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REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBEK. N1057241 O¥ortherD Ireland) REGISTERED CHARTTY NUMBER: 107589 Report of the Trurt¢e• aud UnAudfited Statenknts 28 February 2024 for NORTH BELFAST PIAY FORUM LIMITED M.B.M¢Grady & Co Suits 2B Cadogan House 322 Lisbum Road Belfast BT9 6GH

IYORTH BELFAST PLAY FORUM LIMrrED ConteDts of the StstemeDts FOR THE YEAR ENDED 28 FEBRUARY 2024 Page Report ofthe Trurt I to 3 Indepe1￿ell¢ Exanther's RqN•rt StAtemeDt of FIDaDcial Acdvldes F40kn to the Trln•nclal Statemeot• 7 to 11 12

NORTh BE￿AST PLAY FORUM LIMITED Report of the Trnjte FOR THE YEAR ENDED 28 FEBRUARY2024 The tnth who are also dir¢¢ton of the cbarity for the puryM)w of the Conyies Act 2￿6$ present their report with th¢ financial Statem￿ of the charity for the year ended 28 February 2024. The trustees bav¢ adopted the provisions of Accounting and Re￿rtill8 by Charities: Ststement of R￿0￿m￿ Pradi¢e applitable to chaTitie8 prepaying their accounts in a¢¢Ordan￿ with the Financial ReWtI￿ st￿￿ appli￿1¢ in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (etre¢tive l January 2019). The North Belfast Play FoTum i8 Situated in the Waterwoth Public Park on the Cavebill RL•ad Th¢ Site 18 ba8ed in the Watmvorks rf which IB an area would sit very high in ternis of the multiple deprivation n￿asU￿ The ¢ommuDiti¢8 that border the facility would face a multitud¢ of needs and a￿ordIng to the Nortbern Ireland Ststi8ti¢8 and Re8ear¢h Agency (NISRA 2017). the wateTh0￿ wd the deprived ward (Ranked l) out of the 462 electoral waTd8 in Nortbern Irela￿￿ The Nortb Belfast Play Fonmi 18 a small cbarity that uses to engage people the wider area to participate iti physi￿1 activities to enhance tbeir well being and en¢ouTage community ell8a8en￿nL ObJ¢rtlvei And almj The convoy is established for cbaritable Obje￿ 8nd puy onty. In particular the Conyany is established to the benefit of the people of North Belfast and its environ& without distin¢lion of age. se& rac4 politi¢al or reli8ioU8 or other opinions. by &880¢iatsng the $tstutory authoritie4 voluntary provide fa¢iliti¢8 in the interests of 80cial we]fAre, for the proctiOn and pre8erWion of healtty recreation •Dd leisur¢ - time Occupatio￿ with the objects for the b¢n¢fit of the ¢onkmwty Ivbich Dow or h¢reafter may be d¢en%d by law to b¢ Iwitsble. Slznlficnt *¢tlvltlu aod •¢hlevements managen￿￿t of the Wat¢nvorks Swts Facility for B¢lf86t City Coun¢il thTOU8b a Fa¢ility Managenxnt The faciltty was ¢108¢d most of the year due to the patitsmic. The PAL Projec¢ The PAL proj￿1 is a peTson81 dev¢lopll￿t pro￿ wmbined with an activity progr8nlln¢ ts> en1w￿¢ the Skills of YOUD8 people in North Belfa8L The PAL proj¢Yt ¢ODtinued thtough lockdown with online ￿tiVitieS and online 22 young people achieved level 2 ￿¢r￿alled trninin8 delivernl 250 hours a¢tiviti¢8 to young peers. Con]muDity projects this year inchmled the 8 wttk long Sumn￿ pro￿ delivered by the PAL projert participants. Delivering 120 hours of activitia over the sunllw. The weekend intervention pn)gram¢ ran through the year abo for youn8 people at th¢ weekends. The prnje¢t is designed to pmvide provisions for yOUDg people at the weekend to help tackle anti•8ocial bebaviour. Other activities that ran throug￿ the yeoT inclutsj after ethic minorities proj¢cts 08 w¢ll 08 A ￿th￿rnble men projecL 20 young people into eo¥loyn%nt support fron) NBPF throu8h YO￿ leaders projrA A project ainjed at YOU08 Pllb￿ benefit FThAYlC￿ R£￿Ew Flnanelal pojlllon Th¢ rnults for th¢ year are Set out in detsll on page8 4 to 12.

