The Dry Arch Children's Centres Compan!" Limited bv Guarantee Truste￿, Annual Repurl (IllLorpor3tin% Ibe Direclor's Report) l'ear ended 31 Nlarch 2023 The Inislees, wbo &-e alio t.ie dire¢io-.s lor the purpose> Ot company law: present their report &lnd the tinancial siatemenl.) of the chAn'ry for iP,e fvear er.ded ."} l Nlar-tr, ?n?.i. Reglstered ¢harlty name 'I'kn L)r%" Ar-È L'.knldren's C'entres C.'h2rlty' reglstratlon niimber Nlf101761 Cutnp#ny r￿lI￿trAlI￿n number NlQi1540 Priiicipal orricc amd rexistered office Unit 150 Le8a5711on Road Glenshane lJiisiLeSs l'ark t)UllbfjVin Cv Derry BT4 1 4QL The trustees s B NIacquknell Its J lI￿tes]de Ir D WThit&fide IES M Carey T hlccloskey C"omp2ny secretary Nlrs Fl Auditi)r ClarettM)unt Cknrtered Account2nts & 5Tattnory Auditor Ib 14roolThoimt C.￿￿cent Otna¥h Co Tyrone II'IT8 SLIG Banker UlylLr BuDk W'aterside Lo Lkrrv BT41 1,48 The Dri. Arch Children's Centres CompanN' Limited by Guarantee Trustees, Allnual Report (Incorporating tbe Director's Report) (ropDiiJJwed) l'ear ended 31 Trlarcb 2023 Stru¢tur¢? %overnan¢e and mrdnagement Goverlliii% Dociiment .1 he ornaniqAnon is a charilahle cnmpany limitcd by g¥uanmwL': inLUry)uraiL.d on i 1996. ThL' LUlI]puny' '11% kn'*thbli&liL,d und¢r u ML'iiIuru(￿Lull of.45socialion ifvtiich ¢stabli>l)ed the objects ￿)d poM'¢rs ot the charitable ompaLIN' oiid is govemed under ils ¢tri¢l¢s of .4$5rtialion. In the event of the compan> being N¥ound lip members are reqiiired to conlribuie an amounl Iiot exceeding £ l. l¥lanaRement SubjeLt to the pro%isions of the C"ompanies ACL the mernordndum and the articles of ASSOClation and lu an!, direclinnf gii'en by SPCLial rcsolulii)n. thL busin￿5 vf thL Cvmpantr bhall bL tnunugLyJ bj thL dirLLlors wlio in&v .XLfLi5L thL PLii*erb of tac Loinpaiib. Risk ),IanagemeDt Th¢ trust=es of The DL} .4rch Clll"Id-en's centr￿ acknowledge their rebTronsibilitv in identitwing and mitigating the varioiis risks which the kompan}' ro￿￿ be expLi%ed [0. Thel. haFe cOnd￿ted a relie.￿ of the rnajDr ri*k-8 tii i￿h1C￿ the Charit￿ 1% ￿XIm)SL￿. 01 strategic plan has been created betttllg out the ke)1 aims. obJectiie5 and poliLies tor tbe compan}, as shown in this re.port. '1'h￿ strat.gic plan ib ￿OrL%(￿r.tl1" eTroliinti kn retlect t4e changiniTr need% at faTnilie4 in The T)ungl￿ell and l.irnaTr"ady Thi% pl2￿ thal thL Lhurilfv hab. a ¥leat focus- lo pro￿Ade qualit%, sUPlX)rt services to erLable and enrich the developmental opp)rtum"ties of clll.ltre (Quarterli financial bijdgets ani4 variance reDofts are PTcpaTcd in ￿n]1￿￿tion Mith thc L1)rnpan￿,5 ￿ndIng P¢ArtrJLTr. This pr(TriiId￿5 fLL￿b￿L.k iiito tse per.onnkuice ofdie cliarits ar.d addresi arL¥s foi polential iiiwroi'ell)ellt. Budget prepartslioll ensures that IEe chari￿ is constJr.IlTr- 1wkn.ng torward and doe> nLiI rest on it> laurelb as knr_dints ib dependent on fiinire actiilties. Perfonnance repDrLS are prniided the tnLgt' Is