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Cbildlife Report of tlbe Trustees rinancial st￿cMents and audiws. repKI of thc dwitable coMF￿Y for the vear en(kd 31 Mar¢h 2023. The Irustc¢s have adopted ihe of A¢wthKin8 atyj Rewrting by c￿urS.. Sutement of RecoMm￿ded Pr￿l¢¢ athi¢able to ¢harities wewdrinl their acctyJnLS in accorth¢¢ with Fitw(Éal RcwKting &andard applicabl¢ in the UK awl Republic of Irtland IFRS I￿2) lelfecLiv¢ l Juy 2019). Trnstvs B McNa￿￿ Tr￿uTer M5 C While. Chgir D J Beacon L Walker (Op￿iD¢¢d Oh 2023) Oth¢r irustees in yeor Ms C McslTa%"ick Irtsigned ￿ a ffiLSttt 04th NoV￿l￿r 22) Thc apwintmem ot'TTUSttcs is in Xctrda￿ with the ¢h¥itYs Articles of AsxKiat1(￿ w4veby ¢adi member has th¢ right lo apwini ￿ re￿￿￿￿ a WKi to arwini omd ¥enx)vc None of the Trustccs has my knKficial inttrtsi in the crnyarry. Childlife pmvid¢s b)th a rok descri￿10￿ arml a c￿￿ of Ll)Tth for trus¢eS w ¢f&uff duiies and responsibilities ofFrtin8 a are clurty unde￿. In a￿lI10n, it h25 s￿¢ballS1 role desuitAions for IK the Chair of Trusiec5 and Honwary Trcwrtr. These •t wovided to ill ne￿. Is rArt of their in&Jai infonnion. Neiv are encourngcd ￿ TnC¢t uith the Thief E¥ecuEive Officu athd aalT •ThJ other trustres w'iihin the fLrst few motttlLS ofapy)in¢rntsL Trnining fw In￿e& is if required. The arrangements for sellin8 the PAY aTrJ rtMWKrni￿ of all 11¢ dwity'5 slaty Incl￿11￿ kcy nMna8 personnel arc agrecd by the CEO •TrJ the truAee

Cblldllf¢ Report ofihe Tnmtees Bckiround The idea for Childlife, a c(VJSLYliurn of childrrn's d4rili¢s dlowinB its munber ¢h•riiies ￿ fundraise colleciively. originated irt 1992. IL% first in July 1993. Childli(e bec￿¢ • ￿m[arty limited by 8uarllnte¢ in 1999 •NI 8 registrr&a ¢hrity in 2[￿. Member chAri¢l￿ of Childlife: Acoms ￿lId1¢fi.5 Hospice Alaxia UK National Children s Burcau N￿10Th￿ Deaf Childrtn's Society The Board ofTNsi¢¢s. has four Mem￿ ¢¥h member ¢hwiry. adminw the charity and nom)ally meeLS quarterly. In the ist year thtrt haye been frt4wuA meclins5 4kn kn the cver changing siiyaiion with the p8ndmic, with the uuxtt5 medin8 Thst ￿KYnthS. A Chitf Execuii¥¢ is ￿p￿l￿ted by the Truslccs to mana8e ihc day-ttwlay of the LI￿11y. To filiwe effedive (yeraiions. Ihe Chief Execulive Otricer hgs delt8atcd •utlM)rity. within thc trwrn5 of&kwion 4pproivJ b). thr Trus¢s. for ijperatbonal matkrs incltsdirt8 financt. emFknymthL funthai>n8 dwitabl¢ •Jivities. Donaiions receivcd by Childlifr arr dI￿riE￿Id annually to these charilie5 and hwthds of kn ol'p)und$ Ire raised cach ycar io sup1x￿ tkir 74wk with ¢hildM •nd youn8 twJl¢. The T￿￿te¢S have assessed Ihe major risks w Mthi¢h the Chariiy is eXFX￿e4 wd are sailsr￿d tha sy5Wn5 are Én placc LO mitiBale CXFO5UTC to the major risks. The risk$ ore thcum¢ntrd on the risk re8isw. The rnain risks wve: 11 Financial Failu￿ of Kry Su￿1￿Cl$ IGther Ethiul)- We hwe undcrtJkcn diliguK¢ b¢fDre signing ¢onlracl& includbfi8 CTedii che¢k5. Wc also knrbzon to idtn¢ity supplier issues and WTrtential al¢ern•iive suppIicT5. In thi5 Y￿ we have aly) Mith (tsw¢i¢s Albw, Gilw￿. 21 Lo&% of Incthne- Tr CoAryof-Living Crisi& (hwift8 re￿ll￿J is ￿1￿8 wriejj ow wth exiAin8 thbllLYS to mits8ale (￿rrIBl1￿ lev¢l$ with WMOM FKJlidays ￿lA8 orfryd. 31 Childlife'5 Boprd of Trymtts is le8alty required ￿ Thin1m￿t any risk ￿ the c4wiry. The trusiees hAve develO￿d a risk mgn4emem stratrly. whith invoivfs a reBuiar rtyicw of the kcy risks faced by the ¢h¥ity, gnd th¢ ¢stsbli5hmeni of SY#en￿ a￿1 to gJdrc5s thc5C P)tentilll ri5k5 and to minirnisc ￿>th the lik¢lih(x)d of thue risks ￿CUrrin¥ aThl th￿r imtAet sh(wld they matrTilise.

Childlife Report of tkn Trnste ObJectiv¢J Artfvldes Objectlves The (Trbj¢¢lives of Childlif¢ arr. thc rrlicf of thildren ¥e in need by ¥MbiinE the munber charities to mttt their res￿£11Ve charitsble thrtW thc of grdm payments. The Trustres confimb thai thtv have referred lo the guidance o)fftined in the Cl4rity CThnmi55iOn'5 Bfncrai 8uidance on puNi¢ bertfjts reviTh4ing Thildlife's ainLS arwj (￿J￿1ve% Childlife carries the obieth of imwoving the li￿$ of ¢hilth¢n and youwd FrorAe the of IL memlxr chaTiiies by survKtin¥ the mcrnlxr ¢hariii<s in widing a income source in the shcrt-. M￿l￿m- and long-lenn lulurc. a￿1 this ￿ coniinued kn b¢ the fo¢us 2022123. To uAble Childlife io xhi¢ve ILS aim. li has wn¢inucd ￿ dcvdop its fundraisin8 in pytoll 8iVirt8 and ift th)rtor Tecruiimenl rKo8rams through fac¢40vfKe fwidrnisin8 C￿pa18n5 85 a5 0￿801ft8 telerkn Lw￿￿18￿5 io upgrade is(in8 resular supporters and re-aaivotc lap￿rd regular Ik)TTh& The ￿[plUS of ihxrm¢ in 202212), alier alltswing for promotiimd and w coys m•ntAY ¢hriiies MI ￿t￿￿Tree t¢XSts w¥ dtStrilKrt¢d ¢g￿lty d on an aDnual basis lo its four member dw.luu as 8r•nt& A5 ¢ary out fundrnisit)g acros5 the UK iir are mcrnbu5 of The tharwed of FuThJAi&ng and Ihe FurMlrais¢r Regula￿r. As we we runnin8 • knittsy ￿paI￿ ￿ •130 rt8isiued with G￿ble A¥wc. We ￿¥)rked with four main extffliAI 18en¢iu ftrour of IA 2022123. Q•th¢r l¢d wricd oui fundraising w rccNii 1314 r•tti' direa debii fc Childlif¢. G•thcr also rccruitrd 13(M) new Continuous Card ￿YmeN We c￿lin￿d ￿ tsk¢ off th)n*ions Ind Icad& Gaiher re¢ruit¢d 123 new ush ¢￿ty 18 did Mt ON into future con

