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REGISTERED COMPAhY NUMBER: 06100324 Wbd W•ks) RF.GJSTr.RFJ) cHAR￿V hlJMBF.R: IJ27415 A.Hugh¢>J(KKs. Dysoo & Cv. s￿(￿ Penrallt iL55 INS

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rtb Rlver5 T Tr 31rt Marck 211 The tnwe¢8 who dirECtOf5 of the charity fw ihe of the c￿r￿leS ACL 2tM)6, present their rep￿rt the fingnctal stalemcnls ol" ihe ¥i)arity for the yw et¥J¢d 31st March 2025. Thc In￿ttS ha￿ athpted the provisions of Ac£¢Amting alld by cF￿]ti￿.' Ststrjnenl of Rccu]nmcttdd PM"ticc applicable to ch2riti(s preparing trir a¢counts ITh a¢cordw with the FinancHi Rq¥Mts"ng Stsjmlard wlithl¢ iti the UK and Republjc ot"Irelaud 102) (¢ffe¢tiv¢ l J4wuary 2019). ObJe£tlvN ¥nd almi Mission Ststemu&. Ai North w￿¢￿ RivtrsTfLLSt Lr4 our mt&sion is ¢0 enhallce the aquatic and cE4JIo8iral lthitats ofthc llVCTS Within (]ur Of Dcnbi8hshirr. Coyjwy. Anglcs¢y, N(Kth cut￿1￿ North Powy5 aTKi fiwyncdiiver¢ardun¢N&By doing $￿ve aim to restore rivers bxk ts) 8￿1 hcaith. I￿Al l. Enlwcin8 Blodiv￿51tY. W¢ ate commilled to enriching bjodivusity Thithiti river c4t¢hmeuts by irwwing the tWuhhtii￿ of [￿11¥¢ srtti¢s in ow riveTr. streams, siill ADd thcir sum)uthlin8 envitDnmts. Ttrough initiaiive& w¢ jim th crtate thrbving thai a divu¥ ￿ of lif¢. 2. F4lucai?nn and ConscrvatiOD: We belicve in the tsseniial role of edwIC￿ In F￿￿[crIng undeTststtdin8 I￿j appreciation for riwuiDr b4thit8ts und tht wildiifc th¢y suty. (Xw mgS5i(rti is to enlwicc public #w&renc&s of th¢ importance of It￿ pr()kciin81 and r¢wuliing these fflncal enviri￿ll￿¢n￿ Dy pr(rtTho￿ ffliryronmental 5trward5hip. we irknviduats to tak¢ on wve Tole in AAfc8wth8 thcir IOCBI rLosyslLIts. 3. Suyainabk Economic Beneti￿.. Wc for sus&irtfyivle pro¢iices ￿laa kn our ritrcrts artd their ecosyst￿￿5. Rew￿lTing tu￿)MI￿ wtenuai of thrse resou￿ ￿ 5uprM nwal Tryc1Wdti￿ projects rcsponsibly ￿]11 these while etwing a balaJKed apprrAch heknvecn ce(AK)mic and thwir(AllMthl ingtity. 4. Environmer￿1 AwarcDCts: Wt ￿¢ dedicthd to IXiSiti8 awllr•%56 about rnvirrmental challenges. We promole best FYaLtices in rivcr maDagcmrni thmugh ￿Ba￿1n8 Lwtr¢a¢h prwarnfi. Impac￿￿] campuiuN. atMI mcanin8fu] pwttotrthips. To8ether, we can illvolv¢ individuaK commuTritia% and stakcknkltts itt the viui effort ￿ pre6¢rv¢ 5ustsiM¥bly maM8e ujr rivers. 5. RccrcatirAwi Eniuymcn¢.. Wc Tcw¥nis¢ that rive￿ lakffj and W￿1ndS Rerve invaluknlc for r￿re￿￿ and Icisurc. Our 8081 is to fxilit the Tesp)nsible enjoymem of itW TtaluTal wcts, cn5urin8 ihry Temoin ac¢e85ible Atsd aFrJr¢¢ithL providin8 solac¢, in5piNion, aJNI oNMirwmlies lor 4dvcLturc for 8lL 6. Rwarch and Hahiw Reth>ryati(XL.' We art ctimmitkd to ongoing r¢s¢arth and impl£￿entIng Naeu cffons ih8l ￿tIvelY 51W)rt thc matntcnatycc. ￿$￿)ratI1￿. 4rKi Mhan¢¢meni of habitsts thrOUth)￿ the catrhment By mrr8its8 sGienufi¢ insights with aclionAble styegi4 we wiv¢ w make si8llLtLLxt￿ Strides lowvd ￿{¢￿￿4rdIng and rcvithlizingthcsc essetiti￿ cclwstthis. Thrwgh thc¥ d¢dicakd 8oaLs. Waits Rivets TnL4t L￿. is fumly f￿ prwNnB the natsral ixauty ol. ￿Ar river5. We ad¥LK4￿ (￿ &usfuLtuble practicKs that bcrtfft t¥Jth ow ecosystems and the comThunstscs thui up)n th¢tn. Wc mtc w11absx￿.0o Im this iniy0rt￿L JIX￿ 15 wc work logcthcr ts) nurture vur ¥lld LYex¢e a P•bllt btTrefit The trustees ronfirtn that they have hal thje regard ￿ the Chan'ty Commis510n's Buidancc on public bcnefii thwughout thr yrat. AU adivitirs undrttskts bv North Waks Rivcrs Trun arc to dclÈvLY i￿L￿1t public bBncfsl ttrffou8h imprnving Wdtcr ￿lty, ctthancin8 IXnth'vc￿pry. 5trCn￿bcThin￿ clima r¢siJiettce. surp)rrinB crJmtwTrity w¢llb¢in& aNI tfft)*iding al￿ ensd8ement ITqM)rtunilics Nonh w￿¢&

