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2023-03-31-annual-report

NameofCharity TheJohnWilsonMemorialTrust
CharityReg.Number N1C105836
FinancialYearStartDate 01April2022
FinancialYearEndDate 31March2023
ThePurposeofyour Thepromotionofcharitabledeedsandgoodworksinthe
Charity Portadownvicinity,NorthernIrelandandtheUK
&ROIthroughsupportingcharitiesandtrustsintheirefforts.
Thissupportmaycomeintheformofpromotingand
encouraging,raisingmoneyforandawardinggrants
tothosecharitiesandTrusts,providingtheirpurposesare
charitableinnature.
TocarryoutanyothercharitablegoodworksthattheTrust
decides.
Theprincipaladdressof TheJohnWilsonMemorialTrust,c/oUlsterCarpets,
theCharity CastleislandFactory,GarvaghyRoad,Craigavon,County
Armagh,BT62.1EE
ThenamesofallCharity JohnAWilson
Trustees NicholasDGCoburn
RichardJWilson
SimonAWilson
DavidRAcheson
CarolineJSomerville
JeremyEBWilson
Asummaryofthe Duringtheyear,thecharitymade6grantdonationstotalling
Charity'smainactivities £29,412.
andachievementsinthe
year Twodonationstotalling£3,630weremadetoActionCancerNI.
Adonationof£10,000wasmadetoStarNI,aPortadownbased
charityprovidingtherapeuticservicesforchildren,adolescents
andfamiliesaffectedbysexualabuse.StarNIwasestablished
byex-Barnardosemployees,followingitswithdrawalofface-to-
faceservicesintheCountyArmagharea.
Adonationof£12,000wasmadetoFreedomFoods,afoodbank
servicingthePortadownarea.Thisfacilitatedthesetupofa
'LocalPantry',withheavilysubsidisedfoodforthoseinneed.
Adonationof£1,950wasmadetoALPS(AllLiveArePrecious),
acommunity-basedcharityfocussingonmentalhealthand
suicideprevention,basedinNorthernIreland.Supportforthis
charitywasatthesuggestionofanUlsterCarpetsemployee,
MartinHannity.
Adonationof£1,832wasmadetoSandsUnitedABC,afootball
clubthatoperatesaspartofSands,theUK'sleadingbabyloss
charity.TheSandsUnitedteamoffersasafe,supportive
brotherhoodwheremenwhohavelostachildcanfind
fellowshipandsupportandcansharetheirgrief.Supportforthis
charitywasatthesuggestionofanUlsterCarpetsemployee,
WayneIrwin,whoispartoftheSandsUnitedteam.
FeedbackreceivedbyTrusteesduringtheirregularmeetings
highlightedthepositiveimpactofthefinancialsupportreceived
onboththecharitiesandtheirbeneficiaries.
MeetingthePublic ItistheopinionoftheTrusteesthat,havingconsideredthe
BenefitRequirement natureofthegrantsmadeduringtheyear,thatthepublicbenefit
requirementhasbeenmet.
AreviewoftheCharity's TheCharity closedtheyearwith£13,918,andisinasatisfactory
financialpositionatthe position.UlsterCarpetshasindicatedcontinuedfundingforthe
endoftheyear nextfinancialyear.
TherearenofundsheldbytheCharitythataremateriallyin
deficitattheendoftheyear.