THE wor￿EN's SUPPORT NETWORK
FINANCIAL STATEIMENTS
FOR THE YfiAR EI NDED 31ST MARCH 2023
( A COtVlPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE AND NOT HAVING A SHARE CAPITAL)
COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER N1057580
CIIARITY REI GISTRATION NUMBER NIC 102763
O'HARA SE￿ARER
CHARTEI REI D ACCOUNTANTS AND STATUTORY AUDITORS
547 FALLS ROAD
BELFAST
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THE WOMEN'S SUPPORT NETWORIC
IINAN'CIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2023
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Reference and Administaitive Information
Triistees Annual Report
(including the Statement of Directors Responsibilities
in respect of financial statements)
2-10
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members,
11-13
Accountin(Y Policies
14-16
Statement of Financial Activities (incorporating tile income and expendiÉiire account)
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Balance Sheet
Statement of Cash Flows
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Notes to tlie Financial Statements
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I'HE WOMEN'S SUPPORT i%'EITWORIC
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND FINANCIAL STATEMEN'TS
FOR T14E YEAR Il NDED 31ST fvIARCH 2023
REFCI RENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE IN'FORMATION
Direetors
Tanya Hughes
Susan Mccroiy
Renee Crawford
Eleanor Jordan
Eileen Gay Sheiry-Binghain
Isobel Loughran
Secretary
Retsee Ci'awford
OpcratlOR21 Direetor
Kai'en Sweeney
Rei*Èstered Oftice
109-113 Royal Avenue
Belfast
County Antrim
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Auditors
O'Hai-a Shearer
Chartei'ed Accountants
& Statutory Auditors
547 Falls Road
Belfast, BTI 19AB
Banliers
AIB NI
11115 Done.￿11 Square Noith
Belfast
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CO￿panY Registration Number
Nl 057580
Charity Commission for Northei'n Ircland Registratton Nuniber
NIC 102763
HM Reveiiue & Custom5 Cliarity Registration Ni umber
XR404I5
Registered Charity Name
The Woinen's Support Network
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The trustees, who are also directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law, have pleasure
in presenting their Trustees, Report with the audited Financial Statements of the charitable company for the
year ended 31 March 2023. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended
Practice (SORP)'Accounting and Reporting by Charities, 2015 applicable to charities preparing their accounts
in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)
issued in July 2014, effective l January 2015 tn preparing the trustees, report and financial statements of the
charitable company, which are also prepared to meet the requirements for a directors, report and accounts for
company and charity law purposes.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Charity Commission for Northern Ireland Registration number
NIC102763
Company Registration number
N1057580 (Northern Ireland)
HMRC Charity Registration number
XR40415
Principal and Registered office
Cathedral Quarter Managed Workspace, 109-113 Royal Avenue, Belfast, Co. Antrim, B T I I FF
Trustees
The trustees who served the charitable company during the year and up to the date of approval were as follows:
Tanya Hughes
Susan Mccrory
Renee Crawford
Eleanor Jordan
Gay Sh¢rry-Bingham
Isobel Loughran
Chairperson
Treasurer
Secretary
Renee Crawford
Operational Director
Karen Sweeney
Auditor
O'Hara Shearer
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors
547 Falls Road
Belfast
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Bankers
AIB, I R-15 Donegall Square North, Belfast, BTI 5GB
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OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
WSN MISSION
To advance women's equality and rights by working to influence policy, practice and provision while also
regionally supporting and representing the interests, needs and perspectives of women, particularly those in
poverty and in disadvantaged areas.
WSN VISION
To create a just and peaceful society devoid of gender discrimination, gender-based violence and women's
rights vFolations, in which women from all backgrounds and communities Can experience full equality of
opportunity and participation across all spheres of their everyday lives.
