Two Castles Community Development Association
Trustees report and financial statement for year ended 05 April 2025
Charity Commission for Northern Ireland Registration Number: 103191
Two Castles Community Development Association Legal and administrative information for the year ended 5 April 2025
Legal Status
The group is a registered charity with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland since 26 September 2016 under registration number 103191.
| Trustees | Shauneen Kilpatrick (Chairperson) | |
|---|---|---|
| John Gallagher (Treasurer) | ||
| Ciara McSorley (Secretary) | ||
| Anthony Conway | ||
| Karen Molloy | ||
| Registered | Address | 3 Townhall Street |
| Newtownstewart | ||
| Co. Tyrone | ||
| BT78 4AX | ||
| Bankers | Danske Bank | |
| Business Banking | ||
| PO Box 183 | ||
| Donegall Square West | ||
| Belfast | ||
| BT1 6JS |
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Two Castles Community Development Association
Trustees’ Report
for year ended 5 April 2025
The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 5 April 2025.
Trustees
The committee of the group, known as the trustees for the purposes of charity law, who served during the year and up to the date of this report are set out on page 1.
Charitable objects
The group aims to relieve poverty, sickness, help the aged and to promote the benefit of the inhabitants of the Newtownstewart district area of Co Tyrone and it environs without distinction of age, sex, race, political, religious or other opinion, by associating the statutory authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education, and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare, for recreation or other leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants. TCCDA provide low cost sports and leisure activities in order to promote a healthier lifestyle, reduce obesity and create a feel-good factor through wellbeing. We help reduce anti community activities in the locality and help ease sectarian tensions as the youth activity are integrated as a result of the sport related programs TCCDA run. Our annual Community festival has also engaged people from isolated rural backgrounds and helped integrate them with the local village’s inhabitants. The public benefit will be demonstrated through feedback from those that attend and participants in events and activities.
The group is a registered charity with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland since 26 September 2016 under registration number 103191.
Organisational Structure
The day to day management of the charity is carried by the Chairperson, Treasurer and Secretary and the trustees meet on a regular basis to inform and discuss all matters concerning the charity to enable the trustees to make all the policy decision.
Review of activities and achievements
The Statement of Receipts and Payments on Page 7 sets out the results for the year. The purpose of the funds is outlined in the notes to the financial statements.
The Trustees are indebted to the funding bodies for their support and the opportunities the funding provides to the group.
The group were successful in securing funding from Derry City and Strabane District council Community Festival grant aid to help towards costs Newtownstewart Christmas Extravaganza 2024 festival. The group secured DAERA Rural Microgrant capital grant for safety equipment including barriers and cones.
Events were held throughout December with it staring with Lighting up of the Newtownstewart Castles. We held Elf Hunt around the town and businesses, a magical winter wonderland with a host of decorated trees, lamp posts, shop windows etc. along with a Christmas Craft Village. We had themed floats and Santa’s Grotto, Street performers and entertainer. Fireworks were let off to commence the start of the tractor/truck run where there were 200 vehicles decorated with lights to take part in the 8-mile route.
We also provided Christmas senior citizen party with dinner and entertainment and also delivered afternoon tea boxes to older people that were not able to attend the party.
As with all community groups in Northern Ireland the group continues to have trouble in obtaining long term funding. However, in view of the grants awarded, fundraising and with volunteer support, the trustees are confident that the group can continue its activities and therefore satisfied that is appropriate for the financial statement to be prepared on the going concern basis.
Reserves
The statement of Receipts and Payments on page 7 sets out the results for the year. The purpose of the funds is outlined in the notes to the financial statements.
Statement of trustees’ responsibilities
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Charity law require Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law, the trustees have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law).
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The Trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the surplus or deficit of the charity for that year. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are required to:-
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➢ Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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➢ Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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➢ State whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed subject to and 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 business.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charity’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the group and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with applicable law. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Statement of disclosure of information to independent examiner
So far as each of the trustees in office at the date of approval of these financial statements are aware:
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➢ There is no relevant audit information of which the group’s independent examiner is unaware; and
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➢ The trustees have taken all the steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the group’s independent examiner is aware of that information.
This report was approved by the trustees on _01/10/2025_ and signed on its behalf by:
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