South Antrim Community Transport Trnstees, Report The trustses, who are directots for the purposes of company law, present the annual report together with the fmancial ststem¢nts and auditors, report of the charitable company for the year en(kd 31 March 2024. Trustees Mr H maOn, Chairman Mrs E A Bell MBE Mrs D Hopper, Treasurer Mr R Amour Mrs M P Bogle MrT C Clarke Mr J M A Farquhar Mrs H C Hendry Objectives and activities oses and Aim Our charlty's purpose as set out in the objerts Contained in the companys memi)randum of associatlon is to: Reduce social isoIation by providing a ¢OnlUn1ty traDSPOrt service for such of the inIltallts of South Antrim and its environs ("the area of benefit") who are in need of such a service because of age, si¢kn¢ss or disability (mental or physi¢al), or poverty, or because of a lack of availability of adequate and safe public passenger services, without distinrtion of sei race or politicaL religious or other opinion as set out in Section 75 of the Northern Ireknd Act 1988 our WO delive We review our aims, objectives and activities each year. This review looks at what we achieved, and the outcome of our work in the previous 12 months. The review looks at th¢ success of each key tivity aud th¢ benefrts they have brought to those individuals and groups of people we are set up to heEp. The review also helps us ensure our ainL objectives and activiti¢s remained focused on our stated purposes. We have refeed to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's genernl guidance on public benefit when Teviewing our aim alld objectives and in pIauning our future activities. cus of our work Our nmin objectives for the year continue to be the provision of accessible and affordable transport in the South Antrim area to individuals and groups ]iving sn South Antrim and its environs ("th¢ area of benefit"). partiollarty people with re(tu¢ed mobility. How our activities delfver public benefit Our main activities and who we ty to help are described below. All our charitable activities focus on the provision of accessible and affordable transport in the South Ajitrim am to indiTriduals alld wups living in South Antrim and its environs ("the area of benefit"), particularly people with reduced mobility. Page 2
South Antrim Community Transport Trnstees, Report o used and benefited from o services South Antrim Community Transport is a membership only organisation which provides an affordable, accessible transport service to individuals and groups from within our designated area that have ditYi¢ulty accessing ¢onventional fornis of transport. For the year April 2023 to March 2024, South Antrim ConJnunity Transport provided the following servi¢es.' - Dial-a-lift s¢rvice for our individual servic¢s. - Community Wheels service, allowing 3ndividuals to travel outside the operntional area. - Group Transport Service - Door-to-Door service on behalf of Disability Action in the urban towns of Antrim and Larne. - Motability (to enhance our current Diat-a-lift serviee), from JUEY 2023. We achieved this with th¢ financial s¢rvic¢s from Department of Infrastructure (DFI), the Departnnt of Agricultilre, Enviromnent and Rural Affairs (DAEIL4), Disability Action (DA), and The National Lott¢ry Community Fund for Northern Treland and The Motability FovndatioJL During the financial year, we Provided these services with the assistance of volunt¢¢r dTivers who have registered with us to provide transport for our clients. Equal access to our services is an important issue for us. We have monitored access to our services by recording gender, disability, marital status, ethnicity, sexual ori¢ntation and religion of our clients. We believe equal access to our s¢rvAces És vital to our success. AIE infornmtion provided by our cllents is ¢over¢d by the Data Protectloll Act 1988. Financial Review Ow ¢(mtinued success in the past year bas been due to the continued sound financial management and the support of botb staff and volunteers. The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's Iransa¢tions and disclose with reasonable a¢curacy at any tim¢ the financial position of the company aad enable them to ensure that the fjnancial statements coJnply with the Companies Act 2006. They are responsibIe for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for takmg reasonabl¢ steps for the pr¢vention of fraud and other irregularittes. The directors have secured new fimdxng for the year 2024 - 2025 as outlined b¢low. The directors can confirm the Deparnnent for Infrastsuth grant has been used solely for the PuOSe$ for which it was provided. Princi Aside from the income generated by our Group Transport Smice provisio the Directors have secured fiding from the Department for Ittfrastntre until Mard) 2025. In addition to this, funding has also been secured from Disability Action, a subsidy from the Departnmlt of Agriculture Ellvironment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). We also r¢ceive knding fro The National Lottery Convnullity Fd foT Nothern freland, and we have a new fimding Stream from Motability UK from July 2023 to June 2026. Reserves Polie The Managetllent Committee has examined the charits4s requiremènts for reserves in llght of the main risks to the organisation. It has established a policy whereby the uwestricted fimds not committed or Invested in tsngible fixed assets held by the charity should be 3 months. These reserves are needed to meet the Working capttal requirements of the ¢Ilty and the Managem¢nt Committee is confident that at thi5 level they would be able to continue the current activities of the charity in the event of a significant drop in fulld7ng. The r¢serves required in March 2025 are £285,477. Our net &8sets on 31st March 2024 are £539.906. Page 3
