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
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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 pro*ctiOn 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.
Slznlfic*nt *¢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) RepTe*ntstive8 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 pre*nt 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 Rewmn*nded 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.retlren*nt 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
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