**COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: NI030939 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 101609**
## **EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.) Company Limited by Guarantee Unaudited Financial Statements**
## **31 March 2024**
**RGA ACCOUNTANTS LTD**
Chartered accountants 35 CHURCH SQUARE BANBRIDGE CO DOWN BT32 4AP
## **EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.)**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Financial Statements**
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
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|Trustees' annual report (incorporating the director's report)|**1-8**|
|Independent examiner's report to the trustees|**9**|
|Statement of financial activities (including income and||
|expenditure account)|**10**|
|Statement of financial position|**11**|
|Notes to the financial statements|**12-19**|
**EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.)**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
The trustees, who are also the directors for the purposes of company law, present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2024.
## **Reference and administrative details**
**Registered charity name** EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.) **Charity registration number** 101609 **Company registration number** NI030939 **Principal office and registered** Banbridge District Enterprises **office** Scarva Road Industrial Estate Banbridge Co. Down BT32 3QD **The trustees** C Christy A Getty J Gow P O'Rourke M McDermott (Resigned 1 April 2023) E Patterson T Steed C Woods **Company secretary** Gabrielle Fitzpatrick-McCrickard **Independent examiner** Seamus Ryan FCA 35 CHURCH SQUARE BANBRIDGE CO DOWN BT32 4AP
## **The trustees**
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## **EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.)**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **Structure, governance and management**
Employers' Forum on Disability (N.I.) is overseen by a board of director drawn from within its membership of employer representatives. The Board of director is voted on at the Annual General Meeting and has a chair, Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Secretary. There are quarterly Board meetings where a report of activities is discussed as well as strategic overview and development is undertaken.
Detailed financial reports are made available and discussed at each Board Meeting.
The company secretary is Gabrielle Fitzpatrick-McCrickard, Manager of the organisation.
## **Objectives and activities**
Mission statement:
"Employers for Disability NI is a unique, not-for-profit organisation comprising employers and service providers. It supports member organisations in implementing practices to attract and retain disabled employees, customers and service users and promotes good practice generally"
Key Strategic Objectives:
To fulfil our mission, the following key strategic objectives have been developed:
1. To develop a more representative membership profile that secures the long term viability of the organisation
2. To provide a high quality service for members
3. To raise the profile of Employers for Disability NI as the leading disability expert employer organisation.
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## **EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.)**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **Achievements and performance**
We have had a busy year delivering a high-quality service to members including delivering training and developing disability good practice for employers, managers and disabled employees in relation to employment and service provision. We would like to thank our members for their ongoing commitment to disability good practice despite all experiencing new challenges. Below is a summary of the year's main activities.
## **1. Member Support Services**
## **a) Disability Advice Line**
- This is a core part of the service gained from Employers for Disability NI membership. We have answered many queries from disabled employees, line managers and colleagues. Given the diversity of disabilities and the nature of employment, there was a huge range in the types of issues raised. However, as with previous years the common themes included reasonable adjustments in relation to mental health and neurodiversity. Some examples of the queries we have dealt with are below:
- Stress management advice and sleep good practice
- Managing milestones and making adjustments for trainee with neurodiverse and mental health diagnosis
- Supporting employee with ADHD
- Signposting to neurodiversity assessment
- Representation of disabled people amongst economically active (statistical query)
- Advice and detailed comments on neurodiversity awareness resource
- Good practice in recruitment and selection
- Information on resources around stress management
- Information on the hidden disabilities resource (Sunflower Lanyard)
- Advice on supporting someone with hearing loss
- Advice on redeployment options for employee with physical disability
- Signposting to Access Auditor
- Ongoing support and advice for autistic person
- Signposting to assessment, equipment and software for person with dyslexia
- Signposting to assessment, equipment and software for person with hearing loss
- Information for person needing Workable/AtW support
- Help for person with learning disability seeing work placement
- Advice on supporting clients with social complexities – this will be ongoing