Childllfe Rtport of the Trwsttes Altru Ltd CaTTied out fundrnistn8 I￿)9 new debi¢ kksn(o for Childlife. Alvu also rccruited 1653 ncy. Continuous C&rd PaymMI t)nots. No ott f¢cwiied. Gllcore Ltd ￿rried oui fundraising lo recnjii 357 new Card Payn￿1 dortors fLY CThildlife. No o o¢TdoniJrs wrre r¢cNit¢d. G•th¢r. AIITU and Gilcort are experienced in driving wality thgsiik 8IKxI Vrational practices in lirK with CIOF and thc Funthiscr Regula￿ 8yidart¢e. Thfou8h a persor4lized service fTOrn these agencies our furMlrdi5in8 with thcrn Ix4ilds g relat]￿hiP with the sur4YKW to lif￿lOng loyalty lo Childlifc. They are registered with the Chor¢ued of Fundraisin8 and the FuThfraisin8 Re8ul4wr. Durin8 ihe Lime that we wrrc fundraising ￿1th Gathcr, Altru Gilctve there a re8ular wo8ram of irainin8 in place. We did not nm slrcct ￿l￿n5 so thrrc 75 wy CIOF myswy dKypin8. LThildlifc is a membcr of four othcr COn￿rt1￿M$ %thi¢h Poywll Givin8 Plus Lid recNiL% new donors throu8h Piyroll (iii'ing. Payroll Giving Fyus l.ttl oryanise thx-elTeetive fuThJraisinB everbts campaigns in compthies ond Or8￿1￿[lon5 o¢r0s5 the UK io rais¢ charity lxX￿jrtlUrnS. All fundrniscrs wnployed on non-eommission basis so that thry cgn a n￿44[8￿ (knven campaign. PAy¥oll Givin8 Plys Lttl is memtr ijf the A&￿￿latIOn of Payroll Giving OrBnai5atii￿5 and ihc Fundwaising Regul?￿r. Childlife rcceived ninrty-fivc c(Thplaints thtyirtg 2022r2023 ff8ardin8 its funthisi118. All cfftplainls im'csiigalcd thor¢Jughly fairty in k¢¢ping with the Fun&aisin8 Re8ulator Codt of PractKe. Childlife 8ularly rth'iew$ ￿Y lessons io be 1¢4rn1 to help rulu￿ fun&ai5in8 Xtivity. Nonc of thc complaints were of a naiure serious ¢nou8h ￿ r¢guir¢ TwusL¢es ￿ infonn the Charity Commission or Fundraisithg Rcgulats)r. Therr hav¢ noi ten any compiianct iSSUCs with cither thildlifc or any other a¥cn¢ies that Iwe employed in 202212J. Childlifc has an Ethical Fundr4ising Poli¢y Dealing with vulne￿1¢ Policy. We al￿ review the polieies that our IMiTrr agertcies hold on these subi¢¢ts ￿ make sure med our 5tandud5. Durin% rcrcrtt yr4rs, Childlife's ¢(KMiwAity of dortr￿s h&s been in decline and th¢ trnstees have made decision ￿ invea more significandy in f￿draISin& w ￿e￿Ild ihe C￿Munity lo a 5us¢8inatAe level, so we Can coniinue ￿ raise vityl f4Jnd5 into the fylure. This of athJill￿al invesiment in fuTthi$ing is io long rni viabiliry and ivill pay back over lime. Thi5 fi%'e•yetr sirdtegy Comm￿ced in 2018 and ivill be revieYd by th¢ Iruslees in 2024. The plan bcyond 2024 15 yd to bc ￿firm￿l 4s bi will detrtnd on a review of ihe invtstmcnt puiod and the futsjrt rdums member chrities. Childlife has beefi extremety successful over the yews in tW3in8 fvnds for our mcmlxr5. An initial invcstmml of£16.000 pcr charity made in 1994. an4J ¢Ach m¢mtr h•$ received iotsl grants of£2.605.492 5incc ihcn (a ROI of 16184%). Withoui invuthient in f￿￿[Wing this i%Ywld noL haNe becn w)ssibi

Chudlrfe ReTMTrrt ofthe Tv•st¢ The iYncfJciaTiCS of aJilaife"s thc thildrcn. youn8 and families thmglKKrt the UK Iv v¢ ￿l¥cd 5UW¥Xt and advice or iiill tfii from researth Un&￿￿en bv the member tharilie5 through ￿Yrn¢nl to them from CILildlift. In 202Y23 Cthildiife a trtal of £4￿.1￿MI ￿ th¢ mant¢r chwiues. This enaNed ￿ row memttt ¢harilic5 ￿ xhio'e the folknTrir8: A¢oTns Childrtn'5 Hospice tm'i&5 ¢¥L laughw kyr chiJ(ktn •d their families aLYoss thE West Midlandk A pwreni never ima8itKs their ¢hild Mill be dia8rK>sed with a life limiiinB or life-th￿¢¢n1￿B condiiiLKL. But the un1w1￿e haw& Ac(MmS SLqLS in. IKlpin8 familie5 0)pe * evepi Stage oltheir thild's lit¢ bcyoTrJ. thertv¢r 8T￿ i%lThTh'cr need IL Ihtr Lkdird¢¢d ¢¢ams proFide srrtialim rAiliive eart for b8bi¢4 thildrcn aThl yowig Fropie. aThJ 5uFpM for ￿1r f￿111¢$. This is offercd fTOrn our thrtt thildmh"s hospitts. tA5¢d in BimJinBhaN Wal$￿1 and w￿CtStrr. in the c(thm￿lty. Thc babic5, children a￿j yfAth8 lit r4re flx a( AcoFr6 kne beth dia8nwd with J life limiting or Jifthtcnin8 CO￿li110￿ and y"a rea¢hed their 18th Ixrthday. Wt accw reftsyab fr(Mtt ¢hildrtn in one of Ca80ry I: Life threa¢ening e0ThJItTr(￿ for wthich curnii'e tse¥mou rw ￿ fca5i14e i￿l (an fail. ¢8￿Y 4.. IrreYer5ible Ixli r￿￿￿￿%.¢ ¢(￿dItiOns sevcrc thsability, lelin8 ￿ 9AWibility 10 Wth ¢ompliiions thd likelilNMMI or[￿eMu￿ death. At Ac01￿% we txovide 24 I￿Ul5 a dry, 365 days a yt¥ w thilkn •Thd fnilie5 ￿ nrzd v5 ￿)sL Ovcr the - Acorns h&5 SUFWrted 757 chiklren ￿ 973 f•mill￿ including thwJ5e have be£n txrtaved. • (kn Acoms Fwnily S¢TViCts tram ryovided 15.139 ins￿￿ ofiital trnotional and rKatti(al fanily • An am orN￿￿ and CliwA] w￿tr5 wovid¢ cwt ￿ I￿1710 within thcir IKYne. In tht pa￿ year. coThknL¢d 1,048 Outrexh visits ￿ familie - Siblin8 Workc15 have ￿Er 2￿ 5ibling5 at Ac<m5 ift yw: Itrmgh fo¥wed gr • We hae ¢ompl4#¢d tht refwbishmrnt of oyr Black C(Kmtry Hoswtt have ￿Sed ￿rt￿lshIpS thin the ¢￿￿nity w engjrt farnilics CL￿tinUe to rtceI￿'e the ¢e gJFyvt they need whilg th¢ takcs placc. . Acorn5 hisw as firnt IK)spi¢e in BriTwn io tht UNICEF Ri8hts R¢5￿ling ￿ld aw4rd. reco8nisin8 wr comrnithi¢ni w the Utyli￿ NKm'5 Riglrts of the Child. Childlife Ire hdpM¥ LO me this with thrir (m80in8 dDJlci(￿. On ofthe chilthn families surTArt thank so mudL

Chlldllfe ReP￿rt of (he Trnst¢¢s Atsxlx UK The athxias ore a sd of life•lirnbiin8 rawolo8i￿l a￿diu￿3 diyy the mes%a8es from our Inins to our mus¢l¢s. J￿ the m￿ck￿ w¢ nKJv¢, iwi u5¢ w spuk. listrn ¥rf15¢e. ()ver umo tw1¢ Ih athyia are slowly imwisorled in their i)dlc41(6i￿ kn￿15 thry (xKe had kn communic lovcd on¢s. Ov¢r 2(M) different 8enetiC 8tsxias kn'e bEtn discovtytd in the pw 30 yearn th of ￿1¢h rtquirts di(fcrcnt trcathiertt. CUrm￿y, Th) for ofthe axiL% have t¢¢n f￿Jnd. Awxia UK is the It￿7￿8 n￿l￿n81 cbarity wthi¢h •ff¢d¢d •Wi• •r¥J ru¢•th ioio finthn8 ty¢gtm¢nLS cutts. The mosl common 2nd a88rt5siv¢ fwn oftht condiiion is Fritdrtich's I￿￿18 {FAk which wtdNninantty slM)ws its symrknms durin8 chilthKrfMI or early wbuty. The elrlitr FA L8ins to slb)w. the likeliknj is the it 11)8rcss¢s. li hampets • chil￿￿j￿8 pers￿.$ b￿•￿¢. n￿mIlty and rnvemenL before ¢4usin8 speeth hearith8 and vision to dclcriorlltc eycnlu￿IY. th¢ hr￿. As i ￿￿lL thildmi dia$￿ed with FA wuAIIy have a shorter lif¢ ¢.¥F¢c￿￿y ihan peers will mwh of life in A Mtheelchair. As ￿1th the th 44xia& ¢hu¢ is ￿ fwe for FA. A major part of our Work is aTrJ thse wents ofchTldren •Akn Pthe FA. thils¢ f￿￿1ft8 resewth inio tr¢almcnts and 4 cure. The SUFPM ￿ receive frLkn Thildlife is esscNial in &hievin8 this.. it enthles us ￿ Nn local 5UPPOrt 8rw ronfefcrKes vawxmts Ind infmnal￿ Sess￿ * Ytthxe f•milits' isol¢ion artd help Ihem cthjilion. Some key hi8hliBhty frrATr FY 2022.23 The financial ytv 2022-23 ¢ndrd on an with ¥VDVa) Ofsky￿S by the FDA in FebN 2023. murkin8 a major milesfft the a¢&xi ctNrThuniry nd A￿li• UK as Skyr]￿$ is the first drug li¢wwd ror (he treaunerti of Fri¢dreich's A¢axia IFAI. This ap&y0v￿ offvs ne. livin8 with FA and rcprcscnis a &￿lIf1￿1t fon¥wd in sewth fv eITeal￿ tyeaunents. Al(hough lh¢ apr￿Val ofskydws in the US is r(x cd¢hiiM. the x¢Yss to this treatm￿( in the UK is on8oin8. Ai wes¢nt, thu¢ h&$ been Th) aF￿1￿1￿ for W￿al in the UK. Ire Iwyful this is only ¥ ofiime. Moreover. the of I￿XIa rese8rth 15 ¥ttdin8 with a n¥mirr oftrill15 undenvay or pend4n8 in vr1￿ 01￿1&$. so we Iw¢ thert t¢other B(Jd rttis V) rtKKrt in the c(•ngng yegr. At&XiA UK is ¢unmiued ￿ doing e¥¥ythiry it ¥yov4 of Skycl•ys wy other rrnpe¢tive tre8tmth¢s for a￿%1&5. We kmw il's hawd ￿ be Ni¢ni when 1¢ feel$ are th¢ corncr, Ive that paiia)ct Mill ￿ T￿71d¢￿ before ￿ h)Th8. In the manmthik, Atyvio UK M'ill do everything it can the 4NYo%I ofskY¢l￿$ •iy th pn¥s￿￿¥t the a￿lIs. Other hi8hli8his'. EFAcfs.. The Eyropeon Fri¢dreich'5 wi• TrnslMmal Studies {EFACTSI is a Audy 0ri8inally fundcd by the Europcan CLKnmi5sion is 8athcrin8 viul Informat￿ the wo8rcssion of Fri¢Jreich's a￿11a IFAI. ALi¥ia UK h&% suN￿Led the wojea the Y￿ INI I[￿ this ￿ ha5 resulted in ustful pknblications aThl ts #iso ￿1￿8 used ￿ plln clini¢a] trials. FA Global Cllrti¢41 Conwrtium.. thwing the Y￿r, efkrfts hknt w(wtss¢d in the of EFAcrs with thc ￿hrT WtllryCS¢ablishcd naiural hitrj. Audy irt FTiedra¢h FACOMS. Th¢ invemiga￿ of FALOMS and F.FACTS Scr th¢ nccd io com￿n¢ cffDrts inlo a singlc gloiHI ffNWLium a unifityj naiural his¢ory and ¢lirtial resear¢h infTAStrU¢th. The n¢*. FA Glohl Clinical Corkffiiwn and a h8rnK)niz¢d 8lobHI udy pr(￿0￿1 has N)w been AW1• UK has a weni grrw this C{w￿l￿m. P¥K¢ 7

