2025-12-31-accounts - Strule Tributaries and River Trust Limited

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Unaudited Annual report

for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

for

Strule Tributaries and Rivers Trust Limited

Registered with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland NIC108872

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Strule Tributaries and Rivers Trust Limited

Contents of the Annual Report for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

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Strule Tributaries and Rivers Trust Limited

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TRUSTEES’ REPORT

Charity Name: Strule Tributaries and Rivers Trust

Charity Number: NIC 108872

Principal Address 28-30 Old Mountfield Road Omagh BT79 7BJ Charity Trustees as of 31°t December 2025 PeterShaneArchdale Colgan Terry Smithson Robert Ellis

Accountant/ Independent Examiner Rodney Hamill BSc. FCA. TEP. 28-30ChartereOl d AccountantsMountfield Ro a ndd, Registered Auditors, Omagh, Co. Tyrone BT79 7BJ

Bank Danske Bank Donegall Square West Belfast BT1 6JS

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| Strule Tributaries and Rivers Trust Limited | TRUSTEES’ REPORT | STRUCTURE AND MANAGEMENT | The structure of the Trust is made up from members who had brought a case in terms of pollution against a government body. The external bodies made up of Riparian landowners and fishing clubs elected a board of Directors to oversee the running of the Trust. There are 4 directors and they are subject to reelection on a rotational basis each year.

The governing documents are the Articles of Association and the Trust Deed.

| DESCRIPTION AND PURPOSE | The Loughs Agency was set up with the primary aim to conserve, protect, manage and improve the : Fisheries of the Foyle and Carlingford areas. The Agency acting on its own behalf and also on behalf of local external parties received an out of court settlement in June 2009 for £500,000 relating to several pollution incidents from 1999 to 2004. Part of the terms of the agreement were that monies were to be | “NASCO”spent on riverguidelines rehabilitation and overseenworks inbya accordancetrust to ensure with Norththis money was Atlantic Salmonkept separate Conservation from theOrganization Agency's : transferredcore funding.to theTheLoughsmoneyAgencywas heldin Februaryby the Agency's2011 alongsolicitorwith thein ainteresthigh interestearned.account until it was As the settlement funds are held on trust and only to be used for specific purposes they have been included within deferred income as a provision against future costs. As these costs are incurred they are applied against the balance. | There was just over £42,790 spent on projects over the year and the works included, bank revetment, spawning beds, nursery streams, and riparian strips to grow trees in and keep animals from the water courses. Extra funding was sought during the year and the trust received £18,348 in funding from | DAERA for other schemes over and above the initial objective such as tree planting and fencing. In | 2026similar weprojects hope toand continuealso to theseek spendextra withfunding a furtherto assist £44,000in thebeingschemesreceivedplanned. from DAERA for work on While the broad aim is to enhance and improve the rivers and tributaries within the Trust’s area the benefit extends way beyond any increase in salmonid populations as by improving the quality of the river it has a knock-on effect on the invertebrates, birds and on up the food chain. It potentially helps | tourism,with floodfishingalleviation,etc. community involvement, pride in the area, potential for an increase in angling ACTIVITIES AND OBJECTIVES The Company's objectives are specifically restricted to the following Objectives: || i. waterTo conserve, impoundmentsprotect, rehabilitate,of the catchmentsreinstatecomprising and improvethe theriversrivers,Riverstreams,Strule watercoursesand its tributariesand | above the confluence of the River Owenkillew. | ii. To carry out such works to reinstate or improve the habitat for inland fisheries of the Strule | catchment upstream of, but excluding the River Owenkillew, in compliance with NASCO | guidelines; | ili, To advance the education of the public, or any association, company, local authority, | administrative or governmental agency or public body or representative body in the | understanding, preservation and conservation of rivers, river corridors and catchments, | iv. Toincluding securetheir and fauna,distributeflora, fundingand economicto assist inor the social implementationactivity, andofriverthe overallcatchmentaim management.and objectives 7 of the Trust.

V. To protect, conserve, rehabilitate, reinstate, improve and preserve, as far as is practically possible, for the benefit of the public the local environment and the quality of the rivers, streams, watercourses and water impoundments and the better development of the rural and urban environment.

