Pago 2 YOUTH WORK ALLIANCE LTD COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE REPORT OF THE MEMBERS AND DIRECTORS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Thc dir¢clor5 prcsenl their repori and rhe audit finantl#l staiemenls of th¢ tharily for Ihc ycar cr 3111 March 2024. The trusteeA have adoptrd ihe p¥ovisions of ihc 8(aleTrnenl of Reconunended Praclice (SORP) "Accounlin8 al Reportin8 by Chariliu" IFRS 102) in preparin8 the ar81 report and flnanolal staiements of the ¢haTity. Tr fIn&id1 $18tanenis have been prepved in acCaln¢¢ wilh the accounting PC¥lici¢s set oul in nolej lo th¢ fjnaftcial stst¢¥n¢nls, applicable accounting 8tandard4 Atcouniit)g and Reporting by Charities: Stalemenl of Recommended Practice applicable to Charities pY¢parin8 th¢ir a¢count$ in aecordancc with the Financial Reporting Standard applicRble in th¢ UK and Republi¢ of Lreland i$3u¢d in October 2019, the Financial Reporting St4ndard applicabl¢ in th¢ Unit¢d Kingdom and RepubEic of Ireland (FRS 102), the charity's 8ov¢rnin8 document. the Charities Act (Northem Ireld) 2008, chari11 Act (Northern Ife1gnd) 2013, the ChRTities (Accoun(s Rqyorts) Re8ulaiions (Northern Trcland) 2015, Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Atcepted Pft¢lic¢. Th¢y hay¢ also had T¢8¥d for any other Infonllali¢Jn r¢quir•d by the charliS 8ov¢rnin¥ do¢um¢n(. TRUSTEKS OFTHE clR[T¥ The dire¢iors of the charitable company arc its Inthcj for the purpoxs of ¢harity law. The IiYm3 "dircctorf, and "trustee" ar¢ used interchangeably IhTQU8hout Ihe financlal statrnts. The trtle who have during the year w¢r¢ 8$ fotlow$: Samuel M¢Cready John M¢Laughlin St¢phen Mallet Mark Robtr(5 MoBdalene Row&n Monica Mcchan Chaitperson Treasur (appolnled 301h Oclob¢r 2023) PUBI.IC BENEFIT STATEMENT Thc Board of Youlh Work Alliance Lld confirni thai they have had due regard for lh¢ 8uidanc¢ Produc on public b¢nefJt by the Chariiy ComJni8sion for Northern Ir¢l8nd, and ar¢ pl¢0$ lo report ihat durin8 th¢ year lh¢ ¢hAritable company has ¢onliftued to provid¢ publi¢ b¢n¢fits Ihrough the progL7nJn and servl¢es we vtT¢r. In particular, Ihe dir¢ctors consider how planned activilies will contribute to the aims and objectiv¢s they have set out. PiJBLIC BENEFITS, oKIE[VEs AND ACTIVITIES Yi)uth Work Alliance is a m¥mb¥rship imjdy providins rcpr¢sent8tion and advo¢•¢y* C<J)rdination and communicalicffi and dire support to ils membeys. Our key purpoK ii: Promolin8, developing ind supporting voluntary youth work provid5 in Northern Ireland for ihe benefil of children and In particular, to improve the efficiency and effecliveness or voluntary youth work pllyvider5. ihrough ihe provision of trainin& infornmlion, 8uidanc¢ and represerttatio
