Pauladve Transport Servlee
Report ofthe trust
for the year ended 31 August 21n3
Thc trusi¢¢s prcxcnt thefr ropon aod thc financial Bta*men(N for the ycar ended 31 Au8U8t 2023. Thc tru8te¢8 who 8etvcd
during the y¢ar ond up to the d&te of thi8 ieport set out on page l.
Structurei governanee ftnd mAn4ernent
Who we are
Pa]liative TranBport ServAce IN a voluntary or8wl¥&ilon by a small commlitrc ur rive members. who glv¢ up their
till￿ ill order to those diagnosed with can￿r I￿ the FornW￿ arca to attend th¢ir ouL-pauellt uppointrT¥nts at
variou8 hospitalB ￿rOSS Notthern Ircland.
Objcetivu and wctmd
Wkni we do
Wc cngage with yo7untoer drlvets. who have acce88 to thcir own of tr8n$poo to convey canccT patients ts) th¢
various centre actosm Nurthern ITelalld ord¢r to m￿l their ou¢-pau¢nt app0lnth￿ts.
The benofiN of our service
Thc bcncfits flowing ftom our &ctivity uf tran6ponlns P￿1¢nI8 to ho8Pital alleviate the worry and 8trcyJ in¢uued by thc
beneficiaries An n￿kIng Nur¢ they are Comfortably, safely and lin￿lY abje to mcel their In¢di￿1 appolntmentm in the
abNcncc ot reliahle and 6Uitablt public tr&n8port available in thc County FernunAgh area. The ckniiy rcgulaTly receAve8
OTa] f¢edba¢K ￿tter$ and uf thank8 from thL. bcnefi¢iari¢s who avau of the 8erYicL providcd. DonAtiODS tlow into
the ch&rlty from mcmkn of the public and thc ben¢ficiths their famllicN. TheTe is no hann ari8All8 from any of the
PUTpoBeb. The beneficA8fia8 are thuse patients sUff￿1n￿ fTOm cancer alld their re]&tives and fricnd8 whom the
benefIcA￿leS may fccl morn comfortabl¢ trwclinB alon88ide thall just the volllnwcr driver. Th¢T¢ is no privatr bcnefit
riowing from any of the purposes.
Achlevements ftnd perforniAn¢e
'IThc CThariiy continu¢s to r¢¢civ¢ 6UPPOrt frthm its vOlunt￿r drAverA ond the goodwill of th¢ patients and thelr famili￿ AS
well as ￿￿)nber6 of the 8cn¢rn] publir, to allow thig vithl 48rvirx to b¢ p¢rfornJ¢d foi the foresecablc futurc.
Inandal revl¢w
Thc tharity a deficit in the YGV endcd 31 Augu8t 2023 of £10,363. Oycroll the Chfirity h48 ¢aBh fimd8 of £56,244 a8
at 31 Au8U8t 2023 (31 August 2022: 1fj6.607).
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PulllAdve Transport Servlee
Report of the trustees
for the year ended 31 Au8USt 2023
Statement of trusteeB' n¥yon8lbllltleJ
The tru8tees Are respon8iblr for preparing th¢ TrnsteeN' Annual Report and the fill￿181 Aialerncnts in vxordwe wlth
applicab1c1uw and Unit¢d Kingdom Aceouniing StaTh]ard8 (Charitiefi Act (Nl) 2008 and Cbanti¢8 SORP (FRS, 102)).
Law 4pplir4ble to charitie8 in Nortkn Treland requireg ￿ trustees to PTepaTr financial 9tatcmcnl,¥ for each fllwD¢ial
year which 8Ave a truc and fair view of charlry and of the illCOD]ing resources and appjication of r¢source8 of the charity
ror yeaT. In propaiing these tlllan¢AMI ¥tatgTTrnts the trnstCL'X require4 to:
select suirable accountlng FK>Iici¢8 and then apply them consiBt¢ndy,
ubHerve th¢ ￿￿thodS and pzin¢lples In the Charitie8 SORP;
make 3ud8enYntd and c$timatos that are reAsonAblc and pnthnt;
,ylllie whethcT applicable UK AccountinE Standards have been followed, subject to any materlal dep&rturcB diBdosed
and explained An the financial siatsrnents: and
prepare the flnandal Ylalcn￿t$ on the going cim¢crn basis UDle$8 It Is I￿ppy0pI1Atr tu prc8un* that the charity will
continue in operation.
Thc trustw aro T¢spon8Able for keeplll8 ptt>per 4rcounti4 records wbAch difvclosc with r¢a8onable a¢¢uracy ai any
the fmancial positlon of thc L'harity Rnd enable them to ensure that the fin￿1￿1 staten*nts compty with ihc the Ch4ritie8
Act (Nl) 2(Klll . They are also re8pon8iblc for safeguarding the a6set8 of the clwity and h¢nce for taking reasonabl¢
8tep8 for the prevention And deteaion of fraud and other itrc¥uluritieJ.
On bchulf of the board
Catherine Hamilton
Tru8ttt
Divid Math¢ws
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