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Country Comes To Town COMPANY LIMITE REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FINANCIAL STATEMENTS NDED 30 2020 REGISTERED CHARr￿￿U￿BER- NIC 1O2Z71 CONIPANYRECISTRATION NUMBER- N1074Q62

Froni.. Bryan McLaughlin bi.yanmc148@live.co.uk SLibject.' Country Comes To Town Date. 12 Jun 2021 at 22:56:48 To". Gary Henderson gai y.he57derson@whi accountants.co.uk Gary As promised, please see below a short amendment to the Annual Report Regards Bryan All content as already prepared until: Then amend as Achievements and Performance Now we'll established as Portadown's only major outdoor annual cross- community festival, the event in 2020 was, unfortunately, cancelled as a result of Covid 19 regulations. Understandable because this festival has a reputation for attracting enormous crowds of visitors; frequently exceeding 30,000+ people. There was no possibility of modifying the event to reduce numbers attending and introducing social distancing. Country Comes To Town is a public event with no entry fee and occupies the entire centre of Portadown which has 9 major entry routes and at least 15 minor means of access. Please remove . Continued ...--- TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT down to: Company law requires ..-...- and then proceed as already prepared. Sent from my iPad

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE, YEATL ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS IEMBERS OFTHE BOARD AI¥D PROFESSIONALADVISERS &6 BAIANCE SHEET 9-10 )OTES TO TKE FtNANCIALSTATEMEKrs 15

MEMBERS OF TUE BOARD AND PROFESSIONAL ADVISERS OFFICERS D PROFESSIOIN AL ADVISERS Regisiered eh#rlty CowiiryCome5toTopD Choritynumber IC 102271 Conwony re￿$trad￿n ftu•t&erN1074062 Principuloffice MllleDul￿M Co4rt Arts Centre Stytel PortadowD Co ATllLagh BY62 5r4X RÉgisÉÉrÉd offite Mlllwklllum CollrtATts Centre WElliam Sireet Portadoiy Co Arnagh BT62 5NX T￿￿les5 Mr B FMeJaWIiD MrTE FlemlDg Mts AM Culbèrt MrJ Il 1I11soa Secreiary MrB F Iiidepewdeni£Y4mln¢r WllRAeeouttt*nts Lld CharterEd Certif￿￿ Atcounlallts Stalulory AudiloTS 56 Ellglish Street Armagh Co Armagh BT617 Bankvrs Dao$ke Baok 45 High Strttt Portadow Co Armagb Fr62 11 TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2020 518temBnts of the charity for the year &Jded 30 Sepiernber2020. Roference and Admiuislralive Do Refcr¢nc¢ and ath)unistrBtive deth51s 3Te showi ID the of Dwnbet5 of the iK>3rd Fffofe5siorAJ advws offic¢rs and prof¢ssion8E athu%r¥ OJJ page l of the fiDaJJcial statetnerts. The Tr The In￿1¢¢$ who s¢rv¢d the ¢omFOrtydurin8 the FKriod￿rre￿5 fottOW5: MrBF M¢LaugtLIi MrT E FleJninB MTS AM Culb¢rt MrJ HWilsonMBE Th¢ trJ5tce5 have adopled ihe Pr￿'1siO[kS of the SIalenK￿ of Reco]D￿ded 1>r￿]ce ISORPI -ACco￿lIng aDd Rwipg by Chariiies" issued in 2005 in preparing th¢ re[￿ and fiu7naal statements of ts dwny. IIKY hav¢ also had reg￿ for any Oth￿ ktlrorm￿Oll requiredby law orthe cJwiiJ'$ governiJJ8 d(KUttLrni Gthvornln Document Country Comes is Co￿11￿ as a ¢hariry ￿ a datrd 30 Seythllb¢r 2010 8tsJ 18 retogtiised &% a charity by HM

