WILLOWFIELD PARISH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
CHARITY REFERENCE AND ADtVllNISTRATIVE DETAILS
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
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Registered eharity name
Charity registration number
Company registi'ation number
The trustees
Willowfield Parish Community Association
NIC103336
N1062808
The trustees who served the company during the period were as follows:
Rev Clive Atkinson
Chairman
Stephen Harte
Treasurer
Pauline O NeilL
George Newell
Company Secretary
IsobeL Blair
Colin Birnie
Peter Clugston
William Withers
Ruth Glover
The trustees have delegated day to day management duties to Heather Purdy.
Secretary
Pauline O Neill
Registered office
The Micah Centre
149A My Lady's Road
Belfast
BT6 8FE
Auditor
Jackson Andrews
Chartered Accountants
& Statutory Auditor
6 Mandeville Mews
Portadown
County Amiagli
BT62 3NS
Bankers
Danske Bank
Donegall Square West
BeEfast
BTI 6JS

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WILLOWFIELD PARISH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
The trustees present their report and the audited financial statements of th¢ charity for the year ended
31 December 2022. The tnistees have adopted the pTovisiotLS of the Statement of Recommended
Practic¢ (SORP) "Accounting and Reporting by Charities" (FRS 102) in preparing the annual report
and f￿anCiaL statements of the charity.
The financial statements have been prepared in a¢¢ordance with the accounting policie5 set out in
notes to the financial statements and applicable accounting standard5, Accounting and Reporting by
Charities: Ststem¢nt of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in
ac¢ordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in th¢ UK and Republic of Treland issu¢d
in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of
Ireland (FRS 102), the charty's governing dooutnenL the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008,
Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2013. The Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations (Northern
Ireland) 2015, Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally A¢¢epted Practice.
REFERENCE AND ADTrItNISTRATIVE DETAILS
Registered eharity name
Willowfi¢ld Parish Cornmunity Association
Charity registration number
NIC 103336
Company number
N1062808
Registered offi¢e
The Micah Centre, 149A My Lady's Road, BelfasL BT6 8FB
The trust¢e5 have delegated day to day management duties to Fteather Purdy.
AudAtor
Jackson Andrews, Ch2rtered Accountants & Statutory Auditor,
6 Mandeville Mew5, Portadown, County Arniagh. BT62 3NS
Danske BallK Donegall Square Wesl Belfasl BTI 6JS
Bankers
TRusfEES OF THE CHARITY
The directors of the charitable company are its trustees for the purpose of charity law. The trustees
who served during the year and sinc¢ the year end were as follows:
Rev Clive Atkinson
Stephen Harte
Paulkne O Neill
George Newell
Isobel Blair
Colin Birnie
Peter Clugston
William Withers
Ruth Glover
Chairman
Treasurer
Company Secretary
PUBLIC BENEFIT STATEMENT
The Board of WPCA confirnl that they have had due regard for the gutdance produced on Public
Benefit by the Charity Commi55ion for Northern Treland, and are pleased to report that during 2022
the Assooiation has continued to provide Public Benefits through the programmes and facilities we
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COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT (contlnuedj
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
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OBJECTIVES Al￿￿ ACTIVITIES
The objects of the Association is to relieve poverty, sickness and the aged and to promote the benefit
of the inhabitants of Willowfield, Woodstock. Lagan Village. the Mount and the Su￿oUnding area in
East Belfast without distinction of age, gender, sexual orientation, disabilitylability, ra¢e, politÉcal,
reltgious or other opinion, by &qsociating with the statutory authorities, voluntary organisations and the
inhabitants in a common effort to advance education, and to provide facilities the interests of social
welfare for recreation or other leisure-time occupation, with the object of improving the conditions of
life for th¢ said inhabitants, and in particular:
a) Children (Pre-school and Primary School Ages).
b) Teenagei's
c) Unemployed Adults
ole Parent Families
e) Families struggling wÈth povety and deprivation
fj The elderly and vulnerable.
ACHtEVEMEI¥4TS AND PERFORMANCE
Total income foi. tF]e year was £288,162 (2021: £347,231). Donations and legacies income amounted
to £285.880 (2021: £344,910), investment income amounted to £332 (2021: £46) and other income
amounted to £1.950 (2021: £2,275).
Totsl expenditure for th¢ year amounted to £316,288 (2021: £326,587). Project managernent costs
amounted to £86.193 (2021: £90.835) and the costs of Charitable activities amounted to £230,095
(2021: £235,752).
The net expenditure for the year was £28,126 (2021." net income of£20,644).
