Granaghan & District Women's Group
Annual Report & Financial Statements
Year Ended 31 March 2025
Nl Charity No: 105800

Granaghan & District Women's Group
Table of Contents
Year Ended 31 March 2025
Page
Charity Information
Report of the Trustees
Report of the Independent Examiner
Receipts and Payments Account
Notes to the Financial Statements
10-11
Supplementary Information
12-13

Granaghan & District Women's Group
Charity Information
Year Ended 31 March 2025
Trustees
Deirdre Bradley
Annie Burke
Ann McNicholl
Roisin Turner
Mary Mullin
Diana Mcclean
Noelle Smyth
Pauline McFall
Margaret Mccusker
Trea Duggan
Janette O'Kane
Alice Quinn
Siobhan Friel
Shauna Mcshane
Co£hairs
Deirdre Bradley
Annie Burke
Secretary
Ann McNicholl
Treasurer
Roisin Turner
Registered Charity No.
105800
Prlncipal Address
clo 25 Macknagh Lane
Upperlands
Maghera
BT46 SSL
Independent Examiner
Niall O'Dohety FCA
Chartered Accountant
87 Killygullib Road
Swatragh
Maghera
BT46 5QW
Bankers
Bank of Ireland
11 Market Street
Magherafelt
BT45 6EE

Granaghan & DistrTCt Women's Group
Report of the Trustees
Year Ended 31 March 2025
The trustees present their Trustees, Report and the unaudited financial statements for the year ended
31 March 2025.
The Trustees present their Annual Report prepared in accordance with the Charities Act (Northern
Ireland) 2008. The charity considers that under applicable law they are entitled to adopt receipts and
payments basis for the period ended 31 March 2025.
TRUSTEES
Deirdre Bradley
Annie Burke
Ann McNicholl
Roisin Turner
Mary Mullin
Diana Mcclean
Noelle Smyth
Pauline McFall
Margaret Mccusker
Trea Duggan
Janette O'Kane
Alice Quinn
Siobhan Friel
Shauna Mcshane
Trustee appointments are reviewed annually.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
The Women's Group is an unincorporated charity, which was registered with the Charity Commission
of Northern Ireland on 3 November 2016. The charity number is.. 105800.
The charity is governed by its constitution and is managed by the Trustees as noted above.
The charity's principal address is=
clo 25 Macknagh Lane
Upperlands
Maghera
BT46 SSL
The charity is a registered charity in Northern Ireland and these financial statements have been
prepared on a receipts and payments basis in accordance with the Charities Act (Northern Ireland)
2008 and the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015.
MISSION, OBJECTIVES, AND STRATEGY
Objectives
As per our Conslitution, we aim to advance education, preserve and safeguard health, relieve poverty
and social isolation, increase heritage and cultural awareness, and, in particular, provide in
Granaghan and the surrounding district in Co Derry {"the area of benefil") activities in the interests of
social welfare for the education, recreation, and leisure-time occupation of people, (without distinction
of gender, ethnic identity, nationality, religion, political or other opinion) who, because of Social or
economic circumstances need such activities.
Granaghan & District Women's Group is a cross-community group which over the past 31 years, has
been very successful in securing funding from a wide variety of Funders to run an impressive array of
activities for men, women and children. For example- Yoga, Pilates, Demo Cookery, Digital training,
Self-care, Mindfulness, Karate for kids, Self-Defence, Drama, Scriptwriting, Relaxation & Meditation.
Jumping Clay, First Aid, Mental Health First Aid, Crocheting and crafts etc.
For 23 consecutive years we also facilitated a weekly class called The Open Doors Club for people
with complex or additional needs. In recent years, Granaghan & District Women's Group received
funding from the following sources.. Brockaghboy Wind Farm, The N l Housing Executive, Cookstown
and Western Shores Area Network (CWSAN), Mid Ulster District Council, National Lottery
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Report of the Trustees
Year Ended 31 March 2025
Community Fund, Awards for All, Solace Women's Aid LONDON, The Honourable The Irish Society
and The Rural Micro Capital Grant Scheme, The Public Health Agency elc. These grants funded
numerous, diverse projecls and will continue to bring and keep people logether, continue to improve
community relations and community spirit, help people avail of opportunities, services and premises,
and reduce loneliness and isolation.