paramoimt. eacn potential neu. empl￿￿e9 is suhject tii a letting procedure hefi)re iheir Li)nlriLLI OF Lrnploym 'nl Is %i¥iiuI. QuttlifkL*liui]s atd refereiices are knb.ecked tl)orou_4hlJ to ei)iUI'e l ial eacli Iievb, eiiiplDyee kn the required skill> to imp-. ol'e tAe existing H'orktorce. Job rraining and development (including health &" satety.) Is atso pro%ided for existing employees lo their skn.lls and extyerience. The Dry'.4rch Children's Centres CompAn)' Limited h)" CKuarantee Truslees, AJ]lliial Report (Incorporating the Dircctor's Rcport) Ceiwli*ue4j I'-ear ended 31 Nlarcb 21J23 ObJectI￿.¢S r•nd activltles ThL' prinLipJl dim uf Dr￿ L'kli CliilJreii's CeIil' es is tlle eiyipoi%'erinent of fan111￿ niembers ihrougli tlie proirision of a continuuin of l)iglL qualit￿ support sernices that enricb the liTres and improve deiielopmenr81 oiileorr.es for children. AS￿)Ll￿1L.d Aim%: l. To ¢iR¢ow'age child.-ell trom an earl￿ age to al'oid risk>, behaI10ur and to rnoderate or overcome and all physic2& l. nkental, emotional, educational #ndior moiiN'2tional harriers lo imprnved self-c8tCL"m and PLTS()n&l dei'elopment. i￿￿11ng rulL thL' pinw>' LArers and ¢oablers of their cbildrcii'i dei'elopnient. . To pmrnnle and SUp￿)rt pa-. Dr¥ ArclL Children's Centr¢s proi.ide fi￿11- integrated. seamlesi and non-sngmatising i￿ViceS that tle.xibly meet the needs of clllldTen. young people and their tamibes. 'I'hese senyces h21'e been develnped in parnierThhip with oiir local ¥ommuniti&s. i￿01h uibL T indiiqdu￿i (wd a¥ellLith i¥iib wliolii we share i.espo￿lbilitrj' foi. rd. TnIli￿.5. The Dry" trlr¢h Cb.ildren s Lentres mod=1 deb"iiers a holisTiC p-.oach meeiinn indi*idiJal. famil￿. and cl1￿,1￿￿n7ry needs rhroiioF, Ih- Joint plannir,g and deli￿ery Df Iii inl'yulL￿ SL￿￿1¢55 ¥ippn)aLh aLllle¥es Iiior- th￿ .%urn ul its parLi. This IrarkedlTr¥ ¥ontrasts disaggteoated ar[￿￿e]nellt H.herein separate services are proiided fro.11 a cot]]mon Jase. tn thorL tamilies ger jOll￿-￿p from one place ensurino the righr help at rhe nght time. %aTEwI.. SLfviLth PrLiiqd¢d: - Full Dal Car&rylur5ery. Sen anJ Tr4iniii¥ CkniitrL'. Earl). Inteivention Fan]il}' Suppon Hub. Strrtte%lc report ThL fi)11()i¥in¥. ￿L'll￿n$ fo" r ULliiev¢ill¥iits tuid perfiofiiwi¥e ap.d fiiianciaj revieiN fonn the strategic report of. tlie cIMrity. The Dn'.4rch Children's Centres Cornpani, Litnited b.v Guaranlee Trustees, Annual Report Uncorporating the Directvr'& Repurl) (eoiiAPIAed) ear ended 31 Trlarch 2023 ALhiL'*'¢lll¢llts aiid p¢rform#ll¢¢ All objeciii.es sei ￿￿thu) The prelious }"ear have achiei'ed. IIL additioll lo ihe objectives outlilled the Organisatio￿ in continuing to listen to our conmiimiry and their ne￿$. hai'e dei'eloped a r.Iimber o. nem, project areas and nude N'ery siic¢es>fiil ap?oinmient.£ to ensiire these nhjecriiia set for 2n21,V4 can he met accordingly. NcTh' proj¢cts And initiAtiv¢s illcludc: . Laiinehing our HF.F.