TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31. JANUARY 2024 The TretS present the Annual Report and Statements of Receipts and Paymcnts and Ass¢ts and Liabiliti¢s for th¢ County Tyrnne Frontier Relief Society for the year eDded 31° January 2024 0EcTs AND ACTIVITIES Th¢ so¢iety has been established for cIltable purposes only. The sociery is established to lieve the poverty of widows and orphans of [$08 killed by Violen in North¢rn Ir¢land who Are in Deces51t08 circumsLItm. Th¢r¢ ar¢ ¢wr¢ntly 25 widows on th¢ roll of the tyiety ip County Tyrot and each year we 8ive them a Christmas Qrant, provide them with a gift ¢h¢que prior to Easter, tske them out for a meal and Sla] fvnction in the late Sprin8 and s¢nd th¢m a maiDt¢naD¢¢ grant dvring the surnmer if funds permit to deal with nornial houselK)Id expenses. The grants are personally delivered by Trus¢ members in their respective areas. Our Bocial funciion was discontinued during Covid but w¢ k¢pi in r¢gular ¢onts¢t to deal with any n¢ed5 or ¢otscern5 that ati$e froth tijne to time. This S<ial ittternctiott BJve8 the widows tk opp)rtunity to speak to others who hav¢ ¢on¢ern8 about th¢ir w¢Lfar¢ and build r¢lationships that oth¢rwi% would Dever hav¢ been possible. We keep theth Updated 00 gtatsts available fro Or#atii2atiott8 sueb a8 tbe Memorial Fund attd tho8e of a simil ¢tb05 in the Victirn5' Sector. ACHIEVEMENT, PERFORMANCE AND PUBLIC BENEFIT In r¢vi¢wiThg the year 2023-24, th¢ Trust¢¢s ar¢ 4war¢ of th¢ D¢¢d to GODtinue to seek out doDatiOn5 from those aDd others who arc sympathetic kn th¢ work that w¢ ar¢ doing for th¢ widows and orphan5. During this reporting ycar t>owever. it still wasn't CL)nsid¢r¢d advisablc to visit th¢ widows fojlowing thc pandemic, bui this will b¢ thkcn up again soon. However, we continued to s¢nd th¢m their summ¢r Maint¢n¢¢ ant and Ihe Christmas 8rani alott8 With a cbeque Easter to trcat th¢ms¢lv¢s in what¢v¢r way th¢y f¢lt lik¢ parntKring themselves. Regular phone contact was kept in plxe and the resp)ns¢s ¢¢iV¢d in l¢tt¢rs and E.mails acknowled8ed the beDefit of this peT50td stspport. UllfortuThately. we 111 have been uttable to hold the aJul dinner since the pandemic and thi5 was greatly tnissed by those who regularly attended. Fortunately. some of our re8ular contributors were able to return to support our fundraisins durins the past year and hdp r¢pl¢nish our fvnds whicb got 50mewhai depleted tsver the Covid peri(MJ. The attached financial accounts show the amount of donatitstts received from various sour¢e& This varies from ycar to year as does our expense5 but our tsrget ¢a¢h year is now around £6.000 which allows us to caTry Out our main COT¢ activities. This year for th¢ re&sons ststed at¥)v¢ we brought ID nearly £9,000 where the PTevious y¢ar ther¢ w8s a deficit of Approximately £2,(KIO. Our expenses this year were £6.242. As a result of the in¢r¢as¢d lll¢om¢, w¢ w¢r¢ in 4 position in th¢ summ¢r to pay out th¢ full maint¢nanrK grgat gnd Ir¢a$¢d th¢ gift ¢kn¢qu¢ at Easier from £JO,(M) 10 £50,(Kb. In Gotlu5ion the TN5t¢es have given carefvl consid¢rdtiOD to the Charity Commission for Nortbern trejand's guidance on public benefit to ensure that the activities entered into dllrin8 the year have helped to achieve their objectives and activities. well as providing public benefit and would concur that thes¢ have been met during 2023 by the Vario activities in which we are engaged. Chairnian. Secretry. 23rd November 2024 Dats.
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