Company registration number: NI678699 Charity registration number: 108305
PREGNANCY CHOICES CENTRE TRUSTEES' REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2025
D N Robinson Limited
Pregnancy Choices Centre Contents
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|Reference and Administrative Details|1|
|Trustees’ Report|2—4|
|Independent Examiner's Report|5|
|Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account)|6|
|Balance Sheet|7|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|8-11|
|The following pages do not form part of the statutory accounts:||
|DetailedStatementofFinancialActivities(includingIncomeandExpenditureAccount)|12.|
Pregnancy Choices Centre Reference and Administrative Details For The Year Ended 30 April 2025
Trustees Mrs Hannah Arnold Ms Daphne Mahon Ms Catherine Marcus Ms Suzanne Ritchie Mr Ian Stewart Company Secretary Mrs Hannah Arnold Charity Number 108305 Company Number NI678699 Registered Office 17 Gray's Hill Bangor Down BT20 3BB Independent Examiner M Robinson FCCA CIOT D N Robinson Limited Chartered Certified Accountant 17 Gray's Hill Bangor County Down BT20 3BB
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## Pregnancy Choices Centre Company No. NI678699 Trustees' Report For The Year Ended 30 April 2025
The trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 30 April 2025.
## Objectives and Activities
## Aims and Objectives
The objectives of the Charity, as laid out in the governing document, are:
1. The advancement of education in the subject of pregnancy and the termination of pregnancy and into the effects thereof upon women whether physical, medical or psychological.
2. The preservation and protection of women's health.
3. The provision of advice, counselling and assistance to women and their partners and families who are suffering from physical or mental illness, distress or poverty during or as a result of pregnancy or following an abortion, miscarriage, cot death, still birth or loss of a child or sexual abuse.
This support and all services offered are in accordance with the Christian Scriptures as set forth in the Holy Bible. For the avoidance of doubt, the system of law governing the articles of association of the charity is the law of Northern Ireland.
## Public Benefit
The direct benefits which flow from purpose 1 is that women will be offered free and accurate information with regards to all aspects of their pregnancy and effects of terminations. This will be delivered by trained Practitioners in a caring and supportive environment enabling women to make an informed choice based on their individual circumstances. The direct benefits which flow from purpose 2 include improved health outcomes and reduced levels of stress and anxiety. The ultimate benefit will be a reduction in teenage pregnancies and a reduction in the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. By offering accurate information in a non- judgmental environment that respects a woman’s autonomy, allows and empowers them to make informed decisions. The direct benefits which flow from purpose 3 is improving the standard of living of individuals, reduction of confusion and distress. Clients will benefit from attending the centres as they will receive genuine support and care. This is turn will lead to a benefit to society as a whole. Support offered can be emotional and practical and can support the woman, their partner and /or families. We intend to demonstrate the above benefits from acquiring and collating research and experiences from clients and through feed back forms. In time we will be able to highlight the benefits through statistics provided by the Public Health Agency and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Through careful record keeping and quotes from clients, we will in time be able to demonstrate the benefits of the counselling service and support provided. There is no harm arising from any of our purposes. The charity’s beneficiaries are primarily women, regardless of faith or no faith, age, skin colour, gender, sexual or orientation. We will in no way discriminate and our service is impartial and available for all women and their partners who are facing an unplanned or crisis pregnancy or following all types of baby loss. There is no private benefit of any form flowing from any of the above purposes. All counselling and support is provided free of charge to all clients.
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
## Achievements and Performance
## Main Achievements
This reporting period began with us continuing our discussions with experienced practitioners who have been operating Crisis Pregnancy centres in Great Britain for decades. Working on their experience and advice we decided to develop a properly structured lesson plan to be used in secondary schools here in Northern Ireland as part of their Relationships and Sexual Education Programme.
Contact was made with a number of centres who had already developed a lesson plan and they were more than agreeable to share their material with us as an example of what might be possible. Some additional resources had to be purchased to complete a potential package for use with a school setting.
On of our Trustees, currently a teacher within secondary education, agreed to take the lead in this project. At our meeting in July she outlined the potential for a properly structured lesson plan to the other members present. Some of our practitioners are also qualified school teachers and there was general support among them for this work to move forward. The Chairman and his wife, who is a facilitator, attended the one day Annual Conference for Pregnancy Centres Network which was held in Bradford on 4th October. This was a Conference for delegates from the Northern Region. Later in October we had a request from a potential client who wished to engage in a post abortion programme. After several attempts to facilitate her with a suitable time and location the young woman decided to seek assistance from another organisation. ... CONTINUED
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Pregnancy Choices Centre Trustees' Report (continued) For The Year Ended 30 April 2025
## Main Achievements - continued
In January 2025 we had a request from a young woman in North Belfast who wished to speak about her unexpected pregnancy. We secured the use of suitable premises in North Belfast for a morning and our facilitator spent almost two hours covering the material contained in our Crisis Pregnancy programme. The young woman was very positive as she was leaving and expressed appreciation for the opportunity to discuss her situation openly and without judgement.
