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2023-03-31-annual-report

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT for Fermanagh Mencap Society charity number 100339 for the year ended 3110312023. The trustees present their Trustees, Annual Report prepared in accordan￿ with Charities SORP (effective January 2015) and the independently examined statements for the year ended 3110312023 Structure, Governance and Management of Fermanagh Mencap is govemed by its Constitution that was adopted on 5 December 2004. The trustees at the date of this report and those who served during the financial year together with the dates of any changes are set out are listed below. Trustees l Directors The trustees who served during the year are as follows: Christine Collum Liz Robertson Claire Fleming David Kelly Fermanagh Mencap is registered with the Charity Commission for Northem Ireland since 30 September 2014, under reference number NIC100339. Public address clo 55 Loughshore Road,Silverhill,Enniskillen BT74 5NH Objectives and Activitles people with a learning disability will have well being and quality of life. Key Activitles in this Year Post Covid we have still been unable to meet for activities throughout the year as clients are still vulnerable. Provision of transport is causing problems. The Fermanagh Mencap Committee trustees attended an open day in May 2022 at Mencap Headquarters in Belfast at which we met with director of Mencap Northern Ireland Grainne Close and trustees from other local societies. We were delighted to resume our annual carol Servi￿ at Magheracross Church Ballinamallard in December, although attendance was poor. The Fermanagh Mencap Committee were re-elected on a Zoom call on 5 June 2023. Fermanagh Mencap Trustees have considered Charity Commission for Northern Ireland's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing our objectives and in planning our future activities to ensure that these achieve the association's purposes and provide a benefit to beneficiaries. Financial Review Review of Business

Femanagh Mencap is non-profit making with net income and resources in this year of £14,267.10. The trustees continue to manage resources in an efficient and sustainable manner. Reserves Policy Fermanagh Mencap have a Reserves Policy, which requires that reserves are built or maintained at a level which ensures that the organisations core activities could continue during a period of unforeseen difficulty and that the organisations known liabilities will be paid should the organisation cease to trade. Future Plans Fermanagh Mencap plan to continue to focus on controlling costs, while maintaining the high standards of seNice to our beneficiaries. It is our hope for this upcoming year that normal activities for our clients will resume. STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES, RESPONSIBILITIES for the year ended 3110312023 The Trustees are responsible for preparing the financial ststements in accordan￿ with applicable law and regulations. The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with ￿asOnable accuracy at any time the financial posrtion of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with all appropriate regulations. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hen￿ for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. In so far as the trustees are aware: there is no relevant information (information needed by the charity's independent examiner in connedion with preparing the independent examiners report) of which the charity's independent examiner is unaware, and the trustees have taken all the steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant independent examiner information and to establish that the charity's independent examiner is aware of that information. On behalf of the Trustees Claire Fleming Trustee Date: 1510112024