Regiyfered ftumbtr. N1039213 Nl Chirlty NIC 1113839 St John Amblllance (ND (Company Limited by Guarantee) Annual Report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 St John Ambulance (Nl) Annual Report and finan¢ial statements for the yur ended 31 December 2020 Pages Reference and administrative details of the Charity. TTUSte¢s and Advisers Tmstees, rew)rt 2-10 Independent auditors. report to th¢ Members of St John Ambulan¢¢ (NI) Statement of financi81 activities (lncor￿rnting summary income and ¢xpenditur¢ account) 15 Balance sheet 16 Cash flow 17 Notes to th¢ financial statements 18-32 St John Ambulanee (NI) Reference and administrative details of the Charity, Trustees and Advisers TrusteeslDirectors C Murdock KStJ. CILainnan Mrs M Andrew5 OBE OStJ Bsc (Hons) PGDICE {resi8ned Juuc 2021) P D Arch# Ostj Msc FCILT. Lead Tn1￿￿ Finance Dr M Howie-craig MBE DSU MB DA FFSRH A Johnsion OSLI BA (Honsl FCA C& Lead Truste4 Fin8rt¢¢ {dcce&8cd March 2021) J P Johnston OStJ UD, iAd Truste4 Commerciaj D McCorkEII KSIJ laptM)intal April 20211 H Shields UD N Stewart G SOM￿111¢ Bsc {Hon5) Msc MBA FCIPD Dr M A Ttylor Cstj MB Bch BAO PhD FRCSI FRCS {F4) FRCS (Gcnl A G Tough OStJ BS¢ FRICS. Lead Tn2Stee, Property Dr N OBE cs￿ TD JP DL MB MRCGP. Lew] Volun(¢ain8 A Wi150n Bsc E¢on (Hons) FCA (appointed Jutle 2021) Cornpally Secretary & ChiefExe¢utive Registered oificeJPrillcip*I OffA¢e Mr A M DonaldsTrnMBE OSU VK DL Msc MBA MPA FCMI 35 Knockbracken He8JtheaTe PaTk stin￿je]d Road Belfast BT8 8RA Solicitors Investment advisers Pinsent Masons l Lanyon Place BELFAST BTI 3LP Smith & Williarrwn Investh￿ni Monog¢m¢n¢ LLP Stockbrokers 32138 Linenhall Street BELFAST BT2 8BG IndependeDt auditor5 BakerTilly Meolley M( 17 Clarendot) Ro Belfast BTI 3BG Bankers Danske Bank Group 819 Donegall Square North BELFAST BTI 5GJ Mer¢h4nt bankers CCLA Jnvutmwt Management Lin)11￿1 COIF Charity Fund5 Senator House 85 Queen Victoria Stred Londo EC4V 4Er St John Ambulance (ND Trustees, report for the year ended 31 Deeember 2020 Th¢ irus*e& who are also directi)r5 of the charity for the w[PO￿5 of th¢ConynK5 Act 2(M)6. wbmii theiT Annts￿ Rwrt and th¢ unaudited inan¢ial StatemcRts for the year ended 31 Dtccmber 2020. Thr I￿￿te¢S have adopted the provisions tsf th¢ Companies Ad 2006 and Ac¢ouoiing and R¢p)rting by Chariiies.. Statement of RttotThmthde4J Practice applicable to charities preparing th¢ir aceounts in &ccordan¢e with th¢ Financial Reporting Standard applicable in th¢ UK and Rq)ublic of [r¢I￿d (FRS 1021 eff¢¢tiv¢ l J￿￿ary 20151 (Choriiies SORP (FRS 102), in preparing the anTh￿l report and fvLart¢io1 stat¢fflthts of the tharity. Thc Statetncnl of Finan¢ial Adiviti¢S ISOFAI shows th¢ gross from all source5. Chairnian's Forthord I have ple8$uw in Pr￿￿ting the Trusttts. Ter￿ for the Jyar ended 31 D¢r¢mb¢r 2020 a5 Chairnwj of the Board o(Trusttts of St lohn Ambulao¢e INII. It giv¢5 m¢ the opportuniry io share wtth yow on¢¢ again. the vision for our ch8rity. nanKly that 'everyone who needs 1¢ thould revivc first aid from th05¢ 8round thenk thukl th forth¢ Ixk of trained aidern. (hjr vision reflects th¢ higtL ideals of Si John Ambulan¢¢ (Nll and delivery through ￿tiCal first aid skill& Ourvolunteers play a crutial 2nd eentral rol¢ in the dclivery ofourserviees. Without voluiiteersd¢liveringourfiT5t ald servic¢ and event attdTrulon¢¢ services, plus thedelivery of p*i¢nt transf¢r 5erYices at ev¢ning& week-ends ond Fthlic holiday4 n would not be possibl¢ for St JohTL Ambulan¢¢ (Nl} io serv¢ ih¢ p¢ople of Northern IrelaTrd ￿ the presetlt level of ¢ollurLt(Jn￿l Ov¢rall iThm¢nse public benefli fIows from our puw. through the delivery of first aid 8nd h¢81th and safety trainin& first aid seryices including ¢v¢rbt covcrage. ambulance services including poticrf Irw￿¢r4 youth de￿lOpmen1 and emtrgency plannin8 and Tesilience. 2020 was a ycar of much uncertainty attd dJan8¢ givcn the workkwide Covid-l9 pandemt¢, ¢ausing sev¢r¢ financial problems for many organisaiion& includingch8riiics such 8s ollrs. In Mw¢h 2020 we lostthe majority of our publi¢ ¢v¢nt ix)oking4 our¢omm¢r¢io1 ¢ovrs¢5 htd to be cancelled duc 10 the social di$tsn¢ingr¢quir¢rrLents. A5 this repre￿llted our tijain income Str¢a￿s {nearly £1.2M p&1, w¢ could have quickly used up our rescrves and beeome insolv¢nt IT￿¢￿￿ having won the 12 patient iransfer tontracl4 which cotnmenced in Novembcr 2019, we were able to reconfjgure and con¢•)¢rnte on paticnt tra[￿er& giv¢n the eonsidernble in¢r¢w in d¢marKi arising from Covid-19 aThd the pressures on NIAS and the other hospital trusts. Indeed, NIAS. who had matty staff self-isolatin& stated that they could not have cop¢d with the additional d¢m8nd8 caused by the pgndernic without the SIp￿rt of the voluntary atnbui8n¢e seTViCCS. In this respe¢t our volunteer ombulance crews responded magnifietstly, living up to thc core values of S( by d¢ploying up to 80 atnbulallc¢s p¢r we¢k at ¢h¢ h¢ight of th¢ pand¢tnic. and ignoring the very health risk5 to th￿1 and their families from operating in aCovid.19 cuvironmenL The Subst￿(181 *JditionaJ illcome obtain& plus a Governm¢ni granl paymetlt from the government for fElriough￿ staff. and a very positive resp)ns¢ frts]n the public to our request for dortatioths PPE 5upplie5 and foodlrefrcshments for OUT ¢rrw51 ¢nabl¢d tK>t only our financial survival, but forsi JohnArnbulancelNII to playa vitaj role in5upw)rtitLgth¢NHS and ourlocaleommuni(i¢sthroughoutth¢ ￿veral waves ofthe pandemic. We w¢ indebted to our outstanding volunt¢V5 and *aff at all levels for their dedicatioth 8rtd Cotnmltt￿nt to our orgatlisation. we were P3rtiGularly pl¢&%ed to ￿e this acknowl¢dg¢d by the Govmment with the well-deservol award oran OBE to our NHS Li4i50n MoTthgrr. Adrian Petticrew Bsc MRICS. in the 'Covid-19 relat¢d' wjdiiiors ￿ the delayed 2020 Queen'$ Birthd&y AW￿5. In 2020 1 rer*xt a profjt of £111519 befoTE thc 1055 Otl inve51ments of £65.l26. Jncom¢ threased by £13Q823 whil¢ expenditure frll by £205,093. Thi5 further builds on the or88tsiWions r¢ium to PTofitabilty in 2019 after several yea]3 of w fin￿rIal losses. Setting aside the chang¢ in the valuation of our investments as al 31 Decem￿[ 2020. to market tlucEuation& this rq)resents aconsidthxble improvement i the profitsbility of our daY-t{￿Y Op￿tIOnS a ￿markable achiev¢mrntwtLell considered again￿ the many difficult operational and financial problems ¢r¢8ted byCovid-19. The trustees have review&1 the c(Mnpany's proj¢d¢d b￿]gets to DeLcmbcr2021. The first hAif of 2021 difficllit du¢ io th¢'l(thiwn' and the associated re5trictiot)& with major public ¢v¢nts rJn¢¢lled. The outloDk going forward Is positive &$ the m&ss va￿l￿all0￿ ptogramme in Northern Ireland nears Compl￿10Th and tt)arty a&%ociated Northem Ircland Executive Ttstriction5 have bttn lift¢(L W¢ ho￿ thts will allow an q)eratitLg environment wo&thing tu)rIn￿lty going foTW8rd inkn 2022. We can eX￿t increased r¢venucs from the 12 patient £￿tracts we won irt la* 2019. Lhwing 2019. we ¢xperi¢nc&l an Incre￿ in our event cover, at incre&%ed PTICCS, 8nd for the fiTSI li￿¢ we wcre selected the 'sole provid¢r' for the NW 200 Internationol Motor¢y¢le