HOLYWOOD STEINER SCHOOL LIMtTED Report of the Trustees FOR THE YEI AR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023 Registered Charity number 103712 Registered office 34 Croft Road 14olywood Co. Down BT18 OPR Trustees Ms Eslhei. Haller Clarke - Dii'ector {resigned 2315r2023) Ms Caroline Mary Ball - Filim Producer (resigned 211512024) Dr Lisa Siinpson {appointed 211512024) Mr Garret O'Fachtna (appointed 211512024) Mr Paul McTernan - Town Planner (resigned 231512023) Mr Gerry Wai'wick- Accounlant (i'esigned 211512023) Mi. Gareth Dalz¢ll - Cotnpany Dii'ector (resigned 2315r2023) Mi's Mary Roulston - Relii'ed Teacher (rcsigned 2 11512024) Ms Jenny Holland (appointed 211512024) Mr Michael Denny (appointed 311112023) Ms A5hliiig Cyray (appointed 1811 n024) Ms Doininique Mcgari'y (appointed 1113r2024) Mi. Darren Moffett- Mai'k¢ling Director (appointed 291512023) (resigned 291512024) Mr Chris Preston - Coinpany Direclor (appointed 291512023) (resigned 2115r2024) Ms Aoife Ciinninghain (appointed 211512024) Ms Stephanie Jones - Secr¢l8iy (resigned 2315ll023) Auditors M.B.McGrady & Co Cliai-lei'ed Accoiintants Statutory Auditors Suite 2B Cadogan House 322 Lisburn Road Belfast Co, Antrim BT9 6GH Bankers Bank of Ireland l Donegall Square South Belfast BTI 5LR AUDITORS The aiidÈtoi's, M.B.McGrady & Co. will be proposed for re-appointtnent at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. Report of the trustees, incorporating a 5trdtetFic report. approved by order of the board of Érustees, as the coinpany clors, on 28 Aiigust 2024 and signed on the board's b¢half by: Gaiitt O'F htna-T Iste
HOLYWOOD STEINER SCHOOL LIMITED Statement of Trustees, Responsibilities FOR THE YEAR ENDEI D 31 AUGiiST 2023 The trustees (who are also the direclors of Holywood Steiner School Limited for the purposes of company law) are responsible for pi'eparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial stateinenls in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Geiierally Accepted Accounting Practice). Coimpany law i'equires the trustees to prepare financial stateinents for each fiiiancial year which give a tt'ue and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable con)pany and of Ihe incoining iesoui'ces and application of resource5, Èncluding the incoine and expenditure, of Ihe charitable company for ihat period, In prepai'ing those financial statements. the trustees are reqliired to select suitable accounting polici¢s and then apply them consistently. observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP. Inak¢ judg¢inents and estimates Ihat are reasonable and prudent- prepai'e the financial slaleinenls on the going concern basis Unless it is inappropriate to pitsume that the charitable coinpany will continue in business. The Ii'ustees are i'esponsible for keeping proper accoiinting records which disclose with reasonable accui'acy al any tiine the financial position of the chai'itable company and to enable Ihein to ensure Ihat the financial staleinents coinply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguai'ding the assels of the charilable coinpany and hence for takiiig reasonable sieps for the pi'evention and deteciion of fraud and oilier irregiilarlties. In so fai. as the ti'ustees are aware: there is no Irlevant audit information of which ihe charitable company's auditors are unaware; and tlie li'ustees have taken all steps that Ihey ought to have laken lo make themselves aware of any relevant aiidit infoi'inalion and io establish that the aiidilors are awaro of Ihat information.
