Bleary Farners Hall ManagemeHt Committee
Annual repurtfor iheyear ended 31 December 2023
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Bleary Farmers Hall
ol the Tru
ees
For the Year Ended 31 December 2023
The Trustees present their report and financial statements for the year end 31 December 2023.
The Trustees who served durin8 the year and up to the date of this report are listed as:.
Mr David Malcolmson
Mr Willlam Robinson
Mrs Helen Campbell
Mr John Harrfson
Mrs Heather Wilson
Mr James Blane
Strurturei governance and management
Bleary Fam)ers Hall has been in existence since the mid 1961Ys serving the needs of the rural Bleary
community. The Hall wa5 formerly the Bal￿dougan Public Elementary Schoolhouse. The Bleary
Farmers Hall Management Committee is a registered Charity INIC101715) since 9 sep.tember 2015.
The Bleary Farmers Hall Management Committee is also a regIste￿d Company with Companies
House Registration Number: 615610.
The Farmers Hall is governed by a trust deed and the Farmers Hall Management Committee.
Objertives & Artlvities
Bleary Farmers Hall Management Committee provide for community development work within the
local neighbourhood.
The Famers Hall Management Committee are providin& 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 Famers Hall Management Committee also organise lectures, classes, meetings and community
fundraising events and other forms of leisure-time arKJ recreational and educational devek)pment.
The objectives are specificalty 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 Amiagh, without distinction
of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic identity, political or religious opinion,
by associating the statutory authorities, community and voluntary organisations and the inhabitants
in a common effortto 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:

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al 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 fomis 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;
cl to promote or assist in the promotion. facilitation and organisation of community capacity
building programme and projects for the benefrt of the inhabitants within the area of benefit who
have need of such assistance as a result of their youth, age. disability or infimiity, or social and
economic circumstances, in a effort to increase the abilities, skills and self-confidence of such
inhabitants; dl to advance any other exclusively charitsble purpose as the Directors, may from time
to time, decide in accordance with the law of charity.
Revlew of Oper*lons arKI future development
The Trustees are content with the income generated by the existing Farmers Hall facility in the year
to end December 2023.
The Farmers Hall Management Committee operate under a financial reserves policv.
Review of Finances
The Company income forthe year to 31 December 2023 was £10,579 with private and government
grants totalling £3,161. Other income generated amounted to £7,418.
Government and private grants were obtained from:
Armagh City 8anbridEe and Craizavon Borough Council FAP Community Development Grant
Ulster Scots Agencv
DAERA Rural Micro Capital Grant Scheme
Asda Foundation
To all these funders, The Bleary Farmers Hall Management Committee are most grateful.
Public Benefrt 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 respon5ibilitles
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in
accordance with the applicable law and United Kingdom accounting standard5.
Company Law requires the Trustees to prepare financTal 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 tru5tee5 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 standard5 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 2(Ki6.
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
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12 March 2024