RJ¢es. requiring A tnoior deployment of our rewurces {18 ambUl￿tr$ 4TrJ crew4 66 first aiders and 2 Irezthjertt Centr￿ carh dayl. Regrettably this progre￿ was losi whcn the m&jority of public¢vcrLts were c8nt¢lld ID 2020, hO￿ver. wc remain ready to rwotkj whenevertheeurrent social distsncing rcstriciiotts arr liftcd. ￿ld Tnajor events recOmmer￿. Despi* th¢ ￿1 upheavals. we hav¢ maintained SJA (NII'S p051tion as the leadLIJ8 first aid and voluntary wnbvlon¢¢ seTVi(e provider for eveDLS io Northem Irelarf 8rid despite itkcrea5ing cotnp¢tition, the leading provider of ¢ornmerCi￿ aid training£ows¢& St John Ambulance (N Trustees, report for the year ended 31 December 2020 (continued) Chairm*n)s Foreword (continued) Th¢ Board of Trusttts have a balanced 8pproach to activitie& Teducin8 the risK ¢v¢r pr¢senL a charity is heavily dependcnt on one t5p¢cI of ils operations. The djatity has a strong financial i0fr&str￿ and is well ¢quipp¢d to rne￿ fuiure chaD8¢s wh8rever they may b¢. Chairn1gn I would lik¢ to record my thank5 to the trusltts for their wp)rL time and wmmitment to the Board during the year. This v¢wtly appr¢cialed. St John Ambuianr¢ (Nll is itldeed fortunate to have their bJDod ¢xp¢ri¢nc¢ guidance and oversight, which is given on a ¥oluntary basi& Above all, w¢ ore very fortunatr to have sjch highly motsvattyL dedr(¥ted a￿j professkond stsff and volunte¢r5. who Work so hard on our behal( and withollt whom w¢ would not the 8￿￿ that we Ire. On behalf of the Boar￿ I siticertly thank them for th¢ir excepti¢)n￿ service and ¢omTri¢tncrLL Objectives and Activities ObJe¢tfvts The objective5 of St John Ambulanrc (Nll are the relicf of Sickn￿ and thc pre5¢rvation of public health. The Charity (ulfils its obje¢tive4 within its powers &$ sptcifirj in th¢ M¢1[￿randUrn and ArÉielts of Associ2tion. The Vision for St John Atnbuiance (Nll is that 'cveryorte who rK¢d5 it slK)uld rtteive aid from thos¢ around tharL shouki suffer forthe l&k of trained first aidffls. To enable delivery of the obje¢tiv¢4 ttsources are ¢hannell￿ into th¢ following a&iviti Traitling of the publi¢ in firntail Ivith eMph￿iS0Tr those seuor30f th¢ community whcrc it is most nccdcd. Provision of first aid. pre-hospttaj ¢8re and assi5tanc¢ at publkc events and within I￿￿ wmmunili Provk8ion of patient transfu5 and petsotthel in 5UPFKWt of the statutory ambulaftce setvice and other h¢alth t￿￿ts especially io tomes of national emerg¢￿Y. OT in circum5taAccs where we Njeet ¢omrnunity need: Development of young p¢oplc thriwjgh the & JOI￿ Ywth (Nl) Programm4 and thr(vJgh first aid tr8initt8 in s¢hools and lo¢al rommunilie5. ID ¢om[[￿rI with the Tration81 bmd Of St John Ambulance to enable the eff¢thv¢ ddTvery and exponsion of these services within Northern Irelan￿ our strategy cncompasses the following uTrJ¢rlying Principles for the deploym¢nt of T¢sourre5 Tomaxiffuzethe gen￿di10n of fiJnd8 Ihrouth¢hargcablc a(*ivitic4 puticul8rly in theprovisionoftyainin& public ev¢ntcov¢rand patient transwrt servic¢ To link futtdraisiTh8 cfforts [[￿re c105cly with charithble obj¢¢¢ives' To invesL within th¢ fratn¢work of firwhcial stability. io Sustsin the lonw-t¢rni ￿c¢e￿ of Si John Am￿l•n￿ (Nll in 8ro8 wh¢re ¢ate5t benefLts will be delivered: To increase the level of ¢haritsble service4 maknngthe M￿]MUM vs¢ ofth¢ volutltwy efforts of our volunteers., and To Tnaintain an effective 8overnw¢¢ struthre that en5ure5 that legal oblig8iiorL8 as a sijjglc provincial charity arc fuifJll¢d and tI￿t key poli¢its ar¢ implemcnted eonsisicntiy *ross North¢rn I￿tarf bvt opcrationa] resp)Asibility ford¢livery of Services remains ￿ ¢lost a5 tx)ssible to th05c communilie5 scrved. In addition to th¢ aiKpV< Si John Ambu]ance (Nt) th¢ &hi¢vcTll¢ni of tk Order of St. John's worldwide obj¢dives, in particular ¢ontributing io th¢ SL John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group {'th¢ Eye Hospithl'} in Jerusal￿1. which i$8n iodepen(kn¢ ¢harity. The Hospital is opento all who $llffer eye disease without regard to ra¢¢. SOCI￿¢¢0nomic back8muThd. or ability to pay. Aetivities durlng tIL¢ year Action wastaken supp)rt ofthecontinued developtwittsfour scrvitts in all of the key ar￿$ i￿licated within OUTobj¢¢tives. No inv¢stm¢n¢ was made in th¢ a¢qui5ilion of arnbulances ill order io address our rtt¢nt financial deficits and increase OUT ¢UWT¢nt pn)fitsbility. Work tontinued in 2020 ioupgr*ie Stjohn AmbulaThcelM)property. refle¢tingthe activiti￿ ofStJohn Ambul8n¢¢ (Nll opern¢ional h￿bslh￿U8hout Northern Irela￿lsuPportedbY volunte¢r5. Q>mmI￿Oned servi¢¢swere¢ngaged to improv¢ourirainin8 programme$ for￿sSiOnal commerci&l Iraillers a￿{ io in¢[¢￿ the number of volun*er rim aid bxintrs. In odditiory a transition pTh)8rnmme continu¢d lo enhance Ihc ambulance lated qualifjcations ofourarrthilance crews. St John Ambulance (ND Trustees, report for the year ellded 31 December 2020 (continued) Objectives and Activities (continued) FArly in the year we completed a major upgrad¢ of Inforn￿tiO1] Technology. This proje¢¢ which had an overall cost in excess of £140,000, replaced an old outdated software 5ySt¢rn, and enabled the provision of enhan¢ed datsbases and a new fJnan¢e system. Continued work 15 required to provide unit reports al￿ an online commercial course bth)king 5y5tem. Public Benefit Th¢ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland has published guidan¢¢ to charity trustees in the health sector and provided 8uidan¢e on the principles of public benefit to the advancement of health and the sawng of lives. The trustees have considered the relevant guidance andare satisfied that all th¢ charity's charitsble activiti&8 fall wthin Tts objectives and result in considerable benefii to ihe pllblic, as demonstrated inthe secrion ofthi5 rw>rtdealing with achievements and wformance. Particularattention i8 drawn to the following services proyided free of cost to the end wer. St John Ambulance supported on average annually 570 ￿dets (Ilk18y¢ars) and 199 badgers (7-10 years) providing varied developrnent progrdmmes in diverse subj¢¢ts ranging from fitst aid and care compet¢ncie5 to principles of radio communications to good citizenship. This represented a considerdble r¢du¢tion from previous years, mainly due to the cancellation of all face- lfrface activity in MaToh 2020. as a result of Covid -19. and the swilch to 'online' aciivtty- Memb¢rship of young volunteers between the ages of 10 and 25 wds maintained ai around 878 at 31 De¢¢mber 21Y20. Emergency planning and resilience Our fleet of ambulpn¢es, iIRVs, 4 x44 and trained volunteers ar¢ atthe disposal of the statutory emergency services in ihe eyent of a Province wide, orlo¢al emergency. Deploymentof these resources is rapid to protectthe public atno Charge irt ¢ireumstan¢es wh¢r¢ 5UPPOrt is needed io re4)ond to aircraft alerts and other incidents. For example, in 2020 our volunteers were ready 24n io provide ¢s5enlial'back-up' &8 required. First aid event ¢ov¢rng¢ Th¢ provision of direct ￿l￿tance in frst aid and pre-bospital care at public ¢vents Continues to be one of the primary ways in which we deliver charitable objeciiv¢s. For many events which att small, or