2023-12-31-accounts

Charitynumber. 1163658 Ew ￿ & fyrE5 Chjbs Cl.0. frxtheytar ￿ded 31 E*cember 2023

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Essex Ws & (kn (fvbs Cio. Chanty Regtsiration Nurnber 1163658 Trusiees l.P. CkJu¥aS.￿g￿esO￿E DL Ml. MBE G P. MI￿le[on FCA P. Orummond D. Spfingett Mrsl Fosh L. 81isserr C K4115 iapwmed 191051231 Prin(Ipal place of bu%rss. Harway House Reaory Lane Chelrnsford Essex CMI IRQ Audilor. shings Chartered k(L￿nTan Ntrihs de House Cockfosiers Parade eamer EN4 9EB So1￿110r.. Gepps s￿￿Or5 S springf￿1￿ LYl￿s )roach Chelmsford Esse¥ CM2 5L8 Banker5 CAF Bank Limlled. 25 knn8s Hill Avenue ng5 Hdl Wesi Mallng Keni VE19 4IQ Lltyds 8ank Hygh Sireei Chelmsford Essex CK41 IDLI CCLA IFwesirrwt manag￿1[ ￿lD￿ed Senaior House 85 Queen Wcionè Srr London EC4V £3T Natylest Bank plc Chelrnsf(yd Br&Kh 4-5 Hign Srreei Che1rn5ford Essex CMI IF2 Pa8e I

Essex Btys &Glrls OLts CI.0. Re815tered CharityNo. 1163658 TrLfflees Rewt -ne Truxees heretypresentthe financLal %aietnenisof Ihe Essex Pffj& Ckjbs forthe eThJe(J 31 Decernber 2023 The financi 51atements been prepar￿ using applioNe accLwJnung andard5 conyxeni%iih rKwityJs￿ars and ￿ aCcOrda￿e wth the recofflrDendaiw)ns ofState[t￿r of Rec0mff￿ndÈd PraciKe (AccLwJnT ng14 ChanDesl TrÈ legacy ofthe Crmd 19Virus parKlernK tha( Inwed ihe UK o￿ar$ from March 2020. altlwgh ggnrfKanityabatin& has Impacted both the waiL4bility ofy)uih V4Drk fundingand the res￿rceS availabe Lo ddNer oppx)truniresio pjng [￿￿e. * mty take some tir￿ before the lull affecr is fully negared. Thischan8e£l glual￿n snow bwn8 can￿￿erat￿ e¥acèrbaied impact Ihe curreni-cost of Imng cr￿￿. is havingon VUlnera￿e 5eciors of(he communty. ￿rity ts Cornmitted and (SeierrThned 10 conDnve io execute aims arml objectwes. li remèins flexible In Irs a￿11￿10 changing need5 ar￿ Iwrirw iobeTrN￿l Fyaced todo so. Consbtution ar￿ Ol'ethes ssex 8oys & GITts Clubswas ftymerty kn(yèm ès The Essex Assc(batrfyl o[Wc￿bs prKxto 2C(Y3. with elfecr from 7.￿r￿Jary 201& it jraiisferred it5 asset5inio a wrpwaied cKgarMsèMn The general obpciives ofthe tharityare to funher devekyrniand ed￿3[￿ ofboys aTh1 yoJngmen and girlsand Y￿ng￿l￿en. prirnari bui noi exclusively in a yn8k8wder so as 10 hdp Ihem a(￿￿e Ih•r pty5icaL rnenTal arml stxrrtual wtenthil enablingrhÈm io grow 10 lull tnalUThEJ as indpffljuals and members ofS¢KEry. arKI tlmswrpose to. Cncoura8e the formatim of clubs fof young peopleand renderas¥'yancÈèrM1 gu d￿eT0 eNisringdubs. Pr(￿ide a coryrehen&ve prograrnffle SPO￿1% aTrJ ￿ea￿ 10 bring￿Ung peop wgether to apprecièie, ￿arn devdcp thr personal skills. Pr(mote an inieresrin Ws aTrJwrls Lryrnanla￿y￿c￿laCl￿ffh olher SiatuLLryaThY￿lUThwY. irteresied in the welf3re of )ung PeO￿e. Prtsmole co.opera0￿ betwen affilaed clubsfw ttwr mutual t￿re￿id foster their ccrtact4Mth the tk4DOTkil boty. Arouse wblic Interes( recrLlll and arrange for rhe rr3inin8 ofieaders aThJ Wr5. Raise fU￿J510￿ ihe fvrtherance ofthe c)pasofthe th¥ity. We have referr￿ to Ihe 8uthnce in thechar.ty ComM￿￿K)n¥ 8eneral8UKJanCe￿ wbtsc rvwn8 ¢xx airn5and obJe(tNe5and in ne ￿ann￿8 oflutureathwrE5. In parncuLar. rhe tru5rees Flamed￿[￿RIes￿lI fty)trtt￿[e iothe aims and objeciwes they h￿e sel. organ￿at￿￿ and T￿Stee$ -he orgbnisbDon ￿N￿OYS8 number of lull DMÈ aThY rthrt.Ilff￿ staff 10 d&Ner ts5w¥%es. l¥Jed tyacourwy th'rerffjr. The rrusieesare elecied ty ine meTnber$ 31 Ihe AC-M. The Chiefconstable of E55ex an£5 (kE 81￿.0P are eath ￿[l￿ed 10 aFponi one CLMMmittee memoer. The Irusieeswho served durityéiheyear We ksred In the Legal aTrJPlfftrusErao¥e ¢kni15 -he organisaion keep5 under constant rewevts the degTabilKty ofsven8th￿nS skills and expwiwce ofits boar(5 oftru5tee5 tyfurrher ruhltneni Newtyapponied Irustees are Iikety 10 have experierKe ofvK>rk"ng ¥th )￿n8 peop￿ arKJ recer inducbth) trainingand wriiien Informètion 8boul rhe organisatic￿'S (￿5[￿ul on arKI and w(5ènce ￿ ihar thJfies re5porfybilirEs a5 fTUStees. Related pa￿eS Essex Boys & Gids Clubs ￿ a fouryler fflernbef ofthe ASs(ta￿￿ ol Cths an ¢x8a￿Sa[￿)n fortrd 10 WoM￿e Inier.county relationships and naDonal even Page 2

