Charity registration number NIC103106
Company registration number NI040909 (Northern Ireland)
THE OLD LIBRARY TRUST
ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
THE OLD LIBRARY TRUST
CONTENTS
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| Charity Information | 1 |
| Trustees' report | 2 - 11 |
| Independent auditor's report | 12 - 15 |
| Statement of financial activities | 16 - 17 |
| Balance sheet | 18 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 20 - 33 |
THE OLD LIBRARY TRUST
LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
| Trustees | Mr Charlie O'Donnell (Chairperson) | |
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| Mr Karol McCauley (Treasurer) | ||
| Mr Damien Harkin (Vice Chair) | ||
| Ms Anna-Claire Murray | ||
| Mr Sean Doherty | ||
| Ms Martine Mulhern | ||
| Mr Maurice O'Donnell | ||
| Secretary | Ms Martine Mulhern | |
| Senior management | George McGowan | Project Director |
| Charity number | NIC103106 | |
| Company number | NI040909 | |
| Registered office | The Old Library | |
| Central Drive | ||
| Derry | ||
| BT48 9GQ | ||
| Auditor | Moore (NI) LLP | |
| 21-23 Clarendon Street | ||
| Derry-Londonderry | ||
| BT48 7EP | ||
| Bankers | AIB Bank | |
| Meadowbank | ||
| Strand Road | ||
| Derry~Londonderry | ||
| BT48 7TN | ||
| Bank of Ireland | ||
| 27 Culmore Road | ||
| Londonderry | ||
| BT48 8JB | ||
| Solicitors | Quigley, Grant & Kyle | |
| Quigley, Grant & Kyle | ||
| 10 Queen Street | ||
| Derry | ||
| Co. Derry | ||
| BT48 7EG |
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THE OLD LIBRARY TRUST
TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the charity's governing document, the Companies Act 2006 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 2019).
Objectives and activities
Vision
We exist to address the social and health needs of the most disadvantaged by engaging residents in community development processes, aimed at reducing inequalities in health by tackling the root causes. We support the people who use our services, many of whom are amongst the most vulnerable in our society, to live healthy happier lives.
Mission
Overcoming inequalities in health and improving the health and wellbeing of people living in poverty and disadvantage.
Goals
Supporting people to develop the confidence to aspire and achieve new life setting goals transforming their lives and creating happier, healthier lives.
Social Justice
The Old Library Trust is guided by a concern for social justice and works to create a society in which every individual is valued and recognised as a fully dignified human being.
The aims of the OLT are to:
1) Overcome the inequalities in health by tackling the root causes of ill health; improving service delivery and access to services for people living in poverty and disadvantage and to support people to develop the confidence to aspire and achieve new life setting goals transforming their lives and creating happier, healthier lives; and
2) Maintain the Healthy Living Centre engaging in partnership with local residents and community groups in Creggan and to work with others in the voluntary, statutory and private sectors to develop programmes and services promoting the healthy development and growth of all people living in the community.
The objectives of the OLT are:
1) Sustain the Healthy Living Centre for the delivery of services and programmes addressing the social and health needs of residents at the neighbourhood level
2) Provide a sustainable, community-led process to inform and deliver appropriate programmes and services.
3) Develop working partnerships with others in the community, voluntary and public sectors to facilitate accessible service delivery.
4) Set up structures to develop, monitor and evaluate strategies, programmes and services promoting lifestyle changing in the health and social wellbeing and early year's development of local people.
5) Provide documented evidence of the effectiveness of the new model for community health service delivery.
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THE OLD LIBRARY TRUST
TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
The Healthy Living Centre
The HLC is a model of good practice for the delivery of community-based social and health care services and programmes engaging people in community development processes aimed at reducing the inequalities in health by tackling the root causes of ill health.
The project is designed to improve community health, address local needs, build confidence and develop knowledge and skills supporting people to take greater responsibility for their own health and wellbeing. The HLC provides access to primary care services at the neighbourhood level by working in partnership with service providers in the community, voluntary and statutory sectors.
Human Resources
Staff and directors are viewed as valuable assets of the organisation and receive training and support to maintain and enhance their skills and motivation.
All staff have personal development aims and objectives written into their work plans with a minimum of three training and educational courses required to fulfil their job roles on an annual basis. All staff meet OLT minimum standard training requirements in areas such as safeguarding children and child protection, safeguarding adults and vulnerable adult’s protection, First aid at work, AED Training, mental health first aid & trauma informed practice. Individual 6 month reviews carried out by senior management & the Project director will investigate further issues associated with training and support.
Partnership
The ethos of strategic partnership underpins the OLT's working arrangements and emphasises the collective responsibility of all in tackling health inequalities by meeting the health and wellbeing needs of residents in the Triax area of benefit.
Statement of compliance with Charity Commission guidance
The trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the charity should undertake.
