ehArfty Comml881on for Nl NUrn￿r.. 10S8S4 Cornpjny Numbar N1626485 Hom8-Start Lakeland IAcornp•ny Ilmlt•d by Bu*nliltsO. ho¥lng • •h•rn G￿￿1*11 Flnanclal Ststsm•nts for the y•*r •nd•d 31 M•rch 2025 Coowrlrvlne Ltd Chartored Ac¢ountants 6 Townhall Stre Co Fèrmanagh BT74 78A Northem Ir•l*rMI Hom•-Start Lakeland IA¢ompaTry Ilmlt•d by•u4r4nta•, nDthivlng a•h•r• c•WI CONTENTS P• Truste85 and Other Infomabon Tru$lees' Report Accountsnts. Report Indep8nd8nl Examlners, Report 8tat•m•nl of Financial B8l•ncg Sh••l 10 Note$ to th• Fin8￿181 St8tsffftn¢s Supplementary Informal￿n on Inwme and Exwndilur• Account 16.17 Home-stsrt Lakeland IA ¢ornpany1Smit•d by guarnnt••, A •*•r• TRUSTEES AND OTHER INFORMATION Tru•tee Maeve Murphy (Chairperson) JenThy Thompwn (Vice chalrpersonl Chflsiina Carty (Treasurerl Gerry Heg8rty M•bel Greave8 Anne Hart8 Maureen Ha$8afd Ruth Co8tter Bryan Green Rhonda Kelly (Appointsd O¢iober 20241 (appointed J8nu8ry 20251 Chartty Comml••l4M for Nl Numb•r 105B54 Comp•ny Nufflbor Nl82e485 R•gl•t•r•d om¢• •nd Bullr￿¥ Addr••• eelmoio Me Co F•rman*gh BT14 8AH ChAriered Aeeounianll 8 TownhBII Slrtei E￿nI￿lI1•n Co Famion•gh BT74 78A 8•nk•r• 8•nk Of Irellnd TownhAII Street o F•rrnon•gh BT74 7BO Hom•-Start Lak•l8nd IAcompany 15mlt¢d byguarantsv. nothrlvlng a•h•r•￿E41*1I TRUSTEES, REPORT for th&y•arended 31 M8r¢h 2025 Tho liu81*5 FYes8ntth8irr0kYM4nd Ihe ￿￿u￿41ed finan¢l818taiements for year èndwj 31 March 2025. Hom&St8n Lake￿￿￿ is regl$iored a8 a chonly wllh the Chanty Cornmi58ion for Nothern Ireland (Chartty number 1058541 and i& an Snder*ndenl chBrfty. WOTking ullder the umbrdla of Homs-slart UK. 11 Is a ¢h•diable compAny Ilmrfed by guarnniee, not hgving a share G4Wtal (Company number N1626485}. The registèred offKe add￿8$ 15 Belmore Mews, Nth¥ str￿, Ellniskillen. F8fmanogh 8T74 &4H. which i• ￿¥0 the pLyce of 8Ctlvlty of the tharita￿e company. The flnlnclal $tstem•nl¥ compty wnh tho Chllnlh?o Act INorthem IreLgndl 21Q8 2nd BubBequenl tspdai￿ lindudlw 20221 •nd Accounting and Reporting by ¢h*riti8s.' Slatem¢nt ol Recommended Pr&rbce 8pplrAble to tharities prepanng the4r a(Lounls In rfurd8nce wth th¢ FInaKI￿ Reportmg stsndard appli￿￿9 ￿ tho UK R¢putyk ol Ireland IFRS 102) {effectfvg 1 jan￿￿20151. Dlr•ctor•ryru•t Th8 Im41801 8èr¥8d dudng the y88r 8r• ts•t out on p8ga 3. dlmctorn ofth• c4mp8ny tsoNed dudng th yeBr4re ao Idlow6, Cl8lr• Stetrle ISeuet•ryl Maevo Murphy Jenry Thomp Chd•iine Carty Gèrry H•yBty Mabel Gr¢8v•6 Ann• Rthh CoBtter ry8n Gr88n I#ppDlnlod Ocle4ef 20241 Rhondi Kelly l•ppolniod JDnu4ry 20251 The chontabl• company l• govemod by th• b￿r￿. Tho board tho act￿￿10• ol ch•dt8lJ• eompany In Iln• wllh Ihg sel oul In lh• governlng documen15 of Ihfr chadty. nEmely tho Memorandum Bnd Anide8 of A860ClOtIQD and Ihfr chadty's consululion Non• of the Irusl9•6 h•s a beneflclal Inlor861 in Ihe thariioblo company. Tho tsenior manager and the other ¥t4ff afo ro5pDn8itr￿4 foi the day-lodAy oper8ll¢n8 of th8 ch•ril•b* gynp•ny IhToWoul the ye•r ¢h•rftsbl• purpoB• Tho eonslilulion an¢ purpo•••of the chBrlly •ro d•t8llad In Ihe W￿￿8nduM and Artldes 98 the ooyomlnp documentj. These arn 10 èBfeguoid, piot8d preserve th¢ good heallh, both mènto1 and phytsirel of Ghlldren and parents of chlldr*n. ID prevent ciufrtty 10 or tnDllreBim8ni olchlldrefi., lo reliove ￿￿kneSs, poverty and need &mono•i chlldren •nd Ihelr paronis Bnd lo promots Ihe educ•llon of Ihtr publlc In b¢tt8r 6t8rthrd& of Ghlldcare wllhln th• Fermanagh area Tho main 4L*vlty ollhfr Charity during tho ye8r ha8 to Gonllnue lo ro180 fundlng forthe of 8¢hlevlng h• ob￿￿1¥01. Publlc B•n•Nt The dlred benefit8 whkh from our purpo888 inrlLYJe". Improved he8lth oulwmes improved upt8k¥ ofh••hh 8ppolnim8nts. happier, 8Hlerchlldren 8nd fvapp￿r sHler home$ AS 8 rasuh fewer Chi￿re￿ suffercruelly or maNre8lmenl. PArenlg &nd thildren fe&1 ￿5& mBrgina118ed. Famil￿5 make beller tsge of10¢81 $6Nces and are le&& 1801aied and have w￿der horiz￿$. Families ar8 better able io cope ￿th their Famllies devebp improved wpinll tralegie5 and parents become more coDfidenl ihrough Incts•$•d in child￿re standards. All ol Ihtse bèneffts d*mon¥lraled by the Gornplellon of revièw visit fDrms véhiGh IracA an Individual f8mily'$'jDutney of ¢h8ngfy'. ￿$¢ feedback queslionnaiies Arè (JynpltrtOO by families and referrnr Al th• ¢108e ol Support. The benefft8 of all our purposeB areAl80 d8mon¥ipied by re9ular evBlts8bOTh of tho 8eNice5 by Health and S(Klal CAre Trusts, funder• and monitorlng and 8¥8lu81ion of the servKe The pJrpo¥e¥ do not g￿e nse lo Any hArm. The benefityaries vf Ouf purpDs&s 8r$ f8milieswho areexwrienciw drflcull*S Qf ¥uffering stres8 and have 81188$1 one child undei 5 yesr$ of 8gt and live in the ATeAs of Ben&fft A private benefit lo volunteers m8y arise from our mandatory Irainlng V8lv* and atblLpde5. Safeguarding chlldren, ¢onfdellliality etc. Throuyh the Ir¥ining yolunleer5 gain5 Bkills Bnd experience which Bre trdnsferrsble lo othersethngs These b&ntffl¥ are Incidental and ne￿$Sary to ensure Ihp benefit is provided lo ben¢fityarip8. A second private beneflt 10 Trustees tnay anse from our progrnmmfy of training ifi good governance. financé 01¢ ThrDugh the trainin9 Trustees g$in skills aDd expenencewhich are ir8nsf9trable lo other 5etting$ These ￿￿ThIs incidentsl necess8ry lo ensure the beneffl Is provided lo benefiuaries Thè$8 private benefit& are relev8nltO 811 ourpurposes. Homo-start Lakeland IAcofflpany Ilmlt•d by guartntts. a •b•r•￿￿ TRUSTEES, REPORT forlhe y88r+r￿ed 31 Marth 2025 MAln •¢hlov•mont8 In th• wr 11 has been another ￿sY ye8r In Homè-slart Lakeland Mth 0 10% increa88 in r6f&rta15 to last year and 48 forni1￿5 recelvlng SUPPDrt thi5 year. This pul$ an 6ver-in¢reasing strain on grea￿91 re8ource- our voluni8efs. bul Ihank5 lolhe 27committedindiwdu8l$who prDvided home wsiling $upportiofamllrdS inco Fe[m&r￿h.