Carrickfergus District Senior Gateway Club
Trustees, Annual Report
Year ended 31 December 2023
The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year
ended 31 December 2023.
Reference and administrative details
Reglstered charity name
Carrickfergus District Senior Gateway Club
Charlty reglstration number
105029
Principal office
35 Craigs Road
Carrickfergus
County Anlrim
8T38 9RL
The truslees
Mrs M Nicholson
Mr T Haighton
Mrs T Johnston
Ms J Snoddy
Ms N Lamont
Mrs R Hart
Independent examiner
John Magee Aubrey Campbell & Co.
631 Lisburn Road
Belfast
BT9 7GT
Structurei governance and management
All of our services support people to live life as they choose, providing independence, advice, and a
voice for changes that people with a learning disability want.
The Senior Gateway Club in Carrickfergus is a charity in its own right, working to ensure thal people
wilh a learning disability and Iheir families have support locally. We have a Board of Trustees, with a
traditional struclure.
Stalutory compliance and administration has traditionally been under the control of the Treasurer,
although all Trustees are aware of Iheir responsibility to act colleclively to ensure the proper
administralion of the charity, safeguard its assels and resources to ensure that they are used solely in
the furtherance of the objectives of the charity. and act in the best interests ot the charity, avoiding
conflicls belween it and their personal interests.
Public Benefit Statement
The trustees confirm that they have had due regard for the guidance produced on public benefit by the
Charity Commission for Northern Ireland and are pleased to report that during the period the charitable
company has continued to provide public benefits through the programmes and services we offer.

Carrickfergus District Senior Gateway Club
Trustees, Annual Report (contlnued)
Year ended 31 December 2023
Objectives and activities
The charitable purpose of Carrickfergus & District Senior Gateway Club is to provide leisure and
recreational activities for adults with a learning disability. who live in our town and the surrounding
areas. When they attend Senior Gateway on a Wednesday night it provides their families and carers a
lime of respite. There is a huge benefit to the community as they witness the leamwork be￿een
members and volunteers at fundraising events, day trips and weekly excursions.
Achievemenls and performance
Senior Gateway's mission is to provide mutual encouragement and support by participating in leisure
aclivities, building friendships, and
in turn
enabling participants to advance their own personal
development.
Weekly activities have continued during 2023.
Financial review
The Club experienced an overall increase in income lo £40.692 (2022 £10,087) in the current year.
Inevitably, expenditure also increased, to £37,445 {2022 £10.5631. Overall. therefore, the year has
seen a nel increase in total funds of £3,24712022 £476).
The trustees, annual report was approved on 3 June 2024 and signed on behalf of the board of
trustees by:
Mrs M Nicholson
Trustee
Mr T Haighton
Trustee
Mrs T Johnston
Trustee
Ms J Snoddy
Trustee
Ms N Lamont
Trustee
Mrs R Hart
Trustee