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SMARTWORKS READING TRUSTEES REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 T￿ Tru8te8s, whp •r¢ o1¥0 fv dirodry¥ of the chwty fc¢ th8 ofth• CtywrMesAct. preoenl tw reptrt lojelhor ￿th Ihe Kcojnts ol V¥cts R8dThJ er￿ 31 ktsrch 2025. Pr•rUc• on'Att￿JrfIvJ Ryrtng * CharW' 2019. sm￿ Wcrfks Re•Yinq ￿th tarll￿ and to8thrvJ. 88 •$ hyh qu•lty Inwryi•w dothts and Styling •dTrA¢• to Wrfflon. We th• ¢ffifid•n¢•. sell￿￿91 and rrt¢bC41 Th• thathty's objtdivs •r¢ the relol ￿ fm•nci•l h&thhip •nd th• rdv4f of utwmpW)enl ihe pubfi¢ benatm through thé y¢moliw of mdepend8nc •nw Re•drf¥J thp surrtrthding 8r88. To delwor this. Sm•rt Work• R88dlng was ine4ywawd in 2015 7th • Lar 8nd 10 hdp mre vrt•Mn back mt th• wrykplace by thèm tho doth￿ •nd tho cwfthca ty n8•d 10 aUCC88d 81 Job Illtew¥. Sm•rt Wr¥ts R••JirvJ1s w1 of• n•hvk ofolghl ¢hWity￿￿ot d•l'wr tho Smartwtyks thr or•8. Al ￿ trye rl ow seTht• Is 8 trwtrhtyjf •n¢ Pryrakn wptynlmonl. dursry tr8ch women r•¢•N•8 a tyJtTht doth05 wnd acc•ssr￿ I1￿4r9 to k••pl and laik•r•d on•4¢Trone Into￿￿￿ ry)athln9. Thls decepb% slw$4e. 51Kyt ml•N•nUw ha$ g swthcani knwact 8$ d￿nts slart In Ihalr rn 8L4ty to lucc•￿. Onc• thfyy g•1 b)• Job. offor a SIKC￿d Thxre djthing. lo wwde q wotkillg V4¥drt)b• lo 8•0 IIK•m Ihr¢)ugh 10 first pty cw 8•8sth• 10 offor iuppm to yin intthim. Thi¥ ffl•y b• •round CV pr•p•rnt)n, job oppl'catson 9Th￿•r th1 m•ich th•k TNS •¥tt¢ ml¢• h•¥ w•n hw r•c0nl yoars as lh• lob A8 Part 01 the Smart Woth8 Grw, ojr SW•t•g￿ IcoJ• is lo 08hwr ruT (u• and IniéMty sg1vic• io th• btti si8ndard I¢￿# fv UK aThl 10 18ke rt 10 I¢x41boM •ny wtyn•n tK) need8 support Gwn com• lo Sm•rt Wtha. In tho Ibt• of tho c4xt￿4￿n9 tth. ¥•￿9 gl 5•wnn9 olob has boen gr•al•r. Our ¥upport l¥ n••¢•¢ 110w mty• tr￿ •vw. y•w w• ¢thpknl•d wrlhr••w••r pLgn. ¥thlch ¥1 • &rg•1 r••¢hlw 10,C(Kl pw y•w. •¥ w•1 •5 wp•¢t• sJ8lwry. K•y Imw¢ data l• lo.6￿ supw1•d m 2024125 12 centros dolwtnng 8•rth Kross tho UK 61% of Glents 8•cur8 a I(￿ Wlhin Imo ffwlh olll wprAntrnw 57% ofour dentB ere from trackw￿ 16% 01 our t&ents hav8 8 dis8blity 49% of wrdienty 59% ofwdienL• 898 2&29 and In¢roased awwon8$5 ol ¥bLYk th Ihè k¢al 0￿￿ty. l)Jr pwfv)mirni kty KPIS r•llacts th• dodic40on of our itram. Ihe strew of ow ref9￿1 ￿rknt$h￿￿. and ￿ grU￿ry rec¥)gnthM of the Smart Wolks