organised especially for e charitable pulpose, we provide ¢over for no Charge. For other events we ¢haTge the event organiser wilh a vi¢w io recovering the cost of provision. In all cases ihere is no charge to rnembers of the publi¢ who are treated. In 2019 the volunteers responded magnifi¢¢ntly to support the Portrush Air SIK)w, the North Wesi 2(NJ. Ulster Grand Prix, the Ulster Rally, Council public ¢v¢nts, Equestrian Ev¢nts. AgriCul￿ra1 Shows, Super Cup Nl, Municipal events and Ulster Rugby dc. however, in 2020 the majority of publie events were can¢¢lled due to Covid-19. W¢ remain ready to provide the Dece$5ary ¢ov¢r in 2021. when social distancing restrictions are lifted. Patient transfers Prlor to 2019 St John Ambulance (Nl) had 2 s¢rYice agreement in place with NtAS io provide patienl trdnsport services by our Volunt￿ cr¢w5 at times when ihe statutory ￿Ty]CeS are unable to respon¢ and we also restxinded to short terni demands providing the ambulance services with #d¢gree of flexibility to react to winter pr¢ssi]res and other demand factors. This contract was105t in March 2017, but r¢-¢Stablished partially in November 2018 by rn¢ans of a Single Tender Action. and restored fully with ¢ff¢¢t from l November 2019. when we successfully wott back not just the lost contra¢L but all 12 patient iransfer contrdcts for Nl. Whilst there is no charg¢ w the rxipientof our services, our fees to the twsts are intended to cover the direct and indirect Costs that are incurred, Trllcluding a contribution to central overheads. Other initiatives SJA {Nl) in partnership with the PSNI and the Commissioner for Older People introduced a Trial 'First Responder, S¢h¢m¢ for vulnerable elderly P¢Tsons in the Ards and NoTth Dowi4 and Lisburn and C&silereagh Council areas. We are pro-active in encouraging the widesprvdd availability of defibrillators in Northern treland and to ihis end participate ￿llY in the NIAS led CPRIAED Working Group. The tru5t¢es are mindful of the Charity Cornmis5ion's requirements ￿en r¢vi¢wing the charity's aims and objectives. and in planning f￿￿re activiti&8. St John Ambulance (NI) Trustees, report for the year ended 31 December 2020 (eontinued) Achievements and Performance The trustee5 are ple&%ed to Ywi tha¢ st￿lfiCant Fyogress m*Je kn18rds athieving th¢ ObJ￿iLVe5 4)ecifJed withitt the yearly Strate8ic and operation￿ Pian. StJ0hnAmbulan¢elNI)provid￿ forn￿11rdiningiryUU￿ry ¢our5e5 for 1.518 st￿l￿ts during th¢y¢8r2020{2019.. 3.2481. Thi5w4sachieved through the d¢liv¢ry of183 5taiutory courscs12019.. 350}_ St John Artlbulance INI) w&s able to continu¢ to mwntain its ￿k11rY of PToviding a diversifled rdnge of counes. A total of 351 othucourses wtr¢ deliv¢rt desigr￿d for thok wo￿1￿8 in the child spottin8 and health and s&ftty sectors. It is the aim of St John Ambvlance (NI) that all txmba% of the wnjnunity should have access to fiN aid. As reponed earli¢r, l Commercial courses cel￿d Marth 202Q r¢cotnmenciD8 in Scptemtr*r2020, du¢ w Covid-19. tmce the reduction in Eiumbers of stUd￿ts and rourse5 delivered. 2020 continued to b¢ a ￿lOd ofcotLgTr1idatj¢￿ for StJohn Amiwlanc¢ (Nl) wilh chalicnging T￿lL8 achievoj a￿]n# a ¢haftging national and Ubternational economie ba¢kgToun¢l In Northem Ircland St John Ambul8n¢¢ (Nl). as the l¢wJin8 Provider ofFirst Aid at WoTk irnining, cotltinued to compete against increa5iThg mark¢t Com￿￿tion from specialist and 8enerai tioining providers. Cwse5 wer4 however. ¢8tK¢llal from late March to th¢ b¢b￿nn]ng of September due to Covid-19, vjjd when they re￿m4 Ih¢y did so ￿ Trdu(xd capacity due ￿ the s(KiAI distsncing requirements. Throughout the ￿ 2020. & John Arnbulancc (NI) volunteers treatd 1,129 (2019: 3.621) c45ualties through public duties. This is art miTable performance and represents delivery of aTnajorpublic benefit with no¢ost to thosctrcatd. Again. thc reduction in numbers treated from 2019 Teflects the cancellation of the majority of public events due lo Covi&l9. Volunteers rcmaitted av2ilablr to 4tt¢nd evcnts to pmvide r]rn aid orambujancc cover throughout the provin¢¢, how¢v¢r, th¢ majority of public ¢v¢nts werccancelled frojll l* Marth onwarts. This situaiiots will ¢ontinu¢ into 2021. L￿tIl the social dista￿1n8 restrictions 8re lift￿. Th¢ fl¢¢¢ which i5 conslraiDed wtthin par2met¢r5 of ciT(a￿ vehicles w&$ uiiliwl to trspond to high detnand from organisers every weekend. blic holidays and on tnany evenings up llntil J8te ￿ld at a much low￿ frtyuertry ifter thJL (hr A & E equipped ambulan￿8 used on the patient tyansftt contracts experienced a large SUTge in demand du¢ to Covid-19 and the pJusur¢s on thc NHS and NIAS in particular. th up to 80 ambulan¢es being deployed Lwh week 8t the height tsf thc pwndcmic. The public shows 8reat apP￿lItion of these ser¥icc4 which come at no cost to thos¢ who becorne ￿JaltieS at public eYeLL% or#re b¢iTh8 tsan5pJrtrd a5 patienL Over the Christtiia5 and New Year peri￿￿ of 2020, volunt¢U5 were mobilised th provide SilPP)rt to 5tthtory services. Volunt¢er5 from a number of gave up their holiday break foi th¢ welfare of the publio The eontribuuon of th¢ volunteer5 is fully recognithl by the Northtrn Ireland Amlxdgnre Service (NIAS} throu8h th¢ VAS agr¢erMJt. The nwnbcr of adult volunltws as * 31 D¢ccmtxr2020 w&% 998 (20I9:910). The LINKS organizatiotL8 b&8ed * Queen$ Univetsity and the University of Ul#u coniinu¢ to llouri5h. Membership of St. John Cwjets averaged 570 ead¢i4 whilst b8dg¢rs numbeT¢d circa 199. The SL lohn (Nll Youth Programme ¢otLtinu¢d to bc delivered wilh enihusiasm ?￿d vigour by our tr8]n￿ lead¢rs ￿ Cadets and B￿jgerS a]ihough &8 our C&let and Badger unit4s¢lts ¢1￿￿ in March due LO Covid-19, muth of this w&$ conducled ￿rtuallY. The closurc5 obviously affecled recruitment. Cad¢t5 8nd badg¢rs are drawn from both traditions Iwted &ros5 the Provincc, and mathy ethnic nunortty gTOUP4 representill8 an importattt ¢ontyibution io ¢ross community lations. The or8anisation is rryislered with AcccsslND to f￿lfil its rtsponsLbilitie5 for the Safeguardi￿ of ¢hildren and vuln¢rabl¢ adults. The operating licence w d¢liv¢ra#ivities UDd¢rth¢ Duke of Edinburgh Awwd Scheme w&$ renewed by St Johtt Ambulance INI) in 2020. and pr¢5¢nt¢d byHis Roya] Highneu,The Earl of w￿¢￿ Resources m•k availablc in 2￿20 for fiLrtherdcvelopmenL althou8h participation was heavily curtailed by Covid-19. As indiratcd, the Irnsttts eonsidtt th* the *tivitie5 carrieJJ out by Si Joht) Ambulantt (Nl} during 2020 cott5tituted a signtficattt charitable benefit lo th¢ public. From Colernirt¢ in the Nortt4 LotKkTrndffly iD the Nonh W¢sL Enniskillcn in the West, Newry in the South, to Belfast in th¢ E&%L St John Ambulance (Nll volunt¢¢ts consistently attended public evertts Prior to Covid-19. Mderin8 first aid to th05c in need of attention, 8T￿ during the pandemic our voluntcer5 rcsponded rnwificuJ(Iy w Ln¢¢t the greatly inc¥r45ed d¢mand for patient transf¢r5. St John Ambulanee (ND Trustees, report for the year ended 31 December 2020 (continued) Financiydl Review OYer*ll Summary The totsl nct outgoing rtsources of St John A￿t￿lo￿t (NI) for thc ycar. trKfor¢ the decrt•8¢ from the revalU￿10n