Portaferry and Slrangford Trust Llmlted Company Llmited by Guarantee Trusiees. Annual Report (Incorporatlng the Dlrector's Report) Year ended 31 December 2020 The Iruslees. who are also the directors IOT the purp%)sès ol company law, present their report arKI Ihe unaudiled Iinancial slaiemeftts ol the charrty lor the year erKJgd 31 December 2020. Reterence ond admlnl8tr•tlve d¢tJllg Regl¥tered eharlty nam• Ch•rlty ro91gtrntlon number Company reglstrntlon number N1621790 Prlnclpal olllce and rngl•iered Wesigale ottlce 15 The Strand Portalery Co Down 8T22 1 PF PThlalerry and Sirar¥Jlord TnJ5t knmsled NICIIXJ148 The Irustees Mr J Ellioll Mi G Laverty Mr G Lennon Mrs M Mccarthy Mfs A Murphy Or J Sigwart Mr R Murpliy Mr S Reilly Mfs U Re511y Ms D &rkeii Mrs E RcYdy Company •ecrelary Independent examlnar Mrs A mu1Y ImeJa R(3an IBSC. Hofts. FCAI (kn b8hall ol Aogan Accountancy Limil&J Skelnck Hwse JUble Road NownardS Co Down BT23 4YH Structure. go¥?rn8nee •n¢J man•gement Legal slruciure Portalerry and Slranglord Twsi Limted ts a Company Iimiied by Gvaranlee arKI is a registered charily. Tegulaled by the Chaiity CommisSn lor Northern IrelarKI. The company has been awaroed ¢harilabl8 51alus by HM Revenue ano Cusioms. 11 a lor wolil oroanisabon.
Portaferry and Strangford Trust Limlted Company Limited by Guarantee Trustees, Annual Report (Incorporatlng Ihe Director's Report) {contlnwdJ Year ended 31 December 2020 Struclure, governance and managemert {¢ Governance anangementS Portalerry and Slranglord Trusi 15 currently govemod by a Lx>ard ol I I trustees (subject lo a maximum 01141. The board can co-opt new Iruslee5 as ano when fequife(1. The charilY5 chair Is elected from Ihe members on an annual basis and is raiilied ai Ihe Annual General Meeiing. New diTeclors are bri61ed on Iheir legal obligalions under ¢hanty ano company kw, the eonlenl ol the Articles of Associaiion. Ihe oxnmittee and dec rnakir yc¢ess. and receni financial perfomiance ol the charity. Obl•cllve• •nd •cllvlls The companys charitthe oty"8cb¥8s aro". 1. to secure by such means as are available lof ihe public Oon81il the PfeseryalKJn. proleclion and Improvemeni ol bJiklings or land OT Slruclures ol particular beauty. oi ol hislonc, environmental. archileciural or ¢OnSlruclional meril or Interest In Ihe Portalerry and Slran9lorfl area. and lo slimulaie a1 edu¢ai8 wblK Inieresi therein: 2. acquire. reslore. repair, renovate and Improve llIng$ ar lafKI Iiftcluding parklalldl lor the communsly common benelil in Portalerry Slrawofd aThJ where Ilwhl desirable efecl new buisdings lof Ihe oeneral ben8fil ol the said community.. 3. make 8nvifonmenlal improvemonis to FWrti8s. slr8ets, 81reetscapo and land lincWing part(landl generally In Ihg ar8as ol Portaleiry and Siranglord including where aFpropnale planiing and honicullural Improvomenls", 4. generally promote anL1 8n¢ourage the education of Ihe puuic In historic archileclurg, urKJefsianding ol planning, and apprecialion ol the environment. lands¢aFe and townscape onvironmeni wheiher through exhibilions. lectures. sèminats or olherwise or by commenting on planning applicalKins,' co.opéraie with the local aulhonty. llxal planning athhorty arn1 all other slaiulory aulhorili•s, Volunlary organisaln9. Charit or wrnons hawng wms similar lo Ih? company., 6. 10 heighten awareness ol Ihe ifflEortance ol Ihe concept ol sustainability arKI promole susiainable 08vekwmeni: 7. 10 carry oul, encourage and lostgr fesear¢h and so lar as may be Pfaet¢able to disseminaie the resulls ol same. lo cause lo be written aTrd prinled Of oiheTh•se reproduced arKI csrculaied, graluilously or otheISe. Iileraiure. iewrts and other thxumenl5.