SMART WORKS READING TRUSTEES REpoirr {INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) ICONTINUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 C•rnor Co•¢hiNg vias a area ol in 2024Q5. W8 eMceoOtrJ aMu81 tty by 249 8ppointmorl8 - • r•laciknn of Ihe eff￿ mJe lo referr81 partneis. yrtbjlath hxa Jci) can￿$. This fouJ¥ hos èlw u5 lo al Oni ¢lnè8d, offomg 8WPtyt and guKlanc4. r fc¢ Inifft Coethlng WO8 374 •pFonkn•nls- •thkn'r¥J 75% 01 ow l - Ihkn rema1￿ 8 resum In a chaknJlr¥J ctht•xl. tt 450 ns •c¥ous the Smart Wrrts In￿8￿1 ￿th Sm•rt Wths cntrgs lh• VK. I￿r Ma￿ conslar￿ a$ ￿ling Thli y••r m•h¢d • Éi•p charw in sm￿ Wcrts R••dYffj •ry•g¢s th• cunmunity. Th￿Ugh In arnB$ th•1 •r• dfftutt to g•MI •ngagerrrfnl b￿ule 01 • Valiety of bwri8r¥. W•'w ￿r0 to •Juut• p•rtnm And 8iehobJ¢rs tho Sm•rtWrks 011•1. 8nsurig mNo f48 felorrnd 10 UI 81 th• fhl tsm•. Thh grv•Ang w$ibHty ￿ b•9thknVto ply •pyr•th ¢wr IC ann￿, th• r•¥uh• Hlyhllghts tmrd• •n bY•rvl•w . 8wn gral•fvl for ￿pE￿I01 ty4•r ¢l•knrfrMJ fv ¥wk•. . Contsnu•d to r••¢ trfJ IK 4nK•nl •rry￿n0n1. Smart tk•nls ar• moslty W.l•m hw• axpwthY npO￿od t•JOd￿ni kn mufaF4•i00s." . 47% have bo•n repct•d I￿n oyw 20 W. 28% ha￿ bBBn rnJ•cl•d fmm SO SS% h•v• t•8n . 31% u• . 81% haw • dth"kty . 41% are •tsic Nth%ty

SMART WORKS READING TRUSTEES REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AIARCH 2025 ,iienl Bac-kgroufitt SmArt Work8 R•1￿ h•1 h¥d q rna￿•d (Ml•ty• •hJ ￿n91r￿m•1￿. Th• d•prtur• d f￿r Fundr•ising L•4d lor on• Maffl member on m•rnity l••¥• and anolh•r Ioawng Ih• organlutlon. s&nincaniiy Impathed oui c4P8city. In tt Tru¢w¥ slepped up admlrbly. h¢lpin9 to malntsin owniial s•rvw •nd lur>Jr¥ry duiing 8 bme of transl￿on. By Nrweth. wa h•d ¥ucceufuly r•wtt•d • br•n&rw to•rn. ￿l￿￿JM •nd ••ldng th8 fw Mntrw•d supp¢rt cwr yrvlcés. Tb•$8 ￿nts 480 help•d r•￿ ow pubhc ryof4• aIn￿nStr•I•d th• T88¥18nc• of our l••m and cornmunity. Wrth Ihe addit￿ ol • otd4ied C￿1 w￿￿t. we'v• sttn an t)th Ihe number and quolty of app1c4lo￿. th¥vbng us lo purxub I￿air￿a Str••n5 from bxal trusts and I￿nda￿on6 8L¥O 8trk8hir• an¢J 8rt86. T￿$ str818 hSre ha8 8hwp•d ￿ tsu5 cffi tru81 aThJ loundat10n fundrni•ir4, aft area we to grrnvitht•rtty Mi lh• yw Our nth¥ Funth•sing Manager. WhOi¢an￿ ffi S•pt8rnb8r, ha8 imw. Sh• •#tabli8hod 0 ￿￿t fundr818ity calend8r •nd btyan fo&terirJ relalKffithiw with tNJSmSSOS-eltortS Ihal 4re alre8dy b•arirvJ fNit in Ihe fom ol cworaM supFxi Md Thw• I￿r#I￿$ •r• oxpand eAW r•ach and deepen ¢Uf Impac¢ acr085 IhB reokn. Outrwch h•$ b••n I k•y loc￿ IN >•Ar. par&>A•ty kn Iwu¥ •Lth u gwh. Ihorn a hh knl ol noed dua ¢0 ¢¢orKJmic ¢Jepri¥•lkn •ThJ cullurd b8rMrs to emplOyft￿l. We h•¥e bfren actNety buldiny rdaknonahips in Ih81• ¢ommunNlos ond pY8pry lo plo1 • popup centr• ITr Slough In Ihe comlng mrrths. Th1$ Inlli•Uv8 ref¢ts gwtesl chalbgnges In acusslty the ￿￿FI8¢8. Th+¥ y•ar. ￿¥• sydn￿C￿ty exp8nd•d neith Ihrcwh rn11￿81 parbrships 11h o)mmnty 9rtyJps, women's chalities. and k¢uribOS for supprf ctlabcrfation. and infiu•n¢o wthin lh8 r8gion.

