THE WOLWIEN'S SUPPORT NETWORK
FINANCIAL sTATE￿IENTs
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024
{ A COTrIPANY LlITrllTED BI. GUAIUNTEE AIYD NOT HAVING A SHARE CAPITAL)
COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER NI 057580
CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER NIC 102763
O'HARA SHEARER
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS AND STATUTORY AUDITORS
547 FALLS ROAD
BELFAST
BTII 9AB

THE WOINIEN'S SUPPORT NETWORK
FINANCIAL STATENIENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST IWIARCH 2024
CONTENTS
Page
Refei'ence and Adni in islartive Int"oi'iMation
Ti'ustees Annual Repoit
(iiiclLidingT tlIL Staterneiit of Dii'ectors Responsibilities
in I'espLCt or riiiancial slatemeiits)
2-10
Repoil Ot the Iiidependeiit Audiloi-s to tlie Meinbei's,
Accountiiig Pol icies
14-16
Sl¢lteinent of Financial Activities (incorporating7 the income and expeiidilui'e aL¢oiint)
Balance Slieel
Stateinent of Cash Flows
19
Notes to tlie Finaiicial Stateinents
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THE wO￿lEN's SUPPORT NETWORK
FINANCIAL STATIIMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDID 31ST fvIARCH 2024
RIPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR TO THE ￿lE￿IBER5,
Opinion
We have audited tlie fiiianeial slalements of The Woinen's Support Netivork (the 'cliarity') foi. Il)e year ended 31 Mareh ?0?4
whicli coinprise the Siateinenl of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, tlie Statement of Cash Flows and tlie notes to Ilie
tinancial stlc tei)1enls. including? & suminary of significant aLcouniing policies. The financial repoilin(y
fi'amework that has
been applied in theii. pi'eparation is applicable law and Uniied Icingdom AccoLinting Standards, includiiio financial
Reportin
Siandai'd l O? TIIL ]iiiiiiic'iul R¢Jpr)i'Ki17.g Sicindcii'£l £Ii?plic'ablL￿ 117 111¢, UK aii£l RLpiibliL oJ'li'LJluii¢l (Uiiited Kingdom
Generally Accepted Accounlina Pi'aetice).
In nui. opiiiion, t11e fini< ncial slaleinents..
give a true and fair view of the slate of the chai'itable ¢oinpany's affaii's as at J l March 2014 and of its incoining
I'e50111'¢es and application of resoui'ces, including its incoine and expenditure for the yeai. Ilien ended-
have beeii propei'ly prepai'ed in accordance ivith the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UIC and
Repiibl ic of Ii'elaiid IFRS I O?) (effective l January 2015) - (Charities SORP {FRS l O?)), IhL Financial Reporting
Slandcll'd applicable iii Ilie UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 101);
have been pi'eplll'ed in accoi'dance with the requii'einenls of ihe Compaiii¢5 Act 2006.
Ba$?s foi. opinion
We condLicled oiii. audit in accoi'dan¢e ivith Iniernalional Sill iid<irds oli Audiliiig (UICI (ISAS (UK)) and applicable li< w. Our
I'esponsibililies uiidei. Iliose sl<indai'ds al'e fuillier desci'ib¥d iii il)e Auditor's responsibil ili15 for Il)e audit of the accoiiiit5
section of oui. I'epoil. We are ii)dependenl of the cliaritj iii aLCQI'dance witli IIIL eiliical reqLllI'einenls Ilial <ll'e I'elevLinl to oui.
audit of IliL c1L¢ounts in the Ul<. includiniT Ilie FRC'S Etliic2i I Siandill'd. and we have fulfil led oui. oilier eiliical responsibilities
in accorddnce with Ihesc reqvireinenls. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is siiflicienl and appropi'iale 10
provide a basis foi. our opinion.