￿oC0nIknUeQUr1yOvOn track record. The cosi-of-livl￿ In(¥e•&a¥ continue lo effect farnllie$ R16inll costs of fuel. foDd and insuiance pul ever inue&Bing $lr•ln on f8miNe8 and request& for second hand (aoihlng, 04ulpment ond requests forfuel gron￿ fy)ntsnued 10 Irwase 8nd 8dd to the wotk of the scherne Ihi$ ye8r. This year we were awarded 8ryson Ener9y Ele¢tntyty urant8 and were able lo offer the9e or8nw of £200 to familieB st￿9911￿0 with eneioy pric8#. F3milie8 were also given Chri6lm38 food hamporn from Enniskillen FwdbAnk and ¢hTh8ima8 prft8 for PBTents ond ChI￿ren donoied ty the 818ff of En¢lr¢. Th8 81aff of BT had hislori¢8lly providod Chri8itnH5 gifts for families 80 we were very grai8lul to Enur¢ for fillin9 thi& ￿p. Acbon fDr Chiklron •nd Savt the Chihsren providgd groc8ry vou¢h*r8 for Struggling 14mille8 4nd we ww• able to r•tsr fHmil*B for Foodbank. Toddler Sense kindly provided fr88 *ay 88851onJ lo 2 Home-slort familieB. Our A￿a￿ll9 Multip￿& group w•r8 able 10 pÈrtBke in &orne graAI 8¢tlvlU88 ai Iholr monthly m661 up Ih8nk• to funding Irom Ihe Hollf•x Foundallon. Wè had 22 famil1￿ r¢gl•loied for th6 group th81 moBts Th￿thlY September Ihrough to Jun•. Our new famlly gmup launthed In F¢Oru8ry 2024, 'Famllles ol the Worfd. rx)nlinuoB lo grow and flourlgh. We 8r8 advertiilry tho qfOUP pU￿1ClY &nd règ151ered f•milles are In¥lllna other f8mlli•s #long. We hive 39 fDMil￿S ro016t•r•d and 20 drfferenlcounlrie8 repreeonled. Thinkalo Good Rel•Won•lhrough FoThnanagh 8nd Omagh Oisirlct Courril nd Op8nro8th Cornmunhy Fund Ihrouph th* Cornmunhy Foundalion. w? were lo hosl • wealth of •ctlvhi8• lor f•rnlli•8 and par6nionlywent8 Indudlng g•n80ry pliy, m018y play. physlcal play. pott•ryp81nllng and a boaiidp. Eath month the group chole A c8l•br81l¢n or holld8y Bnd we do Actl¥ll￿8, •81 loods 4nd thè 18M1￿ from that Gounlry tell u8 Ihey celknile. Fln*n¢l•l •ummary lorth• y••r Ouring Ihe yearendEd 31 M&rch 2025. Hom•-Siart L•k&ind produ￿¢ • d•fl¢ll ¢f£321. Sth•qwnly, tho tthai 8siels lem ￿rre￿Illab1IltK•8 08 8131 March 2028 •mount• lo £89,332. M•mb•rn' Funth Ind R•••rv•B Poll¢y Al the yeBr and. Hom•-siart L•keland m•mborn' fund of £69,332. It18 th• pollty of Hom? Slftrt LAk8l&nd to r•l•ln I•v8110 ￿¥trr bny unfore&een expendiiuro and allow the Gharily lo conllnue In oper81ion. In 8¢¢ord8nce vilh I re8tt¥ei policy 51alod on the Memor8ndum and Artick•8 ol the Chadly, there 1$ 9 re81riLted fund 01 £40,000 only to t• In the olwindlng dNTr. 8p•cl•l provl•lrJn r•latlnB to imall ¢L¥npanl Thè rèpDrt hos been prepared In 8cwrdaKe w￿1h wdal provl8lon relating ￿ 8m&l wnwnie8 ¥Mthln Port 15 01 the Comp8n* Aet 20Cfj. Home-start Lakèland IA romp8ny Ilmlt•d bYgua￿trtoI. nothavlng ••tr•r•c4F￿71 TRUSTEES, REPORT forthe yearended 31 M8r¢h 2025 s1•t￿+nI of Tru8t••¥' R••pon•lblllUe• The ITu¥ia88 a￿ reS￿r￿1￿￿e lor Ihe Truitees, Report and th8 fln8ndal stBlem&nl¥ in 8C()xdaw ￿th app1Kab￿ law and ragul81￿￿S. eolh company Lawand chanty lthy requlrèiho Iw$t¢esth prepare finBKial 8iat*m8rf8foreath financial wr. Under these lavés lfve IDJ$iees have elected to prepartr the fingnclAI stAlemen15 in ac¢ord*rtt with United ￿n9￿orn Generally Accepted AGQ)uniiw Practice (Unrted Kingdom AGcouniing StandBrdB and appli¢8ble lawl Under these lawB the ItU81668 musi not Bpprove the finanoal 818tements unless IW are salisfiad Ihgl they give a Iwe and fglr view of Ihe slate of 4ffair8 of th8 ch8ritsty8 company and of IhB Bu￿luS oi defi￿1 of the chaiit8W8 cornpany forthol period. In prydng Iho*fin•nct•l •t•torn￿lI, Ihetru8ioa¥ requlred to,. 