COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: N1067459 (Northern Ireland) HMRC CHARITY NUMBER: XR41089 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR NI CHARITY NUMBER: NIC103350 Re ort ol. the Trustees includln Directors, Re and Financial StatemLbnts for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 for Belfast Interlace Pro'ect Acom An limited b U9rgntee CG T4kggart AcLountdncy Services ChlliL borate functions to enable groups andlor Inultiple group and individual int¢raction, if th¢ nced for social distaiicing ariscs again. PUBLIC BENEFIT STATEMENT The knistees have complied with the duty to have due regard to the Charity ComEnission for Northern Ireland. stdtulory guidunce oil ihe public benefit requiremenl issu¢d under Ihc Churilics Acl {Nl) 2008. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES BLlfast IntcrfaLc PTOjLLt, forincd iiiorL than 25 yLars agro, has d long history of P£irtlLIPdtivc work in pcacL' building, reconciliation and conflict rrdnsformation across our city's numerous interface areas. Thc following arc the Vision, Purposc, Valucs and Principl¢s of the charitabl¢ COTnpany: Vfislon Our vision is of intcrface coinmunitics being transfonncd. becoming Prospcrous, confidcnt and cohesive. Embracing n¢w and emerginby technologies Belfast Interface Project has been exploiinbJ the use of virtual and auginented reality to futurc-build and cnablc co-creation planning for positive change. Whilc employing a uniquL' Coinmunity planning toolkit embracing an cthos of communication, Lo-opcration and collaboration. Bclfasi InicrfULLLssful. BIP w¢re placed on a iyserve list and have receftved otrer for partial funding to cover soine of the short fall in salaries. Our 8tratcgic and operalional plan tlial cnds in 2026 which sel out to addirs.% positive progre8S towards reconciliation, confrlicl transt"ormation and barrier removal in Belfast, and regionally where possible is now being revisited and updated for the period 2026-2029. We will attempt to see this supported by funderq for a d¢vclopmcntal and capacity building programmc for thc futuir in al l our arcas of work. Staff have alluded to thc fact that a program of stiidy should bc madc accessiblc to all. Page 7 BelfAst liiterface Pro ecl .4 com gn , limited bv arantee e Truste includiD Directors, Re for the Year Ended 31 Marcli 2(J25 ort - continued STATEMENT OF TRlfSTEES' RESPONSIBTLrriKS The trustees (who arc. a250 the dir¢¢lors of Belfast Interface PTh)ject for the purposes of company law) are responsiblL for preparing> thc RLport orth¢ Tn]ste¢s alld the £iiJan¥ial S￿ttIne￿L￿, in accord￿LL with tippli¢abE law and United Kingdojn AC￿UntIllg stri￿ards (United Kingdom Cyeiierally.4ccept¢d Accowiting Practice). C,0mp￿lY law requires th¢ tru8tccs to P￿part fLnancial st¥t¢mcllts for each fin4￿ClaI year which give a tru¢ Ind fair view of the state of #ffatrs of the ¢haritable company and of the incoming resoiirces ￿ld application L)t" resouites, inLludingY the in¢oiiie aiid exiiendiwre. of Ilie chatitable company for that year. Iii prepaFiog thobe fuLancial staieiiients., the trLLStecs are required tu selecl suitablc accounting i)oli¢ies and thcn ¢ipply them corksistenily? obqerfve tlie n)ethod%' and printyiple.4 in the Cliiice tor lakinB rLasonable Steps for the prevention and deteLtion of frdiid and other irregulariti&%, Th¢ I￿$tea5 are responsibl¢ for the Maintell￿le and ittt¢grAly of the ¢orporut¢ alld fllwiLial inforniati4)11 included on thti compatty's websit¢. Each of tlie persons ￿h0 is a ts'Ll*te¢ at the date of approval of this ￿pOrt confirniN that.. So tar &s eaeli tru$le¢ is aware, tbeir is no rele￿￿11{ audit infonn¢ltion of which the charitable coixpany's aiidilor i.s unawar¢; aiid eacli tru%tee has tak.en all step% tkat they ou1511t t() liai'e tsk-cn to njake themselv¢5 aiiiare vl any relevant audit infoi'llulion iu Lsiablish that the Lliarilable coinpany's auditoi is aware ot tliat iufoiination. .4UDITOR Tlie charitable company it-tendered for auditorJ and Qlrace Taggart ot CG Taggart Accountancy Services was re-appointed for a fU1th￿ period of three years (year ¢iid$ 2021. 