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RE4JISTERED CtXIPANY NUMBER: 06e45249 (En9l•nd Ané WIlEs A￿STERED ¢+IARITY MIMBEA: 1132pI 5 FIMn¢ll StaknNrt• lor th• Y•r End•d 30 S•ptsmbw2023 GLOBAL BIIIGADES im( {A ¢OMPA14Y UMITED 8Y QiIAAAiifEE) l(rnx Crwr LLP EC3A 2AD

GL08AL BRifADES UK lor Ihe Yethr Ended 30 Sepnl>er 2023 R•fm¢• ￿ AthnInltr•t1￿ Detsll• ft•p¢)rt of Tw¥ 2 b) 4 stst•ment ol Flnan¢W Adlvl¢i•s B•lance Shaet Notr¥ to Ihv Fin4n¢lal Ststements 8 io 13 D•tsil•d Ststemenl ol Flnan¢ial AGtl¥ltie* 14 10 15

6L08AL 8RIGADe$ L Reluen¢e AdmlnlJlral1￿ Delollo lor lh• Y••r Ended 30 Sep1emb•r 2023 TRUSTEES S Ahmed S Akhtar J Woodrow S Ganapalh l(>wr) IIEGISTERED OFFICE 10W2 irt Drive J¢wellery au ￿'r[￿ 818 REGISTERED COPAPANY NUMBER tW45249 ¥vJ Wales) AEGISTEAED CHAAITY NUMBER 113>)15 IMDEPENDENT EXAMIMEA l(Mx CrrTyr LLP 65 L￿d*￿all Str6 BANKERS Hsbc 21 KirF5 Mall Krys &reet W6 CQF Papl

GL08AL BRIGADES UK Flewi ol Iho TruJlD•$ for Ihe Year Ended 30 S•pmber 2023 The truste•s are akn (reck¥s the ctArhy lor the pwposeg ol the Companies ALI 2UJ6. wesent thelrrepLvl with the lin3￿￿?1 slaomnts of Ihe charity lor Ihe year ended 30 Semnter 2023. The trustggs havg adcJted the kYQ"sions ol knounb"w aid AerMxb"no by Charitses.. Statom￿ ol R•comm8ThJ•J PradK8 applKatl8 to chafit preparing their a¢counts in acoy¢JarKe ￿th the Re(￿"ThJ in the UK a￿# ol Irdand IFFIS 1021 lelleLlve 1 January 20191. OBJEcnvE8 AMD AcnvmES ObJ•eihMA Artd almA Th8 objocts clth8 dHnty as set c4rt h) ts g)¥emry fjnstrwr￿ are to the benefft cl developlrvj ountri98 ty.. (al th8 a(fvancQr￿ d wJu¢¥￿￿ •MI tr¥ii IMJ: {bl Ihe relet of ￿￿, sickness and (str Icl Ihe pro)Tr)kn h•allh, Idl the wowsh)n d r£cieathorAI tho •erests ol sooal we￿8 otct of Ih•"I of file. The princiFel ol l)e elwy is to coorcfme Y￿ur1eer ellorfs 8nd etr)tribute res￿￿e6 lo uThJerseNed communltSes lo rel￿Ve problans eawj by F)¥erty, hurger. léek of acttss to healtn¢aie, wblic health infrastructur•, lack of educalion. aThJ erNwDnrn￿IaI th9radati￿ wlwle prese￿￿9 s￿h communit￿. culture, as as to that• ts public arKI to Corry w gther charitabl8 ￿rI11B¥ with ihese as alkmeé Further￿￿￿18 ol Ihe work calli￿1 out lry ￿kI¥j in lh8 dwIty￿￿ be atTWWW.gknbalbri9ades.0 PIJBLIC Be￿FIT In develoF4ng Ine wc¥ramry lor Ihe pefKJ aro •) rlannry ¢harity¥ ￿￿"￿ille$ the Irwlees Nwe cwidwY Ihe Charity Cc¥MK8icn's guvjance ¢n rML4ic In pwtnjlar the truste8s ¢￿￿der Jdivrtles caNF*J oul berdrt to the commwwty. Ptye2

