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[email protected] www.artscouncil-ni.org/ Cover Photo - Peter Richards, Popeye + Olive Rescued, 2002 (028) 9070 2020 NIA21/02 1 The Arts Council of Northern Ireland Annual Report 2000/2001 Contents Page Chairman’s Introduction 3 Preamble 4 Foreword Chief Executive’s Report 9 Statement of Responsibilities 13 Statement on the system of internal financial control 13 Certificate of the Comptroller and Auditor General 15 Accounts for the Year ended 31 March 2001 Income and expenditure 17 Balance sheet 18 Cash flow statement 19 Statement of recognised gains and losses 19 Notes to the accounts 22 Appendix Direction given by the Department of Culture,Arts and Leisure 37 Application of accounting and disclosure requirements 39 Additional disclosure requirements 39 Expenditure on the arts 40 2 The Arts Council of Northern Ireland Annual Report 2000/2001 Annual Report 2000/2001 The Arts Council of Northern Ireland 3 Thanks are due to our former Chief Executive, Brian Ferran. Informed by Professor Everitt’s recommendations, and During his term of office, held with distinction from 1992 to responding to new strategic priorities set by the Council, this October 2000, the Arts Council has undergone considerable was a radical year in terms of reshaping and targetting of arts change in its structure and role.This culminated in the funding.We began the process of integrating Lottery funding implementation of To The Millennium, a five-year strategy for into achieving art form objectives and creating new and the arts which, by the time of its conclusion last year, had left sustainable audiences, developed new schemes to support the the arts in Northern Ireland in a healthier position than ever individual artist, extended participation for all, and placed the chairman from message before.