2025-03-31-accounts

COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: NI057297 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: NIC103540

COLERAINE AREA CHILD CONTACT CENTRE

Company Limited by Guarantee

Unaudited Financial Statements

31 March 2025

PAUL A TAYLOR & COMPANY

Chartered accountant Unit 4 12 Spittal Hill Bushmills Road Coleraine BT52 2BY

COLERAINE AREA CHILD CONTACT CENTRE

Company Limited by Guarantee

Financial Statements

Year ended 31 March 2025

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Trustees' annual report (incorporating the director's report)	1
Independent examiner's report to the trustees	9
Statement of financial activities (including income and
expenditure account)	11
Statement of financial position	12
Notes to the financial statements	13

COLERAINE AREA CHILD CONTACT CENTRE

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)

Year ended 31 March 2025

The trustees, who are also the directors for the purposes of company law, present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Reference and administrative details

Registered charity name COLERAINE AREA CHILD CONTACT CENTRE Charity registration number NIC103540 Company registration number NI057297 Principal office and registered 9 Culdaff Road office Portstewart BT55 7DP NI The trustees Mrs Davies Mrs McPhillimy Mr Russell Mrs Bell Company secretary Mrs Shirley McPhillimy Independent examiner Paul A Taylor & Co Unit 4 12 Spittal Hill Bushmills Road Coleraine BT52 2BY

Structure, governance and management

Trustees 2024 to 2025.

There are 4 trustees who have oversight of CACCC and sign off annual reports and audits. Accreditation takes place every 3 years by the Northern Ireland Network of Child Contact Centres. As part of the accreditation process all trustees have an enhanced Access NI check and participate or contribute to updated training. Accreditation last took place in October'22. The trustees are appointed by the Management Committee of CACCC having been nominated by a vote. No other individual or organisation has power to appoint trustees.

Charity Constitution

CACCC is a Company Limited by Guarantee. CACCC has its own constitution and is an accredited member of NINCCC. The contract between CACCC with the Northern Heath and Social Care Trust is renewed to March 2026.

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COLERAINE AREA CHILD CONTACT CENTRE

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2025

Objectives and activities

Purpose

The purpose of CACCC is to provide safe neutral spaces in Coleraine and Ballycastle where children of separated families can spend time with a parent or significant person in a neutral child friendly supported environment. A child has a legal right under the Children Order NI to grow up knowing the love and care of both parents. Separated parents can struggle to make arrangements for their child to have contact with the non-resident parent where there is a breakdown of trust for many reasons. The service at CACCC provides a safe neutral place where the relationship between a child and parent can be restored. It is a steppingstone so that when the time is right more normal arrangements can be made outside the centre in the community. The Child Contact Centre can also facilitate contact for children in in fostering, kinship fostering or adoption situations monitored by Social Services. Referrals from the courts, solicitors, Social Services and directly from parents who are in agreement to use the centre are welcomed. The centre has public benefit for all adults and children in these circumstances where a safe neutral contact setting is required regardless of race, gender, age, disability, or religion where the child resides in the Causeway Coast and Glens locality.

In setting our objectives and planning our activities for the year the trustees have considered their legal obligation to the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland's guidance on public benefit.

Activities

Normally CACCC carries out its purposes through the following activities. Three 2-hour sessions a week are offered throughout the year, one every Saturday morning in Ballycastle, one every Saturday morning and every Tuesday afternoon in Coleraine. 128 sessions occurred throughout the year. While weekly sessions are offered in Ballycastle this depends on demand which has been once a fortnight for the past year.

Each session has a co-ordinator with a minimum of 2 fully trained Access NI checked volunteers who are on a monthly rota. The welcome desk is constantly manned. Only families expected on the weekly sheet are allowed admittance. Handovers are managed by the volunteers under the direction of the coordinator both at the beginning and end of contact. Volunteers help set up each room for age appropriate activities, including craft, games and toys. Volunteers provide refreshments throughout the morning while also keeping a watchful eye to ensure each child is happy and safe while enjoying quality contact with a parent or other significant person.

CACCC was staffed by one paid self- employed co-ordinator who worked around 20 hours a week. The co-ordinator was off sick for 4 months from April to September’24 when trustees stepped in so the service could continue. This was supplemented by recruiting 3 part-time self employed deputy coordinators who were trained up to be in charge of each of the 3 2 hr sessions. On the co-ordinator’s return the hours were increased up to 25 hrs a week while 2 deputies in charge were retained due to the increased workload.