- Advice for autistic person with multiple physical conditions and their manager
- Advice and information on assessments for neurodivergence
- Information on Workable and other sources of support for disabled employees
- Information on the recruitment of disabled people
- Advice on redeployment of an employee with MS
- Assistance with a query around hybrid working as an adjustment
- Adjustments, performance and probation extension for person with hearing loss
- Review of ongoing working practice and adjustments for person managing multiple disabilities
- Adjustments for recruitment of a non-verbal autistic person
- Adjustment templates
- Advice on adjustments for person returning to work following cancer diagnosis
- Support for disabled person with mental health condition, re flexible working
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## **EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.)**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
- Signposting for dyslexia support
- Advice for supporting disabled employees during redundancy
- Advice for supporting employee with anxiety
- Advice for interview panel on interviewing person with memory difficulties
- Signposting and information on Workable support
- Advice on good practice, re disability absence management
- Supporting employee with AuDHD and suggestions for next steps and adjustments
- Employee with cancer, return to part-time work
- Dyslexia awareness
- Adjustments for dyslexic employees re interviews and presentations
- Case law around support animals
- Landlord query re adjustments in home
- Adjustments for person with carpal tunnel
- Adjustments for person with hearing loss
- Supporting someone with sight loss and memory issues
- Managing and supporting dyslexic and dyspraxic employee
- Employee managing disability plus health conditions – adjustments, stress management, sleep hygiene, lifestyle and nutrition
## **b) Disability Support and Resolution Service**
Employers for Disability NI provides a free, confidential resolution service
employing mediation and conciliation approaches. This involves liaising with
- all key parties (line manager, disabled employee, HR, OH as required), facilitates discussion and advises on how issues may be resolved. This practice is informed
by reasonable adjustments, disability good practice and a balanced approach.
Depending on the complexity of the issue, this can be done via telephone,
email or in face-to-face meetings. The key aim of the service is to support managers, colleagues and disabled employees to avoid disability discrimination and facilitate a problemsolving approach. This is a unique service and is only available to Employers for Disability NI members.
Employers for Disability NI is also available to act as an independent observer during meetings or as an emotional support for the disabled employee. Issues addressed are diverse, however, mental health, disability-related absence, reasonable adjustments and redeployment options remain the most common matters raised. To ensure confidentiality, specific details cannot be divulged.
## **c) Member Case Review Clinic**
Employers for Disability NI offers an intensive review of complex disability-related cases. This “review clinic” approach typically involves one or more half-day sessions
with managers and HR personnel involving several disabled employees. The focus is on advice and guidance based on reasonable adjustments and disability good practice.
## **d) Website**
Many news articles, information and links to resources were added throughout the year to the website. This is a valuable source of information to members and others.
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## **EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.)**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **e) Member Update Bulletin**
- Quarterly update bulletins, in line with Board Meetings, have been sent to members to ensure they are aware of our ongoing programme of activities.
## **f) Member News and Information Update**
- Members have received regular email updates to inform them about resources,
- stories of interest, videos, case studies, member activities etc. We receive several requests for further information and assistance following these on an ongoing basis.
## **g) Jobs Bulletin Board**
- Many vacancies have been added and circulated to disability organisations over the past year. This is one of the most popular web pages on our website. We have extended our database of disability contacts who are notified each time the webpage is updated, and we intend to develop and promote this service further with our members.
## **h) CBT Service**
Several clients have benefitted from this service in the past year via Zoom and face-to-face. This is offered to members, project participants and others at a discounted rate.
## **i) Professional Services’ Discounts**
Substantial discounts for members are available for a number of
- products/services, including disability-related videos provided by Skill boosters, autism training by Special stern and dyslexia products by Text Help.
## **j) Disability Positive Accreditation**
## Kim O’Hare produced some material for social media output and this was promoted through
- our social media platforms. Eight members have become accredited, and we will be working to promote this initiative further in the upcoming year.
- .
## **K)**
## **One-to-One Coaching**
A Stress Inventory-based coaching session took place with a Lead Partner member employee.
## **2. Events**
We have delivered many training events, mostly via Zoom.
