Reglstered company Nurnber N1633767
Re8lStered Charlty Number 104660
Report of the Trustees and
Flnanclal Statements
For the year ended
30th September 2023
Givln8 Llfe Opportunltles tu Women {GLOW

Contents
Page
Report of the Trustee5
Independent Examlner's Report
Statement of FinanGlal Actlvitie5
Balance Sheet
Notes to the Financlal Statements
Oetalled Statement of Financlal Activitie5
10-15
16-17

Glow - Glvlng Life Opportunltles to Women
Trustee's Report
th
For the year ended 30 September 2023
Réport af thé Tyustees
TPe:"us::es Kvhc are also directors of the charity for the purpose5 of the Companle5 Act
20JE. p:e5e-
heir". eport with the financlal statements of the charity for the year ended
3J:- Sep-.aryter 2P23. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accountin8 and
lepc-,
8J¥
"8rStie5', Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charitles
repar
g tF4aif accoJnts in accordance with the Financial Reportin8 Standard applicable in
"e L < 3r.- 4ek+ublic ot Ireland {FRS 1021 (effective l January 20151.
Objective5 and Actlvltles
¥> beo" e5tabllshed to promote personal development, positive mental health and
es for Ihe benefit of Indlviduals and families from North and West Llelfast
dirg environment In Cuunty Antrlm without dlstin.ction of 3Be, gender,
i53bili:y, Sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic identity, political or rellglou5
550ciating statutory aijthorltles, community and voluntary ar8an153tlons and the
è ccwmon effort to advance health and wellbein8 Wlthin the area In
-e Nellbein8 of beneflciaries by the provlslon of a safe envlronment and an
ersonal, mental and physical wellbein8.
Reserye5 Policy
'.ninum Operatlng Reserve Fund Is equal to three months of average operating
the flnancial stablllty and continued provlslon of ongolng operations and
-, *e Operatln8 Reserve serves a dynamlc role and will be reviewed and
', esoonse to internal and external changes. The Operatin8 Reserve Fund wlll be
sJrpluS unrestrlcted operatlng funds, Restrlcted reserves wlll be used as
he funders, contract5.
l FJFIE, GCVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
.Ig Document
,s =ontrolled by its governing document, deed of trust, and constitutes a Ilmlted
l Ti".ed by 8uarap,tee, as defined by the Companies Act 20D6.
RèSCE AND ADMINISTRATIVÉ DFfAILS
*es r.e."ed Company Number
￿￿￿eM Ireland)

Reglstered Charity Number
Re8lstered Offlce
Unit Bill 1st Floor, Old Mill,
Conway Mlll
S . / Conway S'treet
Belfast
BT13 2DE
Trustees
Renée O'cleary (Chair)
Ileanor McGuckin (Chair)
Jane Mccarthy (Secretary)
Paula Mccann (Treasurer)
Orla Eastwood ITreasurer)
Oonagh Desire
Mlchele Tennyson
Llsa Mont8omery
Colette Donnelly
Appointed chalr
23.01.2024
RÈsl8ned
23.01.2024
Appolnted
14.10.2019
Resl8ned
28.07,2023
Appolnted treasurer 28.07.2023
Appolnted
04.08.2020
Appolnted
04.08.2020
Appolnted
UI.02.2019
Appointed
01.03.2023
Company Secretary
Jane Mccarthv
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Indgpgndent Examln8r
Campbell Rltchie Chartered Accountants Ltd
21 Warnock5 Lane
Coleralne
Co. Londonderry
EST5211H
th
Approved by order of the boijrd of tru5tee5 on 30 January 2024 and slgned on behalf bv:
Trustee (Chairl
Orla Eastwood - Trustee (TreaS￿arer)

