DIGNITY FREEDOM NETWORK
Annual Report 2025
Dignity & Freedom ...for the poor, the marginalised, and the outcastes in South Asia.
FROM OUR CEO
Opportunity and Excellence! These are the two words that stand out to me in this Annual Report for 2025.
DFN’s work is all about providing opportunities to the most vulnerable in India. At its heart this is justice. As I read Salma, Yendapally, Manjula, Rubya, Vijaya and Saritha’s stories, I am inspired by their resilience and encouraged by the impact of DFN’s work. This changes not only individual lives but also, by challenging attitudes, helps bring deeper and lasting change.
Excellence is reflected in the school results and in the holistic approach of our partners in India. There are outstanding results to celebrate – surpassing even private schools. Programme design uses technology wisely to extend reach, while constant evolution and best practice help ensure change will be sustained in a rapidly changing world.
However, it is not all good news – there is increasing hostility to faith based groups in India, and funding is an increasingly competitive field. Yet, with your partnership, there is so much to celebrate in this Annual Report. Thank you for being part of creating opportunity and supporting excellence.
*** For security reasons names have been**
TINA GREAR | DFN UK
changed and we use representative images in these stories.
Cover photo: Good Shepherd School students enjoying IT lesson
DFN UK is part of the global family of Dignity Freedom Networks supporting partners in India. Here’s how it works...
USA BRAZIL UK GERMANY SWITZERLAND AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND
Staff: 1 full-time and 8 part-time (equivalent to 3.5 full-time). Engaged in:
� Raising Awareness � Fundraising � Advocacy
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India partners Punjab
Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh
Bihar
inc. Good Shepherd Schools Gujarat Madhya Pradesh West Bengal
Maharashtra Odisha
inc. clinics and health workers Telangana
Schools
Primary Clinics
inc. grants, vocational training
Tamil Nadu
preventing exploitation of women and children
Jharkhand
Andhra Pradesh
Chhattisgarh
Karnataka
Haryana
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India partners Delivering:
EDUCATION
“Today it is time for every child to have a right to life, right to freedom, right to health, right to education, safety, the right to dignity, right to equality and right to peace.” KAILASH SATYARTHI | NOBEL LAUREATE
Our schools programme began at the turn of the millennium in response to requests from leaders of marginalised communities in India, including Dalit, tribal and other low-caste groups. They asked for good quality, English-medium education for their children in a non-discriminatory environment where everyone is respected regardless of race, creed, caste or gender. By providing this, Good Shepherd schools give these children opportunities their communities had been denied for generations.
Our schools’ focus is not solely on academic achievement, but also on developing students’ self-belief and character so they can fulfil their potential. We aim to equip them to overcome discrimination and the societal barriers that have built up over generations.
Academic results also remain important, as measured through national board examinations. Our schools achieved a 97.5% pass rate in 2025, outperforming state and national averages as well as many elite private and government schools.
79 SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE
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16,971
STUDENTS
ENROLLED
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97.5% PUBLIC EXAM PASS RATE
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Meet Yendapally
Like most children in our schools, Yendapally comes from a family facing severe hardships. His father works a small plot of land by hand and his mother earns a pittance by rolling cigarettes. Even so, Yendapally dreams of becoming an engineer so he can design farming equipment that would make life easier for families like his own.
He is working hard to turn that dream into reality. With strong encouragement from his teachers, he is progressing well academically and also stands out in sports, including kabaddi, volleyball and athletics.
“ Good Shepherd School didn’t just teach me subjects - it taught me to believe in myself! ”
Strengthening foundations
In 2025, the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) Programme was introduced across all Good Shepherd Schools to strengthen core skills in English, local languages and mathematics, equipping students for success in school and beyond.
The programme focuses on pre-school to Class 3 and promotes experiential, joyful learning. It also prioritises parent partnership, staff training in engaging teaching methods, and the integration of digital technology in the classroom. FLN forms part of a national response to the developmental impact of the pandemic on children.
Expanding opportunities
During the year, five primary schools were upgraded to secondary schools. In a significant development, two high schools, in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, can now offer education up to Class 12. One recorded a 100% pass rate in both Class 11 and Class 12.