2022 continued to see Covid recovery as one of our main challenges as we sought to protect local
people and staff from high levels of Covid prevalent in the community. We notsd tliat some people
were afraid to attend events. whilst othcrs craved community and rebuilding Gonnection5 and
relationsliips with other people. Staff were a vital link for people, leading the way in Tesponding to
need as it ar05e and showing kindness and compassion in all that they did. We oontinued ivith our
Kids, Youth, Moving Forward, Family Suppor¢ CAP and Outreach projects, seeking to renew and
rebuild relationships with local people, some of whom we hadn't seen much during the Covid period.
We were delighted to be able to mov¢ past Covid restrictions as the year progressed and have larger
events. heading. over the course of the year, to more pre-pandemic levels of people attending our
programmes and events.
W¢ noticed a significant increase in people, including children and young people. reporting mental
health issue5 and have sought to address these issues through our programmes. We paitnered wÉth
East Belfast Community Development Agency to raise awareness of Mentsl Wellness and have
introduced a "Rest arld Reflection" element to our Tuesday morning Open House group, amongst
other things.
We have enjoyed several pLacement S￿dents with us over the course of tliis year. We welcomed
Cheyenne Roberts from Gordon College in Boston in February. Cheyenne was in Northern Ireland to
spend a term at Stranmillis University College. Cheyenne was invoEved in our I(ids alld Youth
programmes for 7 weeks on her placement and continued to voEunt¢¢r with us foi" the rest of her time
in Northern Ireland.

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WILLOWFIELD PARISH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT (continued)
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE Iconllnued)
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We also welcomed Madi Mcclintock from Belfast Bible College who has given of her time all year on
our Kids and Youth Programmes. attending Summer S¢hemes and helping out with Girls Group. In
the Autumn we welcomed Jack McFerran from Queen's Universty who did a three month placement
with our CAP projecL helpxng out with our Open House group and learning more about povety and
the related issues.
One of our first bÉg events since Covid was a day to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Over
600 local people attended for a barbeque, bounry castles and face painting. We were able to link in
with many people from the area and it was a thoroughly enjoyable event for all! Staff were able to
hat to people and provide infomiation on our programmes and volunteers were very much
appreGiated as we hosted the event.
The WPCA Board took time out to attend a Strategic Review Day in June, facilitated by NICVA.
This was & wonderful opportunty for the Board to spend time r¢flecting on our priorities and what we
see as emerging needs coming out of Covid. As WPCA rnov¢s into its 20 year, it wa5 important to
review what we have done, where we are now, and what we see as the challenges and opportunities to
com¢. Noticeably. coming out of Covid. it is important to consolidate and strengthen what we have,
invest in our staff through traintng and seek to grow our volunteer base.
We were able to run our Summer Sch¢mes this year. with Larger numbers than during Covid. Many of
tho restrictions had eased significantly by this stage and our Kids, Family Support and Youth Summer
Schemes were well attended and significant for those who attended. Th¢ weather was wonderful over
th¢ two weeks of the Schemes and we were deIighted to welcome new families, a5 well es those better
known to us. TE]e following Comments came as part of our feedback and evaluation:
"Iye loved it all, thankyou to everyone who made ilpossiblel"
"Everything w¢7s superfvil lye enjoyed tke crafts, Jtmip. liggle and Jive and the farm on the last
day."
"I'm not sure there is anything that can be done to improve as the kids hadfim and the leaders always
make them feel so special like they are b&fi kids on the planet. Willowfield have been blessed wilh
some amazingyouth leaders. '
"There are not many youth programmes like Ifillowfield that include lots offim, Irips l￿d make all
the children feel like they are all important. 7ke summer schepne is so importtTrt U5 It is in all ¢rea
where a lol offamilies may not be able lo afford holidays or day trips. Fyillowfield offers thesÉfamilies
a ch¢￿Cefor iheir chTldren to get out of the area andjust be children. It stops them being bored and
maybe getting inlo trouble, they also gel a chance lo socialise and makefriends."
"Having children and not be able to afford to take iny girls oul on loads of trips. My girls enjoyed
going to summer scheme as li brzlliani price for my girls and they really enjoyed doing the trips as
tkere was a pnixture ofdifferent trips each doy. '
"rke wonderfyl volunteers that make it so much fvn for the kids and really give ihem time tmd
attenlion

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COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT {contlnued)
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
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ACHIEI VEMENTS AND PERFORIVIANCE (Collliiiiied)
In the Autumn, we liad a Christmas Card competitio￿ where entrants from the foul" local primary
schools and from our programmes designed a Christmas Card. Ten designs were chosen, made into
Clll'istmas Cards and were available for sale. This was & gi'eat opportunity to involve our local
eomniunity in helping to raise som¢ much needed funds. We also held a Christtnas Tree Festival at
the end of November. We had 60 Christmas trees set up as a forest trail in Willowfield Parisli Church.
