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Company Teglstratlon numbèr.. 06909738 Charliy re8lstralon number.. 1133268 EFA London IA company Ilmlted by guaranteel Annual Rep(yrt and Finandal Statements for thÈYear Ended 31 Juty 2024 g Hare & Blllet lackheath SE3 ORB

EFA London Contents Reference andAdmlnlstratfve Det311s Tru5tEes' Report 2to29 Independent Ex8mlner's Report 30to31 32 Balance Sheet 3a Notes to the Flnanel81 Statements 34to45

EFA London Reference and Admlrblstrative Deta115 Trustee5 LarysaAgbx50 Melinle Cooke Sho Konno Fella Meftah Lella Kate Mulloy Annallbera Refvto Jesslca Walker Dermot Bryers 5ecretarv Charlly Reglstratlon fiumbgr 1133268 Company Reglstratlon Number 069(￿738 The charlty Is Incorporated In EnglaNd andwales, 108 BattÈrsè3 Hlgh Street London ED8land SWII 3HP Fleld Sulllvafi Limlted 9 Hare & Blllet Bl8tkhÈ3th SE3 ORB ReElstered Office Independfrnt Examlner Page I

EFA London Annual Report I" August 2023 - 31" July 2024 ch￿ltY Nuinber.. 1133268 Company Numb￿.: 06909738 Vnw.EfAlts￿oD.¢r¢

Contents GIos5AI'y of Aci'oMy4is aDd Rbbi'Evlallolls AdmlnlslrAtlve deijlls Letsderslilp teArn>s Sttht¢meut Summary of k¢y achieYeffteni8 Styalegy 2019.22. V15ionb Bollls, ptsrptrs¢ a￿ls1￿ctIVitI AppI￿a¢h and Meiliodology P￿tIcip0￿r$ llnd PLrlllegs Looklng back Suniw&ry of oui¢ourses 16 Achieve1￿¢thIs iii r¢latIO￿ to ourgoals and111￿$ I￿￿1￿8 Ahead 23 'UStcts Amd CovernArtc Board meelings & othcr a¢bvities iJsl¢c Indurlioii &TrauullE StalenKyt pubb¢ benefil 27 R¢Su￿S Folicy 27 Govcmittg do¢unMI 27 Stotdiietsiof Tmslee$' Ré5ponsibilili¢s Aecounts Indc￿nd¢ttI Exlllnille￿ Rwort Stalernent of F￿aD¢i￿lActs¥LtI¢B 27 29 Balan¢¢ Shcel Notes 31 Glossary of *tL'OIIyDJS Aiid ibbi'evlatlo￿s CPD Conlinued P￿)f¢s￿O￿al Developm￿t ww.¢faloiith)n.org

EAL English a8 an Additional Lagiiage EFA Engligli forAct¢oii IEFA Londool ESOL EDBli8h forSpe￿ke1s of (xI￿r LavBe5 ESL Etsglish 8s a SecottdLattgu&ge Furthd. Edu¢alion HASL Housiiig A¢lion SoTr]diwfji and L&mbedi NATECLA Notionlll ASs￿lI110n for Tr2¢liiiig Emglisli nitd othEr Communiry Language& to Adulls NEON N¢wEcononiy OigaDl¢ersNeNvark Nc Neighbollrhood Collullunkty]nfrastZU¢DueL NOCN Nlltional Open College Neiwo QTLS QualifiedTeacher Learnlngand Skills IWGB I￿￿￿￿110￿&[Wo*keys Union of Gr¢atBritllin WIVl¥.ofnloiidon.org

Administrative details Tlie Tru51ets preseiil tli¢ir rcp)rt and fumlleièl s161eiiieDts for the perfodending31 July 2021. Tliis is a Dir¢cfO)3' report LYqIILrcd by s417 of th¢ ￿]]￿lie￿A¢1 2006 aDd all Thwte¢s are Direclors. Dli'ectors tsJLd Trustees ie Diiectoi? of Ilie cliqi'itDble comparty ils TNgkC$ for the puYp088 ofcharity10W. MaiivA BelghDzi Dr. Melatiie Cooke DHlliel Mieljael Gilltter5 Lllrysa Agbaso Slio KoDllO Jessi¢8 WAllttr Fella Meft&h AnD81ibeNRcfu Leilll Mulloy Isolda I,ib61ri0 Clialr Trewirer ConipThYStcr￿￿rY D¢ivwl Biy¢ts C￿rtst(¢￿tloTh EFA Loiidoii i$ a cismpaiLy Jiwiled by guaraiilee {nuaiber 69Q97381 wilts no $hat¢ ¢JpitAI and i registerd tliaiily (number 113326818ov¢med by its lrtiGks of association. Pi4or to re8i5trslio]i, the Drghnisalion wasknown £s EiylisliJoJ'Aelioii. Kadiarine Low S¢ttl¢melll, 108 BatterseoHigh Stteei, SWI13FIP Reglslwd office Field SullivaD Limiitd, 9 H￿t and Billet Road. Biacwje￿b. London, SE3 BJJJl(tl'5 T1￿c0-Openi[ve BaDk, PO Box 250. SketsY￿$daIe, WN8 6WT IVeb45te f london.0 fte$*￿ed from thÈboard 17thJafjwry20Z4 MvivKfolonthn.oYg

Executive Team Statement EFA London (Eoglish forActionl exists to help nii8r8nls ID fA¢ UK Ibe iallguo8e,skills Jlld n¢iworks Iheyneed to eli8￿ge Ilieu'lives ¢omn)unilie5 foy Ilie berter. W¢know Uial mi8rn]113, esp¢cially tiiose iviih rtliiYely low levels of Englisli, suffer dispttopoiiion8i¢ly froiii Ilit iiiipactof poverty illeqvality. Th¢y catt be. and Thustbe, and oftert are, Il th¢ foLthDlof8ctlon to mak¢ om. society fair¢i' mor¢ equal. Ow'closses, tr8iiiin8 and a¢tlvllies bavexeengood nuinbei%. Triis ye￿. imniiw'alionwa5 e31imaltd lo L)e hround 1.2n). dccordthg lo the Offi¢¢ forNatiOll&l Slolisli¢s, wljicli is c108e lo Ihc all-1￿￿¢ hi￿1. Fulldiiig foi'ESOLIEnglisli fo¥Sp¢ak¢rs of Oiber IAllguu8csI ¢lo$s￿ hos re￿￿1￿ed￿1&tiv¢1y5th6le, bul evidence from PlDvid¥iE sug¥ests th8idetTrand 1$ siill lii81)ei'ih&ii supply. This yeoi. wc lJoVc￿en involved in tt pioje¢rbJiided Lythe GLAto help pe4)le fiiid classes in ESOL and oibtr ￿lse1, Ovei. 200 peDpl¢ ttiiend¢d our Ibree #dull education fai¢4 held in Soulliwadt. L4ttibcib and Tower H&ttilelS. It ivas 4 very busy year, III terms ofpolkNcRI chRnge and oui'¢omniunilicspaiti¢ipaling in thasc pIDcesses. In April, EFA stlldeDls, leaclJer$ and voluiitecysioined neai4y 2000 olliers atdi¢ Lonthrt Cilizeiis m8y0171 ACCOUDtllbilityassembly 8tMerf)odiStCelltr￿ HalL Wewere ttol ODly gpe¢lalors had be¢n involved Illro￿gIIoUt the piocess, Ikv¢loptn8thc manifesto Ili¢l ith¢lud¢d d¢mllnd8 al￿11￿￿ 11)ITe theiiics, viiolly important lo ow comiThullity' woth rtod ￿Be8, liousing and MI￿￿nI riglils. Sadiq tumn A¥reed ioivoik WI￿￿8 lo fj]rtheryrQmo￿ Livsng wage LlvthgHows {a ¢athpaigttfoi' decent 51abl¢.¢oiitraels), suppoit asyluni sttkeTS lo access firebus Ii'avtl )nd mok¢ fvrtlitr IIIIPmVeinenEs to ￿oL prowsion. Shortly after the London ¢lorlion, w¢h¢id our annual ￿0veEsol day 2nd lo Deputy Mayor How￿￿ D&wber, wbo agreed 1¢ meet wiilj us to discuss idea8 fix. IttIPfQViDS aCCCSS to YSOLclEsses in Ib¢ Eoyilal. ln Jiily Iherewts a change in gove￿￿te￿I. EFA was pleased lo see tlie end of the Rivqnda S¢he¢iie, soinelliin8 we c￿mP￿t8nÉd a8airtsL- niany of olli. ptti'licipaDlg Brctsyluikn serkers and ii)ay118vc been directly affected. EFA $ludeDt3 hRvebeen ini¢8ixI lo ibe LIVll￿ Wage CampAign, soiiiethiJg we have been IDvolved willi siiice Iv¢ s¢t up. A of oui'stua¢nL%, WI￿ ivoi as cleaneis in low paid jobsj perfom￿d ￿ the assenibly in fionl of th¢ M&yoi, brillg￿E lo life (lieiiics of low pay and pr¢carii)u2 wo1*. The 51iorl pl&ywas nMtLy pcoplc's h1gbl￿￿O tof the evcnill¥ fjiid Ilie tetsnj ot fLVt fell ellipoTr¢ied usiug Iheir Englisli artd theii'pe150nlll stoi'ies lo crcale elioii8e. The nexlinoiiih, Ilic tearn fidap￿d Ih¢ir play for a Ca￿poisn lo ¢neowYge IlieNutional Tlieahr lo pay IlieReal Llvimg Wage, alongside othercrealivc ¢iilttiixl inslitotions oLLDDdon'E SolldibatJk. They p¢ifornicd itOD th¢ Souibbatk directlyin frottt of tlieTheauealongsidc a deiiiand for ￿¢ Diir¢toi lo iijcelwith us. AfteFa y¢UL Df 511cn¢¢. they responded IlIK¢ days laler and SI￿￿11Y aftei'agreed to thrcr¢ditivitli ￿1￿LIving WÈBeFoundalioll. Tliis Ivol'keoinbinedbrillithlly widi an inienmiion41 pi'ojtct called Coininunity Organislng forAII, wli¢re we tsave worked with Illl'ee Eiirop¢aD poittoers lo Ii'ial Rnd learn more about meibods that ¢&ll help includt Ivilli loiy lev¢ls ofthe ￿￿tional lan8u4g¢ in ¢onununity tsrganising Bnd uclivism. W¢ would like 10 IliwikAII ouysiafft parildpanL%, Iruslees, volunleeii. donois aDd fund¢rs for Ih¢ir support Ilit$ year. especlolly coU¢agues Ariel AguJaT. Slepbotue Habib llrtdFtsi￿￿ wlJ(> moved on 10 wtsJre5 nEW aftei ¥everlll successful yeais wilh EFA. SS8n¢d, OL be1141f of IILe Exccutlw¢Teuill l AdtlB B¢ie¢fyvA aijd Dei'nJotBiyei'$l wW.¢fAloudon￿￿a

