**Registration number NI614232**
## **Foyle Child Contact Centre**
**(Company limited by guarantee)**
**Directors' report and financial statements**
**for the year ended 31 March 2024**
**Foyle Child Contact Centre Company limited by guarantee**
## **Contents**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Information|**1**|
|Directors' report|**2 - 3**|
|Independent examiner's report|**4**|
|Statement of Financial Activities|**5**|
|Balance sheet|**6 - 7**|
|Notes to the financial statements|**8 - 13**|
**Foyle Child Contact Centre Company limited by guarantee**
||**Company information**||
|---|---|---|
|**Directors**|Jean Thompson|Chairperson|
||Lesley McMorris||
||Carrie Mullan||
||Phyllis Quigley||
||Elizabeth Fielding||
||Mary Durkan||
|**Charity number**|XR89332||
||NIC104570||
|**Company number**|NI614232||
|**Registered office**|12-14 The Diamond||
||Ground Floor Rear||
||Derry||
||BT48 6HW||
|**Accountants**|McGroarty McCafferty & Company|Ltd|
||Accountants & Tax Consultants||
||2 Carlisle Terrace||
||Derry||
||BT48 6JX||
|**Business address**|12-14 The Diamond||
||Ground Floor Rear||
||Derry||
||BT48 6HW||
|**Bankers**|Ulster Bank||
||Da Vinci Complex||
||2 Bay Road||
||Derry||
||BT48 8JB||
**Page 1**
## **Foyle Child Contact Centre Company limited by guarantee**
## **Directors' report for the year ended 31 March 2024**
The directors present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024.
## **Principal activity**
The principal activity of the charitable company is to provide a relaxed, neutral and child centred environment where parents, family members and children who no longer live together can meet in warmth and comfort.
## **Objective and activities**
With the help of approximately 40 volunteers who work on a rota basis and 1 paid co-ordinator, our service involves the provision of contact sessions in 2 centres on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday - Derry and Limavady (Wednesday).
The clients who use the service come from within the Derry, Strabane and Limavady catchment area and we have also facilitated contact visits with parents who live outside these areas including Donegal, Portadown and London. We provide child friendly rooms in each of the locations. More than one family can be present during the session and the layout of the room is constantly reviewed and changed to suit the ages and needs of the families present. Whilst the main objective of our service is to allow parents, siblings, grandparents or significant others to spend time playing and interacting with the children, our volunteers are also there to support the contact (not supervise) in areas like providing help and support especially to young and first time fathers who may be seeing a very young baby for the first time. We also provide a handover facility, where contact is taking place in the community but the Centre is used as a safe and neutral venue for the child to be handed over to the contact parent. When funds permit we also provide art therapy for some of the children who may be presenting as having particular difficulty dealing with the situation they have found themselves in. We also signpost parents to other organisations who may be able to help with any issues they are dealing with.
## **Directors**
The directors who served during the year are as stated below:
Jean Thompson Carrie Mullan Elizabeth Fielding Lesley McMorris Phyllis Quigley Mary Durkan
## **Governing document**
The organisation is a company with charitable status. The company was formed on 30th August 2012. The company was established under Memorandum & Articles of Association which outlined the area of benefit and the objects of the charitable organisation.
## **Risk management**
The directors have a risk management strategy which consists of establishing a system of identifying risks and mitigating such risks.
**Page 2**
## **Foyle Child Contact Centre Company limited by guarantee**
## **Directors' report for the year ended 31 March 2024**
. .................... continued
## **Financial review and performance**
The results and performance for the year ended 31 March 2024 are summarised in the enclosed accounts.
## **Directors Responsibilities In Relation To The Financial Statements**
The Directors of Foyle Child Contact Centre for the purposes of company law are responsible for preparing the Directors' Annual Report and the Financial Statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the charitable company and of its surplus or deficit for that year. In preparing these the directors are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business;
- observe methods and principles in the Charities SORP 2019 (FRS 102).
The directors are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
This report is prepared in accordance with the special provisions of part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
This report was approved and authorised for issue by the Board on and signed on its behalf by:
**Director**
**Director**
**Page 3**
## **Foyle Child Contact Centre Company limited by guarantee**
## **Independent examiner's report on the unaudited financial statements to the directors of Foyle Child Contact Centre**
We report on the accounts of the company for the year ended 31 March 2024, which are set out on pages 5 to 13.
## **Respective responsibilities of charity directors and examiner;**
As the charity directors you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. Having satisfied ourselves that the charity is not subject to audit under company law, and is eligible for independent examination, it is our responsibility to;
- examine the accounts under section 65 of the Charities Act 2008;
- follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
- under section 65(9)(b) of the Charities Act 2008.