Report of ihe Tr•stee5 th¢ ￿ yrwr. A￿¥1￿ UK h85 sisnificaffl strides in iryyming ¢•re sukyrt for indivithmls wth pticularly in the paediric Tw> ￿edi￿ric 8t&xia etntr¢% eAablished, Centrt the ¢Ahcr at thr J(thn Rwkli(fe Hospi￿ in Oxf￿d. The [￿k￿l Aiaxia C¥ launched its PaEdiatric Atsxia Clinic, ￿th1£h FThvidc5 8 TKW. Service thiltken With r￿￿ve care * a ceThtre of excellerKe. Ixd b). Profesw P•)ia Giwii. the clini¢ team 419) includes Dr Shrxt5a fvjla and Katsrina Mwso. The ¢lini¢ le4¥ts # large research ry08rammt, wimarilv focused on the genrlic bjsis of pwwcularty Fri¢thti¢h's ala%1& and xcqx5 refe￿￿$ for children a8ed ￿1%. Atyia UK h&% Ffjovitkd part-fundinB for the A￿¥la S￿claI151 Thw5e ILI 5UPWrt the clinic. The John Rkliffe Ho4)itsl in Oxfwi M creditrd bj. AL￿12 UK as A S￿1411￿ Atsxia cen￿ 4rr pEtylc with a￿¥la can rffeii"t the bcm quality or ¢8re from taxia expert& The Oxford Ataxia Cu)tr¢ off#s a s￿la11￿￿ S¢Tvice for adults and chilthen with •18xi& with a tram ¢onsiAing of t￿Y) lult ncurolo8iss a dinical g￿l¢is￿ a poeth'atri¢ ntrmilogist. Scieniific resewth inw tr¢atment ¢utes aThJ thc vlilablc to tIw)se affcL%ed by atsxta li for a cure. is su#ained by CP￿Id11(¢ 4y#WS. OA behalf of evayffie affttxed by aknxia all Al&Yia UK, Thank you. B¢*¢w. He•d •fF•wdr¥lsw% C•MmTmic#tlw At#th UK

Childlife Report of the Trllstees The N•tlon•l Deaf Chlldrem's S•tlety The Nalional De4f Children'x kniety is d￿tic￿Ed ￿ c1￿1n9 a W1￿￿j( ￿rrIerS for deaf childm younB peoplc. li is our mi55ion lo ovcrrome the so¢ial c￿￿￿10￿41 bwri¢rs th81 hold d¢•f chil(ken b•¢k. Thanks w the 8errfrosi¢y of Thikllife glpwrftefs. %¥e have been able to wovide life-thnginA sumkn Ind invalu8bl¢ intorm•ion to (kof¢hildr¢n ?1￿ iheir families au035 the UK over th¢ la ye4r. This hws included.. ' providin8 Vital. limely help and 8dvi¢e via our Helpline seTrie< with rt￿t than 4.(W ull& emiils Ind lii'e d￿( ma￿￿tI roFonded io . deliverin8 1 S fa¢¢ ￿ fa¢e r￿lty even¢s which 273 peryle wt•thd. This I￿l￿d￿ 7 ¢vrnts wifically thi1(￿¢4 to wovide SUp￿rt ￿ families new ￿ hearing 1055 holdin8 #n addilional 58 online events. ￿ter￿led by 876 people. eo¥erin8 thtmcs sudi As edukxtion, ￿n￿lOn￿l healih 8nd w¢llb¢in8. and urKlers¢andin8 ch11th￿l deafness delivering Family Sign l.an8￿8¢ ¢rnining online )d in k) 552 eTbli08 p•Ten￿ their deaf childrert ￿ goin involuoble Communic￿lOn skilLs • ttaching ¥n eximated 4.675 twyle our of $5 aifilid I￿1 dtllf childrtn's ¥Kieties • NnninB 8 pro4ram of online tTrin7n8 ye￿￿1n8 n)rt than 3.LXX) wofessi(¥wls io help Incre￿ &w4Mess understanding of childhood dcafncss issues . providin8 expert inform￿10￿ ￿ t4)4 wofessimals involved ID SIIFPYtiTh8 de•fthildM in early years Stttin8S through our BTiBhi SM srrics olonlirrt w%binar& Childhood d¢gfne5s ￿ hAv¢ a irnpxl on 14n8ua8e dtvelLynenL (1xnm￿iC1tloti and SO¢L81 skill& w)d know that suprAJrtin8 dcaf thildren duTinK thosc carly yea15 is wthcTr * can rn￿¢ the bi88es¢ impac¢ sei thern up for life. Our 8oal 15 to reach TrK)re &4f chilthcn and young F¢oplc than cvcr iKf(ry arwj Dur five year strate8y sets our ambitvjus platt e¥ay deaf ¢hild: wtrM'¢r they are and Ily need Childlife donors will hdp us make this Thonk Y￿ for Your¢￿￿￿ed Btn MeN#uEh¢ Depury Dlr¢¢tor". Fwndv•lskng P*8e 9

