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HORSE SPORT IRELAND
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Annual Report
2013
Directors
The directors and secretary who served the company
during the year were as follows:
Anne Cahill
Rita Dunne
Paddy Joe Foy
Neil Henry
Tony Hurley
Brian MacSweeney
Patrick McCarthy
Gerry McCloskey
Harold McGahern
Peter Molloy
Liam Murphy
Georgia Stubington
Taylor Vard
Patrick Wall (Chairman)
(Appointed 6th February 2013)
Sean Kavanagh
(Appointed 17th September 2013)
Hugh McCusker
(Appointed 19th June 2013)
Kieran O'Gorman
(Appointed 28th June 2013)
Larry O'Neill
(Appointed 21st August 2013)
James Beecher
(Retired 20th June 2013)
Jessica Harrington
(Retired 31st December 2013)
Samuel Smyth
(Retired 19th June 2013)
Helen Kelly
(Retired 17th September 2013)
Joe Walsh
(Retired 6th February 2013)
Gerry O'Gorman
(Retired 20th June 2013)
Since the year end the following directors have been
appointed / retired to/ from the board:
Kevin McGuinness
(Appointed 7th May 2014)
Peter Fell
(Appointed 2nd January 2014)
Barbara Micks
Appointed 1st January 2014)
Rita Dunne
(Retired 1st January 2014)
Directors' responsibilities
The directors are responsible for preparing the Annual
Report and the financial statements in accordance
with applicable Irish law and Generally Accepted
Accounting Practice in Ireland including the accounting
standards issued by the Financial Reporting Council and
promulgated by The Institute of Chartered Accountants
in Ireland.
Irish company law requires the directors to prepare
financial statements for each financial year which give a
true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company
and of the surplus or deficit of the company for that year.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are
required to:

select suitable accounting policies and then apply
them consistently;

make judgements and accounting estimates that are
reasonable and prudent; and

prepare the financial statements on the going
concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume
that the company will continue in business.
The directors confirm that they have complied with the
above requirements in preparing the financial statements.
The directors are responsible for keeping proper books
of account that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any
time the financial position of the company and enable
them to ensure that the financial statements are prepared
in accordance with accounting standards generally
accepted in Ireland and comply with the Companies
Acts, 1963 to 2013. The directors are also responsible for
safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for
taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection
of fraud and other irregularities.
Books of account
The directors believe that they have complied with the
requirements of Section 202 of the Companies Act, 1990
with regard to books of account by employing a person
with appropriate expertise and by providing adequate
resources to the financial function. The books of account
are held at the company's premises at Beech House,
Millennium Park, Oberstown, Naas, Co. Kildare.
Auditor
The auditor, Grant Thornton, will continue in office in
accordance with section 160(2) of the Companies Act
1963.
Signed on behalf of the directors
Patrick Wall (Chairman)
Anne Cahill
Director
Director
Approved by the directors on 27 May 2014.
HORSE SPORT IRELAND
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
A full set of the HSI Audited Financial Statements is filed with the Companies Registration Office.