2023-24 Key achieveinents at a glance ESOL S62 ￿0￿12 allended al least five of our SttSiOD5 P9 IDSt yeai.)), with 52% a¢¢eising SOL provisioii for fil31 time IlJrougEL EFA. helping to metl oiir go81 to improve acccssibslity to l¢lliKing. 93% of poiiicipD1115 "B8Lecd' or'sttDngly A￿￿ed. they had Improved Iheir languBge Skil￿ al ie end of Ui¢ cours¢. 24 EgoL ¢ourses in 5¢ven b￿¥>UglIS {fow' fewer eollrses Iljan 18sI yeai), llMirLtr8i112ll8 pirln¢rstsips widi bost ¢ommuiiity veDues in Hackjky, Oirenwitb. Loiiib¢ili. SoullNark, Wondsworlli. 8nd Thiv¢rHBinlels &ndst4iting4 neivone inNcwiia Coolinued Walk and Till( gr0￿p$ ill Wall(￿o￿lI #Ld orto in Towu. Hathl8 to siipport porticipunis, m¢nI￿1 andpliysicul health aiid langullgeskills. Pai'liciyloryESOLliaiiii118s dclivered lo external org4ui$g1ions ma￿t￿l0¢￿ a iiionuily iiieei up for 15 BSOL l¢acbery frolll 8roulld to IEelp$Jpport Ibe developmentof particl￿t￿ry ESOLvui%lde of Londoll. Community Organising and Action Nthv pioject storted to build relstionsliips iviih ESOL providers in oui, moirt ¢omwunity hub8 and In1p￿Ve access to ESOL locally. 2 aduli eduLxlion fai15 and 2 woikshDps r¢acbin8 OVQ. 230people. 97 people &w]￿lle￿ Cou￿& ès a r¢syli. Ov¢r 150 ESOL studeub fjollj Across tnAdon and 40 t¢och￿? bnd volunle¢i3 ¢•in¢ logeiha. lo slr&lgEise die next Èitps fot. ti?c #tx>veESOL ¢aThpiign and to cele￿¥1¢ our ocbi¢veMents so fai.. CoAiinu¢d Ilie Coirniiunity OIBAnTSln8 foi. All project willi Iliree p4rtnei' ￿￿nisatIO#S from Italy, Siov¢nia èiid Serbia Rnd ran Iraiiiillg in London for 20 pcople. Tbe pmjecl ts belpillg lo k8111 nu>rc uboiii orÈani8ing In niuiiiiitigual and niullicultur81 colllexLs. We wiu do reseptth iogellicr, leain n¢w m¢tliod8 cieate LEsouiees for otlJerpi'o¢liiiOrteTh We launeljed auEty w¢bslle with muteA81s for ¢OmmUDity oiBani5¢Ys In O¢lobEr, followlllg a pllDI project to kst Ib¢ activili¢s across ilk fourpo￿l￿OIs&￿EalioMs. 22 BFA Stud￿lts par￿C1p2kd comnjunity oynising training co-deiivcrd by Cili2EDS UK aiid EFA ￿ pail of Living WBge ¢ampaigii.Th¢ onlin¢ Ir4iniJgs wer¢ oimed DI people itt loiv-paid work ddivered in Sp&￿1￿h English In sliort ¢venliig ivo¥ksl￿)S to make v.ofalondDU,Qt¥

tlk¢Tll a¢cesgibJe lo Ihese commuDSlSts. Seven EFA students fom7￿ atheth group, leadby Kasi4 Blgekthan and Ra¢hel GriffillJ8 and prep8r¢d at le&st 3 puformartccs lo progr¢58 Liviiig Ww¢ eanwai8n) as well as deep¢ll uoderstandiog of organiS￿g low-paid miWworkers Lofjdollls¢e page 231. EFA Hoii8iJig Aclioji Souiliwark 3nd L8rnbeili'5 hoitsins o¢lioJ giynip coillu1￿td lo piovid¢ lili etsentlii I si)ace foi. advice, iiiuNal support Riid org(1nising on Iiouoili(r relatrd Is$ues. 122 people pai'licii)akd tn IliL Iroup this to leam their rig1its. Eet suppori, iijporf oilicrs al￿ take aciioii foi. lietkrliousliig￿)al￿QnS Our operations Raised £456,623 in IDtg1- of whicli 4round 4VA wa8 unreslrieted fundiIig Artd 51% rests'icled fvttdin8 (see acco1￿￿%. PAge 311. Incollie is al￿￿ric￿ll1IY luÉberthan last year, wbieb W¢ 8L¢ re￿lY ple2sed with Si￿n th¢ ¢h£llellges of rAiSi￿g nioney fmJ) Uvsls and founddliorts thes¢ la6ttwo ye&t8. cO￿tillUed wstli ao eyeeutive le&th instead of & single chief cxe¢iilthv& This was i ieÈm of Nyo by Ilie of Ilic year{Ad¢laBelC￿¥ll and D¢i'TriotBry8rs) wiihpi4n81o ¢xpAndit ill Ilie Thew yellr. We are grateful to Arlel Agu118r ond Slephanle Hablb foi thelr hard werk 81 EFA and t exdied to welcorne Glna Rodrlguez, new Operatlons Lead and Anna Kostwln8 who lead5 our lundialslng and communlcatlons work Pey m￿e or less kept pece wE1h Inftallon throughout the of Llvlng crtsl4 prolectlng Staff fromtheworst Impact. www.efalolldon.Dr8

Strategy 2022-2025 Vlslon Migrants in the UK liavc the languagei 5ki118, knowledge andrelAlionships lo Ibrive gild help cre&te4 fairand equalsocicty. Puiyose Ensure si11￿￿￿tS lihv¢ e¢c8S to 8¢lioo-orienliied, parlicipalory ESOL cla55¢5 and ¢ommuDity orgajusing opporiunilit5 IlJaL equip diem to bling nboul posiliye change for theDLselves Ilieir tommuaiiies And widcYso¢i¢ty Almslactivideg l. Provideparii¢ip4loryb ￿0￿4>￿ie￿[2t¢d BSOLclas8es 2. Biuld￿Wer I1￿>￿￿h community oYg&ni5ing 3. Toke aclioll t08dl￿r0￿ th¢ i$8uei th]rwmmunities¢air about 4. D¢v¢l¢)p id slioie these {¢ornmunlty organ￿1n8 attd ESOL) Ihrough ir5eErch, trfj¢DiIJ8 8nd extrrnal ethiknnunications 5. e&mpllign foi'b¢lierESOL I￿0vIsIon locally (iiiour local conunurtlllesl ind across the U 202>202S Al this stag¢ of RFA'5 developnienl, with over 15 yeAIE of IBal￿7￿g and evaluation, we bavc a good idea yboul whal works And what d0¢5n'L Ovtr the nexl years wc wlll focus on the PLOVl8ion of parlitipAlory. a¢iion-oiicJlated ESOL ¢ouisu and ¢ODUliUniEy orgallisiug It4￿l￿g IIIYOU8￿ our DIIIDiiilliry liub& Attd a sniall lluthber of Co￿￿8e$ foi DJembex8 of urefuily selected parit 'gani$4lion6. Tbis laour bread bulterand will coostitsile t1￿ lioii s sliaiT of our woik. Tll addililm, we will canip8igTr loggilier Isilldenls, leacliers, Volunt￿￿$ ind allies) ftsr better, more accessiblo ESOL provisiots lotally And beyDnd. B¢eause ivc know (learned attd lived) Uial parti¢ipalory ESQL attd ¢otKunuiilty Oi¥Ani$illg Is jnt¢.￿l lo th¢ moven)cnl for soci81 jtssliee and iuigr4nL All￿1￿8, we will ¢onliiiuc to l¢aHI abo￿1, develop indsh*r Ih¢se methods wiib prgciitionets b¢ross dwUK abrood. y¥v.eCAllliidun.ary'

Approach and Methodology OUY teAehlJig Appl￿1¢11 F￿lIsh for A¢lioD 114$ i ullique teatliing appyoacb aiid fifteeii YCEIE of ¢xperi¢ll¢¢ d¢llv¢ring Iic¢es5ible commullity ESOL. Ow approach blerlds CaTLimuiiity orgthising indp8rlicipblory education mtthodologies. We believe that in older to build l¥n8ua¥¢ skills thBc&pocTty ofoui'benefi¢i81ies to pDrti¢ipal¢ fvlly in society low iwo eliaTil&ble objeclives), Ihe w4y we WDik, both i]￿ide Ib¢ elasswoin and oulsith, 15 of fvndDtnBntal itnpoiknoce. Aeeesslblllty We Iteiiv¢r collises in cominunity locations tliit art femiliar An¢f e￿n￿￿1¢RL for Ihe parti¢iptsnl$ w# wont lo re&cli (t%pecially those ￿tsPIC missino oul on provision elseivliorel oi ollliue. We talk to psrticipatsis lo fiDd aut ii,Iieii Ib¢y want to le￿1￿.. many of oureours¢s iu schdoig ilke place at9,30n, 89 pllrcnts filld il convetsi&it to go lo closs llfteT dropping off tlieirchildrertai school. W¢ also Aiiange fite crèGhc5, wli¢re our 8knd¢Ats liav¢ ysung children. Olllin¢ cl￿5¢5 Iwve &180 bEen populuT Wit PAfellt8. We tncouiEg¢ our partltlpanis 10 lake in¢r¢asing owner511ip of the classes Ibey Allelld. Ttse moi't Iliey oiyllisc, plan olld rcwil for Ibe ¢uutsts, the rttoKe a¢cessible oui ¢oiir$¢s btcoll. Afttr HII, OUT pailiCiPaDts know IIIEir conimuniDes. Finallyi ive d¢¥¢lop leadersliip widii# the tommunities wliei¢ we svoik lo reacli the yeopl¢tvho reallyneed us. For Exampl4 It4 ofterl Bp4Yent &ttiic 8cbool, oi a paient support worker, WE￿ kttows tIK p¢ople rllo$t in tsced of our course8 and briugs Iliejii thi￿￿911 Ilie dtsor. For maly p&rtidpanl8, onlittc Icarriug bes Ju￿¢ il more o¢¢essiblt W￿.le, uliff￿tuTrÈItlyJ others to￿nd Ihe opp05il¢ to be Wtt hope to continue [uNili￿ o mix of ￿11¢11¢ clav¥oomprowgion, Pwi'ilclpitoi'y li dut#¢lon We Br¢ ¢oiiimilted lo kambig about, developing and $b￿l￿g appro4th ID adult l¢amin8 C8lled 'i)aiileipAiuy 1115 also s0￿ClImeS c?Il¢d'Ladieal pedagoBY','citicnl pedaw8y'.'popular edu¢81ion' or 'democrDtic edL￿oI19￿. Il is B collab)TaiiVO fomi of le81Millg thgi valtsex tlie s￿dents, ¢xislin8 knowled8¢ 4Dd experience5. Knowlcdge and skills are ¢o-¢onslrict&i rdlher Ihatt handed down from OD 'exp¢rt' It9clicr. FuYilmior4 pariirtiP&lory educatioll Li bi%d on l&e prenjise diBt ediicalion is )ece5sDiily yoliuc&l- IE catk ei¢her su¥12lli alld kgilll]iise Ib£ $18ius quo, or il¢anseek lo bring ￿boUt social, polilieal and econDTrio difjrL8e. By v&luiiig IIK students artd cliallellg￿g tslabli5hcd hieL8tTliies liisf41e Ilie classrooni. studcnls Are bellei. equipped lo clunge die world oiilslde til¢ ¢10SFADOlh. But we go fvrtJi¢r Ilian critiquing uiju8ticc modellins tb&rtge.' wt chall¢Dg¢ ond siipport oui. pailicipDnts lo laktt aclioii lo improv¢ thell. liv￿ and Co[E￿llUllltI¢￿. This is ivb¢i¢ cotninunity oiynising ¢ome8 th. Comnltsnlty OL'ganl$lrtg W¢ 8tr co11￿[￿lled lo buildlLg poivu., ts￿D8 octioll aud £12&liDE Ibrtsu￿ all called 'cominunity or￿￿)IS1D8'. 18 8 form of cointtsulliry eapaciEy biiildthng Ihlll llinis to stlEil8llwn #nd deepert d¢iiiocrali¢ engageiiient. Lt dots Iliis by developiii¥ pcoplc's skills lo connect ivtth oilierts &i)O take colle¢live ￿tIon.. CumniuThity oi8wtsers I￿1P peopl¢ lo g¢1 loÈellior and build powerful nctwoiks Ib)t ¢aD then, Il]rou8b focused ¢aoip31oi￿, Clill￿ge dI￿8S in th¢ii local aiea oi. ¢ven filt1￿er wivw.¢fil¢ndon.org io

