North 8elfa8t Altomativ¢s Llmitod Company Llmlted by Guarantee Flnanclal Stst•m•nt8 Y•ar Ended 31 March 2023 COMPANIES HOUSE ' 0 1 DEC 2023 8ELFAST IIIIIINII ')CHG356A 0111212023 COMPANIES HOUSE JNI #21 Company No: N1049428 Charlty No: XT181941 NIC103370 North Bolfast ￿t*matiVeS Llmited Tabl6 of Contenls Year Ended 31 March 2023 Page Company Information Report of Ihe Tfu$lees Report of the Independent Examiner Staiement of Financial Acts'vities 8alance Sheet Notes to the Financial Statements 9-12 North Bolfast AlternatlV05 Limited Cofflpany Information Year Ended 31 March 2023 Trust•as Tho Trusteas who seprfed the charity durin9 the peiiod were as follows Neil Ja￿an Lorralne Beard Moyrn Wylie Secretary Moyra W￿le R•gl•tor•d Offl¢• 254-256 8ally6illan Road Belfast BT14 SRA Indep8nd•nt Examlner Affo Group Ltd Accounianls 254 Suffolk Road 8elfasl 8T11 9P8 Rg916tered Charlty No. XT18194 NIC103370 R•g18t•r•d Company No. N1049428 North Bolfa81 Ahernatlves Llmlled Roport of Ihe TN8tees Yew Ended 31 March 2023 The l(uste8s. who ar8 aso Ihe rfirectors for the purpose8 of company tsw. presenl their report and the financial statements for Ihe year ended 31 March 2023. SMALL COMPANY PROVISIONS This report ha5 been wepared in accordance with the Pfoviskons applicablé ts) comparies entill&i1 to the small companies exemption. Govémlng Oocum•nl The organisatlon is a pllvate company lknlled by guarantee, Incorporated in on 27th January 2004 and reglstered a$ a Charity on 27th January 2004. d4rity number xr18194. The company was estat4ished by a memora￿Um of Assodalion and is governed undèr its Artides of Associallon, R•crullm•ni and Appolnlmant of Manag•manl Cofflmltte• The diredors of the company are also charlty trusleps fw purposes of tharfty law and under Ihe c(Thpany's Artides are known as members of the Management Committee. Undei the requirements of the Mernorandum and Artlcles of Associalion Iha membors ol Ihe Management Committee aro elecied io serve for a pertod of year aftei which Ih8y musl be rfrelecled al the next Annual General Meeting. Risk Management The Managefflenl C¢ynmlttee has conducled a fevlew of the malor rtsks lo whlch the Charlty Is exposed. A rlsk reglster has been established and 18 Updated al least annually. Where approprtale, 8yslems or procedures have been establlshed to millgate Ihe flsk3 Ihe Charity laces. &'gnifKanl extemal risks to lundiThJ have led lo the developmenl cl a strateglc plan whlch will allow for the dlvernification of.lunding and activit*s. Intemal control risks are minimised by the implemonlatlon of prrx4dures for authodsalion of 811 tran&￿￿on9 and prolecls. These procedure$ are pertodlcally favlewed lo ensure that they contlnu8 to meel the needs of the charily. Lkganlsatlonal Structums North Bewasl Altemalivos has a Managemonl Committee vtho meet 6 times per year and affj resp)nsible lor the strategic direclion and policy of Ihe ¢hanty. Ai pr88enl Ihe Committ60 has len mernbern ftom a war￿ ol wofesslonal backgro￿d8 relovani io the work of the ¢harily. The secretsry also 81ts on the CommSttee has no voting rKJhts. North Belfasl Altemallves lalls ￿der the umbrella of Norfhem Ireland Allemaiive$ Ltd. Oblectlv•8 and Actlvltl•• The company's obJ'8clives and princlpl8 aclivities are to promote a nM.violenl restoratfva c(xnmunity response to justic￿ Issues in North BelfasL North 8elfa8t Allematives %%ill Identify needs. often in partnership ￿1th local comnwnilies and olt*r voluntary and 8ialutory bodie8, felalwig to safety ¢onlltcI within comrnunllies, wil attempt lo heal relationships in a restorallve way. Al the same timo. it hopes lo ralse communlty 8warene88 on Iho issu69 affecllng yoiino peopia ar￿ adul18 are deemed at