Students can now choose from two science streams and one commerce stream. The team in India is also planning facility upgrades at four additional schools to enable them to offer education up to Class 12.
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Through our ‘Reducing the Risk’ initiative, girls at risk of REDUCING exploitation have been given the opportunity to get an the RISK: education and stay in school, enabling them to flourish.
Education provides children with skills and knowledge that will enable them to escape poverty and its consequences.
Salma: Escaping the shackles!
When Salma* turned 13, her parents arranged for her to marry a man twice her age. With five children to feed and a season of failed crops, they believed the marriage would bring them much-needed money from the groom’s family as well as one less mouth to feed at home.
Alarmed that Salma had suddenly stopped attending school. her teachers alerted our field team. They intervened and discussed the situation and its implications with Salma’s parents. Eventually the family cancelled the wedding.
Salma’s school fees were waived and she received the uniform and supplies she needed to return to class. Today she is thriving in Class 8, a keen reader who dreams of becoming a police officer, determined to stop other child marriages in her community.
CHILD MARRIAGE: Girls aged between 10 and 13, especially those from marginalised communities, are most at risk of being pushed into one form or another of exploitation. This includes child marriage. India has the highest number of child brides in the world (UNICEF 2021). Girls marrying before 18 are more vulnerable to exploitation and domestic violence, more likely to stay out of school and have poorer health and nutrition.
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Manjula: Chasing her dreams!
Manjula* was the fastest runner in her village. Her mother, Radha (who had escaped the Jogini tradition of ritualised prostitution) now sold vegetables from a cart to provide for her three children. Manjula, the eldest, loved school and athletics. Then one day her hopes of running for her school were cruelly snatched from her.
Radha suddenly collapsed due to a chronic illness. Overnight, Manjula had to leave school, take over her mother’s vegetable stall, and care for her younger siblings. Now trapped in child labour, Manjula’s running stopped, her lessons ceased, and her dreams crumbled.
But then our Indian colleagues were able to step in. They arranged healthcare for Radha, and provided rations so the family could eat. They gave Manjula a full scholarship, enabling her to return to school and have the opportunity to fulfil her potential!
Children in Good Shepherd schools are encouraged to enjoy learning and also extracurricular activities such as sport and the arts, to discover their talents and abilities.
This year, Manjula excelled in her Class 6 exams and won a national-level gold medal in athletics for her school. Today, she runs with new determination and tells her teachers that she dreams of running for India at the Olympic Games!
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“...health inequalities are linked to and reflect socioeconomic inequalities. Oftentimes, it is the socioeconomically marginalised communities that suffer from ill-health the most.” OXFAM | INDIA INEQUALITY REPORT 2021
HEALTHCARE
Ill health and disease are both a cause and a consequence of poverty, especially in marginalised communities. We aim to provide accessible healthcare to communities which have been excluded from this basic human right. Many of our healthcare initiatives are linked to our schools and our community development programme.
The healthcare programme expanded and strengthened its services during 2025. Key developments included enhanced eClinic technology, additional satellite centres for child therapy, and the opening of a hospice and elderly care facility to support the growing number of people affected by HIV and related health conditions.
More than 90 eClinics were strengthened through AIenabled WhatsApp access, an upgraded digital platform that supports additional regional and local languages, and the digitisation of patient records.
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975k
PATIENTS SEEN IN
eCLINCS
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1m+ 85k PATIENTS HELPED PEOPLE SCREENED IN BY CHWs POP-UP CLINICS
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The development of eClinics has rapidly expanded the reach of our healthcare programme among poor and marginalised communities.
Six more primary clinics are located in key underserved areas. Staffed by doctors, nurses and support personnel, they also help to resource and support the health programme in their region.
The hub clinic and in-patient facility is located in central India in the state of Telangana, where the healthcare programme is based. They resource the programme nationally, including providing training for staff. HUB CLINIC & HOSPITAL Our 90 eClinics enable patients in rural areas and slums to access doctors and specialists via a video-link. Community health workers support patients with their medication, treatment and referrals.
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CHWs
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Community Healthcare Workers (CHWs) are either based in a school or in villages as part of our community development programme. They play a key role in screening and in health education. Many of them come from the communities they serve.
