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Registered Charity Number: 1161251 TALK THE TALK UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025 Fln3nclalststements31 Av8USt 2025 Re81strred numlw. 1161251

TALKTHE TALK CONTENTS Reference and admlnlstratlve detslls Report of Trustees Independent Examlnèrfs Report Statement of Flnandal Activltie5 Balan￿ Sheet 9-12 Notes to the Hnanclal StatemeT Financial statEtNents 31 Av8USt2(r25 fi￿Stered nvmber. 1161251

TALKTHE TALK COMPANY INFoR￿TION Status The orBanisatlon Is a charItab￿ Incorporated Organi5atlon Iciol. re8iStered Dn 13 April 2015 Charlty Number 1161251 Trustees Davld ￿lJre￿ David Aittthison John Dynes Daniel Wellln8S Operatlonal Addres$ 5th Floor. Mariner House. 62 Prince Street. Brtstol &Si 4QD Audltor5 R J Francis & Co Sulte l & 2. Marshall Bu5ine55 Centre Faraday Road Hereford HR4 9NS Bankers vir6￿￿ Monev The Team @ Virgin Money Sunderland SR43 4JB Flnandal statemen15 31 Au8tfft 2025 RwstErEd nurnber.. ll61￿1

TALK THE TALK REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGusf 2025 The TrvstEe5 present their reFQrt and audthd flnanrlal ststementsforthe period ended 31 August 2025. The flnatxlal ststetnents have been prepared In accordan￿ wth the Charftles SORP IFRS 1021'Accountln8 and Reportlng by Charltles,. Statement of recornrnended Practlce appllcabje knChaTit￿ preparfn8 their accounts In accordance with the Flnancial Reporting Stsndard app1kab￿ in the UKand Rewblic ol Ireknd IFRS 1021 letfectlve 31January 20221,. Financlal Reporting Stsndard 102 Yhe FlnarKlal Rewrtlng Stsndard applKab]e In the UK and Republlc of IreEan(V and the Charf(les Act 2011. Struciurei govemance and monryemvnt TalkThe Talkwas foundEd ￿ grdnt-rnakFng trust. FourAcreTrusL In 2013.The trustees of Four kreTrust had Identlfled thatoracy was not prominent In xhoob and le￿that ￿ should be rnore wldely recoKnlsed and Included across the school currlculvm.TalkThe Talk becarne a char￿ab￿ IncorwTed 018anlsat]on {CIOI in April 2015.TalkThe Talk became Inde￿ndeftt of FourAcre Trust on 15eptember2019 when it 5tdrted to undertake Char￿b￿ actlvlties In its Dwn rlght. Gover￿n¢e Legal responsiblltyforthe governance of the CIO Is %ested intheTrustees. There must be at leastthree and no more than twelve charity trustees. Trustees are ap￿irrteL•fOT a tsrm of th￿eYearS and havethe opt￿n to putthemselvÈs forward tg be re-appoSnted fora furtherthree year5.TntsteÈs a￿ selectsd to ensure thatthere isthe necessary balan￿ of skllls, knovAÈd8e and exkErience needed lorthe effectiveadrninistratlon of the CIO. NewTrustees are made aware otthe duties and respon5ibiltttes of a Trusteethrough publlcations such as The Essentlal Trustee CC3 Issued bythe CharFty Commwion. Trustees are also ￿Ven a copy of the CIO'S Constfcutlon dated Npvember 2014 NewTrustee5 are provlded with an IntToducUon toTalkThe Tal by the Chair, otherTrustees and employees. Trustees appolnted ther Novernber 2023 ￿￿11 be Issued a copy of ao Constknthn dated Novemtrkr 2023. The Trustees who served durlngthe year are: Davld