-I.ONCT C.'ampaign to creatj a cDnnkcli(L CompLy%iunaiL Cornmunil} l.iiiJnLhinbp i>ur NeumJi¥eThil% C.￿lipal￿n to 8UPPOrt Familics strugglAn8. i*hist ai*aitin4 a di&g.nosis or those ii'ho have had a recent diagnosis. Laiinching a specifi- Prograrnme Tn tsckle-I1ental ill-Halth" and hiLTh ufaULKi￿IY ￿n￿Tr¥. IhL I"vun¥L'r generation The Dr) Arch Children's Centre5 Cotnpan!. Limited bv Guarantee Trllstees, Annual Report Uncorporating the Director's Report) (COAiiA*ed) l'ear ended 31 March 2023 The organtS?L lion had another successtiil ￿Ear in Kthich the le￿e1 ot Incon￿ received illcreased orLe acwain and diev invested in a fiirr.her £ l.$ ?.$4 of fixed &*sets. The net &mc fri)m th¥ HLalih an Social CaTe Board. The chariiy also g¢41¢ra¢¢> incoiii¢ froJi ILS day ¢L¢ alld out of school progrniuiies to siipple]ienl this grant incorrte. Grant PvlACy Grants obtained are cla&sified as resLicta fund5 and are subjecl to reslri¥tions on their expenditure in]posed b). the donor or throutrh the temts ot an appeaL Resen'es Polic The trustees aTe wonfii4eni that the r-serveTh o.f the CDTnpan!' a-. e Df 3 cicni Icvel to b2 ahle In cnntiniie the LU[ti￿1 uLLiviu¥& uf IhL ￿h￿til). iIi es'eiii ora dtvp ill fullaillg. Ullresiri¥toJ rknbeTrei are a¥'ailable fvr use al ilie disirelion of the ttustees in Sjrtherankne ot tEe general oi - liveb of the charits. ResrrÈcteAJ reberveb are subjected lo restricttor.s on tneir use the donor. FiE2dllLL [L5LT￿Ls SLL LU pfL)i¢LI Lhutil}' wai￿%1 dtops in iDLollie and a> abaknL-up fL)r fulur¢ ¢XLenyiuns and coslllnitrnents sI.betL neceisary. It is also politvto incre2se reseThes to co¥Er six months operatt.onal expendiknre SA4oiild it k relS. Ab fur YL4)pvfL &er¥'Lces illLreases we continue to d¢i'¢lop and dii¢wt services and programmes to wbere 'e are needed n)ost. SL"TViLL¥ ITILlud".: SurLSillti Pru¥iiion IntLTrLnlion Famils Supwrt HLB C.'hild C.'are and Nurs=ry' Pmvi8iDn t of bcIKiols Ivrap around Care acd support Youth N4eJrtoiillg and Piogtammes FaEiiily support Ho.ry￿ Ili>ltino Tb,LfdPLuIiL SupFK)rl in gt()up a￿1 olle lo one basÉs Play Therapy 'I"herapeiiliL inteiTrenrion wil￿n S-bools Health and Nutrition ProgYammes All LifiFies¢ heauiiw. uKlude a K'ta(h of progranur.es wthich can be YiewEd oli our n¢Tr website and .4pp. Vision for 202'11?4 Tlie visioii fcpr the incoming. year ahetsd ier(]ains sieadtssl in ensurin.4 we develop and deliver .4pproprialA timely luid Liiewiillgful seTrices aud support sysien]s to our Families. Il'e ii?ni to slrenothen oiir L'omrniittil}' throiigh the LJL. I,'.LUNlJ carnpaign and Inrend TO gn on the rnad a nurr,heT of crpmmunits l..d Inili¢ilivkn'S 5uppurliIi_4 111¥ nr)tIDn of "Lyinnccl and comp¢L%%i()n ' in an allkmpl Iv bi¥hli¥lil th¥ ISSU¥ uf1svl&liuii aiid IA)fAeltn¢ss and Iiow this iIIIP¥lTr&'lb our eiiiotioiwl pl)Nsical iNEllbeir.g at anN age and stage of our lives. For loo long ￿e have become disconnected trom el4 ch