NORTH BELFAsf PLAY FORUM LIMrrED Report of the Trnitees FOR THE YEAR ENDED 28 FEBRUARY 2024 North Belfast Play FonllD is comn￿ to Maintai￿ a level of Financi￿ Reserves to enable strategic, Fizw￿l&l Te8erYe3 be n¥Int￿ at a level to S￿lain 6 nx)nth' cor¢ activity thuiDg a puiod of unfora4¢en diffiollty. Governlng doeument The clwity is controlled by its govanins dOCurr￿ 8 deed of tr￿8( ¢on5titutes a limited company> limited by The NBPF Iwl a policy health cbeck dwins the pThknM¢ a￿1 it vms to onlin¢ interaction policy for staff and volunteern. (a) RepTentstive8 of stattrtory and voluntary bths Op¢ffati￿ in the North BeJf&st area vknose objects are consist¢nt with those of the Company. (¢) The pow¢r of admitting menthers of th¢ Company 8hall be on the recomnKndation of the Executiv¢ Committee, but shall be exereised by the Executive conllntttee in accordance with any regulations or dire¢tions made and subject to any restrictions or ¢onditions inwsed by the Company in g¢nernl I￿till8. (d) Any wbo shall fail to observe any of th¢ rtgulatiom or byjaws of the Conwany, or vknose conduct shall in the opinion of the Executive Conjmittee be eXCl￿d from th¢ Company by a rM)lution duly approved by a majority of a least thtee . fourths of th¢ Executive Conllnittee prent votin8 at a special meetin8 of the Exe¢utive Committee , of whi¢h he slwu bave been Reglstered Company number N1057241 (Northern Irela￿1) ReglJt¢red Chthty number 107589 Regljtered offl¢e BT14 6DT Ruairl Dona8by (Tesigned 23110r2(r23) Matthew W Cadejl Daniel G Ofonnor Brian McKevitt

NORTH BELFAST P￿y FORUM LIMrr£D Rwrt ofthe Trn•teu FOR ThE YEAR ENDED28 FEBRUARY 2024 Conwany Secretary Anne Mulvenna JDdependent Exmlner M.B.M¢Grady & Co Suite 2B Cadogan Howe 322 Lisburn Road BT9 6GH Approved by order ofthe boanl of tr4LStees on 27 Novenknr 2024 and sig￿1 on its bebalf by. Brian McKevitt. Trustee

Independent ExamlD¢f'8 Report to the Trust￿ or Iyorth Belfa•t Play Fonun Llmlted I report on the a¢counts of the for the year ended 28 Febnwy 2024. ￿1¢h at¢ Set out on p8ge8 fiv¢ to ¢kv¢ As the c￿1￿8 trustees (and al80 the directh for the purpo8e8 of company law) you I￿ responsibk for th¢ preparntion of the a￿￿llts in accord￿ with the requirements of the ConV￿leS Act 2006. und(Y ¢ompany law and is eli￿111e for inde*t Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit exami￿0￿ it 18 my r¢spoDsiTr3lity to: examine the accounts under Section 65 of the Chatitie8 follow the procedwa laid down in the general Dire¢¢ions ' under Section 65(9)(b) of the Charities Act slate whether particular mattets hav¢ come to my attenti ven by the Cbarity ConllDj￿OD for Northern Ireland Basts of the Independent eumlner'j report I have examined your clwity accowits as rquired Section out in a￿)rdan¢¢ with the genttal Directions given by the 65(9Mb) of the Chariti¢8 ACL Th¢ examination included a revi of the ChaTities Act and examination was carried of the accouthg Twds kept by the charity and a Considerntion of any items or My rol¢ is to state Wheth￿ any mat¢Tial matters have come to my ittention giving me cause to believ¢: on 386 of the Conipanies Act 2006 Tbat the accounts do not comply with the a￿o￿ntIng and with the methods a￿1 principks of the Charities S of Section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 t of Recomwded Prnctice applicable to charities Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ir¢l4nd ding of the a¢counts to be reached. Independent examlner'8 ¥tateD￿t I have Completed my examination and have no concerns in connKtion with following the Direction% of tbe Clwity ect of the niatters (l) to (4) li8t¢d alxlve an¢L in n for Northern lTeja￿ I have found no rnatteTs that M.B.McGrady & Co Suite 2B Cadogan Hou8e 322 Lisburn Road BT9 6GH 27 November 2024