Aldred- Chair ofTrustees Davld ￿tChi$0￿ John Dynes Danlel Wellings After a lengthy $electlon process, weappDinted Steve Phllllps as the new chalr commenclng ljt September 2025. The board remalns committed to SUPPDrtln8 the management team in identtyngand selectin8 1ndfvId￿Is w￿> Can hel TalkThe Talk achieve It5 Strdtegic objectivesand coftvnueto dNersfythe toard of trustees. Mun#9ement The charfty 15 rn8naged by the Dlrectorwho, supportetl by a small team. L8 responsible for the day-to-day opèratlons and anagement ol Talk The Talk. In August 2025 the team Cornpr￿ed ma￿ Famier- Director, Rlchard Edkin5- SclK)oLs Lia5son Dlrector, June Horton- Adrninistrdtorand fve full-rlrne and part-tirne sales staff and admini5trator& A bank of 40 iners works on a freelante ba5i5to delfver workshops. Eath trairEr enters a structured and supported induttlon process before beln8 slgr)eil off byTalk7heTalk FInanC￿lS(ateMents 31Au8USt2(r25 Re￿stered Trumber.. 1161251

TALK THE TALK REPORT OF THE ThUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025 ObJeLtlves and artivltles ObJertlve5 The objects of the charfty are fo¥the public benefft.. To advance educatksn, In particular In Spea￿ng and listenln8 loracyl and writlng5kllls Durlng thls year. we recelved a setond gerETouscore costs8rantfrorn the Garfield Weston Foundation along with valued Increased supportfrom Thejack Petchey Foundat50 We contlnued partnetship5 with Mu￿-aCademYtrUst$, governmem a8erKles and 8rant-rnaking trusts and these wlll allow us to beneftt even more young people and tsachers wlth our ln5pl1ir￿aTrd transformative oracyworkshops In 2025-26. Furthermore, through the dellvery of a range of wlder lnc0rnwnern￿n8 aafvitie5, we have rnalntslned our c￿ritable objecttye to support workshop costs for rllain5tream educath?n. To encourage the partlclpatiofi of young people in s￿Iety by developlngtheirordCySkn115, capacilks and capabllwes. In partlcular by delfveiSn8 programmes for students and teachln8 pmfe55w)nal5. Provldlng rlch and consSstent ordcy OPPVrtunities forouryoun8 p￿pIe COFrtribute5 towards Improved Outco￿5 in scFooL employment and lrfe. Th￿Ugh the dellvery of ourworkslK)p programme5. we contlnuÈto provide efficaclous. hlgh-lmpact opportun￿leS and strategles to 5uprx)rt xbools toen8ay and devek)p theoracy skill and confidence of thelryoun8 people. TalkThe Talk has a suite of fourstudentWDrk5hop pnJgrarnme5 and a Conttnulrva Profe55K)nal Development programme foT teacher5. These workshops offer educational 5UPPOrtat drfferent sta8es of a 5tudent'slourneythrou8h secondary school. TalkAI)out Tmn51tlon Making a succe55ful move to secondary school isvFtslfor stttderrtg conftder￿e, Se￿￿teeM and a￿deMIC achSeweme¥tL TalkAb0utTran5￿0n supports these studert5 using oraLry-based artlvttks and strate8ie5 to develop 8￿ater$elF- confldence and reslllence to supportthe successful tran5tknon from prfmaryto 5econdaryschool. r01kAbo￿(0mMUnkutkntsUftd TothAIMKrtCommuJJkaUon Pl Gettlng up and speakingto a group of peoplÈ can be unnerving whoeveryou a￿. TalkAbout Communlcatlon 6 