CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: NIC105287 Annagh Roma Traveller Support Financial Statements 31 March 2023 Chartered accountants & statutory auditor 11 Abbey Street Armagh BT61 7DX Armagh Roma Traveller Support Financial Ststements Year ended 31 March 2023 Page Trustees, annual report Independent auditor's report to the members Statement of financial activities statement of financial position Notes to the financial statements 10 Armagh Roma Traveller Support Trustees. Annual Report Year ended 31 March 2023 The trust￿8 present their report and the financial statemènts cf the charity for the year ended 31 March 2023. Reference and adminlstrative detalls Rfrgistered charity name Charity registratlon number Prlncipal offlce Armagh Roma Traveller Support NIC105287 16 Russell Street Amiagh BT619AA The trustees Mr Maughan Mr Fearon Mr Cawley Management committee Peter Wilkinson - Chairperson, Anthony Feaion - Treasurer, Seamus Maughan - Vice chairperson, Sharon Cawley- Secretary Advisory committ88 Cathal Boylan Cllr, Alex Matthews PSNI, Garalh Keating Cllr, John MGqleavey NIHE, Mickey Brady Cllr, Sheryl Johnston Probation Board. John McGuiness ABC Community Netrwork Sam Nicholson Cllr G￿yn8th Buchannan PSNI Business Account Servic8$ Chartered accountants & statuiory auditor 11 Abbey Street Armagh BT617DX Auditor Bankèrs First Trust 1 &20 Scotch st￿et Dungannon BT70 1AZ Structureg governanc8 and manag8m8nt Armagh Roma Traveller Support Trustees. Annual Report (convnued) Year ended 31 March 2023 Objectlves and activitie5 Mission Statement Armagh Roma Travelter Support mission is to work in partnership with the Irish Travelter, Bulgarian Roma communities and other stakeholders to pieserve, promote and develop Traveller and Roma cutture and identity. Wision Working together to improve equal 8ccess to all services to empower Irish Traveller and Bulgarian Roma to live full and fruifful lives whil6 preservir)g their culture. Value5 Respect- That all partners have th8 right to be treated with dignty and respect. and to have their voices heard. Social JustlC8.' To live in a society free from discrimination and to tackle it when it is identtfied. Participation= Nothing about Irish Traveller and Roma without Irish Traveller and Roma, Empowermenl.. To support Irish Traveifer and Bulgarian Roma to build their confidence in order to have a sens8 of belonging in the wider community and integrate effectively in lo the wider society if they choose lo. Tearnwork.'Working together to achi8v8 cwimon goals Achievements and pgrfonnance See A.R.T.S Annual Report for details of our work for this financial year, all KPI'S and outcomes for our funders were achieved in full. Flnanclal review Amiagh Roma Traveller Support opened their account with £77K 1st of April 2022 and cl¢)sed the account with accounts with £74K 31st of March 2023. Trustees. responsibilities statement The Irustees are responsible for preparing the Iruslees, report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The law applicablè to charities In Northern Ireland requires the charity trustees lo prepare financial stat8ments for each year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incorning resources and appllcation of resources, of the charity for that pertod. Armagh Roma Traveller Support Trustees. Annual Report (¢ontlnued) Year ended 31 March 2023 In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to.. select suitable accounting policie5 and then apply them con51Stently,' observe the methods and principles in the applicable Charit165 SORP., rnake judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent.. slate whether applicable UK Accounting Slandards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial slatemenls,. prepare the financial statements on the going concem basis unle8S rt is Ir￿ppropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business, The trustees arè responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficienl to show and explain the ¢haritys transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them lo ensure Ih8t the financial statements comply with the Charities Act {Northem Ireland) 2008. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and othei irregularities. The tru5tees' annual report was approved on 17 November 2023 and signed on behalf of the board of truSt￿S by.. Mr Maughan Trustée Mr Fearon Armagh Roma Traveller Support Indopendent Auditor's Report to the Members of Amiagh Roma Traveller Support Year ended 31 March 2023 Opinion Wg have audile(J the financial statements of Annagh Roma Traveller Support (the'charilv) for the year ended 31 March 2023 which comprise the slatemenl of fin8ncial activities, slatement of financial position and th6 related notes, including a summary of signrficant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards. including FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Rèpublic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). In our opinion the financial statements.. give a true and fair view of the stste of the charity's affairs as at 31 March 2023 and of rts incoming rèsources and application of resources, including its income and