Doctors, CHWs, and other medical practitioners reach remote rural areas and slums through pop-up clinics. Usually lasting a day, these clinics screen patients, diagnose illness and disease, prescribe treatment and, where necessary, make referrals.
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SCHOOL During the Spring, DFN UK raised funds to provide more regular health checks for children in our schools. They HEALTH help to identify issues which may hamper children in their CHECKS: studies and in their lives. Early identification and treatment helps students to fulfil their potential.
Community Health Workers are based in more than three quarters of our schools. As well as monitoring the health of students and delivering basic health, hygiene and nutrition education, they also serve the local community.
Rubya: a life saved!
During what should have been a routine health check at one of our schools in Tamil Nadu, an alarming situation came to light. Four-yearold Rubya* was not just undernourished — she was dangerously so. She weighed only 7kg. Further examinations revealed another devastating diagnosis: a painful tumour on her neck.
Surgery offered hope. Yet Rubya was simply too weak to withstand the procedure.
Without intervention, her condition would only worsen. Refusing to accept this outcome, our dedicated school-based community health worker stepped in. She worked closely with Rubya’s family, providing hands-on care, persistent encouragement, and clear nutritional guidance. Day by day, Rubya began to grow stronger. Slowly, the scales crept up to 10kg.
That weight gain changed everything. Rubya is now strong enough to undergo the surgery she desperately needs.
Rubya’s story is a powerful reminder of what early health checks in schools can achieve.
They don’t just identify problems — they open doors to care, restore hope and, in some cases, save young lives.
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A range of accredited paramedical courses in our Women’s Development Centres not only enable women to acquire marketable skills, but also provide staff for our healthcare programme.
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
Skills training empowers men, and particularly women, to access jobs or set up in business. This enables them to lift themselves out of extreme poverty. Our Indian colleagues do this through various initiatives including vocational training and small business set-up grants.
“There is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women” KOFI ANNAN | 7TH SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Women’s Development Centres are central to our economic empowerment programmes. They provide accredited vocational training for women from poor and marginalised communities who are vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Counselling and healthcare are also available.
Alongside the ten satellite centres operating in rural Telangana, Women’s Development Centres are now expanding into other states, including Tamil Nadu in South India and Rajasthan in north-west India. The range of courses has grown beyond tailoring, basic IT, and beautician skills to include several paramedical modules. Graduates of these modules have secured employment both within our healthcare programme, particularly as community health workers, and with external employers.
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Saritha: breaking barriers!
Saritha* grew up in a remote village in Telangana, supported by her loving, hard-working parents. Born with profound hearing and speech impairments, she faced challenges that too often prevent children with disabilities from accessing the same opportunities as their peers.
Across India, children with disabilities encounter significant barriers—social stigma, discrimination and exclusion. These challenges are frequently amplified for children from marginalised communities, limiting access to education, services and future livelihoods.
Determined to move forward, Saritha applied herself at school and successfully completed Class 10. Yet the transition from education to employment remained uncertain in a context where she was too often underestimated and excluded. What Saritha needed was a pathway to realise her potential. Through the vocational courses at our Women’s Development Centre, she trained as a village health worker.
Saritha’s leadership is evident in the confidence and dignity she brings to her work— contributing meaningfully to her community and modelling what inclusion can achieve when opportunity is within reach.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Our community development programmes, running in over 350 villages, are designed to help prevent the exploitation of women from poor and marginalised communities. The team in India has developed a holistic approach including advocacy, economic empowerment, healthcare, education and awareness, along with rehabilitation in refuge shelters and in the community.
“All we are asking is to be treated with respect. No-one ever treats us with respect.” A SURVIVOR OF EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE IN RURAL INDIA
Our expanding community development programme in Telangana continued to protect women and girls from exploitation through awareness, prevention and direct support. During the year, our field teams helped identify missing girls, prevent child marriages, and provide relief and practical assistance to young women in distress.
At the same time, good progress was made toward launching a similar programme in Karnataka. Local leaders have been recruited and trained, and fifty villages identified for the first phase. Meetings with district health, women and child welfare authorities have helped build key partnerships for delivery. Land has been purchased for a children’s refuge shelter, a women’s development centre and a cashew farm to support longterm development. Together, these steps bring us closer to ending systems that exploit and abuse women and girls.