The Women's Support Network (WSN) is an umbrella organisation providing support to the community- based
woinen's sector e.g. women's centres, groups, projects and organisations. WSN provides information, support,
resources, research and trdining to support these organisations in the delivery of services that increase
opportunities for women that work towards the relief of poverty, address soctal exclusion, advance education
and safeguard health for women in Northern Ireland, particularly in areas of disadvantage. WSN actively
campaigns, lobbies, carries out research and supports funding bids on key issues affecting women, namely
health, poverty, childcare and education. WSN Collates the views of women to inforni policy development
and articulate concerns and areas of need to funders, government departments, statutory organisations and
elected representatives highlighting local key Issues that impact directly on women in identified areas.
WSN advocates for requisite resources to facilitate the sustainability and expansion of women-only, women-
led spaces and provision underpinned by free childcare. WSN facilitates the sharing of information, good
practice and, where possible. resources between women's centres, groups and organisations, developing an
online presence to accommodate same. WSN supports women's centres, groups and organisations to work
together collectively and strategically, not only for the benefit of women in disadvantaged areas but also to
promote women's equality and rights across Northern Ireland and beyond. WSN acts as a first point of contact
that signposts women in disadvantaged and rural communities to services, advice and inforn]ation relevant to
their particular needs and interests.
WSN is a partner in the Women's Regional Consortium. The Consortium is funded by the Department for
Communities (Dfc) in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
(DAERA). Through the Regional Infrastructure and Support Programme (RISP), the Consortium provides
thematic regional support for women's sector organisations across Northerli Ireland, which meet the needs of
marginalised and isolated women in disadvantaged and rural areas.
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OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES continued
The Consortium is made up of seven established women's organisations: WSN, Training for WomenNetwork
(TWN), Northern Ireland Rural Women's Network (NIR WN), Women's Resource and Development Agency
(WRDA), Foyle Women's Information Network (FWFN), Women's TEC and The Women's Centre Deny.
These organisations work in partnership to provide specialist support, advice, information and training on a
range of topics to increase capacity, skills, physical resources and structures to benefit women in Northern
Ireland. The Consortium also operates as the link and point of contact between government and the sector to
meet the needs of recommendations resulting from consultations, surveys and policy developments that impact
on women. WSN is responsible for the co-ordination of policy and research within the Consortium.
WSN has responsibility forthe distribution of funding and collective monitoring of activities delivered through
Belfast Health & Social Care Trust to the five women's cenlres in the Belfast catchment area. This funding
provides support for children and their familieslcarers, addressing specific needs in terms of personal
development, training, improved physical and mental health outcomes, reduced stress and anxiety, advocacy,
efyicacy including sponsored and referred childcare. Throughout the year the women's centres provided
support and advocacy for women and families impacted by isolation and disadvantaged across the catchment
area including those still experiencing residual impact from the Covid-19 pandemic.
ACHIEVEMENfs AND PERFORMANCE
Over the past twelve months, WSN has continued to engage in a range of activities to raise the proflle of
women's organisations and women's issues and to support women's organisations in the delivery of front-line
services for women in disadvantaged and rural areas. WSN continued to support marginalised women and
groups to ensure that their voices were heard and views taken and relayed to decision-makers throughout the
year on various issues that impact women and the organisations supporting them including the impact of the
'cost of living crisis,. We have continued to lobby and campaign on behalf of individual women, community-
based women's centres, groups and organisations. Regular newsletters, e-zines and funding bites support
organisations through the provision of inforn]ation, funding, policy updates and training opportunities.
WSN have continued to host regular on-line and in-person women's centres, managers, meetings to facilitate
networking, sharing of good practise in their continued support for women in each of their perspective
communities across Northern Ireland. These meettngs are an opportunity for the centre managers to discuss
key issues that impact the sector and delivery of support services for women and children and how these can
best be addressed and adapted including the provision of childcare. The key issues of concern for the centres
in this year continued to be pressures associated with the continuing rise in the 'cost of living, and the pressure
this was putting on staff and budgets as operating costs continued to rise as did the demand for their services,
such as delivery of training and education, specialist advice, support and advocacy.
Over this period WSN continued as a member of the 'Co-design' working groups for both the Gender Equality
and Anti- Poverty Social Strategies to ensure that these documents would be as advanced as possible when the
Assembly returned and Ministers were reinstated.
