TRANSPORT TRAINING BOARD FOR NORTHERN IRELAND INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF TRANSPORT TRAINING BOARD FOR NORTHERN IRELAND ¢)plnlon We have 8￿rted Ihg financial 8tslemants ol Transport Training board for Nu1hem Irela￿1 Ilhe'charily'lfor Ihe year ended 31 Dacernber 2022 which Ctsrnpr￿e Iha slat8m8ntoffinanrAal activitses, Ihe balance sheet, th& statement of cash fiows and notes to the financial slalemenl% ￿￿uding 8i9nificant attounhng pol￿¢$. The finanthal reporting framework that has been appli8d in th&irpr8paralion is applicable and United Kingdom Accounling St8ndard8, indudlng Fillancial Reporbng Standard 102 The Fin8ncl8lRèporting Standaffl applicable in tlje UK and Republlc of lts18nLI (Uniled Kingdom Generally Accepted A￿OuntIng Pr80￿.¢e1. In ouropinion. the fina￿la1 sLaieTnenl5'. glve a true and fair view of the slate ol the Charitable cornp8ny'8 aflalrs as ai 31 Dec8mb8r 2022 and of Its Incoming resow¢es and application ol resources, including ts income and expenditure. for the year then ended.. have been pwy yepared in accordance with Un(ted Kingdom Generally Accepted Acwuntng Prdclice.. and have been prepa￿d in accLYdance with th8 requwements of the Companles Act 2006. Basis for opinion We conthcted our audft in aCCord￿ce Inlemalion81 Skndords on Audiling IUKI IISAS IUKII and applicable law. Our rgsptrnsibilibes underthosg $18ndards arg further described in thg Audilors responsibilities forlhe audii of ihe financi&l sla18m&nls sethiDn of ow report. W8 are independenl ofthe charity in accordance with Ihe eMlcal requir&rnents that are relevant to our 8udit of ihe finanty81 statements in Ihe UK. including th¢ FRC'S Ethical Standard, and we have fufflled our otherelhical responsibilitl8s in accordance wilh thèse r8quirernents. We beti8ve that th8 audit eviden￿ we havo obtain8d i¥ Su￿1Clent arnl approprkile lo provlde a basis for our opinlon. ¢onclu5ion8 relatrng to going concern In audlling the finandal siatements. we have conelud8d that the tru$iees' us8 of tha golng wncem basls of acctyjntlng In the preparatton of the financial Smlements is appropriate. Based on th8 work ￿ have p8rfom)&d. wa hav& nor identlfied any matErial uncèrt8inll8s ￿L￿ting lo evènts or tondltions that. individually or collecb"vely. rnay ￿8t significant doubt on the charit￿S abilily lo coTrlinue a5a going concern for a ppriod ofat leasl ￿e1ve months frLYn when the financial statements ar8 aulhorised for issue. Our responsibilit*s and the reS￿nsIbIlit￿$ ollhe trustee5 4%ilh respect to 5Y)iny Goncern are describ&1 in the relevant sechons of Ihls report. Oth¢r Infomiatlon Th8 Oth8r inloTmation ccmpris8s lh8 inlormath?n induded In the annual report olher than the ffnancial statements and our auditoe5 repori Ihereon. The ￿￿$tee5 are responsble foi Ihe Olher infomiation rnntainÈd wilhin the annual report. Our opinvjn on th8 financial Statements d08s ml cover tho olher inform81ion and, except to th8 8xlentolh8nMise pxpliolly slated in our report. wo dD not expre55 any form of a55urance conclusion Ihernon. Our reS￿nSibIlity Is to read Ihe olher information and. in doing so. ¢cnsiderwhelher the other inlormation is materially in¢onsistentwith the financi81 slatemenis or our krowledge obiainod in the course of tho audil. or0th8m￿ appears lo be mateti811y misslaled. Ifwg ￿entIfy such rna18rial 1ncon5islen￿eS or apparenf malerial misslat￿ents, we are requred to detemine wheiher th￿ gives rise lo a materi rymsslalement in the financial $lalements thErnselves. If. based on Ihe work we have perfomied. we txn¢lude Ihit the￿ i¥ a malglial tnisstalempnl ollhi5 Olhgr informal¥)n. WB are tpquired to report that fact. We have notling to ￿￿ort h this regard. Oplnlons on other matt4rs pr•s¢rlbed by Ihe Compan105 Act 2006 In ouropinion. ba$ed on Iht woth undertak•n in the courst of our audi¢., the Informalon Oven In thè Iru81ges' report ror tha flnancial year