Childlife Report of Ibe Tn￿lee$ As the N1(w￿l Childw"s Bweau ￿cB) cdd¥ak5 its (rf)th ycw in 2023. ￿ c(￿LInUt ￿ brin8 tryle •d 4)rganisation5 108ethu to &ii'e dMn8e in S￿iety •d (kliiv a iruff thild1K￿ xross the UK. This year thwe Mve a n￿￿¢￿ of IMF￿ milest(K￿5 for NCT centered arrthd rw ¢or¢ amplify the voitts of thilthen artd)'(#mg pwplc md drlivcr I￿]￿% d￿8t for fkn 8enuirm& We played a leadin8 role in th¢ reltyms ￿ the ¢hildM"s ￿11 carc dclivcTed trainin8 CPD Srrciaj Educaiional Neeth ar￿ FAlucion ISENDI ryiii(Kus thr[M￿h ow umEdl& ￿￿Y the C￿￿11 for DisJl¢d child￿ h¢lpJ w (klivcr a new pilot scheme ￿ train Of #aff C￿ IKJW to supN children aThJ y(Mm8 arr swuggling wirh their menthl Ixalth. We pl￿ed the voices and li￿d of b•bi4 yLNJns pe aThJ fnilies &the I￿anOr￿vICe thlivcry. rt5carth arbj ￿110.. This included f¥Ili￿l￿g a rneding i%[￿￿¢￿ cawi[theTK￿ people Ind FW We also i%￿gh1 iogethff IIX) ciiijthtn ￿ Y(￿￿8 pa)ple with SEND rnabbr thcm lo panicipale in decisioTrmakin8 ￿ kxal •nd nati(¥￿ le¥d5. NCB"5 5Frcialist family rnemtvs also played a key role in paving the iixy a batrr childw. (h Amil￿￿11Y1r8 Alliance their savices In￿ Northrrn Ird￿￿ they ￿1] ¢JMinuc to Ilelp 5thP t￿lty1￿8 and 5af¢r cnvirthThcnts in wthich thildrtn and yrmry Fw)kcaN live, 8rt￿. pkny and learn. Our Lambeth Early Adj￿ Pthsyship in south LLMNknI l¥Jskd a 5crics of "Wann Hubs. thrin8 the sw¥thin8 f&nilics Arn881in8 iyith thc C(&￿)r-I1VlnV7lSlS with g l¥x meal and the dwKe LO engage in Btreavemeni s¢owrAI 4 major d￿nge to E￿aveme￿I benefiL5 after a I￿>.¢8r.1Mg ty)yign. As a rcsuh of their tireless cnpi8nirt& arowid 21.IXKI familics Mrrc rmi￿Sty denied suwKKt Tr￿a￿Se the parents wEren'i married or UL a civil will nLn ix ablc kn mae retro¥£th%'e a￿1 1.81M) grieving farnilit5 wim be ayle sum ye. It is thmugh yow thxwtsorts Lwtsnue ￿ taLle the muti￿r￿¢[ed d￿[￿8￿ fxed bv thildrrn and families. Your m¢s a rral diffe￿￿¢ to childrtn. youn8 pevple and lamilie& so th•)k Y￿ for yo gcncrosity. which meatLS the Wllter. Held •fDevd•pwL Nafi•ul ChldrTh'5 B•rea•. P4e 10

Cbildl•fe Report of the Trustees StAtem¢Th¢ o PwbU¢ Be¢llt The irustees ¢onfJftn thai thry have com￿led wKh the reqyiffment5 of 17 orth¢ CTrMriLies Act 2011 have dut regard LO the pthlic btncfit 8uidwKe wFAi5l￿d by the Clwity Commi55wJn England W4le& FlmAnell R¢vl¢w Income in the year was £1.291.869. 4 slight irtcreae fmm the fn)m £1.173.918. Th¢ m•in ressr for the in¢rtse is the knr8e investhit in recrniknent in Fvevious years 2fnl 21r22. Expendiiure on taisin8 fvnds de¢ff￿d to £974,8￿ frnm £935.028 refleuin8 the fiuthisinA suppIicr5 fulfillin8 their ¢ontra¢ts rwu¢5ta kn.¢ls. Ix¢ P30 in th¢ wwits ExFnditure on churitsble 8cliviiie5 Wa5 £410.431 versus the pevi(wJs year of £329.710 This includu £41KI,r of grant payments 12021122: £320.(W) Re$¢rvo Pollty li 15 Ihc p)liLry of Childlife 10 h•ve free resenv wnouniin8 w no Iw than three ffwihs and more than 51X months, operaiing ¢osts. Based on the 2022-23 the Terwiffd feserve level the vear end set at £168.118 Ilowl io £336.236 Ihi8hl. The free rtsen'es bllance ai Jlst March 202J 2s £390,055 ond as such fglls just aknve ihe required TCServa ￿l1¢y. This will be athtSsed by the iru5t¢es in tht up¢omin8 financial ytsr. Si4temeMt of Rtyio$lbllltl Trnste¢s R¢sponslbllltltJ l• R¢l¢lo• t• ibe Ststeaewts The tru5tecs Iwtho 4re 1150 ihc diTccl0￿ of Cthildlife for th¢ puwp)s¢s of wmpany I￿¥> gre resp(ffjsible for eparinA the ¢rnstees' rewrt ind the fir¥kn¢iil SW¢mthts in the Unid Kin8th)m AC￿nIlD8 S(¥ndards (United Kin8dom G¢nmlly A¢¢ewed A¢¢ouniing Pr1￿1¢¢) appli¢abk lam •J regulhws. Company lam. rcquirts the Irusttts ￿ prep&r¢ finwcial swements for each riw¢1￿ year. UThd¢r company la the irustees must rtoi Apwic the finanrial uftlas Ilw #r¢ Wisfi¢d they 8Lve and f8lT Vi¢W of the sthie of affairs of the Charitsbie company and of LIS ill¢(mltl8 rewrtts ￿ arv11c￿IoTr of resourccs. includin8 ils income and expeThJiiiNe, fc¢ lh period. In &Yewin8 these fInw￿l•l Sla1¥nen￿ the tntytts are requircd ¢0.. select suitsble vKcouniin8 ￿11¢1¢5 and atvly them LThSiAeNIy' observe the methods principles in the Clwiiie5 SORP. make jud8cments and &qimas are rtasmable and Statc whcthcr applicable UK Aa7Jun(ing Standard5 havc becn foll￿%￿ ￿bJe￿ mawiol &panures disclosed and eX￿81[be￿ in the financial &￿¢¢￿¢￿$. And prepare the financial slaitmcnLS on the 80ill8 t￿C¢m tsis unless it is inaprniate that the Laritable company w'ill cominue in IwJ5incs5. The lrnmees are res￿nSIble for keepin8 &COthliing Tecords are wfficieni ￿ SPW ond eypliin the charitable company's (rnnsactions 8T￿ disclosc ivbth ai ￿Y lime the financial k￿￿¢11¢￿ orth¢ charithblc company and enable thcm to enyjrc thc financial 5thtmbcnts r(Knply with the C(mpanies A 2006. They are also resry)nsible for safeguarding the assets of the chan￿ble and ￿ee for tskhn8 r¢a50nablc 5tep5 for the prevcnlion thtcdion of frnud and (thcr I￿ry￿18T111¢ P4tll

Chlldlife Re￿rt of the Tr•ste(- Sin¢¢ 31 Dccfrtff 2019 rn￿. hxal the glo￿ hi'e E¢rt in in the L'K. The Russiart Ukrnitti• ¢onnid is &wiu•g fiwthcr swcss on thts siwaion and average txlls Iwe n than thubled and inflation ra￿5 hay¢ s14rplv riscn. Childlife is ¢urreRdy sttin8 the eff&xx of this in tr form of Iw of alw c4KdMion art swiin8 ￿ retwn pmrthnic Ic¥els. This will silniftunty imw the urfity's finaw1￿ CThildlife has detcrniingj that these ev•us are noMdjustin8 th5eWI tvtnL& Acconthngty. thc finarKiai p¥JSiU￿ aThJ resvlTS or(vera￿￿ &% of wd for the ye¥ I￿￿d 31 MaTch 202) F•'e not bttn 4"uAed LO Ttn¢u their imF4¢L The thlrnt1(￿ and impxt of the Rtsssian Ukrainian ConfliLX . th¢ fvel LYiSi5 and the (￿flI¢L &4 the ¢tYediY¢nw of aTrJ central tAnk r¢SW)￿ ¥Jn¢l¢ar ￿ this 11 is nol rffjssible kn retiabty ellim the duration and sevuifj. of ihcse conswc4 ¥ ￿tIl their impux the firA￿la1 w)siiion and results of Childlife for Th¢ inL#ees are rtsryrtsible f(Y k"ttping xcrA]nung Teo)rds th dssclos¢ Mith reason￿e c¢uw at lime the finartiai ￿1110￿ of rlkwity and w enable them ￿ ew%utt the fin8rKial ¢(Kn￿￿' vith the Companies Au 2QlS. Tly e 4]$0 rt%K)nsible for safe8uardin8 tht ￿eLs of tht charity ￿ hts)ce kking The ITuAces ue re5[M￿SIble th¢ mainn￿¢t in8rity of thc and finarKial inforn)aiion Incl￿ c￿ the ¢haTithble ctnwty's MEbsitr. t4islaion in the Unid Kin8thm governing thc wcwalion ¢vmitiaLiOD of fthavial gatancnls diffcr from kg1511￿ in other jurisdirfi(￿. The clwity 15 cOn￿oI1ed by its 8ov¢rnin8 a dJ of wxl C(m￿lIu￿S a limi￿ (fffltAry. limits by BuaTT¢< ￿ dcfintd by the C￿P￿leS kn 2(￿). • thcre is rekvanl infonnion. bthng inf0mwi￿ )K¢ded iry the audikn in w¢kwin8 their reFrt of the is unawwe. ¥tMI . th¢ have thken all sty Lwglm w have taken in&Lvi&Jally as a tnwee irt ¢x&r to m*e themsdi'es of rele￿ audii infOnn￿l￿ arml w estabtish the is of tr•L Informa￿￿. within Part IS CLYn￿7CS Att 2(￿. P4e 12

Chlldlif¢ Report of¢be Trnsltts The ￿rtUal was Opp￿ed by the trus*es ofthe thwity on 28July 2023 4r#J si8rKd on its be￿lfby. Ms C White ChainnDn and Tn￿Let Pw13