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Vijaya: rebuilding a life
Vijaya* was dedicated to serve a goddess when she was just eight years old. She did not understand that, from puberty, this would expose her to exploitation by men in her village. Over time, the abuse left her isolated and in deep distress until our team reached her community and she was able to access support.
With counselling and medical care, Vijaya began to recover and plan for a safer future. She completed our literacy and skills training and, with a start-up grant, opened a roadside vegetable stall. Within 15 months she had expanded. Now she has a popular shop which sells vegetables, sarees and jewellery. Moreover, her shop is well known and trusted locally. Her children attend one of our schools, helping to break the cycle of disadvantage and giving them opportunities she did not have.
Today, Vijaya is financially independent and part of a wider network of women supporting one another. She now helps other women in crisis to access practical assistance and a pathway to safety and self-reliance, reflecting the lasting impact of this programme.
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FINANCES 2025 £
We are grateful to our donors— individuals, churches, organisations, businesses and trusts—for your generous support in 2025. Total income exceeded £540k.
DFN UK ran two appeals during the year. The Health Checks Appeal funded school-based community health workers to screen students for conditions that could affect their learning and development. In the autumn, a further phase of the Reducing the Risk Appeal raised funds for school places and helped girls most at risk of exploitation to remain in education.
As many charities have experienced, competition for funding continues to increase. In response, we will explore new partnerships in 2026. Our Indian partners are also continuing to strengthen fundraising within the subcontinent, increasing their share of funds raised to 40%.
WHERE OUR INCOME CAME FROM...
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Gift Aid 9 %
Businesses 1% Education
10% 40%
Community Sponsorship
organisations (Individuals)
and churches
20%
Charitable
trusts 20% Individuals
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HOW GRANTS/DONATIONS FOR INDIA PROJECTS WERE USED...
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Reducing the
3% Health Checks
Risk Appeal 13%
Appeal
Slum Projects 6%
Community 5%
Development
3% 70% Education
Healthcare
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N.B. Provisional figures as at Jan 2026. Full audited accounts will be available on the Charity Commission website later in 2026.
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Looking Ahead
As we look ahead there are some changes you can anticipate in the UK and India.
In India this will include more eClinics, offering expert support in some of the hardest to reach areas. Community development programmes will be extended across Telangana, bringing protection to girls in the most costeffective way, while also addressing the grassroots drivers of gender violence and exploitation.
Funding is being sought to extend the age range of pupils served in the Good Shepherd schools. Vocational training and economic grants will continue to provide opportunity and dignity, helping more low caste families rise out of poverty.
By coordinating more closely with our partners in India and DFN offices in the USA and elsewhere, we will improve impact measurement and communications, helping us provide more sustainable funding to India.
We will share more news from India about ongoing challenges. This includes discrimination against low-caste communities, gender violence and increasing pressure on faith groups serving the poorest. At the time of writing, threatened legal changes risk removal of support for over 1 million of the poorest in India.
We will develop strategic partnerships including churches and community groups, funders and ambassadors. Volunteers will be essential to this growth in a competitive funding environment.
As I write, we have heard that one of the girls supported through our shelter and training has been elected a Village Head. Her parents are illiterate but, with your support, she is educated, empowered and now a leader. Her story exemplifies our vision for India: dignity and freedom for all.
