
Pilib Mi%tiil
Ptsdruig O Ccallaigh
Iniiich6irf
I ndiaidh gur faomhadh M ¢unthis iniuchia don bhliain dar chrloch I l Mana ?017 ag bord lonLiobh&% na Gacl4colaiochknL chuaigh
an t10nL￿bhas i mbun proisis t4iirisceana Ic cunlai% iniuchta du na tri bliam ath 1¢ leachi 47 skniathar. Mar thorndh ar an phrOisc&s
Liiri%c&ina seo cheap lonux)bh&% na Gaelswlalochth SLMD Limiicd TIA BridB¢ Chart¢rcd AcLowiianLb 80 ¢¢ann scal de thri
tk dh¢LSL'a na 5rianl14 mar ghe.Ill ar C.ovid-19. nior lorb*aiodh lairi%cinl nua ar biih a¥u5 d ¥wntsi¥h an coisie gc) leanf4idh sé ar
o&haidh le SLMD Lid TIA Brid¥¢. Chancred A¢¢ounbMLN mar na hiniuclK5iri don bhliwn (Lw chrioth 31 20?4.

IOY4TAOBHAS NA GAELSCOLAIOCHTA
RAITF.AS AR FHREAGRACHTAI NA nlONTAOBHAITHE
DON BHLIAIN DAR CHRIOCH 31 MAR TA 2024
TA na h1Ont￿bhaithe freagrach as Tuarnscail na nlonLJobhaithe agus na ¢unthis a ullmhu de réir an dli bhainligh asus
C.haighdcain Chunlasaiochia na Riochth Aontsithe (Cleachi&s Glaciha Cunthsaiochth na Rio¢h￿ Aontaithe).
De reir an Achth um Charthanachthi (rt) 2008. ni do n4 h1on￿>bhaIthe rai(is airgead&is o ullrnhu do sach bliain alr8e￿￿1$ a
léirlonn sLiid Ihior agus chvthrorn lontsM)bhais.
Agus na cunuis seo a n-ullmhu acu. ni mor na hlonLqobhaithe:
- ￿)1￿1(he cui cun￿l(￿h¢a a rob*hnu agus a chur i bhfcidhm go seasf
- cloi Ic modhanna agus prioTrsabail charthan&chta SORP.
- Ix¢ithiniunais agus tornhais a dhéanamh tsth rknunLI agus StuJm
- dcarbhu cé acu a cloiodh leis na eai8hdeain ehui chun&wiochts n6 nar cloiodh. ag Cur san &ireJunh aon eis¢cachtai abha
nrn¢ha lullilc aguN miniihc sn) ¢uniais:
- nts iunlais a ullmhu ar blK)nn gnothais l¢anthigh a¢h amhain sa chas go sllteaf nach féidir leis an [0ntwbh￿ Ith￿51an ar Jghaidh
Th nts hli)nkiobhaithc frea8r￿h ￿ taifid chui cunthsaiochta n choinne&il a ¢huircann slos go mci%unha beachi ar.suid airbpcadai% an
lonl.iobhais asus J chuir¢ann ar a gcum&% go gcloionn na ¢uniais l¢is dli &inh4inachLI rc471h47 agus Ic foralJcha ghniomhats an
ionlJL)bhai%. Ta na hlonioobhaiih¢ freagrnch fwi scach Iii¢mkninni an lonthobhais a chosainl asus céimcanna ré&%untJ
8hla¢adh 1¢ Cal￿1￿ ￿uS gniomhaiochi mhiri2]Ll ¢ilc nach é a stopth no a aimsiu.
Bhi iuarts¢&il na nlontsobhaiihe f￿fa Ag Bord na nlontwbhaith¢.
Oifi% cbliiraiihe:
ArLs na bhTrai
200-90? Boihar na bhFai
Bi'al FcirslL
Tuais¢Urt Éiwn
BT12 6AH
An tU¥%¥i PO Ce#llxi%h
Cisleoir