rlsk. The maln obhcllv•s and actlvfths of Ihe company aT•: To organise *tythln the communlty non-vldenl 8lternatlves io Issues of ¢ommunlty justice. To help work wilh young people in order to resolve the prnblem5 affectlng Ih8ir lives. To dlrecl youn9 people away frorn deStr￿lIve and dangerous practl¢e$ arKI towards healthy and conslnJcliv8 aclivlts'es. To enable young people lo personally refled orn the poienlially damagwKJ nsequer￿S of risky behavbur. To address areas of we*ness and failure wilhin the fomial criminal ju5tJce system. To heal relalSonships b4rythbn Ihe community and to promot8 better rèlatsonships betw88n the statutory agencies. To work towards a 8u¥ialnable model of dollvery lor as much of the company'8 80tvlces as poslble North Belfa8t Altemallv•s Llmll•d R•port of tho Tru810o8 l¢ontlnu•dl Year Ended 31 March 2023 Achlovements and Porfomiance Jr achievements and perfomiancé over the past year have included 16 community relalions programme with 108 people participaling whilst 586 y¢Jung people involved In youlh InteThienllon and prevention programmes alon9$ld8 1-2-1 support alon9sid8 tsmily supporl. Detached Youih Worft. NBA provlded trainirKJ and support lo 1c6 volunteers who participaled in organised events Su(* as Oelachad Youth Work in Ballysllan Parf¢, Cavehdl Country.Parf(, Bonfirè Schemes and Fun Oays. N8A provided 198 peopl8 wSth crfme prevention and community safety infomiation s3esslons, mediations and lumished 260 people wilh safety i18ms Such as alam)s. night lights and sal8ty ￿s. 63 people accessed accredited tralniTrJ ranglng from CSR Cards, Bijnfire Safely to. OCN Level 1 Mountain Biking, OCN Level l Grass Rools Football. NBA continued to build, partnerships and share leaming with 43 groups 16 8CfOSS North 8eWasl coniinued to support and deliver trainlng in lour malor Schools 8oys Model, GErt8 Model. St Pat8. Hazelwood. Over 1320 pupils frorn across North Belfast schools primarylsecxlndary received cultural diversity trainin9, Fln•n¢lal R•vl•w N8A 6uccessfulty applled lor sm811 granls Io fun programrnes and dellvery of f¢)od. es8enUal packs. dlnners, eleclrtc. 98s and oll Ich tolalled £15.OIXI.. 8elfasl City Council Micro Granl of £1493.CKI lo delNer Swnmer Intsrrfentions wilh over 180 young peopl6 localty. Delivery ol other programmos s￿h as KICK START whore supkx)rted by LCAP, Unile the Uni<)n and u￿an Vllages. S•rvlc•$ N(th Bellasl Altematlves dellvers a w*Jo range of 88rvi&88 for lh8 public b8n8fit. bul 811 ol them are underplnned by the prlnclpl88 of reslorallv8 praclice. In essence Ihis involves the healing. repalr of broken relallonshlps lo Ihe individual, family and cornrnur￿ty felationshlps that bèad to crlm8, Bnli-so¢ial behavlour community confliel. Senilces avallable Include.. Inten$￿te Yo(tlh Support Ifor indSvidual$), F8mlty Supporl, Vlctlm Support. Counselling, Preventionllnler4enlion wort with YourKJ People, Mediation and Communty Support on behall of Ihe Housing Execulive and PSNI. Detsched Youth Work, Schools Work across North Belfa51 both *¥ j. primary and secor*dary SCI￿01$. delfvering tralnlng Iii restora￿ve practlces lo a wlde clienl base. NBA works In partnership wlth 4 Neighbourhood Renewal Partnerships alongside siatulory agencies, two Farnily Support Hub$ in North Belfasl and TEO Urban Villages. We also played a very acllve role during Covid and Wofked In partnersNp wllh groups across North 88rf8sl. Dlre¢tor8' R•8pon8lbllltle8 Company law requlres the direclors to prepare Ihanchal 8tslemenls for exh fv*nclal p6rfthJ vthich give a Irue and fair view of lh• stste of the affaits of Ihe charitable company and of its fina￿la1 position al the end of that period. In preparing Ihese financlal ' statements. th8 