REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 07742739 (EnBlaThl and Walu) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1172680 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENT5 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025 UFE SKILLS EDUCATION CHARITY Hewltt Card Llmlted Chartered Certffled Accountants 72 Nottlngham Road Mansfield Nottln8hamshlre NG18 1BN LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION CHARITY CONTENTS OF THE HNANCIAL STATBMENTS for the yAr ended 31 A￿Ul1 2025 Rwrt ol th• Tnmto 1 to 9 INk￿d8Tht Ewnln•V• Rwrt io St•t•wrt ol FIn￿￿la1 A¢tMtI 12 C•h Fknv Slatement 13 Notu to Ihe Cuh How Statement 14 Notu to the FlTrandal Stat¢rn• 15 to 21 D•tall•d StItwn￿ ol Flnanclal Advlll 22 LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION CHARrrY REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for yw ended 31 AUBU￿ 2025 The tNstees who are also dlrectors of ihe chrty for the purposes of the Companles Ad 2TrJ6, preseni ￿1r report with the financlal statements of the charity for the yeAr end&1 31 August 2025. The trustees have alopt*l the provliions of Accountlng and Reportln8 by Charftle5: 5tatemert of Recommend￿ P￿tICe appll(able to charltles preparlry thelr accounts In KLY>rdance with the Flnanclal Reportl StaThlard appllcable In the UK and Republlc of Ireland (FRS 1021 (effective 1 January 2019). OBIECflVES AND ACTi￿rIES ObJKtivu aml aiffl• Llfe Skllls Edwation Is a leadln8 UK provlder of evldenctrbased programrnes that eqvlp prfmary488 chlldren wlth the Ilfe aNI Mxlal skllls they need to make safe, confident declslons. Ground￿ In over 30 years of re*rch and pracilce, our work help$ young peopl• bulld reslllenc4 Stren8&￿ selfmmunltles, SUp￿rtIng Improvul emodonal wellbeln& itronger communlcatlon sklll4 Increa￿ confidence, and rnjllleno to r1￿. W• belleve that Invertln8 In youn8 people Is essertlal for bulldln8 safer futum for them and the communlljes In whlch they I1￿. ObJectlw• lor the ￿•r Each year, revlew our alms and oblecllvu to eniure our acttvllle6 contlnue to dellw meanln8ful publlc beneft Th15 Includeg evaluatln8 pfoBrnmmo effBCtlveness, meth(xl of dellveryi and overall ImpKt. Our flnanclal stratr8y remalns Centr￿ sutslnablllty. charyln8 schools non commerclal rdtes ￿lIe seekln8 extemal fundln8 to our and •xpand acceM, partkularly In are￿ of hl8h deprlvatlon where the neul15 8reatest. A key hlghllght of the year was the developrnent of a new partnernhlp wlth Communlty Alcohol Partnershlpj ICAn, launch￿ In Autumn 2024. Throu8h G4P fundln& slx schools partlclpAtsI In a pllot focuiin8 on alcohol relatd rlski as part of t)ur Llfe Sklllj prlmary pro8Trmme. G4P's extenslv• natlonal nehvork offer5 $18nlflcant Ions terrn potentlal to th• vlslblllty and credlblllty Ot our work and to iuwort ihe romth of both organlsatlons. Iniroduclry Ih Skllb Toolklt Wlth our complete iulte of prfmary re￿Ulee$ flnall*d, 202425 rnathal the year we belan a rtrate8lc puth to rnath Khoolg beyond the Ea Mldland5. To support thls ambltlon, we secured both a partnerdhlp and a soclal Investment loan from the Charftles Ald Foundatlon (CAF) In July. Thls Invthtment enabla UJ to take the Ufe Skllls Toolklt our coheslve, repack￿ Yean 1.6 programme natlonwlde. Our partnershlp wlth CAF Is a slron8 endorsement of our work In pneral. Our $hort to medlumrykn goal li to Secure 1 ￿200 new KI￿01 pArtner8 to achlwe flnanclal wlf4ufficfency. Evaluat1( Independent erdluatlon remalns central to demonstratln8 Impart for all benddarle5. Thli year we contIn￿l our partnershlp wlth Communlty Impact aG 8atherln8 rfcher qualltatlve In518hts alongslde pupll suNeys. Across 128 puplls, seven t&cher5, and seventeen parents, kry flndln8s hlghll8hted that puplls are bthr able to rnCO8nlse rljky 51iuaJonS1 parents vlew partlclpatlon 15 a prokrtlve f&￿r, and kathrs hlBhly value the support our programme offers In •ldruJln8 challenglns topks. We ncw ha￿ comprehemlve Oirtcomes Frarneworks for pupllii parents, teKhers, and the wlder communlty. Llrtenlni to P•Apl•. Youth Advlwry loud 202425 marked the completlon of the flrst full year of our Youth Athlsory Board (YABI. Th YAB ha5 ensU￿j youn8 people'5 volces dlrectly Influence pro8ramme d￿lOpMent. Thelr Ins18ht has streDgthened the relevan￿ and authentlclty of our resour￿5 and