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
-1 5'ie2" iYa5 8 year of knial enges for GIOW and It5 board. Glow'5 CEO of 11 years resigned and
.'e= o-=0 a £￿=Sel di, e'eit path. =unding was becomlng difficult to obtain, whilst the need for
riryiQS cJr.tjiJpd ta g'ow. -he baard of Glow recruited a new CEO who will take the
o.ie'w '.£￿￿ s, ￿1[.11 new p?rtier5nips both wlthln the corporate and Communlty sector.
tie Y3','<e:pia:e for Ihe foreseeable fuiure.
-ie-r o, iew Kev s-aff aioig Wi44 thelr eYtiJs'asm to promote and dellverthe work that
,It 'is reputatioi on wii l ensure that the orga p Isatlory wlll thrlve and grow golng forward.
J. new Cio will be workln8 on enhancing our pro8ramme5 +or the women and 8lrls who use our
5ervlce5, to ensure that their volce5 are beln8 heard 8nd -hel- need5 met.
3u Ildi ng key partnershlps within the Community and Voluntarv sector will create sustalnability for
Glow and enable us to take oui. programmes Northern Ireland wlde and deliver to the m05t
vulnerable women and 8ir15 Wlthin areas of hi8h deprlvatlon and rurEI15glation,
There will be big changes for the New Year; we will be re-brandin8 Glow, Movln8 premises and
launchlng our re-developed programmes in Sprln8'24.
The 8oard of GIOW are looking forward to contlnued growth of (iLL)w ano 5UPPOrting:. ne iew CEO
Ir) achlevln8 this,
?e.-ée v Cieary
Ciar

Glow-
ivin
Inde
endent Exa- n,E-
For the
ear enoec 3Q-_ 5.
,e.TO=: 2023
I report on tb.e acccL-.
out on pages 7-17.
-r year ended 30th September 2023, which are se..
Res
tlve r
trus
ees
mlner
As the char5ty's trustees 'ard 8150 the dlrectors for the purposp5 of Company Law) you are
respon51ble for the preDarat on of the account5 In accordance with the Charitle5 Act
(Northern Ireland) 2008 ano 'he Companles Act 2006.
It Is my responsibi1Sty *o',
examine the accounts under section 65 of the Charlties Act
follow the procedures laid down in the general Directlons given by the Commlsslon under
section 6519llbl of the Charities Act
state whether partlcular matters have come to my attention.
asls of inde
endent examiner'5 re
ort
I have examined your charity account5 as requlred under section 65 of the Charlties Act and
my examlnation was carried out in accordance with the general Directions glven by the
Charity Commis51on for Northern Ireland under 5ectlon 65(91[bl of the Charitles Act.
My examlnation Included a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a
compari50n of the account5 presented wlth those record5. It also included conslderation of
any unusual item5 or dlsclosares In the accounts and seeking explanations from you as
charity trustee5 concerning any such matter5,
My role is to state whether any material matter5 have cume to my attention givln8 me
cabse to believe:
That accounting reco• ds were not kept iri accordance with section 63 of the Charitle5 Act
2 T
ay tle accounts do not accord wit￿, those accounting records
,E aiCOLnts do not ccrnply with the accounting requirements of the Charlties Act
-.￿or= is fu.ther information needed for a proper understanding of the accounts to

Inde
en
nt
miner's statement
I have completed my examination and have no concern5 In respect of the matters (l) to (4)
listed above and, In connection with following the Directions of the Charity Commission for
Northern Ireland, I have found no matters that require drawing to your attentlon.
Ashley Campbell FCA
Chartered Accuuntant
21 Warnock's Lane,
Coleraine,
BT52 ITH
30th January 2024

Statement of Financlal Activities
Givin
Life O
ortunities to Wornen
Year ended 30th Se
mber 2023
Unrestricted Re5trlcted
funds
fund5
Prior year
funds
Total funds
Income (note3)
Income and endowments from.,
Donations and legacies
Bank interest recelvable
Grant5 re5trlcted
Other inLome
ratal
35,122
166
35,122
166
163,863
31,643
230,794
262,784
163,863
31,643
66,931
21,666
284,450
163,863
Expendlture {note 6)
Expenaiture 01):
Other tradin8 actlvlties
Ra's,'r8 funos
16,531
16,531
13,388
Charltable actlvltles (dlrect costs)
13.882
186,573
200,455
216,224
Support costs
5,439
5.439
5,472
Othe.
73
720
793
808
Tcta., ffesoarces expended
35,925
187,293
223,218
235,892
'e'.
e liexpendlturel belore
',ie 'eJortlng perlod
31,007
23,430
7,577
48,558
"S =e'.o,aen funds
783
783
'Jnds
30,224
22,647
7,577
48,5i8
cs
75,533
133,042
87,733
52,886
140,6&9