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- HIV/AIDS centre
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OPPORTUNITY HOPE Education Healthcare
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FREEDOM NETWORK INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR 31 DECEMBER 2025 Company Number 6256996 Charlty Number 1122937 FINANSURE LTD 2 Sheppar(J Street, Brymbo, Wrexham. LL115FF
FREEDOM NETWORK INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 CONTENTS PAGES Charity information Directors, report 2to4 Auditors, r8POrt statement of financial activities Balance sheet Slalgment of cash flows Notes to the fsnancial statements 9t013
Page 1 FREEDOM NETWORK INTERNATIONAL CHARITY INFORMATION Company nurnber Charity number 6256996 1122937 Règlstèrèd worklng namas DFN UK Freedom Nelwortc South Asia Freedom Network UK Dignity Freedom Nefvjork Directors Mr Gary Sloan (Chairman) Rav PBUI Sands (Resigned 141h Decetnber 20251 Mr MBrtin Young Mr Kumar Swamy Mrs SantDsh Rai Mr Josh D'souxa Mrs Rebecca H8r¢ourt (Appointed 7th March 20241 R•gistergd offlce Philanlhropy HDuse Prf&stly Court Slafford5hire Technology Park Slafford ST18 OLQ Ind*ndent Examiners Finansurg Limited 2 Sh8pp8rd Street Brymbo WTexham LL11 SFF Bank8rs Nal We81 Bank Shrewsbury Corporate Office Suite 5, Prospect Hous6 B9118 Vue Road Shrewsbury SY3 7NR Sollcltors Wrigleys 19 Cookridge Street Leeds LS2 3AG
Pag9 2 FREEDOM NETWORK INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORS, ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT DiTeGtors The following were members of the Board of Directors durlng the whole of the period unless stated otheISe.. Mr Gary Sloan (Chairman} Mr Kumar Swamy Mr Martin Young Mrs Santosh Rai MrJosh D'souza Mrs Reb8cca Harcourt The Directors, who are also Trustees for the purposes of Charity Law, present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 $1 December 2025. These financial statements comply with statutory requirements. the Memorandum and Articlos of Association and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities SORP IFRS 102) effective January 2019. CuThently we have seven experlenced and committed Directors, and we are actively seeking to recmit new ones to ensure that we have the rtght balance of skills. Only the Members have power to appoint new Directors. Constitutlon Freedom Neork International is a company limited by guarantee and a reglstered Charlly. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES The charitable Objects of the company are.. lo promote for the public benefst the enforcement of human rights and the sound administration of human rights law and practice throughout the world in accordance with the relBvanl legal jurisdiclionlsl., to advance education about human rights and to cultNate a public sentiment in favour of human rights. to promot& racial and religious harmony, equality and diversity by provlding educational resources and information to promote better awareness of the causes and consequences of a world where racial and religious harmony. equality and diversity do not exist; to advance education throughout the world. to r@lieve poverty and sickness, partlcularly amongst victims of natural or other kinds of disaster, particularly by the provision of funds or equipm8nl lo individuals or organisalions who are themselves or work with those in n8ed. Page 3
FREEDOM NETWORK INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORS, ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 Principal Actlvltles Undertaken Our aim is to see the poor, marginalised and oulcastes of society transltion to living in Dignity and Freedom. Our programmes are designed, led and staffed by nationals, with a holistic approach focusing on four key areas.. Eduoation= Quality, English-tnedium, values-bas8d education primarily focusing on children from poor and marginalised communities, including those sometimes known as Dalits and Adivasis. Healthcare: Community health W0erS, prim8ry clinics and HIVIAIDS centres to help prev8nt sickness and disease - a cause and consequenc8 of poverty and inequality. Economic Empowem)ent'. Business start-up grants, self-help groups and vocational training to en8ble the p(Kbr to earn a livelihood, become self-sufficient and hold their heads up high. Community Development.. Empowerment and developmenl programmes helping prevent the exploilalion of WDmen and girls. Public beneflt The Directors confirtn Ihal they have complied with the duty in the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance cn public benefit when r6viewing the charitable objeclwes and aims of Freedom Nelwork Inlernational, as well as in pEanning futu activities. ACHIEVEMENTS, PERFORMANCE AND FUTURE PLANS Refer to the separate directors, report which was submitted to Charity Commission along these financial statements. FINANCIAL REVIEW The financial results are shown in the SOFA on page 6. Total income for the year was £543,019 {2024- £665,389} which came entirely from donations and grants including Gift Aid tax reclaimed. The decrease in income was largely due lo a timing delay in the receipt of a signifiGant grant from a trust anticipated for quarter 4 of 2025, that was nol received until early in 2026. Tolal expenditure was £542,80612024 - £683,485). The main area of expenditure was granls to a partnering charity in India tolalling £353,341 {2024 - £493,784). This left a surplus of £213 for the year {2024- deficit of £18,096). Al the year-8nd the charity held reserves of £86,045 which were all unrestricted.