As a member of the Women's Regional Consortium, WSN is responsible for co-ordination of policy and
research on issues that impact on women in disadvantaged and rural areas. Focus groups, consultation events,
questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were undertaken to garner the views of women in these areas to
inform the responses/research and ensure that local women were afforded an opportunity to have tlieir views
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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE continued
In February 2022, the then 'First Minister, resigned which resulted in the suspenston of the Northern Ireland
Executive, however Departmental Minsters remained in place as 'caretakers' until an Asseinbly election was
called for 05 May 2022. Following the election, the Executive failed to nominatelagree a 'Speaker' which
resulted in the Assembly unable to sit, which is how it COTRtinued for the remainder of this financial year. This
resulted in a stalling of all proposed legislation and draft strategies.
Over the year WSN made seven responses to consultations, reviews and calls for evidence that directly impact
women in Northern Ireland. The departmental/governmental/committee policy responses submitted in this year
were as follows:
16106122 - Call for evidence on 'Cost of Living, Work and Pensions Committee
30106122 Adult Social Care consultation." Departinent of Health (DOH)
26/10122 - '1 OX Performance Management Framework, consultation: Departmcnt for the Economy
(DfE)
21111122 - CFNE/SCI Consultation of Philanthropic Funding in Nl
19112122 - Miscarriage Leave Consultation: Department for the Economy(DfE)
09101123 - Inadequacy of Benefits to the APPG on Poverty (Westminster)
23101123 - Call for Evidence on a Debt Respite Scheme for Northern Ireland: Department for
Communities (Dfc)
The 'Women Living With Debt, research completed and published in this financial year explored the
experiences of women living and working in disadvantaged and rural areas of Northern Ireland on why they
need to borrow, the types of credit they use, the impact of external factors such as the Covid 19 pandemic,
changes to social security policy and low pay as well as the personal impacts of living with debt.
The paper takes a comprehensive look at the literature and research on debt, debt levels in Northern Ireland
the links between debt and mental health, debt and social security benefits and the gendered nature of debt.
The research provides a summary of the focus group research, questionnaires and individual interviews with
local woInen. It detailed the amount and type of debt the women had, what external factors impact on their
debts and the impact of debt on their lives and that of their children.
The main findings of the research were:
51 % of the women had used high-cost credit with 60/0 borrowing through loan sharks includÈng
paramilitaries.
320/0 reported borrowing from friends/family.
190/0 had borrowed through Discretionary Support with many reporting issues with the application
processleligibility.
51 0/0 chose the lender because they knew they would get the money with only 20/0 choosing the
lender because of the total cost of the credit.
60Q/o of the women were finding it difficult to meet their debt repayments or missing repayments
350/0 reported using a foodbank as a result of debtslpressure to make ends meet
600/0 reported debt had been iinpacted by rising energy bills
600/0 reported debt had been impacted by rising food bills
720/0 felt negatively impacted by being in debt
47 % felt their childreii were negatively impacted by their debts
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The research highlights the difficulty many women face living on a low income through social security benefits
and in low paid work. The paper makes a number of recominendations for change including the need io invest
in the social security systein to ensure it provides sufficient income to help people live dignified, healthy lives
without resorting to debt for the essentials. It also calls for the need for low or no cost borrowing to help those
on the lowest incomes meet the costs of essential items.
High-cost credit products are often used by those on the lowest incomes in order to access credit. Many of
these borrowers have limited options to access cheaper forms of credit because of their low income. This
forces them to use these high interest products to buy essential goods and larger purchases that they otherwise
could not afford. Soine of the most vulnerable borrowers are forced into using illegal lending or loan sharking
because of a more urgent need for money. In Northern Ireland this type of lending is often linked to
paramilitary groups bringing with it even greater levels of fear and secrecy.