of investment4 amovtltcd to a pmfit of £112J1912019.' profit £38.081). Th¢ de¢rcase in the reV￿USt*0n of1nvestm￿ts w8$ £65.12612019.' incle￿ £123,869). Ther¢ has been ¢wsidenble volatility in fInanc￿l markets i* th¢ roupk of y¢aT4 due lo issucs such &$ BrexiL Incoming resourecs in 2020 deCre￿d by £I30.823 12019.. ine￿a$t £217,277). This refiected an incre￿ in it￿OMe from grants receivabl th)nation5, ambulance and fJYst aid actsviti* but a significani decre￿ in tr8ioing in¢otrrt Training incotne amounted to £241.654 in 2020 a8aillst £526.446 in 2019. iThdicaiiti8 a de¢reas¢ of #pproximately 549( due ￿ Covid-19. The Ctwity's ov¢rnII income deueth duTin8 the yew by £130.823 from £1.544.051 in 2019 to £1.413.228 irt 2020. Total expeJJdihJre in 2020 decressed by 13.6%to £1.300.70912019.. £1.505.9701. S&tirtg aside thc dccreas¢ in tk valuation of our investments &8 al 31 December 2020. this represents aeTh￿ide￿b1¢ iTrwrO￿M¢Trl in our day-tfrday op￿10￿% Costs of Charitablc ActlVLtie5 indicate a irt the y¢ar of l3.6%{2019.' inLYea%e 3%). St John Ambulance (Nl} remains Committed to the delivery athd ¢nh￿¢￿￿C￿l of our charithle misston in Northern I￿laThd taking advantage of An impmvirtg e¢onomy. The work of the St. John Eye Hospit￿ &oup in jen￿1¢[￿ continued to suptA)rt&l. oVe￿l the Baivmc¢ She£1 remains str0th8. thereby guar&nteetn8 the ability of the charity IO Sustain inv¢stsn¢nt in the firtUTe in its charitable obj¢thi￿8 as p￿￿1¢d in the Busin￿ Plan for 2021 and to implement the tAanneJ charilable progrsmme. Reserves Policy and Going Concern The trustees have revi¢wd the l¢vel of frc¢ r¢S￿v&S (that is those ffijnts #OL titsj ￿ in fix¢d a&rt tsignated orrestrieted funds) required to ensur¢ cotltinuity of ch2riiable owation& The trustccs consider that a free reserv¢ wquirem¢nt of approximately Six month5 operating expe#ditur¢ isappropriate. ThiscquateS￿8 re4uir¢rn¢ntof£650k{2019.. £753k}. ThepAual fre¢ r¢s¢rv¢s ai 31 Dcc¢Jnbu 2020 w¢r¢ £1,081k 12019.. £898kl. Of the tolal reseNes of £3,521k12019.. £3.474kX Q160k12019.. E2296} repr¢xnts the iwk value of rtxed assets £189k12019.. £188kl which has been dcsignat&l forother parti¢ul8r purposes a￿] £91k12019.. £91kl isartstsithed fund. The rcmainder is held as a geTherai reserve to 0]low for any ullfor. the Comm2ndery e*ablished St John Ambulance INI) 8$ i ¢haritablc ronwy. to manag¢ thc assets. On l Janu&ry 2(X)I the Comtnandery transftrred its &ssets artd li4bilitteS to St John Ambulanct INI). The fair vaJu¢ of the net assets tratt5ferred was £1,981.44l and lh¢ ¢onsidera¢ioEL was £1. StJohtL Ambulantt INI) is a company limitd byguaranteeattd r¢¢o8ni*dos acharitybythe Inland Revenu¢and th¢NI Ch8rity Commissiot). In terr￿* of company law, charity lth ond day to daY￿1Viti￿ theconwy ison ithdepthdtht artity. Th¢ ¢haTithbl¢ wmpany is committed to incrwing th¢ numbcr of qualifled first aiders in North¢TU Ircland. To achievc this objcctivc 15 ¢(>mmerci￿ trainers ar¢ engaged. on a5C55ional b&si& and to-ordinatrd fromthe he*lquarters in Belf￿1. An effective, Provincevwid4 5uvire to thc public and the 6 NFIS trusE 15 d¢livet¢d by Sl John Ambulance (NI) volwLte¢r4 who provide first car¢ And ambulance transport S¢Tvices to local Communiti￿ artd organisa11￿$ hostiTh8 events. Delivery is orgonis¢d through a Regional Headquarte￿ and 3 District Headquart¢F5. cach consistin8 of o￿allOn￿l wits ¢or[l￿ o(volunteer& Gover￿4n¢t St John Ambllianc¢ (Nll is goverrlcd by its snd Articltsof Asswiaiiotu a5 promulgated on 16 Augthst 20(Ml and as amended on 11 May2005 and 18May2011. The Articles provide for the appointhmi of 13 trustw who ￿ the dir¢¢wts of the charity and who arc legally re5POtLsible for the gov¢mon¢e of St John Ambulance (Ntl. The ty￿¢¢$ ¢&n comprise of fivc nominated Comm8thd¢ry Officer4 UP to four persons ￿pointed as Icad trusw, thTec in¢krthdent [Krso￿ aThl at)y othe mernbcrci￿ted at thc ann￿￿ me¢illw Isubjrct to a vacancy arising). The curreni Comrllandcry oificcrs are the Lieutenan¢ CoJJmiis5ion￿. Trea5urcrand Director. TheKthi8hi Command¢r (D¢si&nwel join¢d the Board &8 a a¢ its rnceting itl Febnwy 2021. One Ihird of th¢ trustees ￿tire at each annual genera] mee11￿ ex¢¢pt those holding a Commandw offic¢ who ¢¢as¢ to be irusteeson vacating Iheir office, and ar¢ d¢emed 10 r¢tiTe itl fllvour of their successor ￿ ¢h¢ relevtht Commandery office. The tn]stees who scrved during thc y¢ar and w) to the date of amwoval of the financial ststellKnts are listed on ps8e l. New trustees ore enrouragcd to altend approprial¢ and exter[￿ traillin8 C4xJrs¢s it) *¢OTdantt with b&%t practKe. Management The trustee5 arc resp￿￿ble for￿tr￿g ar4tcgic5 and polkcics and for ertsurin8 Ehal th¢y ￿ implemented. St John Ambulance (Nl) Trustees, report for the year ended 31 December 2019 (continued) Stru¢tllre, Governance and Management (continued) To with thi4 work the m]s*¢s hve esthlishcd three 8dviw Committees (fratnin& Otrtration& and Finon¢¢l. A SUko￿l￿1¢1¢e of th¢ FiD8tt¢¢ Committee Wa￿ establish￿ in 2019 to ove￿¢¢ thc introduction of a new PR & Ma￿eting StratC8y. bul this was stsspcthded itl March 2020 du¢ to thE potential financiaj llnpa¢¢ of Covid-19 al￿ the iar8c investh*nt wuire Th¢ Board mccts regularly lo ￿MPlY with its sthDJtory responsibili¢i¢ Thechairfflan provides dire¢tionto th¢ Board 0fTruSt￿ is￿￿1¢￿&ble1Q ita[￿ is re5ponsibJe with th¢ oth¢r￿￿$t¢£SforthC elTi¢ientTunning of St John Arnbulance (NI) with the supm of the ajief Executive and #off. The trusteC5 Hre not ranunera￿d for their services as trustc¢& No out-of*ocket expenses were reimbursed 10 trustee5. In addition. there 1$ provision for thr¢e nonlicies and then 8￿Y them ¢otLSiStentty" obs¢rv¢ the methods at¥J principles in th¢ Ststrment of iiecommended Pr￿*¢¢.. Aw)un¢ing and Reporting by Charities {20131,' make judgmeThts and estimates that arr rEwnabl¢ and prudenL 5tatc whaher applicable UK Accounting Standards comprisin8 FRS loi hftv¢ been followed. Subject to any material d¢parture5 disclosed and explaithed in thr fLnBncial statements. prepare the rub￿CIal sts*ments on the goiThg concern b&8is w￿¢$$ it is inwopriate to pre5unK that the charitsble company will continu¢ iti busines The truste£s are resportsibl¢ for kcwing wjequate aceowllithg ]r¢ords tha¢ arc ￿ffiCIent to Show and ￿Plain the charitable company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any lime the fuwi¢iai pD5ition of ￿ charitable company and enable them to ensure that the finantiol siateThents comply wilh the Companies Act2M6. They arc a150 re5ponsibl¢ forsafe8uardingthe assetsof the tharitable company Ind h¢nce for tgkingrea80nable steps for the rKevention 8Th1 de*tXion of fraud a￿1 othLY irregulariti The tnwees ore r¢sponsibl¢ for the Main￿anCe and integrity of the charitable company's website. Legislatson in the United Kingdom governing Ihe preparation arld di￿rni￿at10D of fllwitial sta*mthts may differ from leKislaLion juri￿1¢1￿0[&S. St John Ambulance (ND io Trustees, report for the year ended 31 December 2020 (continued) Statement of Disclosure of Inforniation to Auditors So far&% each of the Offi￿ at th¢ date of appmval of tbese fitthtKiaJ *t¢m¢nts is aware.. the￿ is rLO relevani audti infornwion ofwtiich the charity's auditors are ond th¢y hve (ak¢n all th¢5tep5 that ou8ht ￿have tskcn &￿tr￿￿te¢S in order (omlkethemsclvcsawarc of any relcvaThtaudit informetion d to ¢sthblish thatthecharity's auditors 8r¢ aware of info￿atiO In Gratitude Th¢intstee5 withtoconveyth¢irsin¢¢r¢ththrth5tOthem￿Y volunteus athdst8ffwknha￿ 508¢ncrou51y gtventhetrsllpjknto the Organis￿10￿. With their continuing supprKt M¢ look fonvard to furthererdJancin8 the deliveries of our ¢hoTitabl¢ service5 within the community. Independ¢nt Auditors B8k¢r TÉlly Mooney m(￿ h0v¢ b%n rraw)inte4] as ourlr#1epthi Auditor* SMAII companies, eiemption In preparrng this i¢port the trustees have tsketh adva]]tsg¢ of the STr￿[ companies. ¢xemption provided by the Comp8nies Act 2006 {StTate8lC Reporr 8thd Diredor's Repjnl Rcgulattons 2013. This r¢port was approved by the trustets on 15 Sepl¢mb¢r 2tr21 and 5L8nd on their behalf C Murdock KStJ Chairman D*e'. 