THE PUFFIN TRUST
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31 MARCH 2019

THE PUFFIN TRUST
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR EI¥DED 31 MARCH 2019
Legal alld Administralive Infornthtion
Trustees, RqM)rt
Report of the Independent Exami
Statement of Finallcial Activitie8
Balance Sheet
Notes to the financial state0)e￿ts

THE PUFFIN TRUST
AT 31 MARCH 21119
TRUSTEFS
DrJobD MaNleThTrn
Ms Tara Higgins
Ms Hel¢￿ Rice
Dr Stephen Ollg
ACCOUN[A￿s
17 clarenth￿ Road
C]2rendon Dock
BEtFAST
BTI 3BG
PRINCIPAL BANKERS
9111 Churth Road
Holywood
Co tbwn
BT18 9BU
103021 Charity cotDmt￿On NI
Inland Revenue ChariryNumber xr2l576
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THE PUFFfN TRUST
TRUSTEES. RESPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2019
Tbe tnstees areple3scd to PTBseni the￿rt￿)rt tOEethtr with the fitLatLcioJ statcTD¢nts of the charity for the year ending 31
March 2019. The fiTh7nGial 5tsterntnts havc bccrtprcparcd in accordancc wtth Accounting and RetkninE by Ch8ritie5.'
Statemertt of Re(xTrJnmended Pr￿)Ce applicable to charttse5 pryaru>g their xcounts in acL7)rdance with thE Financial
Re￿rting StAndard zpp]icablc in the UK ar¥J the Rwublic of It¢[a￿d (FRS 102} (effedive l Janwy 2015)-Clwiti¢5 Soil
(FRS 102), th¢ Financial RepDrtift8 Standard applicable in fv LK and the Repllblic ofbe18nd IFRS 102}.
Reference, Administrative and Trn5tee Dtt
TILIS information is included orL￿ge l of these f￿￿nCE￿ 5tatanenl
The Puffin Tru# is athaTitAblt Organi￿￿oll inNorthcmJrclard is dedi￿ty fLm¢fy r¢s¢8rch into probleD￿ ill
prepwicy.
Public Benefrt
The tru%tecs confirn that they h8v¢ hwj duerewd for th¢ gvtd8nee produced on Public Benefit by the Charity C0￿misSIO
foT Northcrn Ire]alld {CCNI). alld are plea5¢d to re[￿ thatduring the year eA￿t￿ 31 March 2019 hav¢ mntinuedto ￿eet
the Public Bettefit requireJllentby the ptOVi5ionof ryogTaTtLUtes And attivitiÈ$ 8s noted ill detao within this trustees r¢port
The rnain ￿tiVitI%8 undertaken by the Chèrity in the yest ￿ 31 MaTth2019 kn fijrther it rwNJsc5 fDrthc public benefit &E.'
The development and evaluation of r¢ceni to the prO￿510n of alltct)￿ for women withge5tational di*trs
ellitus and workon early *•rning foetsi ttjotion d&eetion systrm. The charity raise mOTL¢y by OTg3nising edwational
Cours￿ and then usc this money to flu￿ re5£9rch. En￿&V 15 focused on obsterriCi8Th8 and tDidwivE8 to build a culture of critical
Fin2Dria] revie
Durillgthe Y￿the Gharity have gen¢rat&lfurtds of £1.650 {2018.. £9.0￿) and have incurred expcnsEsof £1.333 (2018..
£16.96ll. Thc llct surplu5 of £317 {2018 deficiL. £7.9011 has beal dedllcted fivm the UDrestricted rcserves of the charity to
leav¢ a (kficit on the unrestri¢ted ye3etves of £527 (2018: sU￿[uS of £844). There wtse no ]Tstricted fund5 during th¢ycar or
at thc year en
The tru8tees undEnake pers￿nal￿$F4)nslbIlty for thedcfiGilon rtsctvcs arml cxtKi* that thi5 Wtll be ¢leoJed by fi￿d]nE to be
receiv¢Lt in the t￿1Year.
Trustees. rtsponsibilitie5
The trustees Are respottsible for pttpaTI￿ tbe Tn￿, Re￿rt aDdthc rryXi￿ &Ddpaymerts &ccount a￿1 Btattment of&8sets
and ligbilitie5 in accordance with applicable Itw and regulatio￿.
The tr￿le¢S arc rcsponsible for kcq)ir4 accouDting re¢oTds that are suff￿lent u) show and explain the charity'5 trw)sa¢lions
and disclosB With rt*%onable acthracy at any time the a&*ts and liabi]ities of the tbaTity. are also resronsible for
Safeguarding th¢ a55ets of the tharity a3￿ h¢t]¢¢ for takmg reasonable steps foi ttLeprvelltion and dEteGtion of fralld and other
irregularitie5.