GLOBAL BRIGADES UK lorthe Yuf Ended 30 Sepknber 2023 ACFIEVEMENT AND PEAFORMANCE Ounn9 thè pÈrh)d. 6 brigaée8 were attertha ty 78 vcAurtÈèrn from the UK 301 Y￿h to Honthrn8, 1 to P&nam 1 to GrèÈcè and 1 ￿ Gh￿ The below tablÈ summèriqÈs ts tharity's brbJadÈs DvÈr Ihe year: iymvif LWJWI , ..￿)(kn Rea¢Jws are thisgd to wisil Wdt.&)baWkn¢xg fu a I￿j ￿￿erstan(l￿ ol Ihe acti￿"119$. obpcti and achievemenls. FINANCIAL REVEW Inw$tr)•nt poll¢y ènd oblecllte• Fr￿ the pe￿￿tive ol Ihe ￿gar•SaIl￿. in¥estmenls a￿ i￿e whth c￿1 a I￿rnetary ¥￿ue fyjt gl¥e a s reluin to the orgonisallon. Investmenls are crly ur￿ert•k•n ￿￿n9 n￿•Y that is not dlocated to reser¥•s. •wN•s policy Al thf yeai charity Unwi¢￿ reser￿8 of £40.￿9 12022." t38.674I. Th8 trustw IIHt Gkèal Briga(s UICS linarKy pxtu) securp. Fleseryes are a5 a to srnrth elle¢ts ol ol incryn8 8XPgwtilure or n a swrficanl tulure crfjital Theslmenl has been 1dwrtif￿d. Therete. reserves are accunwkied pa6sively as ts)e brpToduct of operat￿nS OT actNdy vknen a s1wh"￿t future wrtal Inves1￿￿nI has been idenlrfied. ResLYves aim lo be rnalrta￿￿1 at 12 months of average (yialfftg expenses ￿lich Lwrrenuy repres￿ eea £do,000. P￿3

GLOBAL BFIIGADES UK epurt Df the TnMlee lor ih¢ Ytar Enood 30 S•pl•mk•f FUTURE PLANS Tho chaiity's alms lor 20ZJ.24 Indud• ex￿[￿ ts t4(Jit èelfvllles h Gtna, Greece, Hondurts, aThJ Panama. as wal as the ryg8ment of v(lunt8ers kn TeleBdg&des prrpjrams. Finandalty. the charty cc4)tlr•Jes ain to acCumL￿1O reserves. STrU¢TUAÉ. GOVEANANCE ANO ￿NAGE￿￿ Govvrnlng do¢um?nt Gldwl BrTryad•s UK is gOV•m￿ by Mamor%lum Articl•s d￿ad &1 2(X b$ arn8rrfj￿ by sp r•%olulior on 14 SrtJ•r 21x9 on 1 Sry)I￿V&￿r ￿19. R•¢Yullment and appolTrtm•nl ol n8w ttystwts New Iluslees are voled ￿t0 p05rtK￿ by mwnbeTS Ot al kne AGU. In wtsirn perKé Irustees are appointed ty les￿Ul￿￿ ol the exisbng trustees. When consKlerirJ the recruitment of now InJstee6. Ihe trustees ler experience vAthin Global Br4Jades and ￿teM¥"0nal devdcpmgnt and lak¢ into aG¢ount the sk￿15 ar experience rec¥jI￿ by Ihe cwity and seeb¢ lo e￿J￿1￿1 the Irvstee tyt and Fin8Trial Stat&mwrfs and copi88 ol our Conllict of Inl¥eBi Polw. Twstse E>?￿￿ Poly, Risk Ma￿￿￿?1bt Pdw. R￿¢￿￿90 Poky¥J Fnjroal Cutrols wjicy. Tlwy also c¥)mF4ete a Declaralwjn ot InlereBt& Related p&rtlta provth grant fundry to tre folbwMIg Ster organk8aticffis imr4ementaticn' AsouacKn Global Brh3adas dé Honduras, Bngad8s lrt, Gham. FUrKI￿lon Biigadas Glob￿e6 de Panam and Glth Br)8￿ Assotyait¥) report has been prewgd ￿ accortlanc• the 8PB(x* pro¥Hiww ot Part 1S of h Cryynig¥ Act 2006 rolating to wnal comF¢anies. o.3..06.:..l•W,..-........ and 8ffjne(l ￿ If8 behall ty.. A￿ed by ol Ihe boarl crf truslee8 M...... ... .. ¥o- Trust•8 Page 4