Rw&¥ofthe Ye¥ Actrtses ar￿ PerfcffmwKe A rn￿e detsiled rewew of E55ex ty & Girls Chjbs allMrre5a￿ ouiccw 15 wbSshed $e￿ratety in Ihe Annual RvNiew, a prinied report accompanyingthe5e accwnrs. The charty has hsi0rica,,￿ del".wered expects ￿ cMtM)ue 10 defv 15 objec￿5 M)a r￿￿ber ofways- Member Cknb Suppori SYO8ramme- Tram￿￿ Clutsgjpwyt orrKer5 regulatymsit alaifiloied ywih cith dunng operational periods 10 ¥hise and a55151 wilh con5tKUlion31. regu atOryar￿ g¢Werr￿r￿￿￿￿1ar￿e oroft￿e l￿￿u￿1￿e5 for￿￿8 merftss to partlcipate in organ15aiK)n's aciwry pro8ramme> The challenges of re-e5r3bli5hing and SUPFOrtingaffiliiled￿h ywps t￿$[ panLleYnic continued In 2023 The enforced I￿k-doWn$ brDke coniinuirygeneraltyand aiihwgh a recovery of Lle¥pand is m vAJence. 8ettin8>oun8 peopleand ￿l￿teerS back nLo club5 remains a wtal pan of tni5 Charity5 amtsi.ons Act￿111eS and Events pro8ramme- A￿de range ofathwiuroJ& 5Dornng and 8llS-based acimues are being re-esEabished and s13ged regular to encourage ieam sp rrl. coMp￿t￿e fair ssay￿d creaEhe ￿11$ In ihey¢)ung people parL cipabn& and th•r ader5. ThE5e are Llelwered localty, ounryswde. and In ioncerrwrh other couniy.t&3sedycwth or8anisètNJ)& regionalty ￿(1 naDonalty. A pon on of the programme 15 de'.,vered at the or8anisèiion's 0%￿7 aurdoor activ.ty cenires ar High Rrywin Curnbria. Mae>y-Lède In PIAW and Layer MarneyOuido(XS in Essex Spec fical funded school Hcliday Hunger Attw programrfes are ￿reaS￿¥Y1n Llernand and compriseda meAningful part of the (k￿[1￿5 syogramme in 2023 EducatK)n and Tf6win8- Progr￿1￿5 c￿(11￿￿￿1￿h￿d. mxty uidmdualty fijnded I￿l￿e ieader5hp. firsi aid.thik1 proiecw) and drug awarer￿sS COUfSèS for club leaders ènd mernber& ￿l￿,ty qua"fKaDois for stèff a￿1 youth ￿ke[& appreni'ce wy)rker Iraining schemes aThY"Respeci". Ihe chèritys llagship nlEiatwethith m4ry>e•r5 ha5 pr£wen ro be èn excep{rf￿)è ty successf.1 Ille sb1.'5 and behawour appreciat￿￿ and fying experience benefiDngmanyhundreds Ofy￿rn8 pewe. The Char LYS gJciessful 11especf hfe skJU5 progratNne coniinues 10 aiiract 8IKKI fundfft8and (￿t￿Ls Lo de,fftr posKNe benefts Lothose oarLicpaun8 Achiewements in the We continue io ex￿￿5 and suprKJrt our affil ate(I dub5 3cr055 Essex and Ea￿ London and Iheir 15.(XXI- member5 and add exciiing ac[￿Ille$ I￿reaS￿8 Ihe numbe15 ofsThJng people engagingmth us We atso hdped comrThJnitie5'00king 10 estsbiish a club and aCli¥ities In their area We also provided wia Iraning and suppory to Ihe l.E(K)vdunieers&)O comrn.ttee mernbers who do èn amaiingiob runnin8 ihe clubs. ddwering twer 1W Ldel 2 Safeguarding Iraininsand first qualIf￿[lOn5 io volunteers and offEfn8olher trainjng fft yrjuth V4DrK leadership. and acfventurous outdoors ￿ti￿lieS Our events Ca￿ndargre￿. offering mwmbers a t￿ge ofacDMlies. I￿Vd ng 05[atAishe(61(￿É.$￿ndin8£￿[s s￿h asthe Narimal Cross. Couniry Chartwion5hip5. whKh in 2023 h8d 104 r￿)ne￿ and astheWaterAcibfiry ai Ltyer mbrney()Jtdo0￿ which welcomed 47 ￿n8 people for a day. ofaciNlie5. Our ArTs offer cOnrin￿dE0 gr￿￿Ond ￿e￿￿p. wih 2023 i￿U￿￿8 Theatre ir.pswhete 63 young people wsited Lwdon andvh]EchetS a West End Performance. A particuLar highlighi was Ihe firs( EBGC regdenDal ai Maes y ￿e.Where Ehe gri)Jp a.50 Vi51red the Hay resiNèl gesidenikal exPer￿￿eS remained a trLJcial pari ofour pro8rarnrr. wlh cNer 2.C¥)J raking pan ￿ re5.deniials 10 Maesy ade or High RTrNEo engage in acclwt￿S such ès caMn& canoww pa(ktlet)oarL&o& w)lrtngaThfj ¥thery. The Re5pea Projeci. fir51 esrablished in 20(X). Is x.I In high detrono aT¥J 2023 sknYu5¢Jelr 12 proiecls engagw)gffh 34 Schools and 456 youn8 people ai che inirial sioge. Vlh 163 young peorde compevng the ￿e£r Tne EBGC 5tafFtearn remains bjsydehving prrpdrammes ￿(h a5The NarKYH' ODZW SewKelNC5I Transf￿rn Our World and Sp￿5 Leadership Training amongsi manyother projects We d￿￿red ihe schod IKIKJayactMiiesand f(Nxl piogramrne In parrnerthio wilh Essex and Ehe London Borough of Redbridge and saw(NeT 6.(￿a￿￿eThIance Looking ahead to 2024, wewll conDnue to pr(Mle Èweni& aCEty1￿. anc5 tfaping opmmJnit￿S far anwr affilo-.ed dub5 ancl members. We also plan to reiniroduce our iniernarional expedri ons ￿K1 cuthaie new links Ihrough the Worfd Federanixi of y￿[h Clubs. We thank all our affili¥Le(J dubs (￿b ader&NYAunieer% pe￿e ￿ng￿r progrèmff*. and cwjr fuThYÈrs and partner5 make ths p055ible. Page 3

na￿1 knlew 2023 sawan anD0￿ted reducuon In I￿orne from 8ranis as post p)rKl2mK e(￿(x￿[ fèttor5 arxj PLYIDca uiceryainty restraned manygrani m3king Organisali￿sfr￿l renwn8fulure fundn&-, hrCMJgk￿t Ihe ￿0￿cts affecied typasE Éwents pre concbded and ihou8h congderJe successin raigng fuThY5 to conrrnue fia85h p aCtM￿eS was aC￿￿ed. fund5 (￿r￿n￿￿n8 Irom Ceniral Gr?￿nm￿lI sources %¥ere rnuth redLrced Vc4uniary Income fdl 50rne 10 £969.468 and (oial IfKtyre some 17%to £1 380.492. H￿￿ever. rhevc4ume of p￿fijnded uniunded Th￿rease￿ VAlh aCDbityfwKn£ifvcre3>ng s8htyde5P¥e the reLlu(Don In Income and Infl3bonarywe55ures. The rt effecE wasan aggregare 5urpkn5dfeve￿r￿dUCed ffo)i E37&(x)8in 2022 ro£23.781 1hsyear.ai 0pwatsngI￿. In￿Sted core cash rese￿5 pert(KnEd %%VI fft the >ear. the unrealsed £18S884 tothethwal Increase In fvnd5(arned forward 10 2024. The nÈi ￿m￿ct ofunrealisedirNrnigains a￿[lo$seS 3 repmed fLffids of£20I66S c￿Mpared ro £283.S74 In the prwous year. The ana1￿1$0[￿er￿I nei mo¥ement5 cn Restricted Fundsw¥d on enccvra9n8ir￿a$e of E103BI 4 10 £462.588 cafried forw3rd ro 2024 Jnd Designated Prqect FUndingi￿reaSeQ £213.435 10 E1.706.590 Inclu(Jed tsLter9ynare Tesernes prudeniy seia&de for both ionBngeni antt conrractual Iiabl1)es a5V￿lI as yjmsset agde 10 fund prgects inrwdDrA)syet 10 be 5peofic3hy funLled These re5erve5 allndd In cash nd Inve￿ed lund% prDlÈClS Ihe chantyfrorn any fveario IrsgonEconcernaTrY unL1er%W￿e5Irs ￿e￿bI￿r0 responrl to demands on, resources. Unre￿r￿1ed reserve5were c41ed ￿￿n In ine 9Jm of É107.$84 iolurxl unfThificed acn￿ty3ffirff￿nsIhe fvnws cornrTrirneni 10 d4sveftn8rts ablecl￿5 durFng cftanpjng tirnes Unre5tncted re5ervE5ai Ihe ￿ai.e￿JètrnVn[e￿ 10 £13>)302. 01￿￿￿(h sc¥ne £81&9LXJ wasinvesiedin Irpehdd {￿tdoOr re9denta cenires thai Yiefe used ￿rIng iheyear. Wilh core costs [0￿cOs1 at £64a￿Din 2024 the ch￿ty￿k4$ s(me 9 month¥vKxth ofca5h reserves wthrn Its 12.m(x)th operaL.ng reserves P￿1(YO￿ more than adecyaie iopreseThearry unfuThled opaied operaDn8 ca￿ty1 iy. Prinopal Fundn8Souices In 2023 Incoffle fr£Yn tIE fs)vernments NaDona CiozwsS£hune Fdl fr(wn E277.387 10 £10.133. Fun(kn8 frorn-ne &8Loiiery¥so by E144.055 as a m3ior Youth Endowmeni Fur¥J projea c(MKkntled Both ￿￿¥￿Ete fir)iearKI twch olthe Imrh¥t MiD￿re￿ tyincre3sed funLln& especi4ly f¢y the trMghtyfewied"Respecfi.fesk2ls fi￿5￿pf￿￿e￿5 Subsianiia funding continued tts be recaved fr￿ Essexccwiy c￿￿1 BOrOJ￿ of Re(#￿￿ge and Ihejack Peichey FoundatK)n In support of Hdiday Hunger aCUDesanLI reg(tenD4 programmes at Maesy Ladede&gned ttboffset the effecs of c(Md1ockdJn N young pets￿e and offer opportutuDes ￿yfrOM home. l¢iS ant￿l￿re￿ thar fuThngfr Hthid8yHungeK progratnrTS maycome ￿an eThJtn 2025. The Organisabon is Subs￿ntiallY 9Jpported tythejack Peithey FOUThlat￿ (rna,'OrSp￿}S￿s0f{he￿lÈSpe(r ryogfammel rhe E55ex Youth Tru E55ex C(Nnrnur¥tyofVoluntaryY(th Setmces The Rank F￿ndat￿. Ihe PthiceCemms90n thr￿{gh rhe Ildence and VLlnerablityunI￿ arKI a number ofoiher k)cal and naDMI Charitatrle Tru5rs vAKconDrbÈEO rAace greatva.'ve In the type ofwkand SLKcessful ourcomes E8GC Jndertakes and Vdrh yJung p￿tAe This c￿￿ty￿s(￿adY Thyebted to these Ttus-.sand veryappreoaiNe tli5 51PWrt Tor Is ".Lal,ves EBGC COnn￿S 10 be actsveèTh# resc¥JrcdJ ffigerEraDn8 appr(y4ae 1ncon Irom othr 50urce5atKI isa perpe￿￿ west. Mearhvhleil retsns 5ufficieni re5erve5 th(h are 6vaiatle io trrt)d8e wss4e fu￿￿n88apsso￿sIo mèintan s regulaf resoLf(ed (Èh"vety progrèmmes aN1 nèble It LO invest In luture opportuniLes anSf￿ Rrture Pertods Essex Bcyys & &rts OutrslnLe￿S Lo corJrbJe 10 n creatnganLI n¥yYxKh actwtygroups ￿08raMme5g.W￿gY0￿S people opporturlues to reach thtsr f￿1 poiential adulthocd. It ¥ll conbnue LOYMxkwih Its fthiding partner5 to achieve ouicomes comrnensuraie wtrl Ils Staled 04ecu¥s 11 Vall seek to )8age In boLh s￿1 andlarge-xa propcts 10 pr￿￿e f&.Iitses and OPPOrnJniiies fLW youn8 petve 10 paruopate n tnearwngful ethcaiional and ptyycally chaiieng"ng3ttMLes and L%tns 10 beuer influencÈ Ihtir tharacEÈr and life skjls. The demand for more and beuer y￿1th Pr￿$(￿ in ￿esen1 pr6t Crh+d. ec¢yK¥TrcaityOffjckAtDmeCM￿Tr1eS to grtrrt. The charny has a core ofinnovatsve, enierpnsing and expenen(ed erry￿￿e& hgNy rnotivated atKJ aile ro resp(d to n&w(Jemand5. OpkM)rturMtEsto en8age are cMstanoysoughr and taken. and the fil￿￿￿5 are suffioenuysecure io ￿SUre a responsNe preSer￿e in Ihe PUISUE ofi15 CharI￿LIe 0￿e(D¥e5. li ¥so has perrnarient resourcesin Its resdeno4 ienrre510 offer pOten￿alY l..fe d)an9ng oPP￿￿￿1De5 and ex￿￿r￿@s1Oyoun8 people away from thar local en￿r￿s. It15 In the pr￿e$S of ddi%tMgilS p"Respecf w9ects across the UK and Isaso underwritin8ihe furnarion of neWY￿1h 8roJps, irndud￿ new Pr￿tse$ thatvall become v4va¢Ye 3ssets io Many1￿ comtwrnue> Page 4