SMARTWORKS READING TRUSTEES REPORT {INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORTI ICONTINUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Wo've also simn9lh8O•d our braThl th￿0h str evonis •mb8ss•dc< eng8￿Men1. Notabty, the rwnimeni ol a new bc¥l has jd￿0￿4 ￿tIlty and Lyening thè deor 10 furth8r p•rtnerships 8nd med48 ¥xpwurn. Th￿ 8¢h￿MenL￿b￿ Th)t 8￿y$ taplured In KP15-8fe invaluablè in our profi￿. eX￿l￿a OLY rwtt. and erwrmj thbt Irrtye IA 8ertshwe know aboui, ¢rv5t, and FIn•n¢1￿ r•vl•w R••uh lor th• y•ar Total 1ncorne lor th• pwfod £244k Iirth £14.893 rn1•￿ Imm d•*n•i•d fiJTrY¥l mwdo up substsnUDIty from •v•nts. tr￿tr •nd found•lKTh t4rprrtal• ponn•rnhw. and totsl •yg•nthiW• was È227k r8&dling In Ml Incorn• 01 £17k. £81k. Gmnts and kn•1k$￿ wtyrfKl• 70% 01 tC41 ￿K￿n• •nd w•ffl¥ rnj ralMd 30% ofour Sources of I ncome ¢ix.trx £8c.￿ £64.¢CQ 1221 E55.5CII £40.fp £31122 £20.a Total •xpndilwe for lh• pwbj was £227k 18 818% frc¢Th yur. Thri i¥ ¢Jw to ￿￿1••d Our ¢0816 ar• mothty for 51aff. ¢IBni s¢Thlc• cuts thtA¢h l• m•k• ￿ 96% ￿ our tyveral

SMART WORKS READING TRUSTEES REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTQRS. REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Expenditure ficc ote E9C.a73 £SD ax 173.097 £6Q 2924 E23 84E £0 Si1 Pien Cl￿￿ DferE rq In¥wtm•nl P•Hcy The TnJst••s. •wd to th• Ivj￿dty r•iuN•mqnts d ev•rn￿n9 Ih• Ch•nty ¥r￿ r••v•• pclry. OP81•i•d a polty k••lYThJ fijnds in int01￿14)Unr￿j dqp0511 •r<ounts. R•￿1¥•1 p￿￿Y Tho TNsieès hiv• ¢•r￿r0d fvy fr•è row4￿. l.•. I￿ w¢fealr1c￿j funds nol d88n•l•d for ¥p•cffi¢ purpos¢ pr ethmmNiad. It h•8 tthn d•l•rrnlned I￿. natu￿ ol the charfV• Work, th vel of tr•• r•s•N•¥ Should btr 0Qv￿al•t￿ 10 3 10 6 c18nn￿¥ •xwndrtur•. This kYovhJè$ 8uffici•nl fiexlblmty lo cowr ony t•mpor•ry 5Thorthl lrt and ll the th•rffy to ¢¢pe rth)d festtod Imm8￿•18fy to • rn8wnabl8 ol UnloT•￿•￿ advarna orcum8Wr￿ pnLV nmed491 boirva ImF48m8nted. The r¥￿ry83 01 £83,3S0 m••ls this requireTh￿. Gowrn•Tr¢• Smart Woth6 Reodir4 ils •re ithnd ty tho MemcurKkn and ol A5¥Walion. The of th• Truste•8 s•Thd dumg Ih pod fa thp r•l•r•nc4J ar Smart Woths C￿rtty ￿ tho mtrnw of Sm•rf R••trty Sm•1 R••Jlng h81 bean grini•d Ik•ns• lo owrnl by Sm¥t Wth¥ ¥rnJ rt has bl• swr• 0tr4th1 •nd Shlkw octi￿a$ •& parent comp•ny. R•cvjItn￿Tht ndApp•lntrMnt of r••wTNst• Regular reviews are undenaken lo a$5tS$ Ihe skilL5 01th•￿ri￿nI TrU￿Be$ *vJ Klpnbfy wy $tretyihenirvJ.