ConLlusions relgting to going concern
We l)ave noihiiigT to I'eport in respect of the followingT 11111 Iiets in I'elalion to wliicli the ISAS IUKI I'equire us 10 report 10 you
whei'e..
the Iruslees, use of Ilie going ¢oii¢ern basis ot accouiiling in Ihe pi'epai'alion of the financial st¢11einenls is not
appi'opi'iate; or
the trustees have not disclosed in the finan¢i(11 slateinLnls any identi fied Inatei'ial uiJcei1ainlies Ilial may ¢ast
signitlccint doubt <iboui tlii cliaritv's ability 10 continue to adopt the gjoing concLrn basis of accouiiling foi. a pei'iod
of at least livelve monilis fi'oiii tlie date wlien the financial slalemenis al'e authoi'ised for issue.
Other infoi'mation
Tlie oiliei. intoi'in&l1ion coinpi'ises the infoiination included in the annual I'eporl, other Ilian Ilie financial staleimenls and oui.
audiloi 5 l'ttporl IIiLI'eon. The Ii'iislees are I'esponsible for the oiliei. iiiloi'iniltion. Our opinion on tlie fiiiancial slaleinenls does
not covei. the other infoi'inJlion and. except to ihe exlenl oiliei'wi5e explicitly slated in oui. I'eport, we do not express any toi'm
of assui'ance conclusion thei'eoi).
In ¢oiinection with oui. audit of the tinaiicial staleinenls, oui. responsibility is to read the oihei. infoi'iiiation and, in doing so,
consider whetlier tlie other infoi'malioii 15 Inalei'i2K Ily incon5151ent willi the fini¢ ncial staleEnenls oi. oui. knowledoe obtained in
tlie aLidit or othei'wise appears to be malei'ially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies oi. apparent material
Imisstateinents, we w'e required lo delerinine whether there is a Inal¢rial misstaleinenl in Il)e financial stiltements oi. a material
Inisslaleinenl of the otlier infoi'mation. If, based on the woi'k we have performed, we conclude that Ihei-e 15 a maierial
misstatemenr of this other infoi'ination, we al'e required lo repoit that fact.
We have nothing to report in ihis regard.
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THE WOMEN'S SUPPORT NETWORK
FINANCI.4L sTATE￿IENTs
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024
REPORT OFTHE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR TOTHE MEMBERS,
Matters on which Ive are required to report by exception
In the light ot the knowledge and understanding of the Trustees and ils envi1.onine￿t obiained in Ille coiirse of tlie audit. we
l)ave i)ot identified inaterial Inisslaleinenls in Ilie Triistees, Report.
We have nothinu io report in respeci of the followin<F Inatteis in I'elation to which the Coinpanies Act ?006 requires us lo
repoi'f lo you if. iii our opinion:
sufficient a¢countin<F records liave not been kept.. oi.
the fiii<incial st<ileinents are nut in a(Freeinent wirh ilie accoiiniing recoi'ds; or
certaii) disclosLires of irustees, reiniinei'aiion specified by law al'e nor Inade. or
we liave iiot r¢ceived all ihe iiiforinalion aiid explanations we reqiiire foi. oiii. audit.
Responsibilitles of trustees
As expltsiiied Inore ￿llY iii the Siateinenl of Trustees, Responsibiliiies, Ihe Iruslees. who are a150 the director5 of il)e charity
for the puiFose ol'eoinpany law, are responsible lor th¢ preparii tion ofil)e linancial slaleinents aiid foi. being satisfied Ilial
tliey give a Iiiie aiid fair view, and for such inleimal conli'ol as Ilie directors detenmine is necessary to eiiable the preparation
of financial slJlements that are free fi'oin material misslaleinenl, wheilier due to fraud oi. eri'or.
In prcpariniF tl)e finaiicial siaieinenls, thl￿ Iriistees al'e I'espoiisibl¢ for assessing the cliai'iry's ability lo ¢onliniie as a bioing
coiiceri), disclosiiiij 85 applicable, ii)atiei's rL'laled to goiiig> concerii aiid usinsj the iyoing coiicern basis of accountin¢7 Iinless
the tl'lisrees eiilier intend to Iiqliidate tlie coinpany or io cea.4e operation5. or have no r¢ali5tic alternative bul to do so.