Achievements and Performance
Granaghan & District Women's Group organises courses and classes in health and well-being and
most significantly, these courses vary annually, in response to need. We also are involved in linking
with other community organisations, attending appropriate conferences such as N l Rural Women's
Day in Stormont Parliament Buildings, Belfast, twinning up with The Men's Shed Upperlands, N I
Housing Executive, The Loup's Women's Group, Northern Ireland Rural Women's Nehmork, (NIRWN),
Cookstown Western Shores Area Network (CWSAN), the Community Foundation for Northern
Ireland, and Mid Ulster District Council. The group, in conjunction with Upperlands Community
Development Group, has run very successful cross-communitylcross-border bus trips to places of
interest such as the Ulster Museum, Crumlin Road Jail, Lissadell House Sligo, the GPO in Dublin and
The Boyne Valley Centre.
We also organise environmental activities such as litter picks and our very popular "Sow and Grow in
the Swa" now rebranded as "The Happy Gardeners!" where we plant organic vegetables in our
evolving wee community garden. In these sessions, we also build our own wooden veggie beds
under the tutelage of Jenny McGetrick from The Conservation Volunteers. "The Happy Gardeners!"
reflects the group's positivity!
Over Ihe past 5 years, since Covid-19 struck in March 2020, our women's group has successfully
navigated its way through the repercussions of Covid, initially suspending all activities, as demanded
by law, then quickly up-skilling our committee (and members) in Zoom, Facebook Live and YouTube.
Subsequently, we provided our full tranche of pre-covid activities online, (completely free to
beneficiaries) from September 2020 until the Summer of 2021 and then since September 2021
resuming face-to-face activities in the village Resource Centre and also continuing to provide activities
online such as Self-care Hour and we will continue this hybrid approach. We facilitate approximately
180+ discrete activities yearly, something of which we are very proud.
Our work is guided and informed by a series of bespoke policies which we have meticulously
developed and which we review and update at regular intervals. We are proud of our Facebook Page
and Instagram Account. Both these platforms capture the impact our group has and the impressive
tranche of activities which we facilitate.
Granaghan & District Women's Group is currently in its 32nd year, which confirms that we are a very
successful community group as our classes and activities are without exception oversubscribed with
waiting lists.
Finally, at our 30th birthday celebration. the newly appointed deputy chair of Mid- ulster Council,
Wesley Browne said: "Making 30 years is an incredible achievement and testament to the amazing
work the group does, in, with and for the local community! You don't experience longevity like this
without becoming an invaluable resource in the community and that is certainly the Gase for the
esteemed Granaghan and District Women's group. .This group is the embodiment of the good that
the Council grants and funding programmes can contribute to, and the posilive outputs they can have
in the local community...The work the group has carried out over the last three decades cannot be
underestimated, working with many funders to deliver successful outGomes, 811 for the betterment of
the community-.. The Deputy Chair also commented on the "years of selfless dedication and
comniitment which have led the group to become the successful organisation it is today" and then
presented the Chair of the women's group Deirdre Bradley with a beauliful, bespoke, Galway crystal
bowl to commemorate the occasion.
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Report of the Trustees
Year Ended 31 March 2025
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Total receipts for the year have increased from £20,696 in the year ended 31 March 2024 to £27,942
for the year ending 31 March 2025. Payments have also increased from £17,404 in the year ended 31
March 2024 to £27,626 for the year ending 31 March 2025. The charity had a bank and cash balance
of £19,820.
Reserves Policy
The reserves are held for the benefit of Granaghan & District Women's Group. The policy is reviewed
on an annual basis by the Trustees.
Results
At the end of the year, the charity has assets of £19,82012024 - £19,504) and liabilities of £0.00
(2024 - £0.00). The net assets of the charity have increased by £316.
The charity engages proactively with legislation, standards, and codes that are developed for the
sector.
Direct Funding
In addition to the income and expenditure shown in the receipts and payments accounts, the charity
also benefited from support provided directly by funders. During the year, CWSAN contributed £800
towards tutor costs by paying some tutors directly. As these funds were not received into, or paid out
from, the charity's bank account, they are not included in the financial statements. The trustees
nevertheless wish to acknowledge this support as it contributed directly to the charity's activities.
