||**Unit**|155thBELFAST GUIDE UNIT| |---|---|---| ||**Document**|Trustee Annual Report 2023| ||**Period**|01/01/2023 - 31/12/2023| ## _**Notes**_ _This template is to provide guidance to units who are completing a Trustee Annual Report for the NI Charity Commission. If you do not wish to use this form please ensure that the headings in this guidance are followed when completing a Trustee Annual Report._ _All Girlguiding Ulster Charities are governed by the Royal Charter and Bye-laws._ _The Purpose of each of these Charities is to educate girls and young women to help them develop emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually so that they can make a positive contribution to their Community and the wider world._ ## **1 CHARITY DETAILS** ## **1.1 Name of Charity as it appears on the Register and any other names it may be known by** 155[th] Belfast Guide Unit ## **1.2 NI Charity Commission Number** 104437 ## **1.3 The principal address of the Charity** This should be the address that was used at the time of registration with the Charity Commission ## **Principal Address** Girlguiding Ulster, Lorne House, Craigavad, 30 Station Road, Holywood, BT18 0BP ## **Correspondence Address** 155[th] Belfast Guide Unit, Gilnahirk Presbyterian Church, 161 Gilnahirk Road, Belfast BT5 7QP ## **1.4 Charity Trustees** The names of all Charity Trustees on the date the report was approved and all individuals who served as Charity Trustees during the year Christine Williams (Main contact) Barbara Anderson Rachel Toland Kate Latimer (joined September 2023) 1 | 3 **Filename:** 155BFSGuides - 2023 - Annual Report ||**Unit**|155thBELFAST GUIDE UNIT| |---|---|---| ||**Document**|Trustee Annual Report 2023| ||**Period**|01/01/2023 - 31/12/2023| ## **2 ACTIVITIES** A summary of the Charity’s main activities to further its purposes for the public benefit and the main achievements in the year ## **There was no harm flowing from the Charities purposes and that there was no private benefit** ## **There were 30 girls in the unit during the year.** 2023 saw our first Guide to achieve her GOLD award, the highest award in the Guide programme. She was not only the first Guide to achieve it in our Unit, but also the first in the Campbell District, and the first in East Belfast. ## **ACTIVITIES** ## **January – June** Activities included: - Girlguiding Ulster visit to W5 at the Odyssey complex - Thinking Day – annual Girlguiding event - Marvel day at Lorne Estate – high energy activities - The Lorne Walk - a sponsored walk - Planting night – growing plants from seeds - A cookout - building a camp fire and cooking our dinner - Girl Guide programme progression as per table below ## **September – December** Activities included: - Guide camp weekend held at Lorne Estate - UK Parliament Week: Our annual politics and election night. - Girl Guide programme progression as per table below **Girlguiding Programme Summary 2023** Activities completed during 2023. |**Element**|**Know**
**Myself**|**Express**
**Myself**|**Be Well**|**Have**
**Adventures**|**Take**
**Action**|**Skills For**
**My Future**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Skills Builder**
**(Parts 1 to 4)**|3|3|2|4|1|| |**Unit Meeting**
**Activities(Minutes)**|80|85|30|180||60| 2 | 3 **Filename:** 155BFSGuides - 2023 - Annual Report ||**Unit**|155thBELFAST GUIDE UNIT| |---|---|---| ||**Document**|Trustee Annual Report 2023| ||**Period**|01/01/2023 - 31/12/2023| ## **3 FINANCIAL REPORT** ## **3.1 The financial year the report relates to.** 1st January 2023 to 31st December 2023 ## **3.2 A review of the Charity’s financial position at the end of the year** |
|Accounts now being reported on the Girlguiding accounts package and
entered to understand the full financial reporting since 2014.|Accounts now being reported on the Girlguiding accounts package and
entered to understand the full financial reporting since 2014.|Accounts now being reported on the Girlguiding accounts package and
entered to understand the full financial reporting since 2014.|Accounts now being reported on the Girlguiding accounts package and
entered to understand the full financial reporting since 2014.|previous years have been
**2020**
**2019**
£1,338.49
£1,600.25
£0
£29.66
**£1,338.49**
**£1,629.91**|previous years have been
**2020**
**2019**
£1,338.49
£1,600.25
£0
£29.66
**£1,338.49**
**£1,629.91**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Accounts**|**2023**|**2022**|**2021**|**2020**|**2019**| ||Bank|£2,804.11|£2,259.16|£316,26|£1,338.49|£1,600.25| ||Cash in Hand|£0|£0|£0|£0|£29.66| ||**TOTAL**|**£2,804.11**|**£2,259.16**|**£316,26**|**£1,338.49**|**£1,629.91**| ## **3.3 Details of any fund held by the Charity that was materially in deficit at the end of the year and steps taken by the Charity Trustees to eliminate the deficit** No deficit ## **4 PUBLIC BENEFIT REQUIREMENT STATEMENT** A statement that the Trustees have had regard to the Commission’s Public Benefit requirement statutory guidance The Trustees have regard to the Commission’s Public Benefit requirement statutory guidance ## **5 REPORT SIGNATURE** One or more of the Charity Trustees must sign and date the box below **Name Christine Williams** Signature Date 05/07/2024 3 | 3 **Filename:** 155BFSGuides - 2023 - Annual Report