RAOB Grand Lod
e of Northern Irela
d Charltable Trust
Tru5tees' annual re
rt forthe
arended 31st De¢ember 2017
The Trustee5 present Iheirannual reportof RAtsb Grand Lvdgeof Norlheln Irelandeh3rftab￿ Tru$rforthèyearfrom lstJanuor¥ 2017 to 31st
Dec£m￿r2017. The Trust••S who Se￿ed durfngtheyear, uptothe daleof thls ¢eport. areasfdlows.
L(>ulsSterrettlChairpersoTrl
WalterAshe
Imen SeEnan
Cecil Martln
seph Martln
Obiectlwi•nd Actlv
Polkles trnd?tyettiv¢s
In sÈttinB object￿S and plannln8 for•ttlwtle5, theTfWlee5 haveilven dUe¢ons￿er4tk)Thl081￿*i81 8uldanc• p￿bIbh8o b¥tha charitycomrnlsslon
relatin8 lo publ5¢ benefll.
Object1￿0￿&{0rtfvR￿5
ThÈoblects of the A408 Grand tsd8* of Northen Ireland CharhabloTturt8rÈto relkwe Iht p4vÈrtyof necessltous rnpmber5. wldowsaDd oFphan5
or d2pendent$ af the declas￿ brethren. To adv•h¢e£f(lienshlp ond cDmrnunltydevèltspmenl by supportln8 su¢h external phllanthroplc Char￿ab
obie(ts 05 deEmed deslrablt.
Indfvlduil hdy$ h•v* continued to hovefunuionsand tofundralsethrou8hDUt the vtirto ralsefunds forth•¢FK)s•Thannual chbrlty.
A¢hltvern•nty •nd wrformin(•
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RA08Gr•nd Lodieof Northen lielwnd Ch•rttab￿Tru5I ¢ontnlves to SUPPDrt rellef of 5trtss, flninclal hirdsh* ond rdwof poverty lor Its
bentfklalles. In iddltlon4chsMen charlty h•sonce bene{￿le&f￿Mthe funds rabed by I￿￿4¥1￿Ual ltylqvi.
r•¥lew
Golnotonctrn
After Th&klnB appfopiléte •ngulrl•s, Ihe7rusiee5 have a reastsnableexpe¢i8tbn thDt thechorllv ha5 adequJl• iesources 1¢ contlnu• InoperatlDn
¥x151eDC• foriheforèsteable future. FDI thls re•sornthey contlnue 10 adopi the6alnoconcern basls preparlng 1heflnanda151*ements.
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The 1•5ultsfor rh¢ Ilnanckl y•ararÈ setoul In Ihe5t8temènt of Fln•ncl•l ￿t￿lIeS on pB80 5.
Con5tltutlon
The constitutlon of the chèrlty 5tatesihatthe affalis of the ¢h8iltyar• to b•dlfected bythe th•¢)fficef$, to Include five sÈtyln8 Trustees.
A4ethoéc]oppolntmentorelertlon of frv5tttS
The ￿ana￿￿ThI of the charity lsthe respDnslbllltyoltheTru51eeswho areelected andctrDpted underthetemu oltheconstttjtlon,
pl1￿$1￿￿￿￿Jre p•wlodi
F(rturedevElopments
The£harfty hope$to rontSnue to supportthestress, fln8rKI* hardshlp and poyertyof itsbrrfhrEll Jnd alsotOfu￿18￿e on b•haWof SUPPOrted
FundshEldos cvstodlon
No fund5 are held a$cu5tvdlan on behalfofothers.

RAOB Grand lod
e of Northern Ireland CharltableTrust
Tnjstees, annual re
ort for the
ear ended 31st Dt£emb r Z
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The Trustee5are re5ponslblelo¢ piepartn8l￿ TIu5teE5' reportand the finanC￿ls13temenlS1n a¢t4rdancewlth appric0￿ law and Unlted Kln8dom
Ountln8 5tandaids (United KlnRdorn Genelaly Accepted Auountlni Pratticel.
The18wapplicable to¢haritles In Plorthern Ireland le9u1￿$ theTru5tees io preparèfinancl?151atementsfor trath fiDanclal year ¥thich1￿e a true and
falr vlew ol thE5t3te ofaffal¢s of the(har￿ and olthE Incomln8 ￿ts￿rte5 4P￿Ic￿lICn of resowce5 of thechailtyforth&t perltrj.
In preparfng thè58finandal statements,theTrusteesarereqL4red to..
observethE I￿thOds3nd ￿nCIpleS Snthe CharillesSORP,.
makelud8ments and actauntlr6 estlmatB5 th* are reasonable ènd prudent.. and
prèpare theflnanilal statements N the going CDnc¢rn ba515 unless It Inappraprl•teto
presume thatthe thJFllywlll c4ntlnue Sn Op•￿tIon,
IheTrusieesare re5ponslblel¢i keeplnB prop•racEaunfjn8 records that•re sufficientt05how and eiplain the charlty'stran51Ctbnsanddbclose
wlth Feasonable xcuricy atirytirne the Ilnanclol poiY(bn of the ch•rlty&Dd enable them toerLSurothatthe financlal staternenrscomptywY(h the
dted. Thryare also fesponsltle loi s•le8uardln8 ih¢•sset$ ofthecharrtv and hinoforièk4n8reasona￿e sièps lortha prgvèniion and det¢ttlon of
fraud and other Irrtvularftles.
Th4 ￿Port￿a$apPr0v*0 bythe Trustees on 29th Oetober2018 and slined on Ihplrbeh•ll bv..
Louli St*r¥•tt
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