The centre hours are invoiced monthly to be countersigned by 2 signatures from the trustees. Trained deputies and volunteers are in place to cover leave or sickness. The co-ordinator is supported by a mentor, a Referral Committee and Management Committee consisting of 7 people with expertise and background in Social Services, Education, Police, Accountancy and Law.

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Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2025

Objectives and activities (continued)

Beneficiaries

Children: By attending the Child Contact Centre, the children benefit from knowing that the parent they no longer live with still loves and cares for them despite the trauma of their parents' break up. There can often be a gap of weeks or months in contact when a child can experience bewilderment confusion, loss grief and upset. Research has shown that the loss of contact with a parent can have a big impact on them as teenagers and adults as they grapple with issues such as identity, rejection, genetic information, and extended family. CACCC allows the child's relationship with the contact parent to be restored in a safe place. This is a prerequisite for the emotional well-being of the child and has further impact on their ability to form healthy relationships and to succeed in education. If the centre did not exist these children risk losing their relationship with a parent for life and with that, the information they need that gives them a sense of belonging, essential for their well-being.

The contact parent benefits by having safe contact with their child and can build on this for the rest of the child's life. The contact parent has usually been in their child's life every day until the breakup and they have been a crucial part in each other's lives giving security, belonging, while meeting the child's needs. Suddenly there is no contact with a loved child which brings about a great sense of grief and loss. A gap in contact contributes to a parent feeling they are losing their child and the accompanying frustration and upset can have a huge impact on a parent's mental health. The contact parents benefit from the emotional support given by the co-ordinator and volunteers as they re-establish a relationship with their child often after a long break which could be up to 2 years. Pre visit interviews which involves educative works enables a parent to keep conflict away from the child and ensure the needs of their child comes first. Sensitivity and working at the child's pace are essential in building up trust. It is essential for this to happen if contact is to move securely outside the centre. CACCC receives regular thank you cards, and small gifts given in appreciation throughout the year.

The resident parent benefits by knowing their child is safe, and they are safe coming to and from the centre where trained volunteers can manage handovers, if required when there may have been domestic abuse or implacable hostility. Checks are also in place to ensure parents are not under the influence of alcohol or drugs so safe contact can take place. Resident parents are reassured that the child's emotional needs are met by having good quality time with the contact parent. Time at the CACCC allows parents time to rebuild trust with each other so that the child can benefit from the best possible relationship with both parents. Parents separating is a traumatic confusing and anxious time for children. By having regular contact with the contact parent even through this unsettled time the child is reassured that they are loved by both parents and in turn this helps them through this period of immense change. With support for both resident and contact parents who love their child, the aim is that trust can be rebuilt so the child can have easy positive contact with both parents progressing to normal arrangements in the community.

Other family members : CACCC supports children having contact with other family members or people such as grandparents, siblings, and other relatives where it is important to the child that contact is not lost, and this can happen in the centre when referred. As contact moves out of the centre other family members can be indirect beneficiaries as contact may open up to grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins when contact leaves the Centre positively.

Adoption, fostering and kinship placements :CACCC provides a safe neutral place where contact can take place between birth families and other caregivers. All children in care need to have the opportunity where possible to have some degree of contact with their birth family. This is monitored by Social Services where CACCC can be an important resource.

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COLERAINE AREA CHILD CONTACT CENTRE

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2025

Achievements and performance

The year started with 19 families on the register. Over the 12 months 27 new families were referred via courts, solicitors, Social Services and self-referrals and 30 new children attended the centre. 16 of these were court referred of referred by a solicitor, 3 were self-referrals and 8 were received from Social Services. Over 20 children were aged 5 and under, 8 ages 6 to 10 and 3 over 11yrs old accessed the service.

101 2hr sessions were provided in Coleraine on Saturdays and Tuesdays while Ballycastle provided 26 sessions throughout the year. In total there were 233 family weekly visits and 294 children’s visits took place throughout the year.

Referrals

There were 27 new referrals which was an increase from 23 the previous year. There was a waiting list until July’25. 23 families were discharged throughout the year and 21 moved on positively. 15 families were on the register at March’25 with no waiting list.