afield. Ciliz¢w UK is one of Ilie nillin homEs of ¢orntnunity orgaRislll8 in thc UK and w¢ are niEinbcr ofihetr souili and east London cl￿VIel% wlieye we have our conknunity hubs, We a180 closely involved wiib HASU fo¥ ProgiT5sive Ching¢, Soci&1 Housin8 Aclioll CsAipai ISHAC), Voictr of Dotn¢slic Wotc15 at￿cITatIng0[0lllld all of wJJoMprncii8c llnd leach coithmtsoity orgallising. Tliese £ollBboralions m¢an that our p&iiiCi￿RI8 can A¢tess leadership tr4iiiinB¥ get involved in campaigns in their loc81 RTBa, (A obwin support witTi their own caihpaigo$ if lli¢y so ivish. We also usc coinmunity orgoiiising lec1￿lqutS bJside Ilie ¢iASSiOOLU to critically ¢xploYe i¥sue4 build i¢lationslups ond to pian aciioii. LBsilyb we actively sUpp￿t EFA tca¢hBts illd volutt1£￿￿ in ￿lIding theii. cfypoeiry as ¢Dttr)niuiiity ov8aiiisers Ili¥ougli Ntylling iEl¢vaDtts'aining wid eli￿1[1￿E thcLf is SUPPOrt avEll￿b￿¢ WJ Iliem 85 they engoge in C￿￿mUr￿lty orBanising. Our Partieipants and Pai'tners ParddpAnts Our participants ale 411 people wlio have English as all )ddiii0114118ngu&gtt dnd have njigrnted lo liv¢ iii Lolldon. Ow Gou15e5 ur¢ t￿¢ for all parUCIPAnts Irrespective of Ih¢ii' io¢ome, iD]llll8ialion nationality or whether or rttsi they ai'¢ ¢lAiming b¢ncfils. As such. we often hAve eKtrciiiely diYer£e ¢1osses, ￿fle¢llrt8 11)¢dcmogrnpliic of the lo¢81 ali. Fn OLYenwicli, Ihecl85s¢s are partkulai'ly divu%e iti terms of bodi Éo¢io-ecoDoiniG class. fusilallgu&ge naiiollalily. Iii Souiliw¥rk. Iban lialfof the paiti¢ipaDts are SpaDish$peaking' mostly of Colonjbiall iod E¢uadori8ry Ol'ig￿, ID TolV￿ Hthmlels, the majoilty air BDnglDdeshi, eltliough niATly have Itved in tliird couiithcs. We dBQ ivorkwith a Inig¢ Duillber of Erits'ethil. Portugueso. u￿aini&m, Somali, Aigeri&n End Afglign iiiiwnls. The vast niojority of our yoiticipants aye woinerj 4Ld Diost have young cbildren ￿tt￿id our pai￿1¢￿&, cbildrett's ¢etslre8 and schools. Th¢ nilljorityof OUL parlicipllnis with job$ are working as clean& Our paitieipiiiLs aye oftell not ablc lo a¢¢cs5 publicty fuiidtd ESOL for & ￿Tiety of reaEon Suc£¢55ivc cuts lo publicly funded ESOL couwssince 2￿7 h￿left a hu$6gap between supply and deinand. Yh¢ inlrodu¢lion of fees for tDBlly Fthrher Impacted p￿tIcIPali￿D alld nuii)bci? of people OYJ ESOL coorses dropped froni 179,000 ill 2010 10 114,000 in 2017 loecordiiig lo ]weairli by Ilie Jiistiiule of Lea1￿$￿8 and WoTkl ènd it's only reeenily slart¢d to cliiiib to aiDund 123,000 in 2022 (f4ell Fouthdalion rc5tr¢lil. Tlietc 13 no cvn¢lvsiv¢ d&t& for the y￿r 2023124 butth¢ fiBurc likely lo bav¢ risen ¥ligbily llccorditsg to Ilie Luthber ofESOL leamers England Moreover, iecetslly ayLived WIU￿ seek¢15 llnd liiigrts￿r1 witli no retourse to publi¢ fi￿d8 tre often irteliutsle (or piibli¢ly subsidi5cd edu¢otTOfJ. The othw bwyier lo ac¢e$sing fre¢ ESOL courses, foi. those wlio Are eligible, is t1￿ I￿k ot cliildcaie. Oui. orlirt¢ ¢l#ssey were p&rlicul&rly a¢ttssible for paTeiits. TrFiving sasd t1￿1, 11 is not easy 10 look aftu ? youllg ¢liild lor more thDll one) atyd pailicipale itt i Cl￿. F$ee-la-f&¢E ¢iass¢5 Witb crcclit$ #Jr wefeiwblc w¢ ￿e¢he$ to SUPPQLt ciosses this Y%Yw.EN￿￿on.Qrs li

Case study I: Pawan LfL'cl3L. Engli¥h iVii% onL Dfih6 knrriL'rs ftsrlr Iv progtL'bS In lil¢. 'I'M Dnl iindcrxfnncl ivhLn pcoplc lilLcd, I'n) I'cry ycDrL'd wild ¢ii'( ￿Ik. P4lWOII'5 ILis l¢urTriii¥ frvin Ili¢ mnkerlD14 de￿.￿ped us piit of Ihe Gl.A'$ TlirouBlJ Ilie It%%Oli%, SI￿ Ivts8 ol)lo lo uiid¢Nioiidliowadiili Cd1￿0110n workgolld ivliJi hlio nLcd%10 rortiociing prDvSder$1o ￿ttl11)ll aboiil IhL d¥$ITL￿ ¢Liiitses. AS o resiili ofiliis, Pawnii f*li ¢thnfidenl 10 thpi>ly fur 111L￿L. Loyrses. TtAcILer5, 5uppurl s¢4lf Rnd Yoluuleei's EFA is Btydt¢fvl to oui'dedicAlcd tcam of 5Laff artd voluoleeis. Allour letsc1￿￿ ole expeLiell¢ed, at least CELTA-qualified lor ¢quivalcnll )nd ts'oinEd ifj (￿¥p￿rtiCIpal0iY molliods. OurvoluDleers support Ilie tca¢hcrs 85 asslsiants, Lllll coiiver5ation£lubs. %wJpoitsinall groups ano soinetlmes l-l. T1￿Y oftell lielp l¢mitrs ￿'hO liave 111￿,1¢Y support tteeds Ènd support wilh oiii. organising cxhn-curriculgl. events. Til 2022.23 we IiAd foul. non-leaching $toff members sopporling Mih mono8ernenl, pmject inao¢meDI, finamc¢, ¢omms, fvndraisiD8 and HR. wiviYKthloudlln.Ory 12

Moving ithio 2023124 we bave eiglil peiThonent of $￿ff, li￿lUding six Itarl)tix.' Deimot Bry¢i¥, Becky WinslanlBy, Adr1# B¢lecova, K8sia Black#iall, Lll¢ie Vyhnil¢ov& ind Anne Mcconnell. Rodiigucz, 16 our Op¢Mtioll& Icad. Anna K05tyrthÈ l¢ads fiJDthising alld tom work, We slso hav¢ Fw'h811& In Iliewider team. Ivmiing walk wjd tau( ao&viti¢5 in Tower Hadets. W4 are veiy gralefijl 10 Kolpan8 Begumi Algia Koussem, RL¢hel AkAWi ￿la Slialinaz Be8Dm fijr providing EFA classes wlli creLlie3. Oui valunleer5 Illl% year provided valuable wppoil to Ibe teE¢l￿￿. enabling ¥i￿Tr lo work with mixed-level i¥oups. Oui. voluDleai Dte u diverse UQiiPb with B ¥ange of I￿guIstIC Bnd ethai¢ bo¢k8rouiids, ediirDIiDntsl bA¢k8iDunds, BEes Biid moliviios. Som¢ are voluiite¢riKg lo compl¢l¢ tca¢hcT kn'aiingb others lo lesl the ivatay before clL2ngiDg caYe£TS and Éonie simply 10 wv¢ soinelhtng back 10 Ibeir local CODUi)uiiity. Maiiy of ow volunleeiE coii)e to us with ¢xcelleul Ide￿ 8lld Ivork collaboimtivdy witti the teacher to t￿lanCe Ilie Cla￿[00￿ expeiiellce. Stsint ofoiii. voluiileug, as is tlie ￿se wdi L￿le, Adtla aDdKa5iai ¢rtd lip joitting the EFA t¢llm as leachers oi oye4xlional staff. Our tundlng Tlie majority of our funding C￿lle8 from tlwaiable and foutsdauons, but we are also bjnded dtir¢dy by 8onie of oitr pttrloer instilutloDS (h. ex￿1p16, Oiivu. fjoldsDyth Primsry ScJLooI, SI. Mtsrtin's Plaistow aiid the Voi¢¢ of Doiii¢slic WoYkaBI to w)vid¢ courses for Iljeir 2lso orked wlh Moi'lcy College and L?ceived staiutory Adul( EdUcali￿l Budget fvndin8, lila￿ettly, We had a ielailvely Billall atiiounl of EU bJndin8 in 2023.24 £￿. CoiwiiuDity Or8aiiising fob ￿1. W¢ air aleful lo individujl 8iverJ, who dollDled £1.469.50. Support fioin Tni%ts alld Foundalions includiiiBUniled Saini Sttviou's Cliirity, People's Healt11 frust, Disrupt Foundation, fvt¢rreis' Co￿pany￿ adi￿¢[d Weston Foundation and City Bridge Follndxlion cnablcd the developulellt of coiiu])wilty orJts nising projects borrt out of th¢ ESOL ¢lAs3Yooib. Th#¢ included urg4nisltig io inJi)iove atte&s to pritt18ry he&lthc&rc GITcnwi¢b. alongside the Safe Siii8eYies C8lllPAl￿b worker oiEAnlsing artd Ilic d¢v¢lopm¢nl OF ll Hou8iDg Acti￿1 group in Tow Hamlets. A conun￿llY Giznl from HAckney Coun¢il allowed us io davelap our ESOL for Wol* Pl￿gran￿lle. Coijliijued fvnding fr￿ll Ilic Wal¢ol Founda￿Oll ottd the Henry Sn)ith Cbirity tDabled us io conliftue 10 siipporl ooi'shidcnts lo betterund¢r$t4rtd theii. housing rights, help eoth otlier 10 defend 111¢1Tr1 811d lo Eanise foy chung¢. Tt's biilliallt tD be able to coiiJniiE mole iesouyceg to one of the m05t pit$&ins piobl¢ins our B￿deli￿ expeiience. We arc inmitDsely gtatcfiLI lo the liwts ftsundalioos Ilistrd on pag¢ 45) have supported our woikacLbSS oUr¢oJJkni￿rt1tyhUbS, W8nd￿¥01th, Lambeib, SouibwoLk, GieeDwi¢h. TowerHgRileL8 OTLd Hacknty. www.ethlottdom.oyg 13

Loolang Bacli Looking back al ollrobjecl¢v¢5 fordi¢ year 3ndmeasuring our pei.r￿1￿¥Thct'. Succeeded oréxtteded oble¢ttve Orl8lnal oblecdvé fory£ar'. AchlEved? Secure fundlng ￿ eontfnue ￿rwOrk In at least slxeornmunlly hubs, runnlng a cornblnahon of onllne and kce-kte classes, wellbelngxNvlknes, conver53Yon clubs and ow8nlslnE spacEs. Yes, we secured new fvndlng to develop our work In Wandsworth, Tower Hamlets and Greenwlch and continued successful work In Southwari Lèrrtbeth and Hackney. WE 8IsD started a Dewgroup In Newham. Ralse around E4W,orx) In orderfo make the chan8E wewaiit to make and keepBolng In the dlfficult PDSt-covld I tost of Ilvlng crksls Incorne 2023124 vrds £456,263 Run at least 22 ESOLttytsrses and 5 ongolng conversafjon clubs, reathlng 450 particlpants over the course or the year 24 ÉSOL courses. 2 tanvÈrsatlons club& 2 walk and talks and a readlng group MBlntAln some online Pr￿[SI0n to supplemEnt In-person classes In our communlty hubs Flve ESOL course5 plus a conversation club and ra3dlhggwup rem31ned onllne Ir 2023-24 Bulld a powÈrful team to camp31Bn for ESOLto a range of declslon-makers The team oxpanded and Included EFA paruclpants but also people from partner organls311ons commltted to Improvlng ESOL provlslon. H*hllghis Included L2mb#lh adult 14

educadon fo11, the Mayoral assembly and May's IILoveESOL day Conrfnue toworkwlth local aUthOr￿eS to Improve the acces5 to £SOL In oUrcommun￿l hubs Quarterly stakeholder meeungs In Southwark. StrÈngthened relattonshlp5 ￿th LAS In HacknÈyJ Tower Harn￿￿1 and L8mbeth through col13borau0￿ on EnEllsh Language Falrs. noe bulldlng Ilhks wlth lexhers and or¥nlsationsoutslde of london. Invlfjng teachers tololn our Commun￿¥ of pr3ciitè mÈedngs, to our conference. Communliy al Pracdte COn￿nued monthty wlth around 15-10 leaeheis from a¢r￿$the UK. Secure newagrÈÈment from the candldat£s for M3yor 10 5upporl and Improve thÈ provlslon of ESOL In London The Mayor agreéd to GLA hothn8 an 'ESOL day In 2025, for pollcy rnaker5 and the ESOL communlty to come toeetheT, share Ideas and make plans to Improvè ESOL prov151on In Londott. share researth Into p3rNclpatory ESOI and eommunlty or8anlsliig through, podcasts, reports, ordcles and our5o¢lal medla PETS podca5l5 and report were shared In autumn 2023, reachlng over too PraC￿￿Oners. Oeepen workwiih HE educaNon InsbtULlons, such as Kln8's College London and others We also developed a parknershlp wlth KlnES ColleBe to ralse money for a new course I 2024125. Traln5ng dellvered for a ronsorHum of nlvetsltl* IhÉ south-west of England. We also lolned ￿￿1￿r$I￿e$ and 3rd sectfjr organl$3hons In the nauonal coalltion of lÈngu8ge educadon. Nearly a(hlGved oble¢tlva'. wivw.etnlrJUdrAl.￿g Is