de8FwI our underslaThlln8 of the Issueg youn8 people face today. LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION CHARITY REPORT OF THE TRusfEES for the ￿ ended 31 Au8urt 2025 OBJECTIVES AND AcllviTIES Publlc ljendtt The trustees have due re8anl for the Charfty Commlsslon guldance on Publlc BeneflL For the publlc b•nefiL the advancement of educatlon of young pwile agul 5 to 16 throughout England and Wale5 who are In dangtt of Substan￿ mlsuse, knife aNI hate crfme. partlcularfy but rwjt excluJfvely by provldln8 Informatlon and ralslnB awareness ihrou8h evldencatsbased Llfe Skllls pro8ramme& Page 2 LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION CHARITY REPORT OF THE TRusfEES for the ye•r ended 31 Au8ust 2025 srRATEGIC REPORT charI￿le 2￿2025 Finmclal and Acdomk YoAr FIn￿cIal Over￿eW Followln8 a SI￿]RG7ntturn1roUnd In 2023-24 after tsyo consecutlve ￿ar5 of 51zable d￿dts, the charlty ended the 202312024 year wth only small deflclt and therefore enteral 202&25 In a stronger posltlon. However, the Itar dosed wlth an accountlng defldi of £47,250, prlmarlly due to £26,825 belng adlust•J out of thls accounts and reallocatd to 2025-26 dellvery. Thls adJ￿Iment mean$ our reported reseNes fell to £1,037, desplte the orgnlsatlon remalnln8 G4sh ￿eUr& Our cash posltlon at year end was stren8thenal by slgnltleant support from our slratrBlc partnernhlp wlth the Charftles Ald Foundatlon (CAFI, whose Investment underplns our long term strate8y to take the Llfe Skllls TLMJlklt natlomvld& YeaTrend Incom I￿ludeS both the CAF soclal Investment loan and defernl fundln8. When these are adjusted to reflect dellv•ry tlmellnes, the year preserrts a flnanclal defictt on paper• however, secured fijture Incorne plaw vs on a stron8 footln8 for 202&26 and supports our contlnued srow8r4mmes form a coheren¢ progresslve framewo￿ supportlng chlldrw teKhern, and famllléi throughout the prlmary Stralt 1¢ lumm . achl•wmints and perfornwio: Dernon•lratlry Our ImpKt Demonstralln8 clear and measurable Impact remalns a prlorlty and Is e55enllal ￿ the ch&rWs juslalnablllty. Throu*Kut the yW* we ¢￿￿[TrU￿1 collalx)ratln8 wth Communlty Impact CIC to 5tM8then our qualltatlve 8VIden￿ bRse thro￿ quotes, testlrnonlals. and taryet case rtudles. We also L￿Mplet￿l our Outcomes Frameworks for pupllii parents, schools, and the wlder communlty* pro￿dIng a canslstent str￿luTe fDr evaluadn8 effectlv•nesg across all pro8rnrnme& Communlty Impact ac produced a comparatlve case study &vamlnlni puplls, rnspon* to rfjk ￿ peer pressurn In the classmom, offerfn8 valuabh Insl8ht Into how our pr(wammes JUPPOrt Impro4vl declslon makln8 and rejlllence. Ywih Ad¥lwry The Youth AdvI￿ry Boanl (YAB) cortIn￿￿ to d￿lOpl provldlng an Imwrtant mechanlsm for ensuring youn8 people's peJ¥pethe5 Infomi our WO￿ Attendanc8 Var1￿ due to acadenlc commltments; however, enga8ement remalned pos1t1￿ We recrultal a new Member frc*n 5audM*ll Mlnster School and dld additional outreach through pupll parllaTh*nts at the Ellzabethan Acaduny and elsewhe Our flrt YAB Feedbad( 5ury has help￿ rnfine our approach. Members a150 expremed InterE5t In explorfng conlent creatlon, IrKluding throu8h plathrnig such as TlkTok Thls remaln5 under consideration. Page 4 LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION CHARITY REPORT OF THE TRusfEES for the year ended 31 Augu￿ 2025 STRATEGIC REPORT Flnandal rnlew ot IrKome and lundrnld To contlnue dellverln8 our proyammes In schools, and to Irnpro￿ expand our ra￿UrceS eath year. the dwlty must cKw)In8 extemal fvrnllng. Fundrai5in8 thernforn ￿maInS a crlllcal component of our sustainability, enablln8 US to Jthldlse dellveryi Invtst in dEvelopmen¢ and extand our reach beyond Nottln8hamshlre. In 20￿]5. we submltted forty4ovr appllcatiom valued at apprDxlmatety £287A28, achlevlng slx s￿￿5f￿1 awuds totallln8 £44AJ3 (a 14% rats). Altho￿ two of our lon8-standln8 funders Award$ for All and the Carfleld Wejton Foundatlon dld not fund u5 ihls year, we galned nvw support the ChetsvcKle Foundatlon. as well as grnnts from the Ma￿1 Elkln8tan and Florence Turner Trusts, both supwrdng work In IAlc*rshl We contlnue to see strong rnults from Bmaller local funders. many n¢y•V Spedfy the schools tly wlih to iuFwrt wlthln thelr PJBraphlc areL Several have al80 expremed Interest In attendlnB school waduatlcxm to Ob￿1ve the Impact of thelr fvndln8 first-hand. All Incomo neratlon and grant Mana8ern￿t actlvhy15 monltorsj throu8h mOnday.