direclors are required to: select Sultable attounling policies and apply them conslstenlly. make judgements aTrJ esllmates that are iea60nable and prudenl., slatg vthether applicable accounting standards h8ve been lollowed subject to any deparlures dI￿1098d and explalned In ihe financial stalemenls., and Prepa￿ th8 financial slatemenis on the going co￿AM basis unless il is inappropriate to p￿SUrne that Ihe c￿￿panY will continue in business. The Directors have overall responsibilty for en8urin9 that Ihe charity has an appffjpriale system of controls, Iln8ncial and olherwlse. They are also responslble fiv keepln9 proper accountbng rocords whlch disclose wlth reasonable acrAJracy at any tlme thè financi81 posilion of the Charity and to enable them lo ensure Ih81 the financial slalernenls c(xnpty wilh Ihe Companies Acl . 2006. They are also resp)nslble lor Safegua￿ing the assets of the charity hence for taking reasonable steps for Ihe preventlon and detection of frnud and oiher iffegjaritses. North B•llasi Allorf￿1¥￿ Llmlied R•port of tho Trusio081¢¢)nllnu•d Y•Ar Endod 31 fvlaich 2023 Stst0m8N ol Dis¢losurè ol Infom￿tIon to EXamI￿r So tsr Js each of the ￿¢•ClO15 In office al the dale ol approval of It￿$e ffinanoal staloments aro aware: Therp bs rw) relevanl Informauon ol whkh Iho examlner 4re ungwarn.. and Th8y hove taken 911 lh8 Step¥ Ih•y ought lo have taken a$ Olrnclor¥ in order lo make th0rn¥olves aW&WB ol •ry r•l•vanl Infomallon ond lo eslabfish thai the examinef are aware ol thal Infomiatlon. ExamSner In a(xordanc4 with Artide 382 01 the compan￿ Act 2006. a re￿¢￿tion proposing that ￿F0 Gro(p Lld. bt appointed as exAmin•r of cc*nP￿Y will ￿ pul lo the Annual General Me?ting. Registered oHk¢ S6gr*d ty order ol the twste•$ 252-258 Paltyw'lan Road B•ll&si BT14 8R8 Tom Wln*ion• Dlrector Dale: 2911112023 North 8olfa8t Alt•matlve$ Llmlted Indep•nd•nt Examln•rf8 Report To Tho Memborn of North Belfa$t Alt•rnallv¢s Umlted Year Ended 31 March 2023 We reFQrt on the attounls of the company f(* the year onded 31 ma￿ 2023 which a￿ set (￿1 on pages 6 lo 12. RESPECTIVÉ RESPONS181LmES OF TRUSTEES AND EXAMINeR AS the charlty Irusle8s (and also Ihe direct￿8 of Ihé company for the wrpos88 ol company law) y4)u are re8ponsl)18 for the preparation of the accoun18 in accordance bllth Ihe requirnmenls ol the Companles Act 2006. HavlrKJ satisfled ourselves Ihal thg charfty Is nol 8ubjoCt to aud￿ under company law. and is eliglble for Independènl examin8lion, il 18 our responslbility to: examine th8 accounts under section 65 of t1￿ Charities Acl: follow Ihe PnKedures lald down in Ihe genernl Dlfections gfven ty Charlty Commlsslon for Northem Ireland under se¢llon 651gXb) ol the Chaflllas Acl: slaté Kthelher particular matters havo come lo our attenliffi. 8ASIS OF INDEPENDeNT EXAMINER'S REPORT Our axaminalion was carrfed out in accordance viilh Ihe general Directions given by Charity CThnmission. An examinalion includ81> a Tfjview 01 Ihe accounknng records kepl by corrpany and a comparison of Ihe aC￿￿nIS presented wikn those records. 11 also includos c<)nsidefalkon ol any unusual items or disclosures In the accounts, and seeking éXPl8nalion$ Irom yw as INslees ¢onGernln9 any s￿h matters. The procedur￿ urK18rtak￿ do nol provide all Ih? ovklence Ihal would be regulr¢d In an audil and consequenlly no opinion is given a8 to whether the accounts present 8 Irue and lair VI￿ and the ￿port 1$ limlted lo those matters sel out in Ihe Slalement below. We ha¥e examined your charity a¢¢ouni$ a¥ req￿red urtdor secbon 65 01 the Charllle$ Acl and +)ur axamlnatlon wa8 ¢arrfod tyjl In accordance wllh the general C4rection8 glven by the Charlty Commission for Northem Ireland under soction 65(9Xbl ol lh6 Charilies Acl. examwiaiwi included a review of the accounling records kept by the charity and a cxjmoarison of the accounts presented vAlh those records.11 also Included considerats'on of any unusual Items or disclosures in accounts, and Seeking explanations from you as charity truslees concemin9 any 8uGh mallers. Our role Is lo s181e whothor 8ny malerial matters have come to our attentlon giving us cause to believe.. 