an engaging confident masterclass thatteaches and devebpsthe use of Structu￿ in presentstlons. e55ay wrltlng and exarn answer5. Students are taught ts identtfy and use peTsuasive lawuage technlques to gettheir message across. Talk AboLrt Communlcatlon Plus builds on theTalkAboLrt CDrnmunThtion pro8ramft andfoojses on Group Tall DEbatln& Negotlatkjn and Listening Sklllsi provtding students with prattkal opportunities to putthese ts the test. TJlkAbout TheFutu Leaving school to enter the world of worl lurthertrèiningor educatlon Ls both an excitlngand daurt(nB tlme. The Pfospect of Independen￿ 15 often overwhelming. Talk AL¥)utThe Future supports students preparlngto lea￿ School or college by developln£ the competencies néeded to tskethls next step wth confidence and a rK•sltive mln&5et. Te&￿￿rcPD T31k The Talk also wowdes Teather CPD workshops to SUPPOrtteachers Sn developingthe skllls to bulld oiacy Into theirteachine,. modellin8 Positive c0rnmunl￿I10n. establishln8 SUtte55 criteria for oracyand Implementing srwclu￿. The programme is beswjke foreach sd￿1 and ￿￿81￿¥ ÈmbRces t1￿WIth head teacher5. the senlor leadership team and teachers. Fknanclal staiements31 20 Re8irtered nurnber.. 1161251

TALK THE TALK REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025 TeucherCPD TalkThe Talk also prowdesTeacher CPD works￿1p5 to suppon tead)ers In developln8 the s￿lIS to bulhl oracy Into thelr te8thln& modellin8 POSttNe cornmunication. estsbllshlng success uiierfa fororacy and implementlng structtjre. The prtsgramme ts besJK)keforeach school and ￿￿alty embracestlme with head teachers, the senlor le3dershlp team and teachers. Funding from the Jack Petchey Foundation has helped us grow Into these sèctors wtth thefocus on older students and ourTalk Abo￿ The Future worltshop. Ourspecialisttrainer mostty w0￿S wtth sfflaller group5 of around 10 students. Due to the smallersize of the group we face the challenge of hEhercostS Fei head and seek addltional hJndln8to enable a more rapid n3tk)nwide expansion of these transf0mla￿Onal workshops. Onllne Resoyr The charfty provides a suite of free onllne resources. on tts web$￿- Ikthetalkuk.o to encourage teachersto em￿dthe oracy skllls ￿rned by students duringwork5hDPS. deslEned Achlèvements arml PerfOrn￿ Thls was a bu5yyear- In fact, the buslest In the charivs hlstorywith rnanyschooLE' leaders reco8nlzin8 how much the confidence of young people had been dented bythe1sn8eiing impact of Covkl-19, the pretsureto maintsin an'onllne persoTr8', thefear of lud8ment. partkularfyforwrls and minorlty groups, and a kick of emot10nal￿Safe spa￿S to speak openly. Workshop5 cDntinued to reach disathantsged students and d15advantsged re￿On5 of Engtandvia SpeC￿k prolects part funded by grant Mak1￿ trusts such asthe Urttford Brld8e Trust and the Slrjames KnottTrust. In addktion, to further suppJrt our reach to dtsadvartaged sttjdents TalkThe Talk used some of ￿ free reservesto InC￿aSe fundlngto schooLs with at least 41% 01 students el￿ble forfree School meal. thus reaching a greater numberof student5 who