￿M, ensurfng conslit•nt overnlght and tlmely reportlng. A conilderable proportlon of thls yearfs fundln8 was toward preparlng new rn8lons for th• Intrcxluctlon of the Llfe 5kllls T￿IkIL Tho awa from the Slmon Glb8on Chadtsble Trust rnarkeAI the flrst successfvl appllcatlon all8ned to thls natlonal expanslon straw. Our fundRlslng plpellne remalns actlN wlth A tarw of 3- 5 appllcatlons submltted exh month to rnalntaln mom•ntum. L￿11 BwlneA ￿n￿rnhIP We a marketlns to devèlop a iulte of buslnufrbcu5ol campal8n MaterfA￿ under the theme Help Me To...,, hlghll8htln8 kry skllls dilldren gln through our pro8Trmmu (•.&* Staylng ￿fe onllne or navl8atln8 rjsky Jltuatlons). Thue materfali ContInu￿ to be usd acros5 Unkdln, Insta8ram, and Facebool and wlll be shar&1 wlth buslnums we met at r￿ent arKI upcornln8 nelworklns events. The campalgn eKourap companles to sponsor Iccal Sch￿1$ or support the dilldrnn of thelr employees. Othw Fundrnld 2025 markn Llfe Skllls Educatlon'i 3th annlversary, we ccmtlnued promotlry the Llfe Skllls 30 Challenv, launthed In MaKh 2024. Slaff ok part In several Indlvldual fundralsln8 act1v1t1￿ dudn8 the year, and members of the Youlh Advlsory Board contrlbuted new fundrnlslng Ideu ag part of the annlvenary campal8ni helpln8 broAden en8a8ewt and vlilblllty. r In Numbw We dellvered to W254 puplll and In 307 clames @cr￿5 221 schoolA wlthln Nottlnshamshlre. We gon8Ated £44455, of whlch £4,522 was sent dlrectly to scknol$(£50,809 la•t yw) of Income f￿rn Irnrts, and donatlons, InCI￿41n8. - Crac• Trust- £20 - L￿ Hlnd- £2500 - Maud Elkln8ton & floren￿ Turner Trusts- £1500 - Slmon Glbgon Tru5t- £1 0000 - Boots Charltable TnASt- £9400 - Foundatlon D•rb>Thlre £￿) - Anton Jur8ens TnKt- £9(X)o - Cheiwode Foundatlon- £505 We recnjlted and IrKlucted four new DA•RT Officon, a new Sales Lead new trwtee, and contlnued to develop mllnb￿ ol our Youth Adviwry Boar We re01￿1 £42,813 (£71.445 lart yearl In lTrklnd donatlons from suppllu5 such as Mlcrorf Google, Amazon, 51ack. u ￿11 re and servlce5 through the Charty Di8ital Exchangè. Our quallty a55urance system5 a>ntinue to enjure we dellver to our hlgh 5fan(krdsi 8uaranteelng a product that IB conslstently dellvered to all school& The mana8Ur￿l t•am carrled out 26 QA vlslts durin8 the yaar and took feedback dIr￿tlY from teachern. Our systun l08ged, and our desiwed safeguardlng lead reviewed, discuB8al wlth schools and slgned ¢Jff on 31 dlsd03ures of whlch were plcked up by a DAaRT Officer. ¢knr 3501MI uwi th• weboite wlth ov•r 4601MI pap VIe￿o¥er the last 12 months. Pa8e 5 LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION CHARITY REPORT OF THE TRUStEES *or the y￿r ended 31 2025 stRATEGIC REporr Wé conlIn￿l to bulld our onllne presence via scKlal medla and now 672 (609 last yeao Facebook followern, 192 (143 lasl year) Insta8ram FolloweTh, and 1097 11006 last year) Unkulln Followers. In recent months we have h￿1 a real focus on Improvln8 a more conslstent and dlverse cantait acr055 social medla plarforns to Iwlp our proftle and en8a8e more audiencv. pollcy aNI ¢Jbltttl M051 of the charivs funds are to b• spent In the Short temi ￿ ihere are fthv fu￿￿8 far lOn*t￿ In￿ents. Thls wlll be rnvlew throu8hoth followlng year and any ex￿1 of fund5 8enerthl wlll be Invesled approprtately by the trustaas In Ilne wlth our Memorandum and Artlcle6 of A550clatlon and the Charltles Acl. RNervN pollcy Our bwlneo model enables the Charlty to operate wlth low reservei an$urfn8 Llfe Skllll Educatlon make full use of Its whlle allowln8 our customers and geNlce users to benefit from low costs. By thar8ln8 a fee that covern our baslc runnlng rnsts, we make the products aC(m￿ble to rnorn pwle. Thls Is achlvA•d through careful L¥Sh flow manym•nt and ensurln8 that we operate an order LK>ok tsmis In than￿ of expendlbJr£ Effthely glvlng ui slxwmonth regem wlndow. Pa8e 6 LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION CHARrrY REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the ended 31 Augurt 2025 STRATEGIC REPORT Future DeTr*lopments for 2025.2026 In the year ahead, our focus wlll be on 5trenwhenln8 vlslblllty, ￿PandIng our programme offer, and ensurfng we