1. Thai accounting fecords wese nol kepl In accofdance wilh seclion 386 of Ihe Companies Acl %)06', 2. Thal Ihe accounls do nol accord with those accountlng records.. 3. Thal tho a¢￿UnIS do nol comply with the accounts'ng requiremanls ol stttlon 396 01 Iho Cornpaniès Ad 2006 and with th¢ methods and prlnclp195 of Ihe Charitie$ Ststoment ol Recommended Practice applicable lo charities preparirKJ thelr accounts in accordance wilh lh8 Financlal Repth'ry Slandard applicable in Ihe UK and Rèpublic of Ireland,. 4. Thal there is further inforniation needed for a proper uiiderslandlng of the accounls to be feached, INDepENDENT EXAMINER'S STATEMENT We have completed our examlnation and have no concems In respKt of Itle m8ltefS {1)10 (4) listed above and, in c￿ne¢{lOn wlih lolk)win9 th• Oirections of the Charity Commisslon for Northem Irela)d, wa have found matters Ihat reqiire drawing to y￿r attenlion. ArroGroup Ltd Straight Talking Accountants Arro Group Ltd Independenl Examlnefs 254 Suffolk Road Bellast 29111r2023 North B•lfa•t Alt•rnatlv•8 Llrnlted ststement of Flnanclal Actlvltles (Incorporatlng an Incomo and eX￿ndIture ac¢ount> Year Ended 31 March 2023 Total Fund• Z023 Tolal Funds 2022 Unr8•trl¢tffjd Incomo and ondowm•nt8 from: Donallons and l•g4¢1•g Chafllabl• A¢tlvlllo8 2,063 52.189 54.252 20.766 Total Incorne and endowm•nt• 2,063 52,189 54,252 20.766 Exp•ndltur• on: Charltabl• Acllvlll•• (42,773) 142,773) 122,755) Tolal ExpendSlur• (42,773) (42,773) (22,755) Not In¢omo I l•xponditur•> for th• y•ar 2,083 9,416 11,479 (1,989} Tran818rs botwean fund8 Not movemant In funds 12 2,063 9,416 11,479 (1.989) R•conclllallon of funds: Tolal funds brought Iofward 19,841 19,941 17.240 Total Fund6 Carried Forward 22,004 9,416 31,420 19.941 All Income derbves Irom continulng a¢uvSlles. Iherelore no ststemenl of ffjcognised g8ins or10sses is given. The noles on pages 9 to 12 fom part ol Ihese financial ststements. North B•lfa81 Alt•rnatiVO8 Llmlted . Balanc• Sh￿1 as at 31 March 2023 2023 2022 Flxed Assets Tang*ile assets Current Assèts Debtors Cash at b￿k a)d In hand 3,482 10.383 10.783 20.445 6.076 30.428 16.859 Crndltor8". ￿OUntS fairing due wilhin one year 10 400 400 NET CURRENT ASSETS 30,428 16,459 NÈT ASSETS 31,420 19,941 Represented by: UnM6trlcted Fund8 GonoT•I 11 31.420 19,941 R•stricted Funds 31,420 19,941 North eollast Altematlves Llmlted Balan¢0 Sheot as al 31 March 2023 For the year ended 31 March 2023 the compèny was entillèd lo •x•mption from audit under saclion 4n of the Companies A¢1 2006 relpling to sm811 eompaniBS. TNslee&' respon5ibllllies.' Thè Members hav• not iéquirnd IPK* eornparly to obtain an audit of its aceounli lor y•ar in qu•slSon In •¢cordanc• wSlh seclion 478,. and The Irustees acknowledge their iespon8ibilitie$ for complylng with the requiremtnts ol the kl wilh re$p8d lo Or￿unting ro¢ord5 8nd the preparalion of acGovnlS. TI￿se accovnts have been prepared In a￿ordanCe with the provlslons applicable lo companles subject lo thè sm811 companles, rggim?. The8e fin)nciJl •tsiemen15 w•r• approved by th• members ol ihe commillee •TrLf aulhorfjed loi1s#ue on the 29th No¥omb?r 2023 •nd •r• •ign¢d on th•lr b•h•ff by.. Tom Wlnston• Dlrector North 8olfast Attornltlves Llmlted Company Registr8tlon Number.. Company No.. NIO49428 Charfty Re9istration Numb•r'. NIC103370 The nol•i on p8gei g to 12 fofft part DI Ihese Ilngnclal 118iemerni8. North 8olfa8t Ahematlves Llmlt•d Nol•8 to the Flnanclal Statemenls for the year ended 31 March 2023 t ACCOUNTING POLICIES Tre principal accountrylg policies adoptéd. judgements and key sources of es11mailon in Ihe preparation of the financial staternents are as follobVS.' 