mht otherwlse Trrt have had the OP￿￿nIty to partake In the wothshDPS. Flnanclpl Revlew In the year ended 31 August 2025, the charlty receNed irthme of £861.29712024- £804A731 from chaTrtable att￿ltIeS,. grants and donation5 re￿ived in the yearamounted to £34,09212024- E55,0331,' and the charity Incurred Èxpendlture of £916,11412024- £811.9691 on charitsble actfvrties.ThÈ dÈficitfortheyearwa5 £20.72512024- surplus 01 £47,437). Reserv•s p0￿cY T31k The Talk holds unrestrlcted reserves to @nsure that115 actmties remain linanclalty vlable In the lon8 term and to guard against unexpected events.The charity's reserves poliryts to hold unrestrfrted reseNes suffirlent to cover twefve month$, operatlnB costs. The tlme frame of twefve morbth5, in the oplnK)n of the Board, would alJowlorTalkTh@Talk to wlnd down smoothfy meetin&all its tsbllgatlon5 should the chartty deddeorbe eornpel￿d to cease its aCtlvtt￿$. Plans for the Fu￿rt 51ncÈ the end of FourAcreTrust tur￿1￿ of Talk TheTalk In August 2022, the tharity has sought 3￿rn&t￿e fvndsto fulftl Its charftsble objectives as well as seekln8 h[B￿rtontr1TrWtitsTrsfrOm sd￿0 Government and Un￿ers￿V oUt￿a¢h Pro8ramme5 tD widen pdrtlclpat￿n In Hlgher Education also helped to fund workshops in sch)oLs Invarfous parts of E￿land. Growth In the bulk purchase of work5trK)p5 by multl academytrusts contlnues. Meanwhile, TalkThe Talk is supportlnBsch)01s to find way5 of affordlngthls Important interveTrtion. k>me sthools are tskln8 the new Expressve15ion otthe work5hop5 which offefs a cOnder￿ed but nonetheless effeCt￿e version of the prDgramtne. FInan￿81 statÈments31Au8USt2025 Ste￿ number.. 1161251

TALK IIIE TALK REPOkf OF THEtRUSYEES . trIiR THÉ YEAR ENtsED ai AUGiISY 2112 Oookih8 léve15 tOrtl)èfiit￿T4 ètè p"rt)mlslnglHJi tkrty the ¢losfrtolull ¢o5t tetoveryprfcesi Particularly Its the C￿rrent .'p.Iltical in_d èronDml¢ ¢lrtbhistsn¢es> preSEnt5 O tougher budgét re5PDn51blllty fDrSch￿, falkThè Ta¥AII crjntinue ID Its endea￿￿1 to'fin'd partner5hlp5 wlth grart makèr5 to devehp Its Work. '"Likevil%èJ'Broth ￿1th1h the VK Inde￿I¥de￿tsth)o1 rhètkettoftdmt￿S èhd OufiolniDg of the tOHIS netY￿r￿ of . intefn'atloml sthty)fsisWbWtID8utsrenlry Into th￿ mathL StatementofTry#tt< MswtsWkl•s Trts5tees are reSy0￿lble for prep&rlng theTrustees' ilnnl Report andthe fina￿7)1 ststements In arcordancewith a￿lICable law and re8ulatlorts. In preparingtlpase flrtancla1￿atements, the trustees are requlr•J to: selert$uft3ble ac0u￿)ng polide5 and then applythem conslstentty observe the methDds and prlrKlples In thecharStie5 SORP mke jud8eTn2ntsand ￿￿matesthat are reasonab￿ prudent state whether applicable UK AccountlngStandard5 have been followed, subjectkn any matsrfal departures disc105ed expla'.ned In the finanual ststemEnts preparethe flnanclal Statements Dn the80in8 concern basts ￿nIe$S It Ls Inappropri3teto presume tlsStthe Charity wlll COnti￿￿e in opera￿On The Trustees Are respors1blefrJrkeep1￿ propera¢countI￿ record5 whlth d55clowith ￿5¢nable accuTrcy at#nytime the flnanclal P0s￿l¢n ofthe charlty and whkh enable thern