Rcvertue & Cwioms (Teruct￿¢ nwober N1074062 1 Th¢ Cbarity Cotllmissioo for Northem IttJaLd (Ref¢rtn¢t Numbtt NIC 102271) Ob octiveJ aTJd Activfl- I￿¢ ebj¢aiv4 and pnnuFO1 aaivitEfS of the charny ffb prnmotr yxxi CorrUn￿l￿ ￿kn10￿5 and so¢iaJ wh¢sion b¢n4r¢¢n ib¢ diff¢r¢n¢ comtnunitie$. ix)th ethnic attd local, atLd to allwtVi8its)Ys frtsm all backwuttds irtiotht low, th¢t¢by btntfiting ajl the iDhabitsnts ofthe Districl of Crnigavon artd $urrnutithg areas by Ilolithtig an attttuaj com1ll￿￿ty fes¢ival. ¢dd)rnttttgnll￿ lifcattd adivity, pasi attd pte5ent. Nowwell estsblisbed as Portadown'5 ollly snajor oth(knrknwal cross-Comm￿lty F￿[￿{ year's gYEllt altsacted a crowd ijj extess of 40,000 iDto the centre on thc day. The even4 as ratt sllK)othJy, dtt io ￿enSive p]Trplanning alld wO￿l￿g ID partnetship with sth(Mory a8uKi¢s, su¢h as ACBC Borougb Coun¢iL PSNI. Roads S¢ETri¢A ¢K and th¢ ¢wperatson ofiowll centy¢ Irddcrs W5 also imluabl¢ as wbs fillart¢ial sp)tisotshÈp from sattt¢. Th¢ vits from r¢sid¢llts of Portadowll's tsviti knwt Bauina Co Mayo. was also app￿18￿4 attd the Annual F¢￿1val helps io fiMh¢r sw¢ts8th¢tt thc litiks b>th areas. buildLng fri¢n(tships mutual understandi￿ al￿ the attendallce ty Festtval CoJtEtDitttt ]nembBts ai Ballitia's Atujllai Sa]mon Fesiival. As with any outdoor ¢venL lh¢ w¢ather pjays a5i8mficaotrok intheevents tsking pJx& OD thcFeSE1￿ Sawrday 102019, ￿ wer¢ very fortun&tr that th¢Nrath¢r r¢mal￿d fm¢ foruk Continued . TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT and wlitical divide. coJJf%tmed thai th¢te bad Ixett a s￿1 d¢al more itii¢taciiott artd joini aaion b¢￿tell then) thatt irt ¢arii¢r yws, dcmonstrating that th¢ re￿1val do￿ iJMl¢e41 rontyibwe w jocr￿Sed OUULach ID a ￿1￿.[raCtU￿d 50EiCLy. 1¢ i% dear, whetL speaking to lo(al corLmutiity 8mup throughour th¢y¢ar& th)iC4)vn￿ Comes To Towi Iw becomea retO8Disal op[￿￿nIty forthem lo CroSs.b(>rdCr￿$i¢0r ttumiKts also appw io hav¢ inu¢ased with both smyards and tr seawity wmm¢nttftg on the fr¢qU¢n￿ with whirh they had contsct with it￿iVidUal$ attd famili&8 from Coutiti¢s Sligffj Mayo. RoscommotK L¢itr%m. Cavaj). MonaBhaAL Donegal and Dublin. hqatty of Ihcse M5iung individuals are linked io clwrch 8roup5 io their ll3riYe c(M￿leS througb the 3&8]SL￿ of the ccrr le3m, they hav¢ develo￿d ¢onta¢ts attd fiiend8hips wilh lilc¢-mitide￿1rd[e their pr?(k JR tlir vsriobs uJJiurt5 through their demoostrniioos or lluml￿ of ￿￿￿p¢Op1¢0nd VtsiiOTS. Again Ihis y¢aT, piior EQ thi5 y￿r'S Festival xher5 rtom IN)th the prrtllary atwj secotyjary seaors had ap￿0aChed th¢ trusites io &%c¢rtallJ craft ut lifestyle and ctsliute iti eAriicr times. Couniry m￿lC 15 an eDfrttsillmznt For[￿ whitb kninEs togetlKr a kide nllg¢ of indiv￿5 and ￿￿￿￿1(1¢$ withitt dLe isla￿￿ of Ir¢land and it retiwns part of th¢ bedrock of PoJtsdown'$ CO￿ Com¢s w Town. IJJ 2019. w¢ Nrr¢v¢ry fonurn¢ ind¢a io obrainthe services, on a volutLlary basis, oFone of th¢ Co￿￿'S most SiLEeN Mr Danid 0'DOLE￿IL That 50llKOll¢ Twith thc swus of DaD5d would offer kn participaievolyn¢arÈty itiourFesiiKIl is att indi¢ioM of th¢ rcspeathatCountsyCom¢5 toT¢)Mn is hpld in ¢OUn￿ music circles. It is th¢ polxcy of the chariry to ￿]ntain Festsicd te5eTVts wbirb JMidKs the Leeds of the both ai the ¢LUf¢JJt tithe and the forese¢4ble fviw¢. This p￿id¢S Su￿￿1¢nI fitnds to cov¢r c05ts Ihthi¢h loc1￿]e mall3gery￿t, adttLE￿￿oD al￿ suppon costs. Restricted TesBrves mu￿spaI¢ irt a¢¢ordak¢¢ with th¢th)th)r's wisb It is the inlclltionof Country Cott￿$ To Towll io fitstherenbaL￿e th¢ ¢xF¢r1t￿ forVisi￿ts Wth¢Fe￿1Val by ¢D]argsng th¢pfogrnmm¢ ott (he ￿Y lthe ¢ommEt¢ is always l(xkFing formorediverse exhtbitorsl and 3150 by ex*￿1￿# the events iti the week leadillg vp (o the mai Sawrday, w includ¢ Courlty Music, erc. The Fesitval E5 Vitalty imtxjrtallt for the sotial cohesi0￿ collllDulltry well-being. aDd (he onslbllltleg ofth Trus The tsusice$ Iivho aE¢ also th¢ dire¢tor5 0(Covoty Cornes To Towi for the pwp)se5 of ¢{>mrAny l?wl are re5p)n5ibk for prq)3rin8 the Tn￿lee5 Agn￿1 RewL alld thB fillallcial stalatLeJxts act0rd￿ with appJi¢able law atsd U]Jiied Kiti8dom ACCOU￿lAg Stsnd&rds tullitd Killgdom GctteAUy Ae£WdAc¢o￿tiMgPracl￿c¢l. Contlnued ._ TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT

affair5 of the chari¢able tomp#tty attd of the ittcomitsg and app]icaiion ofr¢sowtts. includmg thc inc¢)m¢ alld exFaitw¢, of the charitable ¢omkMtty for￿1￿¥10d. lo preparing fwallci&ststerB￿ tlK trLtskn teqthircd kn: . scle¢t Suitable attOUttliti8 pojiciu alld aA)ty ' mak¢ judg¢m¢nTsand estirna¢es thai arErwonable 3r￿ •. state thciherappli¢abl¢UK A￿￿nI1￿8 SthDdards have been follo￿tyj. subj￿1 tow tha￿1a1 di8¢1os¢da￿l explatned in thc fLllaD¢rthi ststemertts" will continueill 0￿￿tio￿l posiiion of ik charithbl¢ comFW eoable thE￿ that the ￿ClaI sts¢em￿ts wmply wryth th¢ ComrAnies Act 2006. The uwt¢¢y are aJ50 resp)tisible for safcguardin8 th¢ •ss¢ts of th¢ charitrbie cottLW attd foi taking r¢asonablc sty for the pm¢nti¢m alldde¢tionoffrdudand other wK8ubriiirs. endent E WHR ACCOUNTANTS LTD hLS I￿1 re￿ap￿Inted &$ indepcndcllt ex¥miner for the ensuin8 year. 1Stcred 0￿]¢¢ Millennium Court Arts C¢ntre William Street Portadoi Co ATma8h BT62 5NX. order of the trustees B F MeLau hli Coul Setrets ENTE ERS OF COUNTRY CO ED 30 SEvfEMBER 2 W¢ report on tbe accounts of the cbarity for the YcaT E￿I¢d 30 September 2020 set out on page 15.

Res tlye Res onsibilities of Trustees and Inde endent Exa The charity's trnstees [Ivho are also the directors of Covntry Com¢$ To Toil￿ for the PUTposes of company law] aye responsiblc for th¢ preparation of the accounts. Having satisfied ourselves that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligibl¢ for indcpcndrnt ¢XaminatiO￿ it is our resRX)nsil>i]ity to state - OD thc basis of our ex8mination- whethcr particular matters have come to ow attentio Basis o