. Indepth￿nI ExornM￿$ Rep￿ to th• Tru ol Qlobal 8rlfpd•• UK Ind•p•rTrdent￿mI￿1. rwl to the Iw•tee• ol Glob•l Brig•rkn UK {Ih• Cornp•Tr￿) report its the thaiity Irustees my exwThnatKffi d the acccyrt d tha Company kn Ihg y8ar 8nd8d 2023. R¢spon•ibiliti88 and b••i¥ ol report As the tharws Irustees ol the Compwty (aryl also ils ('r¢¢kn￿ th8 F4XF)w (4 c(w you are iè$ponsiUo lor the the ar%cwnts in wilh c4 lh8 Cc¥Dpan￿ Aci 2￿6 Hamng satisllgd Ihai be ac£￿)nts ol the Corn￿ are not requi￿ lo be a￿led under Part 18 ot Ihe 2￿ ana ¥9 elgt lor iTr3gpendwl exar￿aD.0n. I report in fgsm of my examnaiM)n of your C￿11￿$ acccAmts a? carvie(l oul SKlion 145 ot ￿ Chaith95 20111IP 2011 ￿￿). In Carry1r￿ out my exthnalknn I have Ihe Direct￿nS liven by the Charity CorNr#s6K￿ under sect￿ 14951 Ibl ol Ihe 2011 kt. depeb)dent exomln•V• •meffl I h8¥e coTrWd my I confTh tr￿1 no mallers have ccn8 to my alterrth￿ In ccmeAion with tr examinalim givry me CaL￿e ￿ beli•￿. r8e(￿d9 ￿r nL w Mi ré8p•J cl￿panY a¥ 386 01 Ihe 20tA kt: or • acctsunts do not accord with thos• rwds." or the accounts do rM)I txrnpty the reryirorTwts 396 01 Ihe 2006 olh8r than any r8quir8m8nl thal lh8 accixvts gi¥8 a truo wigw is a rrfler consKlyreU as part of an iTrJepèn¢Jent examination". e accounts have not ten prepwed n ￿COrd￿￿e Ihe mehjds and FYw)ciple3 ol Stalemenl ol Rpcorrmended P1act￿e lor ac(owitry aThJ reF￿'r& by charilS lapFknble to tharilles pieFTrHriny ￿lf accounts in acGwdw with the Finanaal Rewtin9 SiaThJard V4wJlub In Ihe UK ¥bY Republkof Ireland IFHS 102)). I have no concems ard have tross rv) L4her matlers in Connect￿ with the examinati￿ lo whith should bE (kawn in this reF¥Xt n order lo ￿able a pr(VEr wNJer8Ia￿Ing of t￿ lo bo reach8d. Rithard &lr#Jhursl l(nox CroFper LLP Cliarleied Accountants 65 Lead8thall Str8 LoTrJ EC3A 2AD Dat•". 1110612024

GLOBAL BPJGADES UK ststsm•nt eA F**Kl•l Aeii¥llle8 (IncoYpoY•tlng an Incorne arrtl Expendltsxe A¢caMrt) lor th• Y••r End•d 30 S•pl•mb•r 2023 2023 2022 INCOME AND OKIOWMÉNTS FROII 12 Okner Ira(I'ry xtr4it 64.404 Total EXPENDITURE 014 rit•blo activiliv¥J Pro￿8￿)n of AKI lor Gktsl Prc 82,05¥ 71,790 NET IWCOMV(EXPENOITURE) 2.025 17,374) RECOHCIUATION OF Ful￿1$ Tota1 tuKts t<ought IoNtard 38,674 46,048 TOTAL FiWDS CARRIED FOAWARD The rnies (Art fir￿ Btsiemthys Page 6