Following completion, circulation and promotion ofthe 'Women Living with Debt, research, WSN was invited
to make a number of presentations, attend meetings and give interviews on the findings of the research. These
included. meetings with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Shadow Secretary of State, MLAS and
MPS from all five main political parties, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the Anti-Poverty Network and
Human Rights Consortium. The research attracted media attention resulting in interviews and articles on
television. radio and print including" UTV'S 'A View from Stormont". BBC'S Good Morning Ulster, Talkback,
Radio Foyle, The Irtsh News, The Newsletter, The Detail and View Digital. Conference presentations included
NIPSA Health & Safety Conference, Women's Budget Group 4-Nations Conference, Funders Forum Annual
Conference, also NIWEP Webinar, APG on 1325 Women Peace and Security and a Human Rights
Consortium event.
In the latter half of this year in partnership with Ulster University research began on 'Women's Experiences
of the Cost-of-Living Crisis in N. Ireland,. The cumulative results of the.Cost-of-Living Crisis, the Covid-19
pandemic and a decade of welfare reforni and austerity has left women to become the shock absorbers of
poverty in their homes - forced to make torturous decisions around feeding themselves and their families,
heating their homes and trying to live dignified, healthy lives. For those in most need there are significant
concerns around rising levels of debt, poverty and destitution. This situation led us to carry out research with
low income women on tlieir experiences of the Cost-of-Living Crisis and its impact on their lives and families.
The research's aim is to paint an accurate picture of women's lives which are increasingly occupied with
hunger, cold, debt, anxiety and concerns. Focus groups were held across Northern Ereland from Jan-mar 2023
which resulted in two hundred and fify women participating in the research.
WSN is a regular attender and contributory member of the Women's Policy Group Northern Ireland, a plarfomi
for woinen working in policy and advocacy roles in different organisations to share their work and speak with
a collective voice on key issues. It is made up of women from trade unions, grassroots women's or(yanisations,
women's networks, feininist campaigning organisations, LGBT+ organisations, support service providers,
human rights and equality organisations and individuals.
WSN continues to support the development and delivery of the Rape Crisis service forNorthern Ireland which
is funded by both the ROSAUK Justice and Equality Fund and the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT).
Another cohort of volunteer support workers completed training and another group recruited, the training
taking place both online and in-person. Ongoing recruitment and training is essential to meet the ever
increasing demand for the service and to replace support workers who leave or take a break. The Freephone
Information and Support Line continued opening four evening with the service contactable at any time via
email or voiceinail. Relationships and referral routes continued to grow through stakeholder organisations
working with those impacted by rape and sexual assault such as ASSIST Nl, the PSNI, the ROWAN (SARC),
Nexus and Victim Support. Awareness raisiniy and promotion of the service through social Inedia platfonns
and in-person was ongoing, speaking at conferences, community events as well as providing information stalls.
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As a member of the 'The Cliff Edge Coalition Nl, working group WSN continued to lobby to strengthen the
welfare Initigations package in Northern Ireland. 'The Cliff Edge Coalition Nl, is a group of over l 00
organisations from across Northern Ireland who came together to highlight their shared concerns about the
potential end of the welfare reform mitigations. The focus of Cliff Edge work in this year has been on
strengthening the mitigations package with the introduction of new mitigations around the two-child liiiiit, the
Universal Credit five-week wait and increased protections for those in the private rented sector. Cliff Edge
welcomed the publication of the delayed Wclfare Mitigation Review and its strong recommendations which
mirrored many of the strengthening and additional asks of the Cliff Edge Coalition.
WSN also attended meetings of 'Keep the Lifeline, to discuss ways in which changes can be made to the social
security system to help people through the, Cost of Living Crisis,. This resulted in WSN attending a briefing
to discuss a new joint campaign between the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Trussell Trust calling for
reform of Universal Credit.
WSN has continued to be an active member of the 'Childcare for All, campaign and attends the All Party
Working Group (APWG) on Early Education and Childcare, a successful ask of the campaign. The campaign
continues to call for universal, child-centred affordable, accessible childcare that meets the needs of children,
families, childcare workers and providers. WSN ensures that community based childcare provlsion delivered
through local women's centres and groups is represented in including those places funded through the
Women's Centres, Childcare Fund (WCCF). Throughout the year WSN also represented the ¢entres and
community based child¢are model on the Early Learning and Childcare Stakeholder Engagement Forum for
the development of an 'Early Learning and Childcare Strategy, for Northern Ireland.