These were decorated by 22 local businesses, 3 local schools, several local community groups and
various groups from WPCA and WillowfieEd Parish Church. It was a gTeat event, Tunning over the
Course of a week. We had local politicians attending a5 well as the Choir from Nettlefield Primary
School who opened the event for us. David Brooks MLA said, "I can't think of a betÉer way to
connect so many different community groups and businesses with the church."
We also enjoyed Festival Brass who perfornied for us on the Friday night and we had a special visitor
from the North Pole for visiting children. Coming at a time when we were in the midst of a cost of
living crÉsis, we were conscious of the needs of local people and also the pressures of rising costs
witliin WPCA. The Christma5 Tree Festiv&L was an oppomjnity for people to corne together to
celebrate CEll'iStmas after a couple of years when we weren't able to meet together as we might have
wished to, The delight and excitement on children's faces as they ivalked round the tre¢s. enjoying the
lights and aimosphere, made this event really worthwhile and many people have asked us to repeat the
experience as a yearly tradition!
In December officials fro￿ the Department for Communities paid us a visit and ive were delighted to
be able to show them all that was going on that day, including Nettlefield SchooE carol service
preparations, our Tots Christmas paty organized by our family support workei's, as well as give them
a tour of our facilities. This visit atso resulted in funding being approved for 10 new laptops to
upgrade our IT capabilities. for which we are so grateful to the Department for Communities1
We have benefitted from good links ivith other statutory. voluntary and community groups in the are4
collaborating with East Belfast Alternatives to work with a group of boys. We are also involved in a
number of EocaE forums and network groups which help us to keep infonned about local issues and
what other groups are doing in the area so that we can offer complementary Services and support each
other. We look forward to building on these good relationships over the coming year5.
Staff and Volunteers
As always, our staff and volunteers are what make WPCA what it is. We have wonderful staff who
continue to go the extra mile and pour their hearts into our community. We are so grateful for all that
they do and the selfless manner in which they do it, Our voEunteers give geneiDusly of their time, i
the midst of busy lives and for that we are enonnously grateful. We could not do what we do without
their help and support.
In ternis of staffing this year. we welcomed Sliannon Srnillie into our Moving Forward Pi'oject.
Shannon has great experience working with young people and students and we look forward lo seeing
this project develop with her involvement.
Hilary Mcclay. who had been Development Manager for ten year5, left her role in July. As part of the
succession plannin& she had been working alongside the n¢w General Manager. Heather Purdy for
sevcral months before finishing in July as the Administrator. Alice Mccallum, re￿rned from
maternity leave. We wish to publicly thank Hilary for her leadership during her time at WPCA aiid
acknowledge the hugc part she played in the inception of WPCA. Sh¢ has had an enormous irnpact
and influence on the organisation and we wish liei. Ivell as slie nioves on to other projects.

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WILLOWFIELD PARISH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT (conlinued)
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
FllYANCL4L REv￿w (illcludang reserves policy)
At the end of 2022, there is a £40.950 of a surplus in unrestrided funds, of which the Board has s¢t
aside £38.000 as a salary reserve representing 2 months salary costs: and there is a surplus on
restricted funds of £573,997.
The Board is so grateful for the donations and grants we received during 2022 from many charitie5,
t making bodies, churches and individuals including:
Belfast City Council. Church of Ireland Priorities Fund, Church of Ireland Orphans and Childrens
Society, Garfield Weston Foundation, Enkalon Foundatioffj Departtnent for Communities. The Tudor
Tws< The Ardbarron TrusL David Irvine Foundation (CFND, Archer TrusL TBF & KL Thompson
TrusL EBCDA, Irish Youth Foundation. Hinchley TrusL Anchor Foundatio￿ Halifax Foundation,
Belfast Harbour CommunÈty Awards, Youth Action NL Co-op Comtnunity Foundation, East Belfast
Alternatives, Maurice & Hilda Laing Charitable TrusL Hinchley Trusl Victoria Homes TrusL
Mindmatters COI and other donors who wish to remain anonymous.
The pollcy of the Management Committee is to maintain reserves at such level as limits the risk from
a future downtum in income or from increased expenditure in the longer terni, including expenditure
on fixed assets.