expendilure, for the year then ended.. have been properly prepared in accordance with United lfjngdom Genèrally Accepted Accounting Pra¢tice'. have been prepared in accordance with the requ1￿MentS of the Charities Act (Northem Ireland) 2008. Basls for opinlon We conducled our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) IISAS (UK)) and applFcable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charrty in accordance with the ethical requirements that are re18vant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK. including th8 FRC's Ethical Standard, and we hav8 fulfilled our other 8thical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. Conclusions relating to going concern In auditing the financial statements. we have concluded that the trustees, use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individualty or collectively, may cast significant doubl on the charitys ability to continue as a gcing concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial st8lements are auihorised for issue. Our resF￿nS1bilitles and th8 responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report Armagh Roma Traveller Support Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Armagh Roma Traveller Support (eondnuedj Year ended 31 March 2023 other Inforniallon The other infomiation comprises the infamialion included in thé annual report, other than the fi'nancial statements and our auditorfs r6POrt thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other infomiation. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other infomation and, except lo the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not èxpress any form of assurance conclusion thereon. In connection wilh our audit of the financial statements, our responsibilty is to read the other infomiation and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is Material￿ inconsistent wtth the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears lo be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determin8 whether there is a material misstatement in the fi'nancigl statements or a material misstatsment of the other information. If, based on th8 work we have performed, we conclude that thère is a malerial misstatement of this other inforrnation, we are required to r6port that fact. We have nothing to report in this Fegard. Matters on whlch we ar8 réquired to report by exception In the Ilght of the knowledge and understanding of the charity and ils environment obtained in the course of the audit, w8 have not identified material misstatements in the trusteès, report. We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relatton to wh￿h the Charitie5 Act (Northem Ireland) 2008 requires us to report to you if, in our oplnion.. the infomiation given in the trustees, report is inconsistent in any material respect with the financial statements,. or adequate accounting records have not been kept: or the financial ststem8nts are not in agreem8nt with the accounting records and retums; or we have not received all the information and explanations we r8quire for our audit. Responslbllltles of trustees As explained more fully in the trustees, responsibilities statement. the truslees are responsible for thè preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair vtew, and for such internal control as the Iruslees dètermine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatenient, whether due to fraud or etror. In preparing thè financial slatements. the trustees are responsible for assessing the charws abilty to continue as a going concem, disclosing. as epplicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern ba$ls of accounting Unless the truslees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease OP8rations, or have no r8ali$tic alternative but to do so. Armagh Roma Traveller Support Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Armagh Roma Traveller Support (continued) Year ended 31 March 2023 Audltorfs responslbilities for the audlt of the financlal ¥tat8ments Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the flnancial statéments as a whole are free from material misstatement, whelher due to fraud or error. and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assuran￿ is a high level of assurance, but is not a gLtarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAS (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered rnaterial rf, individually or in the aggregate, they Gould reasonably be 6xpected lo inltuence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements. Irtegularities. including fraud, are instances of non4ompliance with laws and regulatiorrs. We design procedures in line with our resptsnsibilities, outlined above, to detect matertal misstalemenls in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are c8pable of delectirig irregularities, including fraud is detsiled below.. We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framèworks that are applicable to the Gioup. We understood how the Group is complying with those frameworks by making enquiries of the Trustees and thosè responsible for legal and complianc8 procedures. Our procedur8s where designed to identify non