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BEGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 117(W4 rtortheTn￿￿ FI￿*￿£521 Ststements Cor the Ettdtd 31 2024 Botton Higsojjs Litnited Ac£ountsnts Offices l atjd 2 IA King Street F2rnwortb Bolton Greater ma￿hester BL47AB

Bolton Contttits of tbe Financial Stxtemeuts for the Year Ended 31 Nlartb 2 24 Report of the T￿￿tte$ I to 2 tndep¢DdeJ)t Report Ststement of Fingndal Actlvltles Balance Sheet 'otes to the FinneSal Statements 6 kn 10 Detalled Statement of FinDtial A¢tiv6tles

Bolton Samaritans Report of the Trustees for the Vear Ended 31 Mareh 2024 The M￿te&S Present their report with the fitwicial ststements of the chan.ty for the year eth 31 March 2024. The trnstees hav¢ adopte4J the provisiorLS of AccounliDg a￿1 R¢￿ttng by Cbarittcs.. Stst¢m¢nt of R¢conYA¢nd¢d Practic¢ applicable to charits.es PTepaTing thffl"r xcounts in accordance with the Fitvncial Reportjng Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 102) leffectiye l January 2019). ObJeitAvts and xlms Thc pnncipai objective of Bolton sanwi.tans is to offer confithntiai emotic￿1 sunKrt for p&)ple who &Ee su2cidaL d¢spainn8 aTKi pa55in8 through PET50nal crisi5. ACHtEVEMENT AND PERFORMAf¥CE Fundrai%ing activities Total incoming Tesowces foT the ye4r were £43.595 {2023. £40.666). Deficit for the yeAr w8s £4J24 12022. deficit £10.083). FifiANCIAL REVTEW Reserves policv Total Teserves at ihe year end wer¢ £193.540 including a designad tesetve of £19,OCA) deemed ￿ be suffi¢ieDS to cover Six rmnths running cosrs, In order to allow for the OTdcrly wir¥Jing up of the eharity, should CiTcum5rances require this. STRucfuRE. GOVERJ4AL¥CE AND ￿f￿AGEmENT Governing document The charity is contmlled by its govoning d(YumenL a ded of trust and constr"￿tal an unit)corpoTated chan"ty. RF.FEREliCE AND ADMINISTrATIVE DETAIiS Regislered Charity number 1170604 Principal addre&s 16 Bark Street Easi Bolton Lancashire BLI 2BQ Trustees M Rilty Treasurer T Kempster Trustee M Kennedy Secretary M Greenhalgh TTU5t¢c (". Thtelfall J Taylor Tn]stee G GNndy Trustre (app)inted 14.9.23) Independent Exandtter Colin Turner ACCA Higsons LimEted ALcountants Officeg l and 2 l A King Strttt F3rnWOrth Bolton CJTeater Manchester BL47AB P48¢ 1

Bolth rt ofthe Trustees for the YeY4r Ended 31 ￿l￿rth 2024 Approved by orderof the board of tr￿Stee$ l July 2024 aN1s]￿Kd on Tts tthalf by.. M Greenholgh- TnL8tee Page 2

