Communlty Resloratlve Ju$tl¢e Ireland
Company Llfflllod by Guarantee
Indopendont Audltovs Report to th• M•mb•r of Comfflunlty R•storatlv• JuAlle• Ir•land
Year ended 31 Maich 2023
Communlty Restoratlve Ju$tl¢e Ireland Company Llmltgd by Guaranlea Indopgndgnl Audltof $ Report to th8 M•mb•r8 of Communlty R•8loratSv• Juslleé Ir•land Year ondod 31 March 2023 Oplnlons on other mattors pr09crfbod by tha Companl•s Act 2006 In our opinion, based on the work undertaken In the course of the audit: Ihe Inlormallon glven In the truste•$' report (Incorporaung the dlrectors, report) for the finandal year for which Ihe finanGial stalemonts aro prepared is consistent with th• financial staloments: and the directors. report has been prepared in accordance wilh appllcable legal raqulrements, Matter8 on whleh arg roqulred to rnport by oxcaptlon In Ihe lighl of the knowledge and underslanding of the chaAlable c<)mpany and its envlronrnent obtalned In Ihe course of the audll, we have not Idenllfied materlal rnlsslatemenls In th? dlre¢tOTS' report. We hav& nolhing to report in respect of the followlng matters In relalion to whlch the Companies Acl 2006 requlres US to report lo you If, In our opinion: aduate accounts'ng records have nol been kepl. or returns adequate lor our 8udlt have not been recgived Irorn blanches not vislted by us; or th8 financial statements are not in agreement with lh& accounting records and returns. or certain disclosures of dlreclors. rgmunerallon Speclfied by law are nol made; or we hav? nol received all Ihe Inform8tlon and explanatlons we fequlre for our audll [; Or Ihe Irust88S W8r8 nol entllled to prepare the ftnanclal statements In accordanrA wlth the small companies. regime and take advantage ol the small companles. exemplon In preparlng the dira¢lors' report and Irom Ihe requlromenl lo piepare a strategic raport. R88pon8lbSlltl•J ol trug1••5 AS explalned moro fvlly in the Iruste88' responslblllli•s 8latem8nt $•t ¢ut on page 1, the trustees (who aro 8180 tha directors of Ihe charitable company lor the puipos8s of company law) 8re responsible for the preparalion of the financial slatemenls and for belng 3alisfied that Ihey give a true and fair vlew. and for such intamal control as the tfU8lees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financlal $18tements that are Iree frorn material mlsslatemenl, whether due lo Iraud or error. In preparing the finanelal slalamanls, Ihe trustees 8r6 responslble for 8sse8sing Iho ch8fltabl• company's ablllty to eontlnue as a golng concem, dlscloslng, a8 8ppllcabl&, mattérs relaled to golng concern and u8lng the golng concern basls ol accoundng unless the trustee8 eilhor intend to liquidate th• charllable company or to G•ase operalions, or have no realistic allernallve but lo do 80, AudStor rnsponslbllftle8 for the audh of th• flnandal 8tat•m•nts Our objectives are to obtaln re85onable assurance aboul whether th8 financial statam&nts as 8 whole 8f• freé from material misstatemenl. whether dua io fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our oplnlon. Reasonabla assufanca 18 8 high Iwel ol assurance, bul Is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in a¢Mrdan¢e wilh ISAS (UK) will ahvays delecl a m8teiial misstalemenl whan il exists, Mi88181em8nt$ Can 8fl$• from fraud of orror and are considered materi81 if, individualty Qr in th• eggregale, Ih8y could reasonably be expected to inftuen¢e the •con¢mi¢ decisions of users laken cn the basls of these ffinancial statemenls. As part of an audlt In accordance wilh ISAS (UK), we oxerclso prolegslonal judgment and malnialn profpssional Sceptscism throughoul the audit. Wo also: Idenlify and assess th• rlsk$ of malarial rnisslatement of th• financlal Statements. 0ther dua 10 fraud or error, design and perforni audlt procoduros responslve to Ihose rlsks, and oblain audlt evldenee that is sufficient and appiopriale lo provlde a basis for our opinion. The rbsk of not detecting a m8lerial mis5taternent resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulling Irom error. as fraud may Involve colluslon, forgery, Intontlonal ornlsslons, mlsrepresentallons. Qf Iho ovefflde cf inlefnal control. Obtain an understanding of inlemal control relevanl lo the audit in order to deslgn audil procedures Ihat are appropriate in the circumstances, but nol for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of tha charitable company's intemal control.
Communlty Restorallve Justl¢e Ir¢lond Company Llmlt•d by Guarantee Ind8pondont Audltorf8 Report to tho M•mb•r8 af Community R•8toratlve Ju811c8 Ir•land Year ¢nd•d 31 March 2023 Evaluale the approprialeness of accountin9 policles uged and the reasonableness ol accounting estimates and related disclosures made by Ihe Iruslees. Conclude on lh6 appropri8ten6ss of th6 Irustees. use ol tho going concem basls of 8ccounllng and, based on the audit ev5dence ob181ned, whether a matorlal unc6rt8lnty axlsts r&lai•d lo èvents or condilions that may cast significant doubt on the charttable company's ablllty lo contlnue as a golng concem.ll we conclude thal a material uncertalnty exists, we are requlred to draw attenllon in our auditor's report lo the related disclosures in the financial slalements or. if such disclosures are inadequate. to modify our opinion. Our condusions afe based on Ihe audit evidence obtained up to Ihe date of our audltor's report. However, firture events or condttlons m8y caus• Ihe charftablo company to cease to continue as a golng concem. Evaluate Ihe over811 presentstlon, 8truclure and content of the Iln8n¢181 ststomants. InGludlng iho disclosures. and whether the financial statements represent the underlylng transaclions and events In a manner thal achleves fair presenlallon (le. glves a true and folr vlew). We communlcaie with those charged wilh governance regardlng. among othor matters, tha planned scope and timing ol lh8 audit and slgnificanl audit fiftdings, including any significant deficiencies in Intemal control Ihat we idanlfy during our audil. Use of our report Thls report Is mad• sol•ly io tho chaTltabl• ¢ompany's members. as 8 body, In accordance wllh Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companles Act 2006. Our audlt work has been undértakén so that wé mlght $taie to Ihe charitable company's member8 Ihosa matters we are requlred lo slole lo Ihern In 8n audllor'8 report and lor no olher purpose. To the lullesl exleni permitted by law, we do nol a¢¢opi or 8ssumo r•sponsiblllty10 anyone olher than Ihg Charitable company and the charitable company's membern as 8 body. f¢r our audlt work. for Ihis report, or for the oplnions we have formed. James B Kennedy FCA (Sensor Staiui¢ry Audilor) For and on bohall of James B Kennedy & Co Ltd Charlered accounlanl & stalulory audltor Unll A1. Boucher Buslness Studlos Glenmachan Place Bellast BT12 6QH