Trustee Annual Report Form 2023
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.
Name of Charity as it appears on the Register and any other names it may be known by
89[th] Belfast Rainbow Unit
NI Charity Commission Number
104574
The principal address of the Charity- this should be the address that was used at the time of registration with the Charity Commission
Girlguiding Ulster 30 Station Road Craigavad BT18 0BP
The names of all Charity Trustees on the date the report was approved and all individuals who served as Charity Trustees during the year
Patricia Stothers Stephanie Hinds Ruth McAdam
The financial year the report relates to – for example, 1[st] April 2016 to 31[st] March 2017
1[st] January 2023 to 31[st] December 2023
A summary of the Charity’s main activities to further its purposes for the public benefit and the main achievements in the year
25 girls were registered as members from January 2023. 7 girls moved up to Brownies in September 2023, leaving 18 remaining girls. However, new girls joined the Rainbow Unit, taking numbers to 24 by December 2023.
Activities throughout the year included:
Arts & Crafts, for example, Jumping Clay came in and led a workshop with the Rainbows, making a ‘mini me Rainbow’ out of jumping clay. Girls also painted wooden bug houses, made Easter bunting, made various cards for occasions throughout the year and decorated paper crowns to mark the King’s Coronation.
Completing badge activities including planting seeds, helping others, making bird feeders and learning about recycling.
Playing games like ‘Change the Fashion’, ‘Oranges and Lemons’, and ‘Mr Bear Likes Honey’.
A statement that the Trustees have had regard to the Commission’s Public Benefit requirement statutory guidance
All Trustees of the Charity are aware of the Commission’s Public Benefit requirement statutory guidance.
A review of the Charity’s financial position at the end of the year
Opening Balance: £2837 Closing Balance: £2115 Surplus (deficit) for year: (£722)
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
There are no additional funds held by the unit.
One or more of the Charity Trustees must sign and date the box below.
Stephanie Hinds – 18/02/24