IndopendwLls8rniiieT'5 ligptsrt.to I"rustte5 of Bolion Samarit￿5 Independent exami￿er,5 report ihe irusit¢5 of Bohon Sgmarit3n5 I rep()rt io thL' chanty, mL%ieth on m%. e¥arnIn￿]0￿ i?f Tk. accwrtts Bohon SatnantsTL% iihl for thL year cnded ?1 Nlorch ?{)?4 Reswn5iliililies #nd basis ofrtport .45 Ih= iharin. EN%ieiS Ot" Ihe Tw¥1 iou art reswnsible the prtpjrdtth of the accounts in accordance w'lrh the r¢qiii]LtThL'lllS ofthe ChEtiti# kni ?01 I Ilh¢.Itl'l. I ￿ort In rLwekl olm￿. exammaiioft of TnLsrfs account& &￿ed oui under Seaion 145 ot the.4cr and m oui mv ex￿)i￿all{ln I hait follc>wttl all aAilicabk DirniiiTh by the llwty ￿)Ib￿>LS￿l ￿￿er SttiNin 14515Mbi i)f rhe Aci. Indeptndeni t￿mInty'S St4iemeni I Iiaie con)pl¢td m!. ¢unun11i￿. I confirni thai Ro t￿llendi rndr¢r5 ha￿ c(Mne to att¢tition ￿ connttiiojj wjth the exaiiiiiulioii gisiiie IMe iaU%e E(k&lÈL've that in anv ￿￿e￿al w. aLcouniinbJ reiords- ￿'ere ikn)t kepi In resreci of the Tnw as Eequir￿1 b) knion 130 of rlie ACL or Ihi accoullii 40 a¢iord H ith tlw. reconL%: or thk a¢¢OIIOL% do not ¢omplY Mith th¢ arollcabli requi￿rne￿5 ihe foFm arxl conieiil ol. aicounh set oui Iii thc Chanii%s IAcwwits and R¢p)rt51 Regulaiions othLY Tlkin an} rcyuiTern¢nt thdi th¢ accounis ¥ii'c a IFUC aiid fa. ir wi¢w ￿h1￿h i% a JnaifLY db pan of an Ewni LLAtn5]utiun. I liai'e no Lonc¢nLS and hal'c aly1￿% TKTr OtEr maiiets in ¥1)nn￿lI0n M"iih ih. ekwninaiion ts) ￿'hICh ollClTrtion shKil¢J be dyawn in rhis Jrwt in ro enable a PToper und¢w5[aMl￿ of tht accounisw b¢ Yt4ched. Colkn TumL* ACLA Higsons LimtL OtTJLi% l and l A Kiiig %ire Farniiorth Boliott 6￿aler NlanLhcsiLY BI.4 7AH I lllly ?0) Page X

S4mgTitans Stalement of Fina Acliiitie5 for the Year Ended 31 11￿2024 31.3.24 Unrestnrted Total fil￿15 Nos INCOME AND ENDowNIEKfs FROM Donations and legxies 14.474 15,738 Other trading acllwties Invesllnent inc4)me 25,823 3.297 23,747 Total 43.594 40,666 EXPENI)ITURE ON Raisittg fun( 19.074 25260 Chgritsble actiwit Direct charitsble expedibjre 21,193 25,489 Total 40267 50,749 ET INCOMFJ(EXPEETIITURE 3.327 (10.0831 RECONCtLIATION OF FUNDS Total funds broughi forward 198.( 208,147 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 201,391 198,064 uotrs fonn pan olthcs¢ fM￿jai statanellts Page 4

Bolton Sxmarilxns 31 March 2024 31.3.24 Unre%tncted 31J.23 Total Notes FIXED ASSETS Tangible assets 121.535 114,135 CURRENT A&Strs Dcbiors Cash at bank 5.029 77J85 5,27 80.496 82,414 8S.774 C.RF.DITORS Amount5 fallin8 due within one year (2.5581 (1.8451 hET CURRENT ASSETS 79.856 83,929 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CITRRENT LIAIJILITIES 201,391 198,064 ET ASSETS 201.391 198.064 10 Unrestn¢ted funds 201.391 198.064 TOTAL FUNDS 201,391 198.064 The financlat statements wet¢ approved by the Boud of Trn5te¢s ar￿ auih0ri5&1 for iswe ott l July 2024 snd wer¢ sign¢d on its behalf by.. n7.C M Greenhalgh. TnJste¢ The notes foFm part of these fmatKME 5tstcm¢nts Pa8e 5