to en5urethatthe financlal ttatements comply wkh The Charli 125 Act 2011. The trustees are 815(F restK)nslble fvt 5afe8¢JBtthngthe assets of thE charlty and hence fortsklng re850nable 5tep5forthe prpvesrtlon del￿tth of fraud otherlrregutarftles. In sotdf 85the trustees are awaie: there 15 no ￿levant audfc inforn￿l10n olwhKhthe charrs audltors are unaware the trustees h8ve tsken a115teps that they okngp.t to have tsken to make them5efves aware of any relevant audlt Informa￿0￿ and to wtsbfish thHtthe èuditots are aware ￿that Infomiatlon TheTnJstees are re5Pan51blefrJrthe malntenance aNllntegrityofthe corporate andfin3n¢i?l ithfomiatlon includ@d on the Ch8rity's web5¢te. Le8i51atlon In Unlted Kingdom govern1r￿ the prepara￿On ènd dissemlnatlon of ftnanci41 ststements m8y dtfferfrom legblatvjn otherjurisdkttor Approved bytsje Bo¢rd of Tiustees Oft 141hAprtl 2026 and 51gThed on Its beha*F by- Stèphen Philllps Chalr FIDancial ststÈMeni$31 AuEusL2025 Ro815terEdnumb2r.. 1161151

TALK THE TALK INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRusfEES OF TALK THE TAIK FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025 I reporttothe charltytrustees on myeXaminat￿ll (sltheaccountsofTalktheTalk thartyforthe yearended 31Aug¢Jst 2025. Responslbillties basls of report AS the charity tru5tee5 of the Trust, you are ￿￿nsIble fo¥ the preparatlon of the accounts In attordance wtth the requirernents of the Charftles SORP IFRS 1021 and the Chartts Act 2011. I report in respett of my examlnatlon of theTru5Vsaccounts carrd out uDderseLtion 145 of the Act and In carrylng out my examlnauon I havefollowed all applkable Dlrectlon5 glven bythe (harityCOmm￿ltsn under sectlon 14515llbl of the Act. Independertt examiTrels statement Myexamlnatlon was cafrfed out in accortkncewhh the General D1￿cO0￿5 given by the Chartty Commlsslon. An examination Includes a revlew of the accountin8 record5 kept by the charhy and a cOmpaT￿n of the acwunts presented wlth those records. It also Includes consideration of any unusual Items or disdosures In the accounts. and the seeklng tsl explanations from you astrustee5 concernlngany such matter&The procedu￿ undertaken do not provldeall theevidence thatwould regul￿d in an audlt and. Consequent￿ M oplnlon Is g￿en as to whetherthe accounts present a'true and falr ￿e￿,, and the report Is Ilmlted to those matters setout in the Statement below. I have completed my examlnatton. I conftmi that no materrdl Frthr5 have come to my atterthn In connectlon w￿h the exzmln8tJDn gfvlng cause to belleve tk49t in any matsrfal re5pert: l. aecountln8 r￿ordS wère not kept In respect of the Trurtas roqulred try settK)n 130 of the Act,. or 2. the accounts do not accord wr(h those words,. or 3. the accounts do not Comp￿ wlth the applirabte requlrements conc@rnlr%thefomi and contrnt otaccounts setout in the ChaNties (Accounts and Re￿rts) Regulatkjns 2￿& other than any wuiremertthat the accounts th a tme and frdlr vlew which is not a matterconsidered a5 part of an independÈnt etsmination. I Ikve no concerns and have come across w other matters In connecknon wlth the examination ￿ whlch attenfjon should be drawn In th15 report In order io enable a proper unde￿[￿lIngOf the accounts to be ￿athed. Name: AA Houston Date= 14thAprll 2026 RJ Franc15 & Co Sults l & 2. Marshall Buslness Centre Faraday Road Hereford HR4 9NS Flnanclal sraiem*rts 31AUgUSt 2025 Re815wed number. Its1251