A breakdown of use of CACC in the year April 2024 – March 2025 of the children who attended the centre showed most of these children were the primary school age; however a small number of the children attended as a sibling who lives with the parent attending for contact. The statistics of those who attended the centre 2024-2025 are a follows :

Children : 0-5 years - 26 children 6-10 years - 15 children 11+ years - 6 children (total 48 children)

Others : 25 dads, 8 mums, 7 grandparents, 2 siblings

Referrals came from; Courts Solicitors 0 Social Services 8 Self-referrals 3

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COLERAINE AREA CHILD CONTACT CENTRE

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2025

Achievements and performance (continued)

Outcomes: Of the 45 families on the register through the year, 23 families were discharged and 21 of these moved on positively, 2 did not progress to community contact but other agencies were involved.

This is the ultimate purpose of CACCC as 48 children had the opportunity to develop, rebuild and progress their relationship with a parent, grandparent(s) and in some cases sibling(s). This evidence demonstrates that CACCC is fulfilling its public benefit as defined above.

Restrictions: CACCC facilitates and supports contact between a child and a parent or other significant adults. It does not supervise contact or accept referrals where allegations of have been made and are not investigated. CACCC does not accept referrals where there is substantive substance abuse, severe mental health, complex special needs, or non-compliance with the centre which when extreme can affect the quality of contact between the adult and the child. For this reason, a careful risk assessment is undertaken in every case. This may mean going back to the referrer for more information, doing skilful pre-visit interviews and assessing the capability of the centre in meeting the particular needs of each family. Where there are still some issues of concern or questions on how to manage a family within the centre the co-ordinator brings this to the Referral Committee for a final decision. These meetings have become more frequent as services for families are under pressure to provide more support with limited resources.

Harm. CACCC mitigates any harm that may arise flowing from its purposes by encouraging good communication from the beginning. Both parents are seen separately for a pre-visit interview with the child where appropriate. This includes explaining how the centre works and seeing round the centre. All parents sign a consent form which clearly explains the rules and obligations of those attending the centre. A consent form with explanations is also given to any other adult who may be bringing a child for contact, so they are aware of the ethos of the centre. A Monkey Survey is available on-line so users can express their views, although uptake has been poor. Contact for feedback is made for up to six months. Users are encouraged to speak to the co-ordinator about any issue that may arise and if appropriate an appointment is made. Good communication between the courts, solicitors, social workers and any other referrers, with the co-ordinator is essential to mitigate harm so there are no misunderstandings which can be fraught when relationships between parents have broken down.

A safe child friendly neutral bright clean environment complying with Health and Safety requirements and reviewed regularly mitigates harm. A robust Child Protection Policy is in place along with a Safeguarding Policy.

A complaint procedure is in place. During the past year there were 2 complaints which were resolved satisfactorily and 57 commendations.

An accident / incident book is kept updated and both parents informed should any incident or accident arise, and they are asked to sign. There were no serious accidents. There were 4 incidents which were reported and managed appropriately.

All policies and procedures are updated each year. They are in line with and meet the requirements of accreditation with the Northern Ireland Network of Child Contact Centres.

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COLERAINE AREA CHILD CONTACT CENTRE

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2025

Achievements and performance (continued)

Volunteers

At the end of April 2024 coinciding when the co-ordinator was off work the pool of volunteers had diminished and several either resigned or were not available. After a recruitment drive 15 new volunteers came on board and were trained. 12 new referrals were made during this time. The trustees put a contingency plan in place to enable the service to be delivered. During the year 43 volunteers contributed in a number of ways to CACCC accruing well over 1000 hours of service.

The Management Committee consisting of 7 members (1 resigned during the year) met bi-monthly to oversee and support the operations of the centre.

At a directors’ meeting held on 28th November 2024, a fourth director / trustee was appointed by the Management Committee members, who meet to oversee all trustee related business. A trustee attends the Northern Ireland Network meetings who steer the direction and betterment of contact services for children across Northern Ireland.

The service could not operate without the dedication, commitment of volunteers who get alongside anxious contact parents and support them in making the most of the time they have with their child. Volunteers create a safe accepting and calm environment when contact issues have been so contentious and is the bedrock on which parents can gain confidence and grow in their relationship with their child. Volunteers also create an environment where the resident parent can have confidence in the service to enable the child to have the freedom they need to cultivate a relationship with the other parent.

Ongoing training, support and volunteer events are essential for the retention of volunteers. Updating safeguarding training happens regularly usually after a session. The skills, commitment and time of our amazing volunteers is for the public benefit and the well-being of all users especially in meeting the needs of children who attend.

Indirect benefit

CACCC not only provides a service to the public, it indirectly benefits the Family Court by providing a much needed resource. The only alternative without the centre in the past would have been to arrange contact at somewhere like McDonalds where parents would do their own handovers with no support. There was no way of ensuring consistency or a calm environment that meet the children's needs and these arrangements would often break down.