PLANS FORFUTURE PERIODS
The charity plans to continue the activities outlilled above in the forthcoming years subject to
Satisfactory funding arrangements.
STRucfuRE, GOVERNANCE AND TrfANAGEMENT
Govemin
DoGument
Willowfield Parish Community Association is a charitable privats company limited by guarantee and
not having a share capital, whose registered office is situated in Northern Ireland. The Company w&8
incorporated on 24th January 2007, commenced operations on 1st January 2008 and is recognised as a
charity by The Charity Commission forNorthern Ireland (charAty reference numberNIC 103336).
The company was established under a Memorandum of Association which established the objects and
powers of the charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Association.
Recruitmen
ointment i
duction and trainin
Unless otherwise detennined by the Association in Genernl Meetin& the numb¢r of Trustees shall not
exceed ftfteen and shall not be l¢ss than five. The Board shall comprise of The Chairperson (and
Trustee) who at aEI times will be the Rector of Willowfield Parish Church or other person appointed by
himlher to act in that capacity and the number of trustees appointed as follows, half of whom shall be
appointed annually by the Select Vesty of Willowfield Parish Church. to be known as "nominated
trusteesll and half of whom shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting (AGM), to be known as
"elected trustees
All trustees shall be members of the Association. Elected twstees shall hold office for a period of up to
two years and shall retire by rotation. with the longest serving half to retire at each AGM. Retiring
(elected) trustees shalE be eligible for re-election. The number of nominated and elected trustees shall
remain equal at all times.

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COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT (contlnuedj
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
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STRUCTURE, GOVERNATrICE AM) MANAGEMENT (Contlnuedj
The trustees have the power at any time to appoint any person to be a trustee to fill a casual vacancy.
Ally trustee so appointed shall hold office only until the next following AGM and then shall be
eligible for re-electionlnomination.
Approprlate training and induction is available to all trustees.
liisk Mana
ment
Th¢ tsuste¢s have assessed the major risks to which the charity ts ¢xposed, in particular those relatsd
to the operations and finances of the Charity, and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate an
exposure to major risks. Wliere appropriate, systsms or procedures have been established to rniti(rate
the risks the charity faces. Internal control risks are minimised by the implementation of procedures
for authorisation of all transaotions and projects. Procedures are in place to ensure coinpliance with
health and safety of staff. voEunteers, clients and visitors. These procedures are periodically reviewed
at least annually to ensw"e that they continue to meet the needs of the charity.
anisational Structure
The Board meets on a regular basis thr()ughout the year, and by care￿1 analysis of management
accounts considers if there are any major risks to the fiLture and to ensure that the company is a going
concern and able to continue its work to benefit local iesidents in the Willowfield area of inner east
Belfast.
TRUSTEES, RESPONS]BILITIES STATEMENT
The trustees (who are also the directors of Willowfield Parish Community Association for the
purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees Annual Report and the financial
statements in accordance with applÉcable law and United Kingdom Accountincr Standards (United
Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Compw?y law requires th¢ trustees to prepare financial statements for eacli fillancial year. which give a
true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming irsources and
application of resources, illcluding the income and expendithre, of the charitable compaiiy for that
period. In preparing these financial statements. the trustees are required to:
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistsntly.
observe the metliods and principles in the Charities SORP 2019 (FRS 102).
make judgements and accounting estimatss that are reasonable and pruden¢
state whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material
departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements" and
piepare the financial statements on the going conc¢m basÉs unless it is inappropriate to presume
that the charitabEe company will continue in op¢ratLOn.
The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accouiiting recoi-ds 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 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 fi'aud and other in'egularities.

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WILLOWFIELD PARISH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT fcontlnuedj
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022
TRUSTEESI RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT fcontinued)
In so far as the trustees are aware:
there is no relevant audit inforniation of which the charitable company's auditor is unawar4
and
the trustees have token all steps that they ought to have taken to make tbemselves aware of
any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditor is aware of tbat infonnation.
The trustees aft responsible for the maintenance and integrty of the corpornte and financial
inforniation included on the charitable company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom
governing the preparation and dissemination of fjnanoial ststements may differ from legislation in
other jurisdictions.
AIJDITOR
Jackson Andrews are deemed to be r¢-appointed under section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006.
SMALL CONIPANY PROVISIONS
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to
the small companies exemption.
Registered office:
The Micah Centre
149A My Lady's Road
B¢fla5t
BT6 8FE
Signed by order of the trustees
Pauline O Neill
Company Secretary
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