AppM￿ by the trustees and signed ontheirTr*h8lfby.'
Date: .
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THE PUFFIN TRUST
REPORT OF THE INDEPENDLNT ELLMINER TO THE TRUSTEES OF
THE PUFFIN TRUST
We report on the fttwiciaj stste4tKats for the year eD(kAI 31 MaTch 2019 which are set out on pages four to
Respeetlve responslblllties of charity tru6teu •nd examiner
As the charity's ttustees, you pre responsible for the preparation of the accowLts in accordan￿ with the
Cjjarities Act ￿Orthern IrelaTrl) 2￿8.
It is our responwbility to:
• examine the accounts under 8ection 65 of fbe chariti￿ ACE
. follow thc pmcedurt8 laid down in the genejal direLtions given by the Cotilln￿10tt under section 65{9)(b) of tb¢
Charitie5 AGL and
• stale wbether particul￿matterS have come to ouratteotio
B8Si5 of itidependenl e￿￿￿￿er,$ report
We have examined y(rtTr clwity accounts as required und¢r section 65 of the Cl)arilies Act and our
exaTnitiation was carried out in ac¢ordan¢e with th¢g¢n¢tal Directil)DS giv￿ by the Cl]arity Comnllssion
forNortbern Ireland ullder 8ectioll 65(9Xb) of the (knities A
Ourexaminatioll included a review of aco)untiDg rwds kept by the charity aDd a comp8￿ of the
accounts presented with thos¢ re¢ord8. It a150 illcluded cotisideration of any unusual items or disclosure8
in the accounts, aDd S￿king ¢xplanatioJ]s frojll you &$ cl)arity ttustees conceming any such matt¢rs.
Our role is to state wh¢th¢r any ￿￿terial lljattcts have c4)me ￿ our attention giving us ¢wJ8e to b¢lieve:
l. That ac¢LMlntiDg ￿0[￿LS weTe notkept in a¢cokn with se£tion 63 of the Charities Act
2. That the accoullts do not accord with those auowiting records
3. That the accoullts (k> not comply with the aCcO￿tIng requ]m￿ts of th¢ CIthTities Act
4. That th￿¢ is fixrther infOrn￿tiOll needol frff apT0peruth￿t￿lTrg of th¢ ae¢ounts to be reache(L
Independent examAner's statement
We have compkted our examinthn and bav¢ no in of the n)auers (l) to (4) ]isted Above
an4 in connection with following the DI￿10￿5 of th¢ Charity forNortlwn ITelan(L we have
found no mAt*rs that Tequire dTawiDg to your att¢DIiOIL
Baker Tilly Mooney Moore
Chartered Certlfied AccouDtants
17 Clarendon Road
Clarendon Dock
Be]fast
BTI 3BG
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THE PUFFIN TRUST
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTivfT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2019
Unrestritted Reltritted Tolai Funds
2019
2(118
Not
lttcome from:
Other¢rading aclivilies..
459
Incorne from IxTrur8CS
8.601
Total income
1.650
1,650
9.060
Expenditure on:
Raising fimds
Charitable a¢tivili¢s
10.230
744
744
6.731
Total expellditure
Net income and (expenditure)
317
317
(7,901)
Trlet movement in fund%
317
317
(7.901)
Reeonellfiadon of funds:
Trtai fullds brought forward
1844)
7.057
Total funds earrkd forTvard
(527)
($27)
(844)
The Aote8 forjn part of these fwanci#l slatements
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THE PUFFIN TRUST
BALAJ¥CE SHEEr
AS AT31 ML ARCH2019
N•t¢s
2019
2018
CAsh at bank and in hand
173
1.461
1,461
173
CREDrroRS: atDounts falling duc wittJitJ ODE year
71M)
NET CURRENT ILIABILrriESIIASSE13
{527)
{844)
TOTAL Assrfs LFSS CURRENf IJABILITIFS
{527)
18441
NEF {LIABILITIESVASSETS
{527)
{844)
UllT¢stricted Fun(
R¢5triGted Fund5
($27)
(8441
TOTAL FUFIDS
(527)
8441
The financial statements wue autILori￿ for issue by th¢ ènd 5ignrdon th¢ir E¢haIf by:
Drs
The notes forni p•rtof thtx fijwicial 51ateme•ts
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THE PUFFIN TRUST
NOTES TO THE Fll¥ANCtAL STAThMENTS
FOR THE YEAR Kf4DED 31° MARCII 2019
srATKMENf OF ACCOIINTING POLICIES
¢ fjnan¢ial *atements of this public benefii entity have been prcpartd in ￿0rd•l￿e with Aecounting 9nd
Reporting by Charities: StstEEUellt of Re¢onllDended Practice applicablc to chtirities prep￿ing their accounts
in a￿ordanGE with the Financial Reporttng Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland (FRS
102) (eff￿tiVE l Jalluary 2015)- (Charities SORP IFRS 102). th¢ Fitiati¢ial Re￿till8 Stsndand applicable
in the UK aud thE Rq)ublic of Ireland (FLS 102).