Run tralDlng In parlfelpatory methods forslx 0r8anlsad￿5 SIX external tralnlng dellvered In London, Brlstol and M3nchester or￿1￿41 oblecknveforyear. Athleved7 Explore new ways lofuTrd our actIvI￿e$, such as throu8h AEB and sttsleglc partners In HE and the NHS. Thls VEar, we made sorne progre55 In P3rtnershlp 3greements funded dlrectty by the host orÉaJlsadons, rnther th3n grant fundlng to EFA. We developed a new partner5h1p vAth a coDsorUum of unlverslttes to run tralnlng for PHD rtudents. Room lor Impro¥émeni I dld not achleve.. Orlglnal oblecdveforye4¥', Achleved7 Complete a new Ihree lo five year strale8ysowe arevery¢lÈar In our dlre¢don of travel and can navlEate Ihe difficult external environment. We have scheduled th15 for March to july 2025 IlhÈ end of tsur prÈvlous threèyearstr8teÉyl Dellver a conference on communhy organlsln8 and ESOLfor SO+ prathtioners No Confe￿nts In 2023-24 due ￿ lack or fuDd5ng and needln8 to prlorlmse dellverlnE on funded prolÉcls WWW.EfAluttdoD.org 16

Summiry ofour courses In 2023-24 GIry)￿p 9nd Teacliei'lsl N¥nibei' Number piYtitlpaut$ Fumdei. Gr¢cnwich Robert Chlldren s Luctc 90 33 People's Health Trust entre IL Morley Coll¢ge Keolis DLR Mi8raDI Help fjYeeLwffich online F&timelLucie 18 Ptoplc's Health Tru%t Movl¢y CollcE¢ s1arofGFe￿lv1£h 72 30 People's Healili T1￿1 M￿leyc011ege Sacred HeaTI Priniory Scbool, Pallcised (cttlinel Iktuwl 48 18 City Foundatiorl Brid Wandsworll) coovcysttlionelub SI)￿￿n alld Amelia 54 19 WaAd9worib Walk & Ta5klBattersets) Der￿0t 36 14 OLA wandsly￿th Rethi118 ElOUP Faul 36 volunte￿..￿ll ¥w.efalondoh.org 17

Souiliwark Sthtyjrdtyy cliool K8siA 72 HeMyS￿l￿ In]orniÉg) Souiliwsrk SaNrday School 2 laftemooiil Ad¢la 72 35 H¢nrySniitii SI￿ry Square (online) Ad¢lE ?2 30 Hewy Smith Squaie Folime 72 14 Heniy Sniiih {onlinel Time dftd Trl¢nt% lonltnc> AdelA 72 21 Uniled Saitht 8￿YlOUr,$ Isouthwark Ch8llties Salv2lion Cajnbenvell. Soulliw8dt Army. 72 AMIFIHenry Sll)itlVMorley Colleg Bcmionthey Cliildren's SDUibW￿￿(Oiil￿llttl AMIF 24 Walwort Roi)m Livitig Hetlly Srtsitb 72 25 knott Rd Baptlst aiutcli Amott Rd B&ptiSt Chureh 24 .efDlondon.Oi¥ 18

Oliver Goldsttulb 48 16 Oliver Goldsroilh School I Peckham SeiilBrthEnt l Modcy ColleBe Souuiwarkwotks K&8ia 24 l5 Moiley College T0￿r Hamlets wlik artd tdk FBrhan 16 LLDC Neighbourlwod Equolili¢8Fund Clliseiji￿Itt Scliool, Toiver Becky 90 Jo LLDC Neigbbmiihood tqualilies FUNI HuTnlets DiswptFouDdaliort People'8HealibTLiJsI ehiseLthllLa2 DcimollAAtte 30 18 LLDC Neisliboui'hond EqualitiesFund H¢niy Ctsvendi51i SdwDI, Ad¢lft 90 22 Wal¢otFouAd#lio Slreatljttni FT¢llty Fawcett Cliildrcn's Cenli? Ka¥iD 60 20 WalcotFowdEtii) www.efnioiidDn.018 19

L8tln AllJeilcoD Women's Aid, (LAWA) Ho¢knty begirtner 72 25 West Harkn¢y Ameii¢gn Aid, ILAWAI Hatkney ESOL for Work 72 20 MetteJE WoiLerL'S Voi¢e of Dom¢slic Workers 120 Voice of Jhlliesli¢ Wodtcrs si. M$rlin'sPll$loiv Lu¢1¢ 40 si. Martln'g Ciiurch YounE Roots y￿ngl100ts TotsJ8 698 * 136 sbJd¢llts attended iuore1114noll¢ cours Il>is yeor 562 Achievements in relation to our goals and aims (see page S) l. Provide pttrtiCiPDlory, aCtiOn￿rIC￿ted ESOL¢lasses 2. Build poweKtbrough con)llivxuty or8allisillg 3. Trke action losEII)er on11)B issues our ¢ommunili¢geth¢ aboui iYw.efAl0i￿r￿l.U 20

1. Develop these n)ethods (￿mmunIty orgtsnl$￿8 ènd ESOLI iYge4r¢ls irnining and cxtemal commutticalion5
2. can1pai￿ ÉorliBttEr ESOLprovLsion lotally lth ou.10￿7 Con￿ll￿itseS) and aeross Ihe UK. Aims I, Pl￿vId¢ pAI'ilelp•t45lyI aerton-oi'letttated ESOL £lx98es We reuohed 562 beiiLficiarics (pEople altcnding &t lell515 stSSLonsI jD die ￿ll￿d between AuÉusi I. 2023 la Jiily 31 2024., Iliis is 39 MDIE Ibots llie pieviow year. The balaiice bcmll faee-lo-face oiilille woiks wcll foroui pgilicipunls. SotDBprefer face-￿-face 8lld tstbe￿ appreciAle Ibe tcltsiiv¢ cose ofpai'licipatiiig firm Ilieir olvn hornes oyworkplaces. 93% of students COLiiplelithg p051-¢our$t 2vllluolion$ iepth'lcd Uiil they have iniproved Ibeir lunguage Skills 8$ a resull of itseir pariicipalion irL ow. collrses. Tr&cheiE Q8s¢ss Uieii. S￿denl8 fBthady, bolh forJLdlly aod inforn￿llY &nd Ili¢w assessinent tsopports the stud¢ttts' evlllualion$. 135 sLudeDts conipleled exams - ivc givc stud¢rtts Uic cknlce and 910A Passed EcbieviD8 a Thalionally I￿oIn￿ed qualification. 86Vg ofswdeuts ieporled IhAI d?ey roaée fi'ietsth oil the eouY5u, We were excited 10 siarE &ttcw elass Ior Ibe coninivnity al Sl.Maitin'& Plaislow. The ¢bll￿h WQDie6 to iijvest in Ibe clas5 in ordti, lo help widi t1￿1[ coL8regational dev¢lopinertt8nd to uid die￿illi5510￿ of$uppoiling the loclll commuiiiry. Tlie Inr¢jority of students ithok action outside of the ¢lBssrty)In, standing oy for Ilieli. lights to safr affoidabl¢ acconlliiodation, fair pay and dettnl contracts or lo dernAnd accessible BSOL ¢iAsses for Ilieihselves atkd Iheii eonununil¢e3. Our ¢tss%s helped pbrucipale moTe aclivBly in the 01SLOl5alious Ihey belofftg to sucli ￿ the Voi¢e of Domesii¢ w￿￿lS, Si. M￿lI1￿,S Chuirli or Ihe IWOB Trade UTllOn.

3. Bulld POWCT tlii'ougli eomiiiuntty orEfjii151112 There Ere SCV¢MI LYeoiie3 foR our comi￿ullIty ￿8?￿13j￿8. In Souilii¥&rk. LllMbe￿j and T0￿r Hanilets ve ar4 working oll bousinE jssu¢s. This year ive rnoved into the fir81 yeJr of th¢ housiii8 A¢tivi¥ni je¢i in Lambeui and soUth￿rk ond conti￿￿¢￿ to oyganise our 8￿&¢ntI 4ndottiW5 to sUpp￿tea¢h Ollitr ividi Iheli. liousing ri8ts13, We &r¢ vtiy Eraleful to Hou&irtg Action Souiliwark attd Lam￿111 for the trainillB Dnd siipporl they bave given our conwwuty. We slorted 2 siniilat PLoject iu Tower HotiiletS Di)d built &new pIYtrt￿IhIp￿jiEI So¢ialHou&iii8 Aeiion Clliiipalgn ISHACI Iii Hackney, GiierLwieli LaiDbelli and Soull)wai* we woiked willi Citizeits UK'S borougli alliaiice$. parli¢ipalioE ￿ locAI Ca￿paIgn5, holdllig the CO￿n¢11S to BCCOULI for Uieir¢on)miblltiils D]ade IN2022 and￿tillI)Ilg towthrd$ tlie 2024 lnayoral aiid generlll tlcclion as5e￿bIieS. Our work 10 iinprove ESOLwY>vision Diid especially J¢ttss ￿ ESOLcla%xs In Lthdon 21

4. Tr1(e Attlon lo￿thÈr tbe tssues our ¢DmJlluultlts tllrc nbout As deiaiJ¢d above Ipgge 101 ouy ptht¢ipants arc diverse in evely way and tlie ts￿¢1 I1￿Y ¢aiE about r¢fle¢L% Ilus. MoTry of oui p4rtscipants fft workingb often kn low-paid ￿ld inse¢w% work aJd as a re$ult rllully l&kE A¢lion for beller pay and coi)diliorts, eiiheL' willi lli¢ir Tiade Ullion8 in I￿¢]rWorkpl￿¢eS oi %Yiili Ciliieiis UK aiid the Llving Wage Cainp4ign Isce cths¢ study on page 23). Tlie nir¢j017ty Qiy rcnlers. eit1￿r pi'ivoiely oi'in social housiD& 8ndexpeLieiiee pro61eiiis relating 10 insecwity, high costs 8ndlor poor qualiry houuin¥ w]d disrepllii. lllcreasitsBly oiii. eotiyDuiijlies are cuncend aboul ¢limale cliange, alld the ill Ib¢ Uk alld ocioss Ib¢ woild. Tbe costof living Crisis ¢oDlinucs lo Eau&e huge i¢ty. ADd of eourse Ihe need 10 defud miy21i1 ii8hts, esp¢¢ially the 14glil to ItarnEnglish, unites Tbis year we toniinu¢d Grg&nisiog to deftnd ienters Eigbts irt south1th9￿a LDiiibeiliAnd stspydup the work in Towci. Hamlets. Action ive rook resulted th gome eDncrete iniprovemtni% 10 our parlicip8nls' live¥, 4nd olliers in Uiell coniiniinlties. Sever21 peoyle managed ¢0 B¢1 IrlM)useffj &ftci long strug81¢1. Ill Gree￿wI¢ll. dje council started imi)roviJg acce5S to Ibc illkm¢l fu. pcopl¢ in teinpoi'aiy accollili￿IIIon.I1j Southwark. Ive finally goi Ibr ¢ourL¢iI to iciu&latc nDmEd earetokeL? 111 housing eslales, Io Tcsptsnd diyeclly ID tenAnts' complaiTrls 4boul ITpaiii. ln Towel Hallilets, W¢6¢tup leiiaiit righis WDtsliops to hclp oui. students leam their iigliL8 olld tske action lo d8inalld Ilicy 2r¢ respected.