Achievements and performance
Key achievements of delivery for 2023/24:
Programme and service activity:
Strategic Priority 1: Healthy Lifestyles: Tackling inactivity, poor nutrition, and obesity whilst lifting spirits through the delivery of several interventions, programme and services that included:
Exercise & wellbeing:
A weekly community exercise timetable of a wide variety of exercise classes seen over 120 local people attend over the course of the year, for one of more of the classes on offer that included Boxercise, circuit, yoga and gym. The biggest improver programme continued to offer a health, wellbeing, weight management and fitness programme to 70 beginners over three 12-week programmes. Further beginners swimming sessions, back by popular demand seen 15 more confident swimmers after a 12-week block of support.
Our mens & ladies health programmes continued to gather momentum with 78 local people attending on a weekly basis for session specific sessions such as netball, football, gym, and circuit training. This year, 21 of those got involved in the social golf days and took part in the rusty club’s tournament.
Nutritional support to local families continued with our partnership with the Healthy Living Centre Alliance and SafeFood, ensuring over 200 adult parents /grandparents and significant others received important messages, techniques, and tips around good food & nutrition. This year’s Community Food initiative has seen the return of the ever-popular air fryer masterclass, alongside community outreach to partner organisations with over 80 children and young people attend a great day at Sean Dolans GAC.
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THE OLD LIBRARY TRUST
TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Communities in Transition:
The continued investment in Creggan by The Executive Office Communities in Transition Project enabled the organisation to further support those residents living in poor physical and mental health, with a particular focus around addiction and recovery. This support comes in the form of one-off engagement events, one to one specific mentoring and the promotion of volunteering, upskilling and training. Over 300 support hours were delivered in counselling, personal training and skills development to 48 local people from Creggan and the Bogside.
As part of the initiative a wide range of community events were also delivered and included:
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A Conversation with Paul Merson
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Fresh Little Minds Primary Schools - Holy Child, St John’s, Long Tower & St Eugene’s.
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St Cecilia’s Health Fayre
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St Joe’s Teaching and Support Staff Workshops with Glen Hinds
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Crafty Creators with Family First Hub
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Youth Workshops & Outdoor Education
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St Marys Youth – Let’s Talk Men
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Long Tower Youth – Let’s Talk Men
These community engagement events seen 900+ people attend for information on community services and were supported by 35 of our partner organisations.
Strategic priority 2: Older Adults: Providing weekly physical, social and emotional support for older people and those people living with dementia. Support included the following:
Older adult’s wellbeing: This year seen the injection of funding from National Lottery Community Fund through our Partnership with the Bogside and Brandywell Health Forum, and the roll out of the first year of the Loving Life Living Longer project. Our Older adults support package during this period continued to engage older residents in health, wellbeing, social and uplifting programmes and services. Examples included exercise specific sessions in yoga, chair yoga, line dancing, jive and Ceile dancing to 74 residents. The partnership with the Creggan Men’s Social Group seen the introduction of social snooker, walking football, and both men’s and ladies’ social evenings, with 50 older adults attending. Popular poverty addressing luncheon club support also seen 60 local people avail of subsidized lunch thanks to support from the Foyle Food Network. (Foyle Foodbank).
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THE OLD LIBRARY TRUST
TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Our Large seasonal events gathered great interest and included the following:
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Community bingo evenings at Summer & Halloween with 145 attendees
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Summer bus run with 51 residents
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Christmas dance at the City Hotel with 125 locals
Dementia specific work: The DEEDS (Dementia empowered in Derry & Strabane) Project
68 DEEDS members, people living with early onset Dementia, were supported with bespoke intervention over this year. This is in the form of a weekly social / activity groups located across 6 different sites, both Urban and Rural in the Derry City and Strabane area. Alongside these, 69 Carers / loved ones of those members took part in our Carers education programme to better help support their loved ones.
As part of the wider programme of DEEDS, the members also took part in a range of cultural, social and musical events that included the international Choir festival, Intergenerational Art and Treasured possessions storytelling with participants and audiences totaling 445 in person and over 10,000 online views.
The DEEDS training and education officer continued to train the first-year paramedic students, the student nurses and a range of community organisations in total 448 people better informed on Dementia.
This year also seen the first of its kind in NI rolled out, with a new Pre diagnosis project for dementia in partnership with the WHSCT delivered to 54 people from across the city and district.
The DEEDS project is also supported by and engages 30 volunteers on an annual basis. These volunteers are celebrated with an annual event and continue to prove invaluable to the organisation.
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THE OLD LIBRARY TRUST
TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Patricia- Shantallow Member Stella- Shantallow member Ann- Strabane Member “We would be lost without our groups. Thank you, DEEDS. What a great bunch of people”
Strategic Priority 3: Long-Term Condition Management: Providing a holistic programme of wellbeing to those living within the community that have one or a combination of long-term conditions. Programmes examples included:
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Step Forward group sessions: A twice weekly exercise maintenance programme normally delivered in the Healthy Living Centre with 45 active members taking part in exercise class sessions.
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GP Exercise Referral: Supporting 45 local people in person for an intense tailored programme of exercise to suit their individual needs. Conditions supported included diabetes, arthritis, fibromyalgia, anxiety & depression.
