RECISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: N1037612 (Northern Ireland) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: NIC100274 Report of the Trustee5 and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 for CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) M.B.McGrady & Co Chaitei'ed Accountants Slatutoiy AuditoiE Suite 2B Cadogan House 322 Lisburn Road Belfast Co, Antriin BT9 6GH
CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGII NERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFfoNVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Contents of the Financial Statements FOR THE YEAR NDED 31 MARCH 2024 Page Report of the Trustees I to 12 Report of the Independent Auditor5 13 to 15 Statement of Financial Activities 16 Balance Sheet 17 Cash Flow Statement 18 Notes to the Cash Floiv Statement 19 Notes to the Financial Statements 20 to 28 Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 29 to 30
CLIFfONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Report of the Trustees FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 The ti'ustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of ihe Coinpanies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2024. The trustees have adopted the pi'ovisions of Accounting and Repoiting by Charities.. Stateinent of Recominended Practice applicable to charities pi'eparing their ac¢ounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective l January 2019). OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Public Benefit Objectives The Purpose of Cliftonville Coinmunity Regeneration Foruin is to: 'Work for the social, economic and physical regeneration of the Cliftonville coininut]ity and to create the conditions for the reinoval of the physical and mental barriers that divide us" We have three key strategic outcoines which are.. Regeneralion: Peace Building and Good Relations: Children and Young People: Oiir people have decent jobs and wages and a good standard of living Our coininunity is peaceful, shared and divei'se Our children and young people have the best start in life Significant Activities and Achievements The Cliftonville commiinity is located in the Waterworks ward which is according to the Northern li'eland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) is the No.1 inost deprived wai'd in the North. This data is based on NISRA data froin 2017. however, since then poveity levels have got worse. Since this data was released wei-e have been hot by Covid-19 and then the Cost of Living Crisis. In terms of the claiinant count - a proxy for the nuinber of people out of work - the figures for the Waterwoi'ks ward have risen by 440/0. Homelessness is a inajor problem in this area. There is also a lack of good quality housing. Hoinelessness affects fainilies biit also individuals and young people who have little chance of se¢ui'ing accominodation. We have 3 and even 4 generations of one fainily living in the same house. It is a world apart froin the leafy seinis with a large garden. The area is also hoine to an increasing number of flats, aparttnents and low quality accommodation. The area ha5 a high number of old 3 story pi'operties. These are easily turned into flats and HMOS (Housing in Multiple Occupation). There is a high nuinber of low quality private landloi'd ac¢ominodation. There are notable exceptions. Soine private landlords are pi'oactive in iinproving their properties. However, not all low quality accominodation is in the private sector. An increasing nuiT]bei' of low quality hoiising is owned by social landloi'ds. Local residents who coinplain about poor quality social housing are increasingly being told: 'What do you expect, its social housing" Poor quality and ovei. crowded housing is a major conti'ibutor to low education attainment, stress, poor Inental health and securing decent einployment opportunities. Millions of pound5 15 spend every yeai. in housing benefit in the Cliftonville area. Very little of thai finds it way back to support either the I'edevelopinent of the pi'operties or regeneration of the local ai'ea, Econoinically, there are no large employei's in Ihe ai'ea and Ihei'e has been no investinent in any forin of econoinic development in the area for decades. The cui'i'ent econoinic model does nol work foi. coininiinities such as the Cliftonville,
CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Report of the Trustees FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 An alternative econoinic inodel which has einei-ged is called Coininunity Wealth Building. Coininunity Wealth Building aims to inake the economy work foi. the people not make people work for the economy. Comtnunity Wealth Building stops wealth leaving depi'ived ai'eas, siipporls Ihe local econoiny and places control and benefits in the hands of local people. The development of the Cliftonvill¢ Coininunity Enterprise {below) will Contribute to the building of cominunity wealth. The last 12 Inonth pei'iod has been a particularly challenging one for developing good relations in North Belfast. The iininediate period from April 2023 was very difficult as no budget had been agreed at Storinont and none of our youth prograinmes wei'e able to operate. Detached and sessional youth work staff were placed on hold while we waited for the oiitcoine of the budget decisions. This is in the context of the Cost of Living crisis and some very experienced youth workei's decided that they could no longer continue with the uncertainty of sessional paid youth work aiid took more stable jobs elsewhere. The national minimuin wage also rose and this ineant we needed to inci'ease the houi'ly rate for our detached and sessional youth workers against a back drop of a budget cuts. Despite a nun)ber of low level incidents the suininer months of 2023 passed by wiihoiit any inajor incidents. In Septe]ber 2023 an incident at a fun fayi'e close to Lidl's shopping centi'e at Hillview Road led to several nights of tension, fighting and I'ioting. Although the incidents were resolved locally the young people wei'e displaced to nearby Cliftonpai'k Avenue inlerface and Girdwood where the conflict continued. PSNI iised 'Op Squallery,, a special PSNI opei'ation in the area. Incidents continued through to the end of October. Deceinber 2023 wa5 quiet. however, low level tension and conflict re-appeared again after the Christmas break. Individuals, hoines and Cars wei'e attacked. Tensions continued into February 2024 when groups of young people travelled on foot into nearby loyalist areas, posted photos of theinselves on social Inedia and afterwards cars and homes on Agnes Street and Cliftonpark Avenue were attacked. In late February 2024 it wa5 claiined that up to 80-100 young people were at the interface soine attacking hoines. From Septeinber 2023-March 2024 tliere have been 76 nights of tension, arranged fights and conflict at Girdwoodlcliftonpark Avenue. This lias involved 103 incidents involving assaults, criminal dainage and anti-social behaviour. Whtle not all these incidents have been Inotivated by sectarian hate criine soine of these iiicidents are. One incident included an attack on the hoine of a local coinrnunity worker. Later the saiiie workei. was physically attacked and injui'ed after being Iiit wiih a concrete block. According to one PSNI officer. As a result of these incidents (at Cliftonpark Aveniie), police officers have spent considerable periods of titne at the interface. This has often taken the forii) of static poltce patrols waiting at the interface to prevent youihs attending or returning to the location for fuither violence. 'Several youth5 have been arrested and a larger number have received a recorded criininal justice disposal as a result of ci'iminal behavioiir. This interface has easily been the tnost active and ti'oublesoine in north Belfast in this period. The next Inost active, Carlisle Cii'ciis I Clifton Street, is directly linked to this intei'face as the yoiiths, moveinent is often tracked between the two - one interface goes quiet as both groups of youths Inove to the other" The PSNI have identified 44 young people who are involved in anti-social beliaviour, Criininal damage and physical assaults at this and othei. interfaces in North Belfast. They al'e cui'i'ently woi'king with social services, Youth Justice Agency, the Housing Execiitive, housing associations, local schools and youth and cominunity organisations to addi'ess these issues.
CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFfoNVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Report of the Tru5tee5 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Despite these event5 there contiiiues to be a high level of engagement of young people at Girdwood, Cliftonpark Avenue and across the area. Soine of the young people involved in tension and conflict at the interface are froin the local and surroiinding aieas (Cliftonville, New Lodge, Shankill, Ardoyne). However, many young people are travelling fi'oin Glengormley, paits of West Belfast and even North Down. The problem is that a transient group of disengaged youth seein to be main cause of issues. A way needs to be found to engage these young people. It is likely that inany of these young people face underlying issues.our good relations woi'k does not take place in a vacuum. It takes place on tough tei'rain where it is difficiilt to sustain. It takes place in the context of physical dereliction aiid acute poverty and disadvantage. Physically the area around Girdwood and Cliftonpark A venue is characterised by a lack of developinent with derelict and vacant land on each side the interface. In the evenings thi5 becoines a playground for i'ecreational activity which creates tension, anti-social behavioui. and sometiines rioting. The area is also characlerised by high levels of povety, deprivation, Inental health, lack of education attainment, and lack of positive roles Inodels for our young people. The hopelessness amongst young people has inci'eased. We need long tenn I'egeneration work which Can address these issues and provide a more fertile ground for our good relations work. We are working with young people who have Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE). According lo a Queen's University report on mental health in Nl {October, 2020).. 'There was a clear association with deprivation, with young people in the least deprived ai'eas inore likely to have expei'ienced no ACES compared to those in the most deprived (59.90/0 vs 36.00/0) This means that childi'en, young people and their fainilies are living in what health professionals have referred to as 'Chronically Unsafe Comtnunity Environinents These issues lake place in a context whei'e armed gangs reinain active and organised crime gangsldrug gangs target and exploit disadvantaged coininunities. Regeneration activities Cliftonville Enter rise Centre Iii January 2024 we re¢¢ived word that we had secui'ed funding £1.45 million to build the Cliftonville Community Entery)I'ise to act as a catalyst for the regeneration of this ai'ea. The funding from Belfast City Coiincil's Neighboiirhood Regeneration Fund will see the building of a 8,000 square feet social enterprise oli Cliftonpai'k Avenue with a 2-story childcare facility and 8 workspace units. This Centre aims to pi'ovide employment and training opportunities for local people and to support thein into einployinent and business. This will help to create a pathway for i'esidents into einployinent through child care jobs and thi'ough a process of leaiming, Inaking, and selling. Cliftonville Coininunity Foi'um has woi'ked to delivei. this project foi. a nuinber of years. Along with oui- coininurkity development work, peace building work and youth work we always knew thal this area needed Inore support to help people into ti'aining and einployinent. We have always pi'ovided training to increase people's skills and have helped many people secure employment. This new centre will give lis a purpose-biiilt facility where we can do this on a larger scale. When the new centre is up and I'unning it will ci'eate 30 jobs on the site as well as other jobs thi'ough ti'aining. We will engage with thi'ee groiips of people in the local coininunity.. i) long lerm unemployed male5, ii) woinen living in poverty and iii) young people froin disadvantaged fainilies. We opened a Pop-up café in Girdwood in Deceinber 2023. Called New Gi-ound Coffee - the naine came fi'oin the yoiing people trained as baristas. It was a play on cross coininunity woi'k and coffee. The pop-up cafe aimed at empowering oiii. local youth by providing them with valuable skills and a pathway into the world of work. The young faces behind the countei. have undergone a comprehensive training progi'ain covering enlerpi'ise, barista skills, first aid, food hygiene, manual handling, health and safety, and ciistoiner care.
CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Report of the Trustees FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 The concept driving New Ground coffee is siinple but profound- to prepare local youth for the challenges of Ihe workforce by providing thein with real-world expei'ience in a ciistomer-focused environment. The goal is to equip them not only with the skills required to make the perfect cup of coffee but also with transferable skills that will serve thein well in any professional endeavour they choose to pursue. The pop-up café wa5 officially launched on 29th February by Belfast Lord Mayor, Ryan Murphy, with other governinent departments and funders in attendance - The Executive Office, Departinent for Coininunities, NI Watei., Belfast City Coiincil, International Fund for Ireland and PSNI. Coinmuni anisin Pro ect The Coininunity Organising project works with residents to address the issues they identify and organise thein into coininunity group5 to ensure that issues get addressed. A wide range of issues are tackled includiiig.. housing, anti-so¢ial behaviour, illegal dumping, rat infestation, landloi'd issues, the #BusFreeBrookvale campaign and the Save Our Post Office campaign. The pi'oject pi'oduces and distributes a cominunity newsletter. Since October 2020 we have produced 10 editions and distributed 1,500 fl'ee copies of each edition to local hoines. The Coinmunity Organising project works with 4 different established community groups in the area: l. Waterworks Residents Association 2. Manoi. Street Residents Action Group 3. Bi'ucevale Residents 4. Cliftonville Avenue Residents The following training has been completed by the project.. Naloxone Training Introduction to ADHD ADHD Training OCN L2 Autisin Awai'eness Training Child Exploitation Training ILM Award Training Leadership and Managenient Debt Manageinent Training Multi-agency work is a crucial pai't of the role and attending foi1nightly ineetings with exÉernal agencies is a great way to raise issues in the area and woi'k collaboratively with these agencies to tiy and tackle the issues. Since April 2023 to March 2024 there has been: 18 multi agency Ineetings with ageiicies such as Coinniunity Rest017tive Justice, PSNI, Belfast City Council, Housing Executive, Housing Associations and poltticians. 3 Ineetings have taken place with the Save Our Post Office Cainpaign 21 Ineelings have taken place with local councillors Tomas ONeill, Ryan Murphy, Paul Mccusker and Mal O'Hai'a as well as meeting with local residents groups to tackle day to day issues in the area including lack of sei'vices aiid investinent Due to the cost of living ci'isis and various other social factoi's, the challenges the area is facing grows daily. Since the beginning of 2023 we have a significant i'ise in anti-social behaviour and housing issues.
CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Report of the Trustees FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Nei hboui'hood Renewal Cliftonville Cotninunity Regeneration Foruin is active in delivering the governinent's neighbourhood renewal strategy. This involves working at a number of levels: Cominunity level in delivering coininunity-based regeneration projects in the Cliftonville area. 2. Working as a meinber of the Crumlin Ardoyne Neighbourhood Partnership. 9 Meetings and Working Groups of the Cruinlin Ardoyne Neighbourhood Partnership in 2023124. Working as a member of the North Belfast Neighbourhood Renewal Partnerships. This is now emerging as the new North Belfast Coinmunity Paitnei'ship. 6 Meetings of the North Belfast Cominiinity Partnership and 2 CO1Munity conference evenls have been held in 2023-24. 2 Political breakfasts foi. Noith Belfast political representatives have also been organised by the North Belfast Coininunity partnership with all the political parties in North Belfast. 4. Working as a Inember of the Neighbourhood Renewal Foruin - made up of 36 Neighbourhood Renewal Partnei'ships across the North of Ireland. 9 Meetings of the 36 Neighboiirhood Renewal partnerships 5. Woi'king as a membei. of the Deparlment of Cominunities Strategic Planning Gi'oup reviewing the People and Placenqeighbourhood Renewal Strategy. 5 Planning Ineetings of the People & Place Review organised by the Department for Coininunities Peace Building and Good Relation Activities Girdwood Yollth S ace Pro ect We began oui. Peace Building/Good Relations work in April 2023 in the context no functioiiing Nl Executive and with civil servants not having agreed to a budget to enable cominiinity and youth organisations to deliver good relations prograinines on the ground. The Cost of Living Crisis meant that costs foi- transport, I'efi'eshinents, equip]ent, staff was increasing by 30-400/0 while we had no biidget. The delay was no just one month but froin April to July 2023. In this context the Trustees of Clifionville CoEninunity Regeneration Forum look the decision to 'work at risk, provide the essential yoiith woi'k good relations progi'ainines in the liope that govei'niment would eventually release a budget. When the budget was eveiitually released it was cut by IOQ/o. Despite many difficulties the good relations programme foi. 2023124 was delivered by our dedicated staff. 2023124 saw us deliver a range of youth activities, projects, cross-coininunity tripslresidentials and team building events to ensui'e that the Girdwood Youth Space is a safe, shared space for all local young people. More than 3,000 local people have participated in good relations activities organi5ed during the year through youth and coininiinity events. 980/0 of paiticipants said that theii. knowledge of diffei'ent traditions and ba¢kgroiinds increased 86 % of participanls said their attitude towai'ds people froin a diffei'ent I'eligious background iinproved 89 % of participanls said they al'e likely to attend an event in an area associated wilh another ¢oinmunily Our Girdwood Youth Space project works across the Cliftoiiville, Lower Shankill and Lower Oldpayk areas and delivei's youth prograinines in the Girdwood Cominiinity Hub and the Gii-dwood YoLlth Space. We have Inade contact with 615 young people in detached {street) outreach woi'k. 3,012 yoiing people have participated in shared youth drop-ins.
CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFfoNVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Report of the Trustees FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Ima ine Peace Bai'riei's Pro ect The Iinagine Peace Barriers Pi-oject is a cross cominunity partnership with Lower Oldpark Community Association, In Januaiy 2024 we began a consultation process with the loca cominunity on both sides of the intei'face to find out their views on concept plans to build a Shared Space Project which will remove part of the interface on Cliftonpark Avenue. The consultation exercise aiined at finding out what local residents, political representatives and governinent agencie5 working in the area think about the concept plans. The concept designs includ¢ a soft play area for children and a cafe area. It will have multi-purpose rooins. a climbing zone and retail units. There will also be special Changing Places toilels for children with special requiremenls. There are two basic concepts and the plan would effectively replace a section of the interface wall which runs from Cliftonpark Avenue up towards Manor Sti'eet. Men)bei's of the project teain went door to door explaining the project, we also held a number of afternoon and evening meetings to allow local residents to express iheir views. A meeting with also held with political representatives froin across North Belfast including the MP, MLAS and local councillors. Reflecting the ongoing conflict at Girdwood and ihe interface local i'esidents expre55ed fear5 of the anti-social behavioui. and fighting at the interface. In response the project went back oiit dooi'_to-door providing local residents with fridge magnets with the contacts to report incidenls to the PSNI and the local coinmiinity. The ci'oss coininllnity project is also working with a cross coininunity women's group and a men's gi'oup aroiind inteiface issues. Children and Young People Activities Let Youth Lead ro ect The delay in receiving The Executive Office Fuiiding had a direct I'esiilted in a delay in our services being delivered. The sessions wei'e on hold for the Inonth of April and so we were unable to begin delivering oui. prograinines until June 2023. This delay causes a disi'iipiion in the consistency of working with young people on a regular basis. The inability to continue a I'elationship with yoiing people causes issues as young people disengage fi'oin the project or move on to alternative sei'vices. Soine of the young people who disengaged diiring this period have still not i'eturned to our provision l O Inonihs later. Thi5 also had an impact on the lack of sessional workei's throughout the Inonth of April/May 2023 also. The inability to offer paid work has resiilted in experienced staff having to find alteriiative employment in the hospitality industry where work is guaranteed. The loss of staff results in a loss of specialised knowledge of our coininiinities, the young people within it, links to their faniilies as well as the barriers they face. Loosing experienced staff that have been with the project since being participants has had a great impact. These staff have a unique undei'standing of what it is like to be a participant, the barriers young people face and an iindei'standing of the coininunities we work in. We continue to bring in youth leaders and provide thein with Inentoring, traiiiing and hands on experience, but we find staff who have grown within the projects inethodology to be ii'i'eplaceable to an extent. As a sector, we need to do more to ensure tliese staff have job secui'ity and show that the skills and experience they bl'ing al'e valued. Oiir youth developinent worker (funded elsewhere), who cooi'dinates this prograinine, was off on inaternity leave and has only rettirned 6 Inonlhs into tlie pi'ogi'ainine. Reci'uitmenl was an issue as it was a inaternity post and the lack of job secui'ity resulted in a sinall intake of applicants, Inany of which lacked the qualifications stated in the job desci'iption. This had a deep impact on the project diiring the fii'st quarter without a key person lo seek altei'native funding to keep ihe project i'unning again has also attributed to tlie delivery of the pi'ograi)Iine.
CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Report of the Trustee5 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Children and Young People Activilies continued Once sessions were reintroduced. our detached workers were back on the streets. Throughout the Suminer the area was quiet in i'egards to tensions at ihe interfaces and organised fights. Suininei. caine and went through the cont¢ntioiis dates which we usually anticipate when issues may arise. However, over the month of Septeinber, tensions around the Girdwood interface begun to rise. We noted a rise in young people ti'av¢ling to ihe area, many not froin the local cominunity, to Cause anti-social behaviour and attend arranged fights. Police presence increased at the interface as a result. Also the gates to Gii'dwood Community Hub were locked in the evenings at 8pm causing a physical barri¢r between young people. Many young people we engage in oui. programines felt they were being shiit out and unwelcome, which is the opposite of what we are tiying to achieve by engaging young people on oui. progi'amines. As a result, youth workers began to walk groups through the interface, however young people fainilies were unhappy that Ihe gate between Girdwood Community Hub and Lower Oldpark entrance was not a¢¢essible. They felt unsafe walking through what they referred to as 'the Catholic entrance,. A reoccurring feeling we have been trying to dispel is young people feeling like they al'e treated differently due to which side of the coininunity they live on. These conversations often lead to othei. topics which Éhey feel a similar way for, for exainple, housing and ediication which young people have expressed a difference depending on what religious coininunity you coine froin or area you live. Our model of engagement continues to shape our approach to engage in young people. Detached and Outreach work is the initial grassi'oots stages of engaging with young people on the streets and in an environinent whei'e ihey are coillfortable. This is whei'e our street-based youth work staff would come into contact with inost young people in particulai. those who are hanging around interfaces or parks or slreets. Dela¢hed youth work is an asset to both our youth project and the local Coinmunity. The advantage of engaging young people in the local area, identifying barriei's to engageinent, needs of the young people as w¢ll as building relationships with local residents and other youth providers. However, when there are issues at interfaces, youth workers are often used as a means to 'police' young people especially when anti-social behavioui. oi. rioting is taking place. This has an iinpact on how young people see youth woi'kers and can have a negative effect on our ability to engage. Tlie ability lo forin a relationshÈp with young people is based on trust, and froin this a positive relationship can foi'in which can often lead to engaging thein in further oppoituiiities to suppoit their developinent or helping ihein realise the negative iinpact theti. behaviours can have on the commiinity. Through detached the inain issues identified are.. Anti-social behaviour Sectarian behavioiii. Organised fights and riots Sexualised behaviour Druglalcohol consuinption We found that young feinales are Inore likely to engage in centre-based work than youiig males and have ali increased likelihood to engage in i-isk-taking behavioui's. We understand that not all yoiing people have an interest in engaging in structiired prograinines, however, we do feel il is iiiiportant that our youih workers are able to consult with thein and encourage thein to coine up with ideas that tliey would like lo see available to them so create a sense of ownership.
CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENII RATION FORUM LIMITED) Report of the Trustees FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Children and Young People Activities continued Our shai'ed drop-ins is a safe space where young people feel they belong. They can look forward to each weekly session and this can have a deep impact on how they see themselves and how they look towards their future. They have access to role models in the forin of youth workers, voluiiteers and their peers which they may not have had at hoine. We have found that 280/0 of young people who attend our programmes have a disability, with a Inajority of young people having oi. waiting foi. an assessment foi. Aulisin. This has an impact on the levels of yoiing people that can engage diie to the needs of the young people that are regular attendees. This can inean staff have additional behavioui's to manage as well as ensuring their indiduval needs are Inet. As a i'esuli of this we had iraining from Autism Nl in order to help inake our project more accessible and needs-friendly for the young people in our service and in the wider community. Peisonal Youth Develo Inent Pi'o ramme PYDP The Personal Youth Development Prograinine (PYDP) is designed to address the multifaceted challenges faced by disadvantaged young people aged 16-25 who are living in poveity, impacted by drug addictions, left school eai'ly or with low education attaininent, been in or close to the criminal justice systein, suffer froin pool. Inental health or are homeless. The progran)nie aiins to foster personal and social development, pi'oinote good relations, offer career guidance, and provide opportiinities to raise their aspirations. The pi'ogramme has worked witli more than 30 young people in a bespoke programine including good i'elations training, personal developinent and employability training. The progi'ainine offers a flexible approach, tailoi'ed intei'ventions to individual needs including sign posting to other agencies and ongoing support on a I: I mentoring basis. 8 young people have secured einployed and 14 have gone on to fuithei. training. One exainple of the woi'k of the pi-oject is the case study below: Case Study My iiame is Erin and l ain a single mother to a little boy and girl. With only I I Inonths between iny kids, Iny sole focus Over the last few yeai's has been being a Miim. Up until l joined the Personal Youth Development Programrne (PYDP) Iny kids were my only fociis but since joining the group I have learned that l also need to remember my own needs. My babies are my world, but to get the opportunity to join PYDP has enlightened Ine and also shown Jne that my needs can also be a priority. I ain so grateful for this experience, not only to help boost iny confidence but it has given me the desire to get back into education and set new goals for our future. I'in now foclised on learning to drive, aiining to try and gain inore qaiilifi¢ations and maybe tiy to start a cai'eer in politics. Joining PYDP has been an ainazing expei'ience so far, meeting beaiitiful, wonderful and inspiring woinen, covering a range of topics and activities that have helped us con)e out of our shells and porgress to oiir full potential. I didn't know prograinines like this existed, l am so thankfiil for it and to everyone who has been involved in the pi'ograinine! Making friends along the way has Inade the experience even inore enjoyable than I had initally hoped foi.. I would highly i-ecoininend this oppurtunity to any young pei'son. There is nothing stopping you froin reaching your goals and inspiring othei's along the way. Pumpkin Patch: The young people designed and developed a Cross Coininunity Puinpkin Patch in October 2023. This allowed tbein to develop and foster inany skills includiiig event planning, project Inanageinent, coininunication, problein solving, creativity and miich Inore. This event was attended by 250 people fi'oin both coininunities in Lower Oldpark and lower Cliftonville to come together and ci-eate Ineinories.
CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Report of the Trustees FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Acknoivledgements Cliftonville Cominunity Regeneration Forum would like to acknowledge the support of our funders and thank them. The International Fund for Ireland The Executive Office Coininiinity Relations Council The Depaitment for Coininunities Co-operation Ireland National Lottery A wards for All BBC Children in Need Departtnent for Foreign Affairs and Trade - Reconciliation Fund Belfast City Council Housing Executive NI Education Authority Coininunity Foiindation Ireland Neighboui'ly Noithern Ireland Water Cash for Kids Public benefit Cliftonville Coininunity Regeneration Foi'uin in setting oui. objectives and planning our activities for the year the Trustees have given careful coiisideration to the Charity Cominission Nl's guidance on public benefit to ensure that the activities have helped to achieve the charity's purposes and provide a benefit to the beneficiaries. Financial position The results for the year are as follows: 2024 £586,713 £590,344 (£3,631) 2023 £628,393 £577,689 £50,704 Incoine Expenditure (Deficit)ISurplus foi- the year Unrestricted resei'ves Resti'icted resei'ves Total Reserves £194,916 £84,854 £279,770 £196,112 £87,289 £283,401 The results for the yeai. are set out in detail on pages 16 to 28. Reserves policy Cliftonville Cominunity Regeneration Foruin does have a Reserves Policy which outlines the need foi. financial reserves to allow the Chai'ity to Inake investments oi. deal with legal liabilities. One such liability is i'eduiidancy payinenls The Directoi's have agreed a policy Ihat reqiiii'es financial reserves be Inaintained at a level to Sl15tain 6 Inonths, core activity dui'ing a period of unforeseen difficulty. Funds in deficit The Charity has no deficit at the end of this financial year.
CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Report of the Trustees FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Plans for the future Cliftonville Coininunity Regeneration Foruin will be focused on the following key priorities in the year ahead.. Cliftonville Enterprise Centre: Tlie developnienl of the enterprise centre at Cliftonpark Avenue is ci'ucial as a first step to inoving the lower Cliftonville area out of poverty. Tlie centre will provide training for local people and support thein into the woi'ld of work and enteiyrise. Given that the Waterworks wai'd is the No. I IOst depi'ived area in the North this is a pi'iority. Imagine Shai'ed Space Project: The concept of developing a shared space and removing a part of the peace wall between lowei. Cliftonville and Lower Oldpark now looks a real possibility. In the year ahead a business plan and ai'chitectural designs will be prepared for local coinmunity consultation. A project team will also be established to drive the pi'oject forward. Girdiyood Youth Space Management proposal: Cliftonville Coinmunity Regeneration Forum is working with community groups around the Gii'dwood site to Inanage the Girdwood Youth Space. An outline proposal has already been submitted to Belfast City Council. We have established the Girdwood Cominunity Ti'ust as the legal entity aiid meinbers include ouiBelves, Lower Shankill Coininunity Association, Lower Oldpark Coinmunity Association and New Lodge CEprrDK Coinmunity Group. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document The charity is controlled by its governing dociiment, a deed of Irust, and constitutes a liinited coinpany, liinited by guarantee, as defined by the Coinpanies Act 2006. The coinpany was incorporated on 20 Deceinber 1999 and each ineinber undertakes to pay an ainount not exceeding £ I toward5 liabilities in the event of the charity being dissolved. Organisational Structure The trustees are directly responsible for the day to day Inanagement of the charity and they Ineet on a regulai. basis to review all aspects of the charity. Induction and traxning of new trustees Most of the pi'esent trustees have been involved in the charity foi. a nuinber of years and al'e fainiliar with its woi-k. The existing trustees review the I'equireinents of the chai'ity and the p055ibility of a need for additional Iriistees on a regular basis. All new trustees al'e appointed by resolution of a meeting of all the trustees passed by a inajority of those present. Appropriate ti'aining and induction is available to all Iruslees. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Company number NE037612 (Northern li'elaiid) Registered Charity number NIC100274 Registered office 185 Cliftonpai'k Avenue Belfast BT14 6DT 10
CLiwfoNVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Report of the Trustee5 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Trustees The trustees who served during the year were as follows: Mr Paul Little Mi. Daniel Lavery Ms Kathleen Qiiinn Mr Neil Montgomeiy Ms Delores Quinn Ms Michelle Di Lucia Ms Kerry Haddock Ms Jennifer Robinson Ms Elizabeth Sheppard Trustee Appointment Information The following trustees were appointed during the Current year: Ms Kerry Haddock, appointed 4th Deceinber 2023 Ms Jennifer Roninson, appointed 4th Deceinbei. 2023 Ms Elizabeth Slieppard, appointed on 5th Deceinber 2023 Ms Michelle Di Lucia, appointed 15th January 2024 The following resigned during the current year.. Ms Elizabeth Sheppard resigned on 15th January 2024 Company Secretary Mr Manus Maguire Auditors M.B.McGrady & Co Chartei'ed Accountants Statutory Auditors Suite 2B Cadogan Hoiise 322 Lisbui'n Road Belfast Co. Anti'iin BT9 6GH STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES, RESPONSIBILITIES The trustees (who are also the directoi's of Cliftonville Cominunity Regeneration Foruni {formei'ly Cliftonville ComInunity Regeneration Forum Limiled) for the pui'poses of company law) al'e i-esponsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial stateinents in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdoin Accounting Standards (United Kingdoin Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Report of the Trustees FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES, RESPONSIBILITIES- continued Coinpany law requires the trustees to prepare financial stateinents for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoining resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable coinpany for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to select suitabl¢ accounting policies and then apply them consistently. observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP. make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent. state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departure5 disclosed and explained in the financial stat¢inents' prepare the financial Statements on ihe going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presuine that the charitable coinpany will continue in business. The trustee5 are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial stateinents coinply with the Companies Act 2006. They ar¢ also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable Steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. In so far as the trustees are aware: there 15 no relevant audit information of which the charitable company's auditors are unaware. and the trustee5 have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit inforination and to establish that the auditors are aware of that infonnation. AUDITORS The auditors, M.B.McGrady & Co, will be proposed for re-appointinent at the forthcoining Annual General Meeting. Report of the trustees, incorporating a strategic report, approved by order of the board of trustees, as the coinpany directors, on 14 January 2025 and signed on the board's behalf by: Mr Manu5 Maguire - Secretary 12
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of Cliftonville Community Regeneration Forum (formerly Cliftonville Community Regeneration Forum Limited) Opinion We have audited ihe financial statements of Cliftonville Cominiinity Regeneration Forum (forinerly Cliftonville Coininunity Regeneration Forum Limited) (the '¢haritable coillpany,) foi. the year ended 31 March 2024 which coinprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow Statement and notes to the financial stateinents, including a suininary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framewoi'k that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and Uniled Kingdom Accounting Standards (Uniled Kingdom Genei'ally Accepted Accounting Practice). In our opinion the financial stateinents.. give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable coinpany's affairs as at 31 March 2024 and of its incoining resoui'¢es and application of resoui'ces, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended; have been properly prepai'ed in accordance with United Kingdoin Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and have been prepared in accordance with the requii'einenls of th¢ Companies Act 2006. Basis for opinion We conducted oui. audit in accordance with Inlemational Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISA5 (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standai-ds are furthei. described in the Auditors, responsibilities for the audit of ihe finaiicial stateinents section of our i'eport. We are independent of the charitable coinpany in accordance with the ethical requirements ihat are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC'S Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled oui- other ethical i'esponsibilities in accordan¢e with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. Conclusions relating to going concern In auditing th¢ financial stateinents, we have concluded that the trustees, use of the going concern basi5 of accounting in tlie preparation of the financial stateinents is appropriate. Based on the work we have perfonned, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually oi. collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve inonths fi'om when the financial statements are authorised for issue. Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report. Other information The ti'ustees al'e i'esponsible for the other inforination. The otlier information coinprises the infonnation included in the Annual Repoit, other than the financial statements and oui. Report of the Jndependent Auditors thereon. Our opinion on the financial stateinents does not cover the other inforination and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in oiir report, we do not express any fonn of assurance conclusion thei'eon. In connection with our audit of the financial stateinents, oui. responsibility 15 to read the other infoi'mation and, in doing so, consider whether the other inforination is inaterially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or othenvise appeal's to be inaterially Inisslated. If we identify such inatei'ial inconsistencies or apparent inaterial inisstateinents, we are required to deterinine whether this gives i'ise to a inaterial misstatement in the financial slatements theinselves. If, based on the work we have perfoi'ined, we conclude that thei'e is a material Inisstaten)ent of this othei. information, we al'e i'equired to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. Opinions on other matter5 prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit.. Ihe infoi'ination given in the Report of the Trustees for the financial year for which the financial slalements are prepared is consistent with ihe financial stateinenls. and the Repoi't of the Trustees has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal i'equireinents. 13
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of Cliftonville Community Regeneration Forum (formerly Cliftonville Community Regeneration Forum Limited) Matters on Ivhich we are required to report by exception In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the chai'itable ¢oinpany and it5 environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material inisstateinents in the Report of the Trustees. W¢ have nothing to I'eport in respect of the following mattel's where the Coinpanies Act 2006 requii'es us to report to you if, in oiir opinion: adequate accounting records have not been kept or returns adequate for our audit have not been received froin branches not visited by us; or the financial statements are not in agreeinent with the accounting records and returns. or certain disclosures of Irustees, reiniineration specified by law are not made. or we have not received all the inforination and explanations we require for our audit. Responsibilities of trustees As explained Inoi'e fully in the Stateinent of Tru5tees' Responsibilities, the Irustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company foi. the purposes of ¢ompany law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a triie and fair view, and for such internal control as the ti'ustees deterinine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from inaterial misstateinent, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees al'e i'esponsible for assessing the charitable coinpany's ability to continiie as a going concei'n, disclosing, as applicable, matters I'elated to going concern and using the going Concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either inlend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do 50. Oui. responsibilities for the audit of the flnancial statements Our objectives al'e to obtain i'easonable assurance about whether the financial stateinents as a whole are free from Inaterial Inisstatement, whether due to fraud oi. eri'oi., and to issue a Report of the Independent Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assui'an¢e, but is not a guarantee that an audit condiicted in accoi'dance with ISAS (UK) will always detect a inatei'ial inisstatement when il exists. Misstateinents can arise froin fraud or error and are considered inatei'ial if, individually or in the aggi'egate, they could reasonably be expected lo influence the econoinic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial stateinents. The extent to which our procedui'es are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below: In assessing and detecting irregularities such as fraud and non-coinplaince with law5 and regulations we considered the following.. the inattei's discussed ainong the aiidit engageinent teain and any other relevant professionals regarding how and whei'e fraud Inight occiir in the finaiicial statements and any potential indicatoi's of fraud. the natui'e of the industry and any laws and I'egulalions applicable to the organisation and the induslry. the organisation's own assessinent of the risk of fraud and other irregularities. organisation's policies and procedures in relation to: how they identify and coinply with all i'elevani laws and i'egulations and whethei. they are aware of any non-compliance how they detect and respond to risks of fraud and their knowledge of any actual, suspected oi. alleged control environinent within the coinpany and how this Initigates risks of fraud and instances of non- compliance with laws and iegulations. As a result of these pi'ocedures, we coiisidered the oppoitunities and incentives that iiiay exist within the organisation foi. fi?ud and identifted the gi'eatest potential for fi'aud in relation to asset valuations. In coininon with all audits undei. ISAS (UK), we are also i'equired to pei'form specific procedures to respond to the risk of inanageinent oveiyide. 14
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of Cliftonville Community Regeneration Forum (formerly Cliftonville Community Regeneration Forum Limited) In response to the risk of irregiilarities and non-compliance with laws and regulalions, we designed procedures which included, but were not liinited to: ensu¥ing the engageinent teain had the appropriate knowledge and experlise in order to be able to identifiy and recognise any instances of fraud or non-coinpliance with laws and regulations. ensui'ing the audit was cai'i'ied out with a level of pi'ofessional scepticism. agreeing the financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting docuinentation to assess coinpliance with relevant laws and regulations. enquii'ing of manageinent concerns of actual and potential litigation and claims; performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual oi. unexpected I'elationships that may indicate risks of material Inisstateinent diie to fraud. reviewing correspondence with HMRC and other relevant regulators and the coinpany's legal advisors. in addressing the risk of fraud through manageinent override of controls, testing the appropriateness ofjouimal entries and other adjustments; assessing whetlier the judgements inade in inaking accounting estiiiiates al'e indicative of a potential bias; and evaluating the business rationale of any significant transactions that are unusual or outside the nonnal course of business. We also coininunicated relevant identified laws and regulations and potential fraud risks to all engagement team Inembers and reinained alert to any indications of fraud or noncompliance with laws and regulations thi'oughout the audit. There are inherent liinitations in our audit procedures described above. The more reinoved that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, tlie less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standai'ds also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-coinpliance with laws and i'egulations to enquiry of the trustees and other manageinent and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any. Matei'ial lnisstateientS that arise due to fraud can be hai'der to delect than those that arise froin error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion. A furthei. description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial stateinents is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.fi'c.oi'g.uklauditorsresponsibilitie5. This description fonns part of our Report of the Independent Auditors. Use of our report This repoit is inade solely to ihe chai'itable compaiiy's meinbers, as a body, in accoi-dance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Oui. audit woi-k has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable coinpany's inembers those inatters we are required to state to them in an auditors, report and foi. no other piirpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assuine responsibility to anyone other than the chai'ilable coinpany and the charitable con)pany's ineinbers as a body, for our audit work, for this report, oi. for the opinions we have foiined. Mr Seainus McLernon (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of M.B.McGrady & Co Chartered Aceountants Statutoiy Auditors Suite 2B Cadogan House 322 Lisburn Road Belfast Co. Anti'im BT9 6GH 14 January 2025 15
CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM {FORMEI RLY CLIFTONVILLE COMlVtUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Statement of Financial Activities FOR THE YEAR ENDID 31 MARCH 2024 3113124 Total funds 3113123 Total funds UnreslrictedRestrieted funds funds Notes INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM Other incoine 15,254 15,254 12,871 Charitable activities Restricted 571459 571,459 615,522 Total 15,254 571,459 586,713 628,393 EXPENDITURE ON Charitable activities Reslricled Unrestricted 575,453 575,453 14,891 567,930 9,759 14,891 Total 14,891 575,453 590,344 577,689 NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) Transfers betiveen funds 363 1,559) {3,994) 1,559 (3,631} 50,704 16 Net movement in funds (1,196} (2,435) (3,631) 50,704 RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total funds brought forward 196,112 87,289 283,401 232,697 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 194 916 84,854 279,770 283,401 16
CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Balance Sheet 31 MARCH 2024 3113124 3113123 Notes FIXED ASSETS Tangible assets 59,932 60,989 CURRENT ASSETS Debtors Cash at bank and in hand 12 18,781 213,639 11,025 228,852 232,420 239,877 CREDITORS Amounts falling due within one year 13 (12,582) (17,465) NET CURRENT ASSETS 219 838 222,412 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 279,770 283,401 NET ASSETS 279,770 283,401 FUNDS Unrestricted funds Restricted funds 16 194,916 196,112 87,289 TOTAL FUNDS 279 770 283,401 The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 14 January 2025 and w¢re signed on its behalf by.. Paul Little - Trustee 17
CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGEI NERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Cash Floiv Statement FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 3113124 3113123 Notes Cash flows from operating activities Cash genei'ated from operations 15,213) 81,650 Net cash {used in)/provided by operating aclivities 15,213) 81,650 Cash floivs from fjnanciiig activities Loan repayments in year 13,131 Net cash provided byl(used in) financing activities (13,131) Change in ea5h and cash equivalents in the reporting period Cash and cash equivalents at the beginiiing of the reporting period (15,213) 68,519 228,852 160,333 Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period 213 639 228,852
CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Notes to the Cash Flow Statement FOR THE YEI AR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 RECONCILIATION OF NET (EXPENDITURE)/INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES 3113124 3113123 Net (expenditure)/income for the reporting period (as per the Statement of Financial Activities) Adjustments for: Depreciation charges (Increase)Ide¢rease in debtors Decrease iii creditors (3,631) 50,704 1,057 (7,756) ,410 89,732 60,196 Net cash (used in}Iprovided by operations 15 213) ANALYSIS OF CHANCES IN NET FUNDS At 114123 Cash floiv At 3113124 Net cash Cash at bank and in hand 228,852 15,213 213,639 228,852 213 639 Debt Debts falling due within l year 3,183 867 3,183 867 Total 225,669 12,897 212,772 19
CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED} Notes to the Fingncial Statements FOR THE YEAR EI NDED 31 MARCH 2024 ACCOUNTING POLICIES Basis of preparation The financial statements of the charitable company, which 15 a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Chai'ities.. Stateinent of Recommended Practice applicabl¢ to charities pi'eparing thell. accounts in accordance wilh the Financial Repoiting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of li'eland (FRS 102} (effective l Janiiary 2019),, Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland, and the Coinpanies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. Income All income is recognised in the Stateinent of Financial Activities once the charity has entitleinent to the funds, it is probable that ihe incoine will be received and the amouiit can be ineasured reliably. Expenditure Liabilities are recogiiised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation coininitting the charity to that expenditiii'e, it is probable that a transfer of econoinic benefits will be I'equii'ed in settlement and the ainollnt of the obligation can be ineasured I'eliably. Expenditui'e is accounted for on an acci'uals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of I'esources. Allocation and apportionment of costs All costs are allocated between the expenditure categories on a basis designed to reflect the use of resources. Costs i'elating to a paiticular activity are allocated directly, others are apportioned on a basis consistent with use of tlie resources. Tangible fixed assets Depreciation is pi'ovided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estiinated useful life, Fixtures and fittings Coinputei. equipEnent 25 % on rediicing balance 25 % on rediicing balance Taxation The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activilies. Fuild accounting Uni'eslricted funds can be iised in accordance with ihe charitable objectives al Ihe discretion of the trustees. Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within tlie objects of the chai'ity. Restrictions ai'ise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised foi. particular restricted purposes. Transfei's froin uiii'estri¢ted to restricted funds are Inade to cover the i.eiaIning costs incun'ed for specific pi'ojects which have not been Inet from other Yestricted Inonies. Pension costs and other post-l'etirement benefits The chai'itable coinpany opei'ates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheine are charged to the Stateinent of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate. 20
CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFTONVILLE COMP*lUNITY REGENEI RATION fi ORUM LIMITED) Notes to the Financial Statements - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 OTHER INCOME 3113124 3113123 Donations Other inconie 941 12,871 15,254 12,871 INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES 3113124 3113123 Activity Restt'icted Grants 571,459 615,522 Cliftonville Cominunity Regeneration Forum Lllnited are the lead partner on a grant received froin Departlnent for Communities. A propoition of the total grant award relates to Manor Street Coininunity Group and North Belfast Senior Citizens Foruin. CCRF pays the allocated funding over to these groups on receipt of same. These paymeiits are shown within project costs in the Statement of Financial Activities. Departtnent of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Reconciliation Fund awarded e9,932 (2023: £8,089) to CCRF during the yeai-. This ha5 been converted into sterling witliill tlie fmancial stateinents. Grants received, included in the above, are as follows: 3113124 3113123 Belfast City Couiicil Children in Need Coinmunity Relations Council Intei-national Fund foi. Lrelond Irish Youth Foundation Deparhnent of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Reconciliation Fund Awards for All Education Authority Departtnent for Coiiiniunities Cash foi. Kids 6S,434 21,999 88,602 105,755 3,000 8,790 79,355 40,750 109,650 101,020 8,089 9,660 5,143 259,340 5,670 241,985 571,4S9 615 522 21
CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Notes to the Financial Statements - eontinued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS Support costs (see note S) Direct Costs Totals Restricted Unrestricted 556,228 19,225 57S,453 14,891 556,228 590,344 SUPPORT COSTS Governance costs Management Totals Restricted Unrestricted 19,225 8,591 19,225 14,891 6,300 27,816 6,300 34,116 NET INCOMEI(EXPENDITURE) Net incoinel(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting)'. 3113124 3113123 Auditors, remuneration Depi'eciation owned asset5 Staff pension conlributions 3,000 1,057 2,300 1,410 12,906 TRUSTEES, REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS There were no trustees, reinuneration oi- other benefits foi. the year ended 31 March 2024 nor for ihe year ended 31 March 2023. Trustees, expenses There were no triist¢es' expenses paid foi. the yeai. ended 31 March 2024 noi. for the year ended 31 March 2023. 22
CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFTONVILLI COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Notes to the Financial Statements - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 STAFF COSTS 3113124 3113123 Wages and salaries Social security ¢OSts Other pension costs 256,773 18,180 12,105 260,235 19,845 12,906 287,058 292,986 The average monthly number of einployees durkng the year was as follows.. 3113124 io 3113123 Administrative staff No employees received einoluinents in excess of £60,000. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES UnrestrictedR¢stricted funds funds Tolal funds INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM Other incoine 12,871 12,871 Charitable activitie5 Restricted 615 522 615,522 Total 12,871 615,522 628 393 EXPENDITURE ON Charitable activities Restricted Unrestricted 567,930 567,930 9,759 9,759 Total 9,759 567,930 577,689 NET INCOME 3,112 47,592 50,704 RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total funds brought foi'wai'd 193,000 39,697 232,697 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 196 112 87,289 283 401 23
CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Note5 to the Financial Statements - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 io. KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL Key manageinent personnel include all persons that have authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the charity. The total considei'ation paid lo key inanageinent pei'sonnel, including einployers national insurance contributions, foi. services provided to the charity was £60,645 {2023.. £58,880). ii. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Long Leasehold Property Long leasehold land Fixtui'es and rittings Computer equipment Totals COST At l April 2023 and 31 March 2024 33,677 23,086 36,055 33,672 126,490 DEPRECIATION At l April 2023 Charge for year 33,994 516 31,507 541 65,501 At 31 March 2024 34,510 32,048 66,558 NET BOOK VALUE At 31 Mar¢h 2024 23,086 1,624 59,932 At 31 March 2023 23,086 2,061 2,165 60,989 12. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR 3113124 3113123 Trade debtoi's Prepayments 16,732 9,248 ,777 18,781 11,025 24
CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFfoNVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Notes to the Financial Statements - continued FOR THE YEAR EI NDED 31 MARCH 2024 13. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR 3113124 3113ll3 Bank loan5 and overdrafts (see note 14) Othei. creditors Accruals and deferred income 867 5,272 3,183 14,281 12,582 17,465 14. BANK LOANS AND OVERDRAFTS An analysis of the maturity of bank loans and overdraft5 is given below.. 3113124 3113123 Ainounts falling due within one year on demand: IFI account 867 3,183 15. AIYALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS 3113124 Total fund5 3113123 Total funds UnrestrictedRe5tricted funds funds Fixed assets Curi'ent assets Current liabilities 12,485 182,431 47,447 49,989 12,582) 59,932 232,420 12 582) 60,989 239,877 17,465) 194,916 84,854 279 770 283,401 25
CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Note5 to the Financial Statements - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 16. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS Net movement in funds Transfers betiveen funds At 3113124 At 114123 Unrestricted funds Genei'al fund 196,112 363 (1,559) 194,916 Restricted funds Depaitinent for Coinmunities Belfast City Coiincil International Fund for Ireland Children In Need Cominiinity Relations Council Irish Youth Foundation Departinent of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Reconciliation Fund Awards foi. All Cominunity Foundation (5,661) (606) 14,183 (12,803) 10,016 (50) 5,661 11,015 10,409 14,183 3,186 49,051 15,989 39,035 so 7,438 9,660 4,152 587 (9,660) 8,025 4,152) 87,289 84,854 TOTAL FUNDS 283,401 3,631} 279,770 Net movement in funds, incliided in the above are as follows.. Incoming resources Resources expended Movement in funds Unrestricted funds General fund 15,254 (14,891) 363 Restricted fuiids Department for CoIninunities Belfast City Council Inteiiiational Fund for Ireland Childi'en In Need Coininunity Relations Coiincil Irish Youth Foundation Department of Foreign Affairs and Ti'ade. Reconciliation Fund Education Auihoi'ity - T-BUC Awai'ds foi. All 241,985 66,465 136,303 21,999 87,247 3,000 {247,646) (67,071) (122,120) (34,802) (77,231) (3,050) (5,661) (606} 14,183 (12,803) 10,016 (50) 8,790 5,670 (8,203} (5,670} 9,660} 587 9,660) 571,459 575 453 3,994 TOTAL FUNDS 586 713 590,344) 3,631) 26
CLIFTONVILLE COM]VtUNITY RECENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Notes to the Financial Statements - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 16. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS- continued Comparatives for movement in funds Net movement in funds At 3113123 At 114122 Uiirestricted funds General fund 193,000 3,112 196,112 Restricted funds Department foi. Corniniinitie5 Belfast City Council International Fund for Ireland Children In Need ComiT]unity Relations Council Departinent of Foreign Affaii's and Trade; Reconciliation Fund Awai'ds for All Coininunity Foundation 2,974 (2,974) 11,015 (13,643) 7,284 34,712 11,015 13,643 8,705 4,323 15,989 39,035 5,900 1,538 9,660 7,438 9,660 4,152 4.152 39,697 47,592 TOTAL FUNDS 232,697 50,704 283 401 Coniparative net moveinent in nds, included in the above are Os follows,. Ineoming resources Resources expended Movement in funds Unrestricted funds General fund 12,871 (9,759) 3,112 Restricted funds Depai'tment for Cominunities Belfast City Council Intei-national Fund foi. Il'eland Childi'en In Need Coininunity Relations Council Depai'tment of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Reconciliation Fund Awai'ds for All Education Autl)ority Cash for Kids 259,340 79,355 101,020 40,750 109,650 (262,314) (68,340) (114,663) (33,466) (74,938) {2,974) 11,015 (13,643) 7,284 34,712 8,089 9,660 5,143 2,515 (6,551) 1,538 9,660 (5,143) 2,515) 615,522 567,930 47,592 TOTAL FUNDS 628,393 577,689) 50,704 27
CLiwfoNVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Notes to the Financial Statements - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 16. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS- continued Transfers betiyeen funds Transfers froin restricted funds to iini'estricled fiinds are Inade to cover Inanagement and facilitation fees incuiTed by Cliftonville Coinmunity Regenei'ation Forum Limited while delivering projects. These costs have been approved by the funder and are included in the gi'ant budget. On occasion inanageinent use uni'esti'icted I'eserves to finance projects for which funding has not yet been received. Once this funding coines in, the amounts are ti'ansferi-ed back into unresti'icted reserves froin the restricted fund. If a deficit arises on a restricted fund, manageinent will transfer assets froin unrestricted funds to cover this. 17. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2024. 18. CHANGE OF NAME The trustees passed a special resolution on 20 July 2023 to alter the naine of the chai'ity and I'eitjove 'Limited' from its name. 28
CLIFfoNVILLE COMMUNITY REGETr4ERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFfoNVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Detailed Statement of Financial Activities FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 3113124 3113123 INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS Other income Donations other income 941 14,313 12,871 15,254 12,871 Charitable activities Grants 571,459 615,522 Total incoming resourees 586,713 628,393 EXPENDITURE Charitable activitie5 Wages Social security Pensions Pi'ograIje and project costs Sei'vice Charges, Rooin Hii'e & Misc Postage , Stationery & Advertising Travel 256,773 18,180 12,105 266,968 525 260,235 19,845 12,906 251,594 225 1,669 S56,228 546,575 Support costs Manageinent Rates and water Insurance Light and heat Telephone Postage and stationery Sllndi'ies Repairs & i'enewals Bank fees Professional fees Staff training Depreciation of tangible and hei'ilage assets 809 4,078 3,924 4,432 1,969 2,250 7,036 1,093 650 518 1,057 647 3,624 4,598 2,984 1,175 1,195 3,960 921 3,600 1,960 1.410 27,816 26,074 Covernance costs Auditors, reinunei'ation Cari'ied forward 3,000 3,000 2,300 2,300 29
CLEFTONVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM (FORMERLY CLIFfoNVILLE COMMUNITY REGENERATION FORUM LIMITED) Detailed Statement of Financial Activities FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 3113124 3113123 Governance costs Brought forward Accoiintancy and legal fees 3,000 3,300 2.300 2,740 6,300 5,040 Total resoui'ces expended 590,344 577 689 Net (expenditure)lincome 50.704 30