5. Develop and $hJYe tliose Jiietlitsds (tojnmunlty orgTriiislnE ind ESOLI Ilirougkn restjrch, tL'alnlJig and extEYtt#I ¢oJnmunicllliolls We lin training for six extemal yartrtei? AoYo&% Ilie UK. These tt?inin8s irt a ivid¢ range of themES tEluling lo pailicipaloiy ESOL a￿d ¢oniniunity (kr8Anising li¢lp a lar8e nll￿ber uf pra¢l>lion¢Y¥ lov¢r ILH) tliis y¢arl lo Iiijpiove dicwcl3sseÉ and lielp the￿ studeTrls. We continu¢d lo ivoik Dur neadefftirpartntrs atK￿g,5 College London IheHub for Eduealion LllDouage Div¢rsityllnd Ihi8yeir thiDugli Ilicliub we sel tsp Ilie Coalition forlAnguage Edueal&oo wiUi 0￿.50praCtI11oI￿r$, reseairlie¥s anda¢ad¢micsfLD]llgiDuod Ib¢ UK ¢￿nIng 10gell￿r for U)e lauiKh. Wg ¢ompl¢led reseAr¢li pl￿JeC1, Pui'liLipaloiy ENOL ThkTii¥Sro¢k, And shllred tile regults in aseilles of podcasts iu thv tsuhullD. Most of tiic nlllc teather-r4sear¢buE, SOM¢ iD3ide EFA 3Dd odiers ot, coiiliKved to leoin from oije another and ie&ch ColleD￿￿S A¢LYJss Ibe UK througb tbe EFA-led tommuiiity of pYa¢li¢e. A mottihlydiscussion and slioiingspacB. vw.efalothdon.o 22

S. Cllnipuign fil. beltti. FSOL pJ'oY151on lotAIty (ln Dur IOCAI rOTh￿￿￿11lts) AiJ& ts¢Yr*SS the It IVL8 8nodier8d y¢w'forourESOL ￿mp9S8￿ ieaAI Iviib fiirther piY>gress madc by lo¢&1 all1h￿ill to makc RSOL Thore aecessible gnd plso, ieeogiiition fth'oui'conipaign by the MayDr of LDndon, who SPDke about Ilie iinportgn¢e of ESOL in lias ¢l¢clion cainpoi8n und toinmitted die Deputy Mayor for Sknlls lo wort¢ willi EFA lo improve ESOL PDlicy in Ili¢ neiv Edtiynistrarion. Tth Dtyuty May￿. ctsiifthii¢d Ilie llgreellLcLI lo m¢tl 115 in M4y following our #LoveESOL gAiknering. This y¢ar was IIIB biggesl eva., Ivitli BITll031200 leAchei% &nd swdenlB eoiiiing togellier in Waterlo() lo celebriie Ih¢ii'aChi¢v￿Iell<S ond pIon nexlsteps. The OLA118$ fiillded us and otherLoJMIoll org8llisaiiotts lo hold adult edu￿￿1¢￿ foits 8¢ross Ibc city lo help bring togetheyloeil pl￿VIderS aiid poltiiltal S￿dentS. Thi5 yeoi'w¢ lielped over 200 people ￿CesS ¢ouIEc4 n)DStly ESOL blll also in IT, numeiaL? lilcr4¢y. We used Ihc ¢venL% lo build relotionships wkdi oiliw. oiuanisAIion8 in the Jduli Bnd ¢oninwllity leRmiug se¢lor5 b$tets 10 people d￿¢￿tlY affeckd by Ilit b4rriers ta adult le4rnin8, viv.¢fThloiidoil.Oi% 23

Casè study 2.. ÈFAand the Llvlng Wage Campalgn Tlus year EFAsiuden15 h8￿ been &1 tha centro ofacampalgn to brhg ihe Real Lfvlnowage to London's Soulhbank. In Augusl lasl year EFAsludeDts Mlreya, Dorts, Lucy and Y￿n￿1n8￿ 20 olh8r Llvkn9W809 campaEgn8r8 lo d￿b￿r l&llers io Ihe v8rfou5dr8dLYs and h£8ds of HR al thÈ largel 1nslilul￿llS.Th8Y also spoka Lo slaff Sn$lde the Gk)be T1￿41￿È,réI8 hkndÉm, th6 BFI gnd mal￿al The81ie. Shsk88pe8r8's Globe was the fjtsl ￿et lo read arwj tnrfied the leam lo a m88llng lo dlgcuss. Mtr8ya and Ws represenied EFAFnd powerful slovles tsf Ihélrp8r8onal axperfence In bw P8ld and Insecuièwork snd th8 dlhlcJJ511ès11 had cau84d Ih8rn. For Dorfs11 was Ihe fjtsl Ilme she had to￿ hèrslory publlcly In En9ll$h, Al the ttLeelkng Tho Gthècommlifed to accredSlwith th8 Llvlng Wa F￿n￿allon and.l9l1o￿d a few monlhs later. And then InAprfl 2024. f￿4￿￿j ￿rthErpre88UIe Indudkng a aCll￿ vtherew8dyped bannerwer IhgTuTbine H911 asking lo ￿t￿l￿ thè Dlrector KaAn Hhsbo, Tgte fdlowed wjll. The Th6alre would sllll nol play b811 I￿16Ver, confmlrwj In wrfilng th8tth8yWOtld not consWei accredltlng as a L1ving W8ge employ6r. So we took acllon 8gaSn.Tho aciion invofv8d the dollvery of a l£lterlo NallJnalThe81re rn4n8gemenl 15kSw io meel, and a 51reel ￿￿alre perf<mance ty EFAsludsnls frorn one olourSoulhwaEk dasses The th8alre plÈtè111u8ir81gd Ihe dlfficLII reaiiiyol Ilf6 on low paygnd Insecuie houts alwork. Three days18ler iheywroie lo th& L￿thg Wag8 Foundailon and asked fora m&8llngkwher8 they aoreed lo lake ibè siepsioslon up. Byl4uw51 they wer8 lullyaccfedlled L￿Ing wag8 &m￿0yeT5. The campalgn has had remaTkaEle F6sutts Mdra than 1000 ￿[kar3 arell0wp￿d Ihe LvnthllLlvlng wag8w￿War￿D,ISIX months 8go. Looking ahead In 2014-2S iY tD eontlrtue our iyorli ac]￿￿3 our $lx COM￿ll￿1ty lillbs sust91nlttg elassts Irt oi'dei. to ei'eite deep Ilnlts willi stod¢nt4 lot41 cojiinjunlilts. We alm lo follow up Secure lundlno to conllnua w￿k In al least dx olthe seven 8xlsllng t￿7￿unItY hubs, wnnlng a ¢omblnallon ol onllne and faee-faca classeB. Wel￿81ng acllvlle$, nversallon olubs organlslng spaces. w¥vw.efii I￿}don.0￿8 24

. Ralse around È390,OfMJ In ordgr lo make the thang8 we want to make and keep golng In the dlfflcull post-cov￿ l ¢osl of livlng Grfsls flnanclal ¢llmele. i Run at ￿ast 28 ESOL courses. r6ath1ng 500 partlclpanls ov8r the course ol the year 4 Convert agreements wlth lo¢al t￿ncIL5 to pdlcles and actions Ihal Improve ESOL In London and look foropportunllEes to have 8n Impact nallonally. * Wrlte up arn18haro research Into partklpalory ESOL Run at least three onlln8 tralnlngs for indlvldu815 alld six for organ￿a￿an$ . Conllnue bulkllng Inks ￿1￿ lea¢hers and organlsatlons (yjtslde ol London. In￿kng 18acheF8 tololn ourcommun￿IY ol practice msellngs, to our conleranc8 and lo Iralnlngs. M&inlain balence ol onllne and lace-face coursas, looklng for opporiunltses 10 start dass8$ In ¢i)mmunlly locallons wher8 Ihe naÈd 58 great . Complfyte a new Ihree to five year 3traleoy 80 we are v8ry cloar In dlra¢fjon DI travel and navlgale Ihe dilficull extemal envlronmenl. vw.efAl￿￿W.￿È 25

Trustees and Governance lcey polnts at A gl?nee', Ddlv¢ry: ltt-pa%on pl￿vts1O￿ &vatlable al &ll seven cominuiiity Iiubs liii addilioll 10 maintsining soine onlin¢ provision), willi 930A of sMd¢nis sutveytd in 2024 ICPDrling iiiipioved EnEli51iskilL8 &Dd confithnce Facililaled a diveise tange of ¢oiiiiiiunity a¢lion inilialiv¢s, including over 150 students &1 Il Jnnual #Lov¢ESOL cathf￿￿llCc. tlie EFA Iiou5in¥ th￿1VISin engatring 123 p￿tiCipa￿t5. Ovci. IM ESOL practition¢i& knBlrted kn patli¢ipdioLy pedagogy attd CQUMYLwi¢ly orgallising wlh EFA duiing Ilie yeor. 22 EFA s￿de￿I¥ tllking part kn eouknnunlty org&#IZll￿ training8 ¢0-d¢liv•rd by citi￿￿5 UK and EFA fyiid 7 EFA stlldents foiinttiE a theatre ivlii¢h pr¢p4itd 81 le&%1 peIf￿.1￿2￿¢eS toadvan¢¢ tIK¢ainpai8È1. Govciatt¢e'. Onc truslec 5t¢pped dowts duruig they¢arw￿ tbab￿d woold like lo express our Ilmth to alw￿ Del8lia2i for Ihtir umiliibulion lo EFA We ivelcoiiied new leade1311ip iii Finaiice,FuiidYaising al￿ OpeiotiODS With the r¢¢ruittuei of GiiiaRodriguezand t(osiyrin TheBoErd worked ¢lostly ivilli Ihe Executive TeaiK andEFA colleagucs lo navigate a difficult ￿n￿l￿g 4lleeze Iljeyear. Uie il¥ted ¢oiiiraeling of11)e $laff l¢aw, fiL113bin8 2023-24 in & sloble position. WeLèvieived deGiSIOts JLi4king PLOCCSSCS, both b¢tsv¢m Ibeslaff llnd ExeculiveTeoni witli the boald. Opcratiots8'. We knpleiiiented ajiew reserve&policy 10 allgn with tlie ev0lvll￿ fvttdratsing lJudscape. We¢onipleled an in-depili revlew and revision loEFA's t75k tegisler. Witli EFA Lo1￿011￿ 2023-24AIiTlltolR¥NoJ'l. Ilscleoj. thal iEcolliiiili<edÉo CÉJNftiiiiliwoiidbiilldliii siiiw ESOI )Tioliit Occ￿£￿bIg aiid INpotiJiil. Llld eiiwivei'lijg sliidejilx lo illke aclion oil Ihc wJrics Afiei, fj IiiJ'biileJilp¢riod of e.Ypal￿i￿l omd iiiycrloJt thij'ljig ajid ofier lliepuiide￿lIC. slobilisiiig ih orgrtiilsAlfoJt aiid eiNFiii jiig IIJ coiy woik cthirtiiiied a lipoj￿. 611¢7lleiige 111 2023.24. 3)'iisEee IIyPQIYed&iiYffdw'iJigsoiiie ofiliepolirfiildeciiToiislakeJi iii Ihefiiwl haifofihcyottj'al￿p￿iY1L￿$6rf ill ili¢ Itjleriloii dboiilp1￿￿￿￿, declsloii niakTiig COliliiillNicftltoii iliat Itappeiied aft¢iiiaitl$. IY¢ 9T givt6Jiil io all ilie &i{i￿1vIl0 fjeigd iylili pro/etKi(wiallspi olldpi'lde diii'ljig Iliese pei'lods, diid io www.cfn1oiidon.￿8 26

