BOGSIDE AND BRANDYWELL HEALTH FORUM
(A company limited by guarantse)
A system of delegation is in place whereby day to day responsibility for the strategKc and full operational
developinent of tlie charity rests with the General Manager who in turn provides line manageineiit to all
project Inanagers employed by the Health Forum. The General Manager is responsible for ensuring that the
charity delivers the projects and services specified and that key perforniance indicators are met througli a
contiiiuous system of personal action plans. line managemenL rna￿age￿ meetings, staff meetings and annual
appraisal.
Employment and Finance Sub Group
The Cliarity has establislied an Einployment and Finance Sub Group in order to deal with and provide focus
to tlie cliarity's corporate rcsponsibiEÉty in rclation to all fmancial and relevant employment matters on a timely
basis. The Sub Group ineets around 8 titncs per year and one member of the Sub Group reports to cach
Ineeting of the Board of Directors. The General Manager and Office Manager also attend all meetings as
requested.
REI SPONSIBILITIES OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMtTfEE (BOARD OF DIRECTORS)
The trustees (who are also directors of Bogside and Brandywell Health Forum for the purposes of company
laiv) are responsible for preparing the Trustees, Annual Report and the f￿anCIal statements in accordance
witli applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted
Accounting Pi-actice).
Coinpany law requires tlie Board of DirectOTS to prepare financial statements for cach financial year which
give a true aiid fair view of tlie state of affairs of thc charitable company as at the balance slieet date and of its
iiicoining resources and application of resourc￿ Including income and expenditure, for the financial year. In
prepariiig tliose financial statements, the Board should follow b&st practice and:
I. Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently
2. Make judgements and estimales that are re&sonable and p￿￿ent
3. Prepare tlie financial staten)ents on the going Concern basis unless it is not appropriat¢ to assume that the
coinpany will Continue on thal basis.
4. Observe tli¢ Inetliods and principles in the Charities SORP 2019 (FRS 102)
5. State wliether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material
departures disclosed and explained in th¢ financial stateinents.
The Board is responsible for maintaining proper accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain
the charity's transactions and disclose witli reasonable ac¢ura¢y of any time tlie financial position of the
charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Coinpaiiies
Act 2006. The Board is also responsible for safeguarding tlie assets of tli¢ charitable Goinpany and lience for
takiiig reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Members of the Managcmenl Committee (Board ofDirectors)
Mcinbers of tlie Board, wlio are DirectOTS for the purpose of company law, and trustees for the purpose of
cliarity law. who served during the ycat and up to the date of this report are set out 011 page l.
Auditors
In accordance with Coinpany law, as thc CoMpan￿S directors. we certify that:
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BOGSIDE AND BRANDYWELL HEALTH FORUM
li
(A company limited by guarantee)
So far as we are aware, the￿ is no relevant audit infom]ation of which the company's auditors are unaware.
aiid
As tlie directors of the company we have taken all the steps that we ought to have taken in order to inake
ourselves aware of aiiy relevant audit inforniation and to establish that the charity's auditors are aware of that
information.
The auditor is deemed to have been ie-appointed in accordance with section 487 of the Coinpanies Act 2006.
Small company provisions
Tlie report l)as been prepared in accordance with special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006
rclatiiig to sinall companies.
Tlie fiiiancial stateinents are approved and authorised for i&sue by the Board of Directors on 17 November
2023 and sigiied on their behalf by:
Director
MwLEd CoLUbJ5
Lffirn Qui GLE
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BOGSIDE AM) BRANDYWELL HEALTH FORUM
(A eompany limited by guarantee)
Independent auditor's report to the directors of BOGSIDE AND BRÉlNDYWELL HEALTH FORUM
Opinion
We liave audited the financial statements of BOGSIDE AND BRANDYWELL HEALTH FORUM for the year
ended 31 Marcli 2023 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance SheeL Cashflow Statejnent
and the related Iiotes. The fInaiicial reporting framework that has been applied in tlieir preparation is applicable law
aiid Uiiited Kingdom Accounting Slandards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) including
FRS 102 "Tlie Finaiicial Reporting Standard applicablc in thc UK and Republic of Ireland"
This report is made solely to the charitable company's director4 as a body. in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of
tlie CoInpanies Act 2006. Our audit worfi h&s been undertaken so that we might state to tlie charitable company's
directors tliose matters wc are required to state to them in an auditofs report and for no other purpose. To the fullest
extent perinitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the cliaritable company and
tlie charitable coiiipany's directors as a body. for our audit worK for this reporL or for the opinions we have forined.
In our opiiiion tlie financral statements:
give a true aiid fair view of th¢ state of the charitable companys affairs as at 31 March 2023, and of its incoming
resources and expeiiditurc of resourcc4 including its income and expenditure, fi)r the year then elided.
have been properly prepared in accr)rdance with Ijnited Kingdom Cienernlly Accepted AccDunting Practice.
and
- have beeii prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAS (UK)) and applicable
law. Our respoiisibilities under those sL￿dardS are further described in the auditor's responsibilities for the audit of
tlie fiiiancial stateinents section of our report. We are independent of the charitable coinpany in accordance with the
¢tliical requirements tliat are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC'S Ethical
Staiidard, and we have fulfilled our oth¢r ethical responsibilities in accordanc¢ with these requirements. We bclicve
tliat tlic audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going coneern
Iii auditing tlie financial statements, we have concluded that the directors, use of the going concern basis of
accounting in the preparation of the financial slatements is appropriate.