have the fina￿la1 and strdtegic foundatlons to support suslalnable gro￿. As cc#npetition for fundln8 remalns hlth, bulldlng a strong publlc proflle, throu8h regular onllne conx ImpaLt stories, and supporter en8a8emenL wlll be essentlal In keeping Llfe Skllls Edw*1(￿ vlslble and connected to Its nei￿￿rks. Projrrnne and R￿UIc• Dew10pn￿tt We wlll cothlnue to rnlne and devplop our pro8rammes, drawlng on expert1￿ from our Youth Advl80ry Board. Our new Declslon Maker programm4 CA)verln8 real IWe scenarlos for Yearn I￿ and adresslrq core themes such as drus61 vapln& mlso8yny, dlffer*Ke, knlves, and onllne hams, launchul In Septsmber 25. A n8w parent focu9ed resour￿ Is to ￿ Intrduced by Auiumn 26, complementlns the Llfe SklllJ Toolklt and stren8thenlns parthernhlp wo wlth CAP. Th1$18 one of our most ￿UeSt&4 plK& of work. Gobvnance arnl Stratqlc Dlr•cll( To support our evofvlng thte8lc dlrectk•n, we have compl&ed a plann&1 rotatlon of the Board aNI appolnted a new Chalr. TheR changej strenthn our governan￿ and posltion u5 to respond eff2L*lvely to the t¥•portunttles ahead as ￿ deep￿ our rol• wlthln the wider (Katlonal lanthcape. Re£rultment of add1t10n￿ truthtt 18 undeThYayi eniurlng we hm the bradth of experlenca needed to 6teer ihe chartty throu8h Its next phase of 8rowth. Funtral￿￿ and Income Gonwatlon W• wlll m￿ntAIn • stsady plpellne of 3.5 appllcallons per month to trusts and foundatlon4 ensurln8 conllnued access to fundln8 Opwiunltles. Supporter mano8ernent wlll contlnue vla Monday.ccm. Members of the YAB wlll also contrlbuta to fuThlrnlsln8 by d•velopln Indlvldual challenpj aJ part of the Llfe Skllls 30 Campal8n. Y¢Ath Volc• We wlll contlnue to •mpower the Youth Advjsory Board, ensurfng thelr Inil8hts Inform pnwamme development. Thelr fe&lback wlll help shAp• firture content arKI new engagen￿nI method•, includlns explor[￿ youth led medla and di￿￿1 communlcallon. Prnfil• •MI Marketlni We wlll collaborate wlth partners 5uth ¥ Slmpty Thr111￿ to dth*lop VIde￿ content and teBtlmonlals to support our onllne prewnce and the rollout of the Llfe Skllli ToolklL Engagement wlth locsl bUsInes￿ wlll contlnue thro￿ nelworftlng eventy a forthcomlns supporters, new51etter, and larg*d marketlng campal8ns. Earfy proww5 Includu a Pre￿￿￿tIon to the GSMA Parent I￿1 Carern Group and flrrt donatloni vla Payroll GMn8 Imm Roll0 Further strenohenlng our pathershlp wlth C4P wlll rnmaln a prlorlty, SUPPOrtln8 natloMI expanslon and en•bllng raferrals from CIP'S rn8lonal nthvorks. Thelr recent enga8ement wlth schooli In CAP supported ar&is alr￿ provlded valuabl• leads for futurn rollouL Evaluathii Ow Impxt We wlll contlnue apptylni our Evaluatlon Framewo￿ across all pro8ramme5, enJurln8 we colle(* robust quantltatlve qualItal￿? data. F(Ku5 15 on assessing the long temi Impact of the Llfe Skllls Toolkll to Id￿rtIfy how leamln8 In ￿ar5 1-5 can Impact upon the already Impr89slve evAluallom supportlns the Impact of our year 6 prowme. Page 7 LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION CHARITY REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the yw ended 31 Ausust 2025 sTrucruRE, GOVERNANCI AND MANAGEMENT Governlni docwnent Life Skills EdurAlon Charfty Is a company Ilmlted by 8uarantee and Is reglsternd as a charlty wlth Ihe Charlty Commlsglw registrntion number 07742739. Its affair5 are govemed by It5 Alemorandum and Artldes o* Assoclatlon. The Company has trj thrnply wlth Imxh the Com[￿leS Act 1985 and the Statement of RKo8nlsed Practlce. The Ilablllty of the members In the W of the c(xnpany belng wound up18 Ilmlted to a sum Th)t exc&ln8 £10 &ich The Memornndum of ￿￿)datIon re1￿cts the use of the charftyi Income and propety, such that tly must be applleAI ￿lelY toward the objects of the tharlty and $pxlflcdlly dlsallowj the payment of dlvldends, bonuxs or protlts to the members. R•cnltmont and app01n1me￿ of new trurt6 The dlreLtor5 of the company are also charlty tiwtees under charlty law. They are as 'membern of the *x)ard' under the compary's Memorandum and Artlcle5 of A8scclatlon, whlch raqulre that membern of the board are appDlntsl to serve for a p•rlod of three years, after whlth must be rèelectul at the next Annual General Meetln$ All memben of the bDArd thelr tlme voluntarlly and recefve no benefits from the chaTIty. The number of truJlBVS