ststement of FlnM¢knl Aetlvfitlej FOR THE YEAR ENDED 28 FEBRUARY 2024 2812124 TotAI Total fundi Donations alld legacies 103371 103371 144.302 34447 34A47 36.548 Totsl 34,447 103J71 137,718 180,850 EXPENDITURE ON Clthrh4ble aelMth• 1111271 103371 25302 142,678 UDre8tri¢ted 103371 128rt73 142,678 ET INCOME 9345 9J45 38,172 RECONCILIATION OF FUIIDS Total funds brougbt foThard 45A82 41732 88J14 50,042 ¥727 41732 TA59 88,214

NORTh BELFAST PLAY FORUM LIMITED Bthnce Sheet 28 FEBRUARY 2024 Tangible 691 90.383 iou 103388 91.074 IW2) (3.465) NET CURRENT 87,609 59 88,214 NET A&SETS 97,459 88214 li 54,727 42.732 45.482 42.732 97A59 88,214 ended 28 February 2024. The m¢mbm hav¢ not rwirol the company to obtain an 8A¥Jit of its 8tat¢nxnts for the yeaT cnd¢d 28 F¢bruary 2024 in a￿orth￿¢ with Section 476 of the CompaDie8 Act 2006. The InJstee8 acknowledg¢ their respotL8ibililies for (a) en8uring that the charitable cOM￿nY kttps aCc￿￿ting r￿ord& thwt compty with sectio￿ 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and Ib) Prepari￿ financial stateD￿￿ which give a Inj¢ aNI ￿ vkw of the state of affair8 of tbe cbaritable con4)any at the end of each financial year and of its swphL8 or &ficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirern￿ of Sections 394 and 395 and vthich oth¢rwise ￿mplY with the requir￿ of the Companies Act 21M16 relating to fjnancial statsiiW so for &8 appliable to the dwitable company. subject to the 8m•ll eon¥Anie8 re￿￿. were signed on its behalf by: A4 Briati MclL¢vitt. Trust¢e

NORTH BEl￿AST PLAY FORUM I1￿11TED Notes to the Flnanelal StateDknts FOR THE YEAR ENDED 28 FEBRUARY 2024 The financial Statements of the ¢baritable company. wbich is 4 ￿bIl( benefit entity u￿￿er FRS 102. hav¢ been Prepared in accordan¢e with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'A¢¢ounting and Re￿rting by Charities: Stateroe of Rewmnnded Practice applicable to clwities prq￿]￿ their ac￿Ullts in accord￿ with the Financial Rep)iting Standard applicable in the UK ond Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (¢ffcctive l January 2019}'. Fina￿la1 Rwtin8 st￿ 102 Tr Fina￿181 Rwtin8 StaNlard appli￿1¢ in the UK and Republic of Jneon All income is recogDised in the Statement of Fin8n¢ial Activities onr2 tbe charity has entitlement to the fund4 it is pmbabl¢ that the will be ttceived the anwurt can be reliably. charity to that eX￿nditUte, it is probable that a transtr of ttonomic benefits be required in settlement aDd the atwunt of the obligation can be llRaSUr￿ Te]iably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accnAls basis and I . 25% on re￿ID8 balance . 25Y• on Te4hKin8 balance Fund x¢tounllDg Unrestri¢t¢d fiumts CAD be wed in a¢¢ordall￿ with the ¢haritsbl¢ objectives at the thscretion of the trustees. PeDthn coth and other POJt.retlrennt beDefits The ¢haTitable compAny operates a defuKd cOntn￿￿1oll pension scheme. Contnl>utioJL8 payable to the charitable companys pension ￿h¢me are chAr8ed to the Slatell￿tt ofFinancial Activities in th¢ period to vthich Ibeyth.