8alan£e Sheet
Givin
Llf@ O
crtuniries to h'*a.me
Year ended 30th Se
tember 2023
Unrestricted Re5trirted
funds
funds
Total
fund5
Prior year
funes
Note
FOI
F02
F03
FQ4
Flxed Assets
Tangible assets
3,740
3,740
8,838
Current Asset5
Stocks
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
Total current assete
3,102
,700
122,xq.3
99,785
99,785
-18,642 1.48,42.7
38,642 138,427
Credltor5: amounts talling due
wlthln i Year
10
1,548
1,54
3,181
Net current a55et51(liabllltiesl
101,977
38,642 140,619
133,042
Tota I net a5sets/lllabll ities)
101,977
38,642 140,619
Funds of the charity
Ros:ric*ed funds
Urresrricred tunds
52,886 52,886
87,733
52,8116 140,619
87,733
75,533
57,509
1,83,042

Glow- Givin
Balance Sheet
For the
e4r ended 30th Se
Llfe O
ortunities to Women
tember 2023
The charitable company Is entitled :o exemptlon frorr, aiJdlt under Section 477 Of the C¢imp8nies Act
2005 for the year ended 30 Se?tember 2023,
The membè.r5 have not reauired tie comJany to obtaln an audlt of its finènclal £tiJtements for the
year endLd 30" SeptembÈ.r 2023 iii accordance with Section 476 of the Corr,panles Act 2006.
Tle trustegs ackn.owledge the. I r responsi bil Ities for:
l a I cnsurl nF. th a+ tb,p clia rltè ble. company keeps accoijnt.lng record 5 *hat comply WIt￿ Set.tlr)ns
386 inc 487 of Ccmpdnies Act 2006, 2nd..
i 01 Prepa'ing f'ranci£l,' btatements whlch glve a true and fair view of thp state of af¢airs of the
ch?r ay'e compdny a) at the end op 30" September 2023 and of its surplJs or dEI-icit'or
each finar,,
',al yesr in accordgnce wlth the requlrements af Sections 394 and 395 Jnd wh c
.￿le.'-I'1 se'"omply w',th Ibe requirements of the Compaiiies Act 2006 relating to financia,
s-.a',&iien:s. so far as 15 applicable to the. chari:able c,ompany.
Se ": ianci81 statement.s have bp.en prepared In accard¢i nce wlth the speclal provis ions of Part 15
- r.ies Act. ?006 1 elat.lng to c harltablp smal I compaiig.S.
'.aceme11ts were approved and authorlsed for issue by thc t3oard of Trustees or. 30
th
"c vjere signp.d Jn its bp.hcilf by.,
Orla _a5".wood-Trastee IlreasJ". erl

Glow- Givln
Life O
Accountin
Policies
For the
ar ended 30th Se
ortunities to women
tember 2023
ACCOUNTINfj POLICIES
Bas1$ ol preparln8 the flnan¢lal statements
The f inanclal statements of the charltable company, whlchls a publlc benefit entity under
FRS102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charltles SORPIFR51021 'Accounting and
Reporting by Charltie5: Statement of Recommended Practice appllcable to charltles
prÈp2ring theii ?ccounis In acc,oYdance wlth the Flnancial Reportin8 5t?ndBrd Bpplicable In
tne UK and Republ,c of Ireland (FRS1021 (effective l January 20151,, Flnancial Reportill8
Standard 102 'The Financial Reportlng Standard applicable in the UK and Ireland, and the
Companle5 Act 2006. The flnanclil statements have been prepared under the hlstorical cost
oivention.
Income
41 income s recognised In the Statement of Financlal Activities once the charlty nas
eiii ernen-. to the funds, It Is probable that the Income will be received, and the amount can
.e Teasured reliably,
Expendlture
a ? i'ties are reco8nlsed as expenditure as soon as there Is a legal or constructlve otsllgation
c?rr r Ittin8 the charity to that expenditure, it15 probable that a transfer of economlc
ce?e'i4S wlll be reoLJired In settlement and the amount of the obllgatlon can be measured
xaeiditure Is accountod for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headin8S
-,at aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be dlrectly attributed tD
a,liCU',ar headin85, they have been allocated to actlvltles on a basis consistent with the use
esources,
Tanglble Flxod Assets
eprec,'a
+lcn has been prnvlded at the followSn8 annu81 rates in order to wrlte off each asset
.ted useful life.
puter equipTP,ent
"2 equiprr,ent
ce +J"ni:Jre
25% on c05t
25% on cott
33% on cost

