## **Ardstraw Area Women’s Group** 

## **Statement of Receipts and Payments** 

## **for year ended 31 March 2025** 

|**Ardstraw Area Women's Group**|**Charity No:**|**103786**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025**||||
||**Unrestricted**|||
||**Funds**|**Restricted Funds**|**Total 2025**|
|**Receipts**||||
|PHA Clear Funding||553.2|553.2|
|Hon Irish Grant||700|700|
|DCSDC Reasability Study|||0|
|Cash Deposits - Workshops|1106||1106|
|Fundraising|||0|
|Membership|240||240|
|Feasbility Study||2338|2338|
|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|1346|3591.2|4937.2|
|**Payments**||||
|Workshop materials||423.57|423.57|
|Facilitator Fees for workshops||600|600|
|Veue Hire||100|100|
|Coach Hire||1300|1300|
|Public Liability Insurance|212||212|
|Catering||222.05|222.05|
|Volunteer Expenses|394.47|471.52|865.99|
|Stationary|||0|
|Trips/Outings||2720.5|2720.5|
|Eaislink Membership|20||20|
|Equipment|480|789.99|1269.99|
|**TOTAL PAYMENTS**|1106.47|6627.63|7734.1|
|**NET RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS**|239.53|-3036.43|-2796.9|
|Add: Opening bank and & cash balance|4059.26|7258.91|11318.17|
|Closing bank and cash balance|4298.79|4222.48|8521.27|



The accounts have been approved by the committee on __3rd July 2025_    and signed on its behalf by: 



## **Ardstraw Area Women’s Group** 

## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities** 

## **for year ended 31 March 2025** 

## **Ardstraw Area Women's Group Charity No: 103786 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024** 

|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Endownment**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**|**Details**|**Funds**|**Funds**|**Funds**|**Funds**|
|**Cash Funds**|Current account|4298.79|4222.48||8521.27|
||**TOTAL CASH**|||||
||**FUNDS**|4298.79|4222.48|4222.48|8521.27|
|**Assests (unrestricted)**|Equipment|||||
||**TOTAL ASSETS**|0||||



## **No Liabilities** 

The accounts have been approved by the committee on __26th June 2024_    and signed on its behalf by: 

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## **Ardstraw Area Women’s Group** 

## **Notes to the financial Statements** 

## **for year ended 31 March 2025** 

## **1. Accounting Policies** 

## **1.1 Accounting convention** 

The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention and are prepared in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective January 2015) and follow the recommendations in Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (issued March 2005). 

The charity has taken advantage of the exemption in FRS1 from the requirement to produce a cashflow statement because it is a small charity. 

## **1.2 Incoming resources** 

Income from donations, membership and grants is included in incoming resources when these are received. 

When donors specify that donations and grants are for a particular restricted purpose, which do not amount to pre conditions regarding entitlement, this income is included in incoming resources of restricted funds when received. 

## **1.3 Interest receivable** 

Interest is included on  a receivables basis by the charity. 

## **1.4 Resources expended** 

Resources expended are included in the Statement of Receipts and Payments on a payables basis. 

## **1.5 Fund accounting** 

Unrestricted funds relate to general funds which are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity and which have not been designated for other purposes. 

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by funders/donors or which have been raised by the charity for particular purposes. The cost of raising and administering such funds are charges against the specific fund. 

## **1.6 Taxation** 

The group is not registered for taxation purposes and there has been no tax charges arisen for the group for the year ended 31 March 2025. 

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## **2. Fundraising** 

The charity has raised funds through donations from ladies for workshops of £1106, and membership fees of £240. 

## **3. Grant Income** 

The charity was awarded £553.20 funding from PHA Clear funding towards workshops, activities and running costs and this was the final payment. £700 from The Honourable Irish Society for sewing machines.  We received final payment of £2338 for the completion of a feasibility study in collaboration with Ardstraw Community Playgroup in relation to the need for a community venue in Ardstraw.  . 

## **4. Trustees emoluments** 

The trustees neither received nor waived any emolument during the year. 

## **5. Financial commitments** 

The charity has no financial commitments at present. 

## **6. Transaction with trustees** 

The trustees attend meetings and carry out the business of the charity on a voluntary basis. Travel expenses are paid to Trustees who carry out the business of the charity, at the standard rate provided by HM Revenue & Customs, on receipt of a properly approved travel claim. 

## **7. Charity Commission for Northern Ireland** 

Ardstraw Area Women’s Group is a registered charity with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland since 4 January 2016 under registration number 103786. 

## **8. Going concern** 

In common with all community groups in Northern Ireland, the group continues to experience difficulties in securing long term funding.  However, in view of the grants awarded and with volunteer support, the trustees are confident that the group can continue its activities and are therefore satisfied that it is appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared on the going concern basis. 

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