SMART WORKS READING TRUSTEES REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) (CONTINUED} FOR TNE YEAR ENDED 31 AIARCH 2025 Indud•n •nd T￿￿1￿9 of￿￿￿1￿ N¢w TnJe•S we yovH1èd ￿ an indLthm to ftmbwiL IWs¢fves with the chwdy •nd Ihe nol.for profil Soctor. Th0y arè bnefed on wr>i8ibliti81 by th¢ oyi5br¥J TnJ8te85. Nthv TnJale08 are aho rofeThed to the Ch8rlty Ccrtnmiu￿n'S Tr E￿n￿lI Tnolee, Smm WLyks Ch•nty 5hare• • T￿1106 Wek())• Padt with •ll Smart Wryki Tnt••s when tw ￿rI lh• clwnty. tyjl rol•¥, I￿Ur• ol Smart Work• both colly an¢) nalonalty. t&(￿￿4$ • •Y•W)kn tho dtrak•tgd TnJ8t•• of wr Intom81 pyt•l lor tool$ 8nd WtyJTr•s aknng wlth vkj￿s. Tru¥lMJ undwtak• tralthj as part tsfththr rc4•, du¢Jlw w Equlty tNvtrty and Tho Tru51ees revitw and 8PkYQV8 al p¢4￿&$. and lul(x • utrot•gy 8•1 ￿ Ih• pkn. In lthe wth th• %Yid•r Stralggy 501 by sm￿ Worki Chffjt. Th• TnJ¥t•M m801 at ¢wartwty IPb• ￿r wll h•¥• •nnual s8won to upJat• ond •lrat•9y. Tho da￿￿•Y managThnl of Smm Wtyks R••dxw h uTrJW￿•n ty th• C•fiirn M•nag•T an¢J ¢)¥•r￿n by Ihi Ch•ir •nd 8oard ofTNst••>. RO￿￿1¢•3, in1f•Str￿lUr 8TrJ is prtr4thd by Smirf Wcs Chanty on fiThIn￿, p•opl8, partnernhip¥. wfjr4thy￿ ety)￿u￿￿8bQTr$. P•y P￿1¢Y lor K•y M•Mg•m•nt P•v•onn•l l TnJ8te•s glve Ih•lr tim• IT￿ no Trwl•• r•th•d lh• Th• pay ol si•ff i¥ r•¥￿ 8nnualy. Th• TryMI￿• b￿th￿rk pay olhv •lz•d ¢hwrtKs •nd othw Smirt Wc¢k¥ ewtrtt. Tho TNst••s f•gulwty r•ww IM n•k• its th• ttty h w••d. In Itth• r•ll￿n9 to R•knUon•hly ￿th R•lAl•d Pani Smart WL¥ki c￿rItY wb• ft•r wc￿ Poll¢l•• Polir¥•a lor •1 r•l¢v•ni •mas m m•in1•￿￿ ty Sm•rt Wty$ Chw)ty, irthding ￿l•￿￿rdIng Wnernb￿ ￿Uts, S•f•gu8rdlry Chlldren, Aniberfbery FrnLKI. AnwMsm¢rtt & BL￿￿d. Ctymysskn•io La•￿. Cffjalnts, Conffict of Int•re81. D8w Prol•cUon, tNs¢wlinwy. ErMfOr￿n1•l, Eqy•lrty. FlJxibl¢ Wryklng, GrievJn¢¢, Hgotth & Salely. Lon• WcrkiNJ. Maiemtty, Polemlty. Pai0￿ Lem. Prtv•cy. R•thJndancy. Risk M•nag•rrM)nl. Shamd PorenlJ L•av•. s￿ne¥s ￿¥ne & C8wbiMy. Tmvtl & and WNSilèbbx￿r￿a. A Staff H8n¢lt>)ok li ma avaUabl• Io Sthff and kn￿L￿•S a summary ofall Volunt••rn Tho Tw8te8s Jr• gr•Mlul Ic ¢h• ccffjrtwliw of Lw8 ther lime ¥C￿ntari￿ to deliv•r roles In dr•iiing. ccthiNJ. wthc4>0 m•nymoM 8TrJ thnithlkryN. W• ov•r ITr) ￿￿￿nI••r ￿1h a v•ry hbah rel•nliw mte 8TrJ en rocryitffffl to tK4st•r n￿b￿s. Chjr vc4Jnl•ers 8re one of gro8le81 08Sa18, Ihoy •rn 1 lotaty d•d￿￿j aThJ pl•y •n •r￿ rt40 n dolNofir#J w d￿$6￿9 gnd c¢¢hing PubllG 8•n•fft The fruslee$ have r••d •ThJ With the wil•r• conl81￿￿ crwity g•nw guid•nc• Wt4ic benefits when •m5 F4aMiNJ fubjro auNitS. •ch￿ve￿￿ts •bo¥e de￿nIgrate how ￿ have fvhllw this Mqulreff•ni durfrvj the y•ar. Irb ryop•￿ tri¥ rerw)rt thè TNst•es ave18ken olthe 3m•l ¢¢rfnpath exomOw pwtr4hJKI by S¢¢b 41Mofts Cthry•thsk12Cth.