Stocks
Stocks are valueo a=
e ICW'e-
for obsolete and 5i0W mcv rg teT5.
ne'."ea,Isat e'la ue, after mak',ng due aSlowan:e
Taxatlon
The charity is exempt from corpora: Dn tax on t5 cha ritable actlvlti es.
Fund aciountlnz
U nrestricted f unds ca n be used In accordance with rhe. charltablÈ, oblectlves at the dlscretio i
of the trustees.
Restrlcled f Jnds ca n only be used for partlcular restrictecl purposes within the o?ject$ of t he
charlty. Restrlctlons arise when specifled by thp donor o,. when funds are ralsed for a
particular r e5tTILted PUTP05e.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund In included In the note5 to the
flna ncia I statements.
Penslon costs and other p05t.retlrement beneflts
The charltable com pany o perate5 rl deflned contri butlon pension scheme. Contrlbutlons
payable to the charitable company's penslon scheme are char8ed to the Statement of
Flinanclal Actlvltles in the perlod to whlch they relate.

0 4es to th e Financial Statement$
GIVI
Life O
ortunltie5 to Wo
Vea. ended 30th Se
tember 2023
Unrestrlcted Restrlcted
funds
funds
Prioryear
funds
Total funds
2 Donation
ies
onatiois and gifts
34,954
168
35.122
34,954
168
35,122
32,677
32,677
163 863
163,863
230,107
th
ctlvltle
"4 sales
31,643
31,643
21,666
In
•re5t r
c•lva
160
166
TOTAL INCOME
66,931
163,863
230,794
284,450
Unr•strlctod R95trlctgd
lunds
funds
Prlor year
funds
A-aiysis ol Grants
Total funds
e'a¢:
".v Council
?ai,a Crcs5
%ai Health
eed
5,500
3,695
57,654
10,000
24,000
5,000
soo
37,791
10,000
37,791
10,000
4Jtiorltv
¥rydat:on
.* esian Trust
2,200
2,200
25,000
4,800
25,000
4,800
4,000
Cllarltable
50,000
3,740
19,621
398
3,000
43,000
2,240
9,970
10,275
3,000
43,000
15,588
163,863
2,240
9,970
10,275
3,000
43,1)00
15,588
163,863
tt¢ry ¢4W

3 Net Income
ex
enditure
et i ncomellexpenditbirel '$ stèted afr4e" "har8 p&, crei.,+iigl'
3010912023 3010912022
De oreciation (owned assets)
5,437
5,472
a Trustees, r
neration and b•nef5
bere were no trustees, remuieration or other benefit5 for the year endp.d
30tlI, september 2023 nor for the prevlou5 year. There were also no expenses
paid to any of the tru5tees' in these periods,
i Staff
-￿e average monthly number of ernplcyees durlng the year was as follow5..
3010912023 3010912022
dTinistr•tion stgff
11
G e.Tployee5 recelved emoluments in exces5 of £60,000.
7 T Ible
Craft
Offlc•
Comput•r
equlpment equlpment •qulpmont
TOTAL
Cpjt
At l October 2022
Add t'on
15,765
855
340
1,195
5,17B
21,798
340
22,138
At 30 September Z023
15,765
5,178
Dtpreciati¢n
8,523
3,941
12,464
397
359
756
4,041
1,137
5,178
12,961
5,437
18.398
a- 3= Sep:epnber Z023
7,242
3,301
459
439
1,137
8,838
3.740

