Registered number: N1048343
Charity number: 101717
HEALING THROUGH REMEMBERING
{A Company Limited by Guarantee)
UNAUDITED
DIRECTORS. REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022

HEALING THROUGH REMEMBERING
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
CONTENTS
Page
Reference and Administrative Details of the Company. its Directors and Advisers
Directors. Report
Independent Examiner's Report
Statement of Financial Activities
Balance Sheet
9-10
Notes to the Financial Statements
11-22

HEALING THROUGH REMEMBERING
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS OF THE COMPANY. rrs DIRECTORS AND ADVISERS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
Directors
Dawn Purvis, Chairperson
Claire Hackett
Hedley Abernethy, Honorary Treasurer (appointed 14 De￿mber 2022)
Alexander Bunting
Brandon Hamber
Irwin Turbitt
Geraldine Smyth
Brian Lambkin
Oliver Wilkinson, Honorary Secretary
Philip Dean
Conor Keenan
Anna Louise Purbrick
Company registered
number
N1048343
Charity registered
number
101717
Registered office
Gordon Street Mews
27-29 Gordon Street
Belfast
BT12LG
Company secretary
Oliver Wilkinson
Chairperson
Dawn Purvis
Accountants
UHY Hacker Young Fitch
Chartered Accountants
Gordon Street Mews
27-29 Gordon Street
Belfast
BT12LG
Bankers
Ulster Bank
91-93 University Road
Belfast
BT7 1NG
Solicitors
CMG Cunningham Dickey Solicitors
18 May Street
Belfast
BT14NL
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HEALING THROUGH REMEMBERING
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
DIRECTORS. REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
The Directors (who are also Trustees of the charity for the purposes of the Charity Act) present their annual
report together with the financial statements for the 1 January 2022 to 31 De￿mber 2022. The Directors confirm
that the Annual Report and financial statements of the company comply with the current statutory requirements,
the requirements of the company's governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended
Practice ISORP), applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting
Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
Since the company qualifies as small under section 382 of the Companies Act 2006, the Strategic Report
required of medium and large companies under the Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors,
Report) Regulations 2013 has been omitted.
Structure, governance and management
a. Policies and objectives
Healing Through Remembering (HTR) is an extensive cross-community project made up of a range of individual
members holding differing political, social and religious perspectives who come together to focus on the issue of
how best to deal with the past relating to the conflict in and about Northem Ireland.
Through on-going intemal discussions, research, roundtable discussions, conferences and outreach
programmes, HTR produces a range of reports, options papers, exhibitions, dramas, discussion papers, events
and audits which continue to inform discussion throughout society - this includes community groups, political
parties, statutory and govemment policy makers.
b. Strategies for achieving objectives
HTR'S key strength lies in its diverse membership who come from a range of backgrounds - including loyalist,
republican, British Army, poli￿, church, media, victims, academia and community activism - who work together
on how best to deal with the past relating to the conflict. Thus HTR addresses issues with the full range of views
and opinions as part of the debate.
HTR'S success relies on an inclusive and bottom-up approach which facilitates the development of innovative
mechanisms and best praCti￿S. Vital to the work of HTR is the building of trust so as to form a safe space in
which dialogue can be open and honest.
The work of HTR addresses five particular themes, each one identified following a public consultation in 2002.
These are Storytelling, Day of Reflection, Truth Recovery & Acknowledgement, Living Memorial Museum and
Commemoration. Membership consists of individuals who hold very different views and perspectives on the
themes they are discussing, but who agree on the need to create a better future.
Examples of work done include an Annual Day of Reflection on 21 June every year since 2007, an exhibition
entitled 'Everyday Objects transformed by the Conflict. and the report 'Are we there ye￿, a document outlining
proposals in regard to dealing with the past.
c. Policies adopted for the induction and training of Directors
The Chairperson, Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer, the directors and five trustees with responsibility for
the five areas of work were elected by the membership of Healing Through Remembering at the Annual General
Meetings held on Tuesday 6th October 2022 on a virtual platform (Zoom) and Tuesday 14th December 2022, in
room BD07 004, Ulster University, York Street, Belfast. New directors are sought and appointed by the Board as
required.
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HEALING THROUGH REMEMBERING
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
DIRECTORS. REPORT (CONTINUEDI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
Structure, governance and management (continued)
d. Organisational structure and decision-making policies
The day-to-day responsibility for the provision of services rests with Ms Cate Turner, who ensures that the
charity delivers the services specified and that key perf0rrnan￿ indicators are met. She supervises any staff and
the volunteer team and has responsibility for the financial management and control.
e. Principal activities
Healing Through Remembering is an extensive cross-community project made up of a diverse range of
individual members with different political perspectives and social eXperien￿S. They come from across Northern
Ireland, Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland to focus on ways of dealing with the past relating to the conflict
in and about Northern Ireland and to build a better future. The organisation addresses the recommendations
outlined in the Report of the Healing Through Remembering Project 2002 and aims to widen the debate.
To do this, Healing Through Remembering delivers a variety of activities to encourage dialogue and
development in the five areas of work from the 2002 Report - namely Living Memorial Museum, Truth Recovery
and Acknowledgement, Storytelling, Day of Reflection and Commemoration. Healing Through Remembering
also offers conversational workshops and arranges public events. The membership of the organisation to the
end of December 2020 was 78 individuals. The Board of Directors is the ultimate controlling party of the charity.