CACCC also indirectly benefits Social Services by providing a safe neutral space where contact is ready to move out of supervised contact into a less controlled environment with a plan to continue to move positively into the community. There may be children in foster care, adopted or subject of a Residence Order where a planned short term facilitated contact is appropriate. There may also be children where Social Services are involved when CACCC service is part of the care plan.

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COLERAINE AREA CHILD CONTACT CENTRE

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2025

Achievements and performance (continued)

Incidental Benefit. CACCC buys in the services of a skilled qualified family mediator as a co-ordinator who had several years’ experience as a volunteer. The services of 2 deputy co-ordinators are bought in at a reasonable rate so that all the required standards as an accredited body are in place. One deputy co-ordinator covers Tuesday sessions and the other covers Ballycastle. This requires complex skills in administration, keeping statistics, recruiting, training, and supporting volunteers as well as using counselling and mediation skills to provide the best support and service to all families experiencing breakdown while attending CACCC. The wellbeing of children is paramount in line with legislation of the Children NI Order 1995. Safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults is an essential requirement at every session. CACCC relies on skilled trained and competent personnel to fulfil the purpose of CACCC.

Accidental benefit can happen as volunteers develop skills in working with children and separated families, understand the importance of contact for a child while being aware of the impact separation and divorce has on children. This is beneficial for their CV's when applying for social care posts including social work courses but incidental to the purpose of CACCC. Volunteers also learn to work as a team. Social events, ongoing training and teamwork increases the skills they use with parents and children in the centre which are transferable skills in other settings.

Public Benefit. The public benefit to children from separating families flow from the purpose of CACCC which is to provide a safe place where important relationships with a non-resident parent or significant family member are nurtured. This can be demonstrated by the statistic that over 90% of discharges this year resulted in children having an ongoing relationship with a parent or family member when they left the centre. Without the work of the centre there was a high risk of contact being lost altogether. Children can only benefit when every effort is made by the centre, who work in partnership with the courts, Social Services, and parents, to enable them to have the best possible relationship with both parents and other family members where there has been breakdown. While the public benefit is mainly for children it is also for parents and those who come for contact. The public benefit for the contact parent or significant people coming for contact receive emotional support from volunteers who are trained, warm and welcoming, model play, suggest age-appropriate toys and find innovative ways in enabling a parent or family member coming for contact to connect with the child. The public benefit for the resident parent is in supporting them as they may have anxieties particularly where there has been domestic abuse and experience lack of trust in the person coming for contact. Volunteers ensure it is safe for all attending the centre and provide an environment where trust can grow and develop over time to the point where contact can take place safely outside the centre. The goal of public benefit is when parents and children feel secure enough so that safe long term contact arrangements can be made outside the centre, and the services of the centre are no longer required.

The Community is aware there is a facility that supports separated families where children can have safe contact with a parent or family member through occasional articles in the local press, website, and collaboration with other voluntary organisations. The website is being updated so the public can get easy access to information and contact the centre. This is a public benefit. CACCC is an accredited by the Network of Northern Ireland Child Contact Centres. Plans are being put in place to update a DVD and ensure the website is streamlined so people can access the service more easily and referral forms with the protocol are standardised across the network. This will enhance access to the service for all potential users and referral agencies.

Charity Constitution. CACCC is a Company Limited by Guarantee. CACCC has its own constitution and is accredited by and is a member of NINCCC. The Contract between CACCC with the Northern Trust was renewed for a further year to March 2026. The Charity has all required insurances in place and has a policy with the Methodist Insurance Company.

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Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2025

Financial review

The main source of funding has been from the Northern Trust with a grant of £41915 which includes an uplift.

Total income was £42415 including a £500 gift from Coleraine Football Club. Total expenditure was £32650. There was a surplus of £9765. There are residual funds of £72412 on 31st March'25. This is in line with the Finance Policy to aim to have a reserve of one year's expenditure. The new Finance Management Policy put in place by our Treasurer in 2024 continues to work well.

A number of factors have positively contributed to the residual balance including the uplift from the Trust following COVID and increases to cover increased costs of buying in services. The co-ordinator was off sick for 4 months and trustees covered the work but did not claim the same hours as the regular coordinator.

While this reserve appears healthy, CACCC is aware that the financial obligations continue to increase as costs rise; for example the use of premises, insurance and registration costs. The Management Committee has a responsibility to review staffing needs, equipment and premises to ensure the high standards of the service are maintained which will require further financial investment.