for thc Year Ended Jlst March 2I15 20242025 ha5 becn aD exciting and strg￿￿lY year f￿ North Wdcs Ri￿$ fntsL Building on our prcvious i￿] of wowti wc succcthlly diversifi￿ our incrAne streams thks year. As a rtsuli the organlEAtion'% long-tem r¢sib"ence vas streDgthene¢ enablin8 to cxpaDd our proieLX ￿ntO11(> and a widcr rangc ol. ccr)Icrfical iorits¢& indudttig iEnprovinB watrrqua]ity. rcslL¥in8rivcrlMbNaW gDd nalive spxi This year brth￿l a significant hrozkning nf nur wic%-6pxifi¢ r¢smtion wotk. DedI￿ted progr2￿ for the B￿1 Torw>ch (Arctic charrl and thc Fruhwcr Pearl MuK8cI major &fv4Th￿s. W¢ in¢r¢a6¢d juvenil¢ mussel spawning BrouThJ$ by illcr¢asiog gravel beds atbd idcniified ncw habiial ￿tIL% for ArcLiC dJJrr. By forLLsing on the unique prc&sures fa¢cd by thcsc rdrc and ojltur81ty unF￿nant specie4 we Iwve dEt￿e41 bLi￿ti￿l UnderSTan(b￿ Toget1￿, th nitiativcs have estsblished & fouDdatm for10ts84erni Ttcovery effoJTs. Int￿Vati￿ divenifirntioTK aml ambition have mthed 21Q4-2025. We exp&tMled our our Eqrtllrtshi￿ and iTrryr&￿d cn8ag¢mmE px￿￿10￿1ng Notth Walt6 Tnjst to ddiver eNen grcJtcr impacl t] the yeats ahead. However. se¥¢re pressuru remiiti for riva5. Clitnatc dw1￿. and W)itht fragm¢nwion ¢￿tim1¢ threotcn the resilie￿¢ Df ow fr¢slLwaier systans. Mr¢¢iD¥ Ibc&e challcn8e5 will require collaE￿rsfl￿ shaMI ¢xp¢rti5 alld &￿thIn¢d commitmcnt fT6Xn C￿munItie￿ wmers. 8nd srAkeboJders acn)&s Notth Wales. We ittvite you W jvitt In 202425, we con1inu￿ our cOm￿l￿r￿n1 ￿ Tcth)rin8 Wkl athan¢1￿ I￿1 river￿ wildlif¢ h•bitst4 Wmi en8ageJnert. HighlighLS of the yw include.. - Lkliv¢red 41 re￿O￿tith projects - up 22kn? ol'river lor gWdWtiitt8 fith - Created 75(kn2 of wdlarK4 - Crrad 9.6ktn of riFWittrt wildtifr corri(kY Planicd4045 tre FA￿ged 1045 volunt¢US Edura¢cd Trvt¥ 5CKI Ich￿1 pupils on river heajth . Carried 34 sLithtifir suThcys C48¢ Sludy l.. FloAullB Wdlaods Pl1￿ PrDjecL- Year 2 The Floating Pilot Proje¥% ts now in its secLMd ycar. It corrtmuE5 u) dcmonstsate thc Wtixl of floating weiland syxtttr7K% • a nanwe-bastd soluti(M to iryrov¢ waoi qualiiy armt aihwicc biL¥livcThity in North Wale5. The projtLI iovolw¢s 14kes on Yny5 MOL Eath l•k¢ is sthje¥l lo a diifereot level o( ii#crvcfttio]i otsc with a flO￿ing WEtian& vn¢ with o flIM¢ing wdJuThl and imtwv¢ments. aod t￿¢ Ser<u￿ bilc. l￿ring Year 2, we ¢ollwleted the full msta11￿1￿M of thc bdand mothile5 Znd expaDded our monittKill8 We with1 with 10 schLX)ls on Dty build-your•own It￿(1ng wedand cla&sroom [￿Jects. Bnd tr4ined volunt￿5 Iductryi rotjtimw water-quality m￿lI0T1￿& fr¢shwY¢cr inv¢[1rb￿tC S￿, and plant and algal sampling ¥( all sitts. Fxtty firndTng5 inditatc th# the wetland s¢rnctur&% a]r¢￿ty FfUVM]ll￿ I,￿ulb1¢ ha￿"rat f(Jr aquatic iiivcrt£bratr alld surwting improvLynenLS in ecologjcal cotxI￿￿J. The project Iws ajso stret¥tJ*td coNllnunity involv•nenL L(KaJ volwilew5 fonna a dts]iLttrd motsiluring gwu Pkrti¢ipated in sarr4JliD& cullcct¢d dat4 and clcand s￿￿e77￿cs. Sdwls and ￿n￿n￿}iry orga0isati￿s ¢n￿g¢d with the ttrujcct through ethwational sessious amd pImi-￿O￿ftg xtt"Yitics linked to walalld rGs¢oration. .%et4md y￿r has c(Mtfirm¢xI tha¢ floating wcilaThls offcT a wxlical. I0￿4￿p￿¢t methcrtt ￿hanCing both bA￿1v￿$ity aod water quality. The eviden¢¢ gathered sv far SU￿sts s11￿ pol￿￿dE for broader ad(wtion a¢rLKS North W￿¢$. As tht tut ph￿. we will analys¢ I1￿8.1<r￿ Dutrielll Iiplakc. mcasurc eco10￿C￿l changc4 and ¢vakM whetber floatin8 wetian¢ts can scale up nf wi¢Jcr ￿el￿￿t-wIde Water￿￿￿J1rY soluiioJLS. Thi's will fomi part nf a longer thfee.year study. We have workcd with farnh￿ ar￿￿1 the ￿£S to imwove qu81ity from th'ffu lJutioD. C&se 2.. Prosie¢tTorg(Kh. the Eryri T{￿￿￿ {AruK ckn) Page 2