15 Septemkr 2021 A M Dollal¢lson MBE OStJ DL Chief Exeeutlve & Company Secretary Date.. 15 September 2021 St John Ambulance (Nl) Independent auditors, report to the Members of St John Ambulance (NI) Opinio We have audiied the financial state¥tmits of St John Ambulance (NI) {th¢ ¢hari¢abl¢ compan￿} for the year ended 31 Ik¢emb¢r 2020 which comprise the StsteTtthi of Financia] Aciivttie& B818t￿¢ Sh¢¢L StotellKntof Ca5hflows and Notes to thc Financial Siatements, includittg a su]]urwy of significant accoulliing polities. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their prep￿lon is appli¢abl¢ law and Unitcd Kingdom Actountithg Stand3Td4 including Financial RerMTrrting Standard 102 Yhe Financial RewM1in8 Stattdard appli¢able in the UK and Repllblic of Irelat￿, {UnityJ Kingdom G￿erallY Accepted A¢¢ounting Practicc). In ouropinion the finanual statements". give a tru¢ and fair view of the slate of affaiTS of the charitable conwany 31 D#ernbcT 2020 and of its incoming resourc¢5 and res(yJrces ex￿nded for the year th¢n have been Properly prepar&1 in ac¢ordan¢e with United King1￿ Gcneratly Actwed Arwunling PrxtiK and have b¢¢n prepared iD accordance with th¢ requirements of the coM￿leS Aci 2Th)6. B¥sis for opimion Wc conducted our audit in acewdance with 1ntern3tiotj￿ Stsndards OD Auditing (UK) {ISAs IUK)) applicable law. Our responsibiliti&% underth05e stat1d￿ are fitttherd¢s¢ribed in the Auditors. re5￿MS7b1IIlieS for the ￿dit of th¢ financial st4tcments section of our ￿PorL We are independent of the comp•)y in a¢roTdance with theethica] requirements th&4]r T¢l¢vant ¢0 ourAudit of the fJTh8n¢t8] ststetrL¢nts in the UK. including the FRC$ Ethical Stsndard. and we havc fuifjlled our oth¢r ¢thiril r¢5pon5ibilities in accordancewiih these re4uir¢m¢Th￿ Webelieve thatthe a￿lit¢v1dCr￿e wchave obtained is sufficient ￿dappropriate toprovide basis for opinioa. Concltrsion$ relating to going concern In auditing the fin8nciaI St￿￿¢￿￿ we have concluded that the use of thc going concern b&8is of accountin8 in the paration of the fllw¢iai sw¢m¢nts is appropriat& Bas¢d on the work we have txrfonn¢¢L we have not identified any Ma￿[la[ ￿¢¢￿al￿tieS relating to events or conditions tha ittdimdually OT colltttively, may t&%t si￿lfIcant doubt on th¢ compan￿5 ability 10 ¢OlltitLue a5 a goitag cotlcem for a period of at l¢as¢ twelve months from wh•) th¢ finxn¢iAI are aUthori￿d for issu Our r¢sponsbr ilitiu and the rosrA)nsibiliiies of th¢ dire¢tors rc5rttt to 80iTh8 concem •r d￿ritt￿ in the relevant sections of this reporL O¢h¢r informatio The directors are TC5ponsibl¢ for thc c4htt infom)atiM. Th¢ othcr infornhation comprises the infomlwion in the R¢port of the Director& but do¢s noi include the fmanciaj statcmentsaThd ollrRewi of the Auditors therwTh. Our opinion on the fitthneial &tstemcnts d¢)es Thot cov¢r th¢ other ]nforn￿tion arwj wc do not exprtss form of assurathce onclu5Lon thereo In connection with ouraudit of the fin2neial 5tatcmeTht& ourrt8POTsiI)ility 15 kn read the other information •nd. in doing so, con$id¢r whether th¢ other infor[￿tIon is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge oblait)¢d in the alldit or otherwise appears io b¢ mattrially mi55tated. If. ba￿1 on th¢ WO￿ ￿ have perfonned. we conclude ihat there is a material mi5Statcmcnt of this other inforrnotion. we are required to rerx)rtthat ￿. W¢ hav¢ nothillgto retMTrrt in this r¢K8rd. Oplnlo# on other mAtters prescribed by tht Comp*nle5 Art 21MJ6 In our opiniort, based on the work undutaken ITh the Course of the audiL' the informaii¢)ngiv¢n in th¢ Reportof the Directorsforthe yearforwhich the financial stateM￿ts are prepared LS conststent with the financial 5tatemcnts.' and the Rep)rt of the DirectOf5 ha5 prepared in ￿rd￿¢ ￿7th app1]￿ble le8al rcquirements. St John Ambulance INI) 12 Independent auditors, report to the Members of St John Ambulance (Nl) (continued) M*t¢ers whlch we Are requlr¢d ¢0 report by eiception ID the light of the krt0w1￿g¢ and understanding of the ubrnpany and its Cnvironme￿L olxain*AI in th¢ course of the audiL we have not identifjed material mis5tstements in the Re￿rt of the Director& We have nothing to report in rw of the following matteT5 Wt￿¢ the Comwies Art 2(A)6 Tequife5 U5 to rep)rt to you if. in our opinion.. adequate &¢¢ouThting records have bern k¢pL Or￿Um5 wjequate for wraudit have notbE¢n received from branch not visited by us,. or the financial sw¢m¢nts are not in a8rttmcnt wilh the acwwiting recoth and rtturns: or certain disclosu￿ of dirrdorf5 remuneration s￿lfied by law are not made" or we hav¢ not reeeivcd all the inforn￿lI0Th explanations w¢ require for our audit- or the dirtaors w¢r¢ noi ¢￿tilled to take &Jv2nta8e ofthe srnall companiL* exemption from the to prepare Strategic Report or ill preparing the Report of the DiJYctth> Responsibllltles of dirertor5 As explained tNTrre fijlly in the Statctnent of IAr¢ctOTS Respon5ibiliti¢5 5¢t out on page nine and m th¢ dirtots are r¢sponsible for thepreparation of the finxneial slat¢rn¢ntsand for b¢U￿￿1SfiuI that th¢y give atNc and fairview. and fOr￿¢h intemaj ¢lM)trol the directors delerniinc necessary ¢0 ¢tthle thc wcrAration of fJJJatt¢io1 aAt¢metLts are free from oxt¢ri81 misst8t¢m¢n4 wh¢thu fraud or error. ID pr¢pwng the firtancia15talement% th¢diTa#or5 are rqM)nsibk fOr￿sSIngthec¢mnp￿n￿$ab]lIty tocontinueasasoin8 conttrn, disclosin& as opplicable. tnatters rel*ed to going concern and u5iThg the going b15i5 of accouniing unless the di￿tOrS eilher irtmd io liquidatethe company Oftrj te&se optyotion4 or have realistic alternwive b￿t0 do so. St John Ambulance (NI) 13 Independent auditors, report to the Members of St John Ambu12nc¢ IND (eontinued) (￿r responslbllltltt for ¢ht Jvdrt of the financiAI Jtatements Our objecti￿S are to obtatn tfLwnable Lssurxnce a￿￿1 wh¢th¢r the fEtLancial ststements &8 a whol¢ OT¢ free from mat¢tial rty$stot¢tn¢nL whether due to fra￿l or error. and to issJ¢ th Re[￿Of the Auditors (hat tncludes OUT Opinion. Reasonabl¢ 8ssuranc¢ 1$ a high level of ￿uranc¢ bLrt is not a guaraTh*¢ that aEL audit CODducted in accordance with ISAS (UKI will always de¢¢¢t a material mi55taienKnt when it exists. Misstatetnents c•n