## **CRAIGAVON SAMARITANS BRANCH**
**RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**
**31 MARCH 2024**
## **CRAIGAVON SAMARITANS BRANCH**
CONTENTS For the Year ended 31st March 2024
||**PAGE**|
|---|---|
|References and administrative details of the charity|2|
|Officers Report|3|
|Accountants Report to the officers|4|
|Receipts & Payments Account|5|
|Notes to the financial statements|6|
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## **CRAIGAVON SAMARITANS BRANCH**
REFERENCES AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS _for the year to 31st March 2024_
**Address** 162 Thomas Street Portadown Co Armagh BT62 3BD **Officers** Beverly Huddleson (Director/Trustee) Wendy Chambers (Secretary/Trustee) Kim Foster (Treasurer/Trustee) Martin McCann (Director/Trustee) Corrine Hamilton (Director/Trustee) Marcella Taylor (Trustee) Vivien Reid (Trustee) **Accountants:** RPB Chartered Accountants 22 St. Colman’s Park Newry, BT34 2BX
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## **CRAIGAVON SAMARITANS BRANCH**
STATEMENT OF OFFICERS RESPONSIBILITIES _for the year to 31st March 2024_
## **General Responsibilities**
The officers are responsible for preparing the financial statements in accordance with applicable Northern Ireland and United Kingdom law and generally accepted accounting practices including the accounting standards issued by the Accounting Standards Board and published by Chartered Accountants Ireland.
Accounting standards require the officers to prepare financial statements for each financial period which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the branch and the surplus or deficit of the branch for that period.
The officers are responsible for keeping proper books of account which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the branch and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting standards generally accepted and with statute comprising relevant Northern Ireland Orders. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the branch and for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
## **Officers’ declaration on unaudited financial statements**
In relation to the financial statements laid out on pages 5 and 6.
The officers approve these financial statements and confirm that they are responsible for them, including selecting the appropriate accounting policies, applying them consistently and making, on a reasonable and prudent basis, the judgements underlying them. They have been prepared on the going concern basis on the grounds that the branch will continue to operate.
The officers confirm that they have made available to RPB Chartered Accountants, all the branch accounting records and provided all the information, books, or documents, necessary for the compilation of the financial statements.
The officers confirm that to the best of their knowledge and belief, the accounting records reflect all the transactions of the branch for the year ended 31 March 2024.
Signed on behalf of the officers of the branch:
_____________________________ Beverly Huddleson Chairperson
_______________________ Date
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## **CRAIGAVON SAMARITANS BRANCH**
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT _for the year to 31st March 2024_
## **RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEES AND EXAMINER**
The charity’s officers are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The officers consider that an audit is not required for this period and that an independent examination is needed.
Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts;
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by terms of our engagement; and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **BASIS OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the terms of my engagement. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the branch 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 the officers concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S STATEMENT**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- to keep accounting records; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, comply with the accounting requirements have not been met; or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
RPB Chartered Accountants Independent examiner 22 St. Colman’s Park Newry BT34 2BX
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## **CRAIGAVON SAMARITANS BRANCH**
RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT _for the year to 31st March 2024_
|**Balances as at 1 April 2023**
Danske Bank Current A/c
**Receipts**
Bank Interest
Collections
Donations
Fundraising
Grants
Legacy donations
**Payments**
Accountancy
Advertising
Bank charges
NBC
Cleaning
Conference and AGM Expenses
Data Protection
Donations
Fire Alarm
Fundraising expenses
Insurance
Postage
Property & Fixtures
Samaritans Festival
Samaritans Warehouse
Stationary & computer expenses
Sundry expenses
Telephone
Training
Volunteers expenses
Water, Light & Heat
Surplus/(deficit)
**Balances as at 31 March 2024**
Danske Bank Current A/c
**Total Funds**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Endowment**
**Total**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2024**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
56,086
2,022
-
58,108
68,403|
|---|---|
||56,086
2,022
-
58,108
68,403|
||134
-
-
134
160
3,906
-
-
3,906
2,735
6,630
-
-
6,630
10,762
1,305
-
-
1,305
354
1,427
8,500
-
9,927
13,372
2,540
-
-
2,540
925|
||15,942
8,500
-
24,442
28,308|
||640
-
-
540
-
360
-
-
360
1,329
58
-
-
58
42
6,419
-
-
6,419
6,208
1,541
-
-
1,541
1,529
814
-
-
571
385
35
-
35
-
-
-
-
-
50
216
-
-
216
259
857
-
-
857
74
327
1,199
-
1,526
-
9
-
-
9
-
7,416
425
-
8,039
20,862
2,200
-
-
2,200
-
577
-
-
577
981
598
-
-
598
373
841
-
-
841
560
2,734
-
-
2,734
2,439
394
-
-
394
-
1,914
543
-
2,457
844
1,567
-
-
1,567
2,668|
||29,716
2,166
-
31,882
38,603|
||(13,774)
6,334
-
(7,440)
(10,295)
42,312
8,356
-
50,668
58,108
**42,312**
**8,356**
**-**
**50,668**
**58,108**|
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## **CRAIGAVON SAMARITANS BRANCH**
NOTES TO THE RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 _for the year to 31st March 2024_
## **1. Accounting policies**
The principal accounting policy which has been adopted in the compilation of the Receipts and Payments Account is that all items of income and expenditure included within the Receipts and Payments Account have been accounted for on a cash receipts basis.
## **2. Transactions with branch officers**
The branch did not enter into any transactions with officers during the financial period.
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