2023-03-31-annual-return

COLERAINE & DISTIUCT SAMARITANS FtNANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR KNDED 31- MARCH 2023 I1￿￿PENDENT EXAMtNER'S REPORT Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Coleraine & District Samaritan5 We report on the ac<x)unts of the charity for the year ¢nd¢d 31" March 2023 which arc set out on pages I to 20. Respedive responsibilities of trustees and independent examiner Th¢ chaTity'S trustces (who are also thc directors of Colcrnine & District Samaritans for the pu￿SeS of company law) a￿ rcsponsible for the preparatRon of the a¢￿￿nts under section 63 of the Chatities Act (Northern Ircland) 2008. The charity's committee considor that an audit is not required for this year and that an independent c￿￿mination is needed. It is our responsibility to: examine the awunts under section 65 of the Charitics Act ftillow the proLYdures laid down in the gcneral directions given by th¢ Charity Commi&sion for Northern Ireland under section 65(9)0)) of the Chan'ties Act statc whether particular matters have com¢ to our attention. Basis of independent examiner's report We have ¢xamined your charity accounts as required under section 65 of the Charities Act and our examination was carried out in accordanL% with the general directions given by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland under s¢rtion 65(9Xb) of the ChaTities Act. Th¢ ¢xamination included a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also included consideration of any unusual items or th'sclosures in the acu)unt4 and seeking explanations from you &8 cbarity t￿￿¢S concerning such matters. Thc procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audiL and consequ¢ntly no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view" and the repN)rt is limited to tho* matters set out in the statemcnt below. Our role is to state whether any mat¢rial matters have wme to our attention giving us cause to believe: That accounting tecords were not kept in accordance with section 63 of the Charities Act That th¢ accounts do not accA)rd with those accounting records That the aLwunts do not comply with thc aco)unting requ1￿mellts of the Charities Act That th¢re is furtber Infom￿l10n needed for a proper understandmg of the a¢cA)wits to be Teached. Independent examiner's statement We ha￿ completed our examination and have no conrzrns in of th¢ mattcrs ( l) to (4) listed above an¢ in connection with following th¢ Th'Tections of the Charity Commission for Northern Irelan( we have found no matters that ￿U]re thawing to your attention David Mcmullan & Co Ltd Chartered Accountants l Ballykenvcr Road StI￿0C￿M Ballymoney Co Antrim BT53 8PZ 1° September 2023 11