SMART WORKS READING TRUSTEES REPORT {INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) {CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2Q20 Fts¢ur• W•n• D•llv•rfng ourThrn• Y•ai Pl•n by ￿15 On thè 1st Apnl 2022. Srn•rt R•8¢YrwJ b•gon frf y•ar of •n Tlww Y•w a• pwrt of th• Smirt Woths Group In r•sF4)n¥• lo a S49r￿n¢¥￿t InL¥tso kn neèd lor th8 athice pro¥thd In wr area. Thls plan 18 now comp￿• and xl￿￿¥￿ consthabon hos 8UFPthd lh• of ts new y••r ￿4n. Mthl¢h wlll be l•unchtyd In 2025. bu1￿ ￿ Ihb surt•ss 01¢￿ Th• COSld4Mng cn¥vJ hBy W 8 d8va5t4tw Iho we wv• and the ew9k)n ol our 88r¥i¢a h8S b•en ftK)r• urgenl Tho h)b mgrket tho ¥rve. %tho aro apklOng for •n •voMg• of 38 role5 wthoul up Ifom 22 ￿ 2022. Tho n•w Is lovjmd w th• Icdhylr¥ fv• Str•t•9k Prhfhy Alm R•ith morn ￿M•￿ • •¥ii• t¢ •rrtur• •very w•m•n who could •fft trom Smrt Worts can •¢usi ow 5•ryiC• tnJsled. go lo. S•￿¢• o Alm io b• fiahonaty r•t•gnis•d as the l•adkng •Mce for unemployed women Foi •v•ry wom•n •1 any sla9• e r•co9nls• Ihal wom•n r￿d thfferenl klnth ol pport •1 th"ffw•ni pdnls kn thelr wowking IIv•g Rai4• Oui Vofjce • us• oui voke lo infiu•n¢• pvb4c 07scours• nd pjlky •mund wom•n's un•mpltyym•nt Stren￿hen Oui FoundatJon$ • wiH bL#ld Ihe Infv8Strudvr•. £uhur• •nd fvnding ft¢•d•d lor susl8inaty• 9lOVrth. ground•d in ilabki ya¢tr•s •Ad corrtlnuovs knprovemenl To •¢hv• Ih•s• •in6 kn oui are•. we wTrl. aThJ deepen tyJr Smpxt.. . 8tr•nglh•n •nd Exp•nd C•r••r CoKhlr•g 8•r¥lc•B W• wll revw •nd C•r•¢r Co8thrwJ drorfr¥￿r f8818sty¢Mlng •nsure consl¥te ddlvery. sC￿e ￿Jr reach. r•flne N8 Inwt ￿ wmn's •m￿nt oultyne5. . Iner••B• Corw•rnlon from Carn•r Co•ehlrw to Irrt•r¥l•wOfvb#kng W• ￿11 focus on ImwO￿r￿￿ the ethvenitin rJt• from Cvrw to Dres&ffl9 appohlments, c0gTr15￿n9 thls 89 a r8•Yy4made ￿p￿Ine. 88tter thlegratsn betrY8en Ihw $8rylces ll bèn•fft gur ful offer and supwt us in re8chiryJ wr annu￿ targets. D••p•n L¢¢al P*rtn•r•hlp• •nd Communlty Fundraknlng We to bulk1 strower rdqtyonshlps tw$in¢s￿. chwtsel, grcKps to Srwle 8waren8s8. 8XP8nd ref01r￿ pothw. saDJrn 8u8talnat48 strea￿ to 8uFwt

SMART WORKS READING TRUSTEES REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORTI ICONTINVEO} FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 m•ko and roniinuous￿ imtYo¥e Ihe quA&'ty olour aefyte ly¢￿0ty. . Expkn Mor• CMt&ll•ctlv• Prm1￿ 4rKI EXP￿ Into Slouoh W• r•vkw our current olncè aTharyffnis th a ¥16w lo kl•ntyThJ cost4ffK&?nl opkn5. A molLY 8mbllion Is to creats 8 &nart Works hL&) tn Shxffjh, wpporttd by kncoltHArss fi#￿In9. to provld• 4cc&ssille. p￿(￿baSed ar•a of W r. Equlty. Dlv•rny & Inekmlon In J￿0 2023. Srn•rt Wothi o now Equty. Lliv•r¥ty & strattyy. Th• 8trai8oy • frarf•wk for htyw 4M Sm•rf Wcrfk• c•ntrM ¥MII ThJnw• i tyjkure of dN•¢slty •TrJ I￿u¥￿ty. ￿•r tho laii y••r. SmDrt he8 d•liverod Imwrt•nt Initi•1￿88 10 W¢greu lh$ wtr*. Thi¥ kndude8 IraiNng for ¥t•ff. tru¥lee¥ •nd vdunitér¥. d8rn0gF•phk d8t8 acroM ￿terna t￿￿ThI￿. 8nd Its thun¢h of • Cben¢ Ch•mpipn Wé want Smart Wtyk¥ lo be a Yhttore •¥er>w l•qlu •cc•W. ot48 to t￿•. ¥¥h6th•r thay sl•ll, v(Aunl•èrs, INii•M. yrtnw¥. rknt¥. Sman Worki f¢••diry * commNi•d en IM￿•m•ni￿9 )mmunity. Th• IN¥tw• reFx)rtw￿ 4pwowd by Powd ¢4 TnJ¥i••i. Hek•n Frwrjs D•t•'.