YoITrH WORK ALLIANCE LTD COMPANY LIMrreD BY GUARAKfEE REPORT OF THE MEMBERS AND DIRECTORS {¢onthu•¢ YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Pagg 3 PUBLIC BENEFITS, OBJEcfivES AND AcfiviTIES vish) Ml55ion and VAIu¢i The Bo8rd has agreeAI the followin8 Vision, Mission And Valu¢8: We envtsion an inclusive communlty where all ehildrcn and yo18 people are safe, valued and achieve their fvll polcnli81. W¢ support our mcmbers lo d¢liver quality youlh Work to children and young people by providing traimng. inforniation, guidance and r¢prnIalon. PAsslo EmpAtby AdV0¢Y Comaboyition EMblemeDt - thilthen and young people achi¢vin8 iheir full polenlial. ror thc ch4ll¢nges facin£ ehildren. youn8 pp1¢, youih workers ind voluote¢r¥. wlth llnd lor mem1 or8uni881ions. within ih¢ broadw youth work sector and rd8t¢d and relevant Slakeholdets. of member org•nisalions to effectively serve children and youn8 people. Our plan for 2023-24 was undeTpinTrcd by a Ih4Xry ofchange, 8truclured around: What does Youih Work Alliance m¢mbershlp wanl from us41 NEED How will il do thi8? ACTIVJTJES Whal difference will this mak¢? IMPACT In d¢velopin8 Ihe plkn, Ihe Board of DirgGlors yve careful ¢onsid¢rnlion to th¢ Charily Commission for Northern Ireland'$ Slthllory 8uidonce on public benefit 10 ensure thai aClivilie8 would help lo ¥chieve Youth WoTk Alliin¢e'5 purposes and provSde 2 beneflt to the bttsellciaries. BeDefici4rie Youth Work Allian (YWA) is a men*ership body, ¢81ablish¢d to d¢livcT 1ThfTaStn1UrC supporl lo local youth work providers acro89 Northem trelattd. Qur k¢y beneficiaries are our member organisalions, compris1#8 voluniary management commilt¢e8, rn9nh8er4 $iaff 2nd volunt¢ets and the childM and yolln8 p¢opl¢ Ih¢y s¢rYc. Therc h£s been no identifiable harm lo any per50n tIwou8h our xtivities and any privale benefit gain&1 (for example Ihrough Irensfctrablc skills development) is in¢idental and Kce$$ory lo th¢ achievement of Youih Work Alliance's putpo¥c¥. ACIIIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE Youth Work Alli&n¢¢ ¢xisls to s¢rv¢ its mEmbcr8. 11 is now $ev¢n y¢aTs in ¢xislence. and we Continue to strivp to provide the best servir¢ lo Ihose nMber% This last year has been anoiherchallen8ing o wilh fijnding for front lin¢ dtllvery continuing lo be Ihc signifi¢ant issue thal has seen your reprt%enl8ti body engagE actively with Educalion Authority. Department of Educaiion, ond polilic&l pr¢s¢nlalives to irnPTCSS W)on them Ihe importance of protecting our precious resources. April 2023 Mark lh¢ $1ort of 3ignifi¢ant ¢XChang and mGdings bdweaTr those bodies and u8 around FutyJin8 aftd polA¢y for Dur scryi¢¢, It has been a slow and arduous PToce55 bul there att some siw that our