North Wales Riven TTUStIAd forthey 31st MArch 21J25 P￿le￿I TOrg￿4) is Nonb Wales Rivexs TnLSMJn. Liul s¢h(M)1s pmrt in crrAtiv¢ #r￿1 educats.onal aciiviti¢& irKludLtag th¢ d¢v¢lown¢ni vf 4 ikn'lfjrrn's aN)￿t th¢ IT¥¥hW4¢￿ pwl mussrl its enthigered habital rai%ing yauth and itrterest in river ¢4￿$t￿8110￿. We aJ&) partnttth with local ￿n￿rS to delivLY l(Y pupilh on thc liltxryde of SaIn￿)n arnl trou14pecies essentiaj io the mvssel's repr(Klucti(ffl4Jelping dcerKtt Understa￿ding ut. the ill￿onI￿¢￿l0fftS withjn river ecc6y4¢rn and mspwing the nexl genernts.tyj of MThJitorin8 and citizcn 5cirnce LoniiJML¢ lo the ryojecl and benefLi long4emi smvardship. Sthff and train volunts¢rs conthJGfcd sTrorkel survey4 habilai &w&smenis. and waiu44ualiry monitswing to track mu85el presrnce atml th¢ su#e86 of restoralion efforts. IAoduwners l￿d (xxnmunity gtO4Y& panicipatrd in plallting days. sampling workthops, and river health activitits. thff dirtttly incming knowlulge and fil&￿•r[n¥ a ¥en¥e of Shared ownrrslup catchtnenl's h¢alth. The frrshwdler pvaA M￿¢1,$ rcwvuy (kFaJd5 on I￿AlSrIC aL*ion. By com1Mn￿ ftst(titi￿, herFta8e skills. educatio and comtrnnity Efforl the project direcdy tsrgcts thc LIMdJ"tirms requirol fr)r lon84em suryival of this endangered S￿leS in the Af(ffl Fthn. Nrxt ycar, we will keep up this WO￿ with new firAkn"ng that wi]1 Id us w￿k tnOTC C1[￿tIY with f¥xttLCf4 tsckic SO¥Jrc￿ of soil alld watrt poll￿10￿ a￿￿ help crcatc bca]thi¢x S￿Wning are￿ ThiE (fflgoing ¢ffort aims ro secure a safe fulltre for the rtEshwatrrpcaA mu$5el sn Nthth Wale5. Page3

Case Study 4.. Proj￿1- C￿&￿¢(￿1￿8 Riw Marinc EnvirmenL8 and c￿nMunitieS The Swimways Prw¢N 15 a new proj¢¢t to IKlp fish attd thr rivcr arauf￿ tra￿1 more rasily. tnHkc and r￿as￿ cal￿"tr. atyj 8etTKqJle involvcd by cxtknng llnduWa￿ natll￿. This yegr, th¢ Tnm Crea￿1 sn(kelling knijs xt¢)ss GWy￿￿j WM] Ynys MoF4 ￿]nEd voluntrcrs thrr)uMb Lfrtifird lcd guldcd snorkellm8 ¢V¢DL5, and fowid the plaLeS tv czplorc. Th¢c tr4tls Lrt pwpic src utidcrwattt lif4 check habi￿ condition5, and collect cnTh%rrion da ID paEalleL the Ttust deknvtted subst￿1 rivcr•fcstintioD with f￿lLs￿ UD halmtat imwuv¢m•]t waQrquaJity pr￿etti0￿. On the Afon Brainl lyll￿g Mbttl.. we itistailed tthcin& crcatcd riparian bullcr zonGs, and plan￿d nativ¢ trcts to prorcct rivert)anks from liv¢suK'k erusim I￿j TrtMrien( ft￿uff. LivcJi¢xk drinkinB truuths wue inBulled to rcmove rye5we from th¢ rivff. ￿ anLther Si￿ a thrtlid f(d was dLcd allcr & bridge repai￿d the rivcr. TAthilc wo(xlland planting and iwffer-74WK cstabl1sFtt￿ itnwved hthirat qualiry. Other a¢tson6 included remeanderin6 riveTS by rctonn¢ding thcrn ￿ th¢ir histyic pdeorych8nn¢ls and using m&h)ds slow water flow on sMJ¢ 8trewns re￿itig low the AIOD BrniDL Thi& hel￿ red￿cE T￿llutIon. cre4tr a Ixtter vwicry of hubi¢ats' for wildlifc. gnd makc arcas lik¢ly lo tl(xMq. YSAL Club. cDablcd volLrnte¢rs to safety uplore rivas. oiwve 4uaLi¢ wildlife, and cotttrikn t CLtit¢n-Scie￿cc monitoring. Volumeers parttiipte in habilal biwvcys. inv￿1Ve species mppping. and ecolvgl￿ dats cnllcairm. This ¢ug8g¢max itt¢r¢asts F￿liC CLWlltCcii￿l lo rivcrs and awarene￿ nf the wr81 mle of healthy aquatic habitaL Th¢ Swimwtys PD)jtts main pwNJsc i% to TfwnTKrt aquatic sp￿1¢8 and Frtx)pl¢ wth rivas and ¢￿ts by resiorittg mi￿￿￿￿n rnutts, impruving hth'¢aK Involvi￿ cornrnuniuLs. This muhifaecwl Iwild5 heAithy. rc8iliEnicLX)Sy%ttmN and inspir¢s ol¢wardship. iDvolvement WAII ww. and ci>llecdd•tswill iDfom] widerre5Wi(ffl alld COTL$em￿ acrnss Nthth Wakx. Study 5.. Roots Projxi. Conn￿108 CotiJmwtic& L￿1 and Wa Rocrtb ib M tIu8thip c4xllmuDity cnga8cmeni and ¢a¢chmeni iDiiilluve by Nurth WJICN Rivrn+ Tr￿%[. llie pj￿1 ¢xpiwes th¢ deep c¢JtttteLliun be￿ten people. land. and fr¢shw¥¢f systcjm. urban and alskc . and sc¢Ls tu I￿lId inclusive, I￿&.￿ stevArdship of rivm WatLTCnuf￿, and ¢atchm¢nrs. Ovcr thc cour5c of the projÉ4 we hAve en8a8ed a br￿￿ and divcnc youp.. 464 parti¢ipanLS w f¥r, including 12 hoois, 13 community 8 urAand famY4& ood widcr comtnunity. Thrwh 19 Wo￿&hops. 6 8thsti￿s. and collabolation a universiry, fr)IlrJAed over 312 Picc￿ of ¢itizcnv5cien¢¢ dats to detpm UDdMs¢atknlin8 of local frashwkn 5yStcm&. Rwts to CO4Jvii8n o mults8¢ttthtso￿l BIy¢pTint with crnvnuniu¢s and 8¢ietttifi¢ til818 LYL natutr4xxd catrhment int¢rvenrions. PilLKS. fIL￿ biochar aFvllcauor￿ w biva]i'e reintr(th¢tioft, gerk ty ¢￿h￿re ews1￿)5 and [rd￿C Tysk. Thc WOjCLt bl¢o(1s SLllenEifL¥ with Lxmrnunhty-led rcco8rri￿ng lasullg liver health relies on rwle #% much as uology. In Pho8e Twq Roots Ès tcsling prdclIc￿ INt￿￿]tionb and r￿trI￿8 c(munity owocrship. Bv working with famie residents. and lo¢al WUP4. the projcci aiffl5 to Teconn¢¢T proplr with thc rttvIrwrn￿ll rebjiid awarcnw of healthy walet Sy5tcll]4 pilot ILKal. s￿$(ain￿ble solutiThL R(K>ts 5hoTr3 that restrwion and educ*ion so hand in hand Wthshcw dats cnll¢aion, plaTming cnable tffcviously d¢seDgag¢d pctylc lo garn the skn'lLs aNJ m￿1¥1110￿ to acL Thc u￿rgIng W￿t￿h¢1 Rlueprint will guidc fu(UWE h￿¢￿-sCale intcrvclltLLWLS by wmbinJn¥ s¢iUW%. voic4 8nd ￿&ch￿l a¢b'rffi. sum. R(x)ts is ty¥ll6forming rE]atiOTL%hIF￿ lTheeD la￿1, waw, alld people iti Walcs4)uildinB thared rtsp)nsibility. l(ul eng4￿men1 and eco1￿1￿] ￿COVery foT liilure generations.