Ivholli all cirdil Is dii¢Joi' Illef￿LI ihqi rlie vllal Ivth pvlecled ond ihe c￿le1. slurlEd ro be I￿}71ed￿li ihefiiioncT&laiidfuitdiwlslii£pleliuE lolei'iu Ilieyeur. As ilie lirtlfv?y poiiil of Ilie 2022-2025 itral¢sN Iliis yeoi. s¢nv IJlTpleiJieii14tlioii of iliol sli￿le￿ iorilies iJtlopr&¢ilc4 desplle those dJolleng￿. W6¢4r¢pdrliciiltsrlyproiAlofihÉ iediJiJor.' The ivoJ'L' wilh locol toiin¢ll& 10 Iioii ￿l￿e￿Ill￿ ljilo iliai will iiiipityvff ESOL prows1￿1 ocM% Loiidoii. Jji o &txtble élecilthi )oJ'. Ihe IILoveESO4 Lond(vi Llviiis diid Ipoiislttg a¢ilvlsiJi cnniwlgii wJ'kpiitsiiideKlsol Illef￿￿1J¥lil oJihe&ysiEI?IlC£l￿jt￿é ilial wljljiiake ftlloLti' Itveg Thesiail ofoiiy L'ullllboralion iih ili£ Gi¥tttei'loJidoiJ Aiiihori4p (GLA). Il& goiiig loyloy criiciul i'olÉ jji ttAvaw¢liJg oiiJ'Jiils.Floii lo li)Ipiwe ESOLpivi,Isloii o¢ivspLoJi¢loii dijdbeyoi￿, ik11￿CON ? wall loJee thepurillve lijiwcl 11 willcoiTliiiiielo hin￿ on ouJ'coiKpiJiinilic5. EFA Is C￿lI1j111ied io Ii&iii8 Jtxeojrli advocttty 10 lJtfliieii¢e policy ￿1￿lIge￿ thal ivill haipe Jtallunttl liiiHtscl, Iruchiiig beyoiid oiij. iw1￿￿edIN{e GOI)iiiiiiiiilles. A6 h'ii$lee$, ive htklily vdliie Ihis ppiyjocli. Hè bÈltcve Ihul Icsliiigiocl¢ialclio?Igelillppe113 beslivlieit ￿lIbra¢1}ig￿ bollolll-tip iiiodÉl. Ihe p(151 year, we've ttlso Ivorked liord to liijpjvve ouj. goveiipan¢e. FYe.1￿ e￿Ibl¢￿ collob01Tr71ive e.recirtiiv reiJi)i Jiiodel, 117&rie¢s iiw hioiv iliÈ reJp01￿1￿llil1eS Ive Aave lo boilip1￿lec¢ Ihe lill￿1￿J? of ilte Gljaiqty biii (7Lto io siippoi'l Ihg ifajlio rtwloi iiwys oJivorliiJg Ilioi eiiibody Ihe We filso ivglcoiliedpi￿V leudÉiTlilp liilo otii. Itniii, wilh Ilie oppoiiililieiil ofGiMo Rorfj'lgitez￿ OPerall￿ty LÉad, Aiiiill K03Opi'jiAT, Ivho no¥v lertds ￿(}./11￿￿1￿1S[}is al￿ c￿11111￿11[c¢Fti0V1& effi￿￿$. Tliexe addllloiis ivlll help $lreiigilien oiii. OHelblioiKF oiOdJ.fvefiiiiiJigi￿VIli. oiitjive i¥ ercilediotree liowihEy'llposilivelv iJliPdCi Ilie ¢eoiJi ill ille ¢OiiiiJig}￿{Ii'. Loo1Hi￿ KliÈ(td. ivs iy ¢oiiiiiiiiiedlofiii'ilierdive)¥lfylJJgoiii'goveniaJice&hVclil1W, b17ngli)glii fy wlde Ivnge olpeJ'&peclive3 oikl%y¢i'ilsc fo he￿sEl1d¢EFA Iti ihlt ¢veiL¢haJiglnglqMrf8cLTpe. )veLcygttodhy61o AlaiivaB¢lghéizi. we'd Ilke io o1ll.deép8l￿ElEth1EIopker coiilribiilioll lo EFA. BoThr(J meet1￿g5'. Th¢ bo8Yd ho8 d¢v¥lop¢d o regular Rgettd2, will) dIfferu￿ themes fordiffetentquDiters. alld slaff bove cullbnued lo upd61es md detail befor¢ m¢etsn8s, in order lo fo¢iBJneeliiig Eiiiie on dis￿1$810 WIViV,Efolon(ID￿ovg 27

of urgent challenge5, 5tratcg&c direclton, Bnd &￿istAnce lo tlie Tnonageintni. Ali ttxompl¢ of itse lop suoq diE¢uss¢d alin¢¢lings in thi$ poiod.. Oetobei. 2023.. Discllsslon, advice, and Approval of aproposal on ¢otstra¢lion. ,lJnuavy 20Z4: r¢vi¢wing th¢ illipli¢b¢ioiLS of Ui¢ ¢OESWliOtt process. Disci￿Sing tile ￿￿￿TaIsing lan￿￿￿pE and 51illlegy. April 2024.. Decision niaking wiiliin EFA LolldoD July 2024.. revi¢w ofUJ¢ bodrd 8thd process for board njeetings s￿tel￿ent ort publle bettetii The Boord COllfimi& Iliat Ih¢y hav¢ Coinplitd wilh the duty in section 4 of the CbiLilics Act 2(￿6 to hav¢ duc it8arJ ￿ public benefit guidanc¢ published by the ChDiilie3 CoD)IlliS8TQn ill dctaiiiinin8 Ilie activlties uiidBrtraken by Ihc charity. Tlie ¢xe¢ut¢ve ieani's report d(Kurticllts bow Ibe two rbaritAble objectives h4ve been puisued tEwov811 Ilje Y￿r, 8Rd 8laleillenl of th¢ ILusl¢e secbon Bbove hi8hb8bts paiticuiArA¢hl¢v¢intuts. Rutvyes pfjllcy The bo81￿1th5 agreed Muv rt%trve$ policy la coveyvnfoiescen events and uncert¥inlies in (Jnding OL. ¢8sli flo¥v ta covcl tliree lo nine ftionihs of Nnning ¢0sts. This ¢xl¢llthd ran8C is rtew as of2023 Dnd rcflcds Ihc ¢volYinE naiuir of &vail&blc fuuding following the CovEt￿l9 PRDderntC and the tost-Df-living crisis. In Ilie cos¢ dillt r¢yeives ruse 8bove six niontlis or fall below four moi)dis for p￿lOd of lonlleT ttltsrt 30 days, li ss oui. policy to info1￿1 t1￿ of Thwlee5 foi. Ilieir infornation d iii order to support stral¢8i¢ declsion-Inakin8. At the ¢nd of Ilie year, total ulliuliy¢ied ftrnda ¢aiixed Dver weir £242,IMN) whtdi eqval¢s lo approxmnalcly 8.5 mDnihs ofcore lul￿7￿8¢0sts. lliis is wlthin our policy liiiiil, riElit lll t1￿ top end of oui. ITnge. Tbis wns deerlled appropiiale giveji the challenging fvnth?ising ¢iiviroDnicnt aiid having navigated Ibe pcriod of re￿￿tiQll poit-pandemic. Re$eive lev¢l8 ¢ooli#ue to E dosely nTroniknrd. Govejnlng dty¢uwEnt EFA Lolldoji is a ¢I￿l'll￿blE ¢oniplllly liiuiled by 8uafantee, governed by IEY articl￿ of 2Esocialiou dated23 Febrtwry 2009 and regigtthed willi Coiiipunics Hause 19 May 2￿9. It IS 4 chaiity Tegi8teTed ivith die C114sity Conylli$$ioii ￿ld ils ¢h&xtable objeet$4w'. l. To d¢velop cap￿ilY of mi81.anl fDnlTnunilsEs aubss London Iii surli a Ivay that Ihey are bellerabl¢ lo id•ilify aiid help tucet Ihtit lleeds and PUli¢ipale Iiioit fully Éociety. 2. fo &dvonc¢ Ui8 ¢duC￿l￿n of tbB public ill the sybject oy FI￿1$h for Spc8k£r8 of Oiber LoTwIAgES {ESOLI, MViv.¢fJlot￿on.Qr2

Statememt of Th'usteej. I￿￿￿11$[bIll￿es Tlie Th￿steeS Iwlio air also DirBrlDrs of EFA LDndon for tha pujposes of comkwny IRW) èrt responsibl¢ for P￿paTiO9 Ili¢ Truslees, Re￿11 aiid the finaii¢ial stat￿￿entS In accordance wilh appbc&ble law tsiid Unil¢d Kingdom Accountkng SI￿da&￿s {UK Geoerally Acccpled AecourttlDg Prarti¢¢l. Compony law requires the T￿￿te¢S 10 wcpare financial stalements foreach financialyegr which give a foirviewof ilie sialeofaffaiis of Iliccliaillable ¢onip8iiy andof &i¢ inconiing resDUTces ¥ppbc31iorL of r&%oiirce4 jDcluding Ib¢ incoine snd ¢XP¢Dditure. of Ilie diarilable ¢ollipony tor Ilial iiod. lfj prepariKg the￿ finJn¢ial stsl£men18, t]ie Tw8iees ore required 10.. Sele¢lsuitéble a¢¢ounthJg plicies aod Ihen awly Ili¢ra consisleiiily Observt nielliads and principles ill Ilie ClIBrilie3 Slal¢m¢nl of KecotnnkEoded Pro¢tsee (SORPI Make JUdg￿eJItS esliNal¢s Ili&l oi"e icason3ble piudent State wliellie¥ applicllble UK a¢¢ouoliiig siandaixlE hBve been followedsubject to Arjy mt•7al d¢pwlures disclosed bnd explRitied All ttse fillAO¢ti)1 slaleiDenls Frekiare dje finallcial 81atementrs ott the going cun¢tm basi8 u￿esS it Is itsoppiopriatc to pre5uftie Ihatlb¢ ek8iiiable companywlll ¢olllittiie in bu5uiess The Thstees Jre responsible for kcwiKg pirp¢r aceounling rttords Ihal dis¢los¢ wilh reosoNable o¢cui?ey &1 any lirne of the financi&l position of tho ¢h￿1t￿ble ¢￿￿p￿TrY enable theDJ to ensutc thal Ilie financial slat¢inents comply wiib the Compgllies Ac( 2006. Tbey are Also i%p¢iisible foy Éafeguarding the a￿cts of the cliaiilable coinpaDy hajee ￿. likln8 iyasonable sl¢P8 for I prevenliDll and deteclioll of fmud ondoiher ￿ne￿lIa￿lI¢s. Tlie ts￿Ste¢s ar¢ JrspoDsible f￿. tbe mllintenance aftd iniegrlty of the ooryorale and financial infonM&lion included on the dioyilAble ¢oin5)Aiiy's webEti& Legislaiion in Ili¢ Ullit¢d lCing4hm 8UVttJiin￿ Ibe piepLation and ths8emlDailort of fiuanciAI 51at¢ni¢llis njay differ frolli l¢8islolion ill oth¢i'juii8dictions. Me13nlÈ Cooke lon beh31f of the board of trustees)

EFA London Independent ENamlnels Report to the trustees of EFA London I'the Company'l I repc>rt to Ihe trustees (who are also Dlreclors for the purpose of company lawl on Tny Èx3mlnatlon of the financial 51atÈments of EFA London I the ch8rltable companv) for the year ended 31 July 2023 which comprlse the Statement of Flnantlal Ath￿tIes, the Balance sheet and related notes. Thls report is made solely to the ¢harlt¢s Iru5tees, a5 a body, Sn accordance wlth sectlon 145 01 the charl￿e$ Act 2011. My work has been undertaken so that I mlEht state 10 th￿ charliy's trustees those matiers l am requlred to state to them In thls report and for no other pvrp05e. Ttr Iht fullest extent permltted by law, I do not accepl Of assume respons5bllity lo anyone other than thÈ tharlty 2nd the tharws trustee5 a5 a bodyi for myworL forthls repart, or lorthe oplnlons I have formed. Respojslbllltles and bas15 01 reporl As the chariivs trustees of EFA London land also its dlrectors for the purposes of cotnpany lawl you are rÉsponslble for the preparalbn of the accounts In accordance wlth the requlrements ol the Cornpanles Act 20l￿ I'the 2(X)6 ACVI. Havln& $8llsfled myself thal the 3ccovnts of EFA London ère not requlred to be 8udltÈd under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and arè ellglble far Independent examlAatlon, I report In respect of my examinatlon of your¢harW's account5 as carried out under sectlon 145 of the Charltles Act 20111'the 2011 Act'l. In tlrrylng out my examlnatlon I h3ve followed the txrectlons Elven by Ihe Charity ComM155ion under settlon 14515llbl of the 2011 Act. AN Independent ex3mlnatlon does not Involve EatherlnÉ all the evldence that would be Tequlra In an audlt and consequently does not cover all thÈ matters that an 3udlior eonslders In BlvlnÉ thelr oplnlon on the flnanclal statements. The plannlng and conduct of an audlt goes beyond the Ilmlted èssur8nce that an Independent examlThatlon can provlde. Consequently l express no oplnlon as to whether the IlnaTh¢lal st3tErnents present a 'true and fall ￿eW and my report Is IlmltEd to those spetlnc matlEr5 sel out In the Independetttexamlnerfs 5taternent. Independent examSner's statement Slnce EFA London's Eross Income exceeded £250,000 your ex8mlrier must be a member OF a body Ilsted In 5ectlon 145 of the 2011 Act. I conflrm that l am quallfled to Undertake the examlnatlon because l am mèmber of, whlch Is one of the listed b(NJles. I have completed my examln311on. I confirm that no matters havÈ come to my 8tteDtlon In connec15on with the eKamlnatlon glvlnE me cèuse to believe., 1. 8¢¢OUntlng records were not kept In respect of EFA London as requlred by sectlon 386 of the 2C*)6Act', or 2. the accounts da not aeGord wlth those record5', or 3. the accounts do not comply wlth the accountlng reqvlrements of sectlon 396 01 the ?OD6 Act otherth2n Hny requlrement th3t the accounts Élve a'true and falr vlew, whleh Is not a maller consldeied as part ol an Independent examlDalion'. or 4. thÈ accournts have not been prepared In aeeordan¢e wlth thtr methods and prlnclples of Ihe Slatement ol RecomméndÈd Pracllce for atcountlng and reportSng by Ihailtles appllcable to charltles prep3rlng thelr ?ccaunts In accordance with the Flnanelal Repoitlng Standard appllcable In the UK and Republic ol Ireland IFRS 1021. I h3ve no concerns and have come lcross no other matters In connecllon wlth the examl¢)allon to whlch attentlon should bÈ drawn In th& report ID order to enable a proper understandlng of the accounts tts be reathed. Page 30

