OME-START ANTRIM D15TRicr TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT INCWDING DIREcfoRS' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 The directors. who are also the trUStee4 present thelr reportand financial statementstor the year ended 3tst Maich 2024. The trustees have adopted the provisK)ft of the CompantesAct 2￿6 and Accountin8 and Reporting by Charttles: Statement of RecLyrnmended Practice applicable in the UK and Ireland IFRS 1021 leffettive I january 20151 in preparin8 the annual ￿pOrt and financial statements forthe ￿lIty. Relerertt and admln15tsarfvedetslls Registered Office 12b Mèrket Square AntrÉm 8T41 &IW Secietary Shorort Caldwell Trustee5 Mary Mayrs Phillp (freasijier) Joan McDermott atbdre Iivine Valerie fvicGld.£hl= Paul LivinEitone Bfi&n O"'NeTII jrthx1￿r5on) Elizabeth ￿.Cc0nneI5 Re5knuned 2 June 2023 l￿d￿rA]nd&￿t Examiner Amanda HarblrsoTh FC4 CoTT."8an CA ￿MIted 24 Greytonè Road Ap.:r&m BT412QN Structure. 8ov*rhance and Managen￿￿t The charry ts a CQFfJPi¥ny limi od by gu3rantee. Ncne of the trwStÈe5 h*ive afty berieftual interest In the utrmpan¥. Each of the tnjstees are member5 of the coin.pany aIid dre Ilable to ror¢tribkntc ttn tsmobnt not Exc*edil)8 £1 tOWA Td¥ thÉ Lssets of the Ct)ftipany in the v¢ent of14quidation. The cornpany is ? FeBlStEr@d ¢h3rityw•th the Chai4t¥ CommiSiion Sn Northern Ifeland. Rpglstratlon nuir.ber= NiC105760 HOME-START ANTrIM D15fRICT TRUSTEES. REPORT {coimNUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 ObJecti¥es ond acti¥rties The priricipal 3ctsVp* of t.ie Company Is the prDmorfon of ch;.Id welfare In the Antrim District. S dnd Reth)rtsl Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 rèquirès OTgants3tionsto The Charities (Acro￿n- meet two criteria i.e.'tharitBble Pi&rpDse' and'public Beneflt.. In relation to the'charitrble purpose. the Memcranduvn aryd ArtKles of A5$0ciabO4 ol Home-start Antrirn ￿.sL.1(t stales that Ihe OTganis2tion ￿￿tS a Trumber of the ch3ritsblo pbrn￿%es as set out in t.he regulations l_e.'the pitriention or rellef of poverty. the 3dvapceff.ent of hcalth or the s2vin8 of livei and relief of thos2 in nèed by r￿s￿n of Youth. age, ill-lieolth, d¢5abihty. fiDan£ial ha¥dship or oth*r d-:5xffvant¥ge'. Hor.e-Start Afttrsm Distrirt meets the publlc benèfft tell, as the organl%a..on provtdes services which can be accekncd by members of ihe wblic who are in need of su£h 5ErY*ces. Achievements and PertQTmance Hom&Stsrt Apttsm has ￿￿Én offerlng svpport to parents Wkth young chlldren'.n Airtrlm. Randa15town. TooTebridge. Crumlirt, Temp!epatr¥ck and Paikgate 5in¢e octo￿er 1990. voiunieer5 re feiruiled, trained. ènd suppo*ed to pravidÈ to families w.'th cblldren uD.der 5 in thTee specrfic areas. Home 5ElPPOrtvOl￿nteeTs provide one-to one weèklyfriendship to IndÈwdual far4ilies. providing comptiS5ionate a￿1 co.ifidential support in whate*er way iliey can. other￿Untctrs tun