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2020-12-31-annual-return

St John Ambulance (NI) Independent auditors, report to the Members of S¢ John Ambulance (ND Opinion We hav¢ wdited the finBttei81 stat¢m¢nts of St John Ambulance INJI (the 'charitsble eornpanVI for the ￿ar eadod 31 D¢c¢mber 2020 whtch ¢omprL5¢ Iht Stsiement of Fill8n¢ial Activities. Balance Shert St&tem¢ntof Cashflows and NotCS to the Financial Stst¢mcots, including a $umtnBry of significant accounting poli¢i¢s. Thc financial reportirt8 from¢work (hal has b¢¢n applied in th¢ir preparion is appli¢abl¢ law and Untled Kingdom Accounting Standards, in¢luding FinancÈal Rcporting Standard 102 The Financial R¢porting Standard applicable in th¢ UK and Republic of Ireland. IUDitcd Kingdom Ikneratly Accepted Accounting Practi￿1. In our opinion the fjnancial 51atcm¢rLts'. give a tru¢ and faiT view of the state of &ff8trs of the ¢haTitsble company a5 at 31 Dcccmbcr 2020 and of its incomth8 re￿Ur(s5 ind resourc￿ expended for the yur then cnded.. havc been properly ptep2Ted JD accordance wÉth United Kingdom Generally Accept¢d A¢rouThting PractiK and havc been pr¢p8r¢d ia accordaDce with the requirem¢nls of thc Companies Act 2006. BHsis for opithio W¢ conducted our audit in accordance with Intetnation81 SiaDdards on Auditing (UK) {ISAs {tJK}l and applicablc law. (￿r T￿ponsibilitIeS under thos¢ standards are fvrtherdes¢rib¢d in thcAuditorf rcspon5ibilitics for th¢ audi¢of the financial slatcmcrtls section of our report. We 3r¢ indepertdentof the company in accordance with the¢thiGal wuir¢ments that are relevlntto our Slldit ofthe fiDsnciai statements in the UK. In¢luding thc FRCS Ethical Standard, wc havc fvifilled our other ethiral re5pon$ibilitie5 in 8ceordanccwilh thesc requircrnents W¢ bclieve Ihatiheauditeviden¢¢ wehaveobtained is suffi¢ierti and appropriate loprovide a ba515 for ouropinioll. Conclu$lon$ relating to golng con¢¢rn Jn a￿dItill8 th¢ financial ststemeni& w¢ h4v¢ concluded th8t the di￿¢1￿￿$, us¢ of th¢ going cofteern bL8is of ac£ollntin8 in the P￿Paration of the firtartcitl $iat¢ttLcnts i5 appropriate. B￿¢d on the work we have pcrfomied, we have not identified any mateiial wi¢ert8inties relating to ¢v¢nts or conditions thaL individually or rollgctiv¢ly. may cast siErtificknt douirt on the companvs 8bility its ¢ontinuc ll8 a going ¢onccrn for o period of at le8SLtF4¢lv¢ month5 from when the financial Statements areauihorised for i5SU OUT responslbtliiies gnd th¢ ￿spOnsiblE1t1e5 of the directors with rrspcct to going conc£m are described irt the relev￿t s￿l￿)n5 of thi5 report. Oth¢r informtiDn The dirertor5 are Tespollsibl¢ for the oth¢r infonmiion. The other Inforniition comprise5 the infom)atiott fft the Report of lh¢ Dir¢otor4 but does not Incl￿1¢ th¢ fjnancial statements artd our litport of the Auditors thereon. Our opillion on th¢ financial 5tatemetLts do￿ not thc other information 8t￿ we do Th)¢ ¢xpr¢5s any forni of assuranee con¢lu5ion therco In conneciiort with trur audit of the flnanctal slalemellt& ourrnpDn5ibility 15 to readthe other informadon 8nd, lrt dolngso,¢onsider whether the other infornation is materially inconsistent with the finarteial siatetnertts or our knowlrdgs obtsin¢d in th¢ audit or otherwise opp¢ar5 to b¢ malcrially mi5slatcd. If. ba5¢d on the work we have pBrforJnEd, we con¢lud¢ that there is a m8Lial mls$taleTn¢nt of this other infonnation, w¢ arc r¢quired to repDrttht fact. W¢ h&v¢ nothing to report in this regard. Oplnlon on other matter8 pr¢s¢rlb¢d by the Companles Ad 2006 In otjropinion. based on the work ￿nd¢rtdkcn in thc course of the audit.. thc inforn)ation8iven in theR¢portof th¢Directorsforthe finart¢1￿ y¢arforwhidhthe fjtlaneiil slatementsareprep8r¢d Èsconsjsient with the financial statem¢nts: 8nd the Report of the Directers hss been piepard irl accordance with 8pplicable le88J r¢quw¢m¢nts.