8 Stocks
3010912023 3010912022
Acrr,inistratlon
3,102
Unrestrlcted Restrirted
funds
funds
Prlor year
funds
Totsl funds
24
220
645
417
99
65
33
23
87
85
'or Vates
Yental health grant
"3el Mcligorm
4v*ivewear
-cr Café
?orrLltrYent
"oi:rol account
1,700
'e*',tQ'5, amou
wl hlnj
Unrostrlcted R•strl¢t•d
funds
funds
Prlor year
funds
Total funds
Is:;ibutors
88
86
251
60
99
rmJnity House
800
28
800
28
accoun.
79
1,592
129
795
3.181
720
1,548
720
1,548

11 Movement In funds
0111012022
b/f
3010912023
¢/f
Fund names
Incorne Expenditure Transfer
Geneial fund
Total unrestrlcted funds •5
per balance sheet
57,509
66,931
35,925
783
87,733
57,509
66,931
35,925
783
87,733
011101202Z
bll
3010912023
If
Income Expendlture Tran51er
Fund names
Albert Hunt
BBC Soclal Enterprlse
Comic Relief
Davld Crcss
Mental Health
AF
C51Ildren in Need
ducatlon AuthorSty
4enry Smith
enry Smith Accured
Accountancy
.ob Start
5,500
10,500
5,5au
16,489
5,989
16,904
37,791
44,253
10,442
6,257
2,739
8,975
10,000
2,200
11,127
3,113
8,975
5,130
1,827
795
58
795
2,240
2,181
National Lottery C4W
Souter
Taylor Yate5
Trust House
Tudor Trust
Edue, Summor scheme
ROSA
Enkalon
PHA Youth
PHA Adult
N3tlonèl Lottery Awards for
875
1,395
15,588
3,000
14,073
4,395
2,389
23,224
43,000
43,556
22.668
5,440
4,835
5,440
4,854
19
9,970
25,000
a rfie',d -rust
9,970
3,471
21,529
12
12
"ay
4,800
163,863
1,807
187,293
75,533
2,993
52,886
783

Je'aile4 Statement of Flnanclal Activitlas
Life O
ortunities to Women
Waa. eraed 3Ctyh Se
tember 2023
Unrestricted Restrlcted
fund5
funds
Prior year
funds
Note
Total funds
am4
rer,ts frcm:
35,122
166
35,122
166
163,863
31,643
230.794
32,677
163,863
230,107
21,666
284,4SO
31,643
66,931
163,863
Ey,2•-.
'J¢ -.£ ac"&ivltles
3,102
13,429
3,102
13.429
2,550
13,940
3,102
13,388
16,531
16,531
?tr,e ayivltles Idlrect costs)
5,567
122,633
908
242
1,358
262
999
2,034
Z,234
55.904
186,573
128,200
908
242
1,358
368
999
2,080
2,234
64,067
200,455
133,554
1,483
2,459
1,128
363
784
5,969
2,644
67,839
216,223
106
<4ationery
ce èx?ev,sos
46
e ccsts
8,163
13,882
Sknpport costs
"c roiew31s
5,439
5,439
5,439
5,439
5.472
5,472

Unrestricted Restricted
funds
tunds
Prior ye?:
furds
Note
Total funds
Other
Bank charges
Sub5criptlons
Accountancy
73
73
720
720
793
793
808
8J8
Total resources expended
35,925
187,293
223,218
235,891
Net income/(expendlture) before
tax for the reportln8 period
31,007
23,430
7,577
48,559
Transfers betwegn funds
783
783
Net movement In funds
30,224
22,647
7,577
48,559
Reconclllatlon of funds
Total funds brou8ht forward
57,509
75,533
133.043
84,484
Total fund5 carrled forward
87,733
52,886
140,619
133,043