- 4 April, North West Regional College, Neurodiversity
- 5 April, Mid-Ulster, Autism (x 2)
- 18 April, QUB, Neurodiversity
- 19 April, UU Hearing Loss
- 25, 26, 27 April, MHFA, Aware, third and final assessed delivery
- 28 April, WHSCT, Disability Awareness
- 11 May, BBC Foyle, Stress Less (x 3)
- 15 May, NICVA, Disability Positive
- 23 May, QUB, Neurodiversity
- 31 May, BBC, Coping with Anxiety
- 16 June, NICS Disability Positive
- 21, 22 & 23 June, MHFA - EFDNI open course
- 28 June, SHSCT Neurodiversity
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## **EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.)**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
- 7 Sep, Neurodiversity & Autism, DfC, 1hr face-to-face
- 19 Sep, Neurodiversity, SHSCT, 2hr
- 22 Sep Disability Awareness, WHSCT, Enniskillen, 1.5 hr face-to-face
- 4 Oct, Sleep Better, BCC, 1.5hr
- 5 Oct, Disability Awareness, NICS, 1.5hr
- 17 Oct, ADHD & Dyspraxia, NICS, 1.5hr
- 18 Oct, Disability Awareness, BCC, 3.5hr, face-to-face
- 19 Oct, Neurodiversity, UAT, 2hr, face-to-face
- 20 Oct, Disability Awareness, QUB, 2hr
- 24 Oct, Managing & Supporting Colleagues with Mental Health Issues, BCC, 2hr
- 10, 17 & 24 Nov, Mental Health First Aid – open course, 12hr
- 16 Nov, Hearing Loss, UU, 1.5hr
- 21 Nov, Disability Awareness, WHSCT, 2.5hr
- 23 Nov, Neurodiversity, QUB, 2hr
- 28 Nov, Disability Positive, NICS, 4hr
- 5 Dec, Reasonable Adjustments, SHSCT, 1.5hr
- 6 Dec, AGM: Supporting autistic people - member good practice, 1.25hr
- 11 Dec, Disability Awareness, Antrim & Newtownabbey BC, 2hr
- 12 Dec, Stress Less, NICS, 1.5hr
- 13 Dec, Neurodiversity, UU, 2hr
- 14 Dec, Disability Awareness, Antrim and Newtownabbey BC, 2hr
- 9 Jan, Neurodiversity, NICS, 2hr
- 10 Jan, Disability Absence, Policing Board ,1.5hr
- 15 Jan, Dyslexia, QUB, 1.5hr; Neurodiversity, UU, 1.5hr
- 15 Jan, Neurodiversity, UU, 1.5hr
- 17 Jan, Hidden Disability, Policing Board, 1.5hr
- 18 Jan, Hearing Loss, UU, 1.5hr
- 24 Jan, Disability Positive, UU, 4.5hr
- 25 Jan, Autism & Dyslexia, NIPSO, 1.5hr
- 31 Jan, DDA, NIHE, 1hr
- 31 Jan, St Mary’s University College, Autism, 1.5hr,
- 6 Feb, Disability Positive, NICS, 4hr
- 8 Feb, Autism & Dyslexia, NIPSO, 1.5 hr
- 19 Feb, Autism & ADD/ADHD, Translink, 1.5hr
- 19 Feb, Autism & ADD/ADHD, EANI, 1.5hr
- 22 Feb, Neurodiversity, WHSCT, 2.5hr
- 23 Feb, Reasonable Adjustments, BBC 1.5hr x 2
- 28 Feb, Sight Loss, NIHE, 1hr
- 1 Mar, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia & Dyspraxia, EANI, 1.5hr
- 5 Mar, Mental Health Managers, NICS, 2hr
- 5 Mar, Hearing Loss, EANI, 1hr
- 6 Mar, Disability Awareness, COPNI, 3hr
- 6 Mar, Dyslexia, BHSCT, 1.5hr
- 7 Mar, MHFA Support Needs workshops, ABC, 2 x 2hr
- 11 Mar, Autism, BHSCT, 1.5hr
- 12 Mar, Physical Disability, NIHE, 1hr
- 15 Mar, Reasonable Adjustments, EA, 1hr
- 19 Mar, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia & Dyspraxia, Translink, 1.5hr
- 25 Mar, Hidden Disability, NIHE, 1.5hr
- 26 Mar, Hidden Disability, NICS, 1.5hr
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**EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.)**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
- 27 Mar, Disability Positive Training and Accreditation, UU, 4.5hr
- 28 Mar, Neurodiversity, NICS, 2hr
## **Staff Training Attended**
- Aware Ireland, 1) Gut-brain axis: How diet can be used in association with conventional therapies to improve outcomes 2) Impact of Relationships on Physical & Mental Health
- The Pension’s Trust Webinar
- Eating Disorders Awareness, Eating Disorders NI
