CHARrrY REGISTrATION NUMBER: 102764 Ulster Society for Promotlng the Educatlon of the Deaf and the Blind Flnancial Statements 31 July 2025 Finegan Gibson Ltd Chartered accountants & statLrtory auditor Causeway Tow8r 9 James Str88t South Belfast BT2 8DN Ulster Soclety for Promotlng the Education of the Deaf and the Blind Flnanclal Statements Yoar ondod 31 Juty 2025 Pago Trustees, annual rèwrt Indep8ndent auditorfs report to the members Statem8nt of finand81 actlvllles 12 Statement of financial positlon Notes to the financlal ststem8nts 13 14 Ulster Society for Promoting the EdU￿￿10n of the Deaf and the Blind Trustws. Annual Report Yèar ended 31 Juty 2025 In￿1885 prownt Ihwr rqport and lh¢ fln¥￿￿ stst*T*nts of dwrlty for Ihe year eThJ•d 31 J￿Y 2025. R•l•r•nc• and admlnlstratfv• d•tall* R•olst•r•d ¢harlty nam• Ulst•r Sc¢knty for PrnmotitvJ th• Ihe Deaf and th8 Bllrrtl Charlty r•gl•lratlon nurnb•r 102764 Prkn¢lp•l oflk• Ydanstown sth￿l Th• Iru•t••• Fr P Dovln mr8DB￿ Mr J C*terry J Drxc Rev G Jordan M Matthews Mrs C M￿0Wan MsRADgmp Mr M Car80n Mrs O Riyjt Mrs K Mullan Mr8 A Mageo Mr B Symlng MrA Cw•y IR••lw•J 27 J￿U¥l 20251 Audltor rwan Glb80n Lld 9 Jar￿ Str¢ei South 8elfast BT2 BDN 8ank•rn u￿tsf 88nk 2 Farni￿ Road GlèngThby 8T36 7QU Danske Bank P08ox183 Donegall Squar• Wot 8T16JS Ulster Society for Promotlng the Educatlon of the Deaf and the Bllnd Trustees. Annual Roport Year ended 31 July 2025 John5 Eir 40 Linenhall Streot 8T2 8BA Slructur•. 90￿m￿n￿ and rn•n•g•ff*nt Ulstsr St¢ièty Prornoting Educat￿ of th• 0•of and ts 81ind Is a be* the Educats'onal Endowments Ilrdandl knt 1885. Th• Board d Trustew 4r* tr th? of thorlty. Tr Board of TrusttsB and nomo¥ ofwlrvFd ath4Her¥ are set out at Ihp TnJB1￿ RWL malnlalns a broad range of rel*￿ ￿11$ ar•Y •xperlence. Th• trust••s have Iho o¥wpll rgBpon*Wty 3y¥knm ol th* 1*8rlty. vthlch kndude¥ on¥urin9 that thefe are rea8onable practlceB In ploce tr the preven￿On and de*tion offraud and other iwulwthes. H(M*ver. such a system can provlde onty reasonable, but not absolut•. aS8urance •galnst Orrorn arhl lrnud. Slgnlllcpnt rf8k8 hwlghled f(Y C(￿$￿18raIlon oThJ by Ihe Board. ￿1 rna￿ rfgk8 lo vthith Ihe charlty Is oxposed, th h8¥• bwi Id•nlfi&J by wc¢•Jur88. am contlnualty revSawed. SyYt8m8 hava been IM￿•￿*nt0d to mlogate Ih•se ccrflnuaty d•v•bpod or •nhaxeed. ObJ•cth•• and a¢tlvlllM Thè of Ihe tharty b to p¥omth the ￿￿￿allon of the deaf and the blind. ThIB Is currenly done prfmarty through th• ol Ilnandal SUp￿)rt to a schod based In Jordanstown Ich teaches chlldffjn wilh s•n8thy both at ylmary ar#J p)st-prIM￿ lov•l. Thè Soclety owns lh• l•nd ￿lIdIn￿ •t J¢MIpFkn Th• So¢l•ty In g￿eT￿ 0￿1 the 808rd of arg minthjl that Ihe Society is a charity and that th? Truststs hav& portkthr re3FbJnslbI111*5 