Charity Number: NIC103554 XR30993 Crcggan Noighbourhood Partnorship Accounts for thc yoar endod 31 Mar¢b 2025 Creggan Neighbourhood Partnership Information Accountants McGroarty Mccafferty & Company Ltd Accountants & Consultants 2 Carlisle Terrace Derry BT48 6JX Business thddress Central Drive Creggan Deny BT48 9QG Bydnkers AIB (NI) Meadowbank Derry BT48 7TN Charity Number NIC103554 XR30993 Trustecs Tony O, Doherty Conal Mc Feely Gerry Quinn Pat Con¢annon Peter Nixon Sharon Doherty Ami¢ Gallagher Chairperson Vice Chairperson Treasurer Creggan Neighbourhood Partnership Contents Page Members, report Independent examinerfs report Siatement of financial activities Balance sheet Notes lo the accounts 7-10 Creggan Neighbourhood Partnership Member's Report Tlie meinbers pres¢nt their r¢port and the financial statements for the year ended 31 Mar¢h 2025. Obj¢ctiv¢s and activities Creggan Nciglibourliood Partnership is a community organisation set up in an area identified as a Neighbourl)ood Renewal aild regeiieration area. Creggan Neighbourhood Partnership was established in 1995 to provide direct services to both the residents and tlie groups within the Creggan area. It obtained charity status on 1st February 2016. Its aims are to build the capacity of community organisations in the Creggan area aiid to work to counteract deprivation and disadvantage and weak community infrastructure through the proinotion of social and economic regeneralion aiid ¢oininunity development. CNP works in partnership with the coinmunityy private and staluiory organisations and service providers to deliver resources and initiatives to iinprove tlie quality of life for resideiils. CNP also deliver a nuinber of programmes and projects aimed at building the skills, employment, and capacity of residents and run programmes aimed at marginalised youth to build tlieir capacity and promote relations between older residents. Its focus is also on building a strong and vibrant self supporting community. CNP run capacity building programmes for residents including, IT, esseiitial skills, personal development courses, peace and reconciliation training? capacity building among young people and relationship building witliin the community between young people and older residents. The Creggan area lias been identified as an area ofmulti disadvantage. It ranks in the top IOO/o multi-disadvantage Super Output areas by tlie Northern Ireland, Multiple Deprivation Measure. Contained within the Multiple Deprivation Measure tlie SOAS rank high for Economic Deprivation. Education and Skills. Employment and l-lealth. Members and their interests Tlie Ineiiibers of tlie charity for the purposes of charity law and throughout this report are collectively r¢f¢rr¢d to as tlie members. Tlie members serving duriiig the period and since tlie period end were as follows: Tony O'Dohety Conal McFeely Gerry Quinn Pat Concannon Peter Nixon Sharon Dohety Amie Gallaglier (Chairperson) (Vice chairperson) (Treasurer) Public benefits Purpose l Advancing education. The direct benefit which flows from this purpose is a more educated, skilled and qualified Cominunity, and a more infornled and capable community and voluntary sector. The benefits are evidenced tlirough official goverment statistics, feedback from beneficiaries, feedback from individual service users, qualification statistics, local surveys and a regular evaluation of our 5¢rvic¢s. There is no harni flowing from this purpose. The beneficiaries of this purpose are local residents of all ages living in tlie Creggan area and cominunity and voluntary groups based locally. A private benefit to staff arises from tlieir direct einployiiient to Iielp deliver this purpose however this is necessary to ensure the benefit is provided lo our beneficiaries. Every effort is made to eiisure the poor are not excluded from programmes because of cost tlirougli applying for funding to run ilie prograinmes. Wliere fees are charged to beneficiaries these fees are for exain costs or registration costs only, are kept to an absolute minimum, are heavily subsidised and are only charged where programmes are not fully funded. Page I Creggan Neighbourhood Partnership Member's Report Continued... Purpose 2 Relieving poverty. The direct benefit which flows from this purpose is a r¢duction in the impact of pov¢rty on p¢ople's quality of lif¢, th¢ pr¢vention of poverty and physical, social, community and econoinic improvements within the Creggan area. These benefits are evidenc¢d through official government statistics, feedback from beneficiaries, new community and social physical infrastructure within the Creggan area, local surveys and a regular evaluation of our services. There is no ham] flowing from this purpose. The beneficiaries of tliis purpose are local residents, community and voluntary groups based locally. A private benefit to staff arises from tlieir direct einployment to help deliver this purpose however tliis is necessary to eiisure the benetit 15 provided to our beiiefi¢iaries. Every effort is made to ensure the poor are not excluded from using services because of cost tlirough applying for funding to cover these costs. Where fees are ¢liarged to beiieficiaries tliese, are kept to an absolute minimum, are heavily subsidised and are only charged where pro&Frammes are iiot fully fLinded. Purpose 3 Providing facilities in the interests of social welfare, for recreation or other lei5ure-time occupation with the object of iinproving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants Th¢ direct benefit wliich flows from tliis purpose is iinproved community life, new Community infrastructure developed and maiiitained and a existing community and voluntary sector groups are developed and maintained so that they can be used by Ilie local coinmunity to ensure a vibrant, purposeful community. These benefits are evidenced through official regular feedback froin residents, service users and beneficiaries, regular feedback from coiniiiiinily aiid voluiitary sector groups ivitliin tlie Creggan area, local surveys and a regular evaluation of our services. There is no harm floiving from this purpose. The beneficiaries of this purpose are local residents, cominiinity and voluntary groups based locally. A private benefit to staff may arise from their direct employment to help deliver this purpose however this is necessary to ensure the benefit is provided to our beneficiaries. Every effort is inade to ensure Ihe poor are not excluded from using services because of cost tlirougli applying for funding to cover tliese costs. Groups are expected to pay a small community fee for use of faciliti¢s to ¢over ruiining costs however this is on a case by case basis and where groups cannot pay th¢ fee5 are waived. Where fees are charged, these are kept to an absolute minimum, are heavily subsidised and are oiily cliarged where programmes are not fully funded. Risk Managenient Tlie members have assessed the major risks to which tlie organisation is exposed, in particular tliose related to the operatioiis and finances of the association, and are satisfied that Systems are in place to mitigate the eNposure to tlie Inajor risks. FlnAncial review The financial pcrfonnance is summarised in the enclosed accounts. Page 2 Creggan Neighbourliood rtnership M¢Tnbc'r's Rcport Conliiiued... Metnbers Responsibilities In Relatiun To The Financial Statements I'he menibLrs lire re%prJn%ible tc)r preparing the unnuiil report Liiid the finaiicial statements in iicci)rd