GLOIR
Trustee5' Annual Report Ilncluding Directors Report and Strategic Report)
Year Ended 310ecember 2023
The Trustees present iheir repon and the independently examined financlal Statements of the charity lor the year ended
310ecember 2023. The trustee5 have adopted the provisions of the Statement ol Recommended Practice ISORPI
'Ac¢ounting and Reporting by Charities" In preparing the annual report and financial siatements of ihe charity.
Trusieès of the charity
The directors of ihe chaiitable company are its trustees for the purpose of tharity law. The trustees who h•ve
Served during ihe year and since the year end were ès follows,.
Sr. Catherine Teresa Martin
Si. Gay Barry
Sf. P3uline Cowie IChaifptTsonl IAesi8ned on 31 May 20241
Sr. Olive McConv*lle
Sr. Patrlcia Daly (Treasureil
Sr. Re8ina McGeowTr
Sr. Anne Mccarthy (Resigned on 31 May 20241
Sr. A8nes Hannon
Sf. Marearet O'Reillv
Otyje¢t4ves and activities
GLOIR mainly aims to advance educofion an¢Y provide leadership and iiainln8 to those Commilted io de¥elopin8 a fulure
marked by ereater sf)cial justice and specifically lo acjdfess Ihe emer8+ftg needs ol a multi<uliural socieiy. We have
one rhi5 by facilitaiiTh8 numeiotss leadef5hip training wofkshop5 in adult education.
Our PLtipost is to provide le)der5hip and trainin8 lor rnen and women omitted to deweloplng a lutufe marked by 8reatei
Social justice and speesfi¢ally to address the emergin8 needs ol a multi-cultural Society.
We work with people who believe in p•rticipaiinB the the shapin8 of a lulure marked by ifeater social justice.
We work with ihose who hold LeJdeiship/M•na8erial roles to enhan¢e their ability in working cre•lively and elfe¢tSv*lv
with their teams. We particularly support women who strive to lind new models and style5 of leadershiplmanagement.
Public benefit Statement
We have a¢hieved our public benefit particularly by working with comrnuniiies in aTea5 of social and economic
disadvantJ8e. Thou8houi the year we have worked in Aepublic ol Ireland, Vntted Ktn8dom, iialy and Qarar
and have rhefelore been sucessful in achievin8 OUK 60)15.
We have reviewed The Charity Commission of Northern Ireland guidance on public benefit an(1 can confirm that we
believe that we hove satisfied the public benelit requirernent.
Sirate8ic Report
Achie¥emenis and performance
The charity succeeded in offerin8 Adult Education and provided leadership and traSning to those committed to developin&
a lulijfe marked by greater social justlce and specillcally 10 add¥ess the emergin8 needs of a multi-culi¢Jial societv.
We have done this by facilitatin8 numberous leadership iratning workshops in adult education.
We have achieved our public benelit particularly by workin6 Wlth communities in areas of social and economic
disadvantage. Thoughout the year we have worked in Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, Italy and Qatar.
quite often and have therefore been Successful in achieving our goals.

GLOIR
Tru5tee5' Annual Report {Including Directors Report and Strateglc Report)
Year Ended 310ecember 2023
Financial review
Reserves Policv
The Board of Directors have examined the charity's requirements for reserves and consider the current level to
exceed the requirements to continue operation throughout the 2024 financial year. The current level of
reserves available to the charity is £61,293 and these are all unrestricted. The current level of reserves
awailable to ihe charity will be able to absorb any def icit that may arise throughout 2024.
Plan5 for f utuie perlods
The directors met remotely in June 2024 and it was agreed that GLOIR would continue. at the current
pace, as lon8 as Sr. Mary Harrington and Sr Gabrielle Stuarl are able and happy to continue with the
support of Sr Mary Conway.
The convenience of workin8 via 200m is still attractive to some congregalions to save on travel costs, so this
option will remain, although some con8regations still do prefer the face to face facilitation
Struclure, governance and management
The board of directors can only appoint new trusiee5. A motion must be put forward by one director and a
show of hands determines if the majorily agrees.
The charity is a charitable company limited bv Euarantee and was incorporated on 12 June 2006. It is governed
by a memorandum of association. The charitable company's registration number is N1059695 and its
re8lStered office is 27 Catherine Street, Newrv, Co Down, BT35 6JG.
On 3 November 2015 the charitable company registered with The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
and its NIC Number 15 101529.

GLOIR
Trustees, Annual Report (Including Directois Report and Strategic Report)
Year Ended 31 December 2023
TTusiee5' Responslbllites Statement
The Irustee5 (who are also direcrors of GLOIR for the purposes of company law are reponsible for preparine the
Trusiees, Annual Aepon lincludin8 Ihe Slrategic Report) and the financial stètemenis 11) accordance wilh applicable
law and ijnited Kingdom Accounlins Standards (United Kingdom Geneially Accepted Accounting Praclicel.
Company law requires the trustee5 to prepare financial 5tatemenis fof each financial year, which give a
true and laii view of the State ol affairs of the charitable company and of the incornin8 fe50urces and application
ol resources, including the income and expendtiure, of the chafltable company lor that peiiod.
In preparing these financial statemenis, Ihe trustees are required to..
seleci suitable accountin8 policies and then apply rhem consisrenily,.
obseive the Methods and principle5 in ihe Charities SORP 2019 IFRS 1021
make jud8ements and esrimaies that ale reasonable and prudenr,.
slate whether applicable UK Accountin8 Standards have been followed. 5ubjec( to any material departures
disc105ed and explained in Ihe financial siaternents;
prepare che financial siatemenls on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate io presume that the
charitable company will conlinue in operation.
The trustees are responsible lor keepin8 adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy ai any time
the financial position of the charirable compony and enable them 10 ensure that the financial slaiements comply with the
Cornpanies Aci 2006. They are also responsible lor safe8uardin8 the assets ol rhe chariiable Company and hence
lor takin8 reasonable steps lof ihe prevention and deteciion ol fraud and other iire8ulaiities.
The report ol ihe trustees has been prepared iaking advania8e of Ihe small companies. exemption of Seciion 415A ol the
Companies Act 2006.
Oisclosure of inlormation t¢ the Independent Examlner
We. the directors of the company who held office ar (he date ol appioval of these Financial Siaremenis as sei oui above each
confirm, 50 far as we ale aware, rhai..
there is no relevant inloimation of which the company'5 Independenr Examiner 15 unaware. and
we have raken all of the steps that we ought to have taken ès direcior5 in order lo make ourselves aware of any
relevant informarion and 10 esiablish thai the company's Independeni Examiner is aware ol Ihot inlormolion.
In approving the Tru5tees' Annual Report, we 0150 approve the 51raiegic Report included therein, in our capacity as company
irectors.
Approved by the Board on
and sign on bts behalf by..
Sr. Re8ina Mc
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