EFA London Independeht Examiner's Report to the trustees of EFA Lundon I'the Cijmpany'l TIM Sull[￿n FCA Blackheath SE3 ORB 2tAprtl 2025 Page 31

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EFA London IReg15tratlon humber,. 069097381 Balance Sheet as at 31 july 2024 2024 2023 Note Flxed assets TahElble assets 12 2,766 5,903 Current assets Debtors Cash at bankand In hand 9,725 303,994 21,649 2?5,065 313,719 246.7J4 Credltors.. Amounts falllng duewhhln gneyeor 14 112,82É1 116,7691 Net currAttt ossets 300,891 229,945 Net assels 303.S57 135,848 Funds OF the charlty; Resirl£led Income lunds Restrt¢ted funds 61,508 56,687 UnrÈstrl¢ted Income lund5 UnrestrlctÉd funds 242.149 179,161 T¢tal ltsnds 16 303,657 135,848 For the flnancfal year Èndlng 31 July 2024the charfty was entltled to exemptlon fram audlt under sectlon 477 of the Companlés Acl 20[￿ relatlng to small companles. The membérs have not requlred the charlty to obtaln an audlt of tts Accounts for the year In questlon I accordancewlth sectlon 476,. and The dlrectors 8cknovAedge thelr responslb51itles for compwtng wtth the requIrem￿ts af the Act wlth respect to a¢count5ngrecords and the prep3ratlon of accounts. The Ilntndal &t2tements on pages 32 lo 45 were approved bythe trustèes, and authorlsed for15sue on 24 Aprll 2025 and $18ned on thÈlrbÈhalf by,. MelanlÈ Cooke Trustee The notes on page5 34 to 45 form an In¢e8r31 partof theselnanclal statements. PaEe 33

EFA London Notes to the Flnanclal Statements for the Yeay Ended 31 July 2024 I Charltystatus The charlty Is Ilmlted by gU8￿ntee, Incorporated In England and Wales, and tot￿equent]Ydoes not have share pltal. Each of the trustees Is liablé to contrlbvié amount not Exceedlng El tQWÈfds the assets ol the tharlty In thè event af Ilquldatlon. The addfes5 of Its reElstered olllce ￿.. ID8 Battersea Hl8h Street London En8land Swll 311P These flnanclal 51atetnents were authorlsed for155ue bythe tll￿tees un 24 Awll 2025. 2 Accountln8 pall¢les Summary of slgnlllcant accountlmg polldÈs and key accountln8 estlmates The prlnclpal actountlng pollcies applled In the preparatlon Df these fln3nclal statements are sÈt out below. These pollcles have been con515tentW applled to all theyears presented, unless othewwlse stated. stalement of eompllance The flnandal 5t3ternents have been prepared In èccordance wlth Actountlng 2nd Reportlng by charl￿e$.. 5tatemefit ol Recommended Practlce appllcttble to chèrltles preparlng thelr accounts In aecordance wlth the Flnanclal Repurtlng Standard appllcable In Ihe UK and Republic of Irelalld IFRS 1021 letFe(tlve I january 20191 ICh8rltles SORP IFRS 1021 Second edltlon Octobèr 20191, the Flnanclal Reportlng 5t3nd3rd appllcable In the UK and Republlc ol Ire13nd IFRS 1021. They also comply wlth thè CompÈnlés kl 2006 and Charllles Act 2011. Basis of preparatlon EFA London meets the definltlon of a publlc beneflt entliy under FRS 102, A55ets and Ilabllltles are Inltlallv iecognlsed at hlstorlc31 cost or tran5actlon value unless othtrwlse slated In- the relevant 2Cc￿￿tIng pDIItV notes. Goln8 contern The trustees co￿4der that there arÈ no material uncertaintles about the charity's ablllly to tantlnue 35 H 8oln8 concern norany518nlfl¢anl artas of uncertalnty that 8ffect the carrylnB value ol assets held by the charfty. Judgements and l(ey SOLtrces of estlmatlon unceriglnly In the appllcatlon ol the tharlt¢s 3ccountlDg pollcles, the trustees are requlred to make judgeménts, estlmates and assumptlon5 about the carryin6 amovnt of assets and Ilabllllles that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estlmales and associated 3ssumptlon5 are based on hlsiorlcal experlence and other laclor5 thal arÈ con51dered to be relevant. Actual results maydlffÈr from these esllmatos. The estlmates Ind Under￿nE a$sumptlons are revlewed on an onÈolng b3515. Rdslons to ateountlnE estlmates are reco8n15ed In the perlads In whlth the e5tlm3te L% r￿Sed where ravlslons affects only that pÈrlod, or In the perlod of the rev151on and luture perlods where the re￿$lanS aff&cls both.current and future perlods. Page 34

EFA London Notes to the Financla1 Statements lor the Year Ended 31 July 2024 Income ènd endowmet)t5 All lttcome15 reco6nlsed once the charlty has entltlemÈnt to the Income. Itls Probable thal the Income wlll be retelved 3nd the 3MOUnt of the IncDme recepiable can be measured rellably, Dchotlons cndleqtscles Donatlon$ are recognlsed when the chirlty has been notlfled In wrltlne of boih the amount and settlement date. In the evenl that 8 donatlon Is subject to condltions that requlre a level of performance by the charlly before the tharlty Is entldÈd lo the funds, the Income Is deleryed and not recognlsed until elther Ihase condltlons are ful￿ mei, or the fulfllment of those ctsThdltlons Iswholly wlthln the control uf the ch?rll¥ and it Is probable that these tondlllonswll be fullllled In the reportlng perfod. Grunls recelvttble Grants are reeognlsed when the char1ty has an entitlement to ihe f￿ndS and anycondltlons Ilrtked to the grants have been met. Where performance condltlons arÈ 2tlath@d to the grant and are yet to be rne( the Income15 recoghL%ed as a Ilablllty and Included on the balance sheet 8$ deferred Income to be released. 61Ats In klnd Glfts In klnd are recognlsed In dlflerent ways dependent on how ihey are used bythè chadty.. 111 ThosÈ donated lor resale produce Income vthen they are sald. They are vakned at the amOUTIt actually 1111 Those donated for onwa¥d transmlsslon to bÈnellclarfes arÈ Included ID the Statement of Flntnclal Activ￿￿e5 as IncomlnÉ resources and resources expended when they are dlstributed. They are valuèd at the amount the charltywould have had to payto acqulre thern, 11111 Those donated for use by the charlty Stsell are Included whpn receEvable. They are valued at the amount the ¢haritywould have had to payto 3cqulre them. Investment Income Dfvldènd5 are recognlsed oncè the dSvldend has been declared and notlliiatlGn has beeD re¢elved of the dhfldend due. Expendlture All expeDdSture Is recoBn15Èd once there Is a le881 or constructlve DbllgatloTh to that expendlture, 1¢ Is probable settlement 15 requlred ènd ihe amount can be measured re118bly. All costs arE allocated to the appllcable expendlture hèadlngth2t 28gfEg3te slmllarcasts tD thatcategory. Where costs cannot bè dlrecfly allilbuted to pJrtlcular headings they have beeD allocèted on a basls CO￿lsteTht wlth the use al resources, wlth central Staff costs allocated on rhe basls of tlme spent, and depreclatlon charges allotated on the portlon of the asset's use. othersupport colts are 3llocated based on the 5pread.of staff costs. Chorltuble octlvltles Charltable expendlture compr1ses those cost5 Incurred by the charlty In the dellyery ol actlvttles 3nd servlces for Ils benefkl8r5es. It Includes both costs that can be allocated dlrectly to such acllvlties and tho costs al an Indlrect nature necessery t05upporlthem. PaEe 35

EFA Londo Notes to the FSnanclal Statements for the Year Ended 31 July 2024 support tosts Support costs Include central funttlons and have been allo<ated to actlvlty cost categor5es on a basls conslstent wlth the use of resources. for exawple, allocillng property costs b¥ Èreas, or per c3plta, sta costs bythe timÈ spent 2nd other costs by thelr usa8e. Tèxatlon The ¢liarlty Is eonsldered to pass the t￿lS set out In ParaETaph I Schedule 6 of the Fln3nte Act 2010 and therefore It tneets ihe definitlon of a charltable cornpany foi UK corporatlon lax purpose5. Accordlnglyj the ch3rKy Is potentlèlw exempt from tax8tlon In respect of Income or capllal g3ins recefved wlthln catègorles covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Corpor3llon Tax Ad 2010 or S2ctlon 256 of the Taxatlon of ch3rgeablè Galns Acl 1992, to tha extEftt that such Income orgalns are applled Èxtluslvely to charltable purposes. TanElble flxed assets 1ndS￿dUal flxed essets tostlnE £0.00 or more are InI￿al￿ recorded at cosL less any 5ubseques)t accumulited deprec5atlon and Subsequent accumulated Impalrrnent losses. Depre¢la¢lon and amortlsalion DÈpie¢litlon Is provlded on tanglwe fixed assets so as to wrlte off the cost or voluat1￿, less any estirrnated re￿dual value, over thelr expected useful etonom5c life as follows.. Asset ¢las5 Depreclatlon method ahd rate 4 year $tral8ht Ilne Trade debtors Tfade debtor5 are amounts due frorn customers lor merchandlse 501d or sÈrdI￿S performed In the ordlnary coursè of buslnes5. Trade debtors are retogn5sed InEtlally at the transactlon prlce. They are 5ub5equentW meaS￿red èt emort15ed cost uslng the effécrlve Interest method. less prov1510n lor Impa1rment, A provlslon forthe Impalrmentof tradé debtors Is establbhed when therÈ Is oblÈttlve wldence that the tharlty wlll not be able to collect all amounts due 3ccordlng to the orlglnal terms of the rece1vables. Cash and cash equlv31ents Cash and cash eqU￿al$￿t5 comprlse cash on hand and c811 deposlts, and other short-ierm hlghly Ilquld In¥estmEnts that are readlty ¢onvertlble to a known amount of cash and are subSect to an In51gnlfitant r15k of change In value. Fund 5tru¢iu¥è UnrÈstrlcted Intome fund5 afE general funds that are avallable for use at thetru51Èe5 dlscreuon In lurtheiance of the obleclives of the charlty. Restrltted Incomè funds are those donated for use In a partlcular area or lor spetlflc purpose5, the use of whlth Is restricted to that area 01 purpose. Pa8e 36