202? & 2023), with tlie option to ttxt¢nd the term by an additional nvo Y￿¥, both of whicli were Lontrirmcd are now £ulfilled. Thi5 report has be¢n pi'epared in 8¢¢ordanc¢ with Ihe sp¢Lial ptovit+ions of Part I S of th¢ CompauÈes Act 2006 relating to sinall companies. Approv¢d by order of the board of tru8tee5 l July 2025 and si¥ied on its belialf by.. Bernie McC.onnell - Compally Secretary Page 8 ort of the Inde endent Auditor to the Members of Belfast Interface Pro'ect Opinion I have audited the financial statements of Belfast Interface Project, (the "charitable company") for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the Statement of financial activities (incorporating the income and expenditure account}, BaEance Sheet and notes to the financial statements, incEudingi a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and the Uniied Kingdom Accounting Slaiidards, including FRS 102 "The Financial Reporiing Standard applicable in Ihe United Kiiigdom and Republic of Ireland". (United Kiiigdoni Geiierally Accepted Accounting Practice). In my opinion the financial statements: give a true and t.air view of the state of the charitable company's affairs as at 31 March 2025 and of ils incoming Te8ources and applicalion of resoureets, includiiig itts income and expenditure. for the year ihen ended. have been pi'operly prepared in ac¢ordan¢¢ with Unit¢d Kingdom Generally A¢cept¢d A¢counting Pra¢tice' and have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. Basls for opinion l LonduLtLd my dudit in d¢¥orddnc¢ with Intini¢ationaE Slimd(irdb on Auditing (UK) (ISAS (UK)) and appliLable law. My responsibilities under those standards ar¢ further described in the Auditor's respon8ibilitics for the audit of thL fuianLial statcniLntb SLCtion ot my rLPOrt. I aLn indL'pLiidL'nt of the charitable Loinpany in c ccordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to my audit of the finaiicial statements in the UK, including the FRC'S Ethical Standard and the provisions available for .small entities in the circunL8tanees set out in Note 22 to the financial statements and I have fulfilled my other ethical responsibilities in accordance wilh Ihese requiremenls. J believe Ihai ihe audil evidence I have obtsined is sufficient and appropriate lo provide a babis tor my opinton. Conclusions relatlng to golng concern En auditing the financial statements, I have concluded that the trustees, use of the going concern basis of accounting in the pirparalion of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work I have performed, I have not identifi¢d any inaterial uncertaintics rclating to events or conditioiis that, individually or colleclivcly may cast significaiit doubt dbout Ihc charitable company's ability to continuc as a going conccrn for a p¢riod of at l¢ast tw¢lv¢ months from whcn thc financial statcments auihoriscd for issuc. My responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are desciibed in the relevani sections of this report. Other InformatloD The other inforination Lomprises thL inforn)ation inLluded in the Report of the Trustces and FinanLial Statements, othcr thali the financial statcincnts and my auditor's rcport thcrcon. Th¢ trust¢es are responsible for thc othcr inforination containcd within thc Rcport of the TruslC¢S and Financial Slatomcnts. My opinion on the financial statcmcnts docs not cover the othcr infonnation and, except to the cxtent othenvise explTcitly stated in my report, I do not ¢Apr¢sk s any f(ynn of assurllncc conclusion thcTeon. Page 9 ort of the Inde endent Auditor to the Members of Belfast Interface Pro. ect continued Other information contlnued My respon.sibility is to read the other infomation and, in doTng so. consider whether the other infomiation is malerially inconsistent with the financial slaLements or my knowledge obtaiiied in the audil or otherwibe appears to be Inaterially misstatcd. If l identify such material inconsistcncies or apparent Inatcrial Inisstateincnts, l am required to determine whether this gives rise to a material inisstateinent in th¢ financial statements thcmsclvcs. If, based on the work I have perfoi'med, I concludc that thcrc is a matcrial misstateinent of this otlier inforniation. I am required to repoit that fact. I have nothing to Teport in this regard. Opinions on other matter5 prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 In my opinton, bascd on the work undertaken in thc course of thc audÈt: the infomation given in the Report of the Trustee8, incorporating the directors, report, for the financial yeai for which the f￿anCIaL statemenls are prepared is consistcnl with the financial statements: and the directors, report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements, Matters on Ivhich l am requlred to report by exceplion In the light of thc knowlcdgc and undcrstanding of th¢ charitablc company and