Strule Tributaries and Rivers Trust Limited

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TRUSTEES’ REPORT

PUBLIC BENEFIT STATEMENT

In setting our objectives and planning our activities for the year the trustees have given careful consideration to the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland’s guidance on public benefit to ensure thatbeneficiaries. the activities have helped to achieve the charity's purposes and provide a benefit to the

FINANCIAL REVIEW

The financial report relates to the period from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. All the Funds in the charity are restricted funds having been received from the court settlement as referred to above. The movement in the fund in the period was:

	2025	2024
Opening balance Habitat improvementand protection scheme costs Sundryandbankfees Website costs Insurance Consultancy	(184,857) 24,442 7 1,048 677 7,440	(212,418) 12,116 631 - 654 14,160
Closingbalance	(151,243)	(184,857)

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEE RESPONSIBILITIES

The Trustees are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements of the charity in accordance with applicable law and generally accepted accounting practice.

The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charity’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time its financial position. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Approv, e trustees at our annual general meeting on 1%April 2026 and signed on their behalf by: Shané Colgan (trustee)

Strule Tributaries and Rivers Trust Limited

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Charity trustees on the Unaudited Annual report of Strule Tributaries and Rivers Trust Limited

| report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31st December 2025, which are set out overleaf.

Respective responsibilities of charity trustees and examiner

As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

It is my responsibility to: - Examine the accounts under section 65 of the charities Act - Follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Commission under section 65(9)(b) of the Charities Act
- State whether particular matters have come to my attention

| have examined your charity accounts as required under section 65 of the Charities Act and my examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland under section 65(9)(b) of the Charities Act. My examination included a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also included consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as charity trustees concerning any such matters.

My role is to state whether any material matters have come to my attention giving me cause to believe:

e That accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 63 of the Charities Act e That the accounts do not accord with those accounting records e That the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act e That there is further information needed for a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

| have completed my examination and have no concerns in respect of the matters (1) to (4) listed above and, in connection with following the Directions of the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, | have found no matters that require drawing to your attention.

CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

Rodney Hamill BSc. FCA. TEP.

Hamill Mcllwaine Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors . 28-30 Old Mountfield Road Omagh

Co. Tyrone BT79 7BJ

18 April 2026

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Statement of Financial Activities

for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

	Note	Restricted funds 2025	Restricted funds 2024
Restricted income		£	£
Charitable activities Government grants Investments		33,614 18,348 7,740	27,562 45,443 7,119
		59,702	80,124
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities	3	(52,730)	(73,702)
Net income/expenditure		6,972	6,422
Netmovement infunds		6,972	6,422
Total funds brought forward		58,751	52,329
Totalfundscarriedforward		65,723	58,751

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Registered number: Ni622267

Registered number: Ni622267
Detailed Balance Sheet
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025
.	2025	2024
	£	E
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash at Bank	216,966	243,608
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
Tax	-	-
NETCURRENTASSETS	216,966	243,608
TOTALASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES	216,966	243,608
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due aftermore than one year
Accruals and deferred income	(151,243)	(184,857)
NETASSETS	65,723	58,751
RESERVES
RestrictedFund	65,723	58,751

The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 December 2025. The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for: (a) ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and

(b) thepreparingend offinancial each financial statementsyear whichand of giveits surplus a true andor deficit fair viewfor ofeach thefinancialstate of affairsyear in ofaccordance the companywith asthe at requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the micro-entity provisions.

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue Orgs April 2026 and were signed on its behalf by: </f] S Colgan - Director

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

STATUTORY INFORMATION

StruleNorthernTributariesIreland. Theand company'sRivers TrustregisteredLimited numberis a private and company,registered limitedoffice areby asguarantee,below: registered in Registered Number: NI622267

Registered office: 28- 30 Old Mountfield Road Omagh Co. Tyrone BT79 7BJ

The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£).

HMRC Charity reference number: NI01217

NI Charity Commission charity number: 108872

AVERAGE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

There are 4 directors and the average number of other employees during the year was NIL (2024: NIL).

EXPENDITURE

Restricted expenditure	Restricted funds	Restricted funds
	2025	2024
Insurance Bank charges Website costs Sundry expenses Accountancy Consultancy Habitat Improvementand Protection Scheme Expenses	£ 677 7 1,048 - 768 7,440 42,790	£ 654 9 - 622 697 14,160 57,560
	52,730	73,702