Heart ofDown RuraISoc￿ty Lhl
Annual reportfor Iheyear end¢d31"J¥ly 2024
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Heart of Down Rural Society Ltd
Re
rt of the Trustees
For the Year Ended 31 July 2024
The Trustees present their report and financial statements for the year end 31 July 2024.
The Trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report are listed as:.
TAW Crawford
B Douglas
DW Ross
PJ Tate
Objectives & Activities
Heart of Down Rural Society Ltd aims to provide for community development work within the local
neighbourhood.
The Committee are providin& maintaining and managing a rural Hall facility to ensure local
community organisations have adequate, modern and sufficient facilities to meet the respective
need5 of each organisation to help ensure actNe community participation.
The Committee also hope to organise lectures, classes. meetings and community fundraising events
and other forms of leisure-time and recreational and educational development.
The objectives are specificalty restricted to the advancement of community development, the
advancement of education, the relief of poverty, sickness and the aged and the promotion of the
benefit of the inhabitants of the Spa area and its environs in County Down, without distinctTron of
age, gender, disability. sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic identity, political or religious opinion,
by associating the statutory authorities, community and voluntary organi5ations and the inhabitants
in a common effort to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other
leisure-time occupation. with the object of fostering a community Spirit and improving the
conditions of life for the benefft of the inhabitants and in particular to:
al The Provision, maintenance and management of a community educational resource hall facility
for the use of the inhabitants for activities promoted or facilitated by the Company including use for
meetings, lectures, classes and other form5 of recreational and leisure-time occupation with the
objett of improving the conditions of life forthe said inhabitants-
bl to support community development, social inclusion and well-being activities and to work with
partners to support and improve the conditions of the inhabitants in rural lrfe-
c) to promote or assist in the promotion, facilitation and organi5ation of community capacity
building programme and projects for the benefit of the inhabitants within the area of benefit who
have need of such assistance as a result of their youth, age, disability or infirmity, or social and
economic circumstances. in an effort to increase the abilities, skills and self<onfidence of such
inhabitants;

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dl to advance any other exclusively charitable purpose as the Directors, may from time to time,
decide in accordance wwth the law of charity.
Review of Hnances
The income for the year to 31° Juty 2024 was £7,075.
Government grants were obtained from:
Co-operation Ireland
DAERA
Newry, Moume & Down District Council
To all these fundeTS, Heart of Down Rural Society Ltd are most grateful.
Public Benefft Statements
The Trustees consider they have complied with their respective duties to have due regard to the
guidance on public benefit as published by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland.
Statement of Trustee's responslbilities
The Trustees are ￿sponsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in
accordance with the applicable law and United Kingdom accounting standards.
Company Law requires the Trustees to prepare financial ststements for each financial period to
provide a true and fair view of the affairs of the company for that period.
In preparing the financial ststements, the trustees are required to:
Make estimates that are reasonable and prudent
Select m05t appropriate accounting policies and apply in a consistent format
Clarify that applicable accounting standards have been followed and further explained in the
financial statements and have p￿pared the financial statements.
The Trustees confim) that they have complied with the above requirements in preparing the
financial statements.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable
accuracy at any time, the financial position of the company and to enable them to ensure that the
financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2tK)6.
The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the a55ets of the Company and hence for taking
reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud or other irregularities. Policies are also in
place for such issues.
Approved by the Trustees
Chairperson
Date:
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