It is not our policy to ask clients to state their future intentions regarding their pregnancy.
January 2025 was a time of great excitement as another of our Trustees welcomed a second child into the world. This of course meant that her involvement with PCC was necessarily limited.
## Financial Review
## Financial Position
The Statement of Financial Activities set out on page 5 shows income for the year of £340.
Expenditure for the year totalled £2,651 showing a deficit of £2,311.
This brings the unrestricted funds to £1,992 at 30 April 2025.
## Reserves Policy
The Directors’ aim to maintain sufficient free reserves to enable the Charity to maintain its charitiable activities as its current level.
## Structure, Governance and Management
## Governing Document
The Organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 22 April 2021.
The charitable company was established under a Memorandum of Association which establised the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed by these articles. In the event of the company being wound up, members are required to contribute an amount not exceeding £1.
The charitable company was granted charitable status by the NI Charity Commission on 21 September 2021 and it's charity reference is 108305.
## Trustee Selection Methods
The board of trustees make-up is reviewed on a regular basis to ensure skills, knowledge and experience meets the needs of the charitable company. Any person who is willing to act as a trustee may be appointed by an ordinary resolution or by the decision of the directors.
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## Pregnancy Choices Centre Trustees’ Report (continued) For The Year Ended 30 April 2025
## Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities
The trustees (who are also the directors of Pregnancy Choices Centre 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).
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law the trustees must not approve the financial statement 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 the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing the financial statements the trustees are required to:
- e select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- e observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP;
- e make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
- e prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at anytime the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the 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 in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
## Small Company Rules
This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees’ report was approved by the board of trustees and signed on its behalf by:
‘ Mr lan Stewart
Trustee 13/04/2026
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## Pregnancy Choices Centre Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Pregnancy Choices Centre For The Year Ended 30 April 2025
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 30 April 2025.
## Responsibilities and Basis of Report
As the charity trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law), you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
## Independent Examiner's Statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
M Robinson FCCA CIOT
13/04/2026
D N Robinson Limited Chartered Certified Accountant 17 Gray's Hill Bangor County Down BT20 3BB
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## Pregnancy Choices Centre Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) For The Year Ended 30 April 2025
|||2025|2024|
|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|
|||funds|funds|
||Notes|£|£|
|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:||||
|Donations and legacies|4|340|790|
|EXPENDITURE ON:||||
|Charitable activities:|5|||
|Charitable activities||(2,651)|(3,362)|
|NET EXPENDITURE||(2,311)|(2,572)|
|NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS||(2,311)|(2,572)|
|RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS:||||
|Total funds brought forward||4,303|6,875|
|TOTALFUNDSCARRIEDFORWARD|9|1,992|4,303|
The notes on pages 8 to 11 form part of these financial statements.
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## Pregnancy Choices Centre Balance Sheet As At 30 April 2025
|||2025|2024|
|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Total|
|||funds|funds|
||Notes|£|£|
|CURRENT ASSETS||||
|Cash at bank and in hand||3,665|5,023|
|||3,665|5,023|
|Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year|8|(1,673)|(720)|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS (LIABILITIES)||1,992|4,303|
|TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES||1,992|4,303|
|NET ASSETS||1,992|4,303|
|FUNDS OF THE CHARITY||||
|Unrestricted Funds||1,992|4,303|
|TOTALFUNDS|9|1,992|4,303|
For the year ending 30 April 2025 the charitable company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
On behalf of the board
Mr Ian Stewart
Trustee
13/04/2026
The notes on pages 8 to 11 form part of these financial statements.
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## Pregnancy Choices Centre Notes to the Financial Statements For The Year Ended 30 April 2025
## 1. General Information
Pregnancy Choices Centre is a company limited by guarantee, incorporated in Northern Ireland, registered number NI678699 and registered charity number 108305. The registered office is 17 Gray's Hill, Bangor, Down, BT20 3BB.
2. Statement of Compliance
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)", Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006.
3. Accounting Policies
3.1. Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
The charitable company is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
3.2. Going Concern Disclosure
The trustees have not identified any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt about the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern.
- 3.3. Fund Accounting
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the trustees for a specific purpose.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal, and fall into one of two sub-classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.
3.4. Incoming Resources
All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:
- e« income from donations or grants is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement to the gift, receipt is probable and its amount can be measured reliably.