- state whether particular matters have come to our attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner's report**
We have examined your charity accounts as required under section 65 of the Charities Act and our examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland under Section 65(9)(b) of the Charities Act. The examination included a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also included a consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as charity directors concerning any such matters.
Our role is to state whether any material matters have come to our attention giving us cause to believe:
- that accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006;
- that the accounts do not accord with those accounting records;
- that the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of the Section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 and the methods and principles of the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland;
- that there is further information needed for proper understanding.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
We have completed our examination and have no concerns in respect of the matters listed above and, in connection with the following directions of the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, we have found no matters that require drawing to your attention.
## **McGroarty McCafferty & Company Ltd**
## **Accountants & Tax Consultants**
**2 Carlisle Terrace**
**Derry**
**BT48 6JX**
**Date:**
**Page 4**
## **Foyle Child Contact Centre Company limited by guarantee**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2024**
|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Income and Expenditure**
**Funds**
**£**
**Funds**
**£**
Incoming resources from charitable activities
4,720
50,428
**Total Incoming Resources**
**2**
4,720
50,428
**Resources Expended**
Management & Administration
4,542
49,965
**Total Resources Expended**
**2.1**
4,542
49,965
**Net Incoming / (Outgoing) Resources**
**6**
178
463
Balances brought forward 1 April 2023
3,127
271
Balances carried forward 31 March 2024
3,305
734|**Total**
**Funds**
**Total**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
**2023**
**£**
55,148
49,053
55,148
49,053
54,507
48,949
54,507
48,949
641
104
3,398
3,294
4,039
3,398|
|---|---|
The above amounts relate to continuing operations of the charity.
The charity has no recognised gains and losses other than those included in the results above and therefore no separate statement of total recognised gains and losses has been presented. There is no difference between the net incoming resources for the period stated above and their historical cost equivalents.
**Page 5**
## **Foyle Child Contact Centre Company limited by guarantee**
|**Balance sheet**
**as at 31 March 2024**
**2024**
**Notes**
**£**
**£**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
**5**
695
**Current assets**
Debtors
**6**
2,404
Cash at bank and in hand
13,227
15,631
**Creditors: amounts falling**
**due within one year**
**7**
(12,287)
**Net current assets**
3,344
**Total assets less current**
**liabilities**
4,039
**Net assets**
4,039
**Funds**
Unrestricted
3,305
Restricted
734
**Funds**
**6**
4,039|**2023**
**£**
-
15,178
15,178
(11,780)|**£**
-
3,398
3,398
3,398
3,127
271
3,398|
|---|---|---|
**The notes on pages 8 to 13 form an integral part of these financial statements.**
**Foyle Child Contact Centre Company limited by guarantee**
## **Balance sheet (continued)**
## **Directors' statements required by Sections 475(2) and (3) for the year ended 31 March 2024**
In approving these financial statements as directors of the company we hereby confirm:
The company was entitled to exemption from audit under s477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with FRS102 SORP.
The financial statements have been approved and authorised for issue by the Board on .
**Director Director Date: Date:**
**Registration No: NI614232**
**Page 7**
**Foyle Child Contact Centre Company limited by guarantee**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **for the year ended 31 March 2024**
## **1. Accounting policies**
The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below and have remained unchanged from the previous year, and also have been consistently applied within the same accounts.
## **1.1. Accounting convention**
The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS102. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in notes to the accounts and comply with the charity's governing document, the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland published in October 2019 (SORP 2019) and the Companies Act 2006.
The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost convention, modified to included certain items at fair value. The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the charity.
## **1.2 Incoming resources**
## (i) Grants
Grants represent all amounts received and receivable during the year.
Revenue grants are credited to the Statement of Financial Activities in the year they are received.
## (ii) Sundry Income
This comprised amounts reveived during the year.
## **1.3 Resources expended**
- (i) Direct Charitable Expenditure
This represents all expenditure directly attributable to charitable causes.
## (ii) Management & Administration
This includes all other expenditure not directly allocated above and a portion of the overhead cost attributable to management and administration.
**Page 8**
**Foyle Child Contact Centre Company limited by guarantee**
## **Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024**
. ....................continued
## **1.4 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation**
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less depreciation.
Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost less residual value of each asset over its expected useful life, as follows:
Fixtures, fittings and equipment - 25% Straight Line
|**Incoming Resources**
**Unrestricted**
**Income**
**Restricted**
**Income**
**2024**
**£**
**2024**
**£**
Health & Social Care Board
-
46,373
Halifax
-
2,475
Honorable Irish
-
1,580
John Moores
-
-
Donations & room hire
4,720
-
4,720
50,428|**Total**
**Funds**
**Total**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
**2023**
**£**
46,373
45,370
2,475
763
1,580
-
-
550
4,720
2,370
55,148
49,053|
|---|---|
## **2. Incoming Resources**
## **(i) Restricted Funds**
Funds received which are earmarked by the Funder for specific purposes. Such purposes are within the overall aims of the organisation.
## **(ii) Unrestricted Funds**
Funds which are expendable at the discretion of the company in furtherance of the aims of the charity. In addition funds may be held in order to finance capital investment and working capital.
**Page 9**
**Foyle Child Contact Centre Company limited by guarantee**
## **Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024**
. ....................continued
|**2.1**
**Resources Expended**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Management & Administration**
**Funds**
**£**
**Funds**
**£**
Wages & Salaries
-
26,805
Rent
-
6,600
Insurance
800
889
Maintenance & repairs
-
1,170
Volunteer Expenses
-
5,929
Administration Expenses
-
1,320
Printing, Postage & Stationery
325
-
Light and heat
-
995
Travel
888
-
Telephone and internet
-
1,154
Art Therapy
-
2,475
Accountancy
-
900
Resources & Refreshments
530
220
Bank charges
373
-
Subscriptions
-
493
Computer costs
-
348
Rates
-
435
Sundry
116
-
Meetings and room hire
1,510
-
Depreciation
-
232
4,542
49,965|**Total**
**Total**
**2024**
**£**
**2023**
**£**
26,805
24,327
6,600
6,600
1,689
800
1,170
353
5,929
4,921
1,320
1,320
325
647
995
1,557
888
618
1,154
1,216
2,475
850
900
900
750
852
373
358
493
679
348
660
435
382
116
222
1,510
1,687
232
-
54,507
48,949|
|---|---|
**Page 10**
**Foyle Child Contact Centre Company limited by guarantee**
## **Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024**
. ....................continued
## **3. Employees**
|**Number of employees**
The average monthly numbers of employees
during the year were:
**Employment costs**
Wages and salaries|**2024**
**Number**
1
**2023**
**Number**
1
**2024**
**£**
**2023**
**£**
26,805
24,327
26,805
24,327|**2024**
**Number**
1
**2023**
**Number**
1
**2024**
**£**
**2023**
**£**
26,805
24,327
26,805
24,327|
|---|---|---|
|||**2023**
**£**
24,327|
|||24,327|
## **4. Tax on profit on ordinary activities**
No charge to taxation is due as the company has charitable status.
|**Tangible fixed assets**
**Fixtures,**
**fittings and**
**equipment**
**Cost**
**£**
At 1 April 2023
2,818
Additions
927
At 31 March 2024
3,745
**Depreciation**
At 1 April 2023
2,818
Charge for the year
232
At 31 March 2024
3,050
**Net book values**
At 31 March 2024
695
At 31 March 2023
-|**Total**
**£**
2,818
927
3,745
2,818
232
3,050
695
-|
|---|---|
## **5. Tangible fixed assets**
**Page 11**
**Foyle Child Contact Centre Company limited by guarantee**
## **Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024**
. ....................continued
|**6.**
**Debtors**
Other debtors
**7.**
**Creditors: amounts falling due**
**within one year**
Other taxes and social security costs
Deferred income
Accruals
**8.**
**Movements in Funds**
**Restricted funds:**
Restricted funds:
Total restricted funds
**Unrestricted funds:**
Unrestricted funds:
Total unrestricted funds
Total funds|**2024**
**£**
**2023**
**£**
2,404
-
**2024**
**£**
**2023**
**£**
-
1,942
10,685
8,200
1,602
1,638
12,287
11,780
**At**
**1 April**
**Incoming**
**Outgoing**
**At**
**31 March**
**2023**
**£**
**resources**
**£**
**resources**
**£**
**2024**
**£**
271
50,428
(49,965)
734
271
50,428
(49,965)
734
3,127
4,720
(4,542)
3,305
3,127
4,720
(4,542)
3,305
3,398
55,148
(54,507)
4,039|
|---|---|
## **Purposes of Restricted Funds**
Restricted grants awarded to the charity is provided to cover the core objects as explained in directors report.
**Page 12**
**Foyle Child Contact Centre Company limited by guarantee**
**Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024**
. ....................continued
## **9. Related party transactions**
There were no related party transactions in the period under review.
## **10. Controlling interest**
Ultimate control rests with the board of directors.
## **11. Company limited by guarantee**
The company is limited by guarantee and does not have a share capital.
**Page 13**