Page 4 FREEDOM NETWORK INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORS, ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 ReseNes 11 is the policy of the Board to build up reseNes which are suflicienl to enable STnooth running of the day-lo-day activities of the charity for thr88 months, which is approximately £60,000. At the year-end the unrestricted reserves were £86,045. The trustees (who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. This report has been prepared in accordance with Ihe small companies. regime under the Companies Act 2006. This report wag approved by the Board on behalf by and is slgned on its Gary Sloan Chaimian & Director
Pagè 5 FREEDOM NETWORK INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE DIRECTORS I report on the aGunt8 ofthe charity for the year ended 31 December 2025, whlch are sel out on pages 610 13. Respective responsibilities of directors and examlner The charity's directors are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's dlrectors consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needsd. It is my responsibility to: èxamine the accounls under section 145 of the Charities Act- to follow the proGedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{51{b) of the Charities Act., and to state whether particular matters have come to my attenllon. Basis of independent examlner's report My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charily Commission. An examination includes a review of the 2ccounting records kept by the charity and comparfson of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as directors concerning any such mallers. The prfftdures undertaken do not provide all Ihe $vidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts prosent a 'true and fair vi8w' and the report is limited to those matters set out In the statement below. Independenl examiner's Statement In connection with my 8xaminalion, no matter has come to my allention- which gives m8 reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: to keep accounting records in accordance wilh section 386 of the Companies Act 2006,. 8nd to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting r8cords and comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companie5 Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended PracliGe.' Acoounting and Reporting by Charities fvavg not been met. or 2. to which, in my opinlon, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper derStandIng of the accounts to be re8ched. Dated.. L M Howson MAAT Finansure Limited, 2 Sheppard Street, Brymbo. Wrexham, LL115FF
Page 6 FREEDOM NETWORK INTERNATIONAL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCORPORATING THE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT} YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 Unreslrictad Rèslric18d Funds FLFnds Totals 2025 Totals 2024 Not8 INCOMING RESOURCES Donations & grants 66,574 476,445 543,019 665,389 TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES 66,514 476,445 543,019 665,389 RESOURCES EXPENDED ExndItUre on charitabb acllviltes 189,465 353.341 542.806 683.485 TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED 189.465 353,341 542,808 683.485 NET INCOMEIIEXPENDITUREI FOR THE YEAR 1122,8911 123,104 213 118,()961 Transfers been funds 123.104 1123,1041 Nel movemenl in fijnds 213 213 118.0961 Balances brought forward 85,832 85.832 103,928 Balances carried forward 86,045 86.045 85,832 The stalemanl of financial activities includas all gains and1088es recognised in the ysar. All Income and expendilurg derlvg5 from continuing activiti. The notès on pagè$ 9 to 13 form part of thesg financ141 statement¥.
Paue 7 FREEDOM NETWORK INTERNATIONAL BALANCE SHEET 31 DECEMBER 2025 Note 2025 2024 FIXED ASSETS Tangible assets CURRENT ASSETS DebtOlS Cash at bank and In hand 25.977 86,302 14,329 187,744 Total CurrentAssets 112.279 202,073 LIABILITIES Creditors falling due wllhin one y&ar 10 126,2341 1116,2421 Net CurrenÉAs5ets 86.045 85,831 NetAssets 86.045 85,832 FUNDS Unreslrlcted funds Restricted fund8 11 86,045 85,832 TotalFunds 86,(145 85,832 For Ihe y£8r end£d 31 D8Gomber 2025. the CDmpany was enlltled lo exernpllon frorn th8 provisions of th• Companies Act 2006 Ithe Act) relaling to the audit of the a¢cwnts forthe year byvirtue of section 477. and no memberor mernbeis have r8que5ted an 8udlt pursuant to sectlon 476 of Ih8 Acl. The directors a¢knovd8dge Ihgir r8spon5ibl1ity for.. cornplylno th the requlremenis of the Actwith respect to accounllng rgcords and thp preparatlon ol accounls, and preparing accounts which give a true 8nd falr vlew of the state of affalrs of the charity as al the end of the finanelal year and of Its n8t In¢omiThJ or outgolng resource5 for thÈ financlal year in accordance wlh the requlrements of the Act re5aling to flnancial statements. 80 far as appli¢ab18 to thè charity. These financial 5talem8nts have begn prepared In accordanc8 wllh the 5peclal provi8i0ns for comparEi8s subject lo the 5ma11 companles, gim8, and with th& FinanGlal Reportiny Standard IFRSI 102. These flnanclal stat8m8nts wprè approv8d by the dlr8ctcTs on their behalf by.. V. KJ J . ant5 3re slgned on Gary Sloan Chairman & Dlr8clor The notss on pages 9 to q3 form part of these financlal statements.