North W ror thEye￿ Ended 31it March 2025 ANCIAL REVIEW Fthincld po•ttlon Th¢ North Wal&$ Rivers Trust this year was £835867. {2024 £840.1)261. This reflects th¢ Charity's of divcr5atyn8 ftmdrng rEStri￿ed project fund￿8. Reserves at tbe end of the f￿a[￿ll yearwere LtA14.819 of which £245.518 relatrd to restriettyj futtts. Rt¥erves policy The North Wales River8 T￿￿ aim5 to mxinlain unrestri¢d r¢&ev￿ ai a l¢vcl ¢(pivai¢ni to six of Core op￿th￿E cost& The trustees C￿￿￿der ih&% level io cnsur¢ the lonB-teTm stability of the chuity and its ability to reSp(￿d effectively ¢0 fiLancial uDcenainii&%. This target provides 8 sllfewd agai￿1 uttexF¢aed rtyjuciiorts in IrfLN￿¢, Lables the cluvjty w inawe titt)in8 ¥JrnmitmcnL8-can k mct if n4uirrd. Maintsining this kvel of rescrv¢s atso 5L4JP)ns organi7ationa] r¢%ilitn¢c during pviodsof co8¢ inflation And allow5 charity ￿ invest in esseniiai Alifdevelw￿1 ind trninin8. Thc rntsccs rcvrcw the rc%crves ￿)￿ilion rc8ulzrty througknt the year in linc with the clwitys fjnancial forecasts. If tcserves excecd ty fall Sh{￿ of thc tarw Icvcl. the B¢)ard will thkc arnYryTiatc actirm tt> enwre rcKTYaS rcmiin at a 5U4aitwble level that suppL¥ts yaiiwai deliyLYy l￿d future wwd STRUCTURF. GOVERliAYCE AND MANAGEMENr Goverhlhl docoThtnt Thc chan'(y LS c4Jntrollcd by ILS BmThing dcrtYM￿ a deriltt, 4s dcflna by thc Compmic5 2(M)6. The ehirity is gov￿¢d by its Mvncnndum ffid kncles of AsKKiaiiffi. whiLh oudine ihe owisation's charitablc objcctive6. the p￿￿eSS￿ for aprKJifflinR ar41 admitti4ratiV¢ arrwgemetyts. These Boverrting were The ctthriiy blls. no share Carrf￿1 a￿1 LE ccthll¢d by its tnisttts, also s¢rv¢ as its compBny direc¢or5 urth the Companies Aa 2006. Ift the Event thal the chariry 1$ diwlv¢4 rne¥nbry5 gwdnte¢ lo witribute £1 eath Thard covering the organisaU￿'s liabilili¢S.

