Roe Valley Ancestral Researchers Llmlted Trustees Annual Report Roe Valley Ancestral Researchers The tTUStees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2(M)6, present their report with the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2022. REFERENCE AND ADMINisfRATIVE DEfAILS Company No. N1665432 Charlty No. N1107879 Prlndpal Offlce 32 Main Street Ballykelly County Londonderry BT49 9HS Reglstered Office 32 Main Street Ballykelly County Londonderry BT49 9HS Dlrertors and Trustees The Directors of the charitable company are its Trustees for the purposes of charity law. The following Directors and Trustees served during the year: Andrew Guy Elizabeth Ferguson Mary Mcmahon Matthew Ferguson Robert Guthrie {Resigned 4 March 2022) Accountsnts Vale Accountants 11 Thorndale Terrace BALLYMONEY County Antrim BT53 7AZ OBJECTIVES AND AcfiviTSES The purpose of Roe Valley Ancestral Researchers Ltd is to foster a sense of community legacy within the Roe Valley area by supporting interest groups, individuals and volunteers to participate in discovering and preserving knowledge of local genealogy, social history, ancient woodlands and built heritage. encouraging and celebrating a sense of place, civic pride, ownership and an appreciation of all aspects of local heritage. Page 2
Roe Valley Ancestral Researchers Umlted Trustees Annual Report Roe Valley Ancestral Researchers increase public understanding and raise awareness of the life and legacy within the area known as the Roe Valley by education, creating and developing heritsge knowledge, skills, trainin& maintsining a work ethos tsking in places of interest associated with the Roe Valley and environs. The Charity fosters a sense of community, where all forms of media are used to provide information to interested organisations, groups, busine55es and individuals by participation in the discovery and preservation of local knowledge of all aspects of local heritage and supporting strong inter-community relationships, fostering social and economic regeneration in this area. The Charity provides a network of mutual support and encouragement amongst the charity members, beneficiaries and volunteers which include network opportunities for volunteering, employment and life skills. These benefits have been demonstrated by having access to the many signposting networks which the charity subscribes to and through feedback from beneficiaries and the wider community. The charitvs beneficiaries are all persons who aim to achieve volunteer status or personal life skills enhancement. ACHIEVEMENTS ANO PERFORMANCE Roe Valley Ancestral Researchers encourage the advancement of education and have assisted volunteer trustees and members to complete a level 3 qualification in research skills for academic study. CPD (continuous professional development) has a strong ethos in the Charity and several researchers have completed training in genealogy, report writing and running an exhibition. The advancement of the arts, culture and local heritage has been achieved by the opening up of access to a local woodland which had remained abandoned for almost 50 years and allowed local residents safe access to a covid-free walk, promoting mentsl health. The printing of a information booklet tied to a listed rnonument (a folly) in this woodland has been successful and promoted other projects for future research. The Charity has also aligned itself with other local projects and is producing a further book in late 2022 based on local Roe Valley lore. Researchers have commenced work on databases which will take the Charity into 2023 and will be a major part of local historical knowledge. FINANCIAL REVIEW The trustees consider the financial performance by the charity during the year to have been satisfactory, given the circumstances post pandemic. The trustees have examlned the charitvs requirements for reserves in the light of the main rlsk to the organisation. The working capitsl and future funding are dependent on e5tsblishing further reserves golng forward. srRucfuRE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Roe Valley Ancestral Researchers Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee and registered with both HMRC and the Northern Ireland Charity Commission. Presently it has 4 Volunteer Trustees (3 female, I male)and Committee Volunteer member in charge of Membership (I female). The charity invests heavily in establishing reliable and trustrNorthy long-term volunteers and presently has an additional 13 volunteers who assist in day-to-day activities. This would be the base from which to recruit further volunteers. Existing trustees would recommend, interview and select whom to appoint. The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence tsking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. Page 3
Roe Valley Ancestral Researchers Llmlted Trustees Annual Report The above report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime as set out in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 and in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102). Signed on behalf of the board Matthew Ferguson Trustee 08 November 2022 Page 4