Glenravel Historical Society
Trustees Annual Report for the Year Ended 30 June 2024
The Trustees present their report and financial statements for Glenravel Historical Society for the year ended 30
June 2024.
Public Benefit Statement
The Trustees of Glenravel Historical Society confirm that they have had due regard for the guidance on Public
Benefit by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland and are pleased to report that during the period the group
continued to provide the Public Benefits through the programmes and services we offer. In particular, the
Trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives they have set.
Public Benefit
The direct benefit which flows from this purpose is an increased knowledge and understanding by members,
students of history at all levels and people generally, of the area's past, people and places.
This benefit is evidenced through feedback from both members and interested parties, at local, national and
international levels, using the Society's website. Our benefit reaches people who live abroad and are interested in
researching their genealogical origins within the area. Participants have access to information through a recent
local history publication "Along The Ravel and Clough Waterf, and history presentations and trips, with local and
general themes.
Achievements and Performance
The focus in 2024 was the International Furnance Festival in June. Expert smelters and blacksmiths from around
the world gathered in Newtowncrommelin over a weekend in June to bring traditional iron skills back to life. The
Festival was part of the celebrations of the founding of Newtowncrommelin village 200 years ago and included
smelting and blacksmithing demonstrations, outdoor museum and heritage displays and talks and tours on iron
ore mining in Glenravel.
Glenravel Historical Society is a non-profit making organisation. Total income for the year amounted to £5,319.
£5,000 of this was a donation from Hagan Homes for the Furnace Festivaland the remainder from fundraising and
memberships.
Total expenditure for the year amounted to £5,067.
The net income for the year amounted to £252 with net assets of £1,071 at 30 June 2024. The Trustees consider
that the Association is in a satisfactory position to carry on its charitable activities.
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