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Our examinalion includes a review OE thc accounting r¢cords kept by the clwity and a comparison of thc accounts presenled with those records. Et also includcs ¢onsiderntiott of any unusual items or disclosur¢s in th¢ accounts. and seeking explanations from you as ITh51￿5 conc¢rning any such matte￿. The procedwcs undertaken do nol provi(k all th¢ evidence that would be required in an audiL and cons4u¢ntly we do not express an audil opinion on whether the gccounts present a'tsue and fair view,. ettdent EIAminer In connection with OUT exajninatioru no matter has come to our attention . which gives us reasonablc cau5¢ to ￿lieve that in any material Tesp¢ct th¢ truste¢s hav¢ not met the requircments lo ensure that . . proper IxM)ks of a¢ty)vnt or¢ kept [in accordance with Sectioll 386 of the Companies act 2006]. aiid accounts are preP9￿d which 88ree WAth the IxM)ks of aLwunl and comply with the accA)unting requirements of Section 396 of th¢ Con)panies Act 2006 and with the method$ and principles of the Stat¢ment of Reeommended Practice . Accounting and Rwting by Charities. or to which. in our Opinio￿ altention should k dTawn in order to enable a proper und¢rstallthg of the accounts to bc Kach¢d. WHR Account#nts Ltd Ind£p¢ndent Examiner 56 Erylish Street. BT617LG ST MENT NANC D 30 TIVITIES 20 Ytrdr EDded 309 20 Ended 309 19 ot21 FuThd5 INCOMITrIGRESOURCES

Iucowing resours froJnthaTitsblE acti￿lts 2 959 IIESOURCES EXPENDED Ciwitsble aciiviii¢s 314 7.43? 6(K> 33,416 590 Gov¢rnance costs rola1ResourcesEYp￿arf￿ 032 NET(OiTTGOJNG)/JPiCOhJlNG RESOURCES FOR THE YFAR 032 RECONettLXATION OF FUTr4DS roftolFuhdVbroughrlorn￿1 22.J73 27.220 TOTAL FIINDS CARRIEDFORWARD J4 22 The Notes form part of these financial statemeDts ALAN HEE DED 30 SEvfE YearElldod J09 20 YerEtsdtd 30 9 19 Totsl Fund5 £ Tola Tqote4 FIXED ASSETS ratt￿b￿A￿ts 345 383 CURRENT ASSETS 6,479 Cash ￿ Bar CREDtroiis Amowits Fallitig due wishiti¢ttey 826 1&911

21.P)O 14.141 22.173 NET ASSETS R￿til¢t¢d 14,141 L?.173 14 Tb¢ Notes forni part of these fittilleial statements coi Balo htet At30Se tember 2 The company is enti￿ed ￿ exemption from audit under Arti¢k 477 of the cOm￿leS Act 2006. for the y￿r ended 30 September 2020. The memb¢rs have not required the company w obtain of its financial for the year ended 30 Septcmb¢r 2020. in accordance withArticle 476 of the Companies Att 2(KJ6. The directors acknowltdgc their rwibilities . . Ensuring the compw keep5 accou* Trcords which compty with sections 386 387 of the Companies Act 2006, and . Preparing finan¢iAE which give a lJue and fairview of the state of affair5 of th¢ compw as * the end of ea¢h financial year and of its swplus or defi¢ient for each fmancial year in accordance with ihe requirements of S¢¢tions 394 and 395 and which othenvise comply with the reqUIr￿ts of th¢ Companies Act 2006 relatin8 to fitwJ¢ial statements, so far applicable w the ¢ompanJ. Th¢se financial 5tat¢ments have beeo 2ccorknce with the provisiotts of Part 15 of the Comppmics Act 2(H)6 relatingto small cornpani¢s.

The fi ements were a aDd we Bo&rd of Dlre lltd oll its bebaif b . 21121 B F McLaughlin Trustee Trustee J H Wilson The Notes fom part ofthe5¢ fihaneial statements TES ON ND FORMI THE PART OF ED E FINAN STATE GPOL Aceounting Convention Th¢ financial statements have Ixen prepared in accordancc with the provision of Sethion IA"Small Entilies" of Financial Reporting standa￿ 102 "The Financial R¢p)rting Stand￿d applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companics Act 2006. These financial Stalements have bccn pr¢paffd under thc Historical Cost Convcntio Incoming Resourees All in¢orning resources are included on the Stst¢ment of Financial Aetivilies when the charity is legally entitled to the i1￿me and the am0￿l can b¢ q￿ntifIed with reasonabk accuw. Resources ExpeDded Expenditure is accounted for on ¥n aCCn￿ b&sis and has iwi c1￿lfICd under headings that ￿gregate 811 cost related to th¢ category. Where costs cynnot directIy atknTr>uted to particul￿ headings they bave bc¢u allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use ofresources. Taxation The chatity is exempt fr(ym coTporntionlLx on its charitable activities. Fund Aceounting