- Inclusive Communication, Business Disability Forum
- Understanding self-harm
- Suicide awareness
- Equality Commission for NI & Allstate: All about Autism
- OxCADAT: Panic Disorder, PTSD
- Aware NI: ADHD and Mental Health
## **Staff participation in members’ working groups**
- Ulster University Diversity Group – presentation about services for members and employees
- NICS Diversity Working Group (ongoing membership)
- Education Authority Stakeholders’ Group (ongoing membership)
- NICS Diversity Champions presentation about services for members and employees
- NI Civil Service Disability Working Group
- BHSCT Disability Steering Group
- EA Stakeholder Disability Consultation Group
## **3. Partnership Working**
## **Partnership with Head Injury Support (Carers’ Community Fund Project):**
Ongoing work has taken place, funded by this project, which is in its second and final year, supporting Carers through the MindBody Social Enterprise.
## **Charity Partnership with Belfast Solicitors’ Association:**
This has been a very successful partnership with a total of £3,410.95 raised from the pub quiz, marathon, golf day and the 80th Anniversary Gala Dinner at Belfast City Hall on 10[th] June. Employers for Disability NI presented a short video on our work, and we took the opportunity to express our appreciation for their support.
Many thanks to Emma Patterson for facilitating the development of the video by Joseph Scott from Screen NI, who is on placement with BBC. The video is excellent and is a great resource for marketing purposes.
A huge thank you to Sarah Wilson (Chairperson) for the nomination.
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## **EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.)**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **Think People Partnership:**
We worked with Think People to have input into a tender they were submitting for equality and diversity work with SEUPB, supporting them with the disability aspects of this.
## **Kilbroney Vintage Show**
Huge thanks to Kilbroney Vintage Show for a donation of £2,000. Their support is much appreciated and beneficial to the work of EFDNI.
## **4. Administrative Matters**
## **Fundraising Initiatives**
We have continued seeking funds from external sources and partnerships to ensure sustainability.
## **Board Membership**
We are very sorry that John Gow has (reluctantly) had to resign from the Board as he has moved to the NI Assembly (a non-member), although he hopes to continue to be a supporter. Our thanks for his support and fantastic contribution over the years and we wish him every success in the future.
## **Financial review**
During the year the charity received £4,711 in donations which has contributed to a surplus of £4,746 in the year.
## **Small company provisions**
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies’ exemption.
The trustees' annual report was approved on 23 October 2024 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:
Gabrielle Fitzpatrick-McCrickard Charity Secretary
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## **EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.)**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.)**
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.) ('the charity') for the year ended 31 March 2024.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (the ‘2008 Act’) and the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’). You are satisfied that the accounts of the company are not required by charity or company law to be audited and have chosen instead to have an independent examination.