shall not be leu than threL Inth¢don and tr•lnlni ot n•w tnMt¢ Potentlal tru￿￿ are Idenllfled ar£o￿1n8 to crfterla Jet by the board, so that thue li a varlul ran8e of abllltles• skllli and werfenc& Mort triJt•o9 are already famlllar wlth the practlcal work of th• charlty, hwlns baen encoura8&d to take up roles ￿ exlstlns truthes or staff. A(klltlonally, new trustees arn Invlted and encoura8ed to attend an Inltlal Indudlon tryalnlng sesilon to famlllarl* themsel￿> wlth the dwrlty rKI the context wlthln whlch It operatej. Each trustee ll •ncourapl to Ittend lessom dellvered ￿ DAaRT offlcern and a waduatlon remony to experlence the pro8rnmn* first hand. The maln documents whlch Éet out the operatlonal frarn￿rk for the d￿rIty, IncI￿lIng the Memorandum and Artlcles, buslness plan and accounts am supplled to new trujtees and explalnd by the CEO and Chalrman. A Q￿tIon & Answer pack has al￿ been preparal drawlns Informatlon from the Var10￿ Charlty Q)mmlsslon publlcallons 818npoJted through the Commlsslon's 8ulde Ihe ES￿ntIal Trustee. as followwup to thwe Msslons. ThlJ1s dlstrlbuted to all new trustees. Feedback from now trustees about thelr InduLtlon has been vtsy pojltlve. oryanI￿tIonal rtructurn The Tru*es meet on a re8ular bull throu8hout the year. Relevant Jtay, to ensurn clarlty of Op￿￿on and Jolnt underBlandlry of the lisuej Invol4￿d, attarnl thue meetln8L A xheme of delwion Is In plac4 and the Chw Exxutlve and one noTrboqNI Dlrector li responBlble for servlce provlslon. The Chlef Executfve Is Yes￿nsIble for enGurln8 that the charlty dell¥ers th• oeNlces specIfI￿ and that key tthance IndI￿t0￿ are met. The Dlrector of Flnance and Oper4tlons li responslblo for ihe tharfty'fj day-t(￿aY operntlonal mana8urtht of the charfty, Indlvldual supervlslon of the staff team and eniurlng that the leam contlnue to develop Its ikllls and wothns pracllces In accordan￿ wth good practlo. The bo1￿ has conductffA a revlew of the major rlsks to whlch the charlty Is exposed. A rlsk rfster hal been establlshed a￿1 Is wxlatal at least annually and revlewed at each meetln8. Where appn>prlate. rysterns or prOCdur￿ have been establlshed to mlllgate the the charlty faces. 51snlflGinl external rfsks to furKllng have Id to the development of a strat4lc plan whlth allows for the dI￿rgIficatIon of ndln8 and 4ctfvr￿e The Implemontatlon of procedure5 for ihe author15allon of all trnnsodons and proleds mlnlmlses risk5 relatlns to Intemal (x)ntrols PreC￿lU￿$ are in place to ensure compllanc• wlth haalth and safety arKI other legal obllwions iuch ￿ GDPR whlch cove$ all stsff, volunleeTh and clFents. We hwe an upttrthte Safe8uardln8 PollLy ond all staff are subject to DBS chxks In Jo fdr as It Is compllmentsry to the tharlty'5 objects, the tharfty Is 8uldeAI by both local and natlonal pollcy. At a natlonal level, dru8 and alcohol educaUon15 jteered by prlnclples sel out by the UnIt￿l Natlons offi￿ on Dr￿ and Crlme, which are supported In bth the From Harm to Hope StraiB8Y aF￿ Dame Carol Black's r￿eW ￿ dfug5 and drug The chatty contlnues to m￿sUre our appmach to mbuWln8 Ihese procedures and s&rKlards, and it was held as a dellverer of 8ood Pract1￿ In mlnlsterial papers. Teachets are asked to compl* a survey to mtssure the dellvery of the prowme a8alnJt natlonal stsndards. 97.6% of the sury Trte our dellvery ¥ 8ood or outstandln REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS 07742739 (England and Wales) LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION CHARITY REPORT OF THE TRVSTEES for the yar ended 31 Au8Urt 2025 1172680 6 Shemxjd Rl N(￿InSharn NG76JF Trurto L A￿ola (rnsI￿d 10.6.251 C T Cooke (Yesl&*d 2.12.251 Rjcox 5 Dual T R Wheatley M S lJhllllpi Chalrperson E S Mclntyie N W•lih (appolntd 10.6.251 The Trusttts prn￿t ih•lr annual w)n wther wlth the unaudltfAI tlnanclal Kattments of ihe year ended 31 Au8Urt 2025. S Lon8croft lThlwident Eyamkn Hvwftt Cavd Chartered certIfl￿ Accounlarts H•wltt Caftl Umttsd Char*qd Cgrtlfiad Accountants 72 N¢)ttln8ham Roal Mansfield Nottiryham•hlrn NGI8 IBN Solklto 5hw%nthJ LLP 11X) Awbury Boulevard Mllton Ktyn MK9 1FH Cllatlon Ltd Klng Court Water L￿e WllThlt)W SK9 SAR SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM L Elll Chlef Executfve Mr S Lonucroft The Dlrector of FInafi￿ and Operatlons rtea4, Inconjoratlrrd