Public Benefit
In shaping our objectives for the year and planning our activities. the trustees have considered the
Charity Commission for Northern Ireland's public benefit guidance.
The chief benefits of Granaghan & District Women's Group are Ihat people, (notjust women) in a
deprived rural area have a neutral venue where they Can meet and socialise. A further benefit is Ihat
people can access all sorts of classes and courses of both educational and recreational content.
Benefits are demonstrated by the number of people attending each activity. Beneficiaries are routinely
asked to complete an evaluation of the activities at the end of the courses. The management
committee also measures the success and the benefits of their activities through face-to-face
interviews with participants and tutors.
The beneficiaries are a large number of local families and the women's group provides equality of
opportunity to all Section 75 persons to meet, connect and socialise in a secure cross-community
venue thus ensuring they are not socially isolated but that they have the chance to become more
fulfilled both as individuals and as members of the Granaghan community.
There is no private benefit except for fees paid to tutors which are necessary for the successful work
of the group.
This report was approved by the trustees on 15 September 2025 and signed on behalf by:
Deirdre Bradley
Co-chair (Trustee)
Ann McNicholl
Secretary {Trustee}
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Report of the Trustees
Year Ended 31 March 2025
TRUSTEES, RESPONSIBILITIES STATEMENT
The truslees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records and for preparing a Receipts and
Paymenls Account and a Statement of Assets and Liabilities in accordance with the Charities Act
(Northern Ireland) 2008 and the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations (Northern Ireland)
2015.
The trustees must ensure that the accounting records disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time
the financial position of the charity, enable the preparation of the above statements, and ensure
Complian￿ with the charily's governing document and applicable law.
The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and for taking reasonable
steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
By Order of the Trustees
dre Bradley
Co-chair (Trustee)
Date: 15 September 2025
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Granaghan & District Women's Group
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees
Year Ended 31 March 2025
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025 which are set out on pages 9
to 11
RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEES AND EXAMINER
The trustees are responsible for the preparation of the charity's financial statements. They consider
under applicable law that they are entitled to adopt the receipts and payments basis for the year
ended 31 March 2025 and that no audit requirement applies bul there is a requirement of independent
examination, it is my responsibility to-
examine the accounts under section 65 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.
follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charily Commission
under section 65{9)(b) of the Charities Act. and
lo state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
BASIS OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
I have examined your charity accounts as required under section 65 of the Charities Act and my
examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the Charity
Commission for Northern Ireland under section 65(9)(b) of the Charities Act.
The examinalion included a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of
the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or
disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as charity trustees concerning any
SUGh matters.
My role is to state whether any material matters have come to my attention that give me cause to
believe..
1. That accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 63 of the Charities Act.
2. That the accounts do not accord with those accounting records.
3. That the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act.
4. That there is further information needed for a proper understanding of the accounts to be
reached.
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S STATEMENT
I have completed my examination and have no concerns in respect of the matters {1 } to (4) listed
above and, in conneclion with following the Directions of Ihe Charity Commission for Northern Ireland,
I have found no matters that require drawing to your attention.
Nial
oherty FCA
Chartered Accountant
87 Killygullib Road
Swatragh
Maghera
BT46 5QW
Date.. 15 September 2025
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Granaghan & District Women's Group
Receipts and Payments Account
Year Ended 31 March 2025
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total Funds
2025
Total Funds
2024
RECEIPTS
Generated Funds:
Grant Income
16,155
16,155
11,528
Charitable Activities.