other. commiinicating onlN ibrough aiTr%7¥rs. IVL. waul Iv Iii¥llliglil slt¢r4tli Én the PtlCEs A?end& linked to the .ICEs .Igei)da but fc¢using more rni tlie positives of resilience and less on the adversities ot'.4L Ls. The Dn,.4rch Children's Centres C'ompany I,imitcd by Cvvar2ntce Truslees, Annual Report (IncoryoratinfF tbe Director'5 Report) ( ear ended 31 l¥larcb 2023 Dernand ThLre knUiI(iJiu¥y lo b¢ all itlknieas¢ in deM￿)d for Chil&-eu pre5ei)lii)g wid) high levels of a￿lIery froni all early age as well as high reterral rate tor yoiith and tamil} sUPFM)rt Jervitts wirhill all S￿-hOOl age groups. li is iniended ro conliniie %lJPPOrt ih-. oiinh va-. ioii.% plaifi)rniN hul prinwil), m"'."lingi and %upp(Ininfi ChilLrLn, I'i)unu PLi)p1￿ F&Tiiiliiy fdLL lts I-IILL in u ¥ruup v." oiie lo oue plaiforLlI. OUL" sen'i¢es liave ¥Olliiiiu¢d alld will do so iLi dle tijwi'e, as long as we are needed! Il'e haw'e dei'elop:d a new website and l.'amilv Sirnport .4PP to enable u8 to re2ch oiir familie¥ qiiicker and eisier. (Trther plaifinmi% include: Social media plartorn]s ro intorn ParenTS of M'hat 1% ai?Ilable. Sure Start Provision for O 10 4 Near olds L)Aily relephone calls to -lienlA CLTltrL B&￿xI Pru_witUllL Home N'isltlllg Support 'I'berapeLIti- s.￿p￿rts Neur(MIi￿CTr1li Supp()rL% TberapLuii'" Pro￿￿￿￿¢5 withill khools OnliLeiZoom SupwJ1 Kthere appwpriale l ood parcels ati.d hot nTr>ls deliTrered to tk(Kse in need; SuLl411 Supknnllarkel CDnlinued ielationship HUB partners to ensure *2mle55 delii'eTr. F.ar1￿ InlcrvkntiDll Suppuil The vision of reaching 311 ChiEI-Iren. Yoijno People ard thyir FamTlie¥ is alive Trit4in OUT iiKion. Ille need to reaih F2milTes befiifL' t:iei' ari in r.Lixi Ll. iUPWrt. WL I1￿￿￿ io ¥ei th¢ IIUL ibai are bo Jt]atiy >upporl available to F￿￿lIA¢S.￿￿O are strU￿oI1￿g and inretvene a￿1v. -Nlonitoring (Paperless bi 21124) Lfiilising Digital IL Ic(hods to adapt to thc Dccd5 of 5cDif e useTS le continue lo operate s>stemi that allow. lis to reach oir target audience di￿ttl plarfornis from initial cnntacl tn final audit. Thi% is in kl￿￿7n¥ WiLh uur %i)iun Iv i￿. # pap¥wI¥￿ urg¥DibuiioD ¥ud vf20J. Our ¥urrellt plattorJis include.. Ho￿. did we ¢ommunl¢*te Thlth our parellts, familles and the communiry". Instagram Mailchimp The Dry Arch Children's Centres Conipany Limited bTr" Guarantee Trustee&, Annual Reporl ￿ncOrpOratin￿ tbe Direclor's Report) l'ear endul 31 JIarLh 20?3 Hiiw ve are deli*erin¥ unline yervIL.￿ *nd ¥uypurlin¥ Ta￿111(). wiattsaF9 Ptroie Calls Em•ll Facetlne Zwm Text Service Delivery EdmL¥Jo SeÉSaknV Z(KITfL Pro LnlLbl". .5 u% Lu JLll￿Lr a run¥L' vf fur pl￿e￿LI kuld }￿li￿out liilliL These haN'e beeli especially beThefiiial tor >uch as BreastteoJir.g SupporL h&pnokn"nhmty a￿TIery pro￿all￿r￿eS ind reachino those who stnigg1￿ r.o join a griiup a) a rasult of fear Of the &inL& and. s(Kial iitU2tiDTLS. II'L I￿71] Ll)ntinu tu %twport PaT￿lt￿ ChililtL￿ this