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements as carried out under section 65 of the 2008 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed the general Directions given by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland under section 65(9)(b) of the 2008 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with my examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
3. the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
I confirm that there are no other matters to which your attention should be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Seamus Ryan FCA Independent Examiner 35 CHURCH SQUARE BANBRIDGE CO DOWN BT32 4AP
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## **EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.)**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Statement of Financial Activities (including income and expenditure account)**
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
|||**2024**||**2023**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Unrestricted**|||
|||**funds Total funds**||**Total funds**|
||**Note**|
**£**|**£**|£|
|**Income and endowments**|||||
|Donations and legacies|**5**|
4,711|4,711|1,850|
|Other trading activities|**6**|
62,224|62,224|55,532|
|||---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|**Total income**||66,935|66,935|57,382|
|||===========================|===========================|===========================|
|**Expenditure**|||||
|Expenditure on raising funds:|||||
|Costs of raising donations and legacies|**7**|
62,189|62,189|55,328|
|||---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|**Total expenditure**||62,189|62,189|55,328|
|||===========================|===========================|===========================|
|||---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|**Net income and net movement in funds**||4,746|4,746|2,054|
|||===========================|===========================|===========================|
|**Reconciliation of funds**|||||
|Total funds brought forward||19,346|19,346|17,292|
|||---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|**Total funds carried forward**||24,092|24,092|19,346|
|||===========================|===========================|===========================|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
**The notes on pages 12 to 19 form part of these financial statements.**
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## **EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.)**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Statement of Financial Position**
## **31 March 2024**
|||**2024**|**2023**|
|---|---|---|---|
||**Note**|**£**|**£**|
|**Fixed assets**||||
|Tangible fixed assets|**12**|276|368|
|**Current assets**||||
|Debtors|**13**|1,848|532|
|Cash at bank and in hand||33,084|33,926|
|||---------------------------|---------------------------|
|||34,932|34,458|
|**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**|**14**|11,116|15,480|
|||---------------------------|---------------------------|
|**Net current assets**||23,816|18,978|
|||---------------------------|---------------------------|
|**Total assets less current liabilities**||24,092|19,346|
|||---------------------------|---------------------------|
|**Net assets**||24,092|19,346|
|||===========================|===========================|
|**Funds of the charity**||||
|Unrestricted funds||24,092|19,346|
|||---------------------------|---------------------------|
|**Total charity funds**|**16**|24,092|19,346|
|||===========================|===========================|
For the year ending 31 March 2024 the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Directors' responsibilities:
- The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476;
- The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies’ subject to the small companies' regime.
These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 23 October 2024, and are signed on behalf of the board by:
C Christy Trustee
P O'Rourke Trustee
**The notes on pages 12 to 19 form part of these financial statements.**
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## **EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.)**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **1. General information**
The charity is a public benefit entity and a private company limited by guarantee, registered in Northern Ireland and a registered charity in Northern Ireland. The address of the registered office is Banbridge District Enterprises, Scarva Road Industrial Estate, Banbridge, Co. Down, BT32 3QD.
## **2. Statement of compliance**
These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Companies Act 2006.
## **3. Accounting policies**
## **Basis of preparation**
The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income or expenditure.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.
## **Going concern**
There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.
## **Disclosure exemptions**
The entity satisfies the criteria of being a qualifying entity as defined in FRS 102. Its financial statements are consolidated into the financial statements of (enter name of group financial statements) which can be obtained from (enter detail). As such, advantage has been taken of the following disclosure exemptions available under paragraph 1.12 of FRS 102: (a) No cash flow statement has been presented for the company.
(b) Disclosures in respect of financial instruments have not been presented.
## **Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty**
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. The judgements (apart from those involving estimations) that management has made in the process of applying the entity's accounting policies and that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements are as follows: Accounting estimates and assumptions are made concerning the future and, by their nature, will rarely equal the related actual outcome. The key assumptions and other sources of estimation uncertainty that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are as follows:
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## **EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.)**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **3. Accounting policies** _**(continued)**_
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's purposes.
Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular future project or commitment.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal, and fall into one of two sub-classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.
## **Incoming resources**
All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:
- income from donations or grants is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement to the gift, receipt is probable and its amount can be measured reliably.
- legacy income is recognised when receipt is probable and entitlement is established.
- income from donated goods is measured at the fair value of the goods unless this is impractical to measure reliably, in which case the value is derived from the cost to the donor or the estimated resale value. Donated facilities and services are recognised in the accounts when received if the value can be reliably measured. No amounts are included for the contribution of general volunteers.
- income from contracts for the supply of services is recognised with the delivery of the contracted service. This is classified as unrestricted funds unless there is a contractual requirement for it to be spent on a particular purpose and returned if unspent, in which case it may be regarded as restricted.
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## **EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.)**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **3. Accounting policies** _**(continued)**_
## **Resources expended**
Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:
- expenditure on raising funds includes the costs of all fundraising activities, events, noncharitable trading activities, and the sale of donated goods.