8d8Ct 8uilable Bccounling pollde8 and apply them consislenlly., obserytr the methodB and principle8 In the Ch8rflle8 SORP IFRS 1021.. m8koiudgernenls OSllm•i$$ IhBI are reasonab￿ and prudent, 8iaie whether applkablt 8tt0uniing sto￿8rd& and stalemqnls of rocornmondld prKU¢• h8vo been folknyd subled 10 •ny departuro& dI￿108￿d axplain8d In tho flnoncL41 &t4lemonlS-, pr•p•ro tho fln8nclal Jlalemen18 on Iha oolng con¢om b4810 unlea8 rt l• in8pproprf•t• to pre&umo Ihai charfty vlll conbnue lo 4p8ralo. Tho IFu&lees overall f•8ponilblllty for •nwrlng th81 tho th8rll•bl• h•• 0ppr0prfA￿ Byslern• of Ce￿1￿1. finwrt181 and otheM•e. Theyare als0 respon¥ibl•forkeeyng proper KGouniing r8￿rdS￿lch diiL4o¥*wlh ce88onabl• ccuracy lll any limp lfve ffn8n¢181 poiilion ollhe GharilDble¢omp•ny and Onoblelhem io*n&uro th¢ flnonclal slalempni1 Comply wlh Iht approprlBle a¢￿￿tin0 8t8nd8rds. Th8y are BIJD [6￿0n81bl8 for ihe sBtsguardino of 8$wIB of ihe chon18bl6 company and hènce fol laking rt•&on•big 81op$ tor the preyefillon and dfrlectbn ol fT8ud snd Olh•r Irregulirllkrys. Th• trus￿* •lio had lo the Chirfty Comm1B￿0n,B putylc r•qulrem8nl btjlutory gUl￿Tr￿. rh1• r•wt wis ipproved by Ihè Injit•￿ and elon•d on Ill bthaifby.. M•w• MurphylCh•lfy• onl Chrf•tln• C•rty ITv•••ur•rl Home-stsrt Lakeland IA compafiy Ilmtted byguar•nth, not thing0 •harn CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS. REPORT to thg Board of Trustees on the unaudited flnan¢lal statsmonts of Homo-stsrt Lakeland for the yèar endod 31 March 2025 In order lo a5*$1 you io fulfil your dulias under itte cL￿pan￿$ Act 21Th. wa h•ve prepared for your approv81 the fin8nd81 slatements of th¢ chanly for the ￿&r ended 31 March 2025 which comprise th¢ Statemenl of Finanual Activities. Ihe Balan￿ Sheet and the related notes fr￿￿ the chantys accounting reGord8 and trom ￿fOrm￿ll0n ond xplanatson8 h•vÈ given io us. Th18 roport li m&de aolely lo tho Board olTw81888 orH(mi￿St￿rt Lakd8nd, as i body. In 8¢Mrdance the torm& of our tW8gèment. Our wtrk h99 been undertakBn &o*ly to prepare for your Bpproval lh8 fln8ncidl slalem6nt6 of Home-slart Lakeland and &tale tho$8 m•tters that we havè agreed lo slgle lo the Board of Tru8ie88 01 Home-stari L8k¥lBnd. as D body, in Ihls rèport In aGCOfdan¢o wlh the guidance of Chart•r•d AcGount8n16 Irel8nd. To the fullesi trxteni p6miii1od by Iw4. we do not 8(vpt or assume ra¥pon8lbllity to anyone other Ih8n Horn&St8rt L@k•l•nd Boaid of TN81889, 88 a body. for ourwork or for IhiB report. We h•vg rArried oullhits eno8gem•ntln 4ccordanctrstyilh uukl•nc• I￿u¢d by Chart•rnd Ac