Ntsrth Rlv Trnit for thr Ycar En rd 3Ast March 21125 STRucfuRE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMLvr OrgthlJdoll￿ strn¢ture The OV￿5] governance and strategic di￿￿0￿ of N(%h Waks Rivus Tn￿ tad is ovuse¢n by the BrArd of TrusLC WI￿ Tncct reBularty tFwh(xrt the yczr to rnryew EKo8ress. sd ￿orItie￿ a7Mi c￿￿re that the thlln'ty is fijlfilling its )￿'v￿ Thc Inigices are rqxxtsiblc for ￿AlcY deLisio￿￿. finaTJcial oversi8hL risk manwmerLi ensumg ctynplianr£ with chrrity and ojmpany law. Day.1[￿Y manawrtht and qmtiott$ of the chamty aff d¢lega¢ed to the Lluef Executive o£r￿er {LFO). who is ￿p￿)rte0 by a small 6thff team. The CEO provides r¢gular uJxiat¢S to th¢ Roard. y&illsand exptric￿tt netded by the organisation. VoluDtccr Involvcmrnt At the h¢0rt of thiysion at thE North Wa]Gs Tr￿St 1% the incrcdihk col]al¥)rHtion wryth VDluntCCrn. COTTmunity , 1ortdML¥s, Aaiu(ory Ith"￿. ￿[Chml1￿ gnd authotitics. To8cthLT. wc arc Si￿1[1C￿￿￿Y Thi5 year. wc proudly launched our inaugural Lab Dwr Ambasswlor Programme, traininB 20 enthusiastic COmnUDity dic (￿d￿n￿l arc& Armed vlith skills and knowledge. thc&e now wereJJ to champinn river hL7dilu supwrt citizrn scia￿e inittafives and Ic3d ith hubs, and BcThr as vuluuble Irj a rcrTwkable thow of tommunity spiric over l.IXKJ &olwii¢¢rs dv￿c4[￿j thous￿ 0( bour6 to imwtani river rrsivrntiun al￿ monilLwing acliNiucs. Their cff￿ts irKlu&d planting. habi￿ I￿&¥￿c￿￿. In￿1Ve sPCCi¢5 Surveys. and d¢tsilul water quality mowt(w au coThttilMttn8 ￿ our citizcti icnce inits￿l¥cs. Adth'tionaily. wc I￿￿b]Ith¢d t(Nr new SMART Rivtts hutm thri)ushtM￿ Nthh Walrf ¢nAblin8 voluni#rs to en8a8e in high-r￿￿￿11￿ moniuyin8 or rr¢stLwattt lovellebr￿es, whicb ptvidrs L￿￿1￿1 rcolu8irai data whik rtthancin8 ILVI undrrstsndll¥ of riv¢r Mo￿O￿tr, v0hu￿e￿I witipatrd in exci(inR srM)wkel surv¢y4 h4tkn Otter habirai constn￿tiO￿ workshop4 and variuus Testuralion auivi¢irs #imd dl improving rivu habitsts and bI￿1Ver51ty. The passion. skill& and commitmcnl of our volwkets ar¢ ¢ss¢ntiai; they #rr drivllw forrc bchuyl our Mis61￿ 8Ni play * crt￿111 rol¢ iti fastmll8 Cmullity wJrd%hip of tyjr preei(XLS rivers. Together, we creaun8 8 tffl8hi¢r fwour cnvironmenL The (w$lees teroBLiSC thcir rtswtLsbi ility for identifyin& &58ewin& and ry￿1￿8 the mAJor risks faced by the Nortli Wal¢$ Rivers TnkL A rum]￿ risk rryi¥Ycr is TnaiDknd rcvicwcd ICW￿81lY throu8h￿l thc yc4r. covcrtn8 8iTalC8i4 oimtionai, fthatte4￿, environ￿ts[ go%%rnarKe. ajd reputstith)al risks. 5. areas of fixus during the ye8r I￿1￿.. - 0wats.onal Rislq.. Porn"cuiarly those ￿￿laTed with outtkMK rivu r¢sloTauon artivili¢6: Citizen 8¢ien¢e, 8JMI volunte cn8aBcmcnL. We h&vc Str￿Eth¢￿ed our hdth wl 5afetV ￿￿￿e￿￿e5. staff ￿Illin8. dynatnic rssk 4ssessthe￿ aj - Financial Risks.. Mitigat¢d throu￿ regul8r iwdgE¢ monitsvin& muh￿year project plannin& diverrification of iKome weatns. and oyersighi ty th¢ tr￿￿¢5, lead. m￿1(0￿￿8. - Fmvirotuncntsl and Regulaw Risks.. Such wth¥ tiLJf Wdttt, b11￿cCI￿]ry. and thc %atC m3nagcmfnt nf equipment volutttrcrs. All suff and vnluDIEU8. rwtfftve appr(W￿l¢ guithw aThl wc nuintsin Up.t￿d￿£ insuM]rr and prof￿10￿al stktxlarts. The tr￿81￿ are SItsfi￿ that appftvpriate systtxtLS in manage thc eharitys safdy and effecti￿ty. pro1￿10T￿ to the size and xale of the organrMion.

31 ¢JOIIX)324 (Wand wdWak51 ReRJiler•l Ch•iltyDul 127415 Gurl Yr A PFuSu￿ l¥fflvnf¢d&9.24) LN J Mdner(¥WiAI 4.9.?J) C. J Whi AJWiAth(r￿Je.3D.Z N V•w{•miin￿l 4.9.24) A.IIu8WLNw I￿Son & C W5 INS Amove4 by Lr&roltheiKwd of Ifth 2(125 and si￿￿£0]￿Lrb￿rty.. C. J IVhio.Thll*¢

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North Rlven Trll￿ Lt c Yrar td 3Ast March 20ts 31J.25 T•tsl fulld5 31.3.24 Total Unr&stTi¢*d Rutri¢r INCOME AND ENDOWMENfs FROM D￿j￿￿On& le8¥CiES 1&612 8•7J43 785272 Other trnding activiues 9.412 JA12 54,754 Totsl •24 7,843 840,n26 EXPENDITURE ON Raising fi￿d5 629 Rivtt Res¢orarion Community Fth¢a¢i 539.185 1311,120 6￿130 415,246 131,3R9 669J05 73S 54A635 NF.T INC()￿￿j1F.xPEwD1TuRE) Trwh8feYs betve¢n funds 138556) 201725 13L438 (262,725) 99,912 293,391 14 224,169 (124,J87) 293,391 RFLONCILtATION OF FUNDS Tvtal ituu¥bt fvnvard 13S132 369,705 SO1037 211,446 T¢JTAL FUNJ)S CARRtED FORWARD 359JOI 24S518 504,837