- expenditure on charitable activities includes all costs incurred by a charity in undertaking activities that further its charitable aims for the benefit of its beneficiaries, including those support costs and costs relating to the governance of the charity apportioned to charitable activities.
- other expenditure includes all expenditure that is neither related to raising funds for the charity nor part of its expenditure on charitable activities.
All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.
## **Tangible assets**
Tangible assets are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Any tangible assets carried at revalued amounts are recorded at the fair value at the date of revaluation less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.
An increase in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of a revaluation, is recognised in other recognised gains and losses, unless it reverses a charge for impairment that has previously been recognised as expenditure within the statement of financial activities. A decrease in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of revaluation, is recognised in other recognised gains and losses, except to which it offsets any previous revaluation gain, in which case the loss is shown within other recognised gains and losses on the statement of financial activities.
## **Depreciation**
Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:
Fixtures and fittings - 25% reducing balance
## **Impairment of fixed assets**
A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date.
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## **EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.)**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **3. Accounting policies** _**(continued)**_
## **Impairment of fixed assets** _**(continued)**_
For the purposes of impairment testing, when it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets.
For impairment testing of goodwill, the goodwill acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to each of the cash-generating units that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination, irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the charity are assigned to those units.
## **Financial instruments**
A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the charity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the amount receivable or payable including any related transaction costs.
Current assets and current liabilities are subsequently measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received and not discounted.
Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost.
Where investments in shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably, the investment is subsequently measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognised in income and expenditure. All other such investments are subsequently measured at cost less impairment.
Other financial instruments, including derivatives, are initially recognised at fair value, unless payment for an asset is deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate, in which case the asset is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.
Other financial instruments are subsequently measured at fair value, with any changes recognised in the statement of financial activities, with the exception of hedging instruments in a designated hedging relationship.
Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised under the appropriate heading in the statement of financial activities in which the initial gain was recognised.
For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets are either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics.
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## **EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.)**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **3. Accounting policies** _**(continued)**_
## **Financial instruments** _**(continued)**_
Any reversals of impairment are recognised immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised.
## **Defined contribution plans**
Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as an expense in the period in which the related service is provided. Prepaid contributions are recognised as an asset to the extent that the prepayment will lead to a reduction in future payments or a cash refund.
When contributions are not expected to be settled wholly within 12 months of the end of the reporting date in which the employees render the related service, the liability is measured on a discounted present value basis. The unwinding of the discount is recognised as an expense in the period in which it arises.
## **4. Limited by guarantee**
Employers Forum on Disability (N.I.) is a company limited by guarantee and accordingly does not have share capital, the liability of each member being limited to an amount not exceeding £1.
Every member of the company undertakes to contribute such amount as may be required not exceeding £1 to the assets of the charitable company in the event of its being wound up while he/she is a member, or within one year after he/she ceases to be a member.