The Board is responsible for the review of all activities, the setting of future strategy, and meets a minimum of
eight times per annum. The Directors have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed and are
satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to these major risks.
f. Objectives and activities
The objectives of Healing Through Remembering Limited (HTR) are to promote, for the benefit of the public in
Northern Ireland, the advancement of education in the purpose and methods of mediation, conciliation and
reconciliation of disputes or conflicts and of all the means of managing them for pea￿ful resolution in the
interests of good citizenship and community relations and in particular to promote research and the exchange of
views that help towards education into the causes, prevention and alleviation of destructive patterns of behaviour
and into peaceful means of resolving conflict.
In planning our activities for the year. we kept in mind the Charity Commission's guidan￿ on public benefit at our
meetings of the Board of Directors.
The current objectives of HTR are being addressed under the activities of a number of projects,. most
specifically, in 2022, the work of the organisation was again primarily funded by the Department of Foreign
Affairs & Trade and the Stevens Legacy. This work involved ensuring that engagement and discussions
continued on the issue of dealing with the past despite a slow return to public gatherings following the Covid-19
pandemic. The Board, Members and staff continue to engage with a range of local and international
organisations and individuals.
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HEALING THROUGH REMEMBERING
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
DIRECTORS. REPORT (CONTINUEDI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
Achievements and perfonnance
a. Main achievements of the company
HTR operated largely on line and from home offices with in person meetings resumed during the year.
The Board of Healing Through Remembering expressed concern at the British Government proposals on
dealing with the past. They continued to meet Northern Ireland Office staff to Vol￿ their resetvations about the
entirety of the proposals.
The 'Everyday Objects transformed by the Conflict, exhibition was hosted at St Anne's Church of Ireland
Cathedral Belfast until April 2022 when it began a one-year tour of LibrariesNI.
HTR continued to deliver items logged and catalogued for the HTR historic newspaper clippings database to the
Linen Hall Library. This is an indexed collection that has proved to be a valuable resource for students,
researchers and other interested parties.
The Day of Reflection was On￿ again marked on 21 June 2022. In conjunction with Belfast City Council a
reflective space was created in Belfast City Hall and activities were run throughout the day. The HTR social
media platforms also posted comments and information throughout the day. HTR also supported the
ecumenical service of Lament held by Corymeela Community and other groups and individuals at St Anne's
Cathedral. The Day was also marked extemally and promoted on social media by other groups.
The Stories Network continued to consider a resour￿ to aid and story gathering projects. HTR also helped
coordinate the Conflict Legacy Interpretative Ne￿Ork consisting of museums and exhibitions relating to the
conflict in and about Northern Ireland.
HTR helped host a number of intemational visiting groups looking at legacy of violence issues. These induded
academics, artists and community activists. The Executive Director spoke at a number of virtual and in person
external events on legacy of the past issues. The Director was also continued her involvement in a number of
advisory groups for external projects. Existing local and international links were maintained with the local and
international academics. Relationships were maintained virtually with local community organisations and groups.
Publications
Annual Report 2022
Financial review
a. Going concern
After making appropriate enquiries, the trust*s have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate
resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason they continue to adopt
the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Further details regarding the adoption of the going
cOn￿M basis can be found in the Accounting Policies.
b. Reserves policy
The charity has always tried to build up the balan￿ of its reseprfes on a yearly basis so as to maintain funds at
the year-end equal to between three and six months expenditure. For the year ended 31 December 2022, the
organisation's reserves are above this target.
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HEALING THROUGH REMEMBERING
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
DIRECTORS. REPORT (CONTINUEDI
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
Structure, governance and management
Plans for future periods
Future plans include continuing to engage with the British Government expressing community cOn￿mS about
their outlined approach to dealing with the legacy of the past.
HTR will continue to meet with political representatives, hold workshops and seminars and produ￿ reports.
HTR will also continue to work with a range of local and intemational organisations. The 'Everyday Objects
Transformed by Conflict. exhibition will continue to be publicly ac￿Ssible during a year long hosting by
LibrariesNI with the exhibition, in case and panel fom, visiting libraries across Northern Ireland.
Given the changing political environment for dealing with the past, the Board continues to consider how best to
maintain the organisation with these limited reSoUr￿S until more substantial future funding can be secured.
Members. liability
None of the Directors has any beneficial interest in the company. All of the Directors are members of the
company and guarantee to contribute £1 in the event of a winding up.
Statement of Directors. responsibilities
The Directors {who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for
preparing the Directors, Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United
Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the Directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law,
the Directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair
view of the state of affairs of the company and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including
its income and expenditure, for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Directors are required to..
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently.,
observe the methods and principles of the Charities SORP (FRS 102).,
make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent",
state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards (FRS 102) have been followed, subject to any material
departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements.,
prepare the financial statements on the going cOn￿M basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the
company will continue in business.
The Directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain
the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the
company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They
are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hen￿ for taking reasonable steps for the
prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Approved by order of the members of the board of Directors and signed on their behalf by..
Claire Hackett
Director
Date. 19 September 2023
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