for whlch tha nnandal ststements are pr4)ared. whlch indudBS the directors. report prepared lor the purrKJsos of wJnpany law. is con51519ni with the finanual 5tatem8nts,' arKJ th8 ¢Jir8Ctors' report inrludgd wthin the InJstee3' report ha5 been prepared In accordanco with applicab18 lagal requlrements. TRANSPORT TRAINING BOARD FOR NORTHERN IRELAND INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ICONTINUEDI TO THE MEMBERS OF TRANSPORT TRAINING BOARD FOR NORTHERN IRELAND Mailers on whlch wa are requlrod to r¢port by ¢x¢èptlon In the light of tho knOw￿dge and und•tstandlro of the charity its •nvirornn8nt oblainad in th8 cours8 DI th8 audit. w have not Id￿tified material misslal8m8nis in the direGtor5' repart includod wilhn the trustO88' r8porL We hav& ndhlng to ￿port h rtspact of the fcllwlng malters In relallon lo whlch the Comparugs Act 2006 requires us to report lo you il, in wr oF¥nion'. adequate ac(yJwling r8cords h8ve not been kepL or relums ad8quate forour aud￿ have not b8en rec8iV8d frcrfn branchès not vS8ited try us: or Ihe financial stslements Sre nol In agreem8nt wth the eLcount*ry rets)rd5 and ￿luins., or ¢Brtaln dlsclosures of Irustses. remuneratlon spocmad by lawaro not m8a•,' or we have not received all the infomiation and explanations we require forour audit., or tho Iru5teO5 W8r8 not entided lo prepara th8 nnanual Ststsrnent5 in accordanLY vAlh lh& small cornpani85 regThe and IAkp. AdvAntagp. nf thp. 8mall e.nmpAniè.*' p.xp.mplinns in prRparng IhA tni.4lB&8' rppnn and Imm th￿ rp.o¢Jir?mpAt t 8par8 a $trat8gic r8PQrt. Ro8ponslbllrtlas of trust￿8 As èxplaingd fflore fully n the $tstemenl ofirusl80s' rosponsiblilias. the Irusle8s, who ar8 also the directors of th8 charily for th8 purpose DF company law, are rn5PCn5iblekY the pr8pardtion of Ih8 financial stat&m8nis and for ￿1n4 satisfied Ihat they eive a tNe and fair view. and for su¢h inlemal ¢ontrd as Ihe trustees deferrnine is necessary tr> enable the preparation of Inanch?l statements that ale free from rnaierial misst2(8m8nl. v4helher due to fou¢ orerror. In pteparing the financial slatements, the trustee5 are respan5ible for assessing the ¢harity'5 ability lo continue a5 a going con￿rn. disc105ing. a5 appI￿able, m8tl8rs related to going ¢on¢em and using the going o)ncern basis of accounling unless the twstee$ eilher int to lifwidato Ihe Gharitable company or lo Cease operstions, or have no realistir altematwe bul lo do $0. Auditovs responsibllilie$ Ivrthe audit of the financial statement5 Ourobjectives are to obtain reasonablè assurance aboulwhelher the fInanU￿ statements as a whole are freè from material misslatement. whetherdue 10 fraud or error, and lo issue an auditors report tha¢ i￿ludeS our opinion. Reasonable assuran is a high levBI ofossurance bul is not a gyarantee that tsn audil conducted in accordunce with ISA5 IUKI wll ahyays detect 8 materiJ misslakmeni when it exists. Mi551alern8nls can arise frorn fraud orerror and are consldered materfal il. SndSviduJlv or In t1￿ gggragat8. Ihèy could reasonably be &xpocled lo hfluenca thè eeonomle deuS￿nS of users laken on th8 basls of the38 financkl sta1&m￿lS. I￿egularity"e$, in¢ludlng Iraud. are instances of non-Corn￿lanCe wth laws and r8gulats"ons. We desi9n procedures in line with our respOn￿bIlItieS. outtined above. to delecl matèrial tnissialgrnenls in rè5P8cI of irregularities. including fraud. Th8 8xl8nt¢o Yihich our pro¢Edure5 are capable of detecting irregularities, incluolng fraud, isdèltiled below. TRANSPORT TRAINING BOARD FOR NORTHERN IRELAND INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED) TO THE MEMBERS OF TRANSPORT TRAINING BOARD FOR NORTHERN IRELAND Explanatlon as to what Oxtont tho au(Jlt was consldgrnd capablo of dot¢¢tln9 Irrogularltlo$. Includlng fraud Th8 obleclptss of our audit in res￿Ct of fraud, ar8,. to idontsfy 3nd assoss riBks of material mlsslai8m8nt of Ihè financial ststements due