GLOBAL BA￿DEs UK IHEGISTERED NUMBEFt 1x8452491 Bolonce Sheol 30 S¢pthmb•r 2023 2023 2022 CURFIEMT Asstrs C8sh at t￿k 114,733 93,831 CREDITORS Amours lalling due wilhin orn year (74m41 (55.1S7i MET ¢URAÉNT ASSETS 8• 38 674 TOTAL A6$ETS LESS CURRENT UABILITIES 40.099 3B.674 T ASSETS 98.674 FUNDS Lknrestricled lunth 10 TOTALFUNDS Th8 tharitat48 compwry is wrtillod lo oxemptKffi trom KIit S￿￿)￿ 477 cl Ihe C￿ani•S Act lor the year ende¢J ￿ Septemter W23. The m￿￿elS h￿e Th)t required ￿ comrAry to otrrtan an audbl 01 it5 statemerts for the er#Jed The inJStèes tthledge thar le8p￿l9￿"1rt1es Ic la> ensuring thal Ihe eharilat4e Cjjrpary keéps a¢ttwrtirwJ r•ccds cryly Tfvilh Sttlkns 386 387 of th8 Companios Act 20(6 prepaiin9 tinan¢o1 atWlVdS whKh Gi¥¢ 0 true fair crf gthtè ol affair9 of ihè d)arii8bl corwwiy a¥ at the ond ol ea¢h knyal yw ar¥J d its Surplus crf del￿¢ lor èach fir)ancial year i acEordanGY wikn the requiremwrt¥ of 394 arwj ￿ •vJ dh8Thvise rxxnply lh* rgquilomenls of thg C￿nF￿nIg$ Ad 2C(6 rglatiThJ to fir￿4 Stat￿￿nts, ￿ Ipr as appk4blo 19 Ihg charitable cwnpany. These financial stalement6 have been Fryared wilh the a￿kat￿e to charitable cAmpani8s sutr4ecl kn the small regme. Th¢ gtstsments 8pwoved by Ihè ￿rd ol Tn￿￿e$ aut￿￿Se￿ l)r ts8ue c 07:..Q.<:..>0.4................... on ts b•h•W by G lannel￿- Trustse Th• nrth lorn pArt ol these slatements

GLOBAL BRIGADES UK Nole• to the Fon￿¢￿1 St•l•m•nl¥ f•rth• Y••r End•d 30 s•pl￿b•r 2023 ACCOUNTING PoU￿Es 8•818 ol pr•pwing th• fir￿CIal al&t•n firwwl 91 thg ￿￿￿taLle WTwny. whtth is a bgngfit entrty urKJfjt FFIS 102. havo b8eTr pyepared aLwQarKo wilh the Chwilies SORP {FRS 102) 'ALY))uiilwYJ arKI AeportirvJ by Carilies: Slatement ot Hecornrw￿￿j Pr&1￿8 to charities pryrin9 th•ir aCCo￿lS in xcordarrn wilh Ihe Financial Reportin9 S￿JarIj a￿￿￿atIe in Its UK ¥•J Repubk ol lielaThJ IFRS 102) lefleclive 1 Jan￿ry 20191.. Financial ReFytiw Stsnof¥d 102'The F￿￿¢￿1 Aeportmo SlaThJar¢ apfvbie in Ihe UK ané Repu￿1￿ ot IVe￿n(r Ihe 2(￿￿. Tho statements have been prq)ared urK1ef the IMstoricAI (xjsl corNenti(￿. Th8 acwdnts e piestt)ted #i eh"tV "nuè as a coneom. k6y ¥our¢es ar? in the above poli•s vk• aPpI￿￿tIo, AII is rK(wistsyJ in the StatThnt (rf FInar￿Al AcbNkn"es charity has lo Js, it is pthL4e thal Ihe i￿e will bo recEN￿ Ihe wnourt Gan be mgasuigd rgliabFy. Expondliw• at41rtie6 ale f￿ntsed as eXreThs1￿e as Se￿ as there 16 a Wl crf con6Wuciive obligallcffi ccrf(wnSittrrfJ the ch8Aty 10 thai expenditufe, il is probable )el a transler of etonc4DK benetlfs wlll be wulred Se￿rner￿ aTrJ the amounl ol tlie can be N￿msured relia￿¥. ￿ndIture is aco)unted lur on ¥cruas ba61& anrl has been da>#rfi•d UfKJor h•aifings that aggre9ate c(X81 rÈLqiÈd th• catwy. Wlh8r8 cc6ts cannot be or8￿Y Stirt￿ to parthiilar he8thr¥Js they teen 81cKaied lo ￿tivIti9$ b•si8 constonl wlth th• uso d re$￿T￿. Taxali Fund KCOWbtlng UnreSIr￿1&￿ frJTrdscan be used in arud￿ 1wit￿ oLyctivesat ts Oscrntion of the trustees. Regirfctèj lundg can th be used lor partuk¥ ieartha the oty.ects d the charity. ReStrictiti￿ ame when by the wl)en fur¥Js are reslitled Sh¢xtt•rrn d•btw• •nd cr•ditov• netlrxs aro I￿￿1$d when the is entiNgd to lh8 Incom8 aftw any par1rffi￿ ¢￿thI1￿$ have been mgt. arnvunt be measured ￿liablY and il 15 pfL)tyble Ihat the I￿orr will bp received. Cre(hoTS are recOgn￿e￿ the ha8 a present *1 or ¢c￿l￿￿￿ve Obligati￿ resulting Ircfft a past ownt lo make paymert trj a ihwd paty, w)bable that s•tilwnwrt will ￿ r8quir•d the arnount due to setlle Ihe obIb3a￿.Ijj ￿ be tM)swed crf esknaled Ptye8 conthnued...

