How principal activities assisted in achieving the objectives The principal activities assisted the Company in achieving its objectives by :
● Identifying employee development opportunities and career development plans for all staff
● Ensuring a strong customer focus in service provisions
● Promoting a sense of community and belonging throughout the Kempsey Macleay RSL Club constituency
● Reducing the costs of operations through redesigning the work place and work practices .
Meetings of directors During the financial year , 12 meetings of directors ( including committees of directors ) were held . Attendances by each director during the year were as follows :
DIRECTORS ’ MEETINGS
Number eligible to attend
Paul Maurice McGregor 13 13 Ronald James Kennedy 13 13 Robert Thomas Ainsworth 13 13 Denis John O ' Leary 8 - Gregory Joseph Brown 13 10 Russell Lee 13 13 John Daley 4 4
Number attended
Warren Gallard 13 12
Membership The Club is a company limited by guarantee and is without share capital . The number of members at 1 January 2017 and the comparison with last year is as follows :
2015 2016 Total Members 6830 8430
INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF KEMPSEY MACLEAY RSL CLUB LTD
Report on the Financial Report We have audited the accompanying financial report of Kempsey Macleay RSL Club Ltd , which comprises the statement of financial position as at December 31 , 2016 , the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income , statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flows for the year then ended , notes comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information , and the directors ’ declaration .
Directors ’ Responsibility for the Financial Report The directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation of the financial report that gives a true and fair view in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards Reduced Disclosure Requirements and the Corporations Act 2001 and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the financial report that gives a true and fair view and is free from material misstatement , whether due to fraud or error .
Auditor ’ s Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial report based on our audit . We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards . Those standards require that we comply with relevant ethical requirements relating to audit engagements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial report is free from material misstatement . An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial report . The procedures selected depend on the auditor ’ s judgment , including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial report , whether due to fraud or error . In making those risk assessments , the auditor considers internal control relevant to the Company ’ s preparation of the financial report that gives a true and fair view in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances , but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company ’ s internal control . An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by the directors , as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial report . We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion .
Independence In conducting our audit , we have complied with the independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 . We confirm that the independence declaration required by the Corporations Act 2001 , which has been given to the directors of Kempsey Macleay RSL Club Ltd , would be in the same terms if given to the directors as at the time of this auditor ’ s report .
Opinion In our opinion the financial report of Kempsey Macleay RSL Club Ltd is in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001 , including : ( a ) giving a true and fair view of the Company ’ s financial position as at December 31 , 2016 and of its performance for the year ended on that date ; and ( b ) complying with Australian Accounting Standards Reduced Disclosure Requirements and the Corporations Regulations 2001 . Wrights Chartered Accountants Doug Cheetham Registered Company Auditor 2609 Kempsey , NSW Dated this 21 February 2017 .
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