Repoi't of the Independent Auditors lo the Trustees aiid Menibers or Holyivood Steiner School Limited Opinion We have audited the financial stateinenls of Holywood Steiner School Liinited (the 'charitable coinpany,) loi. the year ended 31 August2023 which comprise the Siatemenl of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet. the Cash Flow Slateinent and notes lo the financial stateinents, including a suiiiinaiy of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting fi'amework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law arnd United Ktngdom Accounting Standai'ds (UnÈted Kinttdom Generally Accepted Accoiinting Practice). In oui. opinion the fEnancial statements: give a true and fair view of the state of the charilable coinpany's affairs as al J l August 2023 and of its incoining resources and application of resources, including ils incoliie and expenditure, for the year then ended,. have been properly prepared in accordance with Uniied Kingdoin Generally Accepted Accounting Pi'actice. and Iiave been prepared in accordance with the requireinenls of Ihe Companie5 Act 2006. Basis for opinion We conducted our audit in accordance with liiternational Standards oil Auditing (UK) (ISAS (IJK)) aiid applicable law. Our i'esponsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors, respoiisibilities foi. the audit of the financial statements s¢¢tion of our itporl. We are independent of the cl)aritable company in accoi'dance with the ethical requii'einents that are I'elevant to our audit of the fiiiancial slateinents iii the UK, incliiding the FRC'S Ethical Standard, and we have fi]Ifilled our other ethical responsibilities in accoi'dance with these requirements. We beli¢v¢ that the audit evidence we have obtained 15 sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for oui. opinion. Conclusions rclating to going coiicern In auditing the financial slatemenls. we have concluded that the truste¢s' use of the going concern basis of accouiiting in the pi'epai'ation of the financial statements is appi'opi'idte. Based on the wot'k we have pei'formed, ive have not identified any Inaterial uncertaintics relatii)g to events or conditions that, individually or ¢olleclively, Inay cast significant doubt on the charitable coinpany's ability to continlie as a going concei'n foi. a period of at least twelve months froi)I when the financial statements are authorised for issue. Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the tnisle¢s with respect to going concern are desci'ibed in the relevant sections of this i'epoit. Othei. inforniatioii The Ii'uslees al'e responsible for the othei. inforinatioii. The otliei. inforniation coiiiprises Ihc infonnation iiicliided in the Annual Report, other than the financial slaleii)ents and our Report of the Independcnt Auditoi's thereon. Oui. opinion on the financial stateinenls does not cover the other inforination and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any fonn of assui'ance conclusion thereon. In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibiltty 15 to read the other infoi'ination and, in doing so. consider whether thc other infonnalion is Inaterially inconsistent with the financial stateinents oi. oily knowledge obtained in the aiidit 01- oth¢rwise appears to be materially iiiisslated. If we identify such Inaterial inconsistencies or apparent Inatei'ial misstatements, we are required lo deterniine whelhei. tliis giv¢5 rise to a material inisstateinent in the fiiiancial statetnents themselves. If, based on the work we have pei'forined. we conclude that there is a materia5 mis5tateinent of thL5 Other inforination, we are required to report tliat fact. We have nothing to report in this regard, Opinioiis on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 In our opinioii, based on the ivork undertaken in the course of the audit: the information given in the Report of the Trustees for the financial year for which the fmaI)cial statem¢nts al'e prepared is consistent with the financial statements. and the Report of the Truslees has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. The coinparatÈve f(Llre5 for the Charity for the year ended 31 August 2022 are unaudited. io
Repoyt of the Independent Auditors to the Trustees and Members of Holyiyood Steiner School Limited Matter5 on which Ive are required to report by exception In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the chai'itable coinpany aiid its environtnent obtained in the course of the audit, w¢ have not identified material InissialeJnents in the Report of the Trustees. We have nothing to report in respect of th¢ following matters where the Coinpanies Act 2006 requires us to i-eport to you if, in oiir opinion.. adequate accounting records have not been kept or returns adequate for oiir audit have not been received fi'oin bl'anches not visited by us. or the financial stateinents are not in agreeinent with Ihe accounting records and rethms; or certain disclosures of trustees. remuneration specified by law are not made; or we have not received all the information and explanations we reqiiire for our audit. or the trLlStees were not entitled to take advantage of the simall coinpanies exemption from the requirement to prepai'e a Sti'ategic Repot't or in preparing ihe R¢port of the Trustees. Re5poiisibilitics of trustees A5 explained Inot'e fLilly in the Statement of Trustees, Responsibilities, the trLlStees (who are also the directoi-s of the chai'ilabl¢ company for the piirposes of company law) are Te5ponsible for the preparalion of the financial slatemenls and foi- being satisfied that ihey give a true and lair view. and for such int¢mal control as lh¢ trustees detei'mine is nercssaiy to enable the preparation of financial staleinenls Ihat are free from inatei'ial misstateinent, whether due to fraiid or error. In pi'eparing the financial slalements. the trustees are responsible foy assessing the charitable ¢oinpany's ability to Continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, Inatters related to going concern and using the going concei basis of accoiinting unless the ti'us¢ees eiiher intend to liquidate the charitable coinpany oi. to cease operations, oi. liave no i'ealistic altei'naliv¢ but io do so.