i( Is Ihe Opini￿ of tne trU￿ee5 thar Essex a(rys & G¥ls Citsha5 rerKllai.¢y) and reswrces io make a consL1eoble pOs￿￿e thfference LO youn8 Ir4es and has ex￿Ment dp¥dowenEal prospects fw Ihe fuiurè PcA￿e50f Trustees Resew- GNen that￿rtuallY r￿1r￿ of its lunding Is Se￿r& in ihe ￿luM ro I￿g terrn and therefcfe carrE5 è ligh r￿kOfv01a1INtY and sensiLv'ty 10 chang ng Circumsiance& Ihe rrusiees after carefvl [￿Sk1￿ra1￿M olihe <gan￿[l0￿.S future plawed Èxpendiiure and probabihty of Main￿1n￿8 Ils Income. beiwe hl 10 be prullent to mwrain ur¥esU￿ed re5etves ori￿1 mNe than 12 months. eXr￿￿tUre yKurred'fom unresincred funds. Gfart rnalin8- are rrwte Lo affibaied Chjbs tyjt of the General FU￿ ￿ the ba95 of IT￿rt at It d.screiion ofthe trustees. Fundratsing- The crganisation s8eksto ot%ain 8rant5 and drywons rts a￿￿ll@s. AnLttYthr ofe¥ents are ¥4aged r￿S￿ar￿W,th ihe pJrpose of rai&n8 funfjs for core aUMfie5. The majwiryi oflurnls raised ère Irijrn appea￿fOr ￿￿n[ary don3t,ons from parrnering orgènisarions and £hantable iru5ts. RtskAssessment and Moni￿ng. Risk5 are Cont￿￿3S￿SelI arwj m￿110￿e￿ tytr>Jtn senMY staff and Irueestho meet reS￿￿[V. The printipal risk3re3s recognws by Ihe assooatim are catw.sed a> Gov rn Cornpositon oftrustees- Trustees are Tecruiied frcrfn a',1 sett￿50r￿e cwnty ￿LI broadty reweseni aff4..aied ckJb5. Ihe Y(xJth Service. (he Churcry Industry aTrJ arKI the p&ce. Direction and forward pkèMin8- The (Wn￿110￿ has a StrèLew pLin i¢)¥eringihree ￿rS fow3ré operaLWa' dwelOpr￿•L Kty Pers¢nr*l- The Irustee5 re&￿3￿ r￿leW p￿{￿￿Or￿e. apFwiaieness anLI ￿t(e$S￿. Fteporting ioTrustees- Eath offKer of the or8aTrsaipx rerKJrts directyto Iru51ee5aT least four iirnes e¥h year. ertherverbally or In Yiiin& SerNices to affili3ied (￿b5- <on5tsN feedback is sought from dubs. are ￿an￿. M￿lI0re& ewalLwied Quality conird- Ihe use of tr31ned. qualified perwnel a¥Jd2-brEfing ycS tO￿large. Ihe number of benefa(tcKs. Pa8e 5

IngJrance- Indemniryand Ikitmlity insurarKe apprlwae to the (Kgan￿a1￿￿¥3CiM￿ ￿ purchased. orgar¥satson mini￿Se5 daims effectNe awarene55and F￿n0ft rraThn& Pen51(x) commitmenrs. The organi5aDon. In to a srarutoryvLKkpkWih se￿￿e5 2really influences the organ15aiion's SEf3tegic Oanning￿￿ d￿￿k)pm￿l. The orgaoisarTh rwwn5aw¥e of POEÈnDal change OPkYYDJn ty ty workin8 ￿th relevant genc*> Lrt￿L￿￿￿n- Fadure 10 comptywth ine kiwarKI relatingio the Th￿ r￿k IS reduced ty en5urin8tnat'. -Cc¥nphance aiall lee15ts fUndaMen￿trair￿d IrKo all 5rart. -part￿Ular allenb¢￿ Is rtsid io complkanceand (￿je5 of8[￿ pracDce and c￿Ou£L theiher or not staiutorily enforceèble. rel&vaN 10 contaa young peop￿. The ￿ganIsat￿ ￿￿￿e$S￿p00rL athKeand iraining to youlh ￿aderS8￿ ￿rkerS as 3 pèn of n5 core artmues. .Rtskofnon.cornp1k4n￿ Is ￿Nn1ML$e￿ ty efTeai corr￿￿ cau¢)nith a8erKs &id the exwL5e derNed from Indmoua trusLees as￿￿1 as freweni rwiof besi pr￿lre. Non￿￿￿O5Ure of Grants-Al M￿elary8ran[s are ac(wnied ihe tsmeofrecept Ir L5 the Ihe Irustees noi to sxJLlI05egrant rnakers ￿lesS requested iodo so. Trusieeg rès1￿￿￿11￿es In rekitkn tothe ststenws -" he Irustees are resPon￿￿e fu preparingihe Tru5reegRepytand the f￿a￿la1 5raiernvrtsin &cordarKe ICab￿ law Ufmied 1ngdom GenefallyAccepted Atc¢xJnTJn8 PraciKe. -he law èpplicable ro chanDe5 ￿ England and wa￿ requwes(l* Itusrees io prepare finèntial staiemen15 for each finarKia year whch &ve a ir and fair ofthe stè4e ofaffairsof the char.tyand of the Inc¢ming resources and applKation of res￿r(e5 ofthe charity for that penod. In preparing these finw£ial 51arefflen￿. Ihe twsrees are requi￿ io.. sdeci su iatle aciwnDryd ￿￿1￿eS and then apptythem c{￿s￿ty observe Ihe rneihod5 arKJ winc p￿S in the CharitySORP. m3keiudgerrMts ￿LI estmates Ihat are reasonabk ar￿ pnJkni.