to fffjud." lo obtain sufficient appropriate audit eMden¢e warding Ih8 assessed ri$k$ of melerial misslalement due lo Irdud. fv(yJgh d8signlng anLI implèmenting appropriate responses lo those assessod risks: ar￿ to raspond appropriately to instances of Iraud or suspected fraud Idenufied durfng 117e audit. However. the pritnary responsibility lorthe prevention and detection offraud rests WI￿ both man4emeni and those charged wth goveman¢e of the d)arftable cotnpany. (￿ra￿vroaCh wa5 as follows.. We obtained an understanth'ng of the legal 8nd regulatory requirements applicable to the charitable company and nsidered Ihat the mosl s*Jnffj¢ant atp Ithe Cornpanies Act 2006. the Charities Ad 2011. th9 Charily SORP, and UK finar￿A81 reporting Standarés a5 issued by the Fin8ncial Reporting cou￿11] Wa obtalned an understanding of how th8 Charit*￿ company complies with Ih8s8 r8quirernents by éi5CLL8sions wllh managerTEnt and those charged gwernèn￿. We assessed t1￿ risk of ma18rial rnissL9t8rnent of the financial statements. indudiry th8 risk rrf material mlsslat8menl due lo fraud and how it might oc¢ur. by holding discussions with managemenl and those charged vdith 9Lwemance. We inquired of managernent and those charged with gov8mance as to any known Inslan¢es cf nonfexp￿SSIng an opinion on Ihe effectweness of the eh8rtiatl¢ Cornpanls inlernal (ontrd. Evaluate Ihe appropriatsness of accounting p￿Ic￿5 Used 8nd Ih2 re3sonablenes5 of accountTng estSmaies and relat8d d￿￿OSure$ rna￿e by the trustees. Conclude on the approprTalene5s of the tnJstee5' use of the going concern basis ol account419 and, based on the audit evidence obt8ined. whether a mat8fEal unc*riainly exists ￿lated to evenls or eonth'lions that may Cast signffi¢8nt doubt on ts ¢harilable companys abj'lity lo continue as a gcxng ¢onr*m. If we GonGlud? that a material uncertainly exists. we are required to draw attention in our aL￿rtor'S repcrt kn the rdated di5c105ures in the financAal staternenls or. if such dlsclosures arg Inadoquala, to modlfy tsur oplnlon. Our canclusims arg bas8d on th6 audlt ovldonco obtsinad up to the date of our auditor's report. However. future events or c4)ndibons rnay cause the charitable company to ceas8 to continue 8$ 8 goin9 ¢on¢em. Evaluate the ovtrral presentation, 51ruciure and mntent of the financlal 51alernenls. IncludlThJ Ihe dwlosure5. and wheY*r the financial st8lements rep￿sent IhÈ undertying transactions and events in a manner Ihat achieves fair We co￿[￿&R￿￿E￿fj￿h those charged wlh govemance regaTdin9, among olhermatters. planned ￿0pe and bming oflhe audit and sunfficant audil findings. ￿CludIng any signifi¢anl defiuen¢Aes In intemal control thalwe hlenlify during our wdit. TRANSPORT TRAINING BOARD FOR NORTHERN IRELAND INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED) TO THE MEMBERS OF TRANSPORT TRAINING BOARD FOR NORTHERN IRELAND A futh8r description ofour respfftl￿Ith8s 15 ava￿abl8 on the Flnwxlal Rewrting Counal's wgbsile at.. hlW5'.IAwJw.fr¢.org.ukJaudilorsresponsibililies_ This description forms part of OLY auditorfs ￿por[. Use of our report Ihig raport is rnade sol&ly to thè ¢harilablè ￿MpanY'S n%rnbers, a$ a body, In ac¢oAJanee with Chaoer 3 of Part 16 of the Companies AGI 2006. Our audit work has been untyeriaken 50 Ihat we mighl stsl8 to Iha ch8rilabl8 ¢onpanVs membprs IhDse matters we are required to slate to Ihem in an audilors. report and for nD other purptsse. To Ihe fullesl exlent p8rrnitted by law. w8 do not atcÈpt ar assurna r8sponsibility lo anwn8 othèr than Ihg tharttable cornpany £nd the chaiilabl8 company's embeT5 as a body, for ourau15it worK for IhE report, orfor lh8 opinions we have forrned. Dr R I Peters Gallzgher OBE FCA Ispnlor Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of Mi)ore IN.I.I LLP 20 $6p18mber2023 ¢hart¢r¢d A¢¢ountants Statutory Audilor 41h Floor Donegall House 7 t)oryegaH Square North Belfast BT15G8 10-