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NOTESTO THEFINANCL4L STAIEMENTS.contmued COMPAIL47TrIS FOR THE STAJEME￿￿ OFFL¥ANCtAL ACllNTIIES Unrestrided Restrictsl Total LNCOlff A%I>ENI)OWTrIETr4TS FROM t￿￿tio￿5 alld le8acie5 105.077 11.f.056 220.133 El￿N￿[r[lIE ON ChArltAble Acthaties ch￿Itab[cA(ttI.l1le5 68.05.1 156.168 T tycol Ti'allsfis betw(ll funds Othei'iYrogDi5ed gAlll¢afjssos} ,'11055e5lonM"aii￿ii0llof fixedas5ets 26.943 356 03.965 13561 17.5841 12.4161 iio.Ix)01 29.082 24.883 53.965 REC'ONCILIATION OFFLINDS Totsl brLN]8btfoThN'ard 218 19.247 19.465 TOTAL FtryllscARR￿D FORWARD 29.3 44.130 73.430 T￿)G[BLE FLITDASSE15 Cwer COST Ad(litio]Ls ETBOOKI'ALLE Al 31 octob￿ 2022 389 Al 31 (k10b￿ 2021 Page 6 ¢OntIn￿￿..

NEfEL4NS OtrrtX)ORS CIO NOTES TO THE FtNANCL4L STAIEMErirs-tolllitll ear 31 Cknober 2022 CREDITORS: LM01Th13 FALLll%G DI￿ ITrTIHll% 2022 2021 TradecrethtOJ5 749 1.081 MOVEMEYT ￿ FLQ¥DS Nei Al 31.10.22 ill fimds Unresttlrted fuDds Ge]]ail fiMMi Garfield IVes1￿) Foundarion 16300 12.$00 (13,1041 3.696 29JOO 113,IIMI 16196 Re5tticted fuDd5 Anlled F￿CeS Coi"enalll Tntsi Positii'e Pathi?ys Atteiius 17.728 117.7281 A]ll￿ F￿CeS Coi"eJ]anl Fund Tn￿1 Force for (1￿￿78¢ Th'oll'ujg Together A￿.3[d9 forAllNatiLX￿ tA)ttery tYOylyCarte Tntsi FU￿19 Seotl F￿ll￿allon RAF Be￿￿"01e]]f Flu TheFore Totbaycoiluiii￿ity0[a￿t ￿-eI￿a￿s, F￿￿datiOll RNRNfGreellwich ABF Soldiers Ch￿lty AFrfF Ar￿janIS￿l Sunty8r3nts and trllsts 991 7.170 1,178 (4.9911 (7.1701 {1,1781 Lo(MJ 2,￿]0 12.0001 (6.51.41 {3￿) 7,500 4,000 2,5￿] 31M> 7,500 000 5,000 sooo 44130 (9.6301 TOTAL FLINDS 73.430 122.7341 50.696

EKINS out￿oRs CIO NO]ES TOTHE FINANCIAL STATEMENfs.COllttDued MOVEMEITtN Ft4¥DS- ¢otsllttutd Net ￿￿'¢nI￿1 ]￿fil￿ts. i￿c1Th4¢d ID the abov¢ ate as follows". expej IIDlt%lJa¢ted funds GeneTal fi 27970 141.074 (Iiirm) Re5trirted funds Positti"e Patbways ArteJ]]is 117.728) (17.7281 AM￿dForCeS Coi'etiatit F￿MITn1$I Posilii"e Pithway5 2 Y￿[￿11 Get GToinided Arn￿dFo￿CeS COIT￿ FundTtustFoTce foichallse G[0￿]D$ T0￿ethe[ Au'ards fotAllNatioD3] Lotrery D￿"0￿cO￿l￿u￿tyF￿lldaIloll Oyly ¢￿￿Ti￿st FIE￿15 scottFLNU￿Iloll iL4F Benool•JiRu The F(A Tottmycoulliil￿ItyG￿ll VeleThTrs' Filluidalio]J We51etn P0￿'t[ 35.0 114A91Tr (7,170 12,(MW IS,175 I2,1￿ 12.0(Mbl 149911 {7,170) 12JqO) 12WOOI 16.5131 131Kkl 1.100 15,1 &597 IL913 io.owj (&597 17,913 17,SiW IAg.7.W 17,7L4I ABF s01th￿s ch￿1￿ Sunthy ws al￿￿]St9 12.7 141.900 (1414901 (9ffj.101 TOTAL FLryDS 169930 1192W PBge 8