bie whether rhe 3pplicabke a<c(XJrrin8St￿￿rds ha* been f(AkyAYd sut4ecr toarydepartLre5 di5d05ed aTKJ expL3ined in the

f.nancial siaternenis allo.. pre￿re the financial 5taiementS ￿ a 8tyn8 c(￿￿rn basi5 unle55 Vl S 10 pregJrr* thèi charityvrill convnue in sne Page 6

The trustees are respwgble for keeping ￿0er aCCLNmtinB recordsthKti thsch)se fea50nat4eaccuracy èi arwllTTE ihe financial positon of Ihe charityand 10 enaole them 10 ensure rhai the firkBncial sra(erTWts cThmptyYMth Ihe CharmesAct 201 l. the Chariry (Accounrs and Reports) Regulaiion$ 2008 prowyLW15 of Lhe IrusE deed. Th ale rew9ble for 5afegL5èrding the ossets of Ihe CharIty￿d hence for taking reasonable steps for ihÈ preven(N)n and ￿er￿li0￿0[fraud and other Irre8ukiniies. The Irvsree5 CO general Irrn th3r they ha¥e comthwth thethty In secr￿ 4ofthe Charitie5 ki 201110 ha%* due regard to the CharityCThmffwssion's oublK benefil Trustee Oaie /?L Page 7

Esw ￿ &fts CthsCI.O. Ovnlon We ha¥e authied the finanC￿Est8[ement5o', E55ex ￿ & &rts Clvus ftyiheyear erhcSeLI 31 Decernber 2023sei out(X) Pa8es 10 to 21 The financ1 reporting frarne¥orK thai has been appli￿ in their pieparatson s a￿Kable kiw afuj Uwed ￿ng￿orn kcolfftfing Standard& n8 Al￿nC Rpporting Siandard 102 The FMianci81 Rer￿fftg Standard catAe In Ihe UK and RewLth"c of Ireiind. iunrted knn2dom Generalty Accepted Accounting PracDcel The I￿ancial stsieffnts hwe been pre￿red In acCordar￿e wth kcoLvIDng Repoffjng Ch￿￿e5.. StaLerneni of RecoTntnended PraciKe 10 charioes preparin8 thr accounts in accordance wtn IIE hnanoal RepDrn8Swthrd aFplicabk in the UK and Republ￿ of Ireland IFRS 1021 leffecrive I Jan￿ry 20151- IChariDe5 SORP IFRS )0211 the finarKial Rep)ning Sra)ttsrd applK3ble in Ihe UK Republic of IrelandlFRS 102}. This has be￿ done in order for the account5 ro yomdea iruea)rlfa￿￿Iln￿fwd￿[eWth fvffftrdtykCep￿￿c0￿tInKpraC￿ce effeawe lor repming periods beginnwig on CY èfter l ￿ary 2015. In Op￿10￿ thefiTWtial sta(&ments-. give 3 Irue and fair VI￿ of the 5fate of the charlable compty5 a￿di[s as at 31 [￿mber 2023 a￿1 of ￿t0[￿n£ resojrces aThJ pplicaiion of reswrces, irKludingbrs incorre arKI expen(hwre f<￿ rhÈ yeac ￿ ended.. been proputy prepared In accNtsrKewih Vniied KJngthJrn Genety&•use ofihe EoingcryKem basts ofacctyjniwyin the ofihe finanol SEatemerrfs L5 noi apprijproie." or the Trustees have nor disclosed in the State￿￿n[S aryiLnDfied material U￿er[al￿e5 Ihai rnay ￿5[5[￿lf1(ani doubl abwi rhe group's orihe p3reni chartys ability 10 coniinue 10 adoprihe wngCo￿￿rn bass Ofa￿ountIng r(K a ppr.od ofai leèsi Thye￿e months from the date when Lhe financwl SEa(wrns1 a￿￿[hOrISed lor isgje. Other thrnia￿ The Tru5te* are resFonsibk for rhe other inforrroiion. frther,nf￿maTr￿ cow5e5 the InfOr￿￿(th Induded Inihe AnnLwI repori Olherrhan the financkil sratements Audiiors, rep￿ therew OJr the fir￿Tr￿al Siaternentsdoes noi coverrhe thr informaiion and we do nor exposs ￿Yf0M1 ofaswr¥hce cL￿cl￿S￿￿t￿re0n. Page 8

In con￿1(1￿ wih our au(Jit of the financk)l suietrwis. our respcngt¥lty ts to read IhÈ other wformaiw ano. r doin8 $0, consQerwheiher the Oiher Informaiioi ts materia'ly I￿On￿$[en[ w￿h ihe %aieThwrs. or kn(￿edge obrained ￿ Ihe auc5rt or rherwse appea￿ to be rnatenalty m sstèted I"wÈ Identify fflaterwl ItKCffi9SI￿Cles or apparern maren31 Tllisststernents. we we required to deterrnine v4heiher Ihere Isa rnareria. missiaietnent In Ihe finarKial siaiernent50rè M￿e￿oI mwaretneni ofthe LKher Inf￿rnat￿n If, ￿Sed ￿ Iheworkwe hawe performed, conclude Ihai rhere is a rnaier441 rnisstsiemeniofthis other ￿[C[MarIo￿￿E are requ ferj to re￿￿ thai faa. We ￿ve noihingio reoort in thLs fegard. Matters on ￿are required to rewt tye￿p[ We have nothing to report.n respecE of foMLW4mg fflallefsvknere the Char Des(kcounrs Rewt51 Regulatnns 2LX)8 requires us ro report io you if. in (￿r opinion Ihe 1nforrnal￿n In the Trustees. reryjrt sincons'srentin wiymaTenal respertwth the financial sratemeni& or Ihe charffyhas not kew sufficienraccouniin8 rec￿￿. c Ihe clwrity financkil staierrnisare noi in agreerr￿￿lyMth ihe ￿(￿￿ngl￿￿dsand feturn& or e hahe nry rec>￿ all Informal￿ expL4ryaE￿￿ r￿￿e wraKIt. Respo￿￿¥￿eS of trustees As ex￿aned more In the TrusEee5' re5w)nyb'iE￿5 StaiemenL the Trusiees afe re4xmsiNe ILX the pre￿rA￿On or rinancia staiement5 which Ewe è true and fairmew. and forsuch wtwnal C￿[rO1 astheTrusleesdeterrrMr￿ 15 nece5saryioenatAe preparaDon of finanoa, 5ts1ements Ihai re free from materrdl miSs￿leMenr. whether due 10 fr&K1 N errcrf. In preparingthe f￿anC.￿ stai•nenrs. theTrusTeesare re5[v￿ forassessingihe8r￿o's and the thornysabtytyioconlnueas a go ngconcern. disclosi￿ as applicable. tnaliers relaied (o gthng c￿cern aTrJ going concem ba￿5 of aciountsng unless the Trusiee5 eiLher iniend to Iiouidare rhe pareni charity or to cea5eoFÉraiK)ns. or no rea.,￿ c a,￿Ma[￿e bui 10 00 so. rewnSbM￿esfc< the auditofthe f¥wKki15tsternents Our obiecrwesare 10 Ob￿1￿ reasonatje asgjrance knutwheihei ￿ fir4inck41 statements asa Who￿ are free'rotn tnaienal fftssioremeni, wheiher due 10 frauLI or error. aTrY to issue on Auditors. ReFX)rt ihat".nclwles our opnion Reasonab￿ assurance Is a high leve. of assurance bur Is no( a guaraniee Lhat an au(Jit conducied in ¥cordancev(h (UK>w.11 a￿ayS dele￿ a mater@I tn155taiemvi vhen IL e￿s[S Misstaietnents can arise Irom fraud or efror 3rQ èrettsnsidered rnatellal If, Indmduaty or In the aggregate. Ihtycould reasona)y oe expecied ro Influwce Ihe economic decisK)ns ol users tsken on the basL5 of Ihese financ￿11 state[r￿[S. Irregu'aiiiies. incl￿gIng frau￿ ère iftstawes of nw.comp1iance %Mth laws ar￿ regulations. We (ksign pKocedures n line wih our re¥x)nbiliiie5. CAJilined atThe. 10 deieci maienal M￿larernen[S In respeci of irrpgul6riiie& Including frèud. Theexteni iovhch our pr(¢(knf￿ are ca￿lse Orderea￿ irregularns. Indud ngfraud Is (Jeta le4 beoN' In i(Jentifwng and assess ng risks of materol tns5tarernwrin respea of IrregthanTr￿ rtu(J n8fraud and rn)n-compliance Mth ￿ and regLdaiions e considered the fdltyMn& ' the naDJre ofthe ndu￿ry and sector. conwd bJyrtss performar￿e Indudin8 deygn ofihe Charitys re￿neratiOn policie& keydrwer5 directors. remunerai on. bwus perforrnance iaf8et% ' results of enquir es ofmanagernenr abwi Ltrir rthi and asse59TWE ofrl risks of ' any maiter5 we Ideniified hwng otKainal ènd the Charty5 doturnent3D￿ o'ih&r Wiciesand pr￿edureS relaiing io" Ideniifwng. ￿alUaUn8 and com￿n8v￿ knand regU￿rI￿Sand¥¥Fthr ihty aware orany1nstar￿es of non-compliance", - (Jeteciingand respondingio Ihe ri%ks offraud and ¥thether [hty￿ kntrled8e of aryactuaL su5perted or alleged fraud.. the Inrern81 con1r0￿ e5tabli5heLI (o rncigaie risks offraud or n￿-t0￿[liance v•ih reguL3[11￿ . Ehe mailers discussed atnong tfÈ audii engage￿n[leatnart￿ In￿￿￿ng r￿￿nI In[er￿1 speci￿[% Includin8ia& re31 e5t3ie and pen&ons reÉèrdiD8 h￿and éwefcaLrfJ ￿￿ght occur in ihe financ￿1 staremenrs and any Pot￿1131 indicèrors olfraud As a resuli ofthese wfxedure5. Y4e co￿dered therprxyi￿￿ arMJ.ncenDves that rnayexi5[￿th￿ the organ sation for fraud and ioentrfied rhe grearesi porentia1 for fraud in mana8nenCs i￿ent￿e ttso¥er5Me profil. In £OrnrnOTrMiin all a￿￿$ ￿r￿er lkn IVKI we arealso r￿U ￿d ro perform specific procedures EO reswnd to rne risk of managernenttr4errk1e. We also obiained an undersianthng ofthe legal and re8ulatoryfrJmthrrk Ehar rhe tharity operaTe5 ￿ focu5in8on pr[m5￿n5 cfthoselaw5 and regular￿￿$ Ihai had a direct effect on the deierminaith of tnaietkil atnounts a￿j dsclosure5 In Ihe finanoai SEaiements The keY.'al￿ and regulat￿nswe cwsidered In [h￿£r￿telL in(knded ts UKccrfrpaneSA￿ Fen$'c￿sle8￿ath￿dnd ￿￿$L￿ri￿. In aLiiion. wè cOn￿dered pr(M￿nS ofoiher |¢w￿ and regu￿[￿5 Ihai do rKJE have a tjirect effKI on Ihe f￿anc￿lI siatements Dur Compl￿rKe ih whKh may be fundamen￿1 iothe chantys ablity to operaieor ￿3¥010 a maierial penalty The kty lè¥Ys and re8uL3uons we consdered In Ihs coniexr Inc￿￿e￿ Ihe Fnancial se￿I[e5 and m￿e￿A Page 9