aris¢ from fraud or error aThd are eonsidered materi31 if. individually or in aBgr¢gat¢, they could T￿OnablY be ex￿ed io intlu¢nc¢ the economic de£isions of on th¢ basis of these finan¢i81 &tem￿ls. lryegularitie% including fraud. arc insianees of nonrfompliance with i&ws and regul￿lOrL5. We desi8ti pm¢edures in lin¢ wilh our ryonsibTliti¢4 Outhned aFx)ve. Materi￿ missiatcments in ¥¢5PeCt of irrc8ularitie& includithg fraud. Th¢ ext¢n¢ ￿ whi¢h Lwr protedurcs capable of detccting irre8uiariue& including fraud is detwled below.. W¢ considered the ¢)pportunitiesand incenuves th8L may ¢xis¢ within the organisatton forfraud i(knified thegreat¢st wTri¢nti81 for fraud in T¢lation to revenue r¢co8nition. In common with atl a￿t[ts ISAS (UKX wc ar¢ also required to p¢rform srttific procedur¢s to respond to the risk of managenxni override. We al￿ obtained an Understa￿j]ng of the legd 8nd re8ul8tory (n￿ewolkS that thc Comp&ny opera￿S in. f￿lsillg on provisions of those laws and r¢gulations that hwj a direcl effect on the ddemitiation of material artlounts atyj disclosures in the rtnancial Slatements. The key laws and rcgulatiOn5 ￿ Co￿%]dered in thi$ cottt¢xt In¢lUd￿ thc UK Companics Act. In addition. we consid¢MI provisions of other laws and regulations that do not h•v¢ a diT¢¢t ¢ffect on the financi￿ statements but ¢ompliance with which may be fundarn¢ntaJ to the Company's ability ￿ opernt¢ orio avoid a material penalty. Our proccdures to respond to risks idrntified itlcludcd thc follownr. - rtvi¢wing the ftnanci81 statem¢nt disrlosure5 and testing to *Jp￿rtIng documentation to compliance with provision5 of relevant laws and regulations described as having a dir¢rteffecton the rJnanci￿ statements: - enquiring of rr)anag¢m¢nt aThd exlernal legal tOUTJsel wJc¢rning actuaj and potential litigation attd Claitns; p¢rfoTtning analyti￿ procedures to iden¢ify any urlusual or uncxrKaed re1￿lon￿lps may Indi￿t¢ risks of material mis5tatetn¢nt due to fraud. - in addressing th¢ risk of fraud through maThyi ovwtde of control4 tcslin8 the appropriateness of jOLtmal thhtries Aftd other adjusimertt5- aw5sing wh¢th¢r th¢ judgements itt making o¢¢OUnting ¢stirnate5 are indicative of a potential bias: and alu8ting th¢ busincss ratior￿1C of any Si￿lfi¢*nI ttazJsa¢tions that arc unu5Udi or outside the norn￿1 tOUJse of business. We also communicated r¢levarrt identÈfied law5 and regulations and po(¢ntsal fr4ud risks to all engagement team members and remailled alert ￿ any indication5 of ftaud or noncompliance with laws 8thd reguljtions througkntthe audit Because of the u)hertht limitati<￿$ of an audiL there is a risk that w¢ will tho¢ det¢d all irregulaTttif4 includiTh8 thosc kading to a mal¢rial misthtement in th¢ financial 5tat¢m¢nts or non-compli￿tt with regulation. Thi5 risk incrtafes the more that compliance with a law or re8ulÈtion is Temoved from cvents ar￿ Iransadions rtflect&l ith the financial 5tat¢m¢nt8 a5 we will be less likely to b¢corn¢ aware of insthnces of non-Wtnpliallc¢. The risk is also 8(￿er re88rding iTr¢gulwiti¢s oceurring due to fraud rather than crror. ￿ fraud involves intenti(NJaJ ronc¢almenL forgery. coll￿$1￿ ollu55koTh or miS￿pr￿¢￿ratl0[l. A further descriptioj) of our ￿sponSibl[lI120% redutiog baJan¢e 33 If3 str8ight-line straight-lin¢ straight-lin¢ iiio Where the re¢overablc amount of a fixed &*t [5 foutld to k below iL8 n¢¢ IxKbk value. the is wriit¢n down to the recoverable figure and th¢10&s on impaim*nt is recognised in the"SOFA- rnL¢ Staienxnt of FiD8n¢iaJ Activitie51. dl ltyvestnellts Fixed &88et inv¢s¢mMts arc ststed at markct value wt the baJarKc shc£t d*. The Sthll￿nt of Financial A¢tiviti¢s includ¢5 the net gains and lo￿￿8 arisirt8 on r¢vaJualions and disp)salsthroughoutthe year. It is the Charity's pK)licy to kecp valuation$ such that wh&) lovesth￿ are sold thcte is Mini]￿ gaitl or1055 arising. As a Tesult. th¢ Stalement of Firw)ciaJ Activities doe$ no¢ d[￿]ng￿lsh betw￿ th¢ vaIu&ion adjustments relating ￿ sal¢s arKi th05¢ relating to continued holdings as ih¢y are togethertreated Ls ¢hang¢s in the invcsthKnt p)rtfolio through0￿ the year. Mov¢ttLents in value arising from investmeD¢s hanges or revaluation and the profit on disp)sal of investh]enLS have be￿ ¢harged oreredited to the funds to which thcy relate. DebtOY8 Debtors are ststed &fter all known W (kbts havc been ￿itt￿l off and 5pecifi¢ provision has been tnwje againm all d¢bts Consider￿ doubiful of coll¢¢iiotL. St John Ambulance (ND 19 Notes to the financial stat¢ments for the year ended 31 December 2020 {eontinued) Aeeounting polieies {continued) S¢o¢ks Stocks are stat￿ at the loW￿0f c05t and nei re4lis&bl¢ v8lll¢. Cost is d¢￿rMined usin%the fiN-iTh fi￿l-oUt mdhod. Cost ¢omEYises purch￿¢ ¢O5t. Ptovi$ion is made for slow movingoknlcl¢ stocks. Ineomiig ruourees All incomin8 resour¢¢s 8￿ in¢lud¢d in the 51aiement of fwthttciai actrviti¢s wh¢n the ctwity is leR8ily mtitjed w the in¢om¢ and the 8mount bc quant]f￿d with ff&sorbable accurncy. The SFKcific are as follow5: Dongtions and gifts Voluntary income rtteiv¢d by way ofdonati0￿￿ and gills ￿the ch8fiiy is Includ￿ in full ID the Stat￿ent of FinancialAetiviiieswhen received. Glfts In kind Gifi5 in kind arc valued at a reasonablE f5timat¢ of their vaJu¢ to tk chariry. Investrne￿t Ineom¢ Inv¢4m¢nt income is accounted for a ￿¢Iv8bk basi& LegacRes t£gaci¢s 8r¢ Tttognised ¥ts itKorne when Ihere is ¢erfaintyof receipt and nKawrability of th¢ kgacy. Grants Revenue 8f8t)ts èr¢ uedited io irKoming r￿urCeS on the eadier date of wh¢tL thcy are reccivcd or when they are receivable. unless they relate w a wifi¢d future peri¢NI in whicll c￿e IW are deferr￿1. Grants for the pw of c4ithl exper￿ltUre are crcdited to restrido1 irt¢oming r¢sourcc5 when reccivablc snd traArferred to unrtstricted fun(Ls on purch&8e of &%*L TrAlnlDg ¢oNrses TrdiniDg coutse iThcome is a¢¢ow)ted foron a rcccivablc basi& bi Resour¢¢s ¢xp¢nded Ail ¢xp¢nditurc is acC￿jnÈed for on an ￿¢￿*15 basis and ha5 t£cn c1&f5ificd under bealings that aggregate all cort8 related to the ￿tegOrY. Wh¢r¢ Costs cannot be directly 2llr1b￿ed to pgrti¢ular headiaJg4 they have all￿4*d to ￿tiVitieS on a b&si5 consi5t¢nt with use of the Staff costs and ovethewl ¢¥p￿Se5 are allocated to activities on the ba515 of staff titDe spent OTh those activÉties. Costs of g¢fj¢r#ting funds Cosi$ of generating fimdScOmpr￿ thee0sts￿$(￿iaIttl with ￿tradIng voluntary iDcomeand th¢¢osts ofoth¢r iA¢om¢ g¢neration such fjs th¢ ws15 ￿￿Ki￿ted with the investnw)¢ portfoli Charitible expthdlknr¢ Ch￿lIable cxr*nditure u)mprists di[￿¢ w￿ditUre includin8 direth st8ff o)sts attributable to its activitie& Where costs cannot be diTeCtly attributed. they hv¢ b¢¢n all￿8¢¢d on a b&sis cortsistent with the w of resouTCC St John Ambulanee (ND Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 (continued) Aeeollnting policies (colltinued) Rejourtes expended (contithytd) Covern4n¢e tojts Goverttart¢¢ ¢OSts isKlude thox incurred in the 8ovttj]a￿ ofits as5ds and arc awciated wtth ¢OnsututioJ￿, statutory and Strat¢gic requirem¢nts. Pensions charity operates a d¢find contrilwrtion pcn5ion schunc for salaried stsff. Th¢ assets