anxiet% e.tiSLS. Ldmodo has been excellent in setting up raining programmes for parents Ththich can he d21ivered both. liw'e or Stafl. adapred well to implenMiiniF digital plattOrn￿ TO eTreryday b.te at the l)ry Arch centTe. wpporting nur prnEr.otional channels such FacL.hil()k 2nd Ins[X￿allL Projected actt.vity tor ?U2i.Q4 Our &¢r¥iw¢i fvill Collliiiue lo be I'esp0115ive to Ihe r.eeds of local Fajnilies. Il'ith our HUB partners we aini to address the crisis telt by man% due to ihe increase in the co<1 of living. Faw.ili&s are to chrf)osc hcm'ecn FLeating their homes or feeding tiieu families. This should neiieT be a cboice an>or.e ha> lo ￿ike,. I'he L)ry' ArLh ED is a inL'llibL'r R¥¥liTri￿1 Childreii aod Youll% P¢opl¢s Sirni¢8i¢ Parttlersliip aiid the Regiollal lo%'ety'i'Ask and I"inish fjroiip in tie Il'e.stern Tru.%T Arca charbied tacklingy Ihc i&SUL' uf rL'al p()v¥rtw f..Ii witliill our coiiwllunities today. More than in the past ?5 ￿ears. W'e will dei'elop and deliver more Parenting Proornmmes ha4ed nn the '"ifamil)'., and Mthai il mLyn% to bc Parent of the igeneralloll. I'raininty for I'eachers in School> to enable them ￿ lyetter re¢¥ulale Hthle cl&sqmD.ms tn allDK hr m()rc rclaxLd ¢ai'ning ei)wtroi)n'.¢nts and less atLxiery and stress aroong Teakn-bers and the Ckn'ldren Kithin their cla&sf(y)ms.. ljed pol'eny campaign to continue to highlight and addrts8 the numbtrs of c.hildren and Parents sleepin&v thn sofa5 aiid floors. . PACL-'s .4genda to highliJo r the nttd for better communiry connection a￿1 en￿agement &5 ￿¢11 as hetter understanding of what isolatioD a￿d loneliness is doing to our menlal health. The Dr) .4rch C'hildren's Centres Conipani, Limited by" Guarnntee Trustees, Annual Repurt {InLurpuratiD% ihe Direclor's Report.) (4'offlFUU4JIJ Year ended 31 l¥1arLh 2023 Parniership Ivorking 'I'ht L,'arl)' InTtTrenrion Famil} Supp(In HIIB Luntin￿'S IL) .¥row ￿1￿ ieferrals ￿ tliis service ll)¢rease weeklv. The nLLrnbkn'f Ulid 0.'Jer￿1￿¢S hale Ulcrea￿ with n￿re and moAe primai. school aged Lhildren finding r.hemsel￿e strugsling to cope eiiioiionall}'. lThe Arckn NlaTh2gement ar,d q12ft will nDt Icl d Cili)bal PdndLniiL pr¥v¢ul trom rethchillg l.aw.ilies. r.￿rtI￿llIar1>, IP.Ix4c FdmiliLS i¥"hu us nio>L Th.s¢ ieivi¥es will ii)clude' Equiiie Tli¢rapy . TlierdPN Dog within schools Play'l'herapy ThL Tapkutlkn Pla> . Art Tlierapy . Lego Tlierapy Resilienc￿ based pro￿arnme5 for all aoe L¥mups. All odier FainilTr Support serviies will continue. but 2 i>reater ettyhasis will be pl.4kned on therzpeutic proLFfdTllmL4 ill partnership lliih local prinTrry' schools. in an attemn.t Ip addrc&% thL inLTL2LNITl¥. llulliberb of referra15 for those Lhildren ST￿ggling with anxiet}. and Si)Lial i501￿1{7 Tlie Dry .irch Swe Start ankn4 Earl}. InteThenti(￿ I amil), Siipporr. Programme uill cnntinue ts) pr()IqdL SilPPUrt un(L guidance to familieb in tP.e. l..irnaTr7dy Bori)u¥h CouDLiI uttx ihL Rigbl