Brantry Area Rural Development Association Trustees, Re ort&Re ort on Public Benefit Brantry Area Rural Development Association (Brantry BARD) Registered Office Address Brantry Area Rural Development Association 65 Carrycastle Road The Brantry Dungannon BT70 1 LT Email Address Brant bard1 mail.com Charity Commission Number NIC108656 Trustees Colm Gildernew Louise Downey Gael Gildernew Fergus McAnallen Colette Murtagh Geraldine Gildernew Sean O'Donnell First Constituted as an Unincorporated Body June 1984 Brantry Area Rural Development Association is funded by Mid Ulster District Council The National Lottery Community Fund The Community Foundation - Older People's Fund DAERA- Rural Micro Capital grant Donations and room bookings by service users The charity's beneficiaries are primarily the inhabitants of the Brantry area and its environs There are no restrictions on who can benefit. Beneficiaries There are no restrictions based on personal characteristic or who can take part in activities or use the Brantry BARD Centre Financial Year this report relates to 1 January- 31st December 2023
Brantry Area Rural Development Association Brantry BARD'S Purpose The Association is established to relieve poverty and sickness and to promote the benefit of the inhabitants of the Brantry area and its environs without distinction of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic identity, class, marital status, political or religious opinion. By associating the statutory authorities, voluntary and community sector organisations and the inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation. With the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants, and in particular the advancement of the arts, culture and heritage., and to encourage participation in arts, crafts and cultural activities. Brantry BARD'S achievements During the year we have completed a comprehensive programme of activities and events that cater for all sections of our community and everyone from 0-100, these included Irish Traditional music classes Irish traditional music sessions Social gatherings Irish language classes Cumann Oige youth club Jiving I dancing classes Mindfulness classes Walking group Christmas fair Flower arranging Woodwork I wood tuming activities ICT Classes Sewing workshops Yoga classes Traditional bread making workshops Halloween events Senior citizen Christmas dinner, music & entertainment Bingo with supper Senior Citizen Lunch club Distribution of PHA & Brantry BARD keep warm packs to both children and adults. Miscellaneous room and facility private booking COSTA Hosted COSTA'S Local Rural Support Network open day Facilitated Education Authority Youth Leader Training sessions
Brantry Area Rural Development Association Confirmed Brantry BARD trustees have had regard to the Commission's Public benefit requirement statutory guidance Financial Position at year end The Brantry BARD is in a very good finan.cial position Details of any fund held by the charity that was materially in deficit, at the end of the year and steps taken by the charity trustees to eliminate the deficit There were no funds in material deficit "Funds held by the charity as a Gustodian trustee None- Not applicable Private benefit .There is no prNate benefit to any individual Harm No harm has flowed from any of our purposes Serious incident reporting There are no serious incidents to report Vulnerable beneficiaries Appropriate Policies, Procedures and Training are in place STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE The Trustees have complied w,ith their duty to have due regard to the Charity Commission Public Benefit Guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which th.e guidance is relevant. Signed Colm Gildernew (Chair) Date IL- ID EDL4 Louise Downey (Secretary) L Date I Gael Gildernew (Treasurer) Date (6 11012LI
Brantry Area Rural Development Association Statement of TNstees' Responsibilities The Truslees are responsible for preparing the Ttustees, Annual Report and the Financial Statements in )rdance th the applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, The law appIable to charities in Northern Ireland requires the trustees lo prepare financial slalements for each financial year. Under that law the trustees have prepared the financial statemenls In accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Praclice in the United Kingdom (accounting standards issued by the Financial Reporting Council in the UK, including Charities SORP (FRS 1021. Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Staletnenls of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their aountS in accordan with the Financial Reporting Standard appllcable in the Unlled lfjngdom and Republ of Ireland (FRS.102) and promubJated by the Institute of Chartered Ac(x)untants in the United Kingdom and United Kingdom Law}. Under that law the Irustees must not approve the financial slatements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of the affa]rs of the charity and of the slalemenl of financial actwities of the charty for that pericml. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to: select suitable accounting policies and then apply the consistently,. obseNe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP,, make judgements and estimates that a reasonable and prudent,. state whether the appliCatn of accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material deparfures discbsed and explained the Financlal Staternents; prepare the Financial Staternents on the going CDllGem basis unless it is inappropriate to presurne that the charity will continue in business. The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting rOrdS which disclose with reasonable accuracy al any time fhe financial position of th8 charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 and the Charity (Accounls and Rewts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hen for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irr8gularilies. The trustees are responsible forthe maintenance and integrty of the corporate and financial inforniation included on the charities website. Legislation In United Kingdom goveming the preparation and dissemination of financial staletn8nts Thay drffer from legislation in other jurisdictlons. Accountants A resolution lo re-appoint the Accountants, Noel Conn & Company, will be proposed at the annual general meeting. By order ol the Trustees 16 Lo el Gildernew Trustee Date