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2025-03-31-annual-report

NameofCharity TheJohnWilsonMemorialTrust
CharityReg.Number N1C105836
FinancialYearStartDate 01April2024
FinancialYearEndDate 31March2025
ThePurposeofyour Thepromotionofcharitabledeedsandgoodworksinthe
Charity Portadownvicinity,NorthernIrelandandtheUK
&ROIthroughsupportingcharitiesandtrustsintheirefforts.
Thissupportmaycomeintheformofpromotingand
encouraging,raisingmoneyforandawardinggrants
tothosecharitiesandTrusts,providingtheirpurposesare
charitableinnature.
TocarryoutanyothercharitablegoodworksthattheTrust
decides.
Theprincipaladdressof TheJohnWilsonMemorialTrust,c/oUlsterCarpets,
theCharity CastleislandFactory,GarvaghyRoad,Craigavon,County
Armagh,BT62lEE
Thenamesofall.Charity JohnAWilson
Trustees NicholasDGCoburn
SimonAWilson
DavidRAcheson
CarolineJSomerville
JeremyEBWilson
CarolineMAuchmuty
Asummaryofthe Duringtheyear,thecharitymade7grantdonationstotalling
Charity'smainactivities £43,900.
andachievementsinthe
year ThelargestelementofthefundingwenttoCancerFocusNI,with
£30,000giventowardsthecompletionoftheirFermanagh
CancerSupportCentreinEnniskillen.Thiscentrehasmadea
massivedifferencetocancerservicesinwhatwaspreviouslyan
undersupportedpartofNorthernIreland.Afurtheramountof
£100wasgiventowardsCancerFocusNI'sfundraisinggolfday.
Agrantof£4,300wasgiventoStarNI,followingonfroman
initialfundingamountof£10,000inthe2022/2023Financial
Year.StarNI,aPortadownbasedcharity,providestherapeutic
servicestochildren,adolescentsandfamiliesaffectedbysexual
abuse.
Anamountof£500wasgiventoPiPsHope&Support,asa
runnerupprizefromtheTrust'sSchoolsCharityChallengerunin
February2024.PiPswerechangingbankaccount,sothe
paymentwasdelayed.PiPsprovidestherapyandsupportto
anyonestrugglingwithmentalhealthissuesandindangerof
committingsuicide,aswellassupportingfamiliesthatsuicide
hasaffected.
TheSchoolsCharityChallengeranagaininMarch2025.The
winningschoolentryputBarnardosforward,andanamountof
£5,000wasgiventosupportBarnardos'workinNorthernIreland
withvulnerablechildren.Therunnersupwerenotpaidtheir
awardsby31stMarch2025butfallintothestartof2025/26
FinancialYear.
ThereweretwofurtherawardsmadeatthesuggestionofUlster
Carpetsemployees:
Agrantof£2,000wasgiventotheBrainInjuryFoundation,at
thesuggestionofIsaacMcllroy.TheBrainInjuryFoundationisa
NorthernIrelandbasedcharityprovidingsupportandservicesfor
peoplesufferingwithacquiredbraininjury,includinghelpand
resourcesfortheircarers.
Agrantof£2,000wasmadetoBournevilleMillFCatthe
suggestionofJohnGallagher.Particularconsiderationastothe
publicbenefitrequirementwasgiven,asBournvilleMillisnota
registeredcharity.However,asthefundingwasspecificallyfor
theclubtoinvestinanewyouthfootballprogramme(with
trainingequipmentandtrainingkitsfunded)opentoallinthe
community,itwasdeemedtobemeetingthethreshold.
MeetingthePublic ItistheopinionoftheTrusteesthat,havingconsideredthe
BenefitRequirement natureofthegrantsmadeduringtheyear,thatthepublicbenefit
requirementhasbeenmet.