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Support groups: Like-minded people with similar ailments come together on a regular basis to share experiences and listen to health professionals, who offer advice and support on how to better manage living with a long-term condition. ‘Chronic Pain Programme’ engaged 25 local people whilst 54 local people took part in Falls Prevention / strength and balance sessions. Links to wellbeing initiative developed in partnership with the WHSCT seen a large increase this year with 33 local people on long waiting lists present for full support.
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Other activities: Community outreach and social support with 90 people attending.
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TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Strategic priority 4: Family support & the Family First Hub
The Family First Hub supported 217 individual families this year in crisis at various stages of the year. Families were presenting to the Hub for several reasons and either availed of existing services or were signposted to relevant services at that time.
Additional programme support developed by the OLT and the Hub included holistic therapies, alternative, neuro diverse and child and adolescent with 48 people availing of support.
Fresh little minds, a stalwart of support was delivered to 30 local children, with a further 22 children availing of crafty creators, 284 of a summer of play and 212 of a winter of play, funded by Save the children.
More importantly given the times we were in with the cost-of-living crisis and inflation, the Hub put £31,940 into the pockets of local families through financial support packages that included Bryson Care, Cash for kids, Mission Christmas, the Family Fund, Save the Children and Gifts of the Angels.
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TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Strategic priority 5: Positive Minds
120 local people attended several positive minds specific courses that included Self-care, Living Life to the Full, mindfulness and relaxation. Feedback included:
“I feel part of a group, not on my own. I have new tools for moving forward, I am content with who I am”
“I have learned that I deserve to be loved by myself and others. I have grown in myself and believe in myself”
“I have learned how to relax more and recognise the importance of taking time for me”
Tenancy acitivity
The OLT provides facilities and space for other service programme delivery, and leases space for a range of local service providers in the statutory, community and business sectors. These include the following:
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Surestart Edenballymore continues to lease office space, the Children’s Centre, and Social Economy Unit 3 to support their delivery of childcare services in the area working with approx. 400-500 families per year.
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Rosconnor Dental Services continued to operate as normal for the year.
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Hive Cancer Support Group continued to lease in the Social Economy Unit 1, providing support to local people and their families who are experiencing cancer in their lives. The new Creggan Hub began to become more recognizable, and footfall increased.
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Rubbers Barbers of Social Economy Unit 2 employing local people and providing a local barbering service
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Physiotherapy & sports massage operated throughout the year and supported local people with pain, injury and rehabilitation.
A word of thanks
Critical to all the achievements and developments over the last 12 months, has been the organisational leadership, the commitment and passion displayed by the Board of Directors, the Project Director, the programme coordinators, support staff, facilitators and volunteers and everyone involved in the community sector across the area.
We would like to thank our funders for trusting in us and everything we do. We will continue to advocate for and support local people as they journey to a better-quality of life and improved physical, social, mental and emotional wellbeing.
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THE OLD LIBRARY TRUST
TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Financial review
Against the backdrop of limited resources and insecurities over funding, OLT has exercised prudence and managed to make a small surplus for the year. OLT has ensured that the core services are sustained and has set out the following plan for the future sustainability of services.
Income Generation
OLT has significant capacity for income generation through agreement of service level agreements, rental of social economy and primary care units, programme delivery and sessional rental of space. The OLT will maintain prudence in the management and delivery of programmes and services and will work within the terms and conditions of each of its funders. It is anticipated that significant saving will be made in the year ahead through funding secured for facilitators fees which have previously been met through income generation activity. All of the charity's funds are to be spent in the short term as there has been no opportunity since incorporation to accumulate funds for investment.
Reserves policy
The Board of Directors has examined the charity's requirements for reserves in light of the main risks to the organisation. It has established a policy whereby unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets held by the charity should between 3 and 6 months of core staff costs and fixed overheads. Charitable activities would be significantly scaled back in this scenario until sufficient funding was obtained to revert to normal levels of programme activities. Based on current staff costs and fixed overheads, the target level of reserves for 3months costs is £80,000.
At the reporting date, the charity held unrestricted reserves of £410,395, which includes £188,846 invested in tangible fixed assets and therefore not available towards the reserves policy target level. Therefore the free reserves of the charity at the year end is £221,549. The strategy is to continue to build free reserves through planned operating surpluses. In the short-term the board has also considered the extent to which existing activities and expenditure could be curtailed, should circumstances arise.
Major risks
OLT carries out regular reviews of the major risks to which the organisation is exposed and is compliant with SORPs requirements including strategic risk management. A risk register has been established and is updated at least annually. Where appropriate, systems or procedures have been established to mitigate the risks the organisation faces. Internal controls are minimised by the implementation of procedures for authorisation of all transactions and projects. Procedures are in place to ensure compliance with health and safety for staff, volunteers, centre users and visitors. All policies and procedures are periodically reviewed to ensure that they continue to meet the needs of the organisation.
Plans for future periods
The 2024/25 year will no doubt be a challenging one as we reflect on the true impact of the pandemic to local people. The organisation will continue to adapt, innovate, and reach out to support the local community as we all try and navigate our way out of this unique situation. A real strength of this organisation is the commitment of staff and volunteers to support those in most need. Their efforts were nothing short of remarkable over the last year and there is no doubt that this will continue into the coming year.