GLOBAL BRIGADES UK lor tho Ye•r Ended 30 Seplenthr 2023 DONATIONS ANO LEGACIES 2023 12 OTHER TFIADING ACTIVrnES 202a 2Q22 IiS77 70S 2J.91)2 4.024 7.147 10,374 19.519 21.665 7.616 2J 615 Imporial Col8g8 LorKknI 'ngs College Lond( Unr¥er of e￿l￿1￿h Oxfor(l Unprtrs Ex•tw ul￿ers1ty K￿1 aNJ Me¢Jay M•Jul Sclw)ol St George's Vnivgrsity ol Lonth)n Trent Urwver 8,F£7 2.811 64.404 CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS port COSts16ee note S tyrect Tola PrO￿n CA AKI loi Gkthl BrkJ&l• Priocas 447 SUPPORT COSTS Tolals Provi.1￿ ol Aid lor altthl Projects 750 447 P•JB rJJn1inu￿...

GLOBAL BRIQAOES UK Noi49 to th• Fln•rtl•l Slam•fit. ¢ofitiwd Iw th• Ymr End•d 30 S•pt•mb•r 2023 i￿1￿30￿ are as Ic•)ws.' Insuwan A£hmlnlstrakn Meeting cos Bank ¢harge5 and athniiistralhin lees Inde￿tht ExaThunerfs lee 513 NET IN¢OMEKEXPEN(XTUR kK]Xn￿(exPthl￿rtUre) ts slale(l alter c4)aN•rfLr£Yffits"￿.. TRUSTEES. REAIUMEAATION AND 8EN£FITS y￿r xi Septertw 2022. There were trustee& expenses Fa¥J IOT yew eTrJed Xl Wember XJ23 nor for the year ended 30 Seplember XY22. Page 10 )￿ill￿e1J...

GLOBAL BAIGADES UK Nots8 to Il Fln•n¢141 St•WMln￿- lorlh• Y•ar Ended 30 Sepl•mber 20rJ GOMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMEMT ￿ F4AMJAL ACTIVITIES UnrpslriclBd lund COME EP•OWIIENTS FROII 12 Othpr ￿rI3 athyibgs 64.4r Totsl 64416 EXPENOITURE ON Ch•rllabl• •cti¥iil•• Provi*on ol AKJ lor P(r 71,79J NET WCOWExpeNLXTUF (7,3T41 RECONCILIAnON OF FUMOS TO1￿ funds Ixought IcThartl 46,046 TOTAL FUNDS ¢AftAIED F(IAWARD 98.674 CREDITORS: AMOUIITS FALLINQ OiE WITHIN ONE YEAR 2023 2022 Trarje ¢redilor8 Accruals aThJ deleried w 74JJ34 ,157 PagÈ11