ttur weékwfamity grttup nurturjng supportive relatioDstr,Ip and comrnun￿ in a fam¥ly friendly enviroiment. ATrothèr team of volU￿teerS eftgage wilh different families eath week providing pratt.ical a551StarJce thrnugh p." D¥j¥ic:: of va!tJèble reu4yu:":cs at Lwr Week￿ baby hank. Our tliree Service deliNÈriC5 arè •u¥ined bTiefl.y h&.,tr￿=_ It had a £hallenge to rebuild our bcne wpport after Covsd wtth volunteer nurn.ber5 being low and families rno,. e ieSuctènt to accept ope to one support, especially w.*hin the home. l am pleased tts be able io Teport thdL thlnss have chan£cd for thé beyer. After 3 svrrp.Lf!ul recruitment drive and vglunleers, preparation coir5É where 7 out oFthe 15 paTtiI.pants chose to ¥oliJTrteer in this area. le now have a 5t.'Jrrg horiie supp)rt team 3rtd our ¢apaci* has 5ncreJsed. There hès 61>0 been a noticeable change in p¥ren+ts' willln8nÈss to arcept tr.ls k nd of 5bPPOrt. Thi5 is very m￿J1 the ctsre of what we do ot Hoi?.e-5tart Afttrim DistricL 50 Ir 15 encouraging to see this seNce 6rowing In strength and tmpatt aEain. HOME-START ANTRIM DISTRicr TRUSTEES, REPORT IcoimNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 l¥lARCH 2024 Farnil GTOU Our farn1￿ 8¥oup ts a happyand noi>¥ placè. We have ￿er 40tsTnilie5 on our re8iStar and heolthy attendanra 4verywe•k We use the la".v.e sports ￿11 a5 well as we can to an ideal en¥ironment for ploy, parenl and child a￿.1V[lIeS and lrnportaD.tiy frtiep.6!4sp. We have seefi w3lualAe rei¥tiohship5 DCiii8 bullk be(ween pè-.eritsaftd vrith Volts￿l£￿r$ too. Th241rfS tt> èveN(ommitted and hardworkin8 team of ¥olvDfEiers ihis has bE£tsme a *oftderful place full oltJTufi ats.d att.mtty for everyone. This ¥car we intriduced storytime agBJn and we v¢ere a150 able to offer two shorttour5Cs for parÈnts in ba￿ m?s$3ee and ment21 healih. It hos bèen 8real towolcomè a fewne* ￿l￿￿teerS to the team and all In all a ¥3￿￿ble 5en&e of cornmunfjty h35 been established. ADtrim B This pfoEe£t has in£rea5ed ITr c3p?clty and eff￿*Th￿¥. We are nowsUPPOrtinA the same of f*￿ille5 In 3 weekthai we once helped in ? mopth. On avearge 12.15 familie5 receive Iy2tt1(al %4PPfjrt frorn the Baby Bonk every ￿￿tk. We have ken able to ern￿0¥ a proled Co-Ord":rA:.OT for 14 ho￿r5 perweekwho ha5 flS<¢l t¢> thé IE klrÈady Wthelotyr￿ this proièct and b￿11￿..￿ aSi.-ofigtearn o, 4olullteers. l arn 8ratefvl lor thi5 project thatE*8aft in a time w.ijth 1mwssQ￿e. it ha5 r￿)￿ become a valuable ¢oThiiecTfor* po￿1 fL¥ FatwT*s In owcomrrtunity. GoveminÉ Do¢ymenl The cbartLw lscontrolled by.2S EC.*rrning dtrJrnenL a Irust dee4 ond cos)st*tutes a Ilmitd company• Ilmited by Ruarantee. 35 defined by I:'ie Cornparyies Act 2(￿. Appoirttment of Trustees ome-stan Antrttn Olsili￿1.￿p[Q￿ss gri the *tcfuEtmant3nd app4ntmèniof trustÈes 15 underpinned by the Mernorardum and Af.kies ol AS5￿￿all￿.ft. Trustte Inducllon and Tlainl New tr￿Stee$ are briefed on thetr k6èl obli£è150nS under ctTraf4ty du￿delineS, tnÈ Lhèfry co￿￿-.