of th¢ stheme are held s¢pota*ly from th¢ 8SSets of the charity in an indepthdentiy 8thninisteted th￿1. Contributiorns payable to the futld are expres￿ in the perityj in which th¢y are incurrcd. •¢eovnting The charity has various ty￿$ of fund5 for which it is respornsible artd whith rcquirc scparate disclos￿. Definitions ¢)f ¢h¢ variou$ types of fi]nds are as follows= R¢8trl¢ted fund R¢strict¢d funds are lo be used for sp¢¢ifi¢d P￿￿Se5 as laid down by th¢ donor. ExpthditUTC which D￿cts these criieria 15 idcThtified to the fund, togaher with a fair aiioution of ovrAth aNJ sjp￿rt coAs. Unrestri¢tsd funds Unreslricied fi￿(L5 arc Ilonations and dher incoojing rwur¢es r¢ttiv¢d ￿ generated which Atr ¢xpendable ot the disrrtion of the ch8rity in furtherance of itsobjcctives. Deslgnated fund8 Dcsignated funds Comprise utwe5tricted fijndsthal have been tside by th¢ trus*¢s forparticularpurposes. Th¢ aim and use of ¢a¢h d¢5ignated fund is set out in the not￿ to the fi]wJcial Statem￿Ls. Critical accoun¢ing judgements and estimatiOD Iiii¢ert*iDty Estimates and jwlwents arc ￿ntl[lUallY cvaluated and are bas￿1 on hi*orical expuience and other fac￿14 including exp¢¢tatiothS of ￿lUTe events that 8r¢ beli¢fftl ¢0 be reasonable uD(krthe circwTh4wJ. CrlflcalJudgen*nts in appl)Yng theentity sOtt￿nI1￿¥￿IIr1eS There are tjo criti¢4] judgements in applying thc compjy's ac£ounknB Criiicthl tLcouprlmge$timaleJ ondaJa#rnp¢ioKf There are critical ae¢ovniing ¢￿I￿at£s and 1￿Mpli0￿ Grants re¢eivable RtJtridtd U*restriEted FwDds 202 Total Rc5tricted Unrestricted Funds Funds 2019 Totsl Bdutatioty Authortty Education ar¥J Library Boards Furlough Claim Sundry Grants 28N9 17366 17.366 5.976 5.976 S7391 57391 92.￿7 4.544 4.544 17&240 178240 27.886 27.886 St John Ambulance (Nl) Notes to th¢ f￿anCIal statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 (eontinued) Investmettt intome 21 Restri¢t¢d Funds Uurutrirted Fvnds 20211 Total R¢stricted Fwjds Unrestricted Funds 2019 Tots] Investrllent income compriKs'. Inlcrest bearing dcposits Sccurities 218 2.168 2J86 3.956 4.424 39,480 43.904 36J83 39.480 218 3&751 38.969 468 43.436 Resources expellded on eharitable activities DSregt Costs 2020 Support eosts 2020 Total 2020 Direct Costs supportc0￿s 2019 2019 Total 2019 First Aid training AmbulwJ¢¢ and related volunteer activities Othcr ¢h8ritable artivities 2A0ffj86 A35 301.121 346.716 98,211 375,307 444.927 I,￿17,360 576225 3WiO 632.053 IS613 15ffj13 29,670 15,1( 29,670 Ey¢ H05pitsI 10801 ioAoi 15.106 812925 479,045 1291.970 1.023.545 473.518 1,497,063 Staff costs 17U95 13&J27 20SINJI 377,896 244.497 175.908 42Q405 Motor and travel wen￿5 Publication costs 28 140580 149.471 1,270 150.741 7,632 7,632 9.878 79,444 525,149 9.878 Depre¢i3tion Other ¢05t5 7&628 147J94 70,047 215.793 149.491 740,942 194ffi26 $99168 Eye Hospitsi donatiolls Gov¢rnancc audit fte IOAOI 15.11 15,106 10.5(K> 10.5110 811925 479N45 1391.970 1,023,545 473,518 1,497.063 Ne¢ outgoing resources for the year 202 2019 Net outgolttg resources for the ytar xft¢r ¢bxr8iug: Staff wsts IN0* 7) 377396 420.405 Depreciation of (angible fixr4J a55¢ts Op¢r&tin8 It￿ ehaTBCS {Ltr&%yProfit on dis￿ ofthngible fixed Fees payable to the ￿mpanY'S audi¢or5 for the a￿]11 of fu￿1¢i￿ stat¢tn¢nts 147394 149.491 26.187 17J88 16J071 (1.7281 7,800 Trustee ind¢mnity insurance h&$ b¢¢n pur¢ha5ed by thecharity at aeost of £1.49112019: £1.7991. St John Ambulance (NI) 22 Not￿ to the financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 (Continued) Analysis of staff eosty tnL8tee remuneration and expenses, and the cosl of key man•gement persounel EryloyÉes 2020 2019 Staff costs Wages and s&12ri Social security costs Other petlsion costs 352,645 394.382 18J81 20,108 6,ry)5 6,670 377W6 420,405 No eJThploy¢e emoluments ¢xce&led £70,(MII (2019: £70.(IXI). 2020 2019 Nurnber Number Average number of persons employed by tbe th*rlty dtsritt# th¢ yur. Operations Administration 27 14 12 InstnKiors 29 Totsl 68 No trustees received ony ￿M¥￿tratIoTI In Tryect of theirserviees &% (2019: nil}. No ou1.of-￿Cket ext*nxs w￿¢ TeimbuT*d in the yAr12019: Dil) to tr￿￿te Key tnanagcment I￿l￿ded on¢ nxmbvof ￿10T manageaKnL Tr rcmuneratM)n paid or py8bl¢ io key ￿￿￿geMent for employ¢¢ servic¢s is 5howtL below.. 2020 2019 Totoj I¥m￿tratIOn 63th69 60.638 Taxatio The clurity is 4 rcgistered charity. and as such is tLtided LO ¢¢rtain thx exemptrons otk income aThd profits from inv¢stm¢nts. and surpluses on y tr8ding attivitics carried on in fi]rtheranceof th¢dJar¢ty's primary Obi￿tIVe￿ 1fthtsCt￿0rits aThd yjrpluses areapplied solcly forcharitable purposes. St John Ambulance (I Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 (Continued) Tangible fixed asgets tures & rittithgs Motor Vthide5 IT soflwAre Total Cost At l January 2020 AdditiOll5 1,101,515 5(VJ.770 1.789,227 143,694 17,120 3.544.2(k5 21.139 5.505 43.764 Disp05als At 31 De¢tmber 2020 (69,819) 1,031ffj96 (3.5(M)I 173,3191 3,514,651 1.791,232 Atcumulited dtpretlalitio At l January 2020 Charge forthe year Disposals At 31 Dtttmber 20211 444.662 237.201 ,514,364 78.628 27.530 16,082 1223.757 147.594 23.(N)5 158.819) (7.9931 {66,8121 2,304J39 267.1ffj0 lJ84,999 43h12 Net book amou￿t At 31 December 2020 622.848 263m9 2[￿33 117202 1,210.112 At 31 Deet￿ber 2019 656.842 2r2.569 274.863 116.164 1.320.449 St John Ambulance (NI) 24 Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 Deeember 2020 (eontinu¢d) Tangibl¢ fixed wets (eoDtiDMed) At l JaLwry2 43 O&J13 151652 91.796 74JSQ 46,765 790 5P7.720 AOJItiuiL* 143.029) (26. {69.8191 At311)Kernber2020 6&513 91.1 4&765 597.no i.IJJiw6 dtpre¢l&doTh At l JanuHry 2020 33.999 61,513 52.733 30.747 36,945 24.820 16WS 444.602 3P53 4fv77 11,954 23.005 Lkprt¢latiOnoDd15P￿ (24J20) Al JI De{e￿ber2O2fj fjvij 51735 747 56J45 180,&99 404848 At31 DE￿ber 2fr20 5gJiJ S144 Ai3l De¢embrr2019 9.030 99.919 61.049 45.4 1.97fj 429.064 65fj.$42 Neadq￿art¢rS is on a long terni 1¢&8¢. while B￿lYm¢￿ Bangor. 8t￿ Coleraine arc owned. West BelfasL EDniskiIl￿. BHQT 8t￿ Spriwown Lond¢Mderry ore on a short-*rttL k￿. 2020 2019 Th¢ net book valu¢ of properties comprise Long leaseholds Short It￿h0]dS 417.121 429,064 5.144 20,820 422.265 449,884 St John Ambulance INI) 25 Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 (continued) 10 Investments Quoted investments at market value Total A5 at l Janu8ry 2020 Disposa15 R¢èlised Ios5 976,048 {25.027) 11.306) 64,352 (63,820) 976,048 (25.027) {1.306} 64.352 {63,8201 Additions Unrealised gat At 31 Dtcemb¢r 2020 950J47 950247 Qu•t¢d investments comprise: 202 2019 Market VAllle Msrket value Cost 1,500 Diageo Ordirtay GBPX 28.935185 I.(￿) Unilever PLC Ordinory GBP 0.0311 I I IIXA) Royal I￿re￿ Shell 'B' Ord EurO.07 I5,(1￿ M&G Securiii¢s Limited Equilie5 Inv for Charities Inc l.(K)O Rio fInto Ordtyilry GBP 0.1 6.300 Vodafone Group (kdijjary USD 0.295238 1,250 GlaxoSmithKlin¢ Ordinary 23p 1,631 Aviva (hdinary GBP 0.25 1.500 HSBC Holdings Ordinary USD 0.50 (UK Reg) 190 Maidathd Inst Sttvices Limit¢d Dynamic Bond Growth 20.(K)O Rathtrrtine Unit Manag￿1 Ethi(al Bond 23.