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the llnoiieial statements
Our objectives are io obiaiii reasonable assiii'ance ¢ibout wlietlier Ille financial slaleiiieiils (Is a whole al'e free froii) InalLI'ial
liii5slateillent. wli¥thei' duL t() fi'uiid or ¢i'roi'> (Iiid to issiie illl ¢iiiditor's repori Il)at iiicliid¢s oiii. opinion. Reasonable ubsuI'aii¢e
IS ¢7 Iiinli level of assui'ance, bui is not 11 (triiaraiilee 1111¢ l ali aiidit coiiduLtLd in accord<lllLL wiilI I SAS (UK) will <ilways deiecl a
iiiai¢rial Inisslal¢iiieiil wlien il exists. Missiateinei)Is can 1( rise fi'oin fi'Llud oi. error and al'e considered Inalerial if. individually
oi. iii Ihl
71?I'egaie, Iliey Could reasonably be expected lo infllieiice Ilie econoinic decisions of users ral<en on Ilie basis of
Il)Lse fiiian¢ial sial¢inenls.
IrregFiilai'iiies, inLILidinn fruud, al'e insiaiices of iion-coiiipliance willi law5 and re?Iilations. We dLsiftn procedui'es in lii)e with
oui. I'espoiisibililies, oiiiliiied above, to detecr ii)aiLI'i<il iiiibsiateinenls in respect ol. ii'i'egulai'ilies, includingi ti'aud. Tlie exteiit
to wliicli oiir proccdiir¢.s ar¢ cap&ble ot delecling irre?tilai'ities, ii)cludinb fi'a(Id, is detailed beloiv.
Explllnlltion as to what extent tlie audit was considered eApable of detecting irregularities, iiicluding fruud
The obje¢tives of our aLidit in respect of fraiid, are lo identify and assess tlie risks ot Inalerial misslateinent of the tinancial
staleinenls due lo fraud: lo obtaiii sufficienr appi'oprial¢ audit evideiice regardiiig Ilie assessed risks of Inal¢i'ial Inisstateinei)I
due lo fraud. Ilirough desigJningF and iinpleinenliiigi appi'opi'iate I'esponses to those assessed risks; and lo respond
appi'opriaiely 10 instances of fi'aud oi. suspLcted fi'¢iud idLiilified dui'iiig Ilie udit. However. tlie priinaiy responsibility for Ihe
pi'evcntioii and deteclioii ot traiid rest5 Witli both In11 nag)LillLlIt aiid iliose cliar(yed Ivith govei'naiiee ol tlie Ch(Irity.
Oui. approacli was as follow5..
We obtained an understiinding of Ilie legal aiid reiiulatoiy requirLinenls applicable to the cl)arity and considered
tliat tlie Inosl si(ynificaiit al'e Ilie Coinpanies ALt ?006 and Ihe Finan¢ial RepoitiiigF Staiidard applicable iii the UK
and Republic of Ii'eland (FRS I O?) (effective l Januury 2015) - (Chai'ilie5 SORP IFRS I O?).
Enqiiiry of Inanagemeni, Ihose charoed with uoveiY)Iince and the eiitity's soliciiors ai'ound actLial and potential
litl¥cltion and claims.
Enquiry ot er]tity Staff in coinpliance functions to identify any instances of any non-compliance with laws aiid
regulations.
Reviewingy financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting docuinenlation lo assess coinpliance with
applicable laws and regulations.
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THE IVOt¥lEN'S SUPPORT INETWORI
FIN'ANCIAL sTATE￿[El￿Ts
FOR THE YEAR EIYDED31ST NI.4RCH 2024
REPORT OFTHE INI DEPENDENT AUDITOR TO THE ￿lE￿[BERS,
AudiiingT thc I'i%k ol'manogLineni override ot'conirols. inLluding Ilirougli ILStino.joui'nal eniries.'Ind ()Ihei'
djusiments foi. appropi'ial¥n¢ss. and evaluating tlie business ralioiiale ot sigiiilicant tianiaLlions outside IhL
ii()rTnal LOUI'se ol-businLss.