NORTH BELFAST PLAY FORUM LIMITED N¢)teJ to the Thiantlal StatenKnts- coBthiued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 28 FEBRUARY 2024 2&12123 34,447 36,548 152 201 TRUSTE£S' REMUNERATIOF4 AIYD BEF4EFfis ¢nded 28 Febnwy 2023. There were no tnth. expeow PAid for the year 28 Felruary 2024 nor for the year ended 28 February 2023. STAFF COSTS The av¢rage monthty numbw of eD]ployees during the year vM8 as follows: 2812123 No employees Teceived enM)hmxnts in exc¢&8 of £60.(￿. Donations and legacies (i) 144303 144.302 Other trnding a¢tivitie8 36.548 Totsl 36.547 144J03 180.850 Charknble aedvlthl 142,678 142.678 Totsl 142.678 142,678 NET INCOME 36547 1.625 38.172

NORTH BELFAST PLAY FORUM LIMrrED Iyottt to the FIDanC￿ Statements- ¢ontiDued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 28 FEBRUARY 2024 Totsl funds RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS 8.935 41.107 50,042 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 45,482 42.732 88.214 Plant and Computsr nM¢hlDery equlpn￿Dt Tota COST At l March 2023 a￿1 28 Felw 2024 $170 25820 DEPRECIATION At I 2023 C￿Se for y¢ar 21W3 22 62 24015 152 At 28 F¢bnwy 2024 21983 4967 NET BOOKVALUE At 28 February 2024 267 453 At 28 Febnwy 2023 357 605 2812123 691

NORTH BELFAST PLAY FORUM LIMrfED IYote• to the StateD)ents- ¢ODtlnued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 28 FEBRUARY 2024 Social security and other taxes 632 1,670 1.795 3,465 10. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS 2812123 Totsl fund Fixed a88ets 453 42J79 453 103388 {6382) 605 91.074 (3,465) 61.009 (6382) Current liabilities ¥727 4&732 1,459 88,214 Net ven*nt In fund• At 2812124 At 113123 45,482 9345 X727 Nation￿ IA)tt¢ry 42.732 42,732 88314 9345 7,459 Net nM)v¢ment in W iwluded in the above •re u follo￿. loeomln8 ReMur¢u Movement UDreAtrkted funth 34,447 (25302) 9345 Belfast City Couocil Natiorwl Lotlery (3J80) (99mi) 99mi 103371 (103371) 137,718 (12&473) 9345 io

NORTh BEIJAST PLAY FORUM LIMITED Notss to the FIMn¢knl StateD*ntJ- conthimed FOR THE YEAR ENDED 28 FEBRUARY 2024 Comparadve• for movettxnt In funds et D￿Ve￿￿t In fundi At At U3n2 Unrestrlcted fundi Gen¢rnl fund 8.935 36,547 45.482 National Lottery 41.107 1.625 42,732 50,042 38,172 88214 In¢oJnlng Remourcu Movenmlt expended In fuJd8 36J47 36,547 Belfast City Council 2.701 1.682 90,092 49,828 (2,701} (1.682) (88.467) (49.828) National LK)ttery Active Comnwties 1,625 144,303 (141678) 1,625 TOTAL FUNDS 180.850 (142,678) 38,172 12.

F40RTH BELFAST PLAY FORIJM LIMITED Detalled Statement of FlnanelAI Actlvltl FOR THE YEAR ENDED 28 FEBRUARY 2024 DonatAon8 and legad 103370 144J02 103271 144302 Other tr*dlng ictlvltl 34,447 36.548 137,718 180.850 Wages Pensions Project costs Sports Equipnxnt & Clothing 66.716 1,258 54,020 8.630 1.617 44J35 5.027 I17￿17 130.624 Support co Other 1.197 1.135 221 13 101 Telephone Trnv¢lliDg Bank fees 158 223 200 119 83 9340 10.541 CovernaDce cogts 1.416 1.513 128h73 142,678 Net In¢om¢ 9345 38.172 12