Kirkinriola Early Years
Trustees' Report
The trustees, who are directors for the purposes of company law, present the annual report together with the financial statements of the charitable company for the year ended 30 June 2025.
Objectives and activities
Objects and aims
The company is a registered charity which seeks to promote the development and education among pre-school children, including the provision of play facilities, in the locality.
Public benefit
The objectives of the charity is the promotion of education among pre-school children in the local area.
The trustees comfirm that they have complied with the requirements of The Charities Act (NI) 2008.
Achievements and performance
The main achievement of Kirkinriola Early Years has been the ability to continue to raise the necessary funding to promote education among pre-school children in the area.
Financial review
The financial results for the year are set out in the financial statements accompanying this report.
Policy on reserves
The Charity aims to keep 5 months running costs in reserves
Principalfunding sources
The principal funding is received from The Education Authority
Investment policy and objectives
The charity places monies not required for the day to day working capital in an interest bearing deposit account.
Plans for future periods
Aims and key objectives forfuture periods
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Trustees and officers
The trustees and officers serving during the year and since the year end were as follows:
Trustees: Judyth Crabbe Zillah Wallace Janeen Adams Stephanie Brown
Secretary:
Zillah Wallace
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Kirkinriola Early Years
Trustees' Report
Structure, governance and management
Nature ofgoverning document
Kirkinriola Early Years is a company limited by guarantee and is also a recognised charity. For the purposes of Charity Law, the directors are trustees of the Charity.
Small companies provision statement
This report has been prepared in accordance with the small companies regime under the Companies Act 2006.
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Kirkinriola Early Years
Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities
The trustees (who are also the directors of Kirkinriola Early Years for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees’ report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland". The report and accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions in the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
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¢ make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable accounting standards, comprising FRS 102 have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that can disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006 and Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
Approved by the trustees of the charity on 1 October 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
Zillah Wallace Company secretary and trustee
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