St John Ambulance (NI) 12 Indep¢nd¢nl auditors, r¢port to the Members of St John Ambulance (NI) (continued) hlot¢¢rs ort whleh w¢ Hre rtqulred to report by ¢xctptio In the light of the knowl¢dgc 4Trd Drtderstanding of the company and its ¢nvironrn¢llt obtairkd tn the course of the 8udiL we have notidertilfjed mat¢rial misstsiements in th¢ Reportof the Dlre¢tor5. W¢ have nothln8 to report in res￿tt of th¢ foitowing motter8 wber¢th¢ CoJnpanies Act 2tX)6 requirts us to r¢porttoy¢yJ 1£ in our opilliort.. adequat¢ Kc<)untin8 records have tLOt been kepL or r¢lurns adequate forour aUdtt￿V¢nOtbC¢n reteived from branches not V15it¢d by us. or the finartcial $taiempnts are no(1rt 38reeJntht with the accounting rec(kTd5 and Tcturns: or certain disr105ur¢s of dire¢toes remuneration specified by iAW ore not mtd¢ or we ha￿ not received all the inform&iion and expianions w¢ rtquire forour audi¢,' or the directors were not ¢Dtitl¢d to lake adv8rtiag¢ of th¢ small compkniel eKCmPtion from the requiretnent to prepare * Slr&tegic Report or in prcparin8the Report of th¢ Directors. Responsibilities of director$ As ¢Kplain¢d more fully in th¢ ststeM￿r of Diretlors Responsibilities Set oui on poE¢ nin¢ and ten. thc direcloTS tre responsible for th¢ preparatioth of the financial $18tements&nd for bcing5atisficd that Iheysive atweand fair view. andfor such iniernol control Ès thc dirtCloFS deternjine necessary to ¢n&bl< th¢ prcparalion of fJnan¢iAI statements that are free from m2teri81 mitat¢JtL¢nL hethei due to fraud or error. In pr¢paringthe fin2ts¢ial 51atem¢Tr￿ thedireetor$ar¢r¢5pon5iblefor858essingthe cornpany'sabÉlityto continue Isa goin8eoTrcein. disc105in& LS appli￿blE matters rtlaitd to going Concern and using the concern basL5 of accountin8 unless the d¥[￿10T$ ¢ilher intend to Mquldat¢ the eomp8ny or to ¢¢ase operations. or hav¢ no rtallsti¢ alterELativc butto do so.

St John Ambulance {NI) 13 Independent 4uditors' report to the Members of St John Ambulance (ND leontinued) Our re5POn51bllltles for lhe fyuditof the fiuxncial statements Our objecti¥es 8re to obtain r¢a50nable ￿suranCe about wh¢ther the financial stat¢m¢nts 4s a whole are free from mat¢ri81 misstatemen¢ wheth¢r du¢ to fraud or error. 8nd to i55u¢ a Rcport of the Auditors that includes our opinion. ke￿nable#S$￿￿8ttet is a high l¢vel of 2ssuran¢c, but Is not a guarantee that an audit ¢onducted in accord8rt¢e wtih ISAS IUKI will always detECt 8 at¢rial missthtemen¢ wh¢n it exis￿ Mi85121emertts c8n arise from fraud orerror &nd ar¢ ronsidered maierial if. indiYiduaIly or in the aggrc£ats. th¢y could rcasonably be txp¢rtd lo intlu¢nc¢ the eeonotnlc decisions of uscr5 ttken on the b8sis of thesefimncial ataiements. Irre8ularities, iJtluding fraud, are ins18nee$ of non-compliance with Itws ar￿ rcgul&tion$. We procedures in line with out 5POrtsibilitle4 Outlined abov4 to d¢t¢￿ material mis5ts1¢ments resPWt of iTr¢gulariiie4 includin8 fraud. Th¢ ¢xl¢rtt w wbi¢h our proc¢dur¢5 are ¢4)able of detecting irregularitie4 incjuding fraud is¢J¢lail¢d bclow: We considered the opportunities and Incentiv￿ that may ¢xist within the organtsation for frdud and identified the￿alestpo1¢ntlaI for fraud in Telation to revenue recognition. In common with all 8udi15 ufLd¢r ISAS IUKI. we are also reguircd to pcrforjn spEcifJc prorcdurtsto r¢spond io the risk of managcmenÉ override. We also obtaitjed an und¢rst&nding