Enrolment Fees & Classes
10,733
10,733
8,817
Investment Income
54
54
50
Other Income & Donations
1,000
1,000
301
Total Receipts
11,787
16,155
27,942
20,696
PAYMENTS
Cost of generating funds
Charitable activities
(7,114}
(3,216}
(300)
19,302}
(7,694}
{16,416)
(10,910)
(300)
(8,853)
{8,261)
{290)
Other payments
Total payments
(10,630)
(16,996)
(27,626)
(17,404)
Net receipts l (payments)
for the year
1,157
(841)
316
3,292
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brou
forward at 1 Apri
Prior period adjustment
ht
16,413
3,091
19.504
27,353
12,1721
2.172
{11,141)
Total funds carried forward
at 31 March 2025
15,398
4,422
19,820
19,504
statement of Assets and Liabilities
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
2025
Total
2024
CASH FUNDS
Bank and cash
4,422
19,504
Approved by the trustees and authorised for issue on 15 September 2025 and signed on behalf of the
trustees by-
Roisin Turner
Treasurer (Trustee)
The notes on pages 10 to 11 form part of these financial statements.
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Granaghan & District Women's Group
Notes to the Financial Statements
Year Ended 31 March 2025
1 GENERAL INFORMATION
Granaghan & District Women's Group is a charity registered in Northern Ireland. The registered office
of the charity is 25 Macknagh Lane, Upperlands, Maghera, BT46 SSL. The financial statements have
been presented in Pound Sterling 1£) which is also the functional currency of the charity.
2 INCOME FROM GRANTS
Total Funds Total Funds
2025
2024
Unrestrlcted
Restrlcted
Mid Ulster District Council
Brockaghboy Wind Farm Community Fund
Nl Housing Executive
Clear Project
DAERA
Community Foundation for Nl
Carnglen Credit Union
CO-OP
Cookstown Weslern Shores Area Ne￿Ork
John Moore Foundation
RYW Health & Social Care
2.350
3.000
1.694
4,997
1.864
1,500
250
500
2,350
3,000
1,694
4,997
1,864
1,500
250
500
1,770
3,000
68
3,999
66
2,495
130
16,155
16,155
11.528
3 INVESTMENT INCOME
Total Funds Total Funds
2025
2024
Unrestricted
Restricted
Bank Interest Receivable
54
54
50
54
54
50
4 ANALYSIS OF PAYMENTS FOR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
Total Funds Total Funds
2025
2024
Unrestricted
Restricted
Direct costs and other payments
3,216
7,694
10,910
8,261
3,216
7,694
10,910
8,261
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Granaghan & District Women's Group
Notes to the Financial Statements
Year Ended 31 March 2025
5 SUPPORT PAYMENTS
Eventsl
Communication
& Development
Running
Costs
Total Funds Tolal Funds
2025
2024
Costs of Generating Funds
4,497
11,919
16,416
8,853
4,497
11,919
16,416
8,853
6 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS
Tangible Fixed Net Current Total Assets Total Assets
Assets
Assets
2025
2024
Unrestricted Income Funds:
15,398
15,398
14,241
RestriGted Income Funds:
4,422
4,422
5,263
Total
19,820
19,820
19,504
7 POST-BALANCE SHEET EVENTS
There have been no significant events affecting the Charity since the year-end.
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Granaghan & District Women's Group
Supplementary Information
Year Ended 31 March 2025
The supplementary information does not form part of the financial statements
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Granaghan & District Women's Group
Detailed Receipts and Payments Account
Year Ended 31 March 2025
2025
2024
RECEIPTS
Mid Ulster District Council
Class Enrolment Fees
Brockaghboy Wind Farm Community Fund
Nl Housing Executive
Clear Project
DAERA
Community Foundation for Nl
Co-op
Carnglen Credit Union
Cookstown Western Shores Area Network
John Moore Foundation
RYW Health & Social Care
Other Income & Donations
2,350
10,733
3,000
1,694
4,997
1,864
1,500
500
250
1,770
8,817
3,000
68
3,999
66
2.495
130
301
1,000
27,888
20.646
PAYMENTS
Communication and Development
Tuition Fees and Materials
Rent
Stationery & Equipment
Telephone
Other General Administration
Insurances
Travel, Sustenance, and Hospitality
Repairs. Maintenance and Community Garden
Professional Fees
Charitable Donations
Sundry
4,497
10,910
2,882
4,699
461
494
516
2,034
2,363
8,261
1,290
1,516
376
324
478
1,921
i I
239
495
300
99
495
290
80
27,626
17,404
MISCELLANEOUS INCOME
Bank interest
54
50
NET RECEIPTS I (PAYMENTS)
316
3,292
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