AIM25 Annual Report and Accounts For the period ended 31 March 2026 A cliarity registered in England and Wales (No. 11611908). Registered Office.. 42 Thorncliffe Road, Southall UB2 5RQ Contents Refereiice and Administrative Details Truslces, Report Receipts and payments Statement of assets and liabilities AIM25 Reference and Administrative Details Registei'ed ituiiibei.: A charity registered in England and Wales (No. 1168908). Regi.s'tevÉd OffiL'e.' 42 Thorncliffe Road Souihall UB2 5RQ Ti'u)tee3.' Sarah Aitchi50n Lorna Bannister Robert Baxter Geoff Brow¢ll Victoria Cranna Patricia M¢thv¢n Anne Rainford (Secretary) (Chainnan) (Treasurer) Banker.s.' National Westminster Bank Fleet Street Branch POBox281 156 Fleet Street London EC4A 2DX Legal Advisers.. Veale Wasbrough Vizards LLP Second Floor 3 Brindleyplace Birminghain BI 2JB Trustees, Report The INslea% present their report for the period ended 31 March 2026. Structure, GovernAnce and MAllAgement AIM25 was ¢slabli5hcd as a Charilablc Incorporated Organisation and rcgFislered as a charity in England and Wales with number 1168908 on 24 August 2016. The charity is governed by its Lonstitution which follows the Charity Commission's foundation model. The trustees of the charity are detailed on page l. The trustees arc the only voting member8 of the charity. The Lharily may have betwcen five and Icn t￿Stees, who must be appointed by the members by ordinary resolution. New trustees receive an induction froin the Chainnan of Trustees. Trustees are chosen for their relevant expertise. but any training needs are addressed as requircd. Th¢ charity has no staff. The trusteeg have reviewed the major risks to which Ihc charity 15 exposed and hav¢ put in place sy5terns or procedures to rnanag￿e those risks. They identified the principal risk as bcing a shortage of funds. Having Spent many yeai's trying and failing to secure new sources of funding, the t￿Stee8 have now addressed this risk by id¢nlifying (i Lorporate partner, Max Communications, able and willing to pri)vide archive digitisatjon and website hosting qerviees on a pro bono basis. Funding should now only be required for special project5. Loss of the corporate partner would pose an existential risk. The trust¢es will continue to pursue alternative sources of funding Éo mitigate this but recognise that this may not b¢ possible. Objectives and Activities The charity's objects are.. To advance the ediiealion ofthe public and iofurthey such purp03es which are charitable in accordaKce with Ihc law of England a17d Wales whieh relates to ilie eslabl£shmenl, niainlenaitce. opei-alion and developnieiit ofai'chive.s which are eithei. piiblic orfrom wliich ihe piiblic may benefil and iv promole e]Jicienl recoyds management rtiid tlie presen>atiort ofliistoj'ical, edilcalion. ciiltui-al, scienlific (includi)Ig leckKologv and medicine) or other ai'chives andfiiriliering Éheii" accessibiltly to ihe general piiblic in order to encoui'age ihe use ofarchives iii the Uiiited Kingdoni. The charity's main activity is to support the development of and public access to historical archives held tn the London area. It primarily does this by providing onlin¢ ac¢es5 via its website (li ii'w.aim?5.ti1)11)) to collection level descriptions from the archives of over one hundred and fifty higher education institutions, learned societies, local authorities, cultural organisalions and livery companies within the regiun, for the purposes of research, leaching and public eiijoyment. Public Benefit The trustees are Lommitted lo ensuring that the work of the charity is for the public benefit, taking full account of the published Charity Commission guidance. The charity's principal activity of providing online access to archives li¢ld within the IA)ndon area satisfies the prim¢lry charitable purpos¢ of tlie advancGment of education. Achievements and Performance The main achievement of the charity ig to make partiier archives available to the public via its website. Thc trustees seek to encouragJe ¢ligible archiv¢s not yet affiliated to the charity to join but non¢ have done so this year. Financial Revie In the past, the charity has relied on affiliation fees from partner archives to fund its activities. However, following the pandemic it b¢came clear that this was not a sustainable model going fo￿ard. As described abovc, the trustees were fortunate 10 8ecure (Igreement froin Max Cominunications to digitise partner (Irchives and red¢v¢lop th¢ charity's website to make tho8e archives accessible to tlie public. Max Communications und¢rtook this work on a pro bono basis. Max Communication8 have kindly agreed to host the website on an ongoing basis. The trnsl¢¢s estimat¢ that this suppoit is worth approximately £1,000 pa. The trustee5 ar¢ ¢xtreinely grateful to Max Communications for all their support. Reserves Pollcy In view of the support of Max Comrnuni¢ations outlined above, which should mean that the Gh(trity does not need any regular income, only one-off grants for special projects, the trnstees have reduced th¢ reserves target to £1,000, whi¢h should be sufficicnt to pay a commercial supplier to host and maintain the charity's website for a year should Max Communications withdraw thcir 8UPPOrt. This would hopefully give tirne to eblablish whethcr alternative sustainable sources of funding could be found. Actual res¢rves at year-end, following some residual expenditure transferring website services to Max Communications, were £71 l. The trust¢¢s are exarnining the scope to raise a small amount of unrestricted funding to bring the reserves in line with the target. Plans for Future Periods The trustees are always on the lookout for other eligible archives which they would eneourage to becorne affiliated to th¢ charity to raise awareness of thcir collections. The Irustecs are also exploring the feasibility of securing funding for further activities which would benefit partner archives, including educational and networking meetings. Finally, the trustees are exploring the scope to submit applications for consortium grants off¢red by The National Archives. Two projects in particular are being considered.. Digitisation of London's parish magazinesllocal residents, magazines. Thebe provide an ama7.ing record of the history of the capital since the late 19th century. Many (ire uncollcctvd and don't feature in the copyright libraries. Hidden London- uncollected archives in the capital. FinanciAI Statements The charity has chosen to prepare receipts and payments accounts. As the gross income is bclow the threshold at which an independcnt examination is required, the trustecs have opted not lo have the accounts examined. Anne Rainfoyd Treasurer 9 April 2026 Am125 STATEI MENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR THE PERIOD FROM I APRIL 2025 TO 31 MARCH 2026 Unrestricted Funds 2026 Total Funds 2026 Total FuDd5 2025 Receipts Affiliation f¢c8 Total receipt5 Payments Website hosting Wcb$ile development Archive liai50n Legal fees Insurance 434 434 685 .260 90 90 90 Total payments 524 524 2.035 Net retelpts l {paymenl8) for period (524) {524) {2.035) Reconcilifttlon C&%h brought fonvard Nei rcceipls l (payment.%) for period 1,235 {5241 1,235 1524) 3,270 (2,035) Cash carried forwArd 711 711 1.235 Atm25 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIE.S AS AT 31 MARCH 2026 Unrestrleted Funds 2026 'rot41 nds 2026 Assets Cash at bank and in hand 711 Total a58cts 711 711 Ll4bllltSes Amollnts owed lo suppliers Amounts owed to iNstees Tot81 liabilitles Approved by the Trustees on 9 April 2026 and signed on th¢ir b¢half by: Anne Rainford Treasurer Notes l. There were no guarantees outstanding as at 31 March 2026. 2. Ther¢ w¢re no debts outstanding) as at 31 MarLh 2026 seLured by a charge over the charity's assets.