89 TrusteeB of a chwlty. InctyJdeB havth9 rggard to guidanrg i?sued by the Charity cC¥nr¢￿kIn fw Nort￿ keland In I￿a￿on to publlc bengfiL Th Board ol TTuste•s of th• Socth rn•t s￿n durfrvJ IM y•ar. Mo•llry f¢¢u8•J on support for the 8dKol thrwjh ts wovtsknn of an annual grlnl and futhr do¥elopmenl of the 8(tt*Jf8 4*)rk and estste 88 we8￿d thwh addMk)nal fundlThJ requ8818. Thère was als9 o strwo f￿$ ￿ th? Implwnentsbon of a Straityk Plan for thg Sodoty wl*h Induded the devdtjpment of Inthti¥es design8d to inrxease Ihe imp8Ct and influe￿0 of th• Se¢*ty In tho field of sensory irnpasnr*nt. This was athieved tlwcmjgh the devdoprnent Bnd ImF48mgntstion ol a rwgg ol new frJr¥Jlng Pr￿raMIne5 I￿jgh a range ol parlnership acroBs the $8ns0ry impalmient and chlkjren's s￿. Ulster Society for Promoting the Education of the Deaf and the Blind Tru$t•es' Annual Roport Y•ar ended 31 July 2025 Th? Souety as O￿Or of the bJihJiroB at JoTdan¥t(Avn ￿￿tinU￿9 to th• Setrthl Boord of Govemtsrs and Prtncipal to enswe Ihat not onty arB the IMJikllng8 fit for rxwp088 but are rnaintalned to Ihe highest 8tandard ol repa¥ and c￿dItI￿ ts thg u80 cl Ihe pupi15. t•&chars and staff of Jtydanstown SChfy￿. Insofar as costs are r￿t rfKoverable from ts EthKation Ath¢xlty, su¢h costs are met ty th& S￿￿ty. In th• y￿rI0 31 J￿Y 2025. th• Soelétyfiknjéd A rar•J• olryr4#ts wlthln ts 8dKxl hKJJdlTrJ: Part-time athnlnlstrafvo suppxt Slgn Language As5i51ants lor lh• Crfd￿ pupW8 8dK Traineo Interpreter to promote the incrg88ed use oland ccfflpetanets In BSL fef Students. A fiJI￿tIMe teacher with reSPM￿lt￿Ity for Curriwlum, Careers and Tra￿lI￿on. Tha runnlng co8ts 018 746atsr tar ￿ uga In such ventUrn8 88 atterthnco cf pup4B 4t cDurB•s In other schc¢Jls and colK8ges to enhanc8188￿InO Opp￿&￿111￿5. Paruy funded Chri8tma8 activiles. Parly fundod a rnshJ•ntsal trip to Etllnburgh. Th• proviskn ol habllftatSon for v5sualty knpolrod by Guldo Dogs UIQ Tho provisw oTrJ mginten￿¢￿ of 9qUiPm*￿. Enhanced learnlrvj opp￿trjnIti0$ for wpiL8 bolh wilhln th? ￿tr>I w4d•r cc4)wnunty sottkng. Th• orf¥nal B00rdlr*J D￿rIM￿t buldh¥J ¢￿th￿•& to a r￿rnry for pr04Cl￿ on WO8kdoy ffwilng¥ aTrJ pn after-¥dKd durfThd w•èkday ofténM)ons. The nurnery18 Ind8peTrd8nUy operoied by S•n8•, Th8 Na￿on￿ D8alblkn)d and Rub8118 A6sodallon, a rgglstgfgd Tho aft•r-￿h0eI elub ts opèral8d by s•n￿ undor a Jolnt V•nbn aw••m8nt led by Jordanjtown S¢hool wlth support from tho Brlght Stwt 3dvT￿. Thi5 en8ur8s fijll of Sehty)I t￿l￿J1n98 and pro￿￿83 very valuable servke for ¢hlldren wth an audllory or vBknn Impakni¢nt Inernas•s th• r•ach of th• Socjety in tem￿ of the number and Pfollle ol b￿fiCIar1e8. Incrga$ln9 I￿ reach of the In lenn8 of thg w T￿$ of M8 b￿•fithry gry￿p$ •r¥J th• geographlcal spread ol support was a ccrfe