Audit response (o rtsks wtffied As a re5ulI of perfrKmngihe ab￿e. we roi xjenufyany kry￿thl mèriers rela￿1 to the poI￿rial rtskofiraud or non In addiiion tothe alfft. our pr(Kedures to respond io rss thffifie(l irKk#Jed the fc41M"n& . re￿￿ng the financial ststeTrEnr disclowres restingEO SuPPL¥ing(kxuM￿la[th ioassess c(ryh"Jice wth proAgw5af relevani lawsanLI iegLl31ionsdexribed as m￿ng? direct effKi on the firkitKkil stateffn ' enquirin8 of M￿agem￿t cOr￿e[nIng3(1Ual alxl potential Iiti8ano) and C￿lms". ' perfomiing an3lync31 procedures ro Kjennfy aryunuwl or unexpected r￿ar￿shIpS thai rnay Mthare rth of rtkiteril rn1sstaiem￿1 due to rraud.. ' re8ding mnutes ofrneain85 of Ihtsse charged￿7￿ 8LwnarKe. reWevAngc¢yrespoThY￿￿e HMRQ and ' in addre55ingthe r15k offraud through managemeni o¥err¥Je ofcontrds. teSDn8 the approwkirenes5 ofjourna1 wtries and othpr adju5tTnents,' èssessin8 wheitrEr the judgement5 ffladp In mak￿saC(C￿lIinS esbmates are Inthi ￿cep1 ￿ assu￿ reS￿nSIbIlIty10 arwone OEner than tne charity itstrusiees a5 a body. lor our a￿li￿r￿ forth￿ iepMyL ( ThÈ opnions h￿e formed. Darryd FCA(Serbor 5taiutoryAuthtor) ior and M behaff or A5hln85 Lirn((ed Charcefed Accounran15 sta￿t￿lAulIt￿S ie 17 May 2024 Ashings Lynffed 15 eligio'e to acr as a￿d￿or in Terms olse(tw 1212 ofthe C(rwJskt2(Th. Page 10

Es¥ex 8ryfi&CbOJbs Cl.0. theytarended 31 D￿rrt￿r2023 ftjnd 2023 2022 Income and endoM￿rts frcrfn.. DonaEion5 and legac es 30.456 62a932 310. 969.468 1.309.978 Activiiies and course fees Campin& accDTrwn(Klatsw and cater Fundr8isin8 Evenis B￿k Inrere5t recevaole 18.112 47.523 307.440 16.061 46140 24).532 14.522 8,799 307.UO 16.C61 Tcial income 423.368 647.044 310.080 1380.492 ).670.671 ExperNJthre cffj.. Raisng funds Cv5t of charrt3ble actmties in furEherance of olpcu¥e5 MarNBgernent and aominwavon 68.199 68.199 32.436 4SO.501 45.854 452.980 240.W)5 99.173 1.143.486 145,027 1 30,&94 Tot expenthDJre S64.S54 452.980 339.178 .356.712 1.294.663 1141.1861 794.06d 129.ry381 23.780 376.￿8 Net8ains on in%stments UnrÈa.sed 18S884 185,884 192.4341 incorrfeyrKiiwrel 44.698 194. 129.0981 209.664 283,574 Transfers befywewTr fijnds 1152.2821 19371 132.911 rnent infimd5 1107,5843 213.43S .03.813 209.664 283.574 furrfls fopvw¥J 1.437A86 1493.158 358.771 129.497 3.4193)2 3.- 35,738 Tot furKlsiarrted f(Th¥d ai 31 December 2023 1.330.302 1.706.593 462.584 129.497 3.628,976 3.419.312 The results thown represeN the contnu,"ng thues of ine tt4r,ty. The noteson pages 14to 23form a) irtt￿ partofthe5efir￿Klal State[r￿ Page 17

Essex 8ois&Glrfs Oub5CIO. &akn￿ St￿3s at31 cc•ts 2023 2023 2022 Rxed assets ~angblÈ asseis Investmeri 878.119) 1.807.tAxi 845.075 1.121.71S 2,62&59) 1,96&79) Current a55ets Slacks jebiors Cash ai l)ank and In harw 161 6&346 l.T23.769 10 47.660 1.649.981 1,190.276 .697.802 CredtLYS.' amtsJnts dje witlyn creyear 1187.8901 (24S2WI Net curreni assets l.CQ2.386 1.4S2.522 Netassers 162&976 3A19.312 Funds Enoowrnent lunds UnresEficied funds Resincied fU[￿S 3.03&895 $42.081 2,931,044 438.268 Totrl funds 73. 3.628,976 3.419.312 ", he financial 5fBTrtnent5 approved tythe tM)3rd ofirustees and sgned behalf ty I rustee The nr*es on pages 14to23foman Integra parr0ft￿ finanoal yaten Page12

Essex BoJs&fasaub5 Cl.0. gaterrvofCathlkMftf thesear eTrd 31 Oecerrt)er2023 2023 2022 Operaikn8 aciMue5 Net Incorne Dep￿￿[lon Gaill5 InvestfflenLs Bank Interesi receved MovÈmeni.n. SL(Kk Oebiors Crediiors 209.664 31.291 {185.8841 140.OL¥)I 283.574 21.530 92,434 18.7991 11&6861 157.3901 (3,7401 1344.5311 Nerrash 1nfltyrf￿AfioW)fr1yn yrating&tNth5 I61.￿5) 40.468 Investyngathbes Bank Iniere51 receved Purchase of fixed assets Sa'e of fixed asseis Purchase of ItN51ffenis 8,799 1115.7041 1.7C6 (s.2(￿) (S￿.(￿ Cash outlowfrom aa 1465.2061 IIOS.1991 IDecreaseykncrease ￿ cath bakrKes 1526.2111 164.7311 Page13