- e legacy income is recognised when receipt is probable and entitlement is established.
- e income from donated goods is measured at the fair value of the goods unless this is impractical to measure reliably, in which case the value is derived from the cost to the donor or the estimated resale value. Donated facilities and services are recognised in the accounts when received if the value can be reliably measured. No amounts are included for the contribution of general volunteers.
- e income from contracts for the supply of services is recognised with the delivery of the contracted service. This is classifed as unrestricted funds unless there is a contractual requirement for it to be spent on a particular purpose and returned if unspent, in which case it may be regarded as restricted.
3.5. Resources Expended
Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes and VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:
- e expenditure on raising funds includes the costs of all fundraising activities, events, non-charitable trading activites, and the sale of donated goods.
- e expenditure on charitable activites includes all costs incurred by a charity in undertaking activities that further its charitable aims for the benefit of its beneficiaries, including those support costs and costs relating to the governance of the charity apportioned to charitable activities.
- e other expenditure includes all expenditure that is neither related to raising funds for the charity no part of its expenditure on charitable activites.
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## Pregnancy Choices Centre Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 30 April 2025
## 3.6. Tangible Fixed Assets and Depreciation
Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of the fixed assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives on the following bases:
## Fixtures & Fittings
## 20% reducing balance
## 3.7. Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand and deposits held at call with banks, other short-term highly liquid investments that mature in no more than three months from the date of acquisition and are readily convertible to a known amount of cash with insignificant risk of change in value, and bank overdrafts.
4. Income from Donations and Legacies
|4.|Income from Donations and Legacies||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||2025|2024|
||||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|
||||funds|funds|
||||£|£|
|Donations and gifts|||340|790|
|5.|Analysis of Expenditure||||
|||||2025|
|||Activities|Support||
|||undertaken|costs||
|||directly|(see note 6)|Total|
|||£|£|£|
|Charitable activities||593|2,058|2,651|
|||||2024|
|||||Support|
|||||costs|
|||||(see note 6)|
|||||£|
|Charitable activities||||3,362|
|6.|Support Costs||||
|||||2025|
|||||Charitable|
|||||activities|
|||||£|
|General administration||||1,698|
|Governance costs||||360|
|||||2,058|
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Pregnancy Choices Centre Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 30 April 2025
|||2024|
|---|---|---|
|||Charitable|
|||activities|
|||£|
|General administration||3,002|
|Governance costs||360|
|||3,362|
|7.|Average Number of Employees||
|Average number of employees during the year was: NIL (2024: NIL)|||
|8.|Creditors:AmountsFallingDueWithinOneYear||
|8.
Creditors: Amounts Falling Due Within|One Year||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||2025|2024|
||||£|£|
|Accruals and deferred income|||1,673|720|
|9.
Movement in Funds|||||
||As at 1 May|||As at 30|
||2024|Income|Expenditure|April 2025|
||£|£|£|£|
|Unrestricted funds|||||
|General:|||||
|General unrestricted fund|4,303|340|(2,651)|1,992|
|Total funds|4,303|340|(2,651)|1,992|
||As at 1 May|||As at 30|
||2023|Income|Expenditure|April 2024|
||£|£|£|£|
|Unrestricted funds|||||
|General:|||||
|General unrestricted fund|6,875|790|(3,362)|4,303|
|Totalfunds|6,875|790|(3,362)|4,303|
## 10. Transactions with Trustees
None of the trustees received any remuneration or any other benefits from an employment with the charity or a related entity during the current or previous year.
## No trustee expenses have been incurred.
## 11. Related Party Disclosures
There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period that require disclosure.
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## Pregnancy Choices Centre Notes to the Financial Statements (continued) For The Year Ended 30 April 2025
## 12. Company limited by guarantee
The company is limited by guarantee and has no share capital.
Every member of the company undertakes to contribute to the assets of the company, in the event of a winding up, such an amount as may be required not exceeding £1.
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## Pregnancy Choices Centre Detailed Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account) For The Year Ended 30 April 2025
||2025|2024|
|---|---|---|
||Total|Total|
||funds|funds|
||£|£|
|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:|||
|Donations and legacies|||
|Donations and gifts|340|790|
||340|790|
||340|790|
|EXPENDITURE ON:|||
|Charitable Activities:|||
|Charitable activities|||
|Travel and subsistence expenses|(593)|=|
|Insurance|(672)|(638)|
|Advertising and marketing costs|(1,026)|(2,364)|
|Accountancy fees|(360)|(360)|
||(2,651)|(3,362)|
||(2,651)|(3,362)|
|NETEXPENDITURE|(2,311)|(2,572)|
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