(KX) Royz] Asset Management High Yield Bond 16.IKXI M&G S¢¢urities Limited CharilM)Dd Ctrwiiies fix￿1 intercst bond 17500 Sequoia E¢onomi¢ Infra Income Fund 11.300 Sllpernwket lThcoine RErr PLC Ordinary GBP 0.01 4.600 S¢¢urt lJ)comc REIT PLC Ordinary GBP 0.1 16.500 NcxiEn¢rgy Solar Fund Limited R&1 Ordinary NPV 17,200 JLEN Envir¢￿￿￿nt￿l Assets Grp Ordinay NPV 12300 HICL InfraS[n￿ll￿¢ PLC Ordirw GBP O.(KNJI 470 RIT Cap Patth¢ts PLC Ordinary GBP ) 43.170 43.920 25.188 205W6 48,008 43,505 44,790 249.104 45.030 9.246 22.238 6317 58207 4.181 IlJ47 19h51 6.217 58.207 4.181 12.547 7ffj19 1&775 19.651 3209 10.454 20J58 19J56 20J59 3.209 10.454 20.558 19,556 20.359 6.829 8.879 21.247 20.364 20.051 21.777 21JYJ 19.1 IJ 111￿71 19,824 19.848 20.018 19315 14034 138 17589 19 20,018 11,909 18,808 20.043 20.113 20,667 20.4105 12.374 19,964 20,460 20,984 20.813 9.941 18JO8 20,043 211.113 2OA•7 21328 9.706 Continued St John Ambulance (I 26 Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 (Continued) 10 Investments (continued) Quoted investments comprise (couti•u¢d): 2019 M•rktt Value Market value C05t 9,600 Ninety One Fund Mana8ers UK Diversifi Income 2 INC GBP 2.6(M) M￿￿#Y Intcrnational TruA Ordinary GBP 0.25 3￿ CRH Ordinary Euro 0.32 280 Astr¥Z¢ntta Ordinary USD 0.25(UK Quote} 18,5(X) Lloyds Banking Group Ordtnary GBP 0.1 1.150 Brown Advisory funds US Smaller Companits C USD 18,Off) Aviva Invcslors UK Svcs Limi*d US Equity Ithcomt II 2 Inc NAV 1&730 BNY Mcllon Global PLC US F4uity In¢on* E GBP Dis I￿ Edg¢wood L S¢l¢ct US Sel¢ctGrowth I Z USD l(Xl Novartis AG CHF 0.50 {Rcgd) 811) H¢nder50n Euro Focus Ordinary GBP 0.50 10,O(KJ Blackro& Fund Mwna8crs Lirnitcd Contl F￿rope Ioc D Units Ith¢ 2JIK) Thcsi5 Unit T￿￿ Managemcftt Limitcd IM Cn Europe Spe¢i#l Situation5 GBP 5.650 Hendersoo Far East Inmm¢ Limit¢d (kdinary NPV 7(M> Matthews Asia Pa¢ific Tiger GBP Dist 4.500 SchriNl¢r Asia P&¢ific Furld (kdinary GBP 0.10 1.350 T¢mpleton EmcTging Markcts Inve5tm¢nt Trust Ordin8ry GBP 0.25 7.5￿ JP Mor8an Global Emerging Markcts IDC Trust Ordin8ry GBP 0.01 250 CG Porfolio Fwid PLC Dollar Hedged GBP DIS 250 PGtM FuEkl PLC US Corp￿te Botld GBP DIS Hedged 10085 9WI 10.085 9,845 29A81 29J80 29.481 7.493 20.352 10.038 19.919 29.539 32,760 9,126 21.300 11.563 20,157 31,480 7A93 20J52 iOW8 19919 9.174 20J07 6.741 26,016 29W9 29A91 19.7SO 19.764 19.750 21.788 20,716 6937 20,716 937 20,736 7,164 10,960 16,055 916 9.836 15.168 IS.168 17J90 4822 4.622 5,223 19956 18A47 19,956 10,172 19.353 10,099 20.651 10.381 21.218 11.340 19J53 27*30 IU25 10024 10969 10.024 10,219 26317 27J95 2.650 JP Morgon Asia Growth & Income 12892 634276 950247 S￿),024 97A048 11 Sto¢ks 2020 2019 M4nua15 4.172 792 4.845 Firs¢ Aid kits 236 Unifonn 1.713 1.037 6.677 6,118 St John Ambulance (ND 27 Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 Deeember 2020 (continued) 12 Debtors 2020 2019 Trade debtors 64ffj33 216292 5,176 200 Tax recoverable &645 Other debtOT5 1,019 129526 Prepaym¢nts accrued incorne 134.585 356,253 Trnde d¢btOf5 is of provision of £21.363 (2Q19.. £36291). 13 Short terni d¢posi¢$ 20211 2019 Chariti¢5 Deposit Fund Ac¢ourt( Ch8riti¢s Dep)sit Fund Account . E&siern tha Futld S & W Investments- Cash 127,175 126,842 31.515 31 ￿98 45.805 504,727 82,823 791.709 Chariites Deposil Fund Charities Deposit Fund Account- outdwrpursuits ttntre 83N41 7S4345 14 Creditsrs: 8mounts falling due within one ytxr 2020 2019 Other L￿eS and so¢ial sea￿lty Trade creditors 16JlO 46,1 83J175 77,870 A¢¢nJals 71.478 1S869 45.062 D¢fetr¢d incoffl¢ 30,438 186,932 199.560 St John Ambulance (ND Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 (continued) 15 Financiat iD$eruments The eomp8ny has thr followiD8 fin4n¢iat insttwnents.. 2020 2019 Loans firtd rtteiv4bles held at #mortised cost C&h at bank 8md in hand 586,221 223.084 791,709 Shon temi d¢wits Trade debtors 754J45 64,633 I￿19 216.292 Other debtors 200 Pr¢payments and ￿enIed income 129J26 134.585 1,$3S744 1.365.870 Flrtxntial li￿bIlItIeS measured At smottls¢d tost Trnde ¢Tedit￿ of provÉdin8 traini08 for Cadets in outtknr pur5Uit& mili￿rn FutLd- Donation by MililKrn Trust ￿ be for stJohnAmbular￿l￿) ￿1¥111¢* Education Authority- Grnni from FAluution Authority forNortbern Irela￿1 in accord￿¢¢ with 5erviÉ% agrecment Educatiffl Authority- Grani from FAIu¢*ion Authortty forNorth IrelaTrJ for the prtsvision of youth &5sembly and pllrticipation in youth development events. Educati¢xJ and Library Board$- Groni frotn the Education aDd Library Bo8rfs has been used for eurriculum matcrials and trdvel. Sundry grants- this ill¢ludes gr8nts from Enkalon FoundatMML CCF CrA))munity Foundatiti￿ YJA Fundin& Ha]ifax Foundation and Covid 19 Charitics Fund. St John Arnbulance (NI) 31 Notes to the fmancial statements for th¢ year ended 31 Deeember 2020 (eontinued) 19 Analysis of total fund8 Unrestricted funds Total 2020 ut￿est￿le[cd FU[￿S Restricted Total 2019 nds Athaly$is of type ol sset aDd liability TAngibl¢ fix¢d assels Investments 1310.112 1310.112 1.320.448 1.320.448 950247 671J04 793.T21 I￿932 99)J47 976.048 976,048 791,709 585,455 199,560 Short terni deposits Other current asscts Creditors.. amourtts ralling due wthin one ear 754J45 791ni 18fi932 70&885 585.455 19).560 82,824 3.438,452 83Wi 3J21.493 3 J91276 82,824 3.474,1(Kl 20 Financial ¢ommitments Ai 31 Drtemberthc charity had annual undern(￿cell8bk rouatin8 lease5 ¢xpiring a5 follows.. - Proptrty Property 21120 2019 Within oneyear In more than one year. but tLOt morc than five After five year5 37,107 40.857 91.167 106,167 104.500 855(Kl 211774 251,524 21 C8pital commitments The Charity had no capitsl tommrlmcnts d the year￿. 22 Contingent Liability No known conluJ8ent liabiliti￿. 23 Related party Iransgctions No related party tr8nsa¢uon 24 Ultimate controlling party Thc ultima* wntrolling party is con5idcred th¢ Boayd of T￿￿te St John Ambulance (Nl) 32 Notes to Ihe finaneial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 (continued) 25 Subsequent Events Sub5equentto theyw¢nd, Covi&19 has¢ontinued to LXUSe signifi¢8nt dtsnjptiith w the ￿noMiC activity worldwi(tc, atld to rnany bu51tkess¢5 and their opcraiion$. Th¢ Charity ha5 sd robust cost reduttion and incom¢ g¢n¢rntion rtLWUTes in plaK and ha8 worked har(f to enable the business io ¢ontinu¢ to o￿Tate in its segments and rem8in compe¢i¢ive in th¢ ¢UTr¢ni rnarketplacc. (h]r voluntcers havc rcsponded magnificently by providing thc largcst deployrnent since WW2 ofattthukntts forpou¢n¢ tsansf￿5 and emcrgcncy call5 in suppori of our hard- pr¢55ed colle88ues inthe Northern Ireland Ambulance Scrvice and the other H¢aith 1'rusts IHryita151. This has bectl widely acknowlcd8ed. The Charity has availed of rent holiday51def¢rral4 negoti￿ed rejji ￿d￿dIOn4 a prop¢rty rewicw. staff fi]rloughin& and cotlsiderable publi suppott both in t¢mi$ of ¢ash do[￿¢1￿￿4 and donations of PPE and refreshmejjts forour ambul4nc¢ crew& Now that the vaccinationpJDgramm¢ Èsjraringcomplction and re￿riCtl0￿5 arebeinglifted, w¢ore starting tosee a return ofpubli¢ events requiring firs[ aid18mbulan¢¢ ¢over, hopeful that by 2022 we will see a r#um w something r¢5cmbling nornality. The Trustees, p)siiion r¢garding the Covid-19 parttlemic is also athltwol iti the Trt￿, R¢pLYL