Aras Cholmcllle Trust
Company Limlted by Guarantee
Trusteos. Annual Report (Incorporatlng the Dlrectofs Report)
Year ond•d 30 September 2019
The Irustees. who are also the dwecttts for the ￿(pOSe$ of company law, present their rgport and the
unaudlted flnancial 5tatsments of the charty for the year ended 30 September 2019.
R•f•r•nc• and admlnl8¢ratlvo
R•gl8t•r•d charlty name
CholrThSlle TnJ8t
Chwlty r•gl•tratlon n￿￿be1 100269
Company ra9lstratlon n￿Trb•r N1047957
Prlnclpal office and r•wt•rtd 43 Clarendon Slregt
8T48 YER
Th• tru8t••8
Rev David Lati
Mr Ivor Do
Mr Giovanni Ooran
Indepond•nt Ex￿In•r
tr Gerry He¥NI
ClaremoLFnl
Ch￿1￿8¢1 aC￿u￿18￿¥
43 Clarendon Stre81
Dery
8T48 7ER

Aras Cholmcllle Trust
Company Llmltod by Guarante•
Truste•s' Annual R•port (Incorporating th• Directorfs Report) {c*￿tIft￿￿j
Yèar •nded 30 S•pt•mb•r 2019
Structur4 g0¥¢rnan￿ and mwa9￿1n1
The company is limitsd by w8ranlee and does not have any.$hare capitsl. The is g)vemed
and managed by the board of dlrector¥. The directors who served the company Ihroughout the kwlod
are showri on pag8 1. regist•r8d off￿ and details of other wofes$iono1 advisors are also listed on
Thè board of diredors carry ¢>Jt their govemanc* rde throughwl year by way of meellngs on
monlNy bèsis to rev￿ the performanc¢ of the company and to make decisions regardlrwa the
company's financial operational m*t¢rs. The dir•¢lors govtrn the actiwliès of the company In Ilne
with the objectlves 8et oui in the governing ￿0￿MentS of the charity. rffdmdy the Memtyandum and
Articles of Asso¢*th)n ard the dwrty'8 c0nslitijt￿n.
A¢hl•vgm•nts p•rfomianc•
The centre. vthkh oper*d in June 2014. has so far attTXted more than 1,600 vfjsll¢)rs who have been
able to view ¥￿80 material rerxealing th8 city as il wa5 tofore the wolb were erected. There is also
facsimlle Book of Ke115 and fangg of other illumlnaled manuxY¢pls datlng from tho 14th ceniury.
LBrye-scale illustrale(I trfjoks for thildren based on tha legends about Columba have also been
reatad ah)ng wlth audlo r8¢ordlngs of the legends by local people In i￿thIn$h *KI Eryll8h.
Tha centre's edu¢atKsn Programme is avallaNe lo all 8chods and among thè young people who have
ber*fil&J from this resource are 30 A4ev81 RE $tudents who visiled to rese8rch an element of Ihelr
currlculum. Celtic Christianity and a range of Primary ￿1￿)018 who have partKipated in N*irkshops
ralated lo the legacy of Columba. A ser￿$ of events. su¢h as Halloween stwldling, a Cufturg Night
and tsvo Christmas craft lan have atrea1y engaged the whjer community Ihrough(KJt the year. Msltors
to the city have enjoyed thew irftffmalive visits to the Centre and have left their posit￿8 and supporuve
comments in our V￿lIOrS. B¢)ok.
The Centre opened a rw café in Noventsr 2017 servtsy g 881oction of itèm$ Indudiro Soup,
Swthhes, S¢one¥ and a rarKJe of drlnks.
Fin￿111 r•vlow
Th8 nel oulgoiry res0￿ for the period was £6.305. The company reserves at the year end were
1£44,6591 of which £36,214 i8 unfeslrieied funds and (£82,873) 1$ ￿trIcted fvnds. The trustees alm to
have a reserve covering at18ast thr88 M￿th$ expenditure at any given lime.
fijll results are set out In the ￿)Unts whkh lorm pwt of this rewt.
Plans for futur• perlods
The crfganisalion plans ￿ntInuIng the acbvit*s rwllined above in th forthcomiry years subj￿1 to
satislxlory geryxation of in¢ome and fuTrJlng wrangements.
SM￿1 ¢omp•ny provlslons
. This report has been Pfepared in ac£trdance the provisi0r￿ applSc8ble to compantgs entille(I to
the 8m8ll comp￿￿ exeM￿On.
The trustees. annual report was approved on 27 November 2019 and signed on b8half of the ￿rd of
trustee$ by..
Mr l Doh•rty
Tn￿1¢•
Mr
Doran
Truste•