Palle 4 YOUTH WORK ALLIANCE LTD COMPANY LIMrrED BY GUARAMfEE RepoRT OF THE MEMBERS AND DIRECTORS (¢onJm YEAR ENDED 31 PAARCH 2024 ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFOILVIANCE (for* paiient and pcrsislenl approach bten Raining gome knclion and wc look forward to impaclin8 positively on Youth Work policy atd funding in min8 yur. Our ¢onla¢t with mernbeT5 conilnues lo provide us with th¢ mosl rewards. The 'Trainin8 the TTrin¢r4 ror Str¢n8ih Based Youih Work. has been well received and en888emenl with part timc untts and volunteers been most rewardin8 for our slaff. Our tbampionin8 of eomr)Wi PUrse contind lo break nGw ground and a pr¢8¢nlalion lo Gov¢nrnl P Boord was very weil received and we look forward lo ¢mb¢ddin2 this work in poliy and in pta¢liee in the ¢omSng year. April 2023 Men ihe rollout of the Common Purpose Pro8rnmme in partnership wiih BBC Children in Need and Queens University Belfast. 36 young people ¢ompleied a Level 4 qualificalion with Queens Univergiiy in Peer Research and Violence Prevention. ITrVA dcY¢lopul and wovid¢d lrnining 10 36 young ld¢r3 in L¢adcr8hip & Communication. Safeguarding Pro8ramme Plannin& Fa¢iliialion and Evaluali¢)n, June 2023 Youth Work Allian¢¢ ct)mTlle¢d ihe Ir4inin8 for part tiIne staff #nd volunteers. I I sessiotts were delivered 10 66 part tirne slaff and 49 Yolunl¢¢rs a¢ross lh¢ I l ¢ouftcil are4 105 ¢ornpleting OCN Level 2 in Youth Work PrlIce ond 10 ¢omplelin8 OCN Lcvel 3 in Youih Work Pracli¢¢. June 2023 Youlh Woik Allianv develop the Global Edu¢alion Framework and ajniculum for Youth Work. We were tagked with developin8 two Global Edueiiion pro8r8mm&s - one each for 9-13 year olds and I18 year olds. wc successfvlly worked wÉth 6 youth PTovider5, delbvered 8 devdoprncntal pro8ranw wilh 97 young peopl S¢plerNber we held a of m¢mbers engagements and Ihc nccd arose to dcvclop a communications strategy that provided direct occess 10 supp¢)rt ID geographical arcas. As a resuli we were d¢lighied EO resiructure and appointed 4 field offi¢eTS Ben Ewafi (North West), Barry Mcoinley (Ceniral Hub), Colm Fannln8 (Wesl and South B¢lfasl), Mcmullan (North and Easi Belfgst). January 2024 saw tile publicalion of a compr¢hensiv¢ ¢valualion by Queens Univ¢rsi¢y B¢lfasl atMI • ¢onf¢r¢nc¢ held in Dcrry on 20ih Janry 2024 in whith over 60 people ollcndcd to celebrnt¢ ils suc¢¢sses a¢ putting th¢ voice of ¢hildren and p¢oplc al the c¢nlre of violenee preveNion. February 2024 saw the official laurth of the Take 5 in Youth Work, resouree al an event held in Belfas¢ City Hall allended ty L1 Mayor of Belfasl, Kyan Murphy, Nl Mrnt31 Health Champion, Professor Siobhan Owelll. A raD8¢ of youth provid¢ts from acrw the city joined Ihr cvenl lo learn about this n¢w and innovativ¢ r¢8our¢¢ pack and thc plans for Ihe forthcoming rollout of trainin8 to complement thi$. The tram and I hav¢ been advo¢aling and makng rq)resentslion on the real PDleniial threat of th¢ curreni fjjnding model. wilh dM)se of influence in Dq>artmelli of Education. EA. local couneillors, MLAS, MPS and officials fTonJ aGtOSS 8ov¢rnm¢lll.