Based on tlie work we Iiave performed, we have not identified any material uiicertainties relating to events or
conditions tliat, individually or cojlectively, may &gst significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue
as a going coiicern for a period of at Icast twelve montlv3 froin whcn the financial statements are authoiised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in tlie relevaiit
seclioiis of tliis report.
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BOGSIDE AIW BRAYJ DYWELL HEALTH FORUM
(A company limited by guarantee)
Other inform2tion
The dii'ectors are responsible for the other inforn￿tIon. The other inforniation comprises the information included in
tlie directors, annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditorfs report thereon. Our opinion on the
finaiicial statemeiits does not cover other inforniation and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our
report, Ive do not express any form of &ssurancc conclusion thcreon.
lil connectioii with our audit of the financial Statemen￿ our responsibility is to read tlie other information and, in
doing so, coiisider wliether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our
kiiowledge obtaiiied in the audit or otherwise appeats to be mateiially misstated. If we identÈfy sucli material
iiicoiisistciicies or apparent mateiial misstatcmcnty we are required to detennine whether there is a material
Inisstateineiit in tlie fInancial statcments or a material rn￿tatement of the other inforn]ation. If, based on tlie work we
have perforined, we conclude that there is a materlal misstatement of this other information, we are required to report
that fact.
We Iiave notliing to report in this regard.
Opinion on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion based on the work undertaken in the COUTse of the audit:
the infoi'ination given in the directors, annual report for the financial year for which the financial statements are
prepai.cd is consistent witli the financial statements: and
- tlie directors, aiinual report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requireineiits.
Matters on whicli Ive are required lo report by exception
lil tlie liglit of our knowledge and underslanding of the charitable company and its environinent obtained in the course
of tlie audit, wc Iiave not identified material misstatements in th¢ dir¢¢tois' annual report.
We Iiave nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to
you if, in our opinion:
adeqiiate accounting records have not been kept.
the financial statements are not in agreeinent witli the a¢¢ounting records and returns; or
certain disclosures of directors, remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we liave not received all the inforniation and explanations we require for our audi¢
tlie directors were Iiot entitlcd lo prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small Comp￿lIeS regiille
and takc advantage of the small ¢ompani¢5 cxcmption from the requirement to preparc a stratcgic report.
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BOGSIDE AND BRAIYDYWELL HEALTH FORUM
(A company limited by guarantee)
Responsibilities of the directors
As explaiiied more fully in tlie Directots. Responsibilities Statement set out on page 7, the directors (who are also tlie
directors of tlie cliaritable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the
fiiiaiicial statements aiid for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the
directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material
misstateinent, wlietlier due to fraud or error.
lil pi'eparing the financial Statemen￿ the directors are responsible for assessing the charitable company's ability to
coiitinue as a going concern, disclosin& as applicabl4 matters related to going concern and using the going concerii
basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidatc thc charitable company or to cease operations. or have
no realistic alteriiative but to do so.
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from
Inaterial Inisstateinent, wliether due to fraud or error. and to issue an auditors report that includes our opinion.
Reasoiiable assurance is a high level of assuranc4 but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance witli
ISAS (UK) will always detect a material mi&statement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and
are considered inaterial if, individually or in thc aggregat4 they could reasonably be expected to influence tlie
ecoiioinic decisions of users laken on the basis of these financial statements.
Explanrfltion as to what extent the audit was eonsidered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud;
Irregularities, including fraud. are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in
liiie witli our responsibilities. outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including
fraud. However, tlie primary responsibility for thc prevcntion and detection of fraud lies witli management and the
board of directoi"s of the cliaritable company.
Idcntifying and a55e55ing potenllal rlsks related to irregularities
In ideiitifyiiig aiid assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irr¢gularities. including fraud and
non-coinpl lance with laws and regulations, we considered the following.,
tlie nature of the industry. sector and the specific control environment which it operates in.
tlie cliarities own assessment of the risks that irregularities may 0￿Ur, eitlier as a result of fraud or error.
repi'esentations and results from our enquiries with management and the l)oard of directors regarding tlieir own
identificatioii and assessment of the risks of irregularities:
enquiries of inanageinent relating to aecounling estimates meaSuttMen￿ recognition criteria and justification of
sucli ainounts.
any inatters we liave identifIed having obtained and reviewed the Charities policies and procedures relating to:
* identifying and assessing if laws and regulations are compliant and whether they are aware of any instances of
iion-coinpliaiice.
* detection aiid respoiise to the risk of fraud and whethcr they are awarc of any actual. suspected or alleged fraud
instances.
* tlie internal controls designed to mitigate risks or fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations, and to
niiiiimise risk of Inanagement overrides of such controls.
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