Belmont Playcare
Trustees, Annual Report
Year Ended 30 June 2024
The Trustees present their report and the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 June
2024. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP)
'Accounting and Reporting by Chanties. (FRS 102) in preparing the annual report and financial ststements
of the charity.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordan￿ with the accounting policies set out in notes to
the accounts and comply with the charity's governing document, the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008
and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities
preparing their accounts in accordan￿ with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and
Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
Structure, governance and management
The charity is a company limited by guarantee and was incorporated on 12 January 2011.
The trustees,, who are also directors for the purpose of company law, and who have served during the year
and since the year end were..
Sandy Micik
Gareth Mooney
Gillian Currie
Caroline Ball
Gwyneth Compston
Godfrey Thairu
John Owens
Simon Morton
Tadela Wallace
Alison Hume
Emma Davaney
resigned 1611012023
resigned 1611012023
appointed 1611012023
appointed 1611012023
appointed 1611012023
appointed 1611012023
appointed 2011112023
appointed 2210112024
The company actively promotes a board of trustees which includes a range of skill, experience and
knowledge in keeping with the pursuance of its Objects and to this end it is entitled to advertise and interview
eligible candidates to be potential trustees of the board.
None of the trustees has any beneficial interest in the company. All of the trustees are members of the
company and guarantee to contribute £1 in the event of a winding up.
New trustees are invited and encouraged to attend a series of short training sessions to familiarise
themselves with the charity and the context within which it operates. These sessions cover the obligations of
trustees, the main documents which set out the operational framework for the charity, resourcing and the
current financial position and future plans and objectives. New trustees are also referred to the Charity
Commission's guide "The Essential Trustee..
The Trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed and are satisfied that systems
are in place to mitigate exposure to the major risks.
Objectives and activities
The charity's objects are to promote play based learning environments to enhance the development and
education of pre-school and school-age children by.. providing the necessary facilities for safe and satisfying
group play for pre-school children and for the daily ￿re. ￿creation and education of children during out of
school hours and holidays-, offering appropriate play facilities with the right of parentslcarers to tske
responsibility for and to become involved in the activities of ttte company ensuring that the company offers
opportunities for all children," support the values and principles of Early Years" to advance any other

Belmont Playcare
Trustees, Annual Report
Year Ended 30 June 2024
exclusively charitsble purpose as the trustees may, from time to ts'me, decide in accordance with the law of
charity.
The aim of our charity is to provide a wonderful environment for children to leam and develop and to prepare
for the future. It is also ta ensure that parents are confident and happy that their child is in a warm, caring
and safe environment. Our aims fully reflect the purposes that the charity was set up to fijrther.
The objectives for the year continued to be providing a wam, caring and safe environment in which children
can leam and develop.
The strategies we use to achieve our objectives include providing a full curriculum to the children, evaluating
the activities provided, working to national standards and working in partnership with other agencies to
ensure the best range of services are available and meet the needs of the children and their parents.
The trustees have paid due regard to guidan￿ issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities
the charity should undertake.
Achievements and perfomiance
The charity has continued to enhance the development and education of children under statutory school age
and school children in the P1 P3 age range.
Financial review (including reserves pollcy)
The accounts have been prepared for the year ended 30 June 2024. The trustees are satisfied with the
results for the year as disclosed in the Statement of Financial Activitiès on page 8.
Cash flow projections were prepared for the 12-month period from the date of approval of the accounts. The
trustees have a reasonable expectation that there are adequate resources to continue in operational
existence for the foreseeable future. The trustees therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis for the
preparation of the financial statements. The trustees will continue to monitor the situation.
It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should
be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months expenditure. The trustees consider that
reserves at this level will ensure that. in the event of a significant drop in funding, they will be able to
continue the charity's current activities while consideration is gNen to ways in which additional fijnds may be
raised. This level of reserves has been maintained throughout the year.
Employee involvement
The charity's policy is to consult and discuss with employees, through unions, staff councils and at meetings
matters likely to affect employees, interests.
Information on matters of concern to employees is given through information bulletins and reports which
seek to achieve a common awareness on the part of all employees of the financial and economic factors
affects'ng the charity's performan￿.
Disabled persons
Applications for employment by disabled persons are always fully considered, bearing in mind the aptitudes
of the applicant cOn￿rned. In the event of members of staff becoming disabled. every effort is made to
ensure that their employment within the charity continues and that appropriate training is arRnged. It is the
policy of the charity that the training, career development and promotion of disabled persons should, as far
as possible, be identical to that of the other employee5.
Compliance with Public Benefrt
The Gompany has given careful consideration to the Charity Commission for Northem Ireland's guidan￿ on
public benefit to ensure that the activities entered into during the year have helped to achieve the charity's
objectives and activities, as well as providing public benefiL

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Trustees, responsibilities
The trustees, who are also the directors of Belmont Playcare for the purposes of company law, are
responsible for preparing the Trustees, Report and the accounts in accordance with applicable law and
United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law reqUI￿S the trustees to prepare accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair
view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources,
including the income and expenditure, of the charitsble company for that year.
In prepar(ng these accounts, the trustees are requI￿d to".
-select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently"
-observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP.
-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 accounts- and
-prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will
continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping adeqLJate accounting records that disclose with reasonable
accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the accounts comply
with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and
hence for taking r8asonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
On behalf of the board of trustees
Gareth Mooney
Date.. 21 October 2024