Childlife ImdepeDde•t A•ditor's Report to ib¢ Members of ChildlKe Opthlo We have audiW the financial stht¢ments of Childlifc {thc'clw()fj for the 31 N4arch 2023. which ¢¢xnwise the Ststrmcni of Crnytknive Ir￿¢M¢. Sthm¢nl of FirwKia] P0511￿. StemeM of C&sh Fkn￿. and Notcs ￿ the Financial Ststrmtsms. i￿ludIng a wmmary of signifrant aLxxxJnting p)licies. Tht financial ff¢FXKting fr4rn￿￿ that has in their is unl￿ Kingthyn A¢c￿nting StarKlar ¢4)mgrrising Cl)ariu¢s SORP- FRS 102 Tr Financial Retxtin8 Stsndd ar4)licabi¢ irt thc UK RewbiTrc of Irdan& attd aAAitable law ILhMd KinB&xn Gcmcrni]y Acteyd ALr(￿Nin8 pla￿ll%). This repjrt is Tnade A)lety ￿ the chgritabl¢ cThnpnYs tnLSt¢th as a ixNty. '. 16 of thr Cornwies Aa 2(¥￿. Our audii has been so t1￿ mighi state ￿ the charl￿$ fulle# e<i¢nt p¢miill¢d b). law. xctry or &8surne rtsp)nubiliry ￿ anvonc othtr than the tharitsblc IxMnFdny and its as o •MliL fty this rqxwL for the opinions Ilave fornied. In our opinirfft thc f1Tr2Acial 8ive a aid fair view of the of the dwi(Ys affair5 a5 u 31 2023 and of its i￿ill8 rewurLYS wlication of re5rw￿ includtn8 its tsKome ex￿￿¢￿￿. for the ycar tlxn en&d: hDr bcen in xcordaKe with the requir•￿￿ts of ￿ CtMnr•nies Ad 2(￿. BM15 f•r•pl•lo• We ¢ondu¢t¢d tyjr audit in Mith IMcrn&ionai on Audiun8 {UKI IISAS IUKI) ¥tvliubl¢ l•v. (hty wibiliiies under tkne are fiwther described in the audityr r¢Sw￿1b11i1leS f the audii ofthc financial seaiffi of repxL We are ind¢￿th of the thwitv in accordance with the ethirdl reWireMu￿ are rei¢vam ￿ our audii of the fu￿￿la1 in thc UK. Inc1￿j1ng ihe FRC'S Ethical SwKiard aNI have fulfilled our othcr ethical wbilitits in i%ith th￿¢ requiremen Wc iriicve that th awjit rvidcnct have olxainoj ts 8nd 4ywiate ￿ (￿11de # Ethsis for Iwr We have whin8 ￿ fqKrt in res￿ ofthc fdkniing mla5 ￿ relati￿ to whith the ISAS {UKI require rq￿ lo you wthcre: the ￿L$￿eS ofthe Ftasis of rtsyJftting in the oftht fill￿1%i st#cmenL% is the ¢rustets have in the rItW￿l21 ￿Y iikniificd rna￿181 uncertainlies that ma). c& ggnlfK￿4 aErf)ut the charity's ability LO Conlinue the going t4sis Of aLxxNJnt•n8 a Th¢ tnw¢¢s ¥¢ resp)n￿ble fty the othcT inform￿1￿. Theothcr infcffmxion £￿i￿lseS the infonnth in¢ludgJ in the annual the fin￿¢141 S¢amemts our audiknr"s rel￿ Ihemm. (kn o[Ani￿ on the fina￿1￿1 StsLernenLS covtr the otrKr infcmaiion arf excqx ￿ the cxtent othcM5e cxplicitfv sthted in P48¢ 14

Cklldlif¢ IDd¢peud¢Dt A•dilor's Report to ile Members of Chlldllfe In ¢onn¢c¢ion with our •udii ofthe finvtciil srwrn¢ffl& r¢swm5ilxliiy 15 ￿ rtad the other infomiioTr in d¢)in8 so. consider whether the other inform￿lon i5 materially inconsistcni with the finarKial swements or our knowld8¢ Otain¢d in ih¢ audii ￿ ￿herwIse appe￿ to be makrially MIS￿(¢d. If * ithniify suth m￿¢1111 inconsi51tneics or DPPATcnt rnalerial mi5slaltmenl& are rtquired ￿ dern)ine ￿ther there is g m4eri81 mi&￿tt￿ent in the financial stments or * Mwitri￿ Missim￿l of th¢ thhrr infi>miion. If, iwed on the M¥Jrk wr have perfomied, ￿ ¢(4Klu& ¢hat thue is a rnawiai missw¢meni of this th Inf￿￿tiOn, Aft rrquirtd ￿ report thai fad. We hiye n￿h1n8 ￿ Tep￿ in this r¢gwd. Oplnloh oth •iber mitttr prdtrobed by ihe C•wpAle% Art 21M6 In our opinion. based on the undertaken in the CQUT5e of the AiL Ihe infomiaii¢M 8i%'en in the for ik fin?￿181 year for the financial stemenLS ¥e is nsisteni the fJnawgJ and the has been prepred in accordance wiih I￿￿C¥ble Ityl TrquiremErt& Mllen whkh we rt rtq•lred its rwrt by e¥t¢pil•• In th¢ lishi of our knowled8e and understndin8 of the d￿ty its ¢nvlft)nMe￿ 0￿IDed in the Cou￿¢ of th¢ BudiL wc have not identificd mrial miss1a1crncr￿ in the Rry￿rt of ik Trn#¢es. . We have noihinB to rcp)rt in rcsFcd of the followin8 nmllus the C(¥nwies Arf 2W6 requiffs us report io you if. in our opiniM= Adequate xYountin8 rtcords have been keFL w ￿urrO ow audii have been re£eii'cd rrom brarKhu visilcd by us. (r the financial s￿lern￿ ￿ not in •8wrem¢rt Mith thr xwJrttin8 rrLwd$4NI ttlums: Certahn diselosures of trus¢tts remu[￿￿￿ s￿¢IfIed by lth madv, or r have noi Tecfftved all ihe infL¥mat￿ and ¢xpithiLffj Mt require for our iudiL Rexponjlbllltles of trnsttts As Lyplainal more fvlly in the Sthtcrncni of Rcsponsiiililic5 (xt on pwgc I I l. the are r¢spJnsible for the p￿parati￿ of the financial aThl f(r btin8 ￿l$r￿d that they Biv¢ # true arnl fair vith¥'. tor Such inicmal control u the trustets d¢miine is io enabk the wetw•ion or rinanciai sTa(cments that frcc from matrTial mi551alrynrn( whdhcr ¢0 fr•Jd or¢rnY. In preydrin8 the financial ststemen￿ the trustccs arc rcswble f¢x assessing the dwity'5 abilily to E(mtinue a 80in8 concern, disc105in8. as g&ylicablo rclatcd kn goin8 the 8oin8 concern ￿1$ of accountin8 unlcss the tru5tCC5 cithcr inl¢nd to liwida th¢ charity w ts) c¢ase cwai￿n$, or have TK> realimic altemathve to so. Avditor respvwlbllltlu for th¢ A¥dlt •f lh¢ gttrntmts Our objeclives ar¢ reasonablc asgJrdnc¢ i¥heth¢r th¢ fiTk•Kiai sta&M￿LS &5 a W1￿[e are free from material MISS￿emenL ivhethu th to fra￿1 or error. and LC issw an athliior's repxt that indudcs our opinion. Reasonabl¢ a55urart¢ 1$ a high IM'¢1 of assur￿, t￿1 is rX a 8uwaniee that an audii Cf#M￿LXed in ¢ordan¢r ISAS IUKI Mill always a matrrial mtsstcment uthcn il exi5t& MisstatelTienlS can arise from fraud or etyor aThJ ore ¢onsid¢rtd mawial il, individuallv or in the a88re8ate. they could rea5￿abty i cxpe¢Led ￿ intluerJ¢¢ the economi¢ dwisions of w¢rs &en on the twis of the5t financial sth¢¢men P•8¢ 15