Summary.

CACCC has continued to meet the public benefit requirement by providing a safe neutral place for children to have contact with a non-resident parent or other significant adult in 2024-2025. This report demonstrates the continuing work of CACCC which flows from its purpose for the public benefit for the year April'24 to March '25 for the children of separated families, who now have ongoing positive relationships, vital for their wellbeing, in a more normal setting in the community.

Small company provisions

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.

The trustees' annual report was approved on 28 November 2025 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:

Mrs Davies Trustee

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COLERAINE AREA CHILD CONTACT CENTRE

Company Limited by Guarantee

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of COLERAINE AREA CHILD CONTACT CENTRE

Year ended 31 March 2025

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of COLERAINE AREA CHILD CONTACT CENTRE ('the charity') for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (the ‘2008 Act’) and the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’). You are satisfied that the accounts of the company are not required by charity or company law to be audited and have chosen instead to have an independent examination.

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements as carried out under section 65 of the 2008 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed the general Directions given by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland under section 65(9)(b) of the 2008 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with my examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

2. the financial statements do not accord with those records; or

3. the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or

4. the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

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Company Limited by Guarantee

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of COLERAINE AREA CHILD CONTACT CENTRE (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2025

I confirm that there are no other matters to which your attention should be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Paul A Taylor & Co Independent Examiner

Unit 4 12 Spittal Hill Bushmills Road Coleraine BT52 2BY

28 November 2025

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COLERAINE AREA CHILD CONTACT CENTRE

Company Limited by Guarantee

Statement of Financial Activities (including income and expenditure account)

Year ended 31 March 2025

		2025		2024
		Unrestricted
		fundsTotal funds		Total funds
	Note	£	£	£
Income and endowments
Donations and legacies	5	500	500	862
Charitable activities	6	41,915	41,915	38,541
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Total income		42,415	42,415	39,403
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Expenditure
Expenditure on charitable activities	7,8	32,650	32,650	25,738
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Total expenditure		32,650	32,650	25,738
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Net income and net movement in funds		9,765	9,765	13,665
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Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward		62,647	62,647	48,982
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Total funds carried forward		72,412	72,412	62,647
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The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The notes on pages 13 to 18 form part of these financial statements.

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COLERAINE AREA CHILD CONTACT CENTRE

Company Limited by Guarantee

Statement of Financial Position

31 March 2025

		2025	2024
	Note	£	£
Current assets
Debtors	13	424	369
Cash at bank and in hand		73,355	63,520
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		73,779	63,889
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year	14	1,367	1,242
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Net current assets		72,412	62,647
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Total assets less current liabilities		72,412	62,647
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Funds of the charity
Unrestricted funds		72,412	62,647
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Total charity funds	15	72,412 ════════	62,647 ════════

For the year ending 31 March 2025 the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

• The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476;

• The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.

These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 28 November 2025, and are signed on behalf of the board by:

Mrs Davies Trustee

The notes on pages 13 to 18 form part of these financial statements.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Year ended 31 March 2025

1. General information

The charity is a public benefit entity and a private company limited by guarantee, registered in Northern Ireland and a registered charity in Northern Ireland. The address of the registered office is 9 Culdaff Road, Portstewart, BT55 7DP, NI.

2. Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Companies Act 2006.

3. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income or expenditure.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.

Going concern

There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

There are no key assumptions and other sources of estimation uncertainty that would have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's purposes.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular future project or commitment.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal, and fall into one of two sub-classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2025

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

• income from donations or grants is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement to the gift, receipt is probable and its amount can be measured reliably.

• legacy income is recognised when receipt is probable and entitlement is established.

• income from donated goods is measured at the fair value of the goods unless this is impractical to measure reliably, in which case the value is derived from the cost to the donor or the estimated resale value. Donated facilities and services are recognised in the accounts when received if the value can be reliably measured. No amounts are included for the contribution of general volunteers.

• income from contracts for the supply of services is recognised with the delivery of the contracted service. This is classified as unrestricted funds unless there is a contractual requirement for it to be spent on a particular purpose and returned if unspent, in which case it may be regarded as restricted.

Resources expended

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:

• expenditure on raising funds includes the costs of all fundraising activities, events, noncharitable trading activities, and the sale of donated goods.

• expenditure on charitable activities includes all costs incurred by a charity in undertaking activities that further its charitable aims for the benefit of its beneficiaries, including those support costs and costs relating to the governance of the charity apportioned to charitable activities.

