2019-12-31-annual-report

TRU￿EE ANNUAL REPORT The Purpose of the Charity is to educategirls and yOUDgwomen to help them develop emotionally. melltally. physically and sptrltually so that they can make a p05ittve contributlon to their Commuuity and the wider worl Na￿e of Charity as it appears on the RegsteT and any other names itmay be kttowD by 1st CnEmlin BrnwnÈes NI Charity Commission Number 105465 The prAndpal address of theChartty- thisshould betheaddressthatwasusedatthe tlme of registration with the Charity Commi&slon The Guide Association 30 Ststion Road Holywood BT18 OBP The names of all cI￿lty Trnstees on the date the report was approved and all individuals who served as Charity TTUStees during the year Greer Scott-Dow Mary PelaTt Melissa Moore The financial year the reportrelates to- for &Tample. IslApril 2016 to 31st March 2017 l January 2019 to 31 De￿mber 2019 A sllmmary of the tharI￿S maln actlvlOes to further its purposes for the public benefit and the maln achlevements fin the year We have been having problems recruiting girls into the uniL we have tried local Facebook sites and Inforn￿tiOn in the church tnagaziTte with little success. We have h3d bringa friend nightwhich was a partial success.we worked on many Brownie badges. UMA'sand skÉll builder& At Thinking Day as usual we celebrated the diversity of Guiding and our unit attended a Thinking Day event We completed crnfts throughout the year and the girls love cooking and bakin& this vras not possible in the iEisure Centre, we were denied use of the kitchen and even of the microwave. We have IiEllited stordge space so we have been ushng up some of accumulated craft ￿aterials. The unit has girls with various challenges. one child in a wheelchair. one on the aulistic spectrum, so we adapt acttvities to include everyone as much as possible. The girls attended the Crumlin Royal British iEg]on Remembrance Parade and laid a wreath. As usual we had a BBQon the lastdayofthe sumtner se55ions, burgers. toasted marshmallows and ofcourse 51lloTes. Christmas crafts and party enjoyed by all. A ststement tbat the Th￿eS have had regard to the Commlsslon's Public BeDefit requirement statsEtory guldance All Trustees 3re aware of this guidance and have adhered to IL A review of the charity's finandal posltlon atend of year The unEt had on a met on a Wednesday in Crumlin Community Centre (now Leisure Centre) for approximately 39 Years the Counal more than doubled the rent {£22.50 perweekj, fortunately. from mid February we have met on a Tuesday in a local church hall. we give a donation towards lÈght and heat (we deaded on approximately £20 per monthl. Finanaally speaking this has made a tremendous difference to the unit butwe remain very thrifty. Details of anyfund held by the Cknity that was mateiiauy in deficitatthe. Unit in surplu& Detalls of any fund held by the Charity that was materially in deficlt at the end of the year 3Dd Steps taken by the Charity Trustees to eliminate the deficit One or more ofthe Ch ty Trustees mu5tsign and date the box below. 30.10-