Structure, governance and management
Governing Document
The company holds charitable status and is a company limited by guarantee, incorporated in July 2001. The company was established under a Memorandum of Association which sets out the objects and powers of the charitable company and governed under its Articles of Association. In the event of the company being wound up, members are required to contribute an amount not exceeding £1.
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THE OLD LIBRARY TRUST
TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
The trustees, who are also the directors for the purpose of company law, and who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were:
Mr Charlie O'Donnell (Chairperson)
Mr Karol McCauley (Treasurer)
Mr Damien Harkin (Vice Chair) Ms Anna-Claire Murray Mr George McGowan (Resigned 7 June 2023) Mr Sean Doherty Ms Yvonne Mullan (Resigned 7 June 2023) Ms Martine Mulhern Mr Maurice O'Donnell
Recruitment and appointment of trustees
The Board of Directors meetings take place on the first Tuesday of each month. The purposes of the meetings are to update directors on current activities, make strategic decisions, conduct business and discuss any issues relevant to the activities of the OLT. The first members of the Company are the subscribers to the Memorandum of Association.
Organisational structure
Staff team of 2023/2024
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THE OLD LIBRARY TRUST
TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Statement of trustees' responsibilities
The trustees, who are also the directors of The Old Library Trust for the purpose of company law, are responsible for preparing the Trustees' 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 which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that year.
In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
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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 adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. 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.
Auditor
In accordance with the company's articles, a resolution proposing that Moore (NI) LLP be reappointed as auditor of the company will be put at a General Meeting.
Disclosure of information to auditor
Each of the trustees has confirmed that there is no information of which they are aware which is relevant to the audit, but of which the auditor is unaware. They have further confirmed that they have taken appropriate steps to identify such relevant information and to establish that the auditor is aware of such information.
The trustees' report was approved by the Board of Trustees.
Mr Charlie O'Donnell (Chairperson)
Trustee
10 December 2024
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THE OLD LIBRARY TRUST
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE OLD LIBRARY TRUST
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of The Old Library Trust (the ‘charity’) for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise the statement of financial activities, the balance sheet, the statement of cash flows and the notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion, the financial statements:
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give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company's affairs as at 31 March 2024 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended;
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have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
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have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
Other information
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:
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the information given in the trustees' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared, which includes the directors' report prepared for the purposes of company law, is consistent with the financial statements; and
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the directors' report included within the trustees' report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
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THE OLD LIBRARY TRUST
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED) TO THE MEMBERS OF THE OLD LIBRARY TRUST
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charity and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the directors' report included within the trustees' report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
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adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
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the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
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certain disclosures of trustees' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
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we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
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the trustees were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies' exemptions in preparing the trustees' report and from the requirement to prepare a strategic report.
Responsibilities of trustees
As explained more fully in the statement of trustees' responsibilities, the trustees, who are also the directors of the charity for the purpose of company law, are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.
Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud
The objectives of our audit in respect of fraud, are; to identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements due to fraud; to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the assessed risks of material misstatement due to fraud, through designing and implementing appropriate responses to those assessed risks; and to respond appropriately to instances of fraud or suspected fraud identified during the audit. However, the primary responsibility for the prevention and detection of fraud rests with both management and those charged with governance of the charitable company.
Based on our understanding of the charitable company and its operating environment, we determined that the most significant frameworks which have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements are those related to the reporting framework, (FRS 102, the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008, The Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, the Charity SORP and the Companies Act 2006).
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED) TO THE MEMBERS OF THE OLD LIBRARY TRUST
The charitable company is also subject to other laws and regulations including employment law, regulations in relation to the company's charitable status and activities involving the receipt of funds which use is restricted by terms set out by the donor. Non-compliance in respect of any of these matters may have a material effect on the financial statements. Our required procedures in this area are limited to enquiry of Trustees and other management, and inspection of any regulatory or legal correspondence. These limited procedures did not identify any actual or suspected non-compliance.
We assessed the susceptibility of the charitable company's financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur, including evaluating management's incentives and opportunities to manage earnings or influence the reported results. From the results of our assessment, we determined that the principal risks of fraud relate to posting inappropriate journal entries and use of charity funds for purposes outside of restrictions imposed by the donor. In common with all audits under ISAs (UK), we are required to perform specific procedures to respond to the risk of management override.
Audit response to risks identified
As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs (UK) we exercise professional judgement and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:
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We obtained an understanding of the charitable company's internal control systems in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purposes of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the charitable company's internal control.
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We obtained an understanding of how the charitable company complies with relevant laws and regulations, including those as a result of its registration with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland and charitable status with HM Revenue & Customs , by making enquiries of management and those charged with governance.
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Enquiry of management, those charged with governance and the entity’s solicitors around actual and potential litigation and claims.
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Enquiry of entity staff to identify any instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations.
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Performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships that may indicate risks of material misstatement due to fraud.
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Reviewing minutes of meetings of those charged with governance.
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Reviewing financial statement disclosures and testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
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Auditing the risk of management override of controls, including through testing journal entries and other adjustments for appropriateness, and evaluating the business rationale of significant transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business.