SMART WORKS READING STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBIUTIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AIARCH 2025 Tho trusi•o$. are V direclrrt ol Sman W¢th Readiry purp)se of company Lffi¥. Ire respon5itle lor propaTrng Ihe Trustses Rew 8nd the in aCC4ydanc8 •ptle tDw Llnrfed Ctynpxny law requlr•s th• IDJSWaS lo fv)8ntr4 knr finpn(lal y•rth gN• I trug •nd llr Incem0 and eXPthdilur•. olth• th•rtat4• Ciyrwny IDr In kn888 fln8n(ial sLg18rnffits. tr h1518￿ • WLw•d lo. . 8d•cl surtabla BcwJnbry polKm end than 8PFty Ilvn ttroMnty. .obsefv• the m•ththYs on¢ prfnoth• In th• Charts SORP.. - maké iudgom•nts and •sbmat•¥ •r• rna•onat4• and . smi• wh•ih•i ￿p￿1¢a￿0 VK Att￿n11r￿j St•nd•rds b••n t￿>•d, any dwanur•# ththsod •nd •xp+ain8d In lh• f￿1￿£181 8tsimnl8. . prepai¢ the finanual 1141orrb8nt$ tho w c¢J)c•rn b/th ta V•SL¥rn th•1 th• I coniirw ￿ ¢JFrnw. The INat•88 ¥• r88pmW• accwitrg lh rnaaonaN• at 4ny ￿rn• IM fin•T￿l81 ol lh• Ch¥iity •nd •n8bl• thwn to thei tho •t8t•mthil# Lyffipty Ihe Cornp8niBsALI 2￿. Thty atso r•wt46 knr s•199uarthw ￿ 8880ts of th• ch￿ and l¢r l•k rn•sOna￿¥ 5￿p1 for kY•w¢)n d•l•c￿Th ￿fr￿1 otrr 4r•w¥￿1.

SMART WORKS READING INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF SMART WORKS READING ye4r endod 31 March 2025. R••pom￿lI1tI•• •nd ba•lts of rnp•rt As th• lrnstaes ol fv Cherfty IrA rAso Is dhtiorn puws•s I￿1, Y￿ are rwon841 far ¥aiofi•d ihal thfr ol th• Cth￿ty w• rw¥ed lo bo wJrt•d undw P8rt 16 or tha Compar481 Act 2tth and or• dlgt4è lor IndepaThY•nl 8y•mlrt8kn. I r￿￿1 In resped my •x•MM￿ of Ch•rfty's flnancwl Sl8lwn￿ts c8th•d 145 rA lh& Ch•nI￿1 Ad 2011 In carryirvJ out rny •xamhalkn I h•¥•fCJ￿ by lh• 1445Xbl ol tho Chartti•$ Act 2011. Ind•p•rthDI •x•mkn•h •t•••n I h•W compkni•d rny •ythMiw. l rK) m•ilWB ¢4TrJ * my •iiwti￿ in vthh the •￿In•l￿)n 9￿1n9 m• cauvts) thai In maiwlal r•wct' •¢cwnlin9 k•Pt th• Chwty 386 C(mpnwi Ad th• finand•l do Mt bkn• rttordl: ¢v th• flnimal 81oi¢m•nts do rb eoff¥y 39B ol Ad ZOC6 oth¢f Ihan wy r¢9uirewl th•1 ts fi￿￿4 •nd latr vw. Is Mi • m•tter ¢￿Il￿Or•d •t Pert ol On c¢ lh• finnu•l h•￿ no¢ b••n ) ¥￿1h th• IMlhoJA and wln•rl•8 ¢1 lh• St•tem•nt ol R•ts)mm8rthd Pr&tw and ch•nt*¥ 10 ch•nii•s IFRS 1021. ¥h¢LthJ b• r•wi in ty¢•r ¢4tr• rfft•r￿ to b• i••¢h•d. G•ry Pr••dy FCA Gr•vlt• Audlloxford LLP First F￿. P•th C￿traI 4LH1 PafA En¢J Sife•l Oxty OX1 1JD D•t•.' io.

SMART WORKS READING STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUOING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Total fun¢• 2025 funds 20Z4 fund• 2025 2024 Donaiknn$ and kn9ac• Othw Ir8dlng 91.520 72.187 .831 172,3$1 72.187 48.1n 924 105.098 55.5L)) Total Ineon¥J 163,707 ,831 244.538 103.672 160,596 eAp•ndltur• on: 10. 156.824 10209 217.078 4.972 138.an 4.972 t07,501 48,824 Total •xp•rthr• 186,833 .154 227.287 113.849 48.624 192,473 N•t I￿OmI11•xP•nIItrjThI •nd mov•rn•nt In lundi 13,1261 20,377 17.2S1 140.1771 (31,8771 R•¢ort¢M1￿on ol fvr•d•'. Fund b8lanc•s at 1 AprA' 2W24 08.476 25.129 113.eo)S 128.653 16.829 145.482 Funo b*￿•• •t J1 IAwth 2025 4&506 130,858 88,476 25,129 113.60$

SMART WORKS READING BALANCE SHEEr AS AT 31 MARCH 2025 11 192 14,336 23.03 26,$03 20,183 32.613 49.893 13 134.119 103.369 14 111.4551 14.1L¥)I 122.884 99289 120.058 113,605 45, 25.129 18.476 17 130.058 113,805 2Cth. trth•y••r•TrY•d 31 2025 -12-