Pag& 8 FREEDOM NETWORK INTERNATIONAL STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS 31 DECEMBER 2025 Total funds Prior y92r funds CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING AGTIVITIES: Net Gash pmvldéd by (us•d in) operating activitS (101,4421 5,455 Change In cash and cash 8qulvalents In Ihe reporting perlod 1101,442} 5.455 Cash and Cash equlvalents at tha bèglnning ot the rèportlng period 1B7,744 182.289 Cash and cash equivalgnts at the end of the reportlng perlod 84302 187.744 RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOMEIIEXPENDITURE) TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Total funds Prior year funcls Nel incomel{expènditurel for the Teporting pariod las per tre slalemenl of financsal aclivittes) 213 {19.0961 Adjustments for.. Ilncreaseydeciease in flxed assets Ilncreasoydecrease In debtors Increaselldecreasel in creditors 111,648) 190,0081 14011 24,952 Net cash provlded by lus•d in} operatlng activitios 1101.442) 5.455
Page 9 FREEDOM NETWORK INTERNATIONAL NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 ACCOUNTING POLICIES The accounts have been prepared under the historic cost conventlon, and In 8¢cordan¢8 with the statement ol Recotnmended Practice - Accountlng and R8porting by Charities ISORPI, FRS 102 effective January 2019, applicable accounting standards and the CornpaniFS Act 2006. The particular ac¢c)unting poliGie$ adopted by the Directors ara described below.. {al Fund accountlng Unr6strlGted funds are avall8ble for use al the dlscretion of the Dlreclor8 lurtheran¢e of the genaral objectlves of the charity- Deslgnated ftinds are unreslrtcled funds th8t the Directors have set aslde for spoc1fic purpos85. Restri¢tsd funds aro subject to rastriclions on Ihelr use, elthar imposed by the donor or Included In the terms of an apptral. Ib) Incomlng resource8 Grants and donations eiVed are acEounted forwhon the charity is entitled lo it and as soon as il is prudent and practicable lo dD so, ganeTally the eartier of the date of notification or receipt. Grants that are specified for use in a later accounting period are deferred to that perlod. {cl Resources oxpandgd Thls includes all costs of charltable activllles. Governance compri8es expendiluro incurred in compliance with constitutional and slalutory requirem&nts. Idl Flxed Assets and Dopraclation Tangibl& fixed assets w41h a cost over £1,000 are slated al cost less dèpreciation. Depreclatlon Is provlded in order to wrlte-down th6 cost of tang1bl8 fixed assets over Ihelr estlmated useful livès, using tho rale of 33% rèducing balance.