South Antrim Community Transport Trustees, Report PlaDS for the Future South Antrim Community Tyansport aims to coniinue provÉding an affordable, accessibl¢ transport servic¢ to individuals and groups from the South Antrim area and its environs ("the area of benefit'} that have difficulty acc¢ssing conventional fonns of transport To achieve these alms we propose the following goals in order to adapt our services to me¢t the changes that challenge us all while contAlluFng to provAde a valuable service to our CUTrent n)embers. For the year April 2024 to March 2025 South Antrim Community Trausport will again provide a Dial-A-Lift service on behalf of the DFI and DAERA through tbe smart pass scheme. The Community wheels project is fided by the National Lottery until Jun¢ 2025. We have succesfully been amrydrded fid]llg frojn The Motability Foundation from Juue 2023 to Jun¢ 2026 which will infftase our service provision for persons with a disability throughout our schemes. Other services to be provided include Group Services for members and South Antrijn Commullity TraJ)sport have a service level agreement wtth Disability Action to provid¢ an urban 'Door to Door Service. for the Antrim and IArne areas. Structure? governanee and management Document The organisation is a clwitable company limited by guarantee, Incoorated on 3rd June 2004 and recognis¢d as 41 a registered charty by HM Revenue and Customs. The company was established under a Memorandum of Association which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Associatio If upon winding-up or dissolution of the Company there remains, after the satisfaction of all itg debts and liabilities, any propety wthatsoever, the same shall not be paid to or distributed among the memb¢rs of the company, but shall b¢ given or transferred to some other charitable institirtions having objects similar to the objects of the Company, and which shall prohibit the distribution of its or th¢ir income and propety to the ext¢nt at least as great as is imposed on the Company under OT by virtue of Clause 5 h¢reof, such institution or instithtions to be deterniined by the members of tbe Company at or before the time of dissolution, and insofar as effect cannot be given to such provisioo then to some other clwitable objecL crui ent and A ent of M ent Con]mittee The directors of the company are also charity 1Thte¢S for the purpose of charity law and under the eornpanys Articles ar¢ known as DMberS of the Managemeftt Con]mittee. Under the requir¢ments of the Memoratt(h and Articles of Association the mernbers of the Management Commiltee are el¢ctsd to serve for a period of three years after which one third of the directOTS shall retir¢ froEll office but can put themselves forward for re*election on a rotational basis. All members of th¢ Manag¢m¢nt Conllnittee give their time voluntiily and received no b¢nefits from the charAty. Any expenses reclaim¢d from the charty are set out in not¢ io to the accounts. Trustse Inductioll and Trdinin Most trustees are already familiar with the practical WO of the ¢harAty. Additionally, new trustees are invited and enCOured to attend a short governance trainyng to familiarise themselves with the clwity and the contsxt within which it operates. Page 4
Sbutb Antrmm Commwiity Trsport Trnstee8' Report The Managoment Comittee of 8 JDembers meets bi-monthly &Dd is r¢sponsibl¢ for the 8trat¢gic dir¢¢tion arLd E*)]icy of the ch&ity. At present the ¢fjJnmitte¢ has nwnbers fr(Im a vari¢ty of professionat ba¢kwunds relevant to the work of th¢ thkity. The secr¢tary also sils i>n the COJLmÉtte¢. A sdL¢tue of delegation is ill pl8c¢ and day to day resPol1]ty for th¢ provision of the servi¢es rest wilh Mattager. The maa8¢r is ffSPODsJlyie ffjr ensuring that the chrrity de]iv&3 the servi¢¢s spe¢ified and Ihat k¢y perfoL7u2ace iodi¢ators are meL The Manager is spOnsIb for th¢ day to day rA¥¢ment of th¢ SeTrice, iodiiidual supeTrision of thR team ald wwiag that the team contitiues to dev¢knp their skills and woA<iug prn¢tic¢s ill lir£e wjlb £oodwactic¢. D4closure of inforni2lloL to auditsr Eath trustee ljas takeu steps that they ougbt to have tak as a trustee ill order to thethselves aware of any relevant audit infomration aad to ¢stablish that the ¢haTitys auditor is aware of tbat infon. Th¢ trustees cOnfM Ibatthere is no relevallt inf4)tnJatim that they know of alld of whiGh they know the auditor is Uruwa. Re3ppoiutmellt of audltor a¢cordsnce section 485 of th¢ Compw)i&5 Act 2006. a r¢solution for th¢ re-0ppoiulm¢llt of TB Mill& & Co as audit4ll3 of the thrrty i8 to b¢ proposed at the fortbcowing ADnual General Meekn& Small 1¢8 provfisAon stxtsmext The annual tEPQrt vds approv¢d by th¢ trfthes of tr &ity oa25 2024 and slgD¢d oll IL8 b¢ha]f by: MrH Page 5
South Alltrim Commullity Transport Statement of Trustees, Responsibilities Th¢ tnteeS (who are also the director5 of South Antrim Community TTansport for the PUTposes of company law) at¢ respoDsibEe for preparing the trustees, report and th¢ fancial ststements in a¢cordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accoullting Standards (United Kingdom Genernlly A¢¢ept¢d Accounting Practice), includÉng FRS 102 "The F3nallcial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of freland" The r¢port alld accounts bave been prepared in accordance with the provisions in the Companies Act 2006 relatiDg to small companies. Company law requires the trnstees to prepare fuianeial statements for each fmancial year. Under rompany law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unKe&s they are satisfied that they glve a trne and fair view of ttLe state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources 8nd application of resources, including its incojlle and ¢xpellditure, of the chariiable company for that perio& In preparing these financial stat¢ments, the trustees are required to: select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently" observe the methods and prÈnciples in the Charities SORP, make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent. state whether applAcable accounting standards, comprising FRS 102 have been followe(t subject to any nte[la1 departures disclosed and explaitled the fjnancial statements; and prepare the fancial statements on th¢ going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable rompany will continue in business. The trnstees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that can disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of th¢ charAtable company and enable them to ensure that th¢ fmancial statements comply with the Cotnpani¢s Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitsble company and henc¢ for tsking reasonable Steps for the prevention and detsction of fraud and other IegUlarlties. The trustees are responsible for the maint¢nance and integrity of the co4)orats and financial infornmtion illcluded on the charitable ¢ompany's websit¢. Legislation governing the pr¢paration and dissemitIOn of financial statsments may differ from legislation in other jUTisdictions. Approved by the tn]stees of the charity oft 25 June 2024 aud Si1¢d on its b¢lMlf by: MrHM Trustee Page 6