North w￿04 Rfvtn Tn￿1 Lid 31.3.24 Totsl unre$trK￿ ReAri¢ted fi￿d T•tal funds li 11925 Is,iii 20,148 Ikbtors C¥h at bank 12 124J21 234,691 1303 461225 3,056 483,-184 227J34 359212 233AI3 591625 486.440 Amounts fdling the within t)De 13 {1.097 (iJ24) (1917) 11,7511 NET CURRFNT ASSF.TS 34115 231J93 4￿.669 TOTAL kSSETS LE￿ CURRENr 359JOi 14S518 flA￿l9 504,837 NET ASSF75 359JOI 245Jl8 6D4O19 504,837 14 UnMtri¢t¢d funds Rc&trt¢t￿ fut)ds 35YJOI 24S518 135.132 369.705 TcifAL FUNDS 504,837 Th¢ chAritsble ¢onyny is thiil¢d io exempli￿ fr(￿ •udir uDder SeaiM 477 of the Compgjjics Art 20[￿ fLY the ye4r cndcd.41st March 2025. Tho h8ve not ￿qUired the company to oi*am an autht of tts firwKial #alem￿ts for the y¢Rr eJ¥knl 31￿ Marth 2025 iti accor¢Jawt with S￿lI0n 47(Trof the Companits Art 21MTrfi. Th¢ acknowledge their respotwbiliii¢s for (a) el)%￿ing that the ¢hantable c(Anpary keeps ary(MltiliDg rffwls thai mply with Swtiims 386 8n¢J 387 L¥f the Aci 21Kkn and prcparing financial Statrmtnts whi¢h givc a tye and fair view of the state of atTr4if8 of the charitable C4Nnp4ny as a¢ the end of each fJn8Aciai ycar and of its ￿rrA￿ ￿ th￿¢11 c￿h fLtwicia] yeAr in xttprdttntt with the rquirawits of Sections 394 and 395 attd whL"cb (Ahuwi5e CWY with the rqllit¢mrnis ijf the Cumtwi¢s Act 2LKknrcl8titi8 io ruw￿1?1 5tstrmrnts, sn far &% aN)licable ￿ the dwr¢abl¢ cor4)any. (b) Pag¢ 10

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the YexrERded Jllt Marth 202S 31J.25 31.324 Cash floT/sfrwll op¢r4ting Adivitle• 121,159) 348,777 Nd C&8h{uÉ￿11lyproVUledbY LwatiD8 activities 121.159) 348.777 CAsh liowi from IDveidllg attlvltt Purchase OL 1￿cd 122a28) Nei cthproNrydcd byl{USLuI in) inv¢5ting a¢tt"viti 122J28) ¢h¢ reportlwi ptrtod Cosh •nd ¢sh eqllivthDts It (kn bwnDiU ofthe rA￿rtI￿£ pttlThl (21,159) 3449 41VN4 156,935 Calh amd eylvthfs •1 th¢ ¢nd or the reportlmz perlod 46U25 483.384 Pagc 12

IY•rtb Wxkn Rlvers TrAst Ltd RECOIYCIUAIION OF YET INCOME TO NET CASH FInW FROM OPERAThG Arn JiJ.25 31.3.24 Net lty¢ome forthe reporthi8 Petr￿d (as per tht StateThe￿ of Fill￿￿1 AtttvltÉes) Adjustments hr. FkweciiLLiUn rharg 293 J91 6,716 50.058 11,388) (124387 (1.￿ D￿Tras¢ i¢J crrdirws N¢f cuh (ujed invprovided by operAtIo•s 121,159} 348,777 ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN YET FUNDS 1.4.24 Cash now At 31J25 t￿￿ C&sh at i*nk 483J84 121,159) 462325 483J84 (21,IS9) 462325 Totsl 483JA4 12J,IS9) 462325 P¥ge 13

N•Tth Wies Rfvers Tnmt L ACCOUNMG POLICILS Bw of prqmrlnz the Jtstemuts Thc financial 5tatcments of the ch8Titshlc which is a ￿th11c benefit entity undeT FRS 102, have be p￿party￿ in acc(kn with thc Cb￿l￿t$ SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting aTHI Rc￿tAti￿ by cb￿li1l%. Ststcm¢llt of R¢comtW￿a PNLic¢ atw]i¢ablr ￿ thlltilits. Prrpry thrir aLr(MJutb IA with tlL¢ Finthci41 RepwtTrng Stsndgrd 8pplirable in th¢ UK armj R4Nthlic ol" Irelarnl (FRS 102) lefflxtive l janu￿ 2019}'. RqMrtiThg sta￿lard 102 The FMa[￿lI1 KwtinK S[￿dard appbcable in the UK aThJ Rcpthlic of lrtlan& and thc CoTry)anics Act The financial qtatemcnts have prqmred undcr thc hi5tQTical c05t Jjvenuon. All iDcom¢ 15 r¢coBDi5ed the StatenMi of Financial ALYivities OftLC the Ch￿Iry bas entitlement w the fLmds, it is ￿0bIble that the illcome will be grd the atyyxmi Can be (neasu￿1 reliabty. Expe•dk•Ye Liabilities ar¢ r¢¢08nLs￿ as eX￿￿llUre ￿ s￿7 as there is a le8al ￿ c¢Mstructsve obli881ion con)llJiUittB the dEan"ty ts) that ex￿dIll￿< it is wobable thai a tratLsfer of beAefJts will be required io settletDeaT Bnd th¥ vl'thc vblsyliim rn¢as1￿ ￿lIablY. ETpcnthtsTre ifi accounted for an a￿rualS Iwis and h be¢n clwifiLMI und¢r h¢ading$ all co8t TrlJtr41 ro thc calcgory. IITrcTe costs cannot be directly auributtsl ￿ PArtirular he￿1￿￿5 have dloEaJJ ￿ a(Aivitic5 bas15" consistr￿ with thc Ubc or Tanoble Ilxed D¢EY¢ci4tion is provi¢kd * the Idlown8 nnuaJ rntes in Order to Mite off eth a￿tt OVLY its estimAttd usefvl lif¢. PJ¥nt and machin¢ry Fixtsjrts as￿ fLttiti8s 25Y• ijn rethJLLn8 balance 25￿￿ reth￿ing balallc 25% on rtthcin8 balance Tu#¢ioo Th¢ dwity 1$ ex¢Dyi frlwn tax its" clwilablc Hctivitits. Fund •¢¢04n¢l Unrestn'¢d fiwds ￿ be used in accwdaD¢C chatitrhle rt)j￿1vG% at the dikyttion of the tntstees. Restricted can only b¢ used for parti¢ul•r ￿strI¢l¢d purwses within the (pbjrcls ufthc clwity. Rr5trictions Furth¢r expla￿1110￿ of llam￿¢ ￿1 tKrptheof ￿ch fitsHI is incluthd in th¢ notrs to the fmin¢ial $¢atemeThts. DONATIONS AND LEGACIFS 31J.25 31.3.24 17 785,255 819 826,455 785,272 Gr4Dts r¢¢¢ivul iti¢ludul isj thr abovr. as fdlows: 31.3.25 31.3.24 819,569 785.J5 P•g¢ 14

