East 8•lfasl Altèrnatives Lwnited
Year Ended 31 March 2024
Report of th• Twstees
Tho trustees, wlK• arn also the d*e¢tors the puryy)ses of0)M￿nY W. pyesent their rewt and the fiTrancbal
stalernenls th8 year ended 31 Mwch 2(r24.
Structurn. Govem•nc• & Manry•m?nt
Govtrnlfip Do¢umefit
The organisat￿n is a private ccffipany limited by guarantee. on 27th Jawary 2(XM regk8iered a$
charity ￿ 27th
JaNary 2004. charity numbef XT18195. The ¢<Mmpany was eslatAished by 8 merM￿lum of AssociatK)n and
Is g¥)vemod und&r its Articlès of A8s0u*w)n.
R•cNltm•nt and Appolntm•nt of IA•nag•m•nt Comrnitt••
The directors of the company are also charity trustees fcrf the purposes ol eharity law urthr tho comp8nVs
Affj'cles are known as members of the Management Committee. Under the require￿￿15 of the Memorandum
and Art￿leS of AssocIa￿n the members of the Management Committee a￿ elected tts serve lor a perknd of one
year after whKh musl be reolected at the next Annual Genernl MeetiTr).
Rlsk M￿a9•Mont
The Management Committéé has corKlucl8d a revwAt of Ihe major r￿kS lo whth the charity 15 exposed. A nsk
regisler has been estsblished and is updated al least annualfy. Where appropnale. $yslems ￿ prcKedures have
en established lo Mit￿le the rKsks the charity faces. Signfficanl external nsks to fundirwj have led to the
development of a strategi¢ plan whth will 411tr4¥ for the dNersthc8li?n of luThJirrfJ and 8ctsvit*s. Intemal cxmlrol
risks are rninirnised by the implemenlalion of procedures for authorisal*)n of all Iransacth?ns and projects.
These procedures are perth1talty reviewed lo ensure thal they continue lo meel thg need5 of the chardy.
Organlsational Structure
The secretsry also Sits on the Commlttee but has no votivj ryhts. East Belfast AlleMa￿e$ faNs under th6
umbrella ol Norlhem trgbThJ AllematNes Lttl.
Obloctlves •nd AdNili•s
The company's obJ"ectf405 xtivrti#s are k) Fyomote a non-violenl restora￿e comrnunrty response
to justice issues in East 8elfast. East Bellasl AMematNes wql identsfy needs. 0ft8n in partnership wtlh kKal
communities arKI other voluntary ard statutory tthies. ￿lating lo safety arKI c￿ffIcI within communities, and
will atternpt lo heal relab"onships in a resloralive way. At ts same lime, it Iws to ra￿e community awareness
on the issues affedry young people and adults who arè dèèff*d 8t rtsk.
The m•in obj•ctiv•* and •clivltl•• of th• compary av•:
To organise within the community rM)n-V￿hen1 allemalive5 to i5sue5 of community jus￿. To h￿P arKI wo
with young pewe in ￿ler to resofve the Problems affectmg Iheir lives. To drect yourwj peop￿ away from
destructive and dangerous pracltis and l(Mards hoalthy aThJ ¢{￿trUct￿e aclivilies. To enable young peorAe to
pefsonalty reilect on the potenlialty dawwig consequences of rn%ky behaviour. To address areas ol weakness
and tal￿￿ within tho formal criminal justice system. To heal reLetrf)nships within communty to prorTh*o
better reklaonships betrten Ihe communty and statulory agerrns. To work kYKfds a $ustsinablè Th￿de1 of
delivery for as much of t￿ company s ser¥ice5 as F*)55i1le.

East B•lfast All•rn•ti¥•s Llmit•d
Year Ended 31 March 2024
R•port olthe Trusle•8 ieontlnu•d)
Ach￿v•M•n18 •nd P•rforni•nc•
Our achlevements and performance over the past year have incbjded our Reslorai]ve in the Cornmunlty
and 3 projects IM)ugh Communit*s in Transition fundfftg thkiry al RaAng AspiratKins in our young people.
engaging with the communty to dèliver comrwnty $8lety pro9r8rns training 8nd $harir¥J r8Storative
practices lo a lar￿ fawe of tK>th Cornm￿ty and statulory orynisations.
We n(Y# havo a stsff of 8 workiry on dillorent pwrams that all have a restorative Str￿￿.
EBA continued lo work to support Iheif referrals artty dients both in person and fKlirecty by phone or zoom.
Delache(l Youth Work in East Belfast. Fi￿aY and Saturday nfjhts has continued throughout year aThJ is now a
well-established programme. EBA has engaged with 120 resmlents through crime preVent￿n and communty
safety programs.
