**Trustees’ annual report for the period**
**From: 1 April 2023 to: 31 March 2024**
## **Charity name: Ballymaguigan Community Development Association**
## **Charity registration number: NIC 103659**
## **Objectives and activities**
|**Objectives and activities**||
|---|---|
|||
|Summary of the purposes of the
charity as set out in its
governing document|The Association was established for charitable objects and
purposes only. In particular the Association was established to
promote the benefits of the inhabitants of Ballymaguigan without
distinction of age, gender, race, political, religious or other
opinion
by
association
with
statutory
bodies,
voluntary
organisation, institutions, business and inhabitants in a common
effort to alleviate poverty and disadvantage, advance education,
promote social inclusion and to provide facilities in the interests
of social welfare for health, recreation and leisure-time
occupation, with the object of improving conditions of life for the
inhabitants; and to promote all or any objects for the benefits of
the community which now or hereafter may be deemed by law to
be charitable.|
|Summary of the main activities
in relation to those purposes for
the public benefit, in particular,
the activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|The Association had been dormant for several years before
electing a new committee in January 2020.
Since then, the Association has focused its activity on the
management and maintenance of the Moyola Riverside Walk
which proved to be highly valuable to the local community during
the COVID-19 pandemic, and continues to provide a place for
people of all ages to exercise and interact safely.
The most significant activity in the year 2023/24 was the transfer
of ownership of the lands comprising Moyola Riverside Walk
from the Ulster Wildlife Trust (UWT) to the Association for a
nominal sum. UWT had indicated that they no longer wished to
continue as owners of the Reserve and the Association
negotiated the transfer to secure its ongoing access for the
public benefit.
This has required the Association to take on landowner
responsibilities, in particular the purchase of relevant insurance
for the Walkway and environs.
As a consequence, the Association successfully sought financial
support from local businesses in the form of sponsorship for the
first time, as well as continuing to secure grant aid from the local
council.|
|Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard to
the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|The Trustees confirm that they have complied with their duty to
have regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public
benefit.|
## **Financial review**
|**Financial review**||
|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s financial
position at the end of the period|During the year the Association successfully secured £700 from
Mid Ulster District Council towards the design, fabrication and
erection of signage; materials for maintenance of fishing platforms
and the riverside path and the Association’s running costs.
The Association also secured £1,900 in sponsorship from local
businesses since taking ownership of the Walkway.
At 31 March 2024, the Association currently has a small cash
reserve and no debt.|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|None|
|Explanation of any uncertainties
about the charity continuing as a
going concern|None|
## **Structure, governance and management**
|Type of governing document:|
Constitution|
|---|---|
|How is the charity
constituted?|Unincorporated association|
|Trustee selection methods:|The current trustees volunteered to become trustees.|
## **Reference and administrative details**
|Charity name|Ballymaguigan Community Development Association|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|None|
|Registered charity number|NIC 103659|
|Charity’s principal address|243 Shore Road
Ballymaguigan
Magherafelt
BT45 6LH|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Christina Close|None|Deceased 17/11/2023|None|
|Eamon Close|None|Appointed 05/12/2023|None|
|Cathal Doyle|None||None|
|Sean Bradley|None||None|
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees by**
_Cathal Doyle_
22 January 2025