Bol D samarit￿$ I Statements ed 31 Marth 2024 f4br the Year F. ACCOUNTING POLICIES Basi5 of preparing the finnel#l statements The financial statements of the clJaTity, wbicb is a pubbe entity wjder FRS 102, have iwi pryared in ac(ordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting aTMJ Rewrting by ChaTittes.' Ststement of RttomDMided Practic¢ applicable ro cbanttes prq)anDg their xcollnts ID accordance wtth the Financ￿1 Rtporting Standard applicable tn the UK aTMI Rcpublic of Jreland {FRS 1021 {effective l January 20191.. Financlal Re￿rtIng Standard 102 The Fit)anLial RepoTts"ng Ststmlard appli¢ablc in the UK and R¢public of Jreland, and the clwits.cs Act 2011. The finan¢tsJ Ststem￿ts have p]rpared utmkr th¢ histoncai c05t conveni￿n. Incorne All in¢oTne is recowsed m th¢ Statemeni of FinaDc¥al Activities ottct the cls8rity has entill￿ent to the fimd5. 11 is probable that the iTKome ￿ThI1 be r¢ttived and the amounl Can bc measured reliably. F.xpenditure Liabdities ￿ tccogDised &$ CA￿￿.￿re as scm &$ tlKre is a legal OT eODStnKtive obligab.on cornrnitting the charity to thai EXpeT￿1￿re. it is P￿babIe that a trwJsf¢r ofe￿￿0￿]C beT￿rits will be ieqlliied Jn %ttlcment a]]d the amount of the obligahon can be Measur￿ retmbly. EXp¢nd1tt￿e is ac¢oulltgJ for on an a¢¢Tuats basis h&8 been cl&ssified und¢T headings thai aggregate all relakd tts the category. ￿ere costs cannot be directly aitributed ￿ particular ￿ tFy have i￿en all(xated to acnvitie5 on a btsis ¢OLSiS(ent with the use of resouwes. Tanglble fixed assets Cpreciat￿n is provided at the following annual rates in orthr ￿ wrtte off assel over its estimated useful lifc. Fixknes and fittings 15•/0 oo JrknJc]Dg ba12Dce No depreciation is provid¢d OTh prom ￿ the trustees ¢oTMkr the value of tk ptoperty to be not less than the 2LKM) revaI￿allOn of £50.(KKI ph]s sut6equeni *ldthlls. Taxatio The cban.ty is excmpt from t&x on its clwitsble xrivities. Fund accounting Unr¢stricted fund5 Gaaj k used in x(x)rdaTKe chatitable objecuves at the diKretion (pf the trustees. Reskn¢ted funds can only be used for pathcular restricted pur[K￿£S within the objects of the ch8rity. Restrictions arise when sFrcified by the donor orvthcn fijnds aTE ra￿A forp•thcular Ta￿l¢ted Further explanation of the n￿tsre a￿1 Purpose of e¥h fiMMI is inclutsj In the TM>tes to the fiT￿nCIal stskments. Branch contribution The Ciwge for brdnch colltributiot) in the incorne aTrJ exr£nth"lure accouttt is ba￿d OJ actual p8)rynents made ID the ￿cOunting period. Th¢ w5t of th¢ br?￿h contnbution was Pre￿oU5￿ accounttsl for on an accnjals basis. Page 6 ontiThued...

SAMS olcs to thc Financial Staten￿nts- continued for ihe I'eaT Ended l March 2024 OTHER TRADING AcnvrrtFs 31.3.24 31.3.23 Shop income 25,823 23.747 INVESTMENT INCOME 31.3.24 31.3.23 Dewsii ac¢ount Inte￿5t 3297 TRUSTEES. REMUNERATIOli AND BENEFITS There were no I￿51ees, remu￿ or other benefits for thc ye4T ¢odtyJ 31 M8rch 2024 nor for the year ended 31 March 2023. Trustees. expenses It LS the policy of 11¢ ¢hAn'ty lo Yeimburye all exptyw pr￿tly illCUTTed claimed by ie# volunteers in C02]nectson with ifs chantrble acliviiies. The tnwces are TeimErt￿ expense5 in ¥cordance with that tK)licy itt common with othcT volunteets ihc iotal sepatate an￿1 involved i• not tO￿￿1e1c4j rMtCn￿. STAFF COSTS The charity has rKJ ¢mployees. All Work cam¢d for the ¢h•rity 18 &)ne by volunm. The 4verag¢ monthly nunknr of employees thwm8 the year was as follows.. 31.3.24 31.3.23 No ernployee8 rte¢ived emohlln¢nts in ¢xce¥s of £60,OCfj. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENf OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITI Unrestricted INCOME AND ENDOWMEYIS FROM Donaiitsn5 and legacie5 15.73 Other trading activiiies Invcslment incom¢ 23,747 Total 40.666 ExPEND￿lRE ON Raising bjnds 25,260 ChArftble actiTAtks Lh"reet chantable ¢zrKditu 25.489 Totsl 50.749 WET INCOMEIIEXPEWDrruRP.) (10,083) PaEf 7 continued...