S￿¢8￿ of In￿alIVe$ to r•ll•d th• Stti8ty8 8tratsglc Intentkns durfng thls pwl)d. Durfng 2024125 the ScKlety ccrtlnued to 8lVF*Xt a rnrvje of InNlalfv•B I￿udITrg a costd4Mng gy* scham8 for thè famlli•s of agèd chilJr8n, r•cognlslTrJ coets ol havlrya 8 child vlth edd￿onal ne•J$ a￿1 *np8rt w 9dLvlx￿. In pothership with olh•r spocrdlist 0ryanisa￿n$. tho Society SUPFQrts a ran9e of youth prograrnmo5 which focu8 on d8V81opiryJ Ihe and confyjents of youNJ In transl￿On to arJul¢ seryiceB. SuppJrt fcrf adults and older pwJpkn conllnued lo be thr￿th ts dw•kJpm•nt of a rang• partnership In￿akn. The Sorlety ere fvnthrvJ 3 PHDS h D￿1 sknJi￿ ot QuB8n'$ UnN•rstty Belfast forAAlng on tho fc1lth￿ng ar•as'. Identificavon and Supp&1 for D•af Flus Chlldren aThJ Young In Northem Ireland. Er¥Jag8m8nt In Educaticm.. a Comparati￿ sludy cl men*ers of ￿ Deaf Community wl¥)B? first languag8 WK)t ErElish. and tsir gXP8rl8￿ intwactions wilhin Ed¢J(ation In Northern Ireland. IdenUfwrvJ the lryortance and ¢Aacc•s￿e yw¥ QPFrfy￿nIti￿ for Daof childr8n. Ulster Society for Promoting the Education of the Deaf and the Bllnd Trustees. Annual R•port(¢wthwoJ Year end￿ 31 July 2025 Flnanclal Ywl•w The net InLxJmelexpend￿T8 and movem&)t on ftmds for the year after charglng an expense8 amount811 to a surplu5 of £226,24312024.. £1.130.592 Su￿luSI. The owrating dafficit of Expendilurg wo$1£189,592), tth gakn C￿ Investm￿ts rwwsed at £415.835. IrK9￿ Is receNed in the form of dNhJends from a portt01￿ of wwestrnents managed by Br￿n Ddphin. Inve8¢e¢ and also Shares managed by the Dep8th￿nt for Cornmunities a¥ part d the North8m Cantral Inv•sb)wrt Fund lor Ch•rlU88. knk depogtt 8180 forn)s p￿t of th• annual ineom8 for the charity. Summary ofthe maln 8trwm8; Dl¥hJgnd £307.07612024: £2912381 Bank d8pogtt Iniewt £1.$2312024.. £2.2541 Edutsfjon Authoty £111.11812024.. £70.1951 Summary of th• maln M•m8 of èxpoThJ￿rn: 8rv441n Dolphkn management £44,2S112024.' £40,33n Investsc management £7.45112024.. £7.0081 Charitablfr Advitl8s- Promting the Education 0èolaThJ Bllnd £583.08912024: £643.7951 Support Costs- Admlnlstration £2,47212024.. £3.844} (S)v8manc8- AudA F¢es £8.75712024.. £8.064) Bank Intero$t and charges £170 {2024.. £1951 D￿r•¢￿titin £153.05412024: £153.054) GalnsllloMe81 on118t8d Inv88b)Mrt8 £415.83512024: £1.336.0541 Rwrv•• Polky Roa•rv•s arn thè part of a eharltyi unr88tridgd funds thot ar• frn8ty avoltab￿ to g￿nd c4) ony of th8 tharfty's purpo$8s. Th55 dgfinibcffi 8xdudg5 rgstrided irwrr* fvTrJ$ and endNmènl hJnd5. although Such fvnds irffluenc48 w reseTh￿ pollcy. OUT Genwd Reser￿ vjxdud? tsrv4lbL8 fixed 8B80ts 8LKh 88 land, bulldlng$ And other h￿d fry Ihg Sodety8 usa. tt al80 èxdudes amouThts désignat8d for •ssènti#l thJknr• B￿ndIng. Tl* SC¢1￿ hos of fijnds for wthlch