to Food "e hai"e establisk.ed links iiitE L hildren in Northern Tre13nd part nf a T￿￿TO￿al appr(YdLb kn tsckling food poTrertS' and holii4ay hunner. The CITI￿al￿n ￿11[ IK. lul bN Ihe YoullA_ Peopl= alld ainb to biillg the issue &ood poi'erty to ILILal hlLA's aiid ultiInately infortn wlic), in Northern Ireland a5 ha> been the c.ase in F.ngland. This wnrk ha seell mall} I'oung People tiourish Tbroutshout ?0?3 and continu2 thmuiFh()ul ?OL4. Trustee4' reqwin4ibililiey ¥laiemclll TEie tnistees. who are also di-ectors for the piirpose% nf compdn} la￿. df¥ TL.4PLiTh%iblL Ivr pr¢parip.g die tiustee5' report and the financial staternLnL% ip. IlL¥urd#nkn¥ ￿.1(11 4)pli¢abl¢ law and United Killgdom Ilccounting StL2ndard5 (United Kinndom (Tenerally _4LLLyl¥d .4LLuwili4w. P[￿lleg). C.i)rnp&n>' luw r¢quir¢s lh¢ ¥harity' tLuslees to prepire tinancial stalemenls tor each vear which gil'e a mie and fair vi¢M' of ihe state ol. attairs ot itr.e charitable compan), aNI the iw)minb? re)nUTC￿5 und pliLuiioi) uf r¢sour¥es, incliiding ihe incon•.e and expevditure, fi>r thdl I￿￿11)d. The Dry Arch Children's Cvntres CumpanTr Limited bi. Guaranlee Trustees, .4nnual Report (Incorporating the Director's Reporl) IcNIlTwiwdJ l'ear ended 31 ￿larCh 2023 Iu prLputuig Ihe5e tlliatlknial sta￿.1￿llts, t&ie tnts1ees are required to: YLIL'LI ¥uiwbl¢ aLiounling w)li¥ies tli¢n appljp ihein consisteiitly: ()bxL'fvL thL mL'thvd¥ and priiiLipl¢b in th¢ 8pplicable Charities SORP. make jiidgment8 and accnitnting e.%timat -.% that arc r4x%I)nablL and prudkntkL stale wheiP.er applicable UK Accounting SIAnd2rd$ have heen f()Ili)WLxI. sUbJ￿,l lo any m&lLriul departure digL'lI)%Lxl LxplainLd in IhL' finunLiuI Su￿L.￿.li1lS. prepAre the financial $taiement4 thi gc)ing unlLsb it is inappropriat¢ to preswne that tlie cbiant}' will conrinue in b￿{￿r.esS. Th.: Iruslees are r￿ponSIble for keeping adequate a￿t01￿]tIng reco-ds are t•uftiLient to show and eyplain the charilv's transactt.ons and disclose with reauottable akClI￿.cs, aT an￿ lime the financial FK)sitio.n nf thc charity, and enable Ihem to en￿lTe that the financial staternenLq LMITnpl}' with Ib,L CL)mpaui¥S.4cl 4006. Thes ale ali4) respoiisible for ￿-.￿I￿LIard7n￿ thL ui iEL Lkwili lor taking. rea>Ollable step5 for the prelention and dete¥tion ot traud aiid otlier i¥r¢gulatities. .4uditor Eauli of di¢ peL'sors is a trustee at the date o. 2pproval of this report ¢(￿hrn￿ thar: so &s ate aifviuE. there is llo relwlwlt audit l￿f0[]natiOn ot whicb tJe i-hari￿ s auditor is unaii?r¢: and thLN h&iL liikLn ull thaL thL'}' L>uuILI lo hawe t£￿eI1 as a ¢ruslee to inake thenLh that ihe ckaritN's aU￿tOr is a￿?.re o."thai inforniation. The auditor is deemed ro ha￿e been re-ap￿)1nte1l in ￿firdanCe with sccliun 48? uf IhL" AL'I 2006. triL4tL'L5' illjnual rLWrt tlie iLtaiegiL reix)rt 1s'ere approved on .) Jalluatv board of trnstees b%: ry0?4 and signed on behalt'ot"Ihe Mrs Ll NIAcqiieen 10-