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Auditing the risk of use of charity funds outside of restrictions imposed by the donor by review of funding letters of offer to identify restrictions, and review of funding claims prepared by management to check compliance with restrictions.
We communicated relevant laws and regulations and potential fraud risks to all engagement team members, and remained alert to any indications of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations throughout the audit. There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment through collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations or the override of internal control.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https:// www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
Use of our report
This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED)
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE OLD LIBRARY TRUST
John Bradley (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of Moore (NI) LLP
Chartered Accountants Statutory Auditor
10 December 2024
21-23 Clarendon Street Derry-Londonderry BT48 7EP
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THE OLD LIBRARY TRUST
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
| Current financial year Unrestricted Restricted funds funds 2024 2024 Notes £ £ Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies 3 2,586 108,795 Charitable activities 4 161,153 595,504 Other income 5 - - Total income 163,739 704,299 Expenditure on: Charitable activities 6 250,584 781,116 Net income/(expenditure) (86,845) (76,817) Transfers between funds 24,369 (24,369) Net movement in funds 7 (62,476) (101,186) Reconciliation of funds: Fund balances at 1 April 2023 472,871 1,541,579 Fund balances at 31 March 2024 410,395 1,440,393 |
Total 2024 £ 111,381 756,657 - 868,038 1,031,700 (163,662) - (163,662) 2,014,450 1,850,788 |
Total 2023 £ 143,737 852,804 18,772 |
|---|---|---|
| 1,015,313 | ||
| 927,816 | ||
| 87,497 - |
||
| 87,497 1,926,953 |
||
| 2,014,450 |
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (CONTINUED) INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
| Prior financial year Unrestricted Restricted funds funds 2023 2023 Notes £ £ Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies 3 1,476 142,261 Charitable activities 4 128,693 724,111 Other income 5 18,772 - Total income 148,941 866,372 Expenditure on: Charitable activities 6 75,670 852,146 Net income 73,271 14,226 Transfers between funds 77,260 (77,260) Net movement in funds 7 150,531 (63,034) Reconciliation of funds: Fund balances at 1 April 2022 322,340 1,604,613 Fund balances at 31 March 2023 472,871 1,541,579 |
Total 2023 £ 143,737 852,804 18,772 |
|---|---|
| 1,015,313 927,816 |
|
| 87,497 - |
|
| 87,497 1,926,953 |
|
| 2,014,450 |
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BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MARCH 2024
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||||
| Fixed assets | ||||||||
| Tangible assets | 11 | 1,516,305 | 1,576,648 | |||||
| Current assets | ||||||||
| Debtors | 12 | 154,066 | 157,882 | |||||
| Cash at bank and in hand | 265,258 | 322,839 | ||||||
| 419,324 | 480,721 | |||||||
| Creditors: amounts falling due within | 13 | |||||||
| one year | (84,841) | (42,919) | ||||||
| Net current assets | 334,483 | 437,802 | ||||||
| Total assets less current liabilities | 1,850,788 | 2,014,450 | ||||||
| The funds of the charity | ||||||||
| Restricted income funds | 15 | 1,440,393 | 1,541,579 | |||||
| Unrestricted funds | 410,395 | 472,871 | ||||||
| 1,850,788 | 2,014,450 | |||||||
| These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject | ||||||||
| to the small companies regime. | ||||||||
| The financial statements were approved by the trustees on 10 December 2024 | ||||||||
| Mr Charlie O'Donnell (Chairperson) | Mr Karol McCauley (Treasurer) | |||||||
| Trustee | Trustee |
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
Company registration number NI040909 (Northern Ireland)
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THE OLD LIBRARY TRUST
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
| Notes Cash flows from operating activities Cash (absorbed by)/generated from operations 22 Investing activities Purchase of tangible fixed assets Net cash used in investing activities Net cash used in financing activities Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year Cash and cash equivalents at end of year |
2024 £ (179) |
£ (57,402) (179) - (57,581) 322,839 265,258 |
2023 £ (39,392) |
£ 90,321 (39,392) - 50,929 271,910 322,839 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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THE OLD LIBRARY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
1 Accounting policies
Charity information
The Old Library Trust is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in Northern Ireland. The registered office is The Old Library, Central Drive, Derry, BT48 9GQ.
1.1 Accounting convention
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity's [governing document], the Companies Act 2006, FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the Charities SORP "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 2019). The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
The charity has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities not to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
1.2 Going concern
At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3 Charitable funds
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.
Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors or grantors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.
1.4 Income
Income is recognised when the charity is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received.
Cash donations are recognised on receipt. Other donations are recognised once the charity has been notified of the donation, unless performance conditions require deferral of the amount. Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation.
Legacies are recognised on receipt or otherwise if the charity has been notified of an impending distribution, the amount is known, and receipt is expected. If the amount is not known, the legacy is treated as a contingent asset.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
1 Accounting policies
(Continued)
1.5 Expenditure
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.