Childlife Independat Amditorfs Ryrf lo ¢tht Meber5 of Childlife We design wocedules in line our re4￿￿{bilIti& akn'£ to ddcct mrial in resp¢eL of irr¢8ulariii¢& iKluding fra￿J. The key lam's rtBul¥tths hffir ujnsidcred in this Lwt¢xi included the ComrAnies Ad 2(￿. ￿￿5]0￿ aTrA le8isi￿l￿. In lth"lion. we have ¢onsidwcAJ ￿>VisI￿￿ or (rfhcr laus and regulati￿￿ that th) trAv¢ • direct effed on the fin￿la1 stskmrnLS c4)m￿l￿nre m.ith whith may be fundamentsl to the Comp￿￿$ ability ¢0 OFKTdtc or to avoid a matrrial pudiy. The exMi w hich { pro¢eduresare cakmble of ddcciing i(reBularitic& ]nd￿lIng fraud ts ddailed Edow. o Usin8 our 8eneral comm¢fftal aThJ stcts)r eNKTience Ld thmu8h distw￿10￿S ith the dirtt￿ts and mana8emenL ￿ thniifi¢d arw of l•$ aT¥I rr8uLiLKL5 could rta4Jnabty t to htht & m8trri81 efYe¢i on the financi￿ smcmcnts &$ Mtil as arising fmn mwerts a5f¢SYW of th rith th irre8u12riii¢s ma). cither a result of fraud or n￿￿geMent any knthbTL sw¢d irtstsrtes offrnd orMn-LY>mpliance with regulations. and remoined 01tr4 ￿ •y 1•dic￿lL¥l5 Offra￿ or 1￿COMpli1￿ce with and rtgu1￿10nS thrnU8l￿ the w￿l1. o ITh athI￿sSIn$ ￿ risk of oi'mide ofLYfrtrol& the ofNNrnal entries. We Iso ¢hall¢n8ed and jud8￿￿￿ m•Jc by rnwgcmax in their 5i8NficN ¥¢Th￿ing eMimI￿ and judgemcnts. Ther¢ are inh¢r¢n¢ limiwic•)s in thc Klii dtscriFd akne Md the fiwther rtnwed ￿￿lIal￿e with laMS a￿￿ regulaiM)ns is from thr cv¢nts and ty8[￿lionS rellea¢d in finwKai Sto￿￿¢￿￿ thc Ic5s likdy wc uybuld trcome amwt rjfii. Also. the risk of thtedin8 a mauiai rni&wemefft duE fo fraud 15 higlKr than the risk of not detscun8 or frrth ¢rrrx. as fraud may in1￿1¥t dclittratr concuimtni Fry. for ex•mple. fot8thy inieniional misrcrKCs￿¢atiO￿. or IlThL8h coll￿0￿. A furthrr description of our reswisibiliii¢s is A￿lIable on the FinarKiaf ReW￿lAS c￿ll￿11.5 *' w.frc.or8.uklatyJiioNwthMbiliiies. Thisd¢xriFrtion f(ffiKs prt tsf tyJr audi￿$ rry¥xL P•8e 16

Chlldlif¢ IDdepelldethl Aditor'J Report to tht Mtwbtn of Childlife A5 pon of an o¥dii in a¢¢(Ydwtt Mth ISAS {UKk wt ￿￿¢15¢ jtyjgui￿1 •nd fflaim•in professional s¢qXi¢i5m fvou8lwi the awlLL W¢ 8150: Idtniify aThJ assess th¢ risks of mrial of firtaKial to fraud or error. desi8n and pufonn audit wrttdures rtsrm5ive io those risk& and rtAain audit eyidcntt that is surricieni aThl appropriatt kn provide a IAsis for LW Opini<￿. The of ￿ detrctin¥ a mrial mi&8latcrncnt r￿J111￿8 from Ira￿1 is hiAhcr than for one reyAliin8 from error. a5 fla￿1 may involvc LvIIuslL￿, for8ery in(cn¢ional omis5i¢y4 rnlwcwe5enlat￿ or the ovuridc of intcrnal contml. ij)thirt an utyjersthnding of rtlevMt ￿ the I￿11 in ordtt w d¢sign a￿dI[ w¥xxdures th ¥e apropriiie in th¢ ¢ir¢ums¢K4 tr￿1 no¢ pwp)st ofexr¥essin8 an ￿1n￿)n on the eifeaivMe55 of Ihe chAriLy'S inrnaS control. relaied dixlosures fAad¢ b). the uustee5. Conclude on the apprnwiaw)ess of the tswe¢s use orth¢ going bssis ofT￿MIng 8nd, iwed on the #tylii eviiknce ￿b￿lAed. exists r¢l•d or ¢ondiliMs thai may c&51 si8nificani on the charity's ability to C￿￿nUt a5 a 8oin8 ¢(K￿ern. IfE c￿¢1￿ matrri Vr￿ertainlY ex1￿ wt ire rtquired (o thaw attrntion in audit¢x s rryKm to tht ￿lated disclosurcs in the rinancial 51aicmcnts lx, ifsuth disclosure5 are inwJequ. ￿ ￿￿)dify w opnion. Our LThdusi(w b&scd on (he •udil ¢vide•Ke 0￿￿•￿ed up w the d•¢e ol LwJr wdit(Y's Ilowe¥¢r. or wndiih)ns may caus¢ Ihe chwitv ￿ cease ￿ o)Min4K as * goin8 c(¥i¢¢m. Evaluaie the overnll pffs¢nwion, SfnKw¢ and ¢(m¢¢n¢ of the fin•Kial sW¢m￿￿, irdudin8 the dis¢losure5, i¢hi¢ves fair Fffesen¥LI(XI. 0￿1n syifKi¢M aFfwiat¢ audii ¢viden¢¢ T¢8ardin8 the firAncial infrym4iM of th¢ eniiiies rK busin activities within the charity 10 Lipre5s an rixALon on the fin￿1￿1 swemffits. We art Tt¥Am5ible for ihe direclion. supervision and of the charl￿. a￿.1. We remain wlety re5r)nsible for our audil opinion. We cornmunicate iiith those charBed with 8ovcrnance re8ardin& aTrw)n8 ￿eT rnattry thc planncd sLYJpr liming of the audi( and SiBnific4ni audit findin￿ irKludin8 any %Bnificani defKiCmCiCS Tn intcrnil control thal E idcntify during 0￿r *wJiL Romii Basu FCA {Pannerl For ond on behaifof DSK P4ftner5 LLP. Chartcrcd AccounwLS and S￿ry AuditLYs D S House 306 Hi8h Sve¢t Croydon Surrey CRO ING 28 July 2023 P4ge 17

Childllfe Sltemut of Cowprehewsiye latome for the Year Ended 31 March 21)23 {IDdudiMg In¢￿t Ad Expttsdit•re Actount aud Statement of Tolal Recog•ised Gaims amd lA￿t￿) T￿1 2023 T•tal 2•22 Int￿¢ d E￿ts fr 1288J27 3J42 1.173.690 2Z8 lrtvesim¢ni in¢ome 1.291,869 1.173.918 RoisinB funds Charitsble •aivilie5 (914.890) I4[M).￿￿)) 110.431 19i5,028 1320.0001 19.7101 Tctsl exrrnditu .325J211 11.264,7381 133.4521 190.820 nN)vewi in 133.4521 190.8201 R¢¢M¢lkntio• of f••d• TLtsl furAb kntyjtht fLTh¥d 423J07 514.327 TLMal CTied fmwrd 12 3￿.055 423.507 All of¢he Charitys xtivilies d¢ri¥e fmm ¢t¥rtinuin8 the aiwe Th¢ funds brtskikn￿ fty 2022 is in 12. Tht noles on 21 ￿ 21 fomi an ofthe5t finKial P•8¢ 18

Cblldllfe (R¢Eislr¢ioD nmber 03696656) Sla¢eme•¢ of a131 2023 2•23 2022 N• In￿n81b1¢ 055¢ts Tan8ible ustts 4.921 4.921 5.421 4.921 Currtf Me Debtors C95h ai bank and in hand io 41.651 457.672 27,401 443 724 4WJ23 473.125 Credlton: flliMz d• ytr 1114.6891 54.5391 Ntt tMrre¢ uets J84.634 418,586 •sxts 3￿.055 423 507 ds of¢h¢ (harlty: Umreslrltted Into￿ f•Dth Unresirided r￿dS 3￿.055 423.507 Total funds 12 390,055 423.507 The iwsitts a¢know'l¢d8¢ their roymsibiliii¢s for (al t￿Urin8 that the charithbk keqjs records th l¥￿￿Y Mith Seuions 386 and 387 of thc Companies Act 2(￿68nd Ibl preparin8 finKial ststernffits xthich 8iVt a tnJE flir vi•4. of the st of alTaiws of the tharilable company ￿ a( the Cl￿ ofcath yrar of its gJrp4u5 or dEfKit r(Y firwKial ycar in acwrdanr¢ ith the requirements of Seciions 394 395 %thith othernise eomply wth the requiremettts of ihe Companies A¢t 2(K16 rtlating far as I￿11(01￿¢ ￿ the rharitsblc ￿p￿y. The5¢ financial yai¢rn•)ts have trywed in the wov151￿$ a￿lIuble lo charitable cOm￿nICS subjecl to the small comr1￿1£5 Tt8inK. Thc financial slatrrnents on Fq8C5 ll to 28 ￿TTE by tht trust￿ 4wthLYixd for i5suc on 28 July 2023 and signed on their beha]fby: Msc Whit¢ Chaim)an Tnjs The rt0￿ on p4es 21 to 28 f(ffm an p*tofthese P4t 19