## **5. Donations and legacies**
||**Unrestricted**|**Total Funds**|
**Unrestricted**|**Total Funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Funds**|**2024**|
**Funds**|**2023**|
||£|**£**|£|£|
|**Donations**|||||
|Donations type 1|4,711|4,711|
1,850|1,850|
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|**Other trading activities**|||||
||**Unrestricted**|**Total Funds**|
**Unrestricted**|**Total Funds**|
||**Funds**|**2024**|
**Funds**|**2023**|
||£|**£**|£|£|
|Subscriptions|59,707|59,707|
47,553|47,553|
|Other income|2,517|2,517|
7,979|7,979|
||---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
||62,224|62,224|
55,532|55,532|
||===========================|===========================|===========================|===========================|
## **6. Other trading activities**
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## **EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.)**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **7. Costs of raising donations and legacies**
|**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Total Funds**|**Unrestricted**|**Total Funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Funds**|**2024**|**Funds**|**2023**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**||
|Wages and salaries|44,332|44,332|41,864|41,864|
|Pension costs|4,895|4,895|4,443|4,443|
|Training|822|822|-|-|
|Rent|2,559|2,559|1,875|1,875|
|Postage and stationery|323|323|193|193|
|Light & heat|767|767|1,311|1,311|
|Computer costs|750|750|566|566|
|Insurance|316|316|302|302|
|Other motor and Travel expenses|251|251|649|649|
|Repairs|0|0|5|5|
|Accountancy|950|950|1,150|1,150|
|Legal & Professional|773|773|-|-|
|Telephone|1,286|1,286|869|869|
|Other office costs|807|807|541|541|
|Events|527|527|1,205|1,205|
|Depreciation|92|92|123|123|
|Bank Fees & Interest|288|288|232|232|
|Other Expenses|1,900|1,900|-|-|
|Equipment|549|549|-|-|
||----------|----------|----------|----------|
||62,187|62,187|55,328|55,328|
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## **8. Net income**
|Net income is stated after charging/(crediting):|||
|---|---|---|
||**2024**|**2023**|
||**£**|£|
|Depreciation of tangible fixed assets|92|123|
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|**Independent examination fees**|||
||**2024**|**2023**|
||**£**|£|
|Fees payable to the independent examiner for:|||
|Independent examination of the financial statements|500|500|
||==============|==============|
## **9. Independent examination fees**
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## **EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.)**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **10. Staff costs**
The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as follows:
||**2024**|**2023**|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|£|
|Wages and salaries|44,332|41,864|
|Employer contributions to pension plans|4,895|4,443|
|Other employee benefits|822|–|
||---------------------------|---------------------------|
||50,049|46,307|
||===========================|===========================|
The average head count of employees during the year was 2 (2023: 2). The average number of full-time equivalent employees during the year is analysed as follows:
|||**2024**|**2023**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**No.**|**No.**|
|Number of staff - type|1|2|2|
|||==============|==============|
No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2023: Nil).
## **11. Trustee remuneration and expenses**
no remuneration or other benefits from employment with the charity or a related entity were received by the trustees.
## **12. Tangible fixed assets**
|||**Fixtures and**|
|---|---|---|
|||**fittings**|
|||**£**|
|**Cost**|||
|**At 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024**||12,976|
|||===========================|
|**Depreciation**|||
|At 1 April 2023||12,608|
|Charge for the year||92|
|||---------------------------|
|**At 31 March 2024**||12,700|
|||===========================|
|**Carrying amount**|||
|**At 31 March 2024**||276|
|||===========================|
|At 31 March 2023||368|
|||===========================|
|**Debtors**|||
||**2024**|**2023**|
||**£**|£|
|Other debtors|1,848|
532|
||=======================|==============|
## **13. Debtors**
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## **EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY (N.I.)**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **14. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
||**2024**|**2023**|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|
|Bank loans and overdrafts|1,400|–|
|Accruals and deferred income|1,143|1,487|
|Social security and other taxes|–|403|
|Other creditors|8,573|13,590|
||---------------------------|---------------------------|
||11,116|15,480|
||===========================|===========================|
## **15. Pensions and other post-retirement benefits**
## **Defined contribution plans**
The amount recognised in income or expenditure as an expense in relation to defined contribution plans was £4,895 (2023: £4,443).
## **16. Analysis of charitable funds**
## **Unrestricted funds**
||**At**|||**At**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**1 April 2023**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**31 Mar 2024**|
||£|£|£|£|
|General funds|19,346|66,935|
(62,189)|
24,092|
||===========================|===========================|===========================|===========================|
||**At**|||**At**|
||**1 April 2022**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**31 Mar 2023**|
||£|£|£|£|
|General funds|17,292|57,382|
(55,328)|
19,346|
||===========================|===========================|===========================|===========================|
|**Analysis of net assets between funds**|||||
||||**Unrestricted**|**Total Funds**|
||||**Funds**|**2024**|
||||£|**£**|
|Current assets|||24,092|24,092|
||||===========================|===========================|
||||**Unrestricted**|**Total Funds**|
||||**Funds**|**2023**|
||||£|£|
|Current assets|||19,346|19,346|
||||===========================|===========================|
## **17. Analysis of net assets between funds**
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