Expenditure on charitable activities includes the costs of services undertaken to further the purposes of the charity and their associated support costs. Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. Support costs include back office costs, finance, personnel, payroll and governance costs which support the charity's programmes and activities.
1.6 Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Leasehold land and buildings 2% straight line Fixtures and fittings 25% straight line
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the statement of financial activities.
1.7 Impairment of fixed assets
At each reporting end date, the charity reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any).
1.8 Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
1.9 Financial instruments
The charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the charity's balance sheet when the charity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
1 Accounting policies
(Continued)
Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the charity’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
1.10 Taxation
The company is a charity and is recognised as such by HM Revenue & Customs. As a result, there is no liability to taxation on any of its income.
1.11 Employee benefits
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the charity is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
1.12 Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
2 Critical accounting estimates and judgements
In the application of the charity’s accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
3 Income from donations and legacies
| Unrestricted Restricted funds funds 2024 2024 £ £ Donations and gifts 2,586 39,719 Core services funding - 69,076 2,586 108,795 Donations and gifts DEEDs donations - 7,862 The National Lottery Community Fund - Dormant Accounts Fund - 31,857 Big Lottery Fund - - Hunter Smyth Fund - - Belfast Charitable Society - - Other 2,586 - 2,586 39,719 Core services funding Public Health Agency - 69,076 - 69,076 Income from charitable activities Unrestricted Restricted funds funds 2024 2024 £ £ Operation of a Healthy Living Centre Programme facilitation 74,785 - Services provided under contract - 217,820 Grant funding - 377,684 Rental income 72,267 - Class fees income 14,101 - 161,153 595,504 |
Total Unrestricted Restricted funds funds 2024 2023 2023 £ £ £ 42,305 1,476 70,195 69,076 - 72,066 111,381 1,476 142,261 7,862 - 5,016 31,857 - 35,243 - - 18,736 - - 10,000 - - 1,200 2,586 1,476 - 42,305 1,476 70,195 69,076 - 72,066 69,076 - 72,066 Total Unrestricted Restricted funds funds 2024 2023 2023 £ £ £ 74,785 53,256 - 217,820 - 171,869 377,684 - 552,242 72,267 65,614 - 14,101 9,823 - 756,657 128,693 724,111 |
Total 2023 £ 71,671 72,066 |
|---|---|---|
| 143,737 | ||
| 5,016 35,243 18,736 10,000 1,200 1,476 |
||
| 71,671 | ||
| 72,066 | ||
| 72,066 | ||
| Total 2023 £ 53,256 171,869 552,242 65,614 9,823 |
||
| 852,804 |
4 Income from charitable activities
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
4 Income from charitable activities
(Continued)
Grant funding
| Operation of a | Operation of a |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy Living | Healthy Living |
|||
| Centre | Centre | |||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||
| £ | £ | |||
| Big Lottery Fund - DEEDS Phase 2 | 164,120 | 175,120 | ||
| Big Lottery Fund - DEEDS Phase 1 | - | 112,044 | ||
| Department for Communities | 70,361 | 117,035 | ||
| SafeFood | 55,802 | 54,833 | ||
| WHSCT | 44,181 | 46,785 | ||
| Derry City & Strabane District Council | 8,225 | 7,384 | ||
| CLEAR Small Grants | 4,971 | 4,920 | ||
| GP Federation - PCMDT Seed Funding | 8,120 | - | ||
| Cash for Kids | 7,995 | - | ||
| LFT Charitable Trust | 6,595 | - | ||
| Community Foundation Keadue Fund | - | 9,600 | ||
| Arts Council Northern Ireland | - | 7,067 | ||
| STOP/Horizon | - | 9,119 | ||
| Other | 7,314 | 8,335 | ||
| 377,684 | 552,242 | |||
| 5 | Other income | |||
| Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |||
| funds | funds | |||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||
| £ | £ | |||
| Insurance claim | - | 18,772 |
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
6 Expenditure on charitable activities
| Operation of | Operation of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| a Healthy | a Healthy | ||
| Living | Living | ||
| Centre | Centre | ||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Direct costs | |||
| Staff costs | 480,178 | 455,297 | |
| Depreciation and impairment | 60,522 | 62,721 | |
| Travel and subsistence | 1,364 | 2,528 | |
| Rates | 2,175 | 1,613 | |
| Insurance | 9,987 | 8,659 | |
| Power, heat and light | 51,222 | 48,459 | |
| Repairs and maintenance | 17,451 | 22,991 | |
| Printing, postage and stationery | 4,325 | 6,231 | |
| Programme costs | 327,147 | 257,132 | |
| Advertising | 9,473 | 7,619 | |
| Telephone | 6,255 | 6,785 | |
| Legal and professional fees | 14,137 | 11,714 | |
| Audit and accountancy | 9,790 | 5,289 | |
| IT software and consumables | 16,084 | 12,948 | |
| General expenses | 21,590 | 17,830 | |
| 1,031,700 | 927,816 | ||
| Analysis by fund | |||
| Unrestricted funds | 250,584 | 75,670 | |
| Restricted funds | 781,116 | 852,146 | |
| 1,031,700 | 927,816 | ||
| 7 | Net movement in funds | 2024 | 2023 |
| £ | £ | ||
| The net movement in funds is stated after charging/(crediting): | |||
| Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets | 60,522 | 62,721 |
8 Trustees
None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charity during the year.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