TALK THE TALK STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (Incorporating the income and expendlture account) FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31 AUGUST 2025 Year Ended SIAu8usr 2025 Ye4r Ended 31 Au8USt 2024 Unrestrkted Funds Total Funds Total Funds Incomlng Resources Charitsble act￿ltIES 353J9D 861297 34,092 895,389 804,373 55,033 859, Donat10￿ arnl grants fotsl Incomlry Resour 34092 S4L799 353590 Resources Expended Charltsble attlvlties 558A24 357. 357, 916,114 9Afi114 811.969 811,969 Total Resour￿ EApÈnded (Net expendlturelilncorne 120.7251 47,437 TransFer$ 8etween Funds Total Funds brouEht forward 2190 9,750 229J80 181,943 Total Funds carri￿fOrWard 203Krf)5 £208,655 £229.380 l of the abjve amounts releto contlnulngactNIths. The Charfty has no recognised Balns or bsses ¢xherthan those dealrwlth In the ststement of ftnandal attivtues. nanthlstarements 31Au8U5t2025 Re8Btered numt*r. 1161251

S-, 'TALKTII..E TAL¥ ".A-:t',¥-. CaBh'•i bank Ihd ihhattd 292A67 333,708 186,468 . Crèallor5: Athwnts talllng du¢ w5thih one yor .. Net (urrènt assets . {125X153) 208.6&5 12S,1401 Net assets £208,655 £229380 Funds Unrestrtcted 219,63Ql 9,750 £229,380 Restricted 5,650 £208 655 The financlal statèmpnts were approved bythe Board of Trustees atHI authorlsed for issue ori 141hApril 2026 Stephen Phllllps Chair 15tDl*trWi¥ JI Au8uSI kV?S IlLfft>bw.' 116J2$1

TALK THE TALK NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEN YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025 ACCOUNTrNG POUCIES Baslsofprepaikn¢thtfir￿fftdal$l8teM ThE fin3nclal strtemts have been prepared In attordance ith thÈ Uariths SOAP (Ffs 1021 'Accountln8 and RepwNng by Char￿leS.. stsiementof Recty￿menOed PrxlkeappfKab￿ to thadfjes preparuNgtheir a(rounislr¢ a¢m¥dance withthe Nnantlal Reporting Stsndard app1ka￿ in thp UK and Repu￿￿ of Ireland IFBS ltyll leffecilve l JanuHry 20191,. Flnancial Reportin8 stsndard I02'T￿ Finan(ial Reportin8Standard ap￿rab￿ In the UKand RepublKof Irelat)d' and the CharitiEsAtt2011. All uKome ts retO6nT5ed ￿ the Statementof NnantialActwltlesontsthÈ tharityhasentii1￿efyttQthefUlld4 bt Is probableth4t the Income wlll be reCe￿ed. and the amOU￿t C3n be measured rekbty- IDcornln8 resOUr￿froM gpnts, whererdated tr>p￿r￿M13n￿3￿d spedftcddfver3￿￿4aT￿a(touDtrd for35thecharfty èarns the righttD con￿de[at￿J￿ bywayof perfQnNan￿. lTrcomin8 resoUr￿SfvQrn 8rants. y411￿￿￿0 5peafic arer￿￿￿ a5thpy beEorne re￿i￿d￿re. Voluntsry incorne recdved tryway of 8ranl4dcnati0￿s￿nd 8ittsare recognisedwhen reCe￿ab￿. Incomlng resoUr￿5frorn tharitabletrddin8athitsesare arcounted [￿when the 5et¥ke 15 provided unless this is8fdntknnded. ExpeNllttwe Ltabllitles are reco8nised as expenditure &5 %K)n a5 there 15 a le8al or corlstn￿t￿E oblLgatK)n commlttln8 the charlty to that expendiEurE, ft L5 probablet1￿ a tran5ferof etthombetfits %￿lIbe required in sett￿menta￿dth￿ atnouTrt olthe Dbli8ation (an be measured rellably. Expendlture Is accounted for an acrJuaE5 b8$& ond hJ5 been dasslfted undEr headln8Sthataggregate all wst relatel to the r2tÈ80ry. Where costs caThnot be dkertty attribut￿ to par￿￿[ headi￿ have bÈErt allocated to 3rFfvtttÈs a ba515 o)n&#entMth the use of resources. Charttable expenditu￿ cOmp￿e$ costs IsKJrred ￿ the (harfty In the dellvery of ils athities for its beneficlarfes. ￿ Includes both cost5 that can be￿rea￿al￿￿4ted to uKh¥th￿be5and those co#sofan indirect natyre nece55aryto supportihem. Supwrt costs arecosts Incwrred thal H￿$tthew0rk0fth￿tha1]ty tr￿￿d0 notd(recUyTeprewtcharftable Hctivltlpsand Include payrull rosts and office t05ts. Support ¢osis ha% been allxated ￿ expendlture on tharitable aCtI￿tieS on a b35is that I Con51$tent￿th the ￿e0fthe resourc T8Xat&in Thecharlty ￿ eKemptfrom tsxon ltstharirable a¢xith. Thecharityatso conlrTr)s thtto)Tr4ders ttsd%3lbb￿actfvi￿tObeeMernPIfrnM VAT. attoutt￿nt Unrestrthd fudsaretknse area¥aliablelorusealthe dlgyeElon oFtheTmstee5 Sn fvrthernnce of the tharfrtable objettives of the chalty. Restrfded funds are a￿ tobe used In ar$orda￿ with sperific restriwons Imp05ed by donors LY whkh been rdised by the d￿litY Fw particu￿r purposes within the DbiELts ofthe ￿ar[ty. The costs adrninistering Such fund5 are char8£d 88ainst the spec￿( fund. The awn and useof each esttted fund ts setout In the notestothèfinanctsl skiements. Thefund baL3ncÈ repwesen¢sthÈurxpeth testyjrceshekl wlthin thefvnd.th31 * ttsassets lesslL1bdtt￿. INCOMW4G RESOIIRCES FROM CKAitrfABLE AcnvmES YBav Year alAugust2Q24 31AW2025 Totsi Unr&tl¢ied Restricted Fund5 Fund4 Tjral FL￿d$ Fynds Funds Fu Fee5fr￿ workthops StsMS8 29iJ M.37J 353.5 861297 SI3￿58 291,315 004,371 Financlal slat￿eThts 31 A￿￿51 2025 Reglstered n￿￿t￿r 1161251

TALK ThE TALK io NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKrs YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025 I￿NATIONs. GILAN15 &CITHER IPKQME 31Au8U8t2024 Totsl Funds Funts Jrtrjs Funds Gtatttlncome ManWMerrtF￿S Donath)ns & Cash Back 33 33 a4J>92 4033 s5￿￿3 APilLyS￿oF ￿R¢E$ EXPEfiDED year 31 Au8u5t2024 Tatal R￿dS To>1 Unrestrkwd Re5￿Cled Fund5 Fund5 rerttstr. Trainer Fees 271JJ26 14.973 172n 774 519Arxi 14,9T4 25￿53 1743 314413 89,589 Freelance Contrnttors Prosramrn2 Fxpenses 24185 198,iJi JYJJ45 522834 303276 Is7￿0 5riiA06 324 103 stsff Costs 14et Pecharges Trawel &AccOmmoda￿On 185097 7.712 I1￿11 741 286A57 5,260 13,121 1,6n 9,058 ID,sso AccountHMcy Sen4ces 13.121 6n surd &742 9.757 11748 IT Infrastructure 9.757 11748 515 Mathetin8Consutta 5ubscrtptir￿5 Offlce Costs 1093 5,176 8176 20,0 355.80a TrLthe Recrusthient 25S,148 209￿3$ Totsl ExpEnded SS8A24 91fj.114 487A66 324,303 811.969 thIPLOYEES Year Year 31Awt2025 31Auiusi io Wages a￿j Salar￿5 Soclal SE£vrlty c05t5 Payments to defined COnts1birtknn penslonsd 227,870 217A56 Is￿9 11,728 244W3 34.654 286,557 The3v￿ge number¢f emph)yees dUri￿theyearwls8eq￿t1nRto 8 FfEsl2024-6.Oequatkn8to 6,0 FTEsk Employees arelnduded Inthe workplace pensw)nsthem& r) empknyee re¢￿ed a sakry ofmorethèn £￿.(￿(2024-£￿rf Flnaneial SLatements31August 2025 Stered nwmber. 1161251

