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 Macartan’s Guide Unit
NI Charity Commission Number
NIC 107400
The principal address of the Charity- this should be the address that was used at the time of registration with the Charity Commission
Mobile Den at St Macartan’s Primary School 44 Loughinisland Road, Downpatrick BT30 8PZ
The names of all Charity Trustees on the date the report was approved and all individuals who served as Charity Trustees during the year
Sharon O’Neill Francesca Braniff Karen Killen Corinna McClune Amanda Burns Catherine Braniff
The financial year the report relates to
Year ending 31 August 2022
A summary of the Charity’s main activities to further its purposes for the public benefit and the main achievements in the year
Unfortunately due to Covid our Unit was still not operating between 1 September 2021 and 31 August 2022.
The only significant event during that year was that the mobile classroom at St Macartan’s Primary School which we had used for our meetings since our inception in September 2005 was condemned as unfit for use by the Education Authority and was removed from the premises in November 2021.Thankfully we were able to store all the contents in the parish hall which is situated beside the school.
There was no harm flowing from the Charity Commission’s purposes and 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: Francesca Braniff Date: 27 June 2023 Signed: Sharon O’Neill Date: 27 June 2023
One or more of the Charity Trustees must sign and date the box below.