MID ULSTER COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED DIRECTORS. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 The direclors present their annual report and financial statetnenls for the year ended 31 March 2023. structure, governance and management Mid Ulsler Community Services TIA Out & About Community Tran5POrt "Out and Aboul" was first 1999 as a Company Limited by Guarantee No. Nl 36635 governed by ils Memorandum and Articles under Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 on 26th July 1999. established in of Association Directors The direclors who held Offi during the year and up to Ihe date of signature of the financial state follows.. ents were as F Wood C Brennan S Davey E Johnson M McErlean K McGlone B Oliphant H Suiter (Deceased 25 May 2023}
MID ULSTER COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED DIRECTORS. REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Objectives and activities In ensuring that Ihe activities of Out and About provide a public benefit, all out activities a related to the following charitable objects.. ne or more of 1. To provide relief to the inhabitanls of Northem Ireland so thal people who are disadvantaged b menlal or physical disability, sickness, poverty, financial hardship or rural isolation have acces transport provided by the local community where there is a lack of conventional public or private tran such transport is unsuited to the particular needs of the above beneficiaries by. cause of age, lo affordable port or where a) providing and maintaining non-profit community transport services., and bl assisling olher community organisalions engaged in looking after the needs of beneficiaries such above can also benefit by accessing the services and vehicles controlled by Mid Ulsler Communty s s Ihose listed rvices. Achievements and performance During the reporting period the organisation carried out its operations under the following calegories.. 1. Dial a Lift {DALI 2. Out of Area Transport 3. Group Hire 4. Training Financial Review The company meets ils day to day running costs via a revenue grant from the Department of Infra grant is nofmally made for a 12 month period and guarantees funding for that period. As a result polilical inslability in Northern Ireland and lack of a functioning Assembly, the company have only rec offer from the Department for funding to 31 July 2023. There has been no offer of funding fiom t regarding the rest of the next financial year. This creates a tnaterial uncertainty over the ability of I continue as a going ooncem. tructure. This f the ongoing ived a letter of e Department e company lo The Trustees are in constant contad with the Department and have no reason to believe thal fun achieved. In the interim the Trustees have started a process of cost reductions to ensure thal the continue as a going concern. ing will not be company can The directors will conduct annual reviews of the appropriate level of unreslricted reserves. The reSee is to provide stability for the charity to ensure Ihat it is able to honour existing contractual upgrade existing capital equipmenl, to cover unforeseen events beyond the company's control and continue ils operations in the unlikely event of a significant fluctuation in expenditure or income. Th ongoing programme of capital replacement due to high maintenance and running cosls. urpose of this obligations, to to enable it to board has an The committee aim to build reserves lo at leasl 3 months of annual expenditure, to meet financial This may be achieved by increasing eamed income or reducing expenditure. The present level of res to the charity is £271,932 and this is considered satisfactory. commitments. rves available Auditor David Lytile + Co Ltd were appointed as audilor lo the company and in accordance with secli Companies Act 2006, a resolution proposing thal they be re-appoinled will be put at a General Meetin n 485 of the statement of disclosure to auditor So far as each person who was a director at Ihe date of approving this report is aware, there is n informalion of which the company's auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually hav necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of al infomiation and to establish that the company's auditor is aware of that information. relevant audit taken all the relevant audit
MID ULSTER COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED DIRECTORS. REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 On behalf of the board Dire or 27 June 2023