Nortb Wles Yrnr E dcd 31st Marth 21125 31J.25 31.3.24 FundraisinB cve4s 9J28 54,754 9.412 54.754 RAISIL¥G FUNDS 31J25 31.3.24 629 CHARTfABI.F. AcrTVrn￿ COSP s￿p¢￿t wsis (Eec Diiecl C.(K4ts Tota Rivcr Rcstoraiion CommuEiity L,dllcatson 593W7 129375 11,619 ¢4)5.136 lJllJ20 722,782 12A74 135J50 SUPPORT COS Tntsjs Rivcr Restorduon CLKnrnunity E￿callDll 57 3,161 Al.029 845 1,165 3.161 11474 NET INCOMEIIEXPLYDITURE) Net is statd aftcr dwBw/ILzeditinK): 3AJ.25 31.3.24 5,037 6,716 Page 15

N•rtb Wies Rlv Lt EndedJlJt Mrth 2(125 Thcte wcre no IrL￿te¢S, remwKratirn ff other incfits ￿ thr yrar L7Mlcd 31st Mzrch 2025 nor f(>r the year cnded 3 1st March 2024. Tkn wcte Do trust¢es' ex￿￿8 fur the ycar aMknI 31# March 2025 foT ￿ ￿lT ¢nd¢d 3 l&t March 2024. ST AFF cofrs 31J.25 31.3.24 WaB&% ar￿ salari 215J27 131.679 215￿? lJl,679 The aver88e ￿￿thlY nurthEr of employ¢cs 4knin8th¢ ye4rwas as follows: 31J.25 31.3.24 MartL8em¢nt Proje¢¢ Noemploye¢s rtceived cmolurncnts in rx¢ass Of£￿,1KMj. COMPARATIVES FOR THE fATEmU￿ OF FINANCL4L ACTIVITILS UDrcstri¢wl fund Restsic￿l Total Jnds INCOME AND ENDOWMEhlS FROM Dnnations and l¢g8blfS 18 785,254 785,272 iradin8 *ivitie5 54.754 54,754 Toi 54.772 785254 840,026 .XPENDITURE OY CbArttsble #etlvldes Rivcr Rest(wauoo Colrnllunty E(knattc 1297 413,949 131,3¥9 415,246 131,389 TL￿1 1.297 545.338 546.635 ]¥ET TNCOME 53.475 60.189 239.916 160,1891 293,391 Nrt movemrAt ID 113,664 179,727 293,391 RF￿0￿C￿L1ATIuIY OF FUNDS Tutal funds brougllt forward 21.469 189.977 211.446 Page 16

Nwth ￿￿e1 Rlv T t L EDdtd 3litM#rch 21125 111. COMPARATIVFS FOR TFtE STATEMENf OF FINANCIALACTIVITIES. contlmed Uotestricfcd RestrictrAI Total fijnds TOTAL DTFNDS CARRIED FORWARD 135.133 369.704 504.5137 TANGIBtI FIXKD ASSETS Fixlure8 Pknitand achinuy M¢X vehicjes fittings COST Ai 1st April 2024 and 31st ma￿ 2025 l•J28 14175 iiooo 38J03 DEPRELIATION At 1st April 2024 Chargc Inrytar 12.713 1000 1250 18J55 S,037 1.936 Ai 31# MKch 2025 4J18 A1624 S250 23J91 84Y)K VALUE Ar 31st MarL'h 2025 SJIO 750 Isiii AL 31sr March 2024 7.746 3,402 20.1411 11 DEBTORS.. AMOUNTS FALLI￿G DUE WITlllT* ONE YEAR 31.3.25 31.3.24 127.344 3.n56 VAT 3,056 130,400 3,056 13. CREDrroRS: AMOLwfs FALLING DiTr. wrrwN ONE YEAR 31JJ5 31.3.24 SOCI￿ 8nd t¥x¢s VAT 15h57) 5,Y75 2J99 (049) 2917 ,75l Pa8e 17