SMART WORKS READING NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Attountlng powc Ch•rtty Irrform•llon Smart Wtyk5 Re•Jng ￿ • chadt8t48 compwy I￿t￿j by gLwanlÉo fjn aNJ WalDi. ¥tw•d Is 94 L¢M¢kn Strefyt. Reodlw. 88rtth. RG14SJ. 1.1 Ac¢ount4 con¥•n Th• finanuel ¥iai•m•nts h•v• in accordan¢• ¥Ylth tho ch￿￿$ y4wnirvJ do¢umonl. the Cryni•s Aci 2￿. FRS 102 Yh• Sthndwd apF4it4bkry ￿ lh• UK and Republ￿ of Ir•l•nd' I-FRS 102.1 Ind the Char6￿ SORP 'A¢couNiry Ind Rer)Fting by si••menl Recornrrnnded Pr•¢b¢• apF4icabl8 to th•rt•S kywrry Ihw 8ccounts in 8cmrd•rKe ￿1￿ the FINI￿￿1 R•porhng siandard appl￿1¢4￿ IN tr• UK and Rwkc of Ir•lbJ IFRS 102r i•if¢ctho 1 J•nuary 20191. Th• Chariiy is a Pybk B•rt•frt Entity ￿ dofm•d by FRS 102. The Chjrfty hm l•n •J¥￿ta￿ ol SOAP lty ¢hwkns rvjt to k¥w•r• • &at•mwl of C••h Th• fin4ndal S￿leM•￿t$ are woparnd IN lwth h the cur•nty ￿ lh• Chlty. Mon•i•ry amuhts in lh￿ tsttyyn￿ w• rourthd 10 ib• rwrmi E. 1.2 Odn9 GQn¢•rn At tho lim• ol •pptho lh• 8t•t•rrwts. Irwi￿ • r•••¢m •xp•o•tkn) th•t th• Ch•rtty h•$ idoquats re￿re￿ to ￿[nu• In •xl$w for th• lor•w￿ lutyr•. Thu• lh• ￿1 lknu• to adopt the llokng corK•rn ol •c¢ounVry In ywmrlng the fin•r￿￿ 8t•tsmonts. 1.3 Ch•rtt•bh lund• Ureslrtct•d luthds v• •v•Hot4è th• bl•t•88 of th•lt•tA• R••¢rf¢•d fvndl wr• •uyed ts SF•(k eoThJWi by •• lo hry4 ¢W ffliy b• umd. T 1A In¢om• donat4Ms 8rv re¢oJnis•d M rec•pL Othw r•¢wMd the Ch•W ha5 t)•on rrf)tifd ol lh• donakn, unB• r•quk• d8kn of tho M￿ni. lncCrfr￿ tax r•rJ)v•r8bkry In th• (arity gThJ Imir TrthJ8 ean be m•aswed kbilh M8wat48 acwraky. Tho vkn piacod on thaso r•swrc86 rJ Ihr ¥8lw 10 V chanty. Thè trustees cwsthr it 10 Iw8wre the vllue of hetr c(￿￿u0￿1￿. 88 F4rrrkned by thè SORP. tsir r¢¢C4ri￿ in Ihe sl•len*￿8 bul i¥ 13.

SMART WORKS READING NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS {coKllNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Ae¢ourfing pokk•• IconYnu•dl l.S Exp•nrtitw• Expendllur• 15 r•cc8nW orK• Ihwo b 8 coftstrLKV• Otrftgatton to trv4f•r b•nofil 10 • thlrd perty, probable that I Ir8n$f•r d e¢>ywr b￿offt5 wll ￿ r•qthJ ￿ selU•rn8nt. ano the 8mount of Expthidtturfj 15 cl•ssW by •clMty. Th• el oach acuvty ar• mad• up of th• tatal of dlred costs ark1 ¥harnd costs. Indudiw suFport C4Sts invcfvad In un(lerlthng •8ch acbty. Oirecl costs aknbulatrA• to • sing aciThty ar• ￿kX818d airecty to thal actmty. Shw&J tcth to Ihan oft8 athvity gTrJ ¥UFWt costs which arn not aftribAaN• kn a Jr• •pFth￿d ￿1￿08n on 8 bul• con$istsntwlh tho ol rnswrr• 1.1 T•nglbl• nx•d •18•ts Tgnglbltr fvA•d 8ssol8 aro m•••w•J •1 rnMwr•d at C4￿ ¢x vahjatknn. not of ua•lul IN$ cffl Ihe bases.. cMth• pwljd ofth• l••M on IM 8lra#Jhl lkn• q•kn or rKs lh• •••t h d￿•M1￿¢ •5 dhlorerth ttha•n tr• 1.7 Ifflp•lM•nt 01 flx•d •8••t• AI ￿L repo￿￿9 •nd dt•. lh• Ch•nty th• urrtr¥vJ wro￿18 LY twythl• 4u•ts to é•t•rnino wh•lh•r Ih•r• is any thot ¢hc•• •M•ts hm •uffw•d w imyffmtinl M any Ju¢h Indicatlon •xi•ts, th• F•cov•r#w• nount ol lh• au•t i• ••knal•d ￿ ord•r to d•i•rriw th• oXt8nl el th• Impalmi• losi lil any). 1.9 C••h •nd caih •quSvalMts Cash and OW￿&￿Tri1 Ind￿J8 cash kn IwThl. r•1 borthj, tslh•r borwng5 in rjxrenl Ii•blth¥ 1.10 R•lhm•n¢ b•n•fft* 14.