Essex W &fjrls QthCI.O. Ncffes io the firk3nda Xatei frthe)ear ￿ed 31 C)ecem￿r 2023 pdi(ies The FflnC.pai aCc￿n[ln8￿1i0esadOP1ed.l￿dge￿￿nTs￿dkrys￿fceSdesOma￿￿ uncertènryinthepreparatson ofthefinanc siarements are set out bdth¥. lutynents kn apthng3ccwrrir¥pdldes k£y9jjr￿ ofeS¥Mc￿ In (he apdicaDon of the (haritys accounung pcd4oes vusLees are reouifed 10 make iudgments. esismates and assUrnpts￿S abouiihe Car￿n8aMOUn[SofaS5eI5andl1abPI￿es{haI)re nox readtyappaienifromothersources TrEes￿Malesa￿dassOOa[ell 45surnpton5 are based on ￿￿orica expefience other facior5 rhar are cwydered to be Artual result5 w dffer from these estymaies. The esE mèie5 and unthrtypg assurn￿￿K)S are an ongong ba55. RLwison5 ro acctyJnDng esDrnaies are recognised In the per.￿ inthch esrimate ts re•sed If Ine aftects onty that peri￿. or In ihe penod of the ￿￿$¢n and fuiure peri￿ Ifthe re￿5￿• affects LM)th cur￿1 ¥K1 furysre Chaty Infomution Tne thèr ty 45 a char.iabk IrKorpDraie(J Or8anisato) (Croi reg.SEered in Wale5 on 21 September 201 S. anLI i re815tereo off".ce ￿k￿Se. Reciory Lène. ChelrnsFtrrLI. Essex Ck41 1 RQ order ofThe Cha-fy C(JrnmssDn for EnW3rn1 W¥e& the assets w)d Iiablives of E55ex B(ys & fsrfs Clubs Ichènty ￿mber 301447) ere [ransferr￿ ro 00 ￿ 61￿Vary2076 s of preparauon The financial statetnenis hfft W prepared In aC(￿darKe wth and Rerx)ri n8 ty ChariDes. SEaternent of RecgrntrEnded Pracrice ?￿icat￿e to Ihaniie5 ryÈDar¥)g ther acccNmFS n &cordarKe Tmth Ihe finanoal Rwrvng s￿[KI3￿￿ applKable in the UKand RetthKof1rd￿lFRS 1o21leffe(￿ I1a￿￿20-S]- IChanvesSORPfR5 lo2￿ the Trnanoal Repornng Swdar(5 apPI￿at￿e￿n i)Ka￿l Repui¥lf oflrelawKI IFf6 102). Essex Boys& Gids Clubsmeets IhedefiThiion of8 purlA£ bwefirerntyvrer FRS 102 Asseis ano liabiiesare inwalty recognised ar hsi£w.cal cost r fransxD￿ ￿Lue U￿eSS01￿￿r￿.Se stated in the re￿¢an[ aciounDng ￿lICy￿0[e[l Reporon8currenty The reporrinE currencyofihe C￿15 Stermg. Tne orr￿ndIng1s tott neareM pound Income recogn￿ l incom ng resourcesare InCl￿e£l In the of ￿n￿lalA(￿Vite5I5oFA)th tlcharity 151egaty enbtled Eo the Incom afterany oerforM3ncec￿￿tHMS ￿ been tTel. Ihearrrfmi can bE rr￿aglred ITts wobatle thai the Incorne wll be receNeO. Donarions are cretht￿ 10 Ihe slaterne￿ offinawi actNllies as aThY tten ty are rece￿ll. ActyMtsÈs or generaDngfunOs.s made Upman￿of1nccffjegwera1￿ aCEMbes accthwnodaDon The bookingfees for these actiMoes are recei%td In athance of the aciMtytaknn8 Pbace This É rhefefve Ireated as deferred Income uniil Ihe date ofihe ar poirn the receiprs are Then re(08rnsed as IncoTein me MatetTEnt of financi31 artmties The thar.ty receNes 8rarnsfrtxn external StyJrceSw￿ ère recogThsed asaThl lthen they ale r￿e￿￿￿ 1nv25tmenrtncor￿ I51n ttEf(m ofbank1nlere￿ recefftd. OtherlncLwDe reprewis reni rec•vatAe Page14

Essex ty & ¢3ts(hA)5CI.O. f¢y the 31 ￿rter2023 E¥FrKltture recwt Al expenoiiure is accounied for L¥} accruaL8 Imgs and has been £L4syfied thr he&1.ngs that agg￿gare all costs rd8ted ro the caie80ry Expenditure Is recognsed tsre there ￿ a wi or consrructve oblvgaDon to rnake pa￿n(S 10 iF4rd parne5. It is wob3bbi th31 the seitlement ill be required and the arTWi of thlIgati￿ can be meagJred r¥lats￿ li Is caiegorid under the falawing headin85. Costs of raisng funth w Ning and the refftJrwaDon ofemtytyees engagedin f￿d rasng Expendirure on ckkifiiableactwities Includesthedirecr c05rof a((Miies prcmded emplo&eewage5 and IraiThng Ihereory ano Ihe general mèinrenarKe and utibty costs of the %re Otner expendiiure represents Ikw ￿(￿5 nor fèHin8 nto the caregone5 abo¥p Irrecwable VAT s chargeil asan eypenseaoainst rhe ￿m￿fo￿v￿1th expwditure arose. 1.7 ￿p￿and co&5kvr Sur4)M coscs are Th￿e Ihal a55151 Ihe ￿rk of the IharKy ¢Jo nLX directy ￿preSeN ttrTrrat4e Include office cosis. gcwernaftce costs èdm nistraiNe pa￿ClI co5￿. Thty afe IrKurrExS direcry Jll support of exFÉndffure ￿ rhe objects of the charrty Where SLPPKYT C051s (￿n0[ t direaty aiiribuied to Fbjrncuiar headings they twe been a',iocaEed 10 cost of rasing fundsand expenditure ￿ clkiritthe a￿1￿11e$On a bass wth use of Ihe resources. Fund raigngcostsarethose Incurred in See￿ng￿￿tntsry coNritIJt￿saTrJd0 not..ndudeihec0&5 ofdissemnarin8 infortnarion in support of ihe char￿a￿￿ es The ana￿$ ofihese c05rs ts included in rKxe S. 1.8 Peth ms15 Thech3rityconiributesint03 ￿er￿ed contribuwn 5EaketK)kknp4an ThisrAan f4sa $￿ifiC k)ngiermfund ngobiecrwe requiririg Contr1￿[10n leveL% tts be re￿Wed reguL3rty. The chafiryalso contritmjres to a worwace pensKn scherr. De￿gnated re5trKted fvnd5 ihough Ihe charity Inwtes cwain dcnaticM75 Eo furKI spetsfK fXlVt> rhe5e In¥ar.abty fail wihin Ihe purSu￿(e of the gweral obierDve5 of rhe charityand are rKJI CWsKlered ltyic wlessorher specifiEd DythpdDnor. io represent restntied fmds asdefine ty ihe Chanty Comm15swer5. Certain grant5 and donaiK)ns have been receNed to the general obieave5 of the chanty thp rru&ee5 hav desIg￿le4 for appliia(Iw 10 spec fc aClMlS. The Income aFKI expendiiure in respe(T of these aaiV.Des has bèen separated Irom general funds. There 15 no legal reqthremeni io do this and The rru5tee5 reta'n the ptrrtr 40 re4,0(are such funds WEhin unre51ricied unds unless and unrl Iheyare expwded Oe&gnated funds ser asde Lryihe I[u￿eeS ¢xrtofvnrestr(ted gerwal fvndsare forspecific fu1U￿ purpos& or prqeas Fund5 eartnarke¢J a5 resrrKied haye been rteaied a5 StKh arihe request ofine byrheierrn5 of Lheappeal pallicular prqects anrj accounied fcr separatety. 1.10 Tax The chariry Isan exempt£hartywifvn the m&4)M)8 of scwule 3 ofthe ￿￿ri[￿sAC[ 2011 and 15 co￿derell (o pass Ihe ie5tssei r in Paiagraph lof Schedv* 6 ro Finance Aa 2010 iherefore * rvEets Ihe defiN[i￿ of a Charitab￿ rornpany for UK corporarth lax pJip05es. Pagels