Al Rlv TruSt￿d 31st March 2 A4. MOVEMENf IN FUNDS NEt TrJDsfe betweeo funds At 31.3.25 Ai 1.4.24 in fi]nds UAreArtctcd 13&132 13&S56) 262.725 359J•J Rrttrlcted AF AnglLSLy Cuuwil Costal Capaciry NELional Lottery 39.931 (1.19) 139.931) I,Iso 2J68 {21544) 1119.13 13&456) 112,67S} (l74J13) WCVA NatUTf PTtsxY5hip WCVA Challrn8c Fund RNLYrr&Q￿Itl Fund .932 174J13 76961 369,705 1262.725) 24S511 TOTAL FUNIAS 99,982 fH819 Net movemenr in fund8, ill¢luded ill the I￿¥¢ te as follows.. .Movenkttt ILI futMIs UDrutrkled f￿￿1 Generdl futhd 2&024 16W) (38J56) Restricted findi SAF Grants Angl¢s¢y CA)un¢il C4)Ml Lwity Narional I Ftsmce FaiTbairn WCVA I￿1 Na￿ p￿tt￿rShip 194328 41AOO $73S4 (154297) 142550) IS4WA) (21J43) 139IU27> 39.931 ii.ifjo) 2Jfil (21J14) IAB,933 514,9011 107 1069J051 138WS T17fAL FUNDS 835167 {73S885) Page i¥ ¢ontiiillrd...

North Wakn Rlvtrs T Ll 14. Cowp•r•th'es frx Dbovem¢Dtlft futtds Transftts beNteen At 31_3_24 1.423 UTrr¢¥trided fund5 21.469 53.474 ,189 135,132 ie5ttIeted fullds SAF Grdnts AngI￿rY COU￿1] cA￿tal C4pacity Natirjnal Lottay Fsmct Faithaim WCVA L4)¢aJ Nature parttvshrp WCVA Ch￿1(￿%¢ Fulld Riyu Fund 170.235 11.107 8W5 {33.791) 19,258) (9,779) 58.1 59.932 174.813 (136.444) 11.849) 1.144 58.(KfJ 59,932 174.813 76,9(4) 76.96Q 1¥9.977 239,917 160.189) 369.705 TOTAL FUNIKS 211.446 293.391 504,837 cLMnw￿Ivt nei movcrI￿1 in in w¢ &% fdlows: Uhrtstrlct¢d fvhdi GM¢r¥l lund 54,772 (129R) 53.474 Rethlctsd fonds 195.781 46.010 {229,$72) (33.791) Allgle*ry CoUt￿li Cosral C4J&oty Naiional I￿ry EBrn¢e Fairbairn WCVA L￿al Nature partrathip WCVA Challcngc FuThi 19,77Y) IY,779) 58.(MNJ 59.93 174.813 58,1 310.650 174,X13 (250.7181 785254 (545.337) 239.917 TOTAL FUNDS 840,026 1540.635) 293,391 Page 19

for c Ycar EDded 31rtMxrch 21125 14. A curretuyear 12 nTh)nths and wityyear 12 cotnbitrdpbsition i% as foll¢)ws.' Net Transfers At 31.3.25 At 1.4.23 ernl CuDd 21.469 14.918 322.914 359.301 Restrltied 170,235 11.107 8.635 6.140 (Ill,￿) (7.411 36.456 178.865 174,813 (176,375) (699 J 1.144 136.4561 112.6751 (174,8131 76.960 An8l¢sey C4)uticiI Cc*ial C4)acity NaLional t 2J68 WCVA LtK21 Naturc 5KrtsKrthip WCVA Chail¢ft¥e FuThd River restw4iKon Fund 166.190 76, I￿,977 378.455 1322,914) 245.518 TOTAL FUNlkS 211.446 393.173 ye4r 12 months arml ytar 12 ￿mbIned nw¢m￿t in JJnd& irKIth ift the knv¢ L% foll¢)ws.' lov￿rnI yn funds rc&ftirctk expended ilnmtrleted (luKY41 fijnd 112.P46 (67,8711) 14.918 Rutrl¢ted 3￿.{KI9 87.41n 57.254 58,IKII 825.610 174.813 131J3.8691 197.f1181 164,6651 121.545) 1646,745) 6,140 {10,408) (7.411) 36.456 178.865 174,813 Angi¢s¢y Cos¢31 C4pakity NatiODa] Lottery WCVA Cbdllenge Fwid 1393.097 (1,214.642) 378.455 1,675.893 (l ?B2520) 393.373 Pagc 20

Lt he lor the EDded 31st 2( 15. There were llo tela*dm tran￿￿￿LS f￿ thc yr4r(th 31￿ Mzrch 2025. Page21

North w￿e5 RfversTnut Li MaTch 2112 31.3. 31.3.24 Donatiow and leg•deJ D￿¢1￿1 17 785.255 819J69 785,272 IXb¢r trAdI￿1 tlfvkles Fundrw"sJng events 9J28 54.754 9,412 54,754 T•tal ID¢imlni YE￿rE 5067 ¥40,026 ExPEND￿vRE Other trdthJA •¢tMthI 629 CbarltAbl¢ ttSvldes 215J27 3b334S 12&918 131,679 295.762 117.40$ 3247 7.498 2,582 River ReAc￿lL￿ casL4 community edueation c￿ts cxpcnsc Trnv¢l expcnsts Plani aDd ixwrts aThJ litlinjp m￿Ye￿i¢l&S l•h70 1,936 45S 722.712 531.173 Support ¢o>ts 2.724 1263 102 419 2,51M) ,134 2117 29 2￿10 2,010 395 P(Kstage and srarionery Afonydd ftts FixtWTS and fittings 8202 FI￿￿te Rank charges 57 65 StlTtrainin8 1357 Page12

N rth Wakn Rlvers Tntst Ltd forth Y En 31.3.25 31.3.24 (Mher 1.165 2,438 Pm[G￿l0na1 ftts 761 3.16J 73SO85 Nel lu¢•Me 99,982 293 J91 This pa¥c ]Mit frm ￿10f the stawt(xy fillancial statallLYts Pa8e 23