Pag¢ e YOUTH WORK ALLIANCE LTD COMPANY UMITED BY GUARANTEE REPORT OF THÉ hlEMBERS AND DIRECTORS tsondou¢é) YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 FINANCIAL REVIEW Reiervts poll¢y All restried in¢om¢ 18 expended deiailed in funder conlracts and oiher Ancom¢ Ix uiuestricted if not stated in contract ¢¢nditiorffj. All incomc will bc exp&bled in line wilh policy and procedures. Resetrves The reslricled fuiids a5 3131 March 2024 are £10,255 {2023 - £59,565) and unrcslricled fvnd5 are £76,791 {2023 - £Nil). The dir¢ctors are saii5fLed that the level of r¢s¢rvcs is sU)CIent lo coniinlle Ihe a¢tivlil¢8 of lh¢ charily, STRucrU GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMEIYT Governing do¢umellt Youth Work Alliance Ltd is a clJArilable company lijnlted by guarantee and do¢8 have a share ¢apilal, It was inworated on 26 J8nuary 2017. The charity wos esiablishoj undcr a MemorAnthim of As¥1•110n which ¢siabli8h¢d the objKls and pow¢r8 of Iht ¢haril&ble ¢ornpany and ts governed und¢r ils ArtidK of A58ooialion. The Ilabllily of ¢aGh m¢mbeT 1$ Ilmited to an amount 1 ¢x¢eolin8 £1. Recrultmtllt? •ppolntmeNt, indu¢tloD aod lY•llllo As SLI oui in the Aniclcs of Assoclalion, the number of dire¢ioTS is not legs than 4 and nol more Ih l O. The direclors are elecled by Youih Work AlliarKe's membership. The directors have the power io cop1 rnembcrs lo fill spe¢iali5t Toles. dirrftors so appointed shall hold offi¢¢ only until the next annudl 8¢n¢ral meeting and Shall then b¢ ¢li8iblo for T¢-appointmenl. Th¢ d?Tttlor8 of the MpanY are also ¢h8rity lrnslees for the pufj)thges of eharily law and unde¥ Youlh Work Allianc¢'s Articles aTe known as membets of thr knrd of Directors. Ai each annual g¢n¢ro1 meetin8 one•ihird (or number nearest ¢0 on¢4hird) of the members of Ihc Board of Dirrclors mu let1 from 01¢¢, bul may b¢ eligible fcK rc-clcclion. All Youih Work Alliance rnembers are circulat¢d with invilalions io nominAl¢ direclcrt wior 10 (he AGM advlsing ihem of the retirlng dir¢¢tors and requesting Tr)mlna¢ton$ for the AGM. There is llo oihrf lSOn or body of petson5 p1¢¢ by th¢ Youth Work Alli4n¢¢ Articles of Association to appoinl one QFmorR¢W Inlee8-.- Appropri41e Irainits8 and induction 1$ 8V8itAble to all di10. OY8athAti(tyDal rUtIre atsd related parrfes Youth Work Alliance's Board of DireorS 1$ responsible for poLiGy, slrale8y. fmance and org4ni$ational i53ue5, meets 4pproximaly 6-8 lim¢s ycar.
P•g8 7 YourH WORK ALLIANCE LTD COMPANY LIMrrED BY GUARAKfEE REPORT OF THE MEMBERS AND DRECTORS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 STRUCTU GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Rl$k JDaW2ement The membeis dirfftor5 haye assessed th¢ major risks 1¢ whieh the charity is expo8ed, in pBrtieul#r those r¢lated lo Ihe owalions and of the charity and are sati¥fi¢d that systems arc in place lo mittgil¢ Any cxposurc 10 major risks. Where appropriate, 8yStem$ or prd5 havc be ¢stablished to mitigate thc risks the chariiy faG¢s. Inlcrnal control risks are rninimiscd by the implemeniaiion of procedures for aulknrisatioo of 011 tr4tisaclion8 and projects. Proetdurts e in plRce lo ensure compliance with healih and Éaf¢iy OF staff, voluffleer4 ¢lienls and visilors lo the premi8es. Thes¢ pYocedurc5 are puiodicojly reviewed •1 least annually 10 ensLf¢ thal they ¢Dnilnue lo meet Ihe needs of th¢ ¢harity. PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIODS It is th¢ inlenlion