Chlldlife Statement of for the Year Ended 31 Marth 2•23 2•23 2•22 N•te c4sh expenditiwe 133.452) (W.820) DepTeCidtion Amortisa¢ion Invesw¢ inwme 447 4.421 135421 3.480 (228} 131126) 187.0281 Worklue ¢plil Incre&se in debts￿5 lrtcrea* in crcditcKs io (14250) ,150 (1.7551 1.270 cash flow5 from 0￿1n8 adiviiits 13.774 187.513 Cash flows fr•m iDvesll#g A¢llvttl¢s r¢¢eivable aT￿ 5irniJar incorne Purchase olin¢on8ible fixoj Purch￿ of tsnBible fix4xI assets 3542 228 SJ681 cash Ilows from inveMinB xtiviiies 11.8261 (5.7731 Nd in¢r¢asellde¢ruse} in ¢ash aThJ cash t￿1¥￿1¢￿￿ Cgsh 2nd ¢quival¢nLS * I AFvil {932861 445.724 539.010 and rash rquivalents at 31 M¥reh 457.672 445.724 Rttohelllltlon •f att tl•w (o •b•V¢Arnt l• •d f••ds Incr￿Cl(d￿rr￿￿} in cash 193286) funds li l April 2022 445.724 539.010 funds Al 31 March 2023 457.672 445.724 All of lh¢ cash att derived from wniimiing thwinB the knve The LN) pays 21 ￿ 21 fon an inwl Fwt ofthcse rim￿111 Page 20

Cbildlife Notes to tht FiD2ncial Ststememts for iht Year EDdtd 31 March 2023 The financial sts¢eFnents have been weparcd in aLLYdanct ivith Acct4miin8 and R4￿rtIng by Chariiies: Ststcmurt ot. RecorThn¢nd¢d Prxtict I4ylicablt ty d4rities wgxriii8 ththr a¢¢ounts in wi¢h the FitwiEial RrFMKting Sthndar(l aNAi¢able in the UK and Rybli¢ of It¢1￿￿1 (FRS 1021) li&su¢d in ckthb¢r 20191 - (ChaTiiies SORP {FRS 10211. ￿ FinT4wi81 Re￿dIN& Swhjard awii¢8ble in the UK Re[M￿le o( Ireland IFRS 102) ind lh¢ Companies Aa 2(￿. Bis15 •fprep•r¥ilo Chbldlifc mttL5 the detiniiion of 4 public bt¥Kfil ¢ntity undtr FRS 102. A5sds knd liatilities art inilially rwnised ￿ historical cost orlrknsxtK>n value unleu (knise sthtsd in thE relcvthi A¢couniin8 yK4ley n( C•rr¢n¢y The finartciil sth¢ements are prepred in A¢rtin8 is kn the fundi(oM] ewrerKy of the compmy rtyJTMkd ￿ the nearem wd. ID¢Qrnt •nd All income is reco8nis¢d once the charity ¢nLidem¢ni ￿ the I￿Orne. il is rycknble the irwe will be Tec¢iva and the ￿OUnt ofihe inwme rt¢¢ivoble ¢8n b¢ mea5umJ rdiat4y. 4ndle84tleJ Voluniary income 15 received by of ￿n￿lOn$ is indth in the Sutcrnrni tsf Financi41 Actii'ilies rweivable or r￿e1ved. The majwily ol'the are rtttived in the ionn ol"pyroll 8i%'in& Stndin8 orders nd direct debi¢s. The nalure ofthtse fo￿5 of th￿￿10n is bc cancclled at any lirnc by thc dortor. In mosl ca5C5 thcy orc th¢r¢f(Yr reco8ni5cd uwn rwciO unk55 thur is a rvl•inty th¢ rrr¢ivable d alxsui the period io whi¢h 4ltyibuthble. Income from 8ift aid rewverable is reco8niseil in the sllmg ac¢ounling period th￿ the rtjated are rwised. The value of setvice5 kyovided by i.01￿[cel$ h85 Thx t%tn I￿l￿ded. The value of xrvitt5 pyovided by volunie¢TS has not b¢¢n in¢luded. Deleriedlne•m* Any income reteiyed by the Charl￿ in adv￿ of the the datr uwjn wthich it bt¢orn￿ rcccivabic is dCrC￿ed until ihai dye date. Such arnoums •r¢ rnawiI and •ris¢ rnly incidenttll).. Expenditure ExrKnditure is recognised in (IK ￿lod in wthich li is incurrcd. F￿r￿li￿rE inclth ¥Uriiwtable VAT. P4geZI

Childlife Noles lo the FIDaDciI S¢iemeAts for the Yexr Ellded 31 March 2023 Ralslmzfvnds The costs of raisin8 Vol￿ iAC(xnc includ¢s aTKMmts pwid by Childlife durin8 the firAnci¥l Ne4r ¢0 third tics to reffliit (ommiued 8iYtfs the d4rity aThJ ￿ undu￿¢ vwious ￿er￿The fundraisin8 cam￿lS￿S. tknxys to Childlife dMx)se ￿ thna¢ via tA>'roll giving. vxa thc gift aid sdKrne or via IKrne Ixjxes. l( is dwity's wlio ￿ ¢YrKffjc these (oms in the pcnod in wknich thry incune PROMOTIONANDSUPPOR TOF MEMBER CHARITYES This includes the COSLS of aTMJ SU￿ w the memiYr dwilies and the of Or•r￿ F4yabk. The surplus of net inLThne after alknMin8 f¢y and suNwxt COAS for mcmbcr dwitics and 8ovemartce Costs is distriixbted ¢q￿llY oll a quarterly tSi5 10 its momlv dwiiies. A fitTrh ￿j.rnr￿t may be made nualty w the m¢mtr thilic& awmval by the ￿￿￿es. based w surplus reseNes dderniird fro the annual finan¢ial li 1$ the ¢I￿rIf￿$ ￿11CV indude flth 8rnnts ITh the ￿lty1 ￿ thich Ihey r￿￿e. Grothts offered sutried kn C￿￿111r￿ ￿1¢h h•Ye been rb)d 45 a comm1un￿l K¢nJed as exF¢ndi(urc. Childlife has bttn •ffe¢d in the fom ofkn of frryn the imw orcov1￿19 thxinB th¢ yw knd li has benefital frorn 5aviny IA wsts thu¢(￿ this Th)t si￿lf1• the enury's fin8nci Fwi¢ion. Childlife has ddemiird these eve￿ we subxqtwi ty'¢nts. AC￿￿1n81y. the finw￿l11 iiion and ffsulfs of or¢rntKffj a5 of and (C￿ the yur erthd 31 M8rch 2022 hai'¢ ￿ bttn adjustrd ￿ rtfle¢i ihtyr imtrfrt. It is p)ssible to relithy estima(t the d￿￿10n aTrJ 5everir> oftr¢ ¥￿se9￿¢￿¢¢$ of COV1[￿19, rll ￿ their IM￿ on ihe finan¢i¥ F)SiiifJ) •nd regJlLS of the COMp￿Y for fuwre periods. Pmvisions for oArt% v¢ tr¢ inmI￿ b) me 1 l$ bren tvnnMJnicd to the rttipierti iwi thue is uncenairty either the lirnin8 of th¢ y•M w the *iMxxrt frf8￿ ￿Y•b￿. (kni'crnance costs relled OP￿ing eCdLS exdthlin8 direL% wpp)n wsts of rnisins fuThJs nd ¢hwitstAe •¢ti%iiie&

Cbudllft Not￿ lo the Flthell Sl¢¢meMts for ¢ke Y￿r E•ded 31 Mr¢b 2023 Aliotatl•￿ Md Apportlomrntvt oft•sts Costs which are directly aiLTiFArt2ble ￿ a chariLgble ￿1vIlY to the a￿ of raisin8 fund4 art allrKated directly io ih¢)se aciivity cost £￿t80r1e5. Itans of expendilure contrily￿e directly w the oU¢r￿[ of ￿Te onc activity cosi cate80ry are ap￿>rtIoned on a rcwnaNc, juAir￿e consistcni bgsis. DqKCi￿th is attri￿ted in accwdance ivith wirKipies. SuFWt C051sv4thith are shared ¥Aii'ilic5 a reasonable: justifiable and consistent basis ￿ the 8di¥ity ¢gories iing s￿￿)rta. The basis of atpxtionrneni of xtual costs ￿ by tht eAimakd lime sptni by individual mtmbcrs of ￿aff L diftereni aetivity cos( c￿e8one5. MOSL other supw LX&$ are awxbrtl￿Cd in the same Wor￿￿￿0￿ a5 the gaff cost5 unless thue ￿t stttific re￿￿5 to 4yly differtnl of the co ￿ diff¢reni ￿]Vity ¢(6¢ categories. Exwdiwre is classified under wirKipl of c1w1￿C and (ther extwdbLure the type of expense. in or41¢r LO provide usefvl it)fCThatl(￿ w u%rs of tht chWi￿Ne acliviues wnwise direcl ypcndiiu￿ in¢ludirb8 dirffi w(f¢o45 •llTi1￿bl¢ to the xtivity. Su¢pJrt co#$ hve been 8liLKated kn ￿1vill¢S on the average staff lime 5rrtnt. &bvcnwKt rosts arc those incurrcd in connc£lion with the mw4emeni of the Chwity's asset& Lwnisationai &ninistrnion and complithcc with ￿m￿lI￿lI0￿1 INI sthtu requiremen￿. Grants ￿Y¥￿Ie are ch•rged in y¢•r kn th¢ olT¢r is ￿￿Veyed th the rrripi¢ni ¢xcy in iho5¢ Ca5cs thre th¢ offer is condiiionol, suth b¢in8 Yffognised as ¢xtthdIiu￿ the C¥￿￿1110ns Aitached have betn Irilld. (ironts oiT¢r¢d subjea %vhith have noi been md ￿ the yearnd are * commitmeni, Iwi nrt accnKd 0$ ¢xpenditw¢. C•n$ortl Donaiions ￿ Childlife Is a result of Smile a Minutt and Fritt￿ at Work ThJ Together for ChM8e 0)n￿￿18 ve rtCO8niscd in ihc St3tcmtnt of Financial Adiii(i¢s u'ithirt thjrtaiions. ExErtThliiwe on recNi￿CfiI WKI administralioTr of donor5 for the is reco8ni5d in thr Sthtcmrni of Fir￿￿1￿ Aaiviiies i￿thin ndraisin8 COSIS. TA&tloD The charity 1$ from corp)rnioA iLsdTrarithbl¢ iviii¢s. P•8e 23

