Aghanloo Community Association
Company Limited by Guarantee
Trustees’ Annual Report (Incorporating the Directors’ Report)
Year ended 31 July 2025
The trustees, who are also the directors for the purposes of company law, present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 July 2025.
Reference and administrative details
Registered charity name Aghanloo Community Association Charity registration number NIC102750 Company registration number NI625831 Principal office and registered The Community Centre office 31 Aghanloo Road Limavady BT49 OHY The trustees Mr J Thompson Mr E Stevenson Mr | Martin Mrs E Scott Mrs R Savage
The trustees
Independent examiner Donaldson & Thompson Chartered Accountants 101 Irish Green Street Limavady BT49 9AA
Structure, governance and management
The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 25th July 2014, accepted as a charity by HM Revenue & Customs, reference NI00620 and registered with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland on 22nd April 2016, charity number NIC102750. The company was incorporated under a Memorandum of Association which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Association. In the event of the company being wound up members are required to contribute an amount not exceeding £10.
Objectives and activities
Aghanloo Community Association serves the Rural Community of Aghanloo and surrounding areas with the provision of a community centre which facilitates activities for children, young people, those with mental health, socially isolated, families and older persons. The association aims to provide a secure, safe environment for those living within the rural area for community engagement, education, training and social /cultural activities. Aghanloo Community Association is a community hub which aims to to provide, facilitate and support its local residents and meet the needs of the rural community in which it is situated.
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Aghanloo Community Association
Company Limited by Guarantee
Trustees’ Annual Report (Incorporating the Directors’ Report) (continued)
Year ended 31 July 2025
Achievements and performance
The charity currently runs dance classes, facilitate Woman's Institute, charity events, educational workshops and classes and adult social events. The property is also hired out to local religious groups for events and functions and provided to residents of the Aghanloo area and surrounding district for recreational purposes.
Financial review
The results for the year are contained in the financial statements attached. Community activities, room hire and workshop events continued during the year. The charity and it's legal representatives have reviewed the situation with regard to the fraud committed on the charity by an external perpetrator in respect of the loan facility obtained to fund the renovation of the charity's property in an earlier year. It is the charity's trustees’ intention to continue to work with Community Finance Ireland (formerly Ulster Community Investment Trust Ltd (UCIT)) to achieve a resolution to this situation.
Small company provisions
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.
The trustees' annual report (incorporating the directors’ report) was approved on 14 October 2025 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:
Mr J Thompson Trustee
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