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 Rc*Ydy
Company •ecrelary
Independent examlnar
Mrs A mu1￿Y
Ime*Ja R(*3an IBSC. Hofts. FCAI (kn b8hall ol Aogan Accountancy
Limil&J
Skelnck Hwse
JUbl￿e Road
N￿ownardS
Co Down
BT23 4YH
Structure. go¥?rn8nee •n¢J man•gement
Legal slruciure
Portalerry and Slranglord Twsi Lim*ted ts a Company Iimiied by Gvaranlee arKI is a registered charily.
Tegulaled by the Chaiity CommisS￿n 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 •cllvll*s
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
a￿1 edu¢ai8 wblK Inieresi therein:
2. acquire. reslore. repair, renovate and Improve ￿l*lIng$ 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 organisal￿n9. 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 othe￿ISe. 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 a￿1vItIes 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 communit*s. These 8vents ras0 awareness. generate
inieresl, and have high edi&iiional conierrt..
2. developing goc#J links ￿1h tocal organisalK*ns Incl￿11￿ councils, n￿s￿M8. hisiorul S￿leIleS.
Poflalerry Regeneration Lwniled. Slranglord Lough Lecaie Partnershp arKI Queon's Untversity Marine
3. use and encourage use of empty heritage t￿11￿1￿.
Strnt•glc r•port
The lolbwing sections lor achb8voments and performa￿ a￿1 financial revK8w lomi the Slraleg
reFort ol Ihe chaiily.
A¢hlev•m•nts •nd perfornMnc•
2020 $lart8d in Ihe usual energet￿ ar￿ enfftusiaslic way. havino iusi hosted the 2019 Carol Ship on
Siranglord Lough eveni which was a huge success. Plans lor the Incoming year include(l eapilalising
on eommunily enihusiasm lof Ihe aclivilie5 carried oul by the chanty. conlinuiiKJ lo develop Ihe
Ropowalk Marilime Cenlre. Conlinuing lo hosl talks and evonis. Ho¥fftier. ￿1h tha onsel ol Ihe Cov*y
19 pandemic, plans quickly changed. Schedu￿ lalks wefe r•Jstrfyne(l. the Marilime Cenlre was closed
during much ol year due ￿ governmeni regulations. and Ihe annual Carol Ship event was
cancelled. Our Usual Income Slreams, such as lun(ts raised liom hosi.,ng lalks and evenls. were
inlerrupled. Nevertholess. ￿th Ihe much needed he¥> from (￿r r8gular lunders, Including Ards atKI
North Down Bofouoh Council. in a(kJilion io our very oenerous local benèlaciors and supportive
community groups, we were atse lo salisty our linancial Obl¥JaI￿nS and keep our Iinances secure ano
inlacl.
Whilsl Iinan¢ial survival was main locus durinp year. ¢k)SUfe ol ￿r la¢ilrti8s provKJed an
Opport￿nItY 10 make subslanlial prooTess wtlh the Jirn Blaney Proieci. Wilh the Maritirne C8nlre
remaining closed 10 Ihe public. we were able lo dwert our lime and attenlJDn lo the project. lurthering
Ihe aclivilies ol afchwing ar¥J ￿lIdIng display space lor this vasi Colle￿lon. This was an Inadvertent
511ive consequence ol Ihe pandemic.
Social disiancirKJ regulat￿nS also meani that our Trustees h&J lo adapl lo usiry online hosting
lechnologies, 5wh as Zoom. lo pieveni inlerTuplion kn ouf reguLqr meetings. We are now In a pjsilion
to make use ol online meetirwJ Sol￿are lo Continue lo ixJik1 on commun1caiions an¢Y build rela1￿n$
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 unrestr￿18￿ reservos
01 £1.679 and a delicil 01 £2.470 In reStr￿le￿ 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 c￿r 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 de1￿hled 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..
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Mr$ A Murphy
TnJsloe
Mr S ReiNy
Trusiee