• other expenditure includes all expenditure that is neither related to raising funds for the charity nor part of its expenditure on charitable activities.

All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.

Financial instruments

A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the charity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2025

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Financial instruments (continued)

Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the amount receivable or payable including any related transaction costs.

Current assets and current liabilities are subsequently measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received and not discounted.

Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost.

Where investments in shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably, the investment is subsequently measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognised in income and expenditure. All other such investments are subsequently measured at cost less impairment.

Other financial instruments, including derivatives, are initially recognised at fair value, unless payment for an asset is deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate, in which case the asset is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

Other financial instruments are subsequently measured at fair value, with any changes recognised in the statement of financial activities, with the exception of hedging instruments in a designated hedging relationship.

Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised under the appropriate heading in the statement of financial activities in which the initial gain was recognised.

For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets are either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics.

Any reversals of impairment are recognised immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised.

4. Limited by guarantee

The company is limited by guarantee and therefore does not have a share capital.

5. Donations and legacies

	Unrestricted	Total Funds	Unrestricted	Total Funds
	Funds	2025	Funds	2024
	£	£	£	£
Donations
Donations	500	500	862	862
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COLERAINE AREA CHILD CONTACT CENTRE

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2025

6. Charitable activities

	Unrestricted	Total Funds	Unrestricted	Total Funds
	Funds	2025	Funds	2024
	£	£	£	£
Grants receivable	41,915	41,915	38,541	38,541
	════════	════════	════════	════════

7. Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type

	Unrestricted	Total Funds	Unrestricted	Total Funds
	Funds	2025	Funds	2024
	£	£	£	£
Coleraine Child Contact Centre	28,699	28,699	22,599	22,599
Support costs	3,951	3,951	3,139	3,139
	────────	────────	────────	────────
	32,650	32,650	25,738	25,738
	════════	════════	════════	════════

8. Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type

	Activities
	undertaken		Total funds	Total fund
	directly Support costs		2025	2024
	£	£	£	£
Coleraine Child Contact Centre	28,699	2,506	31,205	24,480
Governance costs	–	1,445	1,445	1,258
	────────	───────	────────	────────
	28,699	3,951	32,650	25,738
	════════	═══════	════════	════════

9. Analysis of support costs

	Analysis of
	support costs
	Coleraine
	Contact
	Centre	Total 2025	Total 2024
	£	£	£
General office	2,506	2,506	1,881
Governance costs	1,446	1,446	1,258
	───────	───────	───────
	3,952	3,952	3,139
	═══════	═══════	═══════
Independent examination fees
		2025	2024
		£	£
Fees payable to the independent examiner for:
Independent examination of the financial statements		1,446	1,200
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10. Independent examination fees

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COLERAINE AREA CHILD CONTACT CENTRE

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2025

11. Contracted services costs

The total cost of contracted services for the reporting period are analysed as follows:

	2025	2024
	£	£
Co-ordinator and deputies	24,107	19,919
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12. Trustee remuneration and expenses

• The cost of contracted services above includes £2838 paid to Mrs S McPhillimy and £726 paid to Mrs H Davies, to act as co-ordinator during a period of illness of the regular co-ordinator. Their roles as trustee during this period were separate and voluntary.

13. Debtors

	2025	2024
	£	£
Prepayments and accrued income	424	369
	════	════
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
	2025	2024
	£	£
Trade creditors	1,367	1,242
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14. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

15. Analysis of charitable funds

Unrestricted funds

Unrestricted funds
					At
		At		31	March 202
	1	April 2024	Income	Expenditure	5
		£	£	£	£
General funds		62,647	42,415	(32,650)	72,412
		════════	════════	════════	════════

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COLERAINE AREA CHILD CONTACT CENTRE

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2025

16. Analysis of net assets between funds

	Unrestricted	Total Funds	Total Funds
	Funds	2025	2024
	£	£	£
Current assets	73,780	73,780	63,889
Creditors less than 1 year	(1,368)	(1,368)	(1,242)
	────────	────────	────────
Net assets	72,412	72,412	62,647
	════════	════════	════════

17. Financial instruments

The carrying amount for each category of financial instrument is as follows:

	2025	2024
	£	£
Financial assets that are debt instruments measured at amortised	cost
Financial assets that are debt instruments measured at amortised
cost	73,356	63,520
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Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost
Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost	1,368	1,242
	═══════	═══════

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