of IhB1¢8aJ and re8￿alOry frameworks that th¢ Company operates in. focusing ort provi%iorts of those laws and r¢gulations thai had a dirwt cffect oll the detemiination of makrial amounts and disclowr¢$ in the fiftaneial 4tsl¢ment5. The key laws artd regulations wc considered in thi$ ¢onl¢xt included thc UK Companies Act. In addi110￿ we consid¢r¢d provisions ofothLr law5 and T¢gulations that do not have i direct on the finaftcial s1a(cm￿ts but ompliance with which may be fund8nKni#l ￿ th¢ Company's ability to opeT& or to llvoid a Thuterial p￿mIty. T pmr¢durcs to respond to risks id¢niifJ¢d included the following.. reviewtnE the fin￿gla1 statement disclosures testing lo supporting documentaiiort to AWSS compliaTh¢e with provision5 of Jevant law$ alld r¢gulatiotis de$ciib¢d 1$ having a dtrecttffect on the fJtthnci&l stiternent5: -enquiTing of manag¢ment and ext¢mal l¢g81 wunsel eortcerning actual and potrntial litigation clai p¢rforming analy￿¢[ pro¢¢dur¢5 to identify 8tty Unu￿￿1 or unupw¢cd relationships that may Indi¢at¢ ri5k5 of JMt¢rial misstatement due to ￿Ud. - in addressllJ8 the risk of fraud throu8h martagem¢nt ov¢rride otcontrois. tesiing the 8A)ropri&teness of jourual entri¢5 and other adjustm&)ts' ￿$t$sIng whether the judgement$ mad¢ in m8kin8 accouniin8 estimates sre indi￿liv¢ of a potential bia5. and ¢V21u&ting th¢ busincss rational¢ of any signiftcant transactions that Hrc ￿n￿sual or outsid¢ th¢ normal course of bUs￿esS. W¢ 4L%o communi¢81ed relevJnt identifKd laws and re8lllation5 potcntial fraud risks to all cn8aBemeJJt memixrs attd remained alcrt lo arty indicions of fraud or rtoncoEttplisnet with laws and r¢gulations throughout the audiL BecAU8e of intL¢rcnl limitatio*s of Bn audit, there is a risk th￿ we will not detecL all irr¢gularitL¢S, including those leading to a material mis51atement in th¢ fln8n¢ial statements ornon-complian¢e with r¢gulation. This risk increases the more Ihftt compliance with a law or regulation 15 rrmovcd from cvents and tran58c¢ions r¢fl¢ct¢d in thc financial Statemen￿ as we will be less likely to b¢comc aware of in5¢an￿5 of non-compli2nce. ThE risk i5 &lso greater regarding trrt8u18ritics occurrin8 to fraud rath¢r tharl error. as fr&ud involves interttiortal COn￿a￿llen[ forg¢ry. eollusion. omissiort or misrepresentstioTr. A furth¢rdescriptionof ourrc&yonsibilities for the audit of th¢ fin￿￿1¥1 5tat¢mcrtts 15 located ￿ the Financial Reptirtin8 Coun¥il'$ wcbsite at www.fraoTg.uklaudiiersrespon5ibilities. This descri￿lon fomts port otour Report of the Auditor5.

St John Ambulanee (ND 14 Independent auditors, report to the Members St John Ambulance (NI) (continued) U$e Of oyr report This ieport is made solely to thc compartls ]ReJnb¢r￿ as a body, in accotdtnce with Chapicr 3 of Part 16 Trf th¢ Compani¢s Act 2006. Ouraudit work has been utLdertaken 50 that w¢ might State to the CDmpan*5 tn¢Jnb¢rs th05r matt¢r5 we ar¢ required to stat¢ to thcm in a Report of th¢ Auditor5 and for rto other putposc. To the fullest extent peimittth by 18w. we do not ￿cePt or ￿$ll[￿e respoftsibility Éo anyon¢ other than the compAOy and th¢ cotnpany's members as a body. fot our audit Work, for thi5 r¢rory or for th¢ opinions w¢ have form&l. Oo, Joanne Small (Senior St4tutory Auditor) For and on behalf of Baker Tilly Mooney Moore St&tutory Auditor5 17 Clarcndon Road Clarendoo Dock Bclfast Co. ATrtrirn BTI 3BG Date..