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 Patrick’s Guide Unit Belfast
NI Charity Commission Number
NIC 107425
The principal address of the Charity- this should be the address that was used at the time of registration with the Charity Commission
North Queen Street Community Centre 46A Victoria Parade Belfast BT66 6JH
The names of all Charity Trustees on the date the report was approved and all individuals who served as Charity Trustees during the year
Roisin Reid Marian Stewart Denise McCusker Colette Thakur Philomena McKeever
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 have run a challenging and exciting programme following our Choices and Outdoor Programmes. We have recruited new volunteers and one of our volunteers has been awarded her Outdoor Warrant badge. We have completed a STEM programme with our youth members and visited W5 as part of this badge. We are looking forward to the next guiding year.
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: Roisin Reid Signed: Marian Stewart
Date: 1 December 2023 Date: 1 December 2023