318asis of preparalion The ffftanclal statements have been wepafed In aeeordance with Accountiro and R8POrtlrKJ by Charities: Sialemenl of Rec(Thmended Pracke applicable lo charilies Plepariry th*r accounts in &COfdanc8 wilh the Financial Reporti￿ Stan(Sanl applicable in lh8 UK and Republic of Ireland {FRS 102) (effectlve 1 January 2015}- Charities SORP (FRS 102). the Financi81 Reporting Standard applicable in Ihe UK and Rep(rt)lic of Ireland (FRS 102) and Ihe Companles Act 2006. b) Preparallon of the accounts on a going ¢onGgm basis c￿e lo lh• I￿¢1 ol r￿e¥e$ In place the InJslee$ ass¢$8 that Ihe ¢harlty Is a goin9 Concern. C) FurKI AccountirKJ General furK16 are unreJtrl¢led fund8 whkh are available f(Y Use 81 Ihe d18cr8tion ol Ihe Tru81a•s n furtherance of tha general objectlvas ol lh8 Charity and which have not b8en deslgnaled for uther pu￿088$. Des1gnaliKI funts comprise unrestrlcled fund• that have been sel aside by the Tnjstees for partlcuLw purpose$. General luods may be Iransfeffed lo deslgnated lunds whore Twsle68 wish to u$6 these funds for a speclfic purpose. Such ftnds lay be tran51erred back to general lunds once Ihe crileria for lh8 de￿gnabQn hav8 been met or are no longer appNcable, Restricted funds are fimds vthkch afe lo be used in accordance with spocific festrlctlons Srnposed ty donors or which knave been raised by11)e Charity ft)f part￿ular pjrposes. The cost of raising and 8dfflinislefing such fvnds are charged agai￿1 the specir fund. The Lgirn and use of reslrlcted fvTrJs Is sel oul in the ￿18$ to Ihe financial stslemenls. Restricted funds may only be Iransferred lo general or desifJnaled fund$ once the criteria lor restrl¢tson have bgen dixhargod or no longer apply. d) IncThno F¥:Inlercorrpany Credilors 400 400 4CM) 11 Analy618 of Mov•m•nts In Funds Openlng Bal￿¢• Incomlng R•souT￿9 Prlor Porlod Adlustm•nt Fund8 as at 31 Ma￿h 2023 Exp•nd•d Gener81 Fund Re5lricled Fund Tolal 19.941 2,063 52.189 54.252 22,004 9.416 31.420 (42,773) (42,773} 19.941 Name ol Unre511icled Fund$ O•scription. nature and wry)ose8 ol Ihe Iw General Fund The Yree reserves" after allowing for all des￿nated lun(ts 12 Analysis of n•t a$s¢ts botween funds Tanglble Fix•d A8$W Net Curronl Asuts T**1 Unrestricled Incc*ne Funds: Tolal 992 992 30.428 30.428 31,420 31.420 12 North Belfast Alternallve8 Llmlted Managemont Inforniatlon for the year ended 31 Mar¢h 2023 The lolltrwlng pag¢¥ do not fomi part of the stslthory financlal slalements which 8r8 Subjecl of the independent exaThinerfs report on page 5. 13 North Belfasl AMernatlv06 Limlted D•lalled Statement of Flnancial Actlviti lor,Ihe year ended 31 March 2023 INCOMING RESOURCES 2023 2022 I)ONATIONS AND LEGACIES v￿an village Northem Ireland Allemalives 8elfasl City COW￿11 YEHA Project Other Granls Communlty Foundation TWN Alex Ferry Foundation Nalion Lottery Community Fund Ulsler Unlversity LCAP TOTAL INCOME 4,870 9.735 4.980 663 1,893 400 3.870 6.285 1.687 6.075 6,320 10,000 13.940 20,766 54,252 EXPENDITURE CHARITABLE ACTIVITES Programme costs Donations￿raIning￿￿01unleer Expenses Sundry Coslti Accountancy fee8 RenVRat88 Bank fee8 Off￿8 suppli8S Travel Depreciation Premlses expense Sundry TOTAL EXPENDITURE 26.OTT 16,617 4Crf) 10.226 238 605 2,487. 2.4 400 220 268 794 4,456 250 .42.773 22.755 NET INCOMING RESOURCES FOR THE YEAR 11,479 (1.989) 14