9 Employees
The average monthly number of employees during the year was:
| Employment costs Wages and salaries Social security costs Other pension costs There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000. Remuneration of key management personnel The remuneration of key management personnel was as follows: Aggregate compensation |
2024 Number 15 2024 £ 430,183 40,824 9,171 480,178 2024 £ 146,129 |
2023 Number 15 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 £ 406,022 40,336 8,939 |
||
| 455,297 | ||
| 2023 £ 140,018 |
10 Taxation
The charity is exempt from taxation on its activities because all its income is applied for charitable purposes.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
| 11 Tangible fixed assets Cost At 1 April 2023 Additions At 31 March 2024 Depreciation and impairment At 1 April 2023 Depreciation charged in the year At 31 March 2024 Carrying amount At 31 March 2024 At 31 March 2023 12 Debtors Amounts falling due within one year: Other debtors Prepayments and accrued income 13 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Other taxation and social security Trade creditors Other creditors Accruals 14 Retirement benefit schemes Defined contribution schemes Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes |
Leasehold land and buildings £ 2,092,009 - 2,092,009 553,694 41,840 595,534 1,496,475 1,538,315 |
Fixtures and fittings £ 249,261 179 249,440 210,928 18,682 229,610 19,830 38,333 2024 £ 147,458 6,608 154,066 2024 £ 10,511 65,111 4,719 4,500 84,841 2024 £ 9,171 |
Total £ 2,341,270 179 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,341,449 | |||
| 764,622 60,522 |
|||
| 825,144 | |||
| 1,516,305 | |||
| 1,576,648 | |||
| 2023 £ 157,882 - |
|||
| 157,882 | |||
| 2023 £ - 6,068 13,292 23,559 |
|||
| 42,919 | |||
| 2023 £ 8,939 |
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
14 Retirement benefit schemes
(Continued)
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charity in an independently administered fund.
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THE OLD LIBRARY TRUST
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
15 Restricted funds
The restricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants held on trust subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used.
| Building Fund Café Refurbishment Fund The Executive Office - Communities in Transition Big Lottery Fund - DEEDS Phase 2 Big Lottery Fund - DEEDS Phase 1 Department for Communities Public Health Agency WHSCT - Family First Hub SafeFood - Transform Your Trolley SafeFood - Community Food Initiative CLEAR Small Grants Arts Council Northern Ireland The National Lottery Community Fund - Dormant Accounts Fund Derry City & Strabane District Council Cash for Kids GP Federation - PCMDT Seed Funding LFT Charitable Trust Save the Children - Summer Play Save the Children - Winter Play Other restricted funds |
At 1 April 2023 Incoming resources Resources expended £ £ £ 1,363,699 - (41,840) 8,400 - (2,800) - 217,820 (217,820) 79,317 164,120 (218,605) 31,817 - (6,173) - 70,361 (70,361) - 69,076 (69,076) 19,076 44,181 (41,293) 31,692 49,577 (31,334) 4,705 6,224 (2,070) 500 4,971 (5,471) 2,373 - (2,373) - 31,857 (31,857) - 8,225 (8,225) - 7,995 (7,995) - 8,120 (5,866) - 6,595 (3,429) - 5,725 (5,076) - 1,588 (1,588) - 7,864 (7,864) 1,541,579 704,299 (781,116) |
Transfers Gains and losses At 31 March 2024 £ £ £ - - 1,321,859 - - 5,600 - - - - - 24,832 - - 25,644 - - - - - - (5,119) - 16,845 (15,000) - 34,935 (4,250) - 4,609 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2,254 - - 3,166 - - 649 - - - - - - (24,369) - 1,440,393 |
|---|---|---|
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
15 Restricted funds
(Continued)
| Previous year: Building Fund Café Refurbishment Fund The Executive Office - Communities in Transition Big Lottery Fund - DEEDS Phase 2 Big Lottery Fund - DEEDS Phase 1 Big Lottery Fund - In Year Pressures Department for Communities Department for Communities - EPPOC PHA WHSCT - Family First Hub BBC Children in Need BUPA Derry City & Strabane District Council SafeFood - Transform Your Trolley STOP/Horizon The National Lottery Community Fund - Dormant Accounts Fund St. Mary's Youth Club SafeFood - Community Food Initiative CLEAR Small Grants Arts Council Northern Ireland Community Foundation Keadue Fund Other restricted funds |
At 1 April 2022 Incoming resources Resources expended £ £ £ 1,405,539 - (41,840) - 11,200 (2,800) 23,558 171,869 (195,427) - 175,120 (95,803) 55,192 112,044 (60,807) - 18,736 (18,736) - 88,082 (88,082) - 28,953 (28,953) - 72,066 (72,066) 25,160 46,785 (52,869) 16,934 - (16,934) 2,775 - - - 7,384 (7,384) 27,140 47,218 (42,793) - 9,119 (9,119) - 35,243 (35,243) 6,475 - (6,475) - 7,615 (2,910) - 4,920 (4,420) - 7,067 (4,694) - 9,600 (9,600) - 13,351 (13,351) 1,604,613 866,372 (852,146) |
Transfers Gains and losses At 31 March 2023 £ £ £ - - 1,363,699 - - 8,400 - - - - - 79,317 (74,612) - 31,817 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19,076 - - - (2,775) - - - - - 127 - 31,692 - - - - - - - - - - - 4,705 - - 500 - - 2,373 - - - - - - (77,260) - 1,541,579 |
|---|---|---|
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
15 Restricted funds
(Continued)
Details of material restricted funds
The Executive Office - The organisation was awarded the Communities in Transition Health and wellbeing tender for Creggan and the Brandywell for the roll out of a community wide health and wellbeing project that includes core elements such as volunteering, mentoring and the promotion of community health and wellbeing services.
