Blearyy Farmers Hall ManaRemeni Ccpmmittee
Annuul reportfc)r the J'ear ended 31 ' Deeeffiher 2022
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Bleary Farmers Hall
Re
ort of the Trustees
For the Year Ended 31 December 2022
The Trustees present their report and financial statements for the year end 31" December 2022.
The Trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report are listed as:_
Mr David Malcolmson
Mr William Robinson
Mrs Helen Campbell
Mr John Harrison
Mrs Heather Wilson
Mrjames Blane
Mrs Mary Bloomer MBE (Dec'd Oct 22)
Mrs Suzanne Boyes
Structurei governance and management
Bleary Farmers Hall has been in existence since the mid 1960's serving the needs of the rural Bleary
community. The Hall was formerly the Ballydougan Public Elementary Schoolhouse. The Bleary
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Farmers Hall Management Committee is a registered Charity {NIC1017151 since 9 September 2015.
The Bleary Farmers Hall Management Committee is also a registered Company with Companies
House Registration Number.. 615610.
The Farmers Hall is governed by a trust deed and the Farmers Hall Management Committee.
Objectives & Actlvltles
Bleary Farmers Hall Management Committee provide for community development work within the
local neighbourhood.
The Farmers Hall Management Committee are providing, maintaining and managing a rural Hall
facility to ensure local community organisations have adequate, modern and sufficient facilities to
meet the respective needs of each organisation to help ensure active community participation.
The Farmers Hall Management Committee also organise lectures, classes, meetings and community
fundraising events and other forms of leisure-time and recreational and educational development.
The objectives are specifically restricted to the advancement of community development, the
advancement of education, the relief of poverty, sickness and the aged and the promotion of the
benefit of the inhabitants of the Bleary area and its environs in County Armagh, without distinction
of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, nationa lity, ethnic identity, political or religious opinion,
by associating the statutory authorities, community and voluntary organisations and the inhabitants
in a common effort to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other
leisure-time occupation, with the object of fostering a community spirit and improving the
conditions of life for the benefit of the inhabitants and in particular to:

Bleary Farmers Hall Managethen¢ Committee
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a} The Provision, maintenance and management of a community educational resource hall facility
for the use of the inhabitants for activities promoted or facilitated by the Company including use for
meetings, lectures, classes and other forms of recreational and leisure-time occupation with the
object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants:
bl to support community development, social inclusion and well-being activities and to work with
partners to support and improve the conditions of the inhabitants in rural life;
c) to promote or assist in the promotion, facilitation and organisation of community capacity
building programme and projects for the benefit of the inhabitants within the area of benefit who
have need of such assistance as a result of their youth, age, disability or infirmity, or social and
economic circumstances, in a effort to increase the abilities, skills and self-confidence of such
inhabitants; d} to advance any other exclusively charitable purpose as the Directors, may from time
to time, decide in accordance with the law of charity.
Revlew of Operations and future development
The Trustees are content with the income generated by the existing Farmers Hall facility in the year
to end December 2022. The effect of the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak in the previous two years-
from March 2020 had been a disaster to hall usage and thus income.
However, The Farmers Hall Trustees now look favourably to the future and a return to similar levels
of income as previous years from the ten hall user groups. The Farmers Hall Management
Committee operate under a financial resenies policy.
Revlew of Flnances
The Company income for the year to 31" December 2022 was £13,561 with private and government
grants totalling £10,341 Other income generated amounted to £3,220.
Government and private 8rants were obtained from.,
Armagh Clty Banbrldge and Cralgavon Borough Councll FAP GRANT Community Development
Ulster Communlty Covld Recovery Fund
To all these funders, The Bleary Farmers Hall Management Committee are most grateful.
Publlc Benefit Statements
The Trustees consider they have complied with their respective duties to have due regard to the
guidance on public benefit as published by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland.
Statement of Trustee's responslbilities
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in
accordance with the applicable law and United Kingdom accounting standards.
Company Law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial period to
provide a true and fair view of the affairs of the company for that period.

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In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are required to:
Make estimates that are reasonable and prudent
Select most appropriate accounting policies and apply in a consistent format
Clarify that applicable accounting standards have been followed and further explained in the
financial statements and have prepared the financial statements.
The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the above requirements in preparing the
financial statements.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable
accuracy at any time, the financial position of the company and to enable them to ensure that the
financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006.
The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and hence for taking
reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud or other irregularities. Policies are also in
place for such issues.
Approved by the Trustees
Mr William Robinson
Chairperson
14th February 2023