rt rgBponsibb, and whKh are separatety held lo meet the chwitablg obJ'gctive¥ ofthe So¢igty. Th• Trust￿9 rntaln surplus r•￿1¥￿ In order b) be b) mptsid in A Ilm•ly foshk*n to tM ¢han¥ng 88di of tht SCkn￿. g￿n the limtt8d resouTUS madg avaiLqbK8 from Ihe Educalkjn Athhulty. In Jdilon to Ihelr exl$llryJ commltments, the Trustees may be requlr•d to fvnd addltlonal teachers, support staff or equlpment. Tho rn8oNes policy i% rnvitr•Md annualy ty the Tnjstees to ensura It me8t8 tho ¢uff•ni r•qutr•m•nts and urtUMsts￿th of d￿rffy. Ulstsr Soclety for Promoting th• Education of the Deaf and the Blind Trustees, Annual Report f¢MU Year ended 31 J￿Y 2025 Plans forfutsJr• pwlod• In line with grKJd Wyernan￿ The has in pbce ? strategic phn. whlch is operatlonalknd on an annud basis. The of The Is determined b8*J upon the agreed plan5 Bnd id8nbfi8d n¢ad In Ilno wNh th• or9anl¢alkn'$ ¢tyWbkn. Work conlinu•s on ImF4tm￿IIn0. rev1￿r￿￿ uFxJatfjng these pkns aThJ the Chlel ExecutSve continue5 to tako frnvard fvlure d&v9knWr￿ts b368d upon thi5 framthyork and undor the direction of Ihg Board of Trustse3. There 1$ a commitment to buikl upon the succèss clthh y••ts •xpanded r•mlt to fvrther support our benefidarle8 In Ilne vAth tyjf 8lrntegk objective8. The Soclety, In th8 of Its alm of provKlirwJ gxcelknt education ar￿ ¢>lhor ￿P￿* *Yxkkng r•i•tic#)shlp to •nsurn that Th Soclgty rernalns respcrfth to tho n8•J6 01 bw•fkkn. Thg pYo(WBOS to t•eurè I1￿ VAII ￿ kopt under contlnual T￿Ow. So¢l¢ty (*)nskkn M Importont lo •n•w• th)t It hos • wofil• In th• bc41 CAMnmunlty and VAII u¥e 411 endeavours to se¢yJre thL8 by meoro of netwkkng wllh 8 ran￿ ol tr)mmunlty*8s•d org8n68alkJns, Infomilng them abrArt the Sodety a￿1 work hosong PpF￿pr￿te w•nt8 vther• PO88lblo. Tho Sodaty will vthk wilh act￿ to plan fix fubJr8 dav8Wien18 ro￿n9 to the u￿u0 nwd8 01 th• ￿h￿)I Bnd pup1$ In Ilno with thè slrtt•Lk int•nOons of lh• Board of Gov0M￿ and Prfnclpal. Tru•t•M' rn•poMlbllNl•• •tat•m The trustees are re9￿51t1￿ for prepathJ the Inwteeg, repxt arKI the flnpndal slat•m8nts In acr¥Jrdarth wlth appllcable law and Unw Klngdthm Acc￿nd￿j Siandard¥ Iunlted ￿TrIdOrn G￿￿T￿lY A￿epted AC{￿ntIng PracJcel. Tha SP￿1￿10 to tharities in Norlhem IrelarKI requirns eharlty trustees to F*epare finand Staternents each year whKh ts a true fw"r vlww of the 91 off4kns of th• eharlty and ofth• Incomlng resc4Jrces and aWic411on of ￿9￿j￿. olthe charfty fry Ihat perknd. In prgpowlTr3 Ihese finan￿1 slaten*nts. ¥• r•¢wYwl to: 8•l•el $uit•blo a¢¢rymtin9 •¥J spplyth•m C£•)th1￿ty. obs￿? rwllhxls pFb*ile¥ kn the wpplKablB CI* SORP: mpkgludgmerts and a¢wJntrd gthnthlhot arml I￿￿•n¢ that Ihe wll (￿ti￿e In tKwir*8¥. Ulst•r Society for Promoting the Education of the Deaf and th• Blind Trustees. Annual Report(