its cnvironmcnt obtaincd in the course of the audit, I have not identified material misstatcments in the directors, report. I have nothing lo report in respect of the following maliers in relation lo which the Companies Acl 2006 requires Ine to report to you if, in my opinion: adcquate aLcounting rccords havc noi bccn kept, or rcturns adequate for my audit have not been rcccivcd from br<2nchcs not visitcd by mc- or the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting record.9 and returns. or certain disclosures of trustees, remuneration specified by law are not niade. or I have not received all the infonnation and explanations I require for iny audit. or the trustccs w¢rc not entitlcd to prep￿ thc financial statcin¢nts in accordance with thc smdll Lompanic's rLgiinL and takL advantagL of thL' simall coinpanies, exemptions in preparing thc Dircctors, rcport and trom thc rcquircmcnt to pr¢parc a Stratcgi¢ r¢port. Responsibilities of trustees As explained mol'e fully in the Statement of Truste¢8' Re.spon.sibilities set out on page eight, the trustccs (who re also the d1￿ctOrS of thc charitabl¢ coinpaiiy for thc purposcs of compaiiy law) are responsible for lh¢ preparation of the fmancial statemcnts and for b¢ing satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and foi such internal control as the trustees detemiine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are Tesponsible for assessing the charitable company's ability to continue as d going conbcrn. dibclosing, as appliLablc. mattcrs rclatcd to going LonLCrn and using thc going on¢¢m basi8 of accounting unlL'ss thc ttustecs citlicr int¢nd to liquidat¢ thc CoMp￿Y or to cLasc opcrations, or have no r¢altstic altcrnative but to do so. Page 10 ort of the Inde endent Auditor to the Members of Belfast Interface Pro ect continued Auditor's responslbilitles for the audfit of the financial Statements My objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are fTe¢ froni malerial misstatemenl, whether due to fraud or error. and to issue an audilor's report thai include$ my opinion. Reasonablc assurancc is a high Icvcl of assuraiicc, but is not a guarante¢ that an audit conducted in accord8ncc with ISAS (UK) will always detect a material inisstateinent when it exists. Misstatcmcnts can arise from fraud oi error and are considercd matcriaL if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users tsken on the basis of these financial statements. Irr¢gNularities, including fraud, are instaiices of non-compliance with laws and i'egulations. I design proccdurcs in linc with iny rcsponsibilitics. outlincd abovc. to dctcct matcrial misstatcmcnts in respcL't of irrcgLildriliL's, including frdud. Th¢ spccitiL proccdurcs for this cngagcincnl and thc cxlcnt to whiLh thcse are Lapablc of dbtLCtiiigy irrLgularitiLs, inLluding fraud is dctailud bclow- Obt¥iiniiigF an undcr,standinLy of thc si&ynifiLant ILigyal and rLhgyuldtory framL'work applicablkn to the charitable cojnpany and how tlie charitable company is complying with that framewoi'k. Assessing the susceptibility of the charitable company's financial statements to material niisstatenient, including how fraud might occur. Ensuring7 compctcnLC and capabiliti¥s to id¥mtify or rccognisc non-compliancc with laws and rcgulatioiis arc niainlaincd. Becalise of the inherent liinitations of an audit, there is a risk tliat E will not detect all irregulai'ities, including those leading io a malerial mi.%.slalenienl iii the financial %ldtemeiils or non-compliance with regulalion. Thi. ri8k increase% the more that compliance with a law or regulation 14 removed trom the events and transaclion retlected iii the financial statemeiits, as I will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. Th¢ risk is also grealer rc¥ardiiig irrcgularilic8 occurriiig due to Aralid raiher than error, ab frnud iiivolves intentional Lollccdlmcnt, forgcry, collusivn, umission or misrepresentation. A furtlier de8CI'iPtion of my i-espansibilitie% for the audit of the financial 8tstement8 18 located on the Financial R¢portingF C,ouncil's website at: www.frc.Dl' ? uklaiiditorsi'es onsibilities. Thiq description fornis part of my Auditor'4 report. Use of my report This report is made solely to the charitablc Loinpany's m¢inber8, as a body, in acLoi'dan¢e with Chapt¢r 3 of Part 16 of thc Coinpanies Act 2006. My audit work has bccn undertakcn so that l inib?ht state to the company, IIILinbLrs thosL mattLrs I dm rcquircd to statL lo thcin in an aiiditor's report