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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 ar￿￿81 report and
flnanolal staiements of the ¢haTity.
Tr fIn&￿id1 $18tanenis have been prepved in acC￿aln¢¢ wilh the accounting PC¥lici¢s set oul in
nolej lo th¢ fjnaftcial stst¢¥n¢nls, applicable accounting 8tandard4 Atcouniit)g and Reporting by
Charities: Stalemenl of Recommended Practice applicable to Charities pY¢parin8 th¢ir a¢count$ in
aecordancc with the Financial Reporting Standard applicRble in th¢ UK and Republi¢ of Lreland i$3u¢d
in October 2019, the Financial Reporting St4ndard applicabl¢ in th¢ Unit¢d Kingdom and RepubEic of
Ireland (FRS 102), the charity's 8ov¢rnin8 document. the Charities Act (Northem Irel￿d) 2008,
chari11￿ Act (Northern Ife1gnd) 2013, the ChRTities (Accoun(s Rqyorts) Re8ulaiions (Northern
Trcland) 2015, Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Atcepted Pft¢lic¢. Th¢y hay¢ also had T¢8¥d
for any other Infonllali¢Jn r¢quir•d by the charli￿S 8ov¢rnin¥ do¢um¢n(.
TRUSTEKS OFTHE cl￿R[T¥
The dire¢iors of the charitable company arc its Inthcj for the purpoxs of ¢harity law. The IiYm3
"dircctorf, and "trustee" ar¢ used interchangeably IhTQU8hout Ihe financlal statrnts. The trt￿le
who have during the year w¢r¢ 8$ 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 provid￿5 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
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COMPANY LIMrreD BY GUARAKfEE
REPORT OF THE MEMBERS AND DIRECTORS {¢onthu•¢
YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
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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 yo1￿8 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¢pr￿nIal￿on.
PAsslo
EmpAtby
AdV0￿¢Y
Comaboyition
EMblemeDt
- ￿ thilthen and young people achi¢vin8 iheir full polenlial.
ror thc ch4ll¢nges facin£ ehildren. youn8 p￿p1¢, youih workers ind voluote¢r¥.
wlth llnd lor mem￿1 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 1ThfTaStn￿1UrC 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 n￿Mber% 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

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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 PUr￿se contin￿d 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 l￿d¢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 Pr￿lIce 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 I￿18 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 Jan￿ry 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 L￿1 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.

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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 restri￿ed 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 co￿p1 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 0￿1¢¢, 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 p￿1¢¢￿ by th¢ Youth Work Alli4n¢¢ Articles of
Association to appoinl one QFmor*R¢W In￿lee8-.-
Appropri41e Irainits8 and induction 1$ 8V8itAble to all di￿10￿.
OY8athAti(tyDal ￿rUtI￿re atsd related parrfes
Youth Work Alliance's Board of Dire￿orS 1$ responsible for poLiGy, slrale8y. fmance and
org4ni$ational i53ue5, meets 4pproxima*ly 6-8 lim¢s ycar.

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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 pr￿d￿￿5 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 t￿llery, 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 YO￿th 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 direc￿TI 10 ptepare financial st&iements for c8ch fina￿59] 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 A￿o￿nI]n8 Stsndar(b have been followe41, Subje￿ (O Atsy matrri81
depaTtur¢$ di￿10Sed and explain¢d in th¢ financial ¥lalem￿rtS. 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

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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￿￿¢1￿1 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
I￿nd0￿de
r48 8JS
Signed by of the boa
John McLaughiitt
Dir¢clor
Approv¢d by ihe dirKtorson .....