EFA London Notès to the Flnanclal Statements lor the Year Ended 31 july 2024 Penslons and otherp05t ietlrement obl*atlons The charlty operates a deftned conlrlbutlon penslon stheme whith Is a pen51on plan under whlch I￿ed contrlbutlODS are p8ld Into a penslon fund and the ch2rltyhas no legal or constructlve obllgatlon to pay furthe¥ contrlbutlons even If the fund does not hold suffklent a55ets to pay all emploype5 the benefirs relatlnE to employee Se￿(e In the current ènd prlor perfods. Contrlbutlons to deflned contrlbutbn plans are recoEnls2d In the Statement ol Flnancl31 Act￿ll￿@S when they are due. If conlrlbution payments exceed the contrlbutlon due for serylce, the extess Is recognlsed as a prep8yment. 3 Income from dO￿allOnS and lèiacles Unrestvl¢ted funds General Re$trtcted funds Total 2024 Tutal 2023 Doriatlons and lE8ac1￿. Donallons and legacles 3,751 67 3,751 67 5,658 Grants. Includingcapltal grants,. city ByldÉe Foundation Brentcouncll Henrysrnlth Charlty Unlted Salntsavlour's Charlty People's Health Tru51 Walcot Foundatlon West Hackney Parothlal Cha¥ltv Groundwork Londen- Greenwlch 29th May 1961 Charltable Trust Thè Natlonal Lotterycommunlty Fund Bermolldsey Square Community Fund WF Southall Trust Wlmblédon Foundatlon Garfleld Weston Foundètlon The Mercer5' Colnpanv Southwark Charllles London LÈga¢y DevelopmÈnt Corporatlon Haekney Councll Royal Borough of GreEnwlch Erasmus Plus- COFA Lloyd's ol London Foundatlon 12,150 12,150 17,409 13,(K)D 60,CWJO 20,000 20,0(K) 27,337 9,971 60,000 18,333 17,607 24,714 18,333 17.607 24,714 4,969 4.969 3,000 20.000 20,000 250 3,000 3.(nJO 2,7SO 25,000 a4,800 3,821 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000 1353È 9,939 13,538 9,939 13,538 9,939 9,443 J8,084 s,wo 18,022 18,022 Pa8e 37

EFA London Notes to the Flnanclal Statements for the Year Ended 31 July 2024 Unrestrlcted fund5 Gen8ral RÈstrl¢ted fund$ Total 2024 Total 2023 London Renters Unlon s￿l¥d Rau51ng Trust Brent Solldarlty Fund Mtgrallt Help Greater London AuthorMv Thoma5Wall TTU5t Soclely of the Holy chlldjesus The Dlsrupl FouDd211on Souter charitable Trust The Bl8 Red Klck Schroder CharltyTTU5t KeollsAmey Dockland ¢¢￿M￿nIty Fund Glfts In klnd 200 15,000 450 4,998 26,309 5,lJ)Q 1s,ryJo 9,922 4,998 26.309 s,ooo 15,000 9,922 2,595 500 2,595 5QQ 5,000 5,000 6.668 42,570 6,668 42,570 153,301 231,351 384,652 314,650 4 Inctrme from charltablÈ 3Ctlvltles Total 2024 Total 2023 Courses and dasses Contiaclual Income Irom government or publlt authorltles 80,89) 38,313 20.841 69.203 73,726 S Investment Income Total 2024 Total 1023 Interest iecelvable and slmllar Incomv, Interest reCeI￿ble on bank deposlts 2,408 928 Page 38

EFA London Notes to the Financlal Statements for the Year Ehded 31 July 2024 6 Expendlture on chJii*iblÈ a¢tlwltle$ Total 2024 Total 2023 Consultants fees and creche support 27,492 2,388 2,371 6.551 43,644 3,746 1,937 15,964 so staff w2llare Books and ctyJrse materlals Bad debts ￿tten oll 83nk charges Depr8clgtlon of offlce equlpment Stafl costs Support eost5 L2 L,917 312,042 3S,693 ?,421 326,534 21,807 388,4S4 416,115 In addltkin to the expendlture an3lysed above, thÉre are also support costs of £3S,69312023. £21,8071 whith relate dlrectly to charftaljle actlwtlès. See notE 7 for furiher dèt811s. 7 Analysls af support COSt$ Support costs Total 2014 Total 2023 lProfStl￿05s on dlspo531 of t3nElbleflxÉd assets Rent and rates Room costs glfted In klnd Insurallce Oflitr equlpment Prlntlnsi Postage and 5tatlonery Sundrles Travel, Irlps and refreshments Independent exatnlnillon Cornputersof￿re and Malntenance wsts 4.398 17.280 446 7,013 170 786 1.201 30 48 6,U08 2,640 4,404 5,929 2,562 4.857 35,693 21,807 Page 39

EFA London Notes tij the Flnanclal Statements for the Year Ended 31 July 2024 8 TrJstees wmuneratlon and expense5 No trustees. nor any persons tennected wlth them, h8ve recelvéd any remuneration from the charlty durlng the year. No tit*stEES have received anyother beneflls from the charlty duilng theyear, 9 Staff cost$ Th& t8gre8ate payroll cost5 were as follows.. 2024 2023 stam tosts dtjrlns theyeBrwerE', Wages and salarles 2S3,123 18.752 14.877 25,290 290,948 22,825 12.761 Pension costs Volunteei hour5 gifted 312,042 326,534 The monthly average number of person5 Ilncludln£ 5enlor management I lèadershlp téam) employed by the charltydurlngthe ye3r Èxpressed as full tlme equlvalentSW35 a5 follows.. 2024 2023 io li No employee r2télved amolum￿t$ of mwe than £60.LKKI durlng the year. 10 Ta¥3tlon The charlty Is a reg15terÈd thartiyand Is iherEfore exempt from taxatlon. 11 Belated p3rlytranso¢t¢ons There were no re13ted party trahSaCtlon5 in they￿1. PaEe 40

EFA London Notes to the Financlal Statements for the Year Ended 31 july 2024 11 Tan8lblÈ flxed 355etS Furnlture and. equlpmont Total Cost At IAueust 2023 Addlllons Dlsposals 9.682 84 12,0991 9,682 84 (1099 At 31 July 2024 Depreclatlo At l August 2023 Charge forthe year E11mlnated on dlspos315 7,667 7,667 3,779 1,917 17951 3,779 1,917 At 31 july 2024 4,901 4.901 Net bookv81ue At 31 July 2024 2,766 2,766 At 3LJuly 2023 5.903 5,903 13 Debtor5 2024 2023 Prepaymen15 Accrued Income Other debtors 1,924 7,474 327 990 20,SOg 150 9,725 21,649 14 Credltors: amount5 falllng du£ wlthln oné year 2024 2023 OthEr taxatlon and soclal secur other credltor5 Acciuals 4.484 1,941 6,403 5,7S6 51 10,962 12.828 16.769 PaBÈ 41

EFA London Notes to the Financial Statèments for the Year Ended 31 July 2024 15 Penslon and othersthemes Deflned cohtrlbutlon pensloll scheme The charlty operat£s a dÈflnèd contrlbutlon pÈnslon scheme. The penlon c05t charge lor the year represents c0ntrlbutio￿S payable bythe charity lo the 5chtme and imounted to £14.87712023 £12,761]. 16 Funds Cutrent year B31allce at I August 2023 Incomln8 resovr¢es Resouree$ empended Balance at31 July 202q Unrestikted 6enerql General Funds 179.161 224,912 1161,9241 242,149 Restrlcted Migrant Help Greater London Authorlty Thomas Wall Trust Henry Smith Charity Unlted Salnl Savlourfs Charltv People's Health Trust Walcot Foundatlon Gruundwork Londo West Hackney Parochlal Charlty WF South811 Trust Londoo Le8acy Development Corporatlon Hackney Councll Erasmus Plus- COFA The Dlsrupl F￿ndatIon Soclety ol the Holychlld Jesus 4,998 26,309 S,O(A) 60,0(K) 18.333 17.607 24.?14 4,9S9 14,9981 125,3(P31 12,9171 160.0001 i?o,0001 119,7831 124,7141 11,9361 16,6471 13,0001 2.083 25,000 25,000 1,667 3,667 9,767 2,491 9,767 3,033 6,647 3,CNJO 13,S38 9,939 18,022 9,922 15,000 113,5381 119.8781 118.0221 15,7881 9,939 4.134 15.0 S6,687 231.351 1226,5301 61,508 Total funds 235.848 456,263 1388,4541 303,657 Page 42

EFA London Notes to the Flnanclal Statements foy the Year Ended 31 July 2024 Prevlous year Balance at l August 2022 Balance at 31 July 2023 IhtDffil￿E resourres Resour¢e$ expernded Transfers Unréstrlctod Gejjerttl Gener81 Funds Fund5- prfor perlod adjustment 171,415 13.448 177,721 1183,4231 13,448 113.4481 179,161 184,863 177,721 1183,4231 179,161 Pestrttted W8kefldd 3DdTetleyTrust-Tower Hamlets Erasmu5 Plus- MIGREAT Henry Smlth Charlly Unlt&d Salntsavlourfs People's Health Trust Walcot Foundatlon 29th May 1961 cha￿able Trust NCIL Breht Hackney Parochl?I Charitles Sport London- Comlc Rellel 8ermondsey5quare Communlty Fund Wlmb1édon Foundallon The clothworkérs, Foundatlon SouthwarkCharlllÈs LLDC Hackney Councll Greenwleh Councll Erasmu5 Plus- COFA 5.001 14,175 25,(K)O 15,OOLI 60,000 20,￿0 20,000 27,337 3,000 ia,000 9,971 160,0001 118,3331 120.8991 127,3391 13,ODOI 118,8641 25,IM)O I,S67 3,667 9,767 4,566 9,769 S,864 6.647 3.321 250 2.750 12,7501 IID,0001 13,8211 113,53BI io,o(K) 3,821 13,538 9,939 9,443 18,084 9,$39 19,4431 118,D841 77,796 211,133 1232.2421 56,687 Total funds 262 659 388,854 1415,6651 235,848 Pa8e43

EFA London Note5 to the Financial Slatements for ihe Year Ended 31 july 2024 The speclfk puiposÈiforwhlch the funds 3re lo be applled are as fallows,, Erasmus Plus- Inlernatlonal CommunltyOr8anisln8 for All, resÈarch and tralnlng proBramme. Henry S￿1th charlty-'En8llsh for Housln8 Acllon, programme provldlng ESOL classes and houslng athlce In South London. Unlted $3intSavlour'5 Charlty- ESOLc13sse5 and communlly organislng In Southwark. People's Health Trust-'Lanwa8e lor Ch2n8È' ESOLand wellb25n8 project In GrÈénwlth. Walcot Foundatlon .'Engllsh tor Hovslng Attbn, programme provldlng ESOL dasses and houslth8 advlce In Limbeth. Brent Councll A communit ESOL piolect provldin8 English cla5se5, communlty orBanlsln& careei development support & communl y event& West Hickney Parothlal Charlt¥- ESOLforWork languagé and Career devdopment dasse5 In Hackney. • 29th May 1961 th¥r￿able Trust-An E50L class and cDmmunltyorÉ2nlslng In Bre￿t. Uermondsey Square CoTDmunity Fund-'ESOLfor Commvnlty, progrHmme BermoNd5eyi Southwark Wlmbledon Foundatlon.A'Walk & Talk, ESOL walklnE group for mlgrants In 8atterse8, Wanthworlh. • gouthwark Charltles- ESOL a#d wtrllbelng support lor older women In Southwark London Legacy DevelopmEnt Corporatlon-'To8Ether for Tower Himlets. E5OL and wellbelng project In Bow, Tower Hamlels. Hackney Councll- An ESOLfor Work programme supportlng mlgrant women In Ha¢kney. riDy31 Borough of Greenwlch- ESOL classes and Integration support lor r*fuÈees from UkYalDe In Greenwlch. Pagt 44

EFA London Notes to the Finaticlal Statements for the Year Ended 31 July 2024 17 Analysls of net a$s&ts between funds Current year UnrEStrlGted fuDd5 General Total fu*ds at 311u 20Z4 lunds Tanglble flKed è5Sets Currenl a55ets 2,766 252,211 112,8281 2,766 313,719 12,828 61,508 Total net as5Èts 242,149 6L508 303,657 Prevlous ￿ar unr2st￿tted funds General Total Ivnds at 31Julv 2023 Restrkled funds Tanglble flxed assets Current a$5ets 5,903 190,027 116,7691 5.903 246,714 116,7691 56,687 Current Ilabllltle5 Totsl net assets 179,161 S6,687 235,848 Pèee 45