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ROE VALLEY ANCESTRAL RESEARCHERS LTD

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £13.9K

  • Spending

    £18.7K

Charity no. 107879 Date registered. 17/08/2021

Public benefits

The Public Benefits of the Charity are: (a) to increase public understanding and raise awareness of the life and legacy within the area known as the Roe Valley by education, creating and developing heritage knowledge, skills, training, maintaining a work ethos taking in places of interest associated with the Roe Valley and environs; (b) to foster

a sense of community, where all forms of media will be used to provide information to interested organisations, groups, businesses and individuals; to participate in the discovery and preservation of local knowledge; encouraging and celebrating a sense of place, civic pride and ownership and an appreciation of all aspects of local heritage; supporting strong inter-community relationships, fostering social and economic regeneration in this area; (c) to provide a network of mutual support and encouragement amongst the charity members, beneficiaries and volunteers which include network opportunities for volunteering, employment and life skills. These benefits can be demonstrated by having access to the many signposting networks which the charity subscribes to and through feedback from beneficiaries and the wider community. The charity’s beneficiaries are all persons who aim to achieve volunteer status or personal life skills enhancement. The only private benefit flowing from the purpose is the requirement for associate tutors, directors or volunteers to be suitably accredited and trained and this is incidental and necessary because of the requirement by awarding bodies and/or insurance requirements; The purposes of our charity will not lead to any harm.

What your organisation does

The Roe Valley Ancestral Researchers fosters a sense of community legacy within the Roe Valley area by supporting interest groups, individuals and volunteers to participate in discovering and preserving knowledge of local genealogy, social history, ancient woodlands and built heritage; encouraging and celebrating a sense of place, civic pride,

ownership and an appreciation of all aspects of local heritage. In order to carry out the charitable purposes, the trustees have the power to (1) raise funds, receive grants and donations; (2) co-operate with and support other charities with similar purposes which are lawful and necessary to achieve the Charity’s purposes.

The charity’s classifications

  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science

Who the charity helps

  • General public
  • Mental health
  • Older people
  • Volunteers
  • Women
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Community development
  • Cultural
  • Education/training
  • Environment/sustainable development/conservation
  • Heritage/historical
  • Research/evaluation
  • Rural development
  • Volunteer development
  • Youth development

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 March 2024

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charity accounts & reports for financial year end 31 December 2022

Independent examiners report Charity accounts Trustee annual report

Charitable purposes

4. The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically restricted to the following: 4.1 research genealogy and the social history of families in the Roe Valley and surrounding areas; 4.2 facilitate the acquisition of skills and equipment necessary to carry out research as defined in Object 4.1; 4.3 share and have accessible outputs in any form based on any research undertaken; 4.4 help and/or assist in the conservation and maintenance of any environmental and historical areas and/or buildings, and/or ancient woodlands in the Roe Valley. For the avoidance of doubt, the system of law governing the articles of association of the charity is the law of Northern Ireland.

Governing document

Constitution

Other name


  • 3 Trustees
  • 0 Employees
  • 44 Volunteers

Contact details

Public address

  • Mr Matthew Ferguson, 1 Taylor Park, Limavady, Co Londonderry, BT49 0NT

Trustee board

Trustee
Mr Matthew Ferguson
Mrs Elizabeth Ann Ferguson
Mrs Mary Bridget Mcmahon

List of regions

  • In Ireland
  • In Northern Ireland
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