Essex8oyS & &rbaub5 Cl.0. NotestothE stateffnts trthe)tarerth 31 Decerrter 2023 1.11 Tanlt4e fixtd assets T3ngiL4e fjxed assets are slated aLc05[le55 accumLI3T&1 deweoaDon and a¢curThJwed Impairment k)55es Cost InC￿deS costs éirecuy atrr.tAJiaL4e io rnakng rhe assei Capab￿ of operaong a51niended. DepreoaiL on Is [r￿ded ¢)n al ian&be fixed assets. * raiesclcu￿￿d io%ntsoff the cosl ss esurnated resithJalvakn& ofeach asser ￿ a w51emaDI basts over its expecied usefvllife as I￿1{￿8 Ihe rote5 ofdepreoaDan aA)l.catle to fixed assets art Flani and Machnery Moiu VeniOe5 Cotrwter Equipment Furni￿re 8ncJ Équiwnenr Rewi[y￿{W1r￿d freehc4LI bu Wing5 afe not deprec,ai&l. 2(N stra#1 line 25% red[[￿8 bace 20% strèghl line 40% stftightline 1.12 DebtLS aryj (redtNsrecvatIelpayatée￿In onejtar The thaniyon,'y enters Into basic fiyanoèl Instlumenis rhai re5ulr In Ihe recogrtybon of ffina￿al asseTS and kablves swh as ade other rec8vatAespayaile DebiLWS￿d creLi(Ksith nostaiediNe￿$t raie re(efyeor wèble w¢hin oreyear we reccKded atiran5aCDon price. ylosses anyng from iryairme￿a{e Fecogn15eil in exFNliiure. 1.13 Cash at bank￿dIn hand Cashat bank arKJ In hand represwrs suth accwnrs Ehatare >JiatJe a￿&￿￿j. 1.14 GeIngc￿{ern The char Ws f￿anCIal backws rem•n placed io supwt luDJre actMDe5 the utKJetyng fin￿0a1 resource5 are 5uffioeni 10 en￿re chanty retrwins a gong cryKem. Net Inccffjing reswrcesforthe 2023 2022 ThLs 15 5raied aftercl%)r&ns Deprec atii AudFtors' remunwaDon- aud,1 ofthe fift￿(la1 staierren 31.291 8.021 21,530 6,0￿) and alief tredDn8 Profil on disposal of iangtle. xed a55ets VcluntsryirKome furKts 2023 fvTrJ5 2023 fijnds 2023 fvnd5 Tc*a 2023 Tot 2022 Donatsons rere¥ed Gran￿ rectsved 3Q456 628.932 310.080 969,468 1,309.978 30.456 62&932 310.080 969,468 1.309.978 Page16

Essex Bvfi& f4r6 Qjbs U.0. f￿the￿end￿d 31 C(th)er 2023 Anaty&s oleypwthuretr general funts 2023 fiJnd5 2023 To 2023 Total 2022 2023 2023 Wages￿￿ Saia¥e5 Venue Hire 64.186 4.013 64.186 4.013 31.688 68.199 68.199 32.436 T(tsl re%wce5exFernled &Trar￿g Raw Cu 2023 Tc431 2022 Total tb Costs diredyabcatsd toactfvfitte SiafFiost5 Purchased materob nd sefyices Siafftravel expenses Granis io Members CJJbs dii fèes Annual r￿leW 231305 21N).926 222.973 99.172 754.376 777.269 4.397 5.102 33.490 3.116 353.271 7.60S 391.158 IS.823 321.822 18.547 11.530 4.074 11.530 4.074 638 &Jpportcosts al(Kated to aLtyt Premi5e5 Insurance General adm nNraiY)rystaff C￿mUnica￿0nS Bank charges Depreciation Pfofit on sale offixed asseEs Other support cosis 130.S28 130.528 136.540 13.tA)6 1.363 31.290 9.934 $45 20.773 818 1.614 8.Y13 19.SSO 1964 Z293 243.768 246.43S 7£9.301 117.208 1.356.712 1.294.663 Pa8e17

Essex & ￿￿0￿b5 Cl.0. Nc(e5 to the fvwncki ¥atemw arended 31 Decemiw2023 Ernolum￿ts ofwwes 2023 2022 Sraff COSES Dfrhe chanrywvea5 ries SoKial security costs Cotluil￿i￿ns￿llj life assura￿e(05 656.983 59.269 38.124 611151 51.510 113.607 754.376 777.268 One employee reciybEd efflOlLmen￿ 0fmOreth￿ £￿[￿￿)12022." ￿11. The average number ofemploJee5 W35 irKknJn8 part y3ff ￿a5 fd10￿5". No. Couniy Directly As&stanE County Evenis an¢J ACIMIÉS Or￿5￿5 Club Serwcing Officer5 Educarin8 afK1 Tra￿￿g Officer Appreni.ces AdmInistrats￿ and sUp￿rt S￿ 26 28 The Charity 3¢rniniSter defined c¢Jrnrii￿￿ pw5w SCh￿￿S fL¥ ffs emF4trfft5 Ine iotal cty)inbuteo bylhe thariryfor Iheyear amounred 10 £33.25412022.. £109.8461 ofvknch E45.¢AKII2022.. £8o.OC#Jwas(waThY￿ atthe end. Trustee rerNJnera No Irusree receNtd any reMUn￿￿t￿n or was re1m￿rse￿ expeftses &mer in Th[5￿rOr the wew(￿sYeaT. Page 18

Esw W &&"ts CthJb5 Cl.0. Nc<e5 to therma￿1 they 31 Decemtw 2023 rangde ftsed assets Furn￿￿re and equmEmt FreehcAd Jicrf klnltsses Computer roperty Vthths Ge￿ra[ ewiWn￿t Total Cost Ai I January 2023 Addirions DISWS31s 778.283 2fi￿5 17L 837 33324 5.B84 5.206 1.0)8.333 5.2L Ai 31 Decernber 2023 T18.283 26.￿5 17&837 31324 1.023.539 Dwec&iVon Al I lènuary 2023 Released ori Chsposai Charge for the year 30,097 102.888 33.305 5.884 173,258 &S)4 23.173 l.S95 31.291 Ar 31 December 2023 30.097 126.1151 33.324 7.479 204.549 Ner bookvalue Ai I lanu3ry 2023 748.186 24921 71.949 19 845.075 Ai 31 December 2023 748.186 1&417 48.776 3.6) 1 818.990 Inlestments InJar￿ary 2020 an aCC￿nI was esiab*,sheiJ w,th CCLA WhE5trneni Management knm,ied for a charilies IrDiestment fund acquis.rDI ofaccurnuLaro)n unrts. 2022 88￿nce as al I January 2023 Invesimenis add itsis ar cosi Revaluai on to rnarkei value Nef gainlllossl on IrNe5ments unrealised 1,121.715 STr).Q)O 1.214.149 185.885 192.434) larKe asat 31 Decefflber 2023 1.807.fQO 1.121.715 10. Debtors 2023 2022 Trade deotors Prepoyments Oiher oeoriys 29.988 36.358 18.677 28.983 66.346 47.660 PègÈ19

Essex ChJbsCI.O. totheflnaKThl #ateffrts ernled 31 December 2023 Cre(litors- am￿ntsfa￿gdLE￿tt￿n cme)ear 2023 2022 Trade creditors Oiheriaxes and soo31 security Accruals and deferred Incorne Oiher crediiors 10.984 17,756 139.517 19,633 20.794 15.486 182.634 26,366 I87,8￿ 245.280 2023 2022 L)rKe ai 1 ianuèry2023 knouni rdeased roin£orning re￿yjI￿5 ount deferred In Ihe year 94299 (94.2991 78.326 431,361 1431.3611 94.299 BalarKe al 31 D￿ember2023 78.326 94.299 Deferred comprtse5 èookngfeesf￿ &WDes reCe￿d in ath￿￿of[he ￿nI t3￿n8 rAace. 12. a￿"S(￿neta5$ets bkneenfiAs Unresirlcred incL¥r captsl fu Total T8ngJtye fixed a￿ets 818.9￿) 818.990 Invesimen 1.757.6C 1.807.600 Cash ar bankand n hand 581.688 $41081 1.123.769 Oihef nei wrrenL liai¥liues 1121.3831 11213831 Total 3.036,895 54ZOBI &628.976 Page 20

