Armagh Pipers Club
Company Limited by Guarantee
Trustees. Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)
Year ended 31 July 2023
The trustees, who are also the directors for the purposes of company law, present their report and the
unaudited financial ststements of the charity for the year ended 31 July 2023.
Reference and adminlstratlve details
Reglstered charlty name
Armagh Pipers Club
Charity reglstratlon number
NIC101109
Company roglstratlon number N1620847
Prlnclpal office and registered 12-14 Victoria Street
offlce
Armagh
BT619DT
The trustees
Bernadette Campbell
David Flanagan
Eithne Vallety
Philip Rea
Ruth Acheson
Siobhan Scowcroft
Thomas SmWh
John B. Vallaly
Judith Mcclenahan
Company secretary
Ciaran O Maoiain
Accountants
Business Accounts Services
Chartered a¢countsnts
11 Abbey Street
Armagh
8T617DX
Structure, govornance and management
The charity is operated as a Company Limited by Guarantee under Articles of Association adopted on
23 September 2013.
Its Board of between five and eleven Trustees, who are also the directors of the Company, is elected
by and from the membership of the charity.
The Trustees and other volunteers are assisted by remuner8ted administrative support including a
Company Secretary.
The current members of the Board of Trustees were elected or re-elected at the most recent General
Meeting on 18 May 2022.

Armagh Pipers Club
Company Limited by Guarantee
Trustees. Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (¢onllnued)
Year ended 31 July 2023
Objectives and activftles
The Charity will apply its resources for the advancement of arts and culture, in particularthe promotion
of Irish traditional music and song, including the related music of Scotland, England, Wales, Brittany,
Cape Breton and Asturias.
This will be achieved by delivering..
(a) an Educational Programme that will include all or any of the following:
(i) weekly classes for the teaching of traditional music and song,.
(li) publishing and making available b¢)ok8, recordings and other forms of educational media to support
weekly classes,.
(iii) an Annual Concert and monthly Family Sessions to develop members, confidence, performance
skills and promote intergenerational learning.
(iv) acoustic performances, recitals, master<las8 workshops and cultural exchanges to develop
members, skills, technique and repertoire.,
(v) providing training and mentorship for tutors and students and prepare students for and facilitates
formal music examinations,
(b) an Artistic Programme that will include all or any of the following..
(il the annual William Kennedy Piping Festival;
(li) uilleann pipe making workshops, providing education and tuition in pipe making and maintenance.,
(iii) promoting and presenting concerts, master<lasses, sessions and other events.
(iv) providing local musician8 With work experience, career enhancement and prof8ssional
engagement opportunities.,
(v) developing links and working in partnership with other cultural organisations.
Achlevements and performance
This is tha seventh year of trading forArmagh Pipers Club as a company limtted under guarantee.
The charity made a net outflow of funds during the year ended 31 July 2023 of £19,343.77.
In the year under review the charity saw 8 further recovery in enrollment in the education programme,
to over 180, and some 951 hours of teaching were delivered.
Th& William Kennedy Piping Festival, which had been tentatively revived in 2021. returned in
November 2022 on a more ambitious scal8, With over 40 musicians.
During the year five other events were organised featuring visiting artists, along with a carols concert, a
Burns Night cdebration, the Club's Annual Concert and numerous family sessions.

Armagh Pipers Club
Company Limited by Guarantee
Trustees. Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continuedj
Year ended 31 July 2023
Financlal review
The balance on the general fund at 31 July 2023 was £20,447.
General Funds are Un￿strICted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in
furtherance of the general objectives of the charity and which have not been designated for other
purposes.
The balance on the restricted fund at 31 July 2023 was £325.
In addition to income generated from tuition fees, the principal funding in the year under review was
derived from grant aid from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland's Lottery funding.
However, due to a missed application deadline, the Charity did not receive its usual Lottery Project
Funding award of £46,500, but a series of smaller Arts Council grants totalling £28,500. The Charity
was obliged to draw on its reserves in order to maintain full services through the year, and will seek to
rebuild the reserves in 2023-24.
A Service Level Agreement with Armagh Cty, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council expired in
April and 8 new SLA took effect.
Both the Borough Council and the Arts Council provided grant aid for th8 Piping Festival, and Culture
Ireland provided a travel grant to enable musicians to take part in a music festival.
Details of all restricted funds are stated separately in these accounts,
Small company provlslons
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provision8 applicable to companies entitled to
the small companies exemption,
The trustees. annual report was approved on 29 May 2024 and signed on behalf of the board of
trustees by:
John B. Vallely
Trustee