Pagelo FREEDOM NETWORK INTERNATIONAL NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 37 DECEMBER 2025 UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED INCOME AND EXPENDITURE Unreslricled funds relat2 lo the gener81 a¢tlvilies of the charity. Reslricled funds relate lo the activities of Dlgnily Freedom Nerk UK IDFN UK). DONATIONS AND GRANTS 2025 2024 As restated Unrestrlct8d Grants UK work- general dona15DnS Grft lax recoverable 17,722 43.217 5.635 12,900 47,962 3.530 Tolal unreslrrted 66.574 64,392 Restrfcted Donations.. - Appeal funds Community Development Economlc Empowerment Education General Ilndial Healthcare - Slum projects Gift Aid lax Tecovgrable 71.386 21150 975 298.091 1.920 15.105 26,000 40,818 141,195 18.035 503 270,197 1,971 111,530 18,000 39.566 Total restricted 476,445 600,997 Total (k)nations and grlS 543,019 665,389 ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE ON CHARrrABLE ACTIVITIES 2025 2024 As reslafed Unrestrlcled EploYment costs (see nol6 61 Marketing & communications Travel & accommodatlon Administration costs lincl. rent) Governance costs Independent examinBr's fee Lo88 on disposal of fixed asset 133,83B 9,032 9,720 26,347 9.327 1.200 137,152 6,261 10,9£1Q 23.482 9,296 2.000 Totsl unreslrictad 189,465 189,701
Page11 FREEDOM NETWORK INTERNATIONAL NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE ON CHARrrABLE ACTIVITIES (contlnuedl Restricted Grants paldlexpended (see notes 5 & 71 353,341 493,784 Total Charitable acuvitles &xp?ndllure 542.806 6e3.485 ANALYSIS OF RESTRICTED GRANTS PAIDIEXPENDED 2025 2024 Appeal funds Ilndial Community Development Ilndia) Economic empowèrment Ilndial Education costs Ilndial General Ilndlal Heallh¢arè Ilndial Slum projects Ilndi81 57.109 18.310 780 241,222 1,536 12,584 21,800 117.793 15.975 422 243.128 1,540 99,876 15,050 353.341 493,784 EMPLOYMENT COSTS 2025 2024 As reslalgd Salaries and w8gés Self.employed and seconded workers Employerfs pension contributlons Employèrfs NIC contributions 105.646 24,792 3,273 127 82.438 51,993 2,721 Total 133.838 137.152 No employee received remLJner8lion In excess of £60,000 during th8 y@ar. The average number of employees during the year was s8ven12024- six). Th8 8ver8ge number of full-time equivalent employees was three (2024 - three).
Page 12 FREEDOM NETWORK INTERNATIONAL NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 TRANSACTIONS WITH DIRECTORS AND RELATED PARTIES One director, Mr G Sloan. received remuneration during the year gf£Y,16812024-£7,3801 in his role as inleiim CEO. No other remuneration or expens¢3 were paid lo directors dLFring the year. The directors made lolal aggregate donations of £57e lo the charlty during the year12024- £360}. The charity works clc)sely with 8 partner charity in Indla which hos two directors In common - Mr Kumar Swamy and Mr Josh D'souza. Grants were rnada to this charlly during the year as follows.. 2025 2024 O.M. Bwks Foundatlon 353,341 466.777 In addition lo thè above. the chartty received donalic4)s on behalf of O.M. Books Foundafton during fhe year. lotalllng £148.695. All of these funds were passed onlo the co-operating charity during the year. As these funds We not within the Gharity's control and the charity was only acting as an agent, the income and expandUre are not includgd In these accoynt8 as per the SORP (FRS 102} seclion 19. FIXED ASSETS Computer equipmènt Total Cost orvaluatlon Al 1 January 2025 Addlllons Dlsposals At 31 Dgcernber 2025 724 724 724 724 Depreclation Al 1 January 2025 Charge for year Dlsposals At 31 Docernber 2025 723 723 723 723 Net book value At 31 December 2025 At 31 D¢mber 2Q24
Page13 FREEDOM NETWORK INTERNATIONAL NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 DEBTORS 2025 2024 Incomè lax recoverable Prepayments Olher debloTS 13.850 12.122 11,427 2,2 412 25,977 14.741 10. CREDITORS: amounts falling due wllhin one year 2025 2024 Accruals Other croditors 23.308 2,926 114,729 1,925 26,234 116,242 11. STATEMENT OF FUNDS At 1 January At31 D¥cen*)er 2025 Inmme Exp8n(Ilure Unrestrlcled fund$: Goneral reserv8 85.832 66,574 1189,4651 123,104 86,045 Restrictsd funds: DFN UK 476.445 1353,3411 {123,104} Total funds 85,832 543,019 1542.8061 86,045 DFN UK represents funds donalÉd for the Dignity Freedom Neork prqects. The Ifansf8r of funds out of DFN UK into the g8naral reserve wvers the projact monitoring, evaluating and reporling costs and also a small contribulli)n tr) the admlnislfalion and govarnance expenses Df the UK entity.