TALK THE TALK li NOTES TO THE FINANaAL STATEMErirs YEAR ENDED YI AUGUST 2025 DEBTORS 20Z4 Tradedebts)r5 38250 1991 66,300 1,752 Prepayments 41.241 68,052 ThetradèdÈblDtstotal atxwÈ ￿￿￿Osstr￿(V41￿d atÉX).(¥X)inthe 202S AccouTrts ondE14,(XX) In the 2024figures. Al1debt￿S are duÈw4thln ¢)neyear. 2025 TradÈ tredknis 3,7B3 119J50 1,920 I25￿5) 3225 20thX) 1415 Oeferred Incorne uuals XS,140 ANALYSIS OF14Ef MOVEMEPITIN FiW4DS Y•¥r 31AwM2025 Total Tot•lF¥N TraThsf8s Totsl FurLds ¢•rrled forward Funds Unrestrfrted Funds Genewal F￿ndS 219. 541799 558,424 203 219.630 544799 558A24 203m5 Restrlclad FyTh15 Dancop Future U 16,1%0 SEPEN 5.350 Jark Peichey Foundatbn mon Glbson 14,875 13.875 Keith Howard james Knott 6JLX) 23,750 357.69D Br1t1￿d Brldge 22,5LKI 353,590 250 5,650 Total Fund5 91Q114 208,6S5 Flnandal statsments3lAw# 2025 Regtsiered *thmbw.' I161￿1

TALK THE TALK Iz NOTES TO THE HNANCIAL STATEMEPKS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025 ANALYSIS DEFERREDIEVENUE Moll105 Trn￿ferrnd I Sep￿bar 1nt4bn1￿ RdeasedAs To Reser 2024 Mon5 Don&tion5 (kn Dell¥ery A$gt 31Auikn$t 2025 Foundatbns, Partnershlps & Or8ani53tK Schools, coll￿e5 & MulUAcademyTru#S 333,59) 1245,9401 121,6501 1267.59)> lo7￿50 33,350 366.940 11,700 119,350 AMO￿ntS re￿￿ed frMI 5choDLs, u)IWs and rnultkacaderny tnthSarePa￿nts in a￿a￿￿torwO￿ShOPstO be dellvered. The rharltydoES nOtdasSrfyth￿ deferred incomea5unre5ttlrted reserve5untilthewvrkthp15denverpd aSthed￿lItydQe5 not have tht rfghttothe incomeand rep8trrn)Eolthe mcffi￿5(an be Nuestgj. Ondelfr•W ofthewt1tshopp the Income )5 tr3nsterrÉd to unrestrlcted lund AIlALY5￿OF NErm(AIEMEF￿ IN FiR4DS Amounts rerelved from foundatyan4 partnershlps and orsan￿ll0nS In alfvanr￿ for wtsrkshops to bÈ dÈllverEd to schools ThbÈetln8the spetffic criterwjn S￿ ￿ thehundatioTh. partnetshpororÉaTrisatvJn whohas madethe payment in adY3ncÈ are not classlfied as restrlrted ￿erVeS until the wthhop ts ddNered as the tharity doe5 not hawe the rl8htto the Inwrrne and thefoundation, partnerships ar orean￿onS who made the p3ymt tan re4uestthe be T&urned In the evt of DD delNery, When the deferrwl IrKome 6 ras&l, on de￿ of the workshop the Incoff￿ 15 Sho￿ th restrt¢ted fvnd& The ovement on deferred kncomeforfoundations. partneF5hip50VQTSalli5ation5 15a5fDUow5'. Mon mtsr￿ Tran5fErred Iseplwnbw InCn￿l* RelEasodAS TO Reserves Aiat31 Mom1È5 On DElhRry Awt202S R￿trItted Fund5 Slrjames KnottTru I3,￿m)I 113,CWI 119,7751 12.7SOI I￿1,7[￿)> 122,2501 Cl3,￿5) 118,69)> 1245,9401 Dantop Futuie U 1600 19,775 4550 243.7(X> 5CKS SEREN 1.800 ioz,000 250 J8¢k Petchey Foundauon BrTrtfL￿d Brldge Stmon Glbson 14.875 18,6 LOOO Kelth Howdrd 333.5 107,650 BELATED PARTY ￿cLOSl1REs There are no related p3rtydWsures requlredfprtheFar. Flnandal srarernents 31Au8U5t 2025 Re8lsteTed nurnber.. 1161251