Friends of St Louis, Ballymena NIC100223 (FOSL)
Ti'ustees Annual Report for Financial Year I, April 2022-31, March 2023
Repoi't Approved at AGM of FOSL Monday 15, MÉiy 2023 hcld iii St l.oiiis Gi'ailliiiai- Scliool
NB For tli¢ PLiryose of this report the cliarity will Iiereafter be i-¢t"ei-red to as FO£L
(FOSL becainc a cliarity 011 28 Jiily 2014 aiid iVc15 allocated, by tlie Charity Coininission for N I, tlie
cliai'ity niimber NICI 00223)
The charity's main activities to furtliei- its PULVO.ses for the piiblic benefit arc as follows:
> I'lie main charitablc purpose of I'riends of St I,oui8, Ballymcna (FOSL) falls
iiito "l-he Advancement of F4,duLalion' catcgory. The gi'oup will iiiidcrtake the
advancement of education lor the public benefit by pi'oinoting, sustaining aiid
iilLreasing individLial and collcctive knowlcdgc and illidci'staiidingy of si?ccifiL
areas of study, skills and expeitise. I"lic chai'iiy ai1ii8, as oiitliiicd in OLir
constitution, lo support the educational establishniL'nt St. I,ouis Gi'ainmar
School, Ballymena. The direct benefits which flow froln our purpose shall be
the advancement ol, Ihe edlication of tlic pupils of St Louis Gramniar School,
Ballyinena and tlie enhanccd knowledge aiid iinderstaiidingJ in our yQLing peoplc
through receiving an education which will be suppoi'ted thi'ough suLli ihings as
bLirsary awards for OLir studcnts and availability ol- flinding for facilitic4 n()I
othcrwise available through the scliool budgJet. Pupils will also bencfit from the
iiILI-eased networking ()pportuiiitics lacilitatcd by the iinprovL'IMcnt in
relationships amongF the intcrcsted parties. "I"hc benelits of F4ricnds ol" St I,OLIiS,
Ballymena will be deinonsti-ated throubyh an annLial rcporl ol" our aLlivitie%
submilled to thc Board of Govcriiors ol. the school for inclusion in thLii- c2niiual
report to parents. Contiiiuou.£ monitoring of the applicatioii.s lor award% from
Friends of St l.ouis, Ballyinena will take place and be evideiiccd throug,h both
the applicatioii for and t"ecdbaLk li'om the students and teachei's t"ollowingJ an
award. Regular indcpendent evaluation of our services shall bc measured via
the applications and feedback fi"()m the student population which will be kept
on record. The beneficiai'ies of Friends of St Louis al'e the sludcnts who arc
currenily attending the school at present and tliosc enrolled in the futui'e. Tlic
PLirposes of F'riends ot Sl Louis are all of dircct bcnLfit to thc students attcnding
the school presenily and in the luture. There will be a wider benefit to society
due to the young people hdvingy availcd ofopportunitics providcd to them whilc
attending St L,ouis Grammar, Ballymena as a i'e8LiIt of it bcing7 supportcd by
FOSI. Non¢ of the purposcs of" FOSL arc hariiiful. There is no pi'ivatc benefit
flowingF from our purposes.

2022-2023 Main achievements this financial year
Witli the above iii mind, alongside the activities that FOSL may be iiivolved in whicli al'e
listed on the CCNI websile, FOSL carried out the tollowiiig activities in the 2020121 financial
year.
> Iii liiic with tlieir aim of promoting the well-being of thc studeiit population of
SI.G, FOSL continiied to encoiirage the studenl.% to bcc()iiie morc involvcd iii
contribuliiig to wider society aiid cari'icd oiit soillc fundraisiiig aclivitiLs f()i- a
variety of organis(itions thi'ouglioiit tlic sLhool ycar. To this ciid variou£ menibcr
of stat"f and .%lLideiits took pai-t iii a variety of fuiidiaising) events. Ovcr £4001) wa.%
i'ai8cd at a variety of in and oiit ot scliool events and donciled to the respective
charilies.
FOSL continLied to promote the charity ihrough the scliool app aiid through
member's pai'ticipati()n iii various school cvents.
> FOSL reccived a generou.s dirLLt donation to thcii" lunds tliis year. Thcy Lonliniicd
t() siippori ilic studcnt population ol.tlie school with finanLial assÉ.slanLL toi- %oine
year group evenls. They also awardcd blirsaries to assist with thii-d Icvel educatic)n
applications.
In preparing this report the trustces havc had regard to the Charity Coniiiiission of
NI'S Public Benelii Requircmeni Statiitory giiidaiice outlincd on thLiI' websilc iii
Doclimcnt CCNI PIIEI I, and also to DoLuincnt ARR08 rcgdrcling acc()unting aiid
reporting regulations arouiid the Ti-ustecs, Annual Ilci)ort.
At the end of the tinancial year stated above FOSL is in a fincincial position of siirpliis
to the amounl of £6,803.04. A brcakdown of tliis is outlined in thc RLLeipts and
Paymcnts Accounts Document. There are no funds Iicld by FOSI. that are malerially
in defiLil' at the end of the ycar.
Principal Address of the Charity..
Friends ()f St Louis, Elallymeiia NIC100223
St l.ouis, Grammar SLhool
Cullybackey Rd
Ballymena
BT43 5DW
The trustccs of friends of St Louis are: Mrs P Dolierty, Mrs F Mctiuigyan, Mr V
O'connell, Mrs M Henry, Mr S Ralfei'ty, Mrs S I)evlin, Mrs S Mccany, Mrs J
Mcclintock, Mrs H McToal. No further individuals have served as trustees in tliis
financial year.

E."rieiids of St Louis, Ballyincna NIC100223 is goveriied by a Lonslitiitioii adopted at
an LCJM on 18 ' Noveinbei" 2014. 1.his docuinent lias bccii approvcd aiid acccpled by
tlie Cliai'ity Commission for NI as part of the process of beLoming d registered
cliarity. 'fiie said document is Iicld on record by thc Commission and outlines our
cliarity's pui'pos¢s and how our cliai'ity is adniinistered.
The puryose of 'Friends of St Louis, Ballyi]iena' is to advance thc education of the
pupils of St Louis Cjrammar School, Ballyn]ena. "fhis will bc cari.ied out throiigh:
> l)romoting thc well-being of the studeiit popiilatioii ot" St Louis (iraminar Scli()ol
Ballyniciia.
> l)eveloping effectivc i-elationsliips betwecn the families and friends of past and
prescnt students and teachei's and olliers associated with Sl I.,oui.4 Gi'amn]ar
School, Ballymena.
> Lngaging in activities that will help establisli and provide a sti-eam of fundinLy to
help with the school coininunity devclopment in both cui'riculai. re%ourLes aiicl
extra- curricular activities in ol-der to support thc school and cidvaiicL the
L'ducation ot the pupils.
The process for appointiiig new ti-uslLes to the cliarity IS OLltlincd in ihc constitution
and is a,% follows:
> Tlic Association may appoint and inay terininatc the cippointinent of not Icss than
tliree people to act as Trustees. I"lie 'frustees shall act linder the iii%li-Iiction% ol" Ihc
Cominittee who sliall, subject to the appi'oval aiid consent of tlie AssoLidlion a.
dcterniined by a General Mccting, havc power to fill vacaiicics aniong the TrustLLs.
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