SMART WORKS READING NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ICONTINUED FOR THE YEAR EIIDED 31 MARCH 2025 •sbmai•s Bntt as8unwticffi$ 8tKwJl tho wnryJM ci a88ats •nd I￿9￿111￿ thal are nol raadrfy 8pparenl rrom oth•1 sourett. #nd a5Ko•i•J 8ssu)wttrt5 ¥9 ba$8d on h6￿￿916￿p0lI0n¢O 8nd olhor rn8108 rncoanittd In Ihe pwKJ 08lhD•lO l& rwd thg rw$Kin affods wly th•1 T¢1 furbd• 2024 fun¢J• 2024 2025 2025 2024 46,020 45.X 48.02Q 105.818 20.$13 28.122 20,050 31.122 $8,221 17.753 00.318 20.513 38.111 17.753 91.520 80.831 172.351 48.172 56,924 105,096 Unrn•trftl•d UnrHtrict•4 luthd fund¥ 17.704 21,197 19,939 FU)dr4￿nI Shop incLVM •rfSm•rfwry 13.895 72.187 15-

SMART WORKS READING NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Exp•ndMur• on rnl•lngfur Unr••trlct•d Vrn•trl¢t•d fund fund• 2025 2024 Fundrnl•ln9 1Th1 publkKy Markollng ¢9sts sioglng luThlr8kw"ng e¥en 878 4.128 10.209 4,972 Exp•ndltur• t￿￿1•bIl •dl¥lO Chavtt•bl• Ch•rlt•b a¢tlvltl•• 24 2025 Staff cNt5 O•pr•&•tton tylnr Prtmiies rel•ted dir¢4 Otherdir•cl •xponditurg 112.222 6.144 66.783 19.300 4.548 83.619 6.144 68.953 17,753 6.754 209.tr)7 181.223 $￿T• ofjupport *nd IM• D¢)ts Tl Support 7,202 5.329 949 217,078 187,501 by fw Unre$lrtl8d I￿￿8.901￿ Re51rtcled fund8 156.824 60.454 138.877 48.624 217.078 187.501 16.

SMART WORKS READING NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ICI)NTINUED} FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 2025 2024 1,140 2.487 2.1e S¢•IKffi•ry. •fvJ Sundry •xp•nsrture 8ank ¢lwg•s Slaff roLg18d 745 322 1.180 S52 2.155 8,071 6,278 8.071 6.278 Gov•m•nc• ¢•th pay1r￿S lo E7c￿ + VAT 12024.. £8501 f Tr lee th• •ctwnls ￿£1.7￿& * VAT12024.. E1.VA) * VATI to Ifthpwthnl •x•mkn o b•ir8 p•id lor by p•wl ¢wty. Trn•t• yw12024." MI. 2026 2024 Numb•t Numb•r Employrmnt ¢Mts 20 2024 102.026 77,581 Sodal s•cudty rmts 1.492 112,222 83.619 17-

SMART WORKS READING NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED FOR niE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 R•munw4tK)n d k•y m•Mg•m•nt 2024 29.270 44,907 Th• 4g9rngel• •mploy•• benefits N4thywl 1ry•jw￿ ￿4￿nI￿1￿) 10 T•xallon Th• cmnty * ex•mo thx an goffts SOL￿ 505 clth TaA•A Aci 1988 or M¢tthi 252 of Ino T•x•lw gl Choryfrrt4• GAGt 1992 ts th• •thni thol are 8pOod to tts ¢h•rttablo objockn. 11 T•h9lbl•llx•d u••ty At 1 &>ri12024 At 31 14w¢h 2tr O•pr•¢l•Won and AIlW1￿24 15,3eo 6,144 At 31 Mari 2025 21,9J4 C•vryln• •rnouni At 31 Mor¢h 2025 8.192 A¢ 31 Mwch 2024 14,336 12 Sto¢th• 2025 2024 18-

SMART WORKS READING NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 13 D•blO 2025 2024 Amount• l•llr4 du• y•w'. Tr•de dobl¢ 21.$03 30,754 26,503 32.613 14 Cf•dltorn.' lamlng du• oMy•w 2025 Tr•d• v•ditQrn u•dilorn 276 8.T79 110 2,776 4,ICQ IS R•tlr•m•nt b•n•fft 202$ 2024 1,492

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