Ckildlife Notes to Ib¢ Fl•nd•l s11t¢•￿ts for the Year Ended 31 mar￿ 2023 Tgnglble fiAed •ss¢ts Tgngibl¢ fixed £ss¢ts held for the entsty¥ usc Icss lea￿llIa￿l detxeuation and cumuled impaimicni I0￿s. tkwttiation is provithd at rnks calculated th WYiLt olT th o)5t of r￿ed •y¢t& Iw their ¢5bJDaJ rcy4kn1 value, th.er iheir ￿pecI¢d uscful live5 at the followin8 riits Computer Equiwt- 25% strgiw liv¢ Fixiure & Fil(Ln8s- 25% Mrai8hi li Website costs- 50% stfHi8h( linc Asgets he14 under fift￿¢¢ d4Yecwd in w•v a5 OW7Kd 1$% Al cach statement of financiAI W>SiLion d. the the c￿%￿8 rwJrt of1￿ thnsibk fixed assets deirrnine ivhethtt ihttc is any indication th¥ ims hait 9Jffeffd M impaimKni loss. If ￿Y indic#tion exis1s. the recovernble am(wJn( of an a55d is t￿lmated in order LO dennine the oftr¢ •m￿lm￿ne if y. Whrr¢ li is Frt)ssibi¢ to eAima the r￿￿trable of tr •55¢L the ¢Mity ¢yim8trs the ft¢oi'¢r4)le tdnouni ofthe ￿h￿n￿mIn8 unit lo the assd t¢kn8s. Un￿$trIcted inc￿¢ furth vt 8trni fwlds ¥¢ ¥s¢ at the tvuaees distrditin or the obj¢rtives ofthc tharity. Resiric¢cd lund5 ran only be ￿ed for PrtiLwlar restriud ivithin (*yeLts of tr¢ clwity. Restyidions se %vh¢rt specif￿d bv the ¢knoror fwKls are raised for ￿lcul¥ PA8¢ 24

Childlife Noles to tle FI•Dell Stteme•ts for the Year Ended 31 mA￿h "023 2 froo domatlms md lepeks T•tl 202J 1022 DOn￿l0￿S Iwi Donaiions frorn individllds 1.288.327 1.173.690 1.288.327 1.173.690 3 Investmet l¢0 Totsl 21123 T•tsl 2(122 Inierest rt¢¢iv•bie and similw Inieresl receivable on &p)si(s 3,542 228 4 Expujdltuwt rais￿8 f•nds ) Other t•ats •fteBerAllmz dMlhMs leExcks T•tl 2922 23 Expendiiurc on Taisin8 fix 914.8 914,8 935.028 5 Expefjdlt￿r¢ •• ¢knrltbie rtfvltks To¢1 2•23 Tot1 2•22 N•tt GY8ni f￿￿ing of •aiviii¢ 320.iXKI P88e 25

Notes to the ￿￿￿till Stst¢m¢•ts for the Year Euded 31 MaY¢h 2023 a Tv¥s¢ees rnMMTtloth thd expe￿1 No truses l￿'t ￿1Ved any reiMtr￿Ised exFthses the Lknty the yw. 7 Staff e•5ts The aggres￿¢ wmll wrre ¥$ Sf•ff c•5ts d•r yttrwere: Wg8es thj saltrits 161.452 The rt￿thIY mern8e rnvnber of (irKlwJinA setiior I Itdetship employed by the d￿llY thirinl th¢ yar cwssed Is fvll fft equiv•lerrts was as folbm: 2•22 N• Cts￿ ofraisini irw Chai￿l￿r #ciiviiies No trnpknytt rtteiied emlurnenLS of tr•n £￿.{K￿l ¢knini thc yrw. P•8e 26

Cblldllf¢ NO1￿ to the FlmAnelAJ Stteme•ts for the YeAr Ended 31 M2reb 2023 8 Iwt•4glbk flJ¢d •sxts C••p¥l¢r ftr Tot1 Cos¢ At l April 2022 21.356 21.356 At 31 March 2023 21.356 21.356 A￿ort￿lI1•￿ At l April 2022 Charse for thc yt¥ At 31 Mirch 2023 l&435 4,421 16.435 4.421 20.856 20,856 bogk wl•e Al 31 Mar¢h 2023 5Tr) Ai 31 M￿h 2022 4.921 4.921 9 Tau￿ble fixed as%ts Totl Cost Al l Awil 2022 Addiiions 23.152 SJ68 23.IS2 5.368 A(31 March 2023 28520 28J20 Deprecl•t50 A( l April 2022 ChArge for the yegr 23.15Z 447 23.152 447 Ai 31 Mar¢h 2023 23399 23.599 Net book vl At 31 March 2023 4.921 4,921 AL 31 Mar¢h 2022 P•8¢ 27

Childlife

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023

10 Debtors

10 Debtors
Prepayments Other debtors	2023 £ 12,691 28,960 41,651	2022 £ 5,517 21,884
		27,401

11 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Trade creditors Other taxation and social security Other creditors Accruals	2023 £ 72,395 - 3,586 38,708 114,689	2022 £ 32,431 1 7,655 14,452
		54,539

12 Funds

12 Funds
Unrestricted funds General Unrestricted funds General	Balance at 1 April 2022 £ 423,507 Balance at 1 April 2021 £ 514,327	Incoming resources £ 1,291,869 Incoming resources £ 1,173,918	Resources expended £ (1,325,321) Resources expended £ (1,264,738)	Balance at 31 March 2023 £ 390,055
				Balance at 31 March 2022 £ 423,507

13 Related party transactions

The board of trustees, which has four members, one from each member charity, administers the Charity and meets quarterly. Each trustee is an employee of one of the member charities. Grants of £100,000 each (2022: £80,000 each) were payable to the four member charities during the financial year. The Charity was controlled by four member charities throughout the financial year.

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Childlife Det7411ed Stalememl of WiThaD¢ial Activities lor tbe Yer Ended 31 March 2023 Totsl 2023 Total 2022 ltstome #hd EdowMehii from: t)onJtions and1¢8a¢ies lanaly%d b¢lowl lttvestment income lknalystd btltsM'I T￿al incorne 1288J27 3J42 1.173,61XI 228 .291.869 .173.918 EApeNditure Raising funds lanalysed below) charl￿ble aciivitie5 lanalysed below) Goyernanct cosls I914.8￿} I400.(￿)) 110.431) 1935.028) I320,(￿ 19,710 Total Lxpcnditure Nei expendilure Ne¢ movemeni in funds 325 90.820 (33.4521 (90.8201 R¢¢on¢lll¢knTh of Total funds brou8hi fi)n¥8rd Total fun￿ carried forwd 423.507 514,327 390.055 423.507 This pA8e nL* forrn pul of the finwKial Sknents.

Cbildlife Detailed StateMeBt of Finamcial AetivitKs for the Y￿r Emded 31 Mreh 2023 Tfrtl 202J T•tsl 2•22 Donaiknll5 amdlegacles Appr415 and dona¢iws 1288J27 I.173.6￿) 1.288J27 1.17i.6 Inresi o dekY)Sits 3J42 228 3.542 228 FuTMlrnisin8 Costs (Mher futLdraising costs Wo8¢s ond salari¢9 Rates In5urnfbce Teleph(￿¢ and fax Computer software and moinimth￿ Printin8. rK)s¢28e and swionery Trndt sutxcriptions Sundry exF¢nses Tr8v¢l and sub5isttnce Adveni5in8 Audilors, remuneration- non aydit Le8aJ and professi￿￿1 fccs Bank ¢har8es Lkpre¢ia(ion of orfice equipnent (782.2241 11.0801 (67226) 14.7721 (9281 11.0151 110.0761 17.8991 {1891 1223) 171.0161 15.4631 (I,lrfJ81 134.2631 (2,1471 112841 11.1981 {531 19801 19.6(Kl) (1,689 116.6591 14,020} 1541 I4.8￿) 11,6421 143,617} 14.868} 1914.8 1935.028) Grants psyable- inst1￿10Th$ 1320.( 1320.¢M)I Govern4ceeosts Wa8es and sw18ri¢s 110,431) {9.7101 (9.710