## S.P.R.I.N.G. Trust Ltd 

Trustees' Report 

The trustees present their annual report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2022. In preparing the financial statements the trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) "Accounting and Reporting by Charities" issued in 2014. 

## **Principal Activity and business review** 

The principal activity of the charity is (i) To provide or assist in providing facilities for education, recreation and leisure-time activities, in the interests of social welfare for people who have need of them as a result of their youth or social or economic circumstances in the area of benefit. (ii) To design, organise and manage the delivery of appropriate programmes of vocational training and education for young people and adults suffering from the effects of unemployment. (ii) To provide comfort and guidance by means of training and counselling to people in the area of benefit who are suffering from emotional distress as a result of their social or economic circumstances or living conditions. 

There have been no significant changes in this activity by the charity throughout the year. 

The trustees continue to work hard to ensure adequate funding is in place for the forseeable future. 

## **Directors and Trustees** 

The directors of the charitable company (the charity) are its trustees for the purposes of charity law. The trustees and officers serving during the year and since the year end are as follows 

Mr Brian Lennon (Chairperson) Mrs Ann-Marie McGuinness (Treasurer) Mrs Rosemary Murray (Secretary) Mr Robert Windrum Mr Gerard Gribbon 

## **Statement of trustees' responsibilities** 

The trustees (who are also directors of S.P.R.I.N.G. Trust Ltd for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and the 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 charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to: 

- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; 

- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; 

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- 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; and 

- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business. 

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company 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 charitable company and hence for taking  reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. 

Small company provisions 

This report has been prepared in accordance with the small companies regime under the Companies Act 2006. 

Approved by the Board on 15 December 2022_ and signed on its behalf by: 

Mr Brian Lennon Trustee