GLOBAL BRIGADES UK Not•s to lh• FlnAn¢lal Stst•m•nts. for lh• Y•w End•d 30 S•pl•mbw 2(123 IQ MOYEh18lT IM FiINOS Net rrKNement lurrtls Al ).9&3 1.10.22 Unrestrlcied fur￿• fLmd 38.674 TOTAL FUNDS Nel movemenl in lurnl¥. thg oiwe arg as lolow5: furKJ$ Unr•stri¢l•d IwKI• Gewal 14uwJ 2025 TOTAL FUKIS Nel Al J.9.22 1.10.21 In furn Un￿trICted f4md• (7,374} .674 TOTAL FiINPS 374 Comparnlove rfuded ￿ Ihe ato are as Resou￿aS Muvttnent exFwded Sn lund5 sovrces Unreslrtcled funds G￿eral fund ,416 ,3741 TOTAL FiINDS $4,416 1,7 ,374 F*g• 12

GLOBAL BRIGADES VK Note¥ to thE FinvKiil Slmtement. continued f•Y the Yer End•d 30 Sepmlxr2023 11. RELATEO PAIITY DISCLOSURV6 A80(#acion Global Brwdas de Horthras, Gld)al Brtydes Ghana aThl Fundadon Brbjadas Globales de Panama ar• th• affickn•l imFdam•rw￿ ￿rtrr# lo 13obo1 ￿deS InterMtw)nal affIlia￿s. eoordinabbVJ tho logistbL3 of ON ¥olurlo8r ￿b.¥￿108. Tho$0 •nlrfb88 arw grant8d from th• GB alhliat8s ID hiro1ocal staff. in1w￿t￿al irtwns lo Co(￿￿nal8 brKJad8s. to pwwualo woi8cts bofy¥8on th8m. Thor a lull.lime th"reGlor Ihat IraGks ts ￿￿11]c5 of eath aThJ nM)nthors ts 1cry.run relaliorLship Mlh the c(WTwnwNty. 11 GvAF￿NTEE OF VALVE The Charitatde Cryry is wKorwoted LwKler the Cryies Acl aTrJ 16 limited by gUar￿￿ee. eath member hawo ur#JertakM lo Contr1t￿le io suth amcxmts not exceediry cne pK>und as may be required in the evert ol the ￿.￿j wo￿11 up WI￿1 he 0¢ she is thl a or th one y thereafter. 11 DONATED SERVICES We are grataulfcff lry th& %rAuntés •v4dved li Gtckn*J Brigades. 14. TAXATIOM STATVS As a reqisiered chanty D)e c¥)nwny is exffj frc¥D corpThati￿ Tax on irwne appligd lo chaiitat4e ath"vilOes. Pag8 13

IIL08AL BRIGADES UK Dewbèd St•lement ol FlnarSèl Acll¥Mles lor the Year Ended 30 Sepleml>ef 21Y23 2D23 2022 IIKOME AND EN￿•v￿£11T$ 12 Other Iradlr•g a¢thllle• L￿d0￿ Sckwl ol EG¢JKYTMC¥ &'rTrMrWam Unrvwwty 1ryo1ial College LorKI 1fj￿8 Cole9e Unfverslty of Ethnbur Oxlord unive￿Ity Exetef ikniver Kwl and kledway Medical Scfxl Sl GeLrye's U￿ve￿Ily of L¢)nd on Notyham Trent Unrrfernily I2￿77 705 21.665 7.616 21615 7.147 10,374 19I19 2,841 Tot•1 Incomlng 64,416 EXPEMDrruRE Ch8ritabl• a¢lb¥ili•• Honduras Ghana Panama Greece 43,720 (SD) 9.074 33.272 28.298 4.458 75,e06 66,028 Munagement rwr8￿C AdministratKJn cos18 M80lin9 C08t$ Bank interest 513 1.146 2Lr3 2.182 Gc¥ernanc2 costs kndèpèftdent E%￿l￿Or,6 leg S.750 3.5 Page 14

GLOBAL BRIGADES UK Staln•ntof Flrncknl Acti¥HI•8 lorth• Y••r ETrd￿ JO S•pt•mb•r 2023 2023 20f N•t Ineom•l<•xp•rrtl*urn) 7.3741 Page 15