In this year WSN join¢d the working group of a new Northem Ireland campaign for the introduction of a
Northern Ireland Child Payment. This was a recommendation by the Gender Equality and Anti-Poverty Expert
Panels and reiterated in the Feminist Recovery Plan. The Coalition prepared a briefing document on a potential
Nl Child Payment gathering evidence from academics, the Scottish model and advice organisations on what
forn]at a Child Payment might take and what way it would work best here. The working group members met
with political parties and Departmental officials to discuss how it could work in practice and be costed for.
Work is ongoing on research into public attitudes to child poverty which will be used to frame campaigning
work around a Child Payment for Northern Ireland.
WSN continued its partnership with the Women's Resource and Development Agency (WRDA) as lead
partner, Northern Ireland Rural Women's Network (NIRWN) and Reclaim the Agenda (RTA) for the Raise
Your Voice Project and campaign (RYV). This project informs and raises awareness of all fornis and degrees
of sexual harassment, working collectively to create true cultural change in order to tackle the root causes of
these behaviours and empower people to make real society change. Delivery of the initial two workshops
continued both online and in-person throughout the year as well as lobbying and consultation responses. A
further three workshops covering 'online harassment,, 'ally ship, and 'by-stander intervention, have been
developed for delivery in the next financial year. The project continues to strengthen its presence through
social media platforn]s, poster campaign, e~zines and website content and resources.
WSN'S partnership in the 'Labyrinth Project, funded through the UK Tampon Tax with SOLAS UK as lead
partner continued until December 2022. This was a UK wide project and WSN were th¢ delivery partner for
Northern Ireland. As part of the project WSN produced a mapping report on areas of the women's sector
across Northern Ireland, identifying gaps in specialist support and training opportunities to inform the delivery
element of the project. The project incorporated trainers and legal experts who developed information guides
and a suite of free online training for organisational staff, voliinteers and centrelgroup users. The project also
set up an online 'Centre of Excellence". on the SOLAS UK Website for sharing of best practise.
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WSN agaÉn partnered with WRDA and NIRWN for delivery of a UK Coinmunity Renewal Fund (UKCRF)
pilot project in preparation for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund which was approved in November 2021. The
project cominenced in January 2022 with an end date of 30 June 2022 later extended to 30 Septeinber with
wrap-up until 31 December 2022. The overall Fund's aims were to invest in skills, coininunity and place, local
business, and support people into employment. The 'Women Breaking Barriers, project proposed to deliver
traininiF and employinent skills to 350 women across urban and rural areas of Northern Ireland, delivered
through women's centres and trroups. Delivery of this short pilot project resulted in the following:
551 women attended a programme delivered through the project
A total of 668 places were funded
There was a totsl of 61 programmes delivered across the timespan
276 women benefitted from one to one and group support sessions, including CV writing skills,
benefits calculator support, employability sktlls and job interview preparation.
61 /0 of courses delivered were accredited with 325 women receiving an accreditation
Out of these courses 52 /0 were delivered in urban areas and 48 % in rural locations
Women in Filtn Event hosted - the first of its kind in Nl with over 40 participants, reaching a global
audience and with a range of speakers from the Film Industry
In June 2021 WSN agreed to be a strategic partner in an application to Ireland's Department of
Foreign Affairs (DFA) Reconciliation Fund, led by Women's Platforn] (formally NIWEP) and in
partnership with NIRWN and WRDA who have responsibility for key delivery areas. The ' Women's
Spaces, application was successful with delivery now ongoing from June 2022 until June 2025. The
projcct is designed to give women the skills and capacity to engage in public life and strengthen
women's voices in peace-building and decision making. The project will deliver a serious of
workshops as well as develop a 'toolkit' on women, peace and security that will inforn] and enhance
further training and workshops through a collective of programmes, tools and inforniation.