Essex & fsrfsaub5CI.O. Note5 w the fina￿Tal $tateft￿)ts fortheswrend&l 31 ￿erntser 2023 13 Molwnentin funds At31 December 2023 ynuary 2023 ¥KOm1r￿ Transfers Restrfcted fiJTh Mernbef5 C'ub Support 311.122 89.840 1251.8391 263.619 411742 Ac(￿[Yand Events Prografflffle 127.146 220.240 187.339) 1130.7081 129.339 Edurai.M and Tra nin8 SO.LKrf) Total resrricted fiJnds 488.268 310.060 1339.178) 131911 592.081 UnrestrfLted furQs gndfvnd5 Aclvt￿Sar1t Ewi 3.174 863 113531 116841 EdUcats￿ Tra ning 409.984 64&181 1451.6271 162.055 766.593 OutdrK>rAawity Cenires, Adrnnisira￿n and D&knpment 1.080.(KJD 1140.LKKII 940.( 1.493.158 647044 1¢52.9801 19.371 1.70&593 General fijnd 1.437.886 fAYg.252 1564.554) 1152.2821 1.330.302 Total unrwricied funds 931.Od4 1256.296 {1.017.534) 3.03&89S Toi31 Funds 3.4193-2 1.566.376 11.356.712) 1628.976 Purposesof rtswKted fijnds Mernber Club gjppjrt Gran￿ and d(wtions a￿ ￿l￿ar￿SaughI aw recepled 10 fund Ihe s3bries and expenses of officer5 appoinied 10 Visit rnernber clubs 10 promoie leadorship and programmes lor young people. an(1 io encour8ge and as%x dub de¥Elopwt fundratsing needs Acthityand Ent5 Pro6ramrne Ths fund finances the salarEs and expenses of pos￿ ded cète<5 10 thè Dr83￿ saiw of charècier building ctynpeiiifye 5pms and creafft and alls bèSed￿M[¢SJt￿I e4enTSTargeted aty￿n8 pecpe n vanou5 age gf(MJPS In wrsu2nce ofirne chartys pnmary objeaNe5 Edu(aUim andTraining.' Fvn05 are r•sed held on lkhaff of soo patows engageo in piq￿￿ 10 creaie new opportunities and fatilities for the benefi( of y¢)Jng Fwde Page 21

Essex P￿5&&"r￿Ck￿cI.0. N¢)￿st0 thefwdaltstements theyear ended 31 Decembw 2Q23 Gener31 Incorye. The general inc¢yne fund ￿preSen[S gfants receKEd are to fuThl expendtEure rdating ro a particular a5pecr of the objects ofrhe charity. 35 specified try the d￿or knyunswi arnounts are carrd fL¥¥¥ard io the fJkyMng ear 10 be expended in accordarKE %4irh th31 Sp￿16ed ty thedrmr. A£th￿'e$ènd E￿5. F￿ndsra￿￿ spe£rftèkyf( ebernsand fftJrtha&rtrg equpment 10 be used iyyM8 teople a¢fvenDJrous. crea[￿and sporring a￿DeS been (5eggwe(I for th5￿rpose. a￿] Tralnkn& FUNYS are r￿Se￿ frrm stakehclLknsarKI s(K￿ p￿n￿$t0 the char￿Y 10 take disa￿an￿ge young people and Impari life and sdf.e5teern throu8ha 5tTu(iurEd ctyJrse enDded and enroura&n8"re5pe(f. Addiiionalty. funi15 are 5pecificalty raised and deggnaieo 10 finarKe apweniKe5trvp51n Lhe delNeryofyoLrth vukand 5enAce5 al￿ ihe furthÈr educaricn and irairNngof the{￿an￿$ core siaff èno afftiaied club rrernber% loNna￿[￿n CoryF￿enCeS and knoledge n Ihe Iltheryofsupkysrand seNces(o YWn8w￿e. outdo￿￿[h￿tyCerntre$. The (han(Ys our{Y￿r and athnturc#J5 actmrycenrres at High R￿lTr CLJmMa and the freehol prem15e5 a( K4èes.y-L3de, Herefudshire afe rrwinianed ￿ wptK)TtLYJ tyar¥Wsand gran￿ (Je5gnaieO expressty for th purpose. Pwp95eclendovnnent fund R(thrr La￿e Menb)rkal RJThJ.. Cd. RobEtt Laurip O.BE I.P. seTred the Essex Chartyof W5 Ckjbs fr(xn 1973 until deèth In August 2005 As Its pre￿(sent fcrf martyyears his ￿a￿ethp H)spirÈd Ehe Chaity 10 attain 115 obie(ttvesvAih gTeèr SLKcess Asè perr￿nen1 ieSDrnorry rhe Trustees h￿E creaied a fund from f*nef4 Reservp to tye tn31n￿lned f￿ ihe bervèfir ofywng people from affiliated mentrr ck5b5 seleaed 10 broaden rheir ed￿aDOn and character by rKiprocal inieraciion wilh other young peoFAe from overseas c(Lwies ol IntemaiKsnal ExihangextErrE& Th6 Fund s Ilasgfied as èn Educèts and Trainin8 RestrKtetS Fund. In 2023 no exchange ￿$irS to Ihe USA its)k ￿ace and no lurK15 from8er￿al fLHKSingwere trènsferred ro resTriCted fund5 10 n5ure the ftsnd Is mèinrared. Further wogramrrE5 are pLinned f(K 2024. MeMberC￿bS Centre&Jrsary FWJ.. The sum OfÉ)￿.0c￿ t￿en set agde ￿ 2014 ofgenera reserye5 specificaltyio prowde fnarKk413ssstance ro mwthrthb$ 10 lake￿￿n£ rwle ￿ th￿ar￿1 Ifaltwfyd Ptogfammes offered ar the charitys retwie faokties. Page 22

Essex Ql.O. the￿r en(d 31 De￿M￿￿ 2023 14. Related partytransac Key rnana8ernent cornprses ofihe Dreaw & Trustees ar￿1 the C¢JLWry LThrector. fyants Purchases Sales Recesd an Rece.ved FlJrthase5 Saj Frwforcj Clubs 112.475 S79 Norrh Avenue Ycmrth Club 3.707 Nar￿￿1 Associ1￿} of Club5 1.013 2( CrM Man( E55ex Ya¢Jth Trl 3&CO) Che1rn5ford Boysand Girb Club5 Jock Pe;chw Fwndati . 19).508 ReL3ted Paroes The c￿tY De(ror. k41 tw andlP. Douglas.Wes P. Drummond The irustees ofEssex ASS{KOu￿ of ew5 CbJbs in 2LIX agreed io aswme cetiain pen￿￿ ob,eawes relaring to an ernployee rnuLualty remobfo froma former underfwdeol NaioFk41 A550c ation of8tys Cluts 8rthJp f1nal saiarypen51C scheme TkE5e olec1￿5 rnean ihai future cc#itr DuDors inro a replacerneni t￿rSOnal p￿sOn pi8n are noi fixed arxl n certain circumstan￿$ maycrysiallise further 113b l ies. Al weseni the truyees aft( cipaie ihe currenL le￿. of con1r1￿10ns to be sufficieni ID meeE the(ty'e(tNes. 15. Contingent liabil￿$ ie 2019 Essex B(rys & G rls ChJbsceded (￿[rL4 ofSiuÈl)ersPthtnaJreCenireasa conseouerKe of Ihe en-blc re5£nBiion ofall fftJiualtrustee5 ath1 (Jirectors o's1￿ls 10 enabe both chan[￿510 Fxjrsue theirsepara￿ ano (sparaie ch3fiTable obieaNes. rt ofrh15arrangement Essex 8ws & Girls Clubs h35 prowded aguaraniee io Ihe Lon0￿ Borough of ￿￿er ng 10 a maximum i@bility Of£500.(￿ as a c￿￿ a 25year lease daiett 31 . Ivy 2019 granted iyihe Borough 10 siuober5 Adventure c￿tre This cmin8eni144bilryis maicrd iry a conLingerK asset in the form of a deed ol IrKJemnw prwded iy Stubbers. new sponsors In (he unlikety ￿en[ thèiSt}Jb￿r$knenWfe Cenwevacaie5 It5 prerniseswthin the term ofrhe lease. the lease 5¥111 revert to rtru5 Clkirity. T￿se circumsunces ha￿b￿ cmsideretj and (yjui￿ cwringwcy ptsnning is In preparation. We refer ro note 14 regarding arrangervwr5 arLMJThI ihe CrwJnty D recte¢s p￿S￿On arrangetrEN. Ar the preseni time the Irusiees anDopate the curreni le%1 io be rneet the olyctwes ènd no LS expected io rise. Pa8e 23