## **Trustee Annual Report Form** 

The purpose of the Unit is to provide the Guiding Programme of the Catholic Guides of Ireland, which promotes and fosters the spiritual, moral, cultural, intellectual, social and physical development of its members, to girls and young women at a local level. 

## **Name of Charity as it appears on the Register and any other names it may be known by** 

St Mary’s on the Hill Guide Unit Belfast 

## **NI Charity Commission Number** 

107397 

**The principal address of the Charity- this should be the address that was used at the time of registration with the Charity Commission** 

St Bernard’s Parish Hall 165 Antrim Road Belfast BT36 7QR 

## **The names of all Charity Trustees on the date the report was approved and all individuals who served as Charity Trustees during the year** 

Sarah Louise Maskey Rebecca McFarland Madeleine Curran Claire McCabe Katie O’Neill 

## **The financial year the report relates to** 

Year ending 31 August 2023 



## **A summary of the Charity’s main activities to further its purposes for the public benefit and the main achievements in the year** 

We had a great year getting back to face to fae guiding.  Our numbers have increased and we have recruited new volunteers and parent helpers.  We have taken part in outdoor activities, beach clean ups, camps and indoor sleepovers.  We have completed badgework and challenges from our Choices programme.  We also had a volunteer complete her indoor and outdoor warrant. 

There was no harm flowing from the Charities purposes and that there was no private benefit. 

## **A statement that the Trustees have had regard to the Commission’s Public Benefit requirement statutory guidance** 

In setting our objectives and planning our activities for the year the trustees have given careful consideration to the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland’s guidance on public benefit to ensure that the activities have helped to achieve the charity’s purposes and provide a benefit to the beneficiaries. 

## **A review of the Charity’s financial position at the end of the year** 

Receipts and Payments prepared and reviewed by our Independent Examiner. 

## **Details of any fund held by the Charity that was materially in deficit at the end of the year and steps taken by the Charity Trustees to eliminate the deficit** 

N/a 

## **One or more of the Charity Trustees must sign and date the box below.** 

Signed: Sarah Louise Maskey Signed: Madeleine Curran 

Date: 6 March 2024 Date: 6 March 2024