Job Directions Limited
Directors. Re
ort
The trustees present their report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024. The
trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP)
"Accounting and Reporting by Charities" in preparing the annual report and financial statements of
the charity.
The financial statements comply with the Charities Regulations {Northern Ireland) 2015, the
Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum 2nd Articles of Association, and Accounting and Reporting
by Charities-. Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in
accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland FRS
102) (effective 1 January 2015)-
The trustees, who are also directors for the purpose of company law and who served during the year
end and up to the date of this report are as follows-
Christina Mullen
David Canning
Paul Crawford
Sandra Pollock
John Mccosker
Eamon Mccay
Principal activities
The charity's principal activity during the year was to provide work for unemployed adults in the
Strabane District Council area with the mentoring, advice, guidance and training required to improve
their prospects of gaining employment. The aim is to give individuals the opportunity to obtain
employment or advance their educational training goa15. The charity administrates various schemes
which operate on the above principles.
Objectives and Activities
Job Directions Limited has been established for over 20 years and is renowned for their grass roots
level approach in supporting the community by providing a range of setvices that provide vital
support to people within the community who are unemployed and may become employed, job
seekers, apprentices, trainees, or persons who may come into the foregoing categories. The charity
assists by competing for and securing employment through the provision of relevant education,
training, guidance and experience.
Job Directions Limited has been successful in placing multiple individuals in employment and
training and education programmes through the 'Ready4Work' and 'Empowerf programmes during
the year.
The Trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's
general guidance on public benefil when reviewing the Trust's aims and objectives and in planning
for future activities and setting the policy for the year.
Public Benefit Statement
The direct benefits which flow from purpose the purpose is to assist those persons who are or may
become employed, job seekers, apprentices, trainees, or persons who may come into the foregoing
categories, in competing for and securing employment through the provision of relevant education,
training, guidance, experience and or for the advancement of any such category of person in the
labour market, such activity to include any part of the European Union. We also aim for unemployed
people or economically inactive people to gain employment or take up education and training.
Employment income helps relieve povety. The charity's beneficiaries are the unemployed who live in
the European Union, who claim out of work benefits. The economically inactive who live in the
European Union. who claim benefits. The economically inactive who live in the European Union, who
do not claim benefits. The only private benefit flowing from this purpose 15 that individuals wll gain
employment or access to education and training and this is incidental and necessary because Job
Directions purpose is to assist all those who are unemployed or economically inactive to achieve this
purpose.

Job Directions Limited
Directors. Re
ort
Achievements and perforniance
Job Directions secured on-going funding for the 2023-24 financial year to enable it to deliver all
existing programmes, Ready4Work and Empower.
The "Ready4Work" programme assisted young people completing year 12 to transition into the world
of work whilst furthering their education. It is targeted to support young people who are at a
disadvantage due to health conditions, poor attendance at school, living in kinship care, sexual
orientation, low educational attainment or other disadvantage.
The Empower programme is delivered in partnership with Disability Action, funded by the UK Shared
Prosperity Fund and is designed to support people with long term ill health or disability who are
economically inactive to enable them to participate in the labour market. Job Directions recruited 70
customers from within the Derry City and Strabane District Council area. 27 customers obtained
employment, which represented 70°/o of those leaving the programme. Customers on Empower
were able to access one to one mentoring and support regarding employability together with access
to mental health counselling and professional benefits advice.
Financial Review
During the year 31 March 2024. the charity received total income of £122,091 and had an overall
deficit of £72,398. Income from grants showed an decrease of £436,071 during the year. Investment
income has increased by £19.177. No fixed assets were purchased. The charity had reserves at 31
March 2024 of £1,212,541. The charity is in a solid financial position and there are no concerns
about its ability to continue as a going concern.
Reserves Policy
Job Directions Limited needs a reserves policy to have sufficient cash reserves should the charity
experience cash flow problems, to service lease agreements on propety, to honour service
contracts in place or costs involved in any potential wind up of the charity andlor provision for
redundancy costs.
It is recommended that reserves for the running costs of core activities be retained. The target set
and realised in the previous year is £500,000. The level of reserves are reviewed by the trustees and
management regularly throughout the year. The minimum level of reserves for the on-going needs of
the charity is reviewed by the trustees on annual basis.
Plans for the future
As we enter into 2024125 the organisation wll continue to provide services, whilst new sources of
funding are sought. The on-going plan is to:.
Maximise the potential income from Empower having now secured an increase in the total number of
ustomers Job Directions could recruit from 70 to 100.
Implement a strategy to maximise income generated from reserve funds.
Explore the potential involvement in the delivery of'workable, as a partner of Disability Action.
Explore the potential to derive an income by charging for advertising on Job Directions social media
pages.
Job Directions will continue to seek funding opportunities to provide services to the unemployed and
economically inactive across the district in 2024125.
Actions have been taken to reduce costs, downsizing premises and reducing the overall staffing
levels via voluntsry redundancy, no staff were made redundant on a compulsory basis.
The charities reseNe policy has been revised and the trustees are clear that there is sufficient
funding to met the demand for services form beneficiaries for the next 3 years, even in the absence
of new funding sources.

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ort
Structure, governance and management
Job Directions Limited is a company limited by guarantee with charitable status, incorporated on the
th
4 May 1995, and registered as a charity in Northern Ireland on 17 September 2015. The company
was established under Memorandum of Association that established the objects and powers of the
charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Association. In the event of the winding up
of the company each member is required to contribute no more than £1.
The trustees of the charity when elected serve until the next annual general meeting at which they
musl be re-elected.
The trustees of the charity seek to appoint new charity trustees be contacting individuals who have
shown an interest in the charity activities and have sufficient knowledge or skills to carry out the role
of a trustee.
The management operate a system of internal control designed to provide reasonable assurance,
but not absolute assurance aqainst material misstatement or loss. They include the',-
regular consideration by the trustees of progress reports regarding operational activities. These
are carried out detailing performance indicator levels such as participant numbers and financial
breakdowns. Any deviations from targets are highlighted and contingency actions are implemented.
delegation of authority and segregation of duties among staff.
identification and management of risks to which the charity is exposed.
Statement of trustees. responsibilities
The trustees {who are also direclors of Job Directions Ltd for the purposes of company law are
responsible for preparing the Trustees, Annual Report (including the Strategic Report) and the
financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards
(United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under the
law the trustees have elected to prepare the financial stalements in accordance with applicable law
and United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. Under company law the directors
must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view
of affairs of the charity and of the surplus or deficit of the charity for that period. In preparing these
financial statements, the directors are required to=
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
observe the methods and principles in the Charities ISORP 2019] {FRS 102):
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.,
state whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material
departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements.,
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to
presume that the charity will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable
accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable Ihem to ensure that the financial
statements comply with the Charities Act {Northem Ireland) 2008, the Charities (Accounts and
Reports) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also
responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the
prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

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ort
Independent Examiner
FMC Accountants were appointed independent examiners to the charity and a resolution proposing
their reappointment will be put to the Annual General Meeting.
Small company exemption
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions in Part 15 of the Companies Act
2006 applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The directors are of the opinion the company is entitled to exemption from audit in accordance with
section 475(2) and section 475(31 of the Companies Act 2006.
The Trustees, Annual Report, and the Strategic Report included therein, was approved by the board
on 23 November 2024 and signed on its behalf.
Christina Mullen
Trustee (Chairperson)
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uslee {Secretaryl