fltes to the Finan¢i21 Statements- eontinlled for the l'ear Ended 31 Marth 2024 COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMEYf OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES- CO￿tin￿ed Unrestricted funds RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total ￿ndS brought forward 208.147 TOTAL FUNDS CARRTED FORWARD 198,064 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Fixtur Frtthold fittinBs Totsls Ai l Apnl 2W23 Additions 141,475 24271 9.235 16S.746 Al 31 March 2024 141.475 33,506 174.981 DEPRECIATIOY Al l Apnl 2023 Char8¢ for year 30J44 21.267 1.835 1.835 Ai 31 March 2024 30J44 23,102 53,446 NET BOOK VALUE At 31 March 2024 10.404 121,535 At 31 March 2023 114,135 DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE ITrTfHIN ONE YEAR 31.3.24 31..1.23 PrepayTrnts and ¥¢￿￿j IT￿￿¢ 5,029 5,278 Pag¢ 8 continu&i..

BoltsB Samaritall5 l¥otes to the Financigl or he Y￿LE tements- 11 Marth 2 CREDITORS: AMOUTrITS FALLING DUE wrrHIN OYE YEAR 31.3.24 31.3.23 Tradc creditors Oth¢T ¢rediloT5 412 1,433 958 2,558 1,845 io. MOVEMENT IN FLNDS Net moVeM￿t At 31.3.24 At 1.4.23 Unrestrlcttd funds General fiJNi 198,064 3J2? 201.391 TOTAL FUNDS 198. 3.327 201,391 Net movement in Incl￿ in thc aEove we as follows.. Nlovem¢ni In furyjs rasources pendtsj Uttr*itrkted futtd¥ G¢n¢ral 43.594 140,2671 3,327 TOTAL FUNDS 43.S94 140,267) 3.327 Comparatlves for movement In hnd$ Ncl Move￿￿t in ￿ndS At -11.3.23 At1.4.22 Unrestrlcted funds Gener#1 fim 20R,147 (10,0831 198.064 TOTAL FUNDS 208.147 {10,083) 198.064 Comparative net movement in fiJTh&. i￿1￿J in the al>ove are &8 follows.. Incorning Rasources Movement bnrestrl¢ted General fund (50,749) {10,083) MTAL FUNDS (50,749) (10,083) continurd...

for the I'vdr Endtil Jl MOVEMENT FUNDS- ¢011linu¢d h20 10. A current year 12 months and prioryeaT 12 nx)nths combin￿￿)51110ll is as follows.. Net movem￿1 At 31.3.24 At 1.4.22 Unrestrfcted funds General fijnd 208.147 (6.756) 201.391 TOTAL FUNDS 208,147 {6,756) 201.391 A currenl year 12 montlLS and prior year 12 Months combiwj net movemenl in fiuth. inclu(kd in the ai¥>ve 4Te a¥ lollows.. Incoming Re5011rc sourtts expended Movcment Unr¢strkttd fynds General fund 84260 (91,016) 10,7561 TUTAL FUNDS 84,2fA) (91,016) (6,7561 RF,LATED PARTY DISCLOSURFS There were no r¢l&ted paty trarwtÈons for the year ended 31 March 2024. Page 10

Iled Statrment of Fittancial 31.3.24 31.323 INCOME AND ENDOWMEIY13 Donatlons und legaeStJ Gifts Donaijons 2(X) club Othcr events 14.247 15,156 230 352 38 14.474 15.738 Other tradlng act1￿￿ Shop Income 25.823 23,747 Investrntnt Income Deposit account Jnter¢ 3,2WI Totsl In¢omthg reJour¢es 43.594 40.666 EXPENDITURE R4lxlng donition5 and Itgrl Publicity 1,447 2,409 Other tradlng acdvltl Premises & s¢rvic¢s Shop reni 8.377 9,250 13,601 9,250 17.627 22,851 Charltable actlvltl Premise8 & serviies costs Travel expenses T¢lephnne Poslagc and Ststionery Volunteers, training & supwi Charitsble donation Depreciatiots of tan8iblc fix￿ ass¢ts 10.854 1.258 2.497 415 11.540 ,683 2,068 331 1,4R7 1,835 I,ooo 530 18.346 18.707 Stsppfjrt costs Governance costs AGM & bTrnch mectin8 espenses Branch contributson Accuununcy 692 1.465 690 560 5,532 690 2,847 6.782 Totsl rcsourcas cxpcnded 40,267 50.749 Net incornellexpendllurel 3.327 (10,0831 This dog forni pth orth¢ sratsllory fi￿￿lat Sth*rnents P38ell