Unrestrietcd fim(Ls can be uscd in accordance with the eharitablc obj¢¢tives at th¢ discretion of the trust¢¢8. Restricted ean only k us¢d for particular rtstrieted purw)scs ivithin the objccts of the charity. Rcslrictions arise wh¢n SF£cified by thc dowr or when funds are rdiscd for Fyarticular ￿striCt¢d purposes. Further explanation of the nature and purp)s¢ of each fund is inclu(kd ij) the Tr)tes to th¢ financial statements. TRngiblo Fixed Assets Deprcciation is provi(kd at the following annual Tatc in order to writ¢ off ¢ach a&8et over its estimated u8efvl life Fix1Jres and Fittings on reducing bal￿ Conilhued OP4 A FORl%ftN RT OF 30 SF. TAT ER 2112 co RESOURCES FROM YearEnded 30 9 20 Y¢ar Ended 30 9 19 Total FuDds £Total Fllnds Grants- ACB & CB Council Pltch Licence Fees Sp)nsorship 15.C 12,905 1.054 28 STSO RITARI Ye4r Ended 30 9 20 Year Ended 3D 9 19 Totsj Fund5 £Total Fullds Annual Festival 8032 COSTS F CHAIUTABLE AC.TIVITIES BY A TYPE Year Ended 30 9 20 Year Ended 30 9 19 Totlll Fund5 £Total Fulld$ Amnual Festival 4032

Coniirtmed ON A FOR RMINC. T OF FINAf4 ER 211 srATF. LE TS FLIt￿r¢S & Flttln8s £Total cosr At 1 1019 Addilio AI 30920 DEPRECL4TION AI 11019 61 38 61 fory 38 EfBOOK YALVE At 30920 345 345 At 30919 383 383 5(a￿TRUST£Es? RE BENEFIT There w￿e truskes. remuneralioo ttor other benefits for thc Ye￿ eoded 30 September 2020 or for the year ended 30 Sepiember 2019.

UNT LING YearEllded 30 9 20 Tot81 FuDd$ Year ETh￿￿ 309 19Total Fumls TAde Deb Oth¢r Debto 479 Conilnued .... ORM 21120 MO Ye4rEMded 30 9 20 Totsl FuDd$ YearEnd•J 309 19 Total FllDds Trnd¢ CtcditOT5 Other Credityr¥ A¢crvals 226 18J21 590 18911 T￿c D INCO Babtteea13092019 IneomiDg liaoureesBalalltt•t30 9 2020 Re5tri¢dFuLds L?,173 (8.031) 14.142 NSA NS o transaclions with r¢led ￿lI¢S wue undertskell such as gr¢ Tequilcd fo be disclose(l under FiDan¢ial Reporting Stsndard 8.

io.c BY Th¢ company 1$ limited by guarantee and b&% no share c4)itai. On awinding-up, members may be required ty contribw£ a mgximum or£i. ED ST ENDED 30 SEPTE ER 2020 Yt4rts 30 9 20 Yearto 30 9 Ig ABLE A Grntsts. S￿nSorShIp. Douations al￿ Swll-ILold¢r fees 28,959 28,959 (15) 46 594 9,021 195 Priz Advzrtising Venue Hiy¢ MaFqUe¢ Hir¢ ACB&CB coU￿J1 Ptt¢h fees Hir¢ of mobile ioilets and Security attd Stewwdi Evcnts and￿r¢nat￿lI￿ll 345 1.411 1.716 13.437 1211 939 2,744 1,850 267 202 Priniillgj StstioDBry ￿)dPoS￿￿e Insurance T¢lcphone Tratyic Mana8em¢nl B¥mk fees Depr¢ctaiionof FixtilltsandEquipment 1.091 38 7,432 33,416 43 GOVERN ogrs 590 8032 1132 This e does Dot forni rt of the ststuto finaneial statements 15 Ye&rE￿o¢d 30 Spplomber2020 Re*traI￿n Number: N10741)62