- ÈQiidèncc an public beri*liL thè conipTht of th2 cor.sL.tr*•%ion. the Cornmit'kee and de(iSiCry-mèNknlB proces5. the $+raiewc and opèrational plan. arKlthe recent fi4oDrial perfiormance of the thhriv. Thé tnjrtees attertd reie¥anttra¢ning events. FI￿nCial Review The fiakncial sta[emn'￿ are presenled in the 5tardaid fulll)ot iÈq.-"ed tythe Charyti￿ Soap and Lover the acttvities of Home-St6rt AfiL￿ U,'¢_rjct. ￿ Statefflent of Finan&ial Ai%lVt4es ISOFAI on ph8e b Shts￿ the 8fu55 Into￿ frorn all %oyJrce¥ Jnd thè 3rti¥ity betr￿e¢n resyciied and unie5t*ie& lunds. It the '￿ use should be poIKy of tle chaiity t￿t uThrestricièd fu41ds whiLh have not beÈn-e5ignaied for a spec maintalnr d at a level equi¥alenr 10 aiwiid 6 moTrths eNpenditrure. The truStE2S C￿+s1d￿r that reser¥es al cnt of o 5*rpifcant drop in fvtMlin& they wll be a&'e to continuethe thKs level will ensure in the e" tharity s artiyities while ConsvJ￿alIOTh Is ¥i¥en to IA which additi¢ydl furxls tndy be raised. The charty'$ m3."n ErJl)rt@ of tncome 15 grant fun.ding and dona'don Toiol ificorne ofthe tharitylurirothe yearended 31 March 2C24 was £85,309. Compèred to £72.917 in 2023. b￿ndit•JrÈ during the year ha5 decreased from £70.788 in 2023 ts> £70.070 in 2024.The o¥erall result islhat the chary rewted a of £15.Z39 iii 2024 coroparéd to a surplds tsf £2.128 in 2073 HOME-STAPT A14TRIM DISTRicr TRUSTEES, REPORT ICONTINUEOI FOR TH£ YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Reser￿ Policy Thetru5t_ees wuuld alm to ha'•e ITr ha-..a an 2mO'JPt eq.Jal to 5tx Irianths feRulzf expefjditir￿ as free rper.:Es to rr.eet fyvifé shorfAll% irl in=Jrne an unewected eNDenses. Thelr de5Ked of re52r%ts Is £35.024. The balance #f free resen¥es as at 31 ￿arth 2024 wa5 £4g3521£42,838 irt 20231. This is more thary the ￿511td Iv¥EI. Future Plans s we now Étaff mÈr..bers and an incfe35,'nR volvnteerteam the futurefeels Vèry p051ilive ror ourchèrity. We continue to ￿t￿o."￿ wi(h ather CCTrymur*ity 8roups such as M. ic￿r￿¢..￿ Papsh Develfrpment Assxlation, ADtrim FoodbaDI SL".e-Start, Wonen's Ald. RL:'.cdgeTrailldn& NetWOTk PwsogT)el. Pafer*ting Nl, Famity H￿b, Motherhood Cotleciive, Aware Nl. Antrim Corysmunty Frid£E. EnTr.ployers for Child£are. Gems. Antrim and Newtownabbey Btsrough and se￿¥31 of thÈ local thu'.che5. The noc-d to support local f3rnilie5 Ibll a13W&S¥S bc thvre 4nd wotking t4)8*ther ¥rith J+hér vnilces is r..Grt £L-fini(el¥ tl)e m05t eI￿eCtO¥e *'2y to make a real and perma.-.et differetsce in ￿", COTnm"Thsty- Volunteers Thè charity Made useof 35 volunteers and w.".lknJrtNr.*ir ass:.srance thÈ tharty would not kaye been able to ¥swd chlldien that it did. The rwsrees wish to arkriowledEtthelr deep appreciat5on to those who hè4?ed the orKap.i5aL'on voiunt*Fily thrwehout the year. Appro¥ed bythe Boafd on 12June 2024 and 5iBnÈd on its behallby.. chaS￿er50n