a strnte8lc ropo¢ apwThryl by order of the bod￿ af trustees, as the compary dI￿tr￿, on .. and on the bu￿￿,• behalf by. M S Phllllps- Tfttstee Page 9 INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRusfEE5 OF LIFE SKILL5 EDUCATION CHARrrY Independent ￿amIner,1 r4MYt to the trn•tees of Llfe Skilh Education Cywlty ('d* Cornprf) l Teport to the tharlty tNste85 on my examlr*tion of the accounts of the Compary for year 31 Au8USt 2025. Ruponthllltld and bA•b ol r the charfty's trustees of the Cornpany (and also Its dIr￿xOr5 for purposes of company law) you are responslble for the prew*ion of the acajunts In aC£Ordan￿ wlth the re4ulrements ofthe Companles Att 2006 (Yhe 2(K16 Ad,). Havlng satIsfI￿ my5eif that the accounts of the Company are ￿ requlred to ￿ audlt•l under Part 16 of the 2(X16 Act and are ell8lble for IndeperKlent examlnatlon, l In respect of my examinatlon of your charfivs accounts as carrled out under 5&llon 145 of the Charltlej Act 2011 ('the 201 l ACV). In carylng out my Lyamlnatlon I have follow￿ the Dlrectlons Slwi by the Charlty COMMI￿ron under Sectlon 145(5) Ib) of the 2011 ACL I have completed my examinatlon. I confirm that no matter5 have c(Yne to rny attentlon In connp£llon wlth the examlnatkjn gJvln8 me cau to bell accountlng record$ wue not kept In resp￿ of the Company ￿ rllqulrttl by Sectlon 386 of the 2006 A¢ or the accounts do not accord wlth those records: or the accounts do not comply wlth the accountln8 wulremants of Sectlon 396 of the 2006 ACE t)th*r than any requlrThnt that the accounts 8lve a true and falr vlvrt whlch Is not a matter c(x￿Ide￿I al part of an Independent examlnatkjn,. or the accounts have not been prepared In accordance wlth the mthds and prlnclplu of the Ststrnt of Recommended PrnCtl￿ for accountln8 and rewrtlng by charltles lappllcable to charltles prewlng ihelr acLwnts In aCts)rdan￿ wlth the Flnandal Reportln8 Standard appIlL￿18 In the UK and Republlc of Ireland (FRS 102)). I have no concorni and hAv• come Acro35 no other matters In connectlon wlth th• examlnatlon to whlch attentl(m should be drawn In thlj iort In order to enable a proper understhndlns of the xcounts to be reached. Hewltt Card Charternd Certlfl&l Accountants Hewltt Card Llmlted Chartered Certmed Accountants 7￿72 Nottln8ham Road Mansfield Nottln8hamshlre NG18 IBN Page 10 LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION CHARITY STATEMwf OF FINANCIAL AcnvmES for the yw ended 31 Au8USt 2025 2025 Total 2024 Total funds Unrestrlcted fvnd5 Restrlct&l fund5 INCOME AND ENDOWMEMfs FROM Dffiatlon5 and legacles 13324 13824 50,809 ALtIvIt￿ lor generatln8 fund 229,168 229,168 236,824 241,392 242,392 287,633 ExP￿DITURE ON Ral$ln8 funds 1,733 Charltthle rdvltl Charltable aLtlvltleJ 284,642 289,642 286,936 Total 284 2&9￿42 288,669 NET INCOMV(EXPENDITUR (U2J• (5000) (47,250) 11,0361 RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total funds brouth fonvard 1387 5JlOO 48,287 49,323 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 1,057 IW37 48,287 The notes fonn part of these financlal statements Page11 LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION CHARITY BALANCE SHEET 31 Au8Urt 2025 21U5 Total lun 2024 Total fuNI$ Unrestricted funds Restrlct funds N(kn5 FIXB) ASSErs Tan8lbJe assets 3,747 3,747 3,2B2 CURREYT ASSErs Dekknrs Cash * bank and In haTr io I6￿￿ 67,166 160n 67,166 25,102 65,983 84031 91, CREDITORS Amounts fallln8 due wlthln on? y 11 (59WB3) (59,8B3) (32.1231 NEf CURRENT ASSErs 24,155 Z4,155 58,962 TOTAL ASSEfs CURRENf UAalLITIES 27,9tr1 27,901 62,244 cR￿lTORs A￿￿unts falllni due after more than one ytsr 12 a65) (13,957> NEf ASSETS 1m7 1m7 48,287 FUNDS Unrestrlthd funds Rertrtctwl 14 1,037 43,287 5,0(Ml TOTAL FUNDS 1,037 48287 The charltable c￿￿panY li wrt]tW to exempllon from audlt under Sottlon 477 of ihe Companles ALt 2fK16 for the year 31 Augurt 2025. Tha membern hm not wuired the company kn obtsin an awllt of Its flnanclal stat4monts for the ityar endd 31 Au8USt 2025 In acconlinca wjth Sxtlon 476 of the Companlts Act 200& The tr￿tea acknowledp thelr respon•lbllltloi for (a) ensurlns that the charhble cornp￿ keeps accou￿1￿ I￿0￿1$ that comply wlth Sertloni 386 and 387 ofthe Companies ALt 21x16 and prepartn8 finandal staterfi￿ *thlch slve a true and falr vlew of the thte cl affrdlM of the