25 people accessed accre(filed tr8ining ￿OUgh a NEETS prtyram includin9 OCNS employability and essential
$k￿lS in both Malh's and Engl￿h. EBA continued to buld partnerships and share leaming working collab)rativety
Ilh knc81 wnmunity groups as well as Slalulory groups. this being members arKI atterwJiTrJ Thw)nlhty
fwm5 such a5 EB Race RelatK>ns Forurn, EB Y(Krth prac1rt￿ner5 Fowm. E8 Ton$￿ pl￿1t0r1Thj Forum a￿1
In￿1 Easl Belfast F<Kurn.
Flnanclal Revlew
EBA successfulty appled for fundng lffjm Beffast Cty Council for £50(X) Ihat was u111￿1 for 8 Salurday night
drop in to detef Y￿rthS from AS8.E8A was able to utilize V•rynior hardship fund that enable 30 fanylies to
get £200 of utilities. Also the tsmity supp(xt hub rgceivwj £15(Xl from Iho twsl lor practical support fof families wi
Imei Easi BelfasL
S•rvices
East Belfast Attematives delN8ts a wNJe rarye of serrfiGes for Ihe Publ￿ benefft. but an of tsm are underpinned
by the prinCi￿S of feslorative pract￿e. In essence this invofves the healing. rep8K of broken relabonships lo
tho lrKIivKlu￿, famity and community r•lat#Mhips that18*J to crvm, anti-social behavM)ur and communty
conllKI. Seprfices avaiknb￿ indude." Intensive Youth sup[￿ (for ￿dividua￿l, Famlly Sup￿. Vlctim Support,
Counselliry. PrevenlioThllntepienb"on work with Young People. Mediation and Community Support on behalf of
the Housing Exe¢ulive and PSNI, Detsched Youth Work, Sdwls Work in East Belfast both primary and
secoThJary ￿1￿1$. dg1iveriv¥J trainiry in rest￿alive praclKe5 to a WKle cl*nt base. E8A vrtyks n partnership
wbth the Nebghborhood Renewal Partnerships sta￿1(￿ agerri8s. E8A coordinates the Inner East
Family SupFth Hub coverif¥J 9 wards in Easi Beffasl.

Easl Belfast Alt•matiV•8 Limil•d
Yeaf Ended 31 March 2024
R•port of th• Tr￿l••* (cont6nu•d)
Dlr•ctorn' R•gpoMlbllltl
Company law requires the directors to prepare financiaj statements for each financial period vthich give a true
and fair of the stats of the affan of the charilable company and ol rts fiftanc￿l po$ityon at the erKI of tr￿¢
penod. In preparing these financ￿1 statements. the d1￿CtOrS are required lo".
select suitable accounting policies and apply them ¢C￿￿$ter￿.
make judgements and estimates thal a￿ ￿aSOnable and pr￿￿•1.
state whether aOicable accounb.ng standards have been followed subject to any departures disclosed
and eXpla￿ed in the ￿anC￿l statements", and
epare the financial staten￿ts on the 90ing corKem basis untw li is inapproFYiate to presume tr￿t
the company will COnt￿ye in ￿SInesS.
The Directors have overall fesponsiblty tr ensurin9 that the charity ha$ an appropnate systern of ¢wtrols.
financial and othewse. They are also respon￿b￿ for keeKMry proper act￿ming records disclose wrth
aS(Ytable accuracy at any ts'me the financHI p05thon ot the chanty and to enable them to ensure ihat Ihe
financial siatements comply with Coryanies AGI 2006. They are also reSpons￿le for safeguarding the
asse1$ of the chanty ano hence lor lakn'ng reasonable steps for the p￿ventron and delectK*n of and olher
irregularfties.
Sl•t•m•nl ol Di•¢lo•w• of Infonn•tion to Ex*nln•r
So far a8 each of the Direcltys m offKe at the date of approval of these finanaal statements are aware".
There ￿ no re5evant inf0mlat￿n of the examiner are unaware. and
They have iaken all the steps they ou9ht lo have iaken as Directors In ￿der lo make themselves
Awa￿ of any relevanl infwmation and to establish that examiner are aware of Ihat infomiab'on.
Examln•r
In accordance with ArtKle 382 of Ihe Compan￿$ Art 2006. a resolutK)n WJpO￿ng that HMCI Limrte¢¥ be
appointed as independent examiner of the company will be put to the Annual General Va•thng.
Registered ofte
Isthmus House
Isthrnus Stre•t
Belfast
8T6 9AS
Syned by or(ler of Ihe Injstees
Tom Wfftst
Date.. 12112r2024