Roe Valley Ancestral Researchers Llmlted Trustees Annual Report Roe Valley Ancestral Researchers The trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2024. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DEfAILS Company No. N1665432 Charlty No. N1107879 Prlndpal Offlce 32 Main Street Ballykelly County Londonderry BT49 9HS Reglstered Offtce 32 Main Street Ballykelly County Londonderry BT49 9HS Dlrectors 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 Guv Ellzabeth Ferguson Mary Mcmahon Matthew Ferguson (Resigned 24 October 2023) Accountants Vale Accountants 11 Thorndale Terrace BALLYMONEY County Antrim BT53 7AZ OBJECTIVES AND ACTivrriES 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 Llmlted Trustees Annual Report Roe Valley Ancestral Researchers continue to increase public understanding of local heritsge and raise awareness of the lrfe and legacy within the area known as the Roe Valley by education, creating and developing heritage knowledge, skills, training, taking in places of interest associated with the Roe Valley and environs. The Charity is still successful in fostering a sense of community, where all forms of media are used to provide information to interested organisations, groups. communities, businesses and individuals. Participation in the discovery and preservation of local knowledge of all aspects of local heritage supports strong inter-community relationships, fostering soclal and economic regeneration in this area. The Charity Provides a network of mutual support and encouragement amongst the charty members, beneficiaries and volunteers which include network opportunities for volunteering, employment and lrfe 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 of the World where connectlons have been made and fostered in Australia, USA, Canada, New Zealand and the entire UK and Ireland. Much of this interaction comes from meeting with international visitors to the Green Lane Museum just outside Limavady, beautrful part of the Roe Valley Country Park. ACHIEVEMEKfs AND PERFORMANCE RVAR Trustees continualty promote the completion of continuous professional development in safeguarding, Museum Studies, and Genealogy, now incorporating Well 8eing as a major factor, using woodland areas for research, walking and meditstion. Lifelong Learning, as always, has a strong ethos in the Charity and two Trustees remain members of a cross-border Education Forum with AONTAS & FALN l in raising the voice of students of all ages involved in informal learning throughout the whole island of Ireland. Heritage mentorin8 within communities is important and RVAR members provide free mentoring to any community wishing to set up a history group or a library area in their community area. RVAR has also been accepted by the Borough Council Museum Services as the key holders for a 2nd year summer season 2024-25 at the Green Lane Museum in Limavady Country Park. A major piece of work on researching the location of drowned sailors during WWI & WW2 around the Causeway Coast area was cornpleted and printed as a book printed, and launched by the Lord Lieutenant of Co Londonderry. It is available as a searchable database on the Charitvs website at www.roevalleyresearch.com. FINANCIAL REVIEW The trustees consider the financial performance by the charty during the year to have been satisfactory. The trustees have examined the charit