ctharftsble ccxnpaThy as at the of oKh ftnanclal year arKI of Its surplus or dafidt for e￿h flTranclal year In accordano wlth the requlrEments (rf Sectlons 394 and 395 and whlch otherwlw comply th the reqUI￿rnents of the Companles Act 2(K16 reladns lo financlal statemqnty 50 far as 4rypllcable to the charltable company. (b> The flnwKlal sktsments T•￿4 approved lry the Board of Trultees and auttK>rfsed for19gue on ....... . . .. on its ba￿lf ￿. and were i18ned M S Phllllp5- Tn The notes form part of these financial statements Pa8e 1Z UFE SKILLS EDUCATION CHARITY CASH FLOW STATEMEKr for ihe year ended 31 Au8u8t 2025 2025 2024 C•h flow• fvom ￿erating actlviti Cash generated fvom operatlons Interest pald (16045) (726) 4,6LK) (7331 Net cath (uwd Inyprovlded by cperatlng a(Xlvltles (17,171) 3,867 C#h flowl from Invutkns attlvlu Purchase of tanslble flxed asset5 Sale of tan8lble fixed a55&s 0075) 266 Net (Zsh (v￿1 Inyprovlded by Investlnu actfvltk5 (1,475) 266 Cuh flo￿ from flThinckn8 acdvltl New loans In year Loan repAyThents In year 30ArfIO (9.915) Net cath provkled Wlwed In) flnandns aCtI￿tI¢l 19,829 (9,915 Chry In ca•h and cah •qulvalents In tho roportlns perlqxl Cath c￿h wulvalents at the brylnnlns of th• rO￿rtI￿ w14xI 1,183 (5,78¥ 65,983 71,765 Cwh cath qqulvalenb at the •KI of thè r•portlry8 p•rlod 67,166 65,983 The note5 fom part of these financlal staternent5 Page 13 LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION CHARITY NOTES TO THE CASH FLOW StATEMENT for the year ended 31 Augu•t 2025 RECONaLIATION OF NET EXPENDITURE TO NEf CASH FLOW FROM OPERAIING AcfiviTIES 202J 2024 Net expuxlltwe tor the y4￿rtIng perfod (al per the StatempJrt of Ananclal Acthrfdw) ultments for: Depreclatlon charyes Proflt on djspo￿l of fixed a55ets Interest pald Decreasdllncreue) In detrtorB Increue In cr&Jltors (47,250) {1,036) 1,941 1265) 733 11225) 4,452 726 230 20,838 Nat calh (umd Inyprovlded by oPw￿0￿ (16045) 4,6 ANALYSIS OF CHANGE5 IN NET FUNDS At 1.9.24 Cash flow At 31.8.25 N¢t cath Cash at bank and In hand 65,%3 1,183 67,166 65,983 1,183 67,166 Dth Debts fallln8 due wlthln l year Debts fallln8 due after 1 ￿1r (10,17• (lJ,957) (17,092) (2Ie6J) (24,1271 (19,830) (43,95 Totsl 41056 (10h47) 23,209 The note5 form part of these financlal statements Page 14 LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION CHARITY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL StATEMENTS for the year amled 31 Au8U•t 2025 ACCOUNTING IIOLICIES Pall ol propvlni the flnmclal •tatornents The flnanclal ststements of the charltable company, ￿lch Is a publlc enuty under FRS 102, have been prepAr&l In accordance wlth the Charltles SORP (FRS 102) 'Accountln8 and Reportlng by Charitla: Statement of Recommend￿ Practl appllcable to dwriEies prepBrlnB thelr accounts In accordarK• wlth tlkry Flnandal Reportlng Standard appllcable In the UK and ubllc of Ireland (FRS 102) leffeLtlve l January 20191., Flnanclal Reporting standa￿ 102 'The FIna￿lI1 Reportlng Standard appllcable In the UK and Rqjubllc of Ireland, and the Companles ALt 2LKI& The flrwiclal Jtatements hm been p￿Pared under the hlstorlcal cost ¢Y•nventlon. The Flnanclal St*ments have been prepar&1 on a yJln8 con￿rn basls arnl on the assumptlon that the charlty wlll contlnue Its operatlons for the forneeable future. Sht>uld thls basls not be approprlate, adjustments would have to be made to redu￿ the value f assets to thelr recovernble amoun¢ to provlde for any further Ilabllltles that ml8ht arlse and to weclasslfy fixod assets as current amets. The valldlty of the 8oln8 CA)ncem basll Is dependant upon the flnanclal support from (uThleTh. Expenses havo Lwi cut wher￿r posslble arml new source5 of fundln8 ha￿ been Sourc￿1. Change5 In TnKtees and ￿0 have brought In new people wlth I￿￿round5 In fundralsln8 and talent appllcable to the growth of thls charlty. Fundln8 partnerj are also belng sourced to be able to dellver the pro8ramme Into Ae(xJndary thols All Income15 rn(x>gnlsul In the Statement of Flnanclal Actlvltleg On￿ lh• charlty has enlttlement to the It Is probable ihd the Income wlll be rKelved aml the amount Gin be mwurnd rellably. EXP￿dItUrn LlabIlltl￿ are reco8nlwl as exptndfture a8 soon as there Is a lepl or conjtrucfve obllwlon commlttln8 the charlty lo that eX5￿dItUre, Itls probable that a Iransfer