CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: NIC104842 Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association Unaudited Financial Statements 31 March 2022 Finegan Gibson Ltd Chartered accountant Causeway Tower 9 James Street South Belfast BT2 8DN
Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association Financial Statements Year ended 31 March 2022 Page Trustees, annual report Independent examiner's report to the trustees 11 Receipts and payments accounts 10 Statement of assets and liabilities 11 Notes to the financial statements 12
Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association Trustees, Annual Report (contlnued) Year ended 31 March 2022 Reference and administrative details Registered charity name Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association Charlty reglstration number NIC104842 Principal officg The trustees M Harrison K Dunn H Nelson A Olding-smee M Dunn W Olding-smee P McLaughlin Accountants Finegan Gibson Ltd Chartered accountant Causeway Tower 9 James Street South Belfast BT2 8DN
Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association Trustees, Annual Report (conllnued) Year ended 31 March 2022 The trustees present thelr report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2022. Chairfs report The Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association (NIMMA) is a volunteer-based group, fomied in 1974. that has spent more than 40 years fostering reconciliation on the island of Ireland. NIMMA'S main aim is to create toleran and acceptance of mixed marriage and, ideally, to reach a time of reconciliation when an organisation like NIMMA is no longer required. To that end., a) it provides infomation, advice and support to couples either in or contemplating mixed marriage b) It gives talks to a range of community and educational groups, a5 well as universities, colleges and schools and distributes educational publications relating to mixed marriage c) It produces a bi-monthly newsletter, which is distributed wdely throughout the island of Ireland to pres5. clergy, educationalists, politicians, opinion formers and the general public dl It collates and presents reports to church bodie5. neorkS with cross-communlty groups and youth umbrella groups such as Youth Action e} It represents Northern Ireland at international conferences f) It lobbies for extended integrated education through its partnership wth the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education {NICIE) g) It lobbies for an increase in shared social housing through its partnership with the Northern Ireland Department of Social Development h) It provides background briefings about reconclliation to journalists, broadcasters and academics NIMMA is perceived as an agent for social change in Northern Ireland, Is the first port of call for local media on topics such as reconci5iation and advocates mixed marriage as a 'noThal thing, in a healthy society and one that can provide a blueprint for a truly shared futu. It work of reconciliation impacts on thousands of people on thls island through pastoral care that radiates through extended families, an educational strategy that targets secondary school pupils and teachers and management of the media. Another year of uncertainty and challenge has passed - we're getting used to them now- and we are delighted to be able to meet today to report on our progress over the past twelve months. Necessity once put us in a position where much of our work shifted to be online, over the phone and through media. Fortuitously, this limited the impact of the pandemic on our work. We were discovering 'working from home, just prior to the first lockdown and that is how it has been ever 51nce. Our services have continued uninterrupted and it has been 'busine55 as usual. throughout the past year. It is nonetheles5 a good feeling to be able to return our AGM to meet in person instead of the usual zoom avatars. Media and academics Continue to call on us on a wide range of topics, individuals and couples seek us out for information and support and. remarkably, we have managed to reduce our overheads and manage our finances better than at any time in the past five years. Thanks to Mary for good governance of our modest but vital funds. Change brings wth it challenges, but also opportunities.
Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association Trustees, Annual Report (contlnuèd) Year ended 31 March 2022 We thank all of you for coming today and give a nod to the technology that kept us In contact until now. We have adapted well to the new world of webinars, Zoom meetings and podcasts. I'm expecting Paul to become a TikTok sensation any day now. Together we have realised that these relatively new channels of communication5- new to us certainly- are ide81 for getting across what is our fundamental message, the need for tolerance. compromise and accommodation in all that we do in thls part of the world. Our trilogy of books are now complete and stories have been shared by couples in mixed marriages, children in mixed marriages and couples who were driven abroad. Wonderful stories told by Paul though the lens of the lived experience of enduring love. Books with a healthy sprinkle of historical context and factual explanation from Ken. NIMMA brings about change and we adapt to change. We have made good use of traditional media format and are now embracing the new social mediawhich has become commonplace in today's world, replacing tr8ditional channels of communication in many cases. We seek to make the best possible use of such multi-media platfomis, not to replace our tried and trusted methods, but rather to complement them. We are aware that social media has its pitfalls and difficulties as well as opportunities, but we also fed that social media needs organisations like NIMMA bringing wtth it the qualitie5 of reasoned discusslon and reconciliati'on that we embody. Our messages remain the same and don't Change. It is the means of diStribuOn are changing. changing fast and making us adapt to change. Consider how our message is now available worldwde, is being pursued by enquirers from around the world. We are delighted to respond using the new technology and long may it continue. Reflecting on change, Churches are emerging to provide weddings, baptisms and services as before, th the Impact of webcams and the like still to be understood and the cost of living crisis still to be worked through. All this agalnst an international backdrop of the horror of a territorial and identity war in Ukraine. The past Couple of years has seen a constitutional shake up as the impact of Brexit ripples through our political sphere. leading to increased tension and further uncertainty. The recent Assembly election brought not only the usual polarisation but also a stronger cross-community centre ground. Regardless of how, or indeed if, you voted, there are hopeful signs of a landscape [ch is more conducive for the core objectives of NIMMA and our ultimate aim of no longer being needed. But that's for the future. For nowwe remain the only organisation providing support and infomialion on mixed marriage on the island of Ireland, the only organisation that lobbie5 on behalf mixed marriage couples and children and the only organisation of its kind that continues to battle for greater availability of Integrated education and shared social housing. So I look foNard to the 12 months ahead, to building new partnerships, securing established ones and to continuing to provide the best possible pastoral care for those who need it. At all times. the NIMMA trustees have had regard to the Commission's Public benefit requirement statutory guidance.
Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association Trustees, Annual Report {eontlnu8d) Year ended 31 March 2022 Structure, governanGe and management Governing Document The Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association was established by a Trust Deed in 1982. There were subsequent amending deeds in 1996 and 2016. Appointment of Tmstees Subject as hereinafter mentioned the Policy and General Management of the affairs of the Association shall be directed by a Committee of Management {hereinafter reierred to as "the Committee") which shall meet not less than four time5 a year and shall consist of the Office Bearers of the Association and not less than four members or honorary members of the Association who shall be elected in manner hereinafter appearing. Nominations from members of the Association for membership of the Committee must be in writing and must be in the hands of the Honorary Secretary of the Association at least three days before the Annual General Meeting hereinafter mentioned. Should nomination5 exceed vacancles election shall e by a ballot of the members of the Association present and voting at the Annual General Meeting. In addltlon the Committee may co-opt up to four fijrther members or honorary members of the Association to seNe on the Committee of Management until the conclusion of the next followng Annual General Meeting after co-option provided that the number of co-opted members shall not exceed the number of elected members (other than office bearers) of the Committee as prescribed above. Co-opted members shall be entitled to vote at meetings of the Committee. The Committee may appoint on such terms as to duties and remuneration as it may determine all such staff, not being members of the committee, as may in its opinion be necessary. The Committee may appoint such Sub-committees, Advisory Groups or Working Parties of its own members and other persons as it may from time to time decide is necessary for the carying out of its work and may detemine their term5 of reference. their compositions and the duration of their activities. All such Sub-committees shall make regular reports on their activities to the Committee. The quorum at a Meeting of the Committee shall be four of 0M kn shall be office bearers or such other number as the Committee may from time to time determine. Truslees Induction and Training New trustees undergo an orientation day to brief them on: their legal obligatlons under charlty law, the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit, and inform them of the content of the Constitution of the Association, the committee and decision-making processes. the business plan and recent financial performance of the charity. During the induction day they meet key employees and other trustees. Organisation Structure The Management Committee administers the charfty. It meets monthly. Related Parties and Co-operation with other Organisatlons The charity has close relationships with the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education, the Department for Communitie5, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and the reconciliation charity Healing Through Remembering.
Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association Trustees, Ann ual Report (contlnuedj Year ended 31 March 2022 Risk Management The trustees have a risk management strategj Mthich cofflprfses,. an annual review of the principal risks and uncertainties that the charity faces. They have identified that financial sustainability is the major financlal risk for the charity. A key element in the management of financial risk is 8 regular review of available liquid funds to settle debts as they fall due. Objectives and aGtlvlties The Association is established to benefit the community in Northem Ireland through the advancement of tolerance and acceptance of diversity, to educate the general publiG concerning the institution of marrrage between persons of particular religious persuasions or none. to provide infomiation guidance and advice in so far as the same may be charitable in law to such persons as may have need of such assistance. Educational Partnership: NIMMA continues its partnership wth the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE} and more than 700 of the three NIMMA books were distributed to teachers across the Province in March 2020, The NIMMA books are used in dassroom and workshop situations in integrated schools and on shared campus to foster debate and discussion.
Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association Trustees. Annual Report (contlnuedj Year ended 31 March 2022 Public Benefit Mixed marriage couples and their extended families will feceive pastoral care, infomation and support, a5 well as access to an officelfocal polnt of contact and the expertise of experienced NIMMA members. This will enable them to prepare for being in a mixed marrtage or rasing children in a mixed marriage, help couples decide what is best for them and theirfamilies and help to alleviate suffering that can occur in these circumstances. The Northern Ireland public wll have a beiter-educated d balanced view of mixed marriage. while local school-age teenagers will learn about the realities of mixed marriage vis-a-vis the conflict and the reconciliation process. The shared present of mixed marriage can be a blueprint for the shared future envisaged in Northern Ireland governmental initiatives. NIMMA will continue to help to break down segregation, in the wrder sense of bringing individuals, couple5, extended families and communities together and also through its work in promoting and assisting integrated education and its consultative role in the provision of shared social housing. NIMMA promotes tolerance, accommodaiton and compromise through its pastoral work, media strategy. educational policy and its use of customised publications aimed at our young people as essential building blocks for a truly shared future. These benefits are (will be} demonstrated through feedback from users, by evaluating enquiry numbers and website activity and presslmedia response to initiatives. The charity's beneficiaries are mixed marriage couples and their extended families, but also the general public in terms of increased knoedge and awareness. The only private benefit flowng from this purpose. and it is incidental, is that those who provide the pastoral care involved will gain in experience and expertise on the subject of mixed marriage. Achievements and performance
Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association Trustses. Annual Report (eontlnu8d) Year ended 31 March 2022 Media Management: Internal: NIMMA News- June 21 edition issued. NIMMA News- September 21 edilion issued. NIMMA News - Christmas 21 edition - issued. NIMMA News- March 22 edition issued. External: Met wth producer Peter Kelly from Esras Films. They are producing a documentary about MM for RTE and wanted background briefing material and a possible interviewee. They are at the early stages of development, but Roley & Jo Mclntyre have volunteered to take part. ZOOM media briefing for French journalist Lucas Gregorio for TV documentary on post- Brexit Northern Ireland a divided society. ZOOM background briefing for Spanish journalist Silvia Niebla re reconcillation in a post-Brexit society. Podcast malerial produced and recorded Allan Leonard's Future Ireland website. Contacted by the Director of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Interchurch Families IAIF) Paul DoGherty. He read Hugh's piece in NIMMA News about our desire to increase usage of social Media and is keen to help. We have got back to him to agree a timeldate for ZOOM meeting. NO reply ss yet from Paul D. Zoom meeting with Lennart Soberon from EU 'Bordedands' research unit. He and his colleague Sylvia are returning to Northern Ireland for three months - seeking further border contacts. I've asked Kate Turner for her suggestions. Podcast for Paul Lee from Divided Families USA about mixed marriage in Northem Ireland. Met with Dr Alison Garden and Ruth Coon from QUB re their project - an academic exploration of mixed marriage in Ireland in the 20th Century. • Met with author and journallst Malachi O'Doherty re his research into a new book about (fivision in Northern Ireland. Exchanged memos with Financl81 Times, Ireland correspondent Jude Webber re mixed marriage in Northern Ireland. Arranged volunteers and provided background material for local journalist Patricia Devlin on behalf of French documentary maker.
Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association Trustees, Annual Report{contlnued) Year ended 31 March 2022 Outreach UPDATE: Spoke again wth Rev David Thompson of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland and provided NIMMA literalure for him. He is part of a committee that is being set up by PCI. He sald. "I'm heading up the setting up of a new Marriage Panel for the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. It will offer a listening ear and light touch advice to Ministers of PCI who require some gentle guidance in how to assist couples in the area of Inter-church marriage . We hope to be up and running in February. Maybe best to see how we go before saying too muchl" David has produced a draft document of his proposal which Ken has checked. David was very impressed with Ken's Church of Ireland document and will use it as a template for his final draft. Funding: Appllcatlon rasults: Application to Spring tranche of Department of Foreign Affairs, Reconciliation Fund - pending Applicatlon to Stormont 'Domant Accounts, _ declined Application to the Anchor Foundation - pending •Tru5tees 21 report produced. DFA end of grant report completed. Details of all grants received are Snoluded In the NIMMA annual accounts listed later In this report.
Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association TrusteFa' Annual Roport (continued) Year ended 31 March 2022 Aceommodation: IT provlder - TIBUS - NIMMA'S 30 day rolling contract continues. Paul working from home. Office library transferred to his house with eventual custodianship by St Anne's Cathedral. NIMMA Books: ' Exiles for Lovo: Printed. Spare copies held at Paul's house. Pdf coplgs of all thre6 books are now available. Housing: NIMMA remains a member of the TBUC housing sub-group. There has been no movement since last phase of shared housing development was completed and meetings wll Gontlnue biannually until further notice. 86f*arles Plotbvork.. NIMMA remalns a member of the Stories, Neknrk. SUMIVIARY A good year, despite pandemic restrictions, when Gontinued media and academic interest- local and International - was compsimented by a degree of success In sourcing funding. The NIMMA brand remains a constant nd we really arc th- first port-of-call foi #ll matters 'reconciliation'. On reflection, thls is due to the success of our website and our partnership with Healing through Remembering. Our website also conts'nues to drive enquiries and we have put . together a determined, Gollaboratrve application to both the DFA and the Anchor Foundatlon for further funding. And finally a Ilttle e-mailed note from a client that makes it all worthwhile - HI Paul. Thanks a lot foryourprompt and concise response. We have arranged for myprlest to attend the marrlage ceremony already but thanks for the suggestion. Your Informatlon has really helpedput my mind at ease Thanks a lot foryour help wlth thls. as these are awkward questlons to try and dlscuss. The work that you are doing as part of NIMMA is greatly appreclated and Is genuinety helplng thls country move forward
Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association Trustees. Annual Report {contrnued3 Year ended 31 March 2022 Finanrial review The organisation had lolal payments of £6,171 and tolal receipts of £6,864 creating a surplus of £693. Cash funds at the year end tolalled to £8,652. Reseryes Reserves are needed lo bridge Ilie gap between the spending and receiving of income. Apart from sniall donations aiid subscriptions from members all our funding is grant based. We do iiot have aiiy regular guaranteed funding. The truslees consider that the ideal level of reserve5 as al 31 March 2022 would be £5,000. This is based on the average monthly cost5 to run the office and cover general overheads and expenditure. The Iruslees, annual report was approved on trustees by- 25 g2 and signed on behalf of the board of Truste
Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association Year onded 31 March 2022 I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association {'the charity,) for the year ended 31 March 2022. Responsibilitios and basis ol report As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordanGe wth the requirements of the Charlties Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (the '2008 Act,). You are satisfied that your charity is not required by charity law to be audited and have chosen instead to have an independent examination. I report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements as carried out under section 65 of the 2008 Act In carrying out my examination I have followed the general Directions given by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland under section 65(9)Ib) of the 2008 Act. Independent examinerfs statement I have completed my examination. I confimi that no matters have come to my attention In connection with my examination giving me cause to believe that in any materlal respect., accounting records were not kept as required by with section 63 of the 2008 Act, or the financial statements do not accord wth those records., or the financial statements do not comply wth the accounting requirements of the 2008 Act; or the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the fonn and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination, I confirm that there are no other matters to which your attention should be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. FINEGAN GIBSON LTD Independent Examiner Causeway Tower 9 James Street South Belfast BT2 8DN 11
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Northern Ireland Mixed Nlarriage Assoclation - N. Period ertd date-. 311D312022 Séction B'.Statement of assets and liabilities at the.end of the period Unrestrlcled fund5 to noarosi £ Restricted lund5 ¢0 noan7Si £ Endowment funds io nohra¥l£ Total funds Last year Bl Cash fund5 lo neJru* £ Na.1 AGcounl No.2 Accounl 1.277 7.375 1.449 6.510 Total cash funds 0.652 8.652 7.959 Unrestrlcted funds to ncaresr E Re51r5cted fur7d5 10 neaiosi £ Endowrnent funds tD noaresl £ Total fund5 Last year to neartsl E 82 oilier monetary assets T¢tol tD whlch assot tsolon Unrosirfeted eoii loptlonoll Currenl Wal0 83 Investment a8Sgt5 Last yoar Toial Furtd ID wliirli bolo Current valu 84 Assets retained for the charlty's own Use L#51 year Fund its whl¢h rolafes due knDunt due BS Llabllltles La$1 yoar T•tal SignLd by or Nvo Iru51ee5 behalf of all Ihe Irusiee5 Slgnature Prinl Name Dale of approval H Nelson IChalrpJ50nl M Harrison rrreasurErl
Northom Ir•land MLKed Marrlo • Assoolatlon- NIC104842 Perlod end dalo: 8110312022 C1 Nature and purpose of funds (may be steted on analysis of funds wortsheets) Unrestricted funds are availabb f(Jr general purp05e5 in accordance wilh the charity's purposes. Typo of actlvity or prajoat supported lttdlvlduAII Institutlgn Numbtyrofgrants mBdfr C2 Grants TfAal Authorl Imder whlc¢h pald C3 Trustee r¢muneratlon - detalls Total Numbortsf c3 TNstee expenses - detalls Transxuon 8mount 1£) Balance outstsn¢51 ng4t peiltrd Nature ¢1 relAtlonshl Nature ot transaGtIoA C6 Transactlons wllh trustees and ¢onne¢tsd persons C6 Other Infonnatlon 12
Northern Ireland Mlxed Marrlage Asstselallon- NIC1048I2 Peiiod end date.. 3110312022 Additional analysis (11 Analysis of r•eelpts and payments 1 Donatlons UnrE5tr1cled nds Rostrtcted lunds Expendablt #dowmcnt runds to n9nr0È Pcrrnanent •ndowment fund5 Total fUTront perlod Total la¥t perfad t4now4JSt£ t47 lon•ll1t Oonallgns 10 To 10 2 Grnnts Unrestsl¢t•d tund5 Ig n¢aM5t£ Restrfefed luttds Ig n¢llrest£ TDlal current prlod ro rtèafE¥T£ Totl last perlod Esmee Milethell Trusi S~Jl- ChatilableTrL'sl AnchorFunding John Moore edbury Sl Annes Enkdon Foundation Cleaver Fullon Rankin Saucer Charily Deparimenl lorForeion Af181rs Tol31 4.000 4.000 8fj0 1.500 3.000 2.500 6.500 2.500 6.500 10294 3 Gross r•e•lpts from Jth8r ¢h#rltable a¢tlvltl¢s Unt•5frlcted fvnds Rt$ld¢ted funds Expendabl2 •ndowm•mi funds Io D¢aroJtE Ptnnanent endowm¢nt rund5 itrrtellrEst£ Total rurTenl ptrlod to neaThtE T¥t81 last p@riDd ne4rosit lo wrest£ Ip neoreytt .'c ofBcoF.- AnnuJ Subscripii¢)ns 88nk Iniere51 73 315 325 io 325 10 Tot41 364 364 394 4 Payments rolAtlnq dlr•ctly lo eharlt#ble 4¢tlvltles Unrestricted luds R$trl¢led fvnds Expezbdable *Thdvwmehl fvnd5 ¢0 no4t£ PTrrrnanent ¢nd¢wment Iuhd5 ta noaroslt T•tal ¢urTenl p•rlod Tolal lasl perlod to neDwÈ tu nearET¢£ lo nesmi E es & Salaries Renl and rales Insurance Poa 5.482 5.462 3.365 ash none and inlemet Conlerence e Qll5es Sub5Cri 120 120 504 38 50rf 27 Bank Fees Ad¥ertising General ewens2 Currymeda saucerchlY J8 27 26 26 Total fj.171 fj.171
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