of Youth Work Allian¢¢ to 8uslain its eore fijnding allocailong and seek lo increase funding lo ensure that Youih Work Allian¢¢ ¢an provide the swices ond provision ih#l enh#noes our bility lo effectivcly support Ihe neeoq of our m¢mb¢K8, Ysjuth Work Alli&ncc will continue lo work with fundcr5 ch as Edu¢alion Authorily - Yowh S¢rvir¢. Big tllery, and childr in Need cn8urc w¢ can dclivcr on Ihe above for mAnbers. STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS? RESPONSIBILrriE5 Thc trusl¢¢g (WI are also th¢ directors of YOth Work Alliance Ltd for the PUTPOSIS of comphny llw) are responsible for preparing the Directorn. R¢port and the finan¢ial *olem¢nls in g¢oordoncc wilh 8ppli¢abl¢ law 8T Uniicd Kingdom Attounlin8 Standards (Vniled Kingdom G¢nerally Acreplcd A¢¢ourtiln8 Practi). Company law requlres ihe direcTI 10 ptepare financial st&iements for c8ch fina59] year whlch glve true and fair view ofthe state of atTairs of tke ¢rilable wmpany and of the incoming resoiirccs And application of r&%ouKes. iftcluding th¢ income and eApendilurA of chariiablc ¢ompaTry for Ihal period. In prepriftg Ihes¢ fjmancial slalemcnls, the directorn aye requirrd to: select 8uithble accoun¢(n8 polici¢s and then apply them consislenlly: obycTv¢ Ihc mrlhod¥ and principles in the Clwiiies SORP 2019 (FRS 102); make jud8ements and amniing ¢stimat¢s Ihai are reasonable 8ftd pNdent; 5tal¢ whdher applicable UK AonI]n8 Stsndar(b have been followe41, Subje (O Atsy matrri81 depaTtur¢$ di10Sed and explain¢d in th¢ financial ¥lalemrtS. and prepare ¢h¢ financial statemcnts on Ilie 8oin8 concem bksis UDI¢sg il is inapptYJpri8le io presume that th¢ chaTitable ¢ompany will n(InU¢ in QP¢Tatio
Page 8 YOUTH WORK ALLIANCE LTD COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE REPORT Ckff THE MEMBERS AND DIRECTQRS (eoRth YEAR eNDED 31 NIARCH 2024 STATEMENT OF DIIiECTORS' RESPOKSJBILMES (e•wrfaué41 The dire¢iors brc rwli )le for keepin8 adquat¢ aeeountiti8 r¢eord5 that disclose with FeaBonabl¢ accuracy at limc the fu¢11 posilion of the clwilablc MpanY and enabl¢ them to ensure ihai the fthanclal statements comply wilh ihe Companies Act 2006. chariti Act INortlMn Ireland) 2008 and Charitles A¢t (North¢rn ITeland) 2013 4nd The Charili¢s (knounl8 and Rcport8) Regulatio INorth¥m Irelartd) 2015. They or¢ also r¢8pJnsibl¢ for s4f¢guardin8 the asset$ of Ihe charit4ble C4)mpany and hence for iaking r¢asonable 8l¢ps for Ih¢ prevention and deieciion of fraud and dher Irre8ularliies. Small eoMpAlllÈs' exethplloD This T¢POrt Prepared in accordance wilh lh¢ $pe¢ial provlslons r¢l&tin8 10 smajl companles within Part IS of th• Companl¢g 2006, Dlsclogyr* of lllforDMiloD tD Audttws So far ag each of (he direetor8 In office 01 the dat¢ of approval of iEwe finwKial Stsiem¢N$ k aware". there is no r¢lev&nt audit information of which the chaTilabl¢ Company's auditots ar¢ unawAr4 Ihey havt lak¢n all Ihe sleps Ihat Ihey oughi 10 have iaken as diTectors In order to make themselv aw8re of any relevant audit infotmalion aTxi lo establish IhBI thc chAril8bl¢ company's audilor% are aw4rc of that infornaiion. INDEPENDENT AUDITOR GM¢G B¢lf4s1 h•w indTeated Iheir willinsne4s lo r¢fflain in otTi¢r and a re801thion for iheirre•el4xtion will b¢ propo¥¢d al Ihr forthcomin8 Annual General Meetin R¢glsierd Office: 204 Y.eafAir Pèrk L¢gfair Wellbein8 Village Ind0de r48 8JS Signed by of the boa John McLaughiitt Dir¢clor Approv¢d by ihe dirKtorson .....