for the Period Ended 30 April 2021
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Community Interest Report |
Directors' report period ended
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 30 April 2021
Political and charitable donations
Directors
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 May 2020 to 30 April 2021
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006
This report was approved by the board of directors on
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
for the Period Ended
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The notes form part of these financial statements
This report was approved by the board of directors on
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
for the Period Ended 30 April 2021
Basis of measurement and preparation
Turnover policy
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The company provides the public with accurate, fair, and reliable fact-check articles, publishedon its website. It also provides training courses, events, and educational resources. The companywas incorporated on 11 April 2019. During the financial year 2020–2021, the company’sactivities have benefited the community in the following ways:246,354 users were able to learn the accuracy of claims and/or discover other usefulinformation, through 31 fact checks and 22 explainer articles published on its website;365 people received training in fact checking and critical thinking skills (betweenOctober 2020 and April 2021).2,500 members of the Community Development and Health Network (CDHN), plus thethousands of people it supports, benefited from a working partnership, with fact checksand explainer articles published by FactCheckNI, on the COVID-19 InformationDissemination (COVID-19 ID) Project, to improve people’s health literacy aboutCOVID-19 by providing accurate and up-to-date information that increased knowledge,understanding and confidence and supported people in making good health decisions;The company provided commissioned work for 8 people and opportunities for 6volunteers;It continued to build its social media and online presence to share fact checks, explainerarticles and news about FactCheckNI with local Northern Ireland audiences (440,600Twitter impressions and 832 new followers during the period); andIt contributed to the online 2021 Imagine! Belfast Festival of Politics and Ideas by hostinga session that explored fact checking during election cycles, which included contributionsfrom Angie Holan (Politifact), Leona O’Neill (journalist; Ulster University), and Alex Kane;it also contributed to another session of fact checkers and their experiences of workduring the COVID-19 pandemic, which included Claire Milne (Full Fact), Christine Bohan(TheJournal.ie), and Allan Leonard (FactCheckNI).
The CIC’s stakeholders are its subscribers, who are updated via direct correspondence and newsletters.
Three of the directors received remuneration for their services to the company.
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
8 September 2021
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Orna Young
Status: Director