WSN in partnership with WRDA as lead, NIRWN and Reclaim the Agenda made an application to the UK
Shared Prosperity Fund as part of the UK Levelling Up initiative under the Department for Levelling Up,
Communities and Housing and as a follow-up to the UKCRF Women Breaking Barriers project. The
overarching UKSPF intervention for Northern Ireland is Supporting economically Inactive people to
overcome barr&ers to work by providing cohesive, locally tailored support including access to basic skills,.
The application was submitted at the end of January 2023 and the partnership learned of its success on 31
March 2023. The two year project aims to deliver specific tallored support to 600 economically inactive
women across urban and rural settings. WSN are responsible for the urban delivery working in partnership
with seven women's centres and other urban groups while NIRWN will be responsible for rural delivery.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Financial Position
The accounts on pages 17-19 deal with all the income and expenditure of the charitable company, as well as
its financial position at the year end.
Principal funding sources supporting key objectives of the charitable company and funding both charitable
activity and support costs are shown at notes 1- 6 (pages. 20-21).
The results for the year show an unrestricted surplus of £10,021 (2022: 10,660) and a restricted surplus of
£10,235 (2022: £6,252) producing an overall surplus of £20,256 (2022.. £16.650).
At the year-end unrestricted reserves were £52,135 (2022: £42,114) and restricted reserves £30,157
(2022: £19,992).
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Reserves policy
In line with good practice The Women's Support Network aiins to build and retain a level of unrestricted
reserves that match the needs of the organisation both at the current time and in the future to meet statutory
obligations for both staff and suppliers in these times of funding uncertainty.
These include:
Statutory Redundancy
Salaries and Pensions
Organisational Running Costs
Reserves will be monitored on an ongoing basis by the Finance and Personnel Trustee sub-group and an
overview presented by the Operational Director at Trustee Board meetings to ensure the progress towards
target level.
Risk management
The Board have assessed the major risks to which the charitable company is exposed, An particular those related
to its operations and finances, and are satisfied that systems arc in place to mitigate any exposure to those
major risks.
Going concern
After making appropriate enquiries, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charitable company has
adequatc 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 concern basis can be found in the Accounting Policies.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing document
The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 14 December 2005. The
company was established under a Memorandum of Assoctation which established the objects and powers of
the charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Associatlon.
Organisational structure
The Women's Support Network is overseen by a Board of Directors which meets at least six times a year. The
Board is responsible for the strategic direction of the organisation and oversees the management of the
organisation. The day-to-day management and operation of activities are carried out by a staff team led by the
Director who reports reaularly to the Board.
Recruitment and Appointment of Board of Directors
The directors of the company are also charity trustees for the purposes of charity law and under the company's
Articles are known as the Board. Under the requirements of the Memorandum and Articles of Association the
members of the Board are elected from the membership to serve for a period of three years after which they
must be re-elected at the next Annual General Meeting.
PUBLIC BENEFIT STATEMENT
The Directors have complied with the duty to have due regard to the Charity Commission for Northern
Ireland's statutory guidance on the public benefit requirement issued under the Charities Act (Nl) 2008.
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STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES, RESPONSIBILITIES
The trustees (who are also the directors of The Women's Support Network for the purposes of
company law) are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial
stateinents in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards
(United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company lami requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which
give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the chariÉable company and of the incoming
resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable
company for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to.
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently.
observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP 2015 (FRS 102)"
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent"
state whether applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards have been followed, subject
Éo any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements.
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presutne
that th¢ charitable company will conlinLie in bustness.
The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records which dlsclose with
reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position ofthe charitable company and enable ihem
to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also
responsible for safeguarding the assets ofthe charitable company and hence for taking reasonable
steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
In so far as the trustees are aware:
there is no relevant audit inforniation of which the charitable company's auditor is unaware.
and
the trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any
relevant audit information and to establish that the auditor is awaTe of that information.
AUDITORS
As per procurement procedures this will be put out to tender and agreed at the next AGM.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the
Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 22nd January 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
Gay Sherry-Bingham - Trustee
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