of economlc b8nefits ￿1[ be requlred In settlement and the amount of the obllgatlon eAn be melsu￿d rellably. Exp&Kllture Is account￿1 for on an accn4ls basls and has been dasslfiul urKler headln85 that as8repts all related to the ca*ry. Where costs cannot be dlrectly attrfixrted to wrtlcular hexlln85 they be4n allor4t•J to actlvttlej on a basls conilstent wlth the UM of ruources. T•¥lble fix•d aN•ti Deprndatlonls provlded at the followlng annual rates In order to wrfte off eadb asset over Its esdmated u9eful lffe. Flxturej and fltdn 15% on I￿￿Ing balance Computer equlpmenl Stral8ht Ilne 3 yea Tuatlon The charltyls exempt from corporadon tix on Its (tharFtable a(XfvIUe& FUMI accountl Unrestrlcted fundi can be UMI In accordance wlth the tharltable objoctlvég at the dlscretlon of the trurteeL RestrlLtsd funds can only be used for partlcular re5￿cted puryxnes wlthln the objects of the chartty. Regtrldoni arfle when speclfled by the donor or when fu￿1$ are ra1￿1 for partlcular re￿rk￿ wrp05es. Further explanatlon of the nature and purpose of each fund li Ind￿d￿ In the notes to the flnanclal Statern￿. The charltsble mmpany opernt•s a defined contrlbutlon penslon stheme. Contrlbutlon5 payable to the charllable company's pen51on Oieme ar• char8al to the statement of Flnanclal Actfvltles In the perlod to whlch rnlate. Voluntary hdp and 8lfts In klnd The Charlty benefft5 frmblned posltlon Is as follow5: Net movement In fund5 At 31.8.25 At 7.9.23 Generdl fund 36,923 (35￿86) 1,037 R¢rtrtLtcd Awards for All JN Derbyihlre Trust The Grocers Charlty STAR Trurt East MldlaThls 2AOO (2,4(I (2,OC 15,000) I3￿ 5,000 12A)0 112,400) TOTAL FUNDS 49,323 148,286) 1A)37 A current year 12 months and prfor yw 12 months comblned net mov•neni In fun&, InCI￿led In the abthe are a5 follows: Incomln8 Resources resources experKled Movement in funds G•nerdl fund Garfleld Weston Foundatlon 481,885 20,000 1517,771) (20,000) (35.886) 501,885 (537,771) (35,886) Brltlsh Gypsurn Fund aty of London Bchoolg Awards for All JN Dethshlre Tnmt The Grocers Char 5fAR Trust East Mldlar*li 2,5CKI (2,500) 15,640) 2,4 (2.000) 15,000) (3,000) 20,IJIXJ (2,4001 0,c￿) 15,000 13,000) 28,140 140,540) 112AOO) TOTAL FUNDS 530,025 1578,311) 148.286) Each rnstr1c￿d and deglwwt￿l fu￿1 ha5 wfficlent resources to ￿able the fund to be applled In ￿￿)rdIn￿ wilh the restrlLtlons Impos&1. IJ JN Delb￿lre Truit and STAR Tru# East Mldlands- These We￿ for the development of STARS 2 for yw 3 and 4. 111 The Grocer5 Charlty- For the dMlopm•rt of the football game n￿ul•. Iiu aty ol Lond(￿ khools- The local unlt Closed. th15 fvnd was Set a51de for Ifthe Cty of London ever wantrA to Uge ft wln. lvl Brlt15h Gypum Fund - For the dellvery of the prlmary prow In the aifton ar•L VJ Awards for All . thls Is for the rthvelopment of the Ontrdck pro8ramme. VD Polio & Crlme CommlssloneTh- for the d￿lOP￿tht of a f￿)tha11 b15al gan*. Pa8e 20 continued... LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION CHARITY NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS- continued for the year ended 31 Augu812025 15. REiATED PARTY DISCLOSUR There waE no related paty trangactlons for the year e￿Ied 31 Av8ust 2025. Page 21 LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION CHARITY DETAILED STATEMENf OF FINANCIAL AcfiviTIE5 for ended 31 August 2025 2025 2024 INCOME AND ENDOWMEWTS DonadThJ and lepcle• Donatlons 14224 50,809 Adlvltlu for w•ratlni IWMI Sch￿1 pro8ramme Other Income 220032 9,136 231.679 5,145 229,16B 236024 Total Incomlns ruourc•• 242,392 287,633 EXPENDITURE Rahlwd th)Mllon• and lepde• Marketlns and advertlslng 1,733 Chr1￿le￿t￿￿ Wa8es Soclal Rcurfty Penslons Rent Insurar Telq)hone Poslage And #atknwry Travel costs Workbookn and dI￿t cNts Teacher tralnlng c Webslte and rr costs Repalrs and malntenance Accountancy Prof•silonal faes Other costs Rthltmerrt Flxlures and fftUn89 Computer 4uOpn￿t Loss on sale of tanglble flxul as*ts Bank loan Interest 181037 4699 182J76 6,284 3,735 9,847 2,131 2.640 1,964 8,582 26,352 2,983 17,085 10,627 1,782 1335 4290 9J54 14,982 9,752 20,636 1￿70 5,697 12h03 4907 744 461 150 4,545 12,765 2,on 359 543 1,398 1265) 733 726 289,642 286,936 Totsl resourcej expend 289,642 288.669 Nel ￿pu￿11tUrn (47,2JUJ 11,036) Thls page dw not form part of the statutory financial statements Pase 22