pol'l nl'an aLidii in acLOI'daiiLL Iviili Iskls IUKI Iwe exercisL prolLssional judgLnieni and maintdin piY>l¢ssiondl sLeptiLi51n
IdLntilv oi)d assLSb Il)c I'18ks ol niat41.ial Iniststarlinini ol'11lL finanLial siai¢iiiLnis. i%'hLthLI' due 10 li'aud Ll'l'OI'.
d¢%ibJii und PLI'I()I'in audil pi'oLedui'Ls ILSPllllblV¥ l() Ihos¢ 1'i%ks. and ul)t:
Obiain an unULrsl;Indino L)I' iniernal conii'ol rLILvaiii li) Ili¥ audit in oi'dii. 10 att￿1gn :iudii procLdLII'LS Ilial are
Jppivpi'iaiL in Ihi cii'Luiiis141nies. bul n()I 101. IIIL puI'po%¥S ol'LlPI'¢ssing an npiniun oil Ilie Ll'ILLliveness 01.111
onipanv's iniLmal coiitrol.
r.viiliiatL tIIL appi'opi'iaiLllLSS ol. aci()Liniing wliLi¢s US¢LI lind tliL ILJSUfJdblriiL%S ofaLLouiiiiiig e%iiiiiatis and
rLlat¢d dis110surLS mddL bv tliL dii'eLII)1'.s.
ConLIuLIL on IliL uppinpi'ialinL%b ol. Ilii direLIoi'5' I15¥ 01.ilie b7{)ino LonLLI'n bi15lS aLL()Iinlin&i and. bused on Ihe
Lidit ¥vidLnLL obi:
obtain¢d up l() Diir auLlitai N IL'SX)1'1. 140I1'Li'ei'. lut(Ire eveni.* {)]' Londilioni niav LaLise the cliJriiy 10 tu i()ntinu
os a goinL7 con¥¥1'n.
prL'scnlalion.
CoLinLiI'& wcbbil¥ al.. http.'l/ii'iYi¥.IrL.oi'b?.ubJthu(liliirsrLsp()nsibili1148. Thib cI¥%LI'ipiion l()i'ins pull 01.iiiii' aLiditor's IL'PI)rt.
W¢ ci)Inii)uniLaie ivitli thosl LliarL7id ivith giiYLI'noii¢L regardinb). arnon¥? oihLr Iiiaii¥f5. 11i¥ plann¥d SLOPL dnd iiiiiinby ol. Ilie
udit und signiliLont lindings. inLludinbJ aiiN si&?niliLkini dLIiLiLllLiLS in iiilemal Loiilii)I Iliat ive id¥nlilv duyinb) (iui. audit.
Use of oui. report
riiis liP()It IS 111ilJ¥ bol¥l!' to tl)e il)ai'iiJblL Lumi)iinx b nTrLinliLrs. us a bod>'. in JLLQI.dJiiLe Iiiil) ChJpiLr 3 OF Pai'l 16 Ol'ih¢
C()ITIPUl)iL% ALI ?U116 unil ILgJulali()1)s niadL unc4LI' Ih:Il ALI. ()ui' audii ii'oi'k lias hiiii undLI'iJkLn $0 Ilidi WL Iniohi slai¥ 10 (Ilc
¢hai'ital)le L()Inpanv'b m¢inb¥rs 11i0.sc n)utlLr% ive aiL ILqiiifLd io slate 10 them in an uudiioi'5' ILPOrt and loi. n() lither purposc.
'I'i? thL I'LIIILs1 Lxlini pLI'niiiiLd laii.. Iv¢ d() rinl aLLLPt ()I' a￿￿UMl I'L.%y)11sibiliii' lo anl'onc otli¥r IhJn tlie LhJi'iiablL Lompanv
and its ni¥inbLI'S as d body. I.
L.4WRENCC SIIEARER r.c.A.,,S¢nror St.'Itirtory Aiiditor
FOR AND ON BE4 HIlLr or O'HARA SI.IEARER, St?d tutory Auditoi.
O'HARA SHEARER
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
AND STATUTORY AUDITORS
547 fall% Road
BLlltist
BTI19AB
D￿ted.
19111 D¢L¢inb<i' 2024
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