Portaferry and Strangford Trust Limited Company Limlted by Guarantee Trustees. Annual Report (Incorporatlng the Dlrector's Report) fc0n1ljN Year ended 31 December 2020 Oblectl¥es and a1vItIes fc Actiwlies Portalerry aThY Siranglofd Trust aims lo celebrale arxJ Promote Ihe marilim? and buill henlage ol Portalerry. Siranglord and Ihe suryounding area by regenerating buikJ+ngs aThY laTrJscape arKi developing a maritime centre to promote th8 pasl. present and luture ol the area by all or any ol Ihe lolkThing means.. l. running manlime events invo"T Ihe kul communits. These 8vents ras0 awareness. generate inieresl, and have high edi&iiional conierrt.. 2. developing goc#J links 1h tocal organisalKns Incl11 councils, nsM8. hisiorul SleIleS. Poflalerry Regeneration Lwniled. Slranglord Lough Lecaie Partnershp arKI Queon's Untversity Marine 3. use and encourage use of empty heritage t111. Strnt•glc r•port The lolbwing sections lor achb8voments and performa a1 financial revK8w lomi the Slraleg reFort ol Ihe chaiily. A¢hlev•m•nts •nd perfornMnc• 2020 $lart8d in Ihe usual energet ar enfftusiaslic way. havino iusi hosted the 2019 Carol Ship on Siranglord Lough eveni which was a huge success. Plans lor the Incoming year include(l eapilalising on eommunily enihusiasm lof Ihe aclivilie5 carried oul by the chanty. conlinuiiKJ lo develop Ihe Ropowalk Marilime Cenlre. Conlinuing lo hosl talks and evonis. Ho¥fftier. 1h tha onsel ol Ihe Cov*y 19 pandemic, plans quickly changed. Schedu lalks wefe r•Jstrfyne(l. the Marilime Cenlre was closed during much ol year due governmeni regulations. and Ihe annual Carol Ship event was cancelled. Our Usual Income Slreams, such as lun(ts raised liom hosi.,ng lalks and evenls. were inlerrupled. Nevertholess. th Ihe much needed he¥> from (r r8gular lunders, Including Ards atKI North Down Bofouoh Council. in a(kJilion io our very oenerous local benèlaciors and supportive community groups, we were atse lo salisty our linancial Obl¥JaInS and keep our Iinances secure ano inlacl. Whilsl Iinan¢ial survival was main locus durinp year. ¢k)SUfe ol r la¢ilrti8s provKJed an OpportnItY 10 make subslanlial prooTess wtlh the Jirn Blaney Proieci. Wilh the Maritirne C8nlre remaining closed 10 Ihe public. we were able lo dwert our lime and attenlJDn lo the project. lurthering Ihe aclivilies ol afchwing ar¥J lIdIng display space lor this vasi Collelon. This was an Inadvertent 511ive consequence ol Ihe pandemic. Social disiancirKJ regulatnS also meani that our Trustees h&J lo adapl lo usiry online hosting lechnologies, 5wh as Zoom. lo pieveni inlerTuplion kn ouf reguLqr meetings. We are now In a pjsilion to make use ol online meetirwJ Solare lo Continue lo ixJik1 on commun1caiions an¢Y build rela1n$ lurther aliekj.
Portaferry and Strangford Trust Llmiled Company Limiied by Guarantee Trustees. Annual Report (Incorporating the Dlrector's Report) Iconllnwdl Year ended 31 December 2020 Flnanclal revlew Resutts lor the ytar During Ihe year ended 31 December 2020 Ihè company gen8raied a surp¥ in unrestr18 reservos 01 £1.679 and a delicil 01 £2.470 In reStrle roserves. Plans lor lulure perlodl Our plans lor 2027 and t*yorKI Inclth the Corfinued search lor lunding. wg 11 recommence our ialks and ev8nis. and continue lo develop Ihe Maritime Cenlre. We have launched cr vast documenlat>on colleclion online. enabling researchers Irom all ovef Ihg woikl 10 ac£ess our archives. We have re- opened the Marilime Cenire and are de1hled thai we have had over l.tXK) visilors. despile haviNJ to Sln¢l numbefs 10 compty the conlinued SOCI dislanciThJ measures. The Iruslees, annual report and th8 Slraieoic report were aFVOV8d on 20 Seplembvr 2021 and sion8d on b8hatt ol the board ol Irusiees by.. 41L Mr$ A Murphy TnJsloe Mr S ReiNy Trusiee