The Public Health Agency continue to contribute to the core salaried posts of the organisation to enable health and wellbeing activities to be made available to the local community. In addition to this the PHA supports the role out of the CLEAR projects for improvements in Mental health and wellbeing.
The Big Lottery fund / The National Lottery Community Fund - DEEDS – The National lottery community fund supports the organisations delivery of essential Dementia related programmes and services across the Derry City & Strabane district Council area financing the DEEDS project until September 2022 with an extension year included in this due to the impact of COVID 19. An additional award was also offered to assist those most vulnerable during COVID in the form of support & hampers.
The Dept for Communities continue to contribute to the core costs & caretaker post of the organisation to enable health and wellbeing activities to be made available to the local community. The department also supported the Healthy Living Centre Alliance warm well & connected initiative of which the Old Library Trust coordinated and delivered a series of programmes and services to local people across the Western Trust area. Additional capital funding secured enabled the organisation to create additional space and a changing room upgrade within the healthy living centre.
The Western Health & Social Care Trust continue to contribute to the core salaried Family Support Hub post of the organisation to enable families in crisis within the local area to be supported in a wide variety of ways.
The BBC Children in Need continue to contribute to the delivery of the Alpha Project to support children within the local community to achieve the best possible health and wellbeing outcomes both within the school and community setting.
SafeFood - The organisation through the healthy living centre alliance planned and delivered a regional wide Family nutrition support programme funded by Safefood.
The National Lottery Community Fund - Dormant Accounts Fund supports the organisation to be more resilient and prepared for the future by funding activity that increases capacity and sustainability. The programme supports the organisations to adapt to future challenges and be more financially resilient. In this case supporting core costs associated with the employment of a Programme Manager.
Derry City & Strabane District Council – Local Council funding supports the general running and core costs of the healthy living centre as a community venue as part of the Community centre venue fund.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
16 Unrestricted funds
The unrestricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants which are not subject to specific conditions by donors and grantors as to how they may be used. These include designated funds which have been set aside out of unrestricted funds by the trustees for specific purposes.
| General funds Previous year: General funds |
At 1 April 2023 Incoming resources Resources expended £ £ £ 472,871 163,739 (250,584) At 1 April 2022 Incoming resources Resources expended £ £ £ 322,340 148,941 (75,670) |
Transfers At 31 March 2024 £ £ 24,369 410,395 Transfers At 31 March 2023 £ £ 77,260 472,871 |
|---|---|---|
17 Analysis of net assets between funds
| Unrestricted Restricted funds funds 2024 2024 £ £ At 31 March 2024: Tangible assets 188,846 1,327,459 Current assets/(liabilities) 221,549 112,934 410,395 1,440,393 Unrestricted Restricted funds funds 2023 2023 £ £ At 31 March 2023: Tangible assets 204,549 1,372,099 Current assets/(liabilities) 268,322 169,480 472,871 1,541,579 |
Total 2024 £ 1,516,305 334,483 |
|---|---|
| 1,850,788 | |
| Total 2023 £ 1,576,648 437,802 |
|
| 2,014,450 |
18 Transfers between funds
There has been net transfers between funds of £24,369 from restricted funds to unrestricted general funds which represents general core funding allowed by funders which is being released to unrestricted reserves.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
19 Financial commitments, guarantees and contingent liabilities
Certain grants received and receivable may become repayable to the funder if the charity is no longer able to meet the conditions under which they were awarded. Due to the nature of these contingencies, it may not be possible to quantify the potential financial effect or give an indication of the timing as to the liabilities that may arise.
20 Events after the reporting date
There have been no significant events impacting the charity since the reporting date.
21 Related party transactions
There were no disclosable related party transactions during the year (2023 - none).
| 22 Cash generated from operations 2024 £ (Deficit)/surpus for the year (163,662) Adjustments for: Depreciation and impairment of tangible fixed assets 60,522 Movements in working capital: Decrease/(increase) in debtors 3,816 Increase/(decrease) in creditors 41,922 Cash (absorbed by)/generated from operations (57,402) |
2023 £ 87,497 62,721 (57,404) (2,493) 90,321 |
|---|---|
23 Analysis of changes in net funds
The charity had no material debt during the year.
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