The following ts a sUnll￿ of the signifi¢aDt ￿]1¢1¢$ athpted by the charitabk company in the
pieparation of the fmancial ststements.
Golng Concern
The accounts have prepared OD a going concern I￿5￿5. The trUS￿eS acknowledge that there is a d¢fi¢it on
unrestitcted funds and are satisfi￿1 tbat futsre fimding vrill be avadable to etLsure the continued exist¢noe of the
charity for the loreseeable futs]re. The tru5tets have accq)ted that as required theywi]I tak¢ personal
responsibility for the deficit ID fimds.
Infome
All incoming resouwe5 are inthded iti tbe siatement of fmancial activiti&s when the charity is entitled to the
income and th¢ affjouttt Can be qllalltified with reasonable acLwacy. The following specifie polieies are applied to
parti￿￿ c41egories of income:
Income from ¢v¢nts aud e¢)utses are rw18￿ wFty>) the event or course h&8 been de]lYer￿A and the charity
become8 Un￿￿ltiOna1fy entided to the iocm
Expenditure
All expenditULY is accounied for on aD xcrna]s bLsis and h&¥ cla&8ified under￿ding$ tbat aggregate all
05ts rclated to the category.
Expendlture on raising fiJnd8 are tb05e Costs in allrnctiD8 voluntary itKome, and those inculred
in trading a¢tiviti&8 that raise fimds.
ExpeJ)ditur¢ on dwitabl¢ eXpenth￿ the costs of PToviding suwort to Teseareb bodies to
furt￿ the ¢baTitsbl¢ putpose. Togrtherwith support costs incurred ccntrally 2nd 8oventsnce costs
a850¢iated with the gov¢tDallce arrdngejnents olthe charity and arc prllnarity &ssociated with
cOn￿It￿iOry￿] and slatutory require￿ents. The charity's expendilure on governattce ¢08ts ensures the
org￿]isatioll complie5 ￿IE￿ Iwlatioo and best pTa¢tice.
Th¢r¢ 18 no liability to tax￿10￿ thie to the society'8 ¢I￿rItable ststus.
Credlton
Cr¢ditQTS alld provi5iOD5 ate recognised where the charity has a prG4ent obligation resulting from a past evetlt
that will probably result the traLsfer of to a third p8ty and the aTW)Ullt the to settle the obh'gation
an be m¢asuTed or estitDated reliably. CTeditOTS are noTmally rwised at their settlement amouni after
alloTriDg for any trth discowts th￿.
Fund Aetountkng
Thc company has various typ￿ of fillyls for which it is resp)Dsible and vA]ich rwLire seyarate disclosure.
These are & follows..
{]) RE5trieted Funds
DollatioDs received which are designat￿ by the (knior for sp¢¢ific purrA)ses. Such pu4x)ses aTe
within tbe overall al￿5 of the organisatio
(ill Ullrestrieted Fllnds
Funds which are expcndable at the discrelion of the in fithI￿e of the objects of tlke tThst.
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THE PUFFIN TRUST
NOTES TO THE FLYLYCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE TrTAR EYDED 31 MARCH 2019
Total
Fund8
2019
2018
Costs of r•i8ing fwKis
Catering ￿$ts
Lecturer fe¢s 4t￿ expa
440
loo
304
8,321
590
702
Stationery
844
10.354
Costoleh4rlt•bk activities
Grant- Queen's UniveTsity
Grant-North¢rll Tn
Grant- Roy81 Jubilee Matttnity
Clwitable Donations
2,000
iooo
1.000
216
216
S¢rvi¢e8
Award- Scan m¢￿tiVe
Seeretsrial support
Ac￿￿￿tt￿ts
Bank fees
600
iio
720
179
124
59
124
59
489
6.609
The Charity did not have any emp]oyees in theyear (2018: nil) attd eonsequajtty there wetr no employeeg who
¢iv¢d nb)re than £60.000 during th¢ ycar.
Trustees did t￿¢ r￿elveallY reJ[Lut￿[kn or ex[￿Se3 durtng the year12018: £tiiI).
CREDrroRS AMOUTr4TS DUE ITrTflltN ONE YEAR
21119
2018
ACc￿￿lS
700
1305
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