NO]ES TO THE F￿ANcL￿E STA]EMENfs.cOtrtill￿d LN ￿]NDS-cO￿t￿￿ed CompAi'Atles fw. rllDds Net K>i'e]]]ellt TrdnsfeJ5 Al 31.10.21 1.11.20 fi￿d5 Illlrestiicted fund5 Gelleral fimd G￿e]dWe510llFth￿t1i) 218 16.938 12..5 13561 16.81K) 12.SIK) 218 29.438 13561 29.3(K) Rt5tiirted r￿lld5 Arnied For(￿ Coi'eJLgDt Fwd TnLSi Posiiiir Padjways ALleJnis 17.728 17.728 A￿LIF0￿CeS cOTre￿￿t FItsKI T￿￿t Posiiii'e Patbways2 yearprallt Get GtOE]lld Anned Fol[￿ Coi'eJLqllt Fiwd TnLSlFo￿e forU1￿1¥e GrowJ)g ToBether AwFtd5 foi AllNahQt￿ Lottery [ki'￿7 CoJilliiiDiiry Fowidatiom D'oyly Call¢ TnL%I Fi]￿lS ScottFoulliLitioll IL4F Betsel￿1t￿l Finkq The F{￿e To￿aYC0￿M￿￿IryQrallt AwatdsfotAJJ 16.831 356 6.991 7.170 &991 7.170 2.?50 2.2$0 2.000 6.513 300 6.513 300 (1.2(K)I 19.247 24.%?7 356 44.130 TOTAL FLryI)S 19.465 53.965 73.430 PaBe 9 c0trtiD￿L..

NFrEEL4NS OUllX)ORS CIO OTES TO rNANCL4L ST DI FLThI)S. conlinued Res01￿ceS GaiIL% aIid I￿seS MwrJJieJJi JEsol￿CeS IDiTstticted fuDd5 G￿1¢[￿] fiuid 03￿e[d W￿[011 FoulldatiiM] Clare Mihie Tiiist 70.077 20.INK) 14.5.5551 I7.5￿) 11S.(KKJI 17..5841 16.938 12.5(Kl iO.T.077 (68.0551 17.-T841 29.438 Rfstrthd fvnd5 iiJedFthees CoirJk￿l Finjd TnLSI PosJtti"e Path44"ays knejn 33250 {15.$221 17,728 AnJJedForces co1wk￿l Finkl TnLSI PositiNe Path￿￿y5 2 year Get Groinided AtJ]]ed Fotces Coi"eJklllt FiuM] T￿￿1 Force for Change th.0￿"￿1B Together AM7Tds fotAll FUJGS A￿1rd$ forAiINaiith]a] Lotlery cL4T￿￿t l9.( 2.2.16 9.570 {l2.Wl 12.2161 12.4(4)I (1.0001 16.(Wl 11.8•?1 6.991 7.170 Iyoyly CatreTnist Fllknjis S¢off F￿￿id￿lIOn illeN'eh T￿￿1 ]L4F BdM'ol¢JJi Fm SCbtel￿ Ffflmdation Tlk FLNe Dei'on CoUlltyC￿￿c1l CoTrid Fu￿d Tothy C0IX￿11￿]ry Gyant I'eteThns' Fovlldalio A￿1rd$ forAiI 2.250 12.(Wl 12.0001 12.(KK)I 18.4871 16801 IS.￿ 6.513 31x1 13.IKK) 300 113.IKK)I (1.2￿) 11.2CIJI 115.056 12.4161 24.5?7 TOTAL F[Th￿S 220.133 1156.1681 110.(KK)I 53.965 RELAIED PARTYDISCLOSLUIES Thue ￿￿te￿ORIal¢d￿ty￿ao5acti0￿ the y&At ended 31 (kn>kn2022. Page 10

AILED STATEMEFrroF F]N 2022 2021 DoDallons *nd legAcle5 &969 160960 220.133 109930 220.133 Total thcomthg I￿sO￿lre5 169930 220.133 CbAlItRble artiiities Staff ￿nuneraTiOn Core seTh￿e deJik'eryc0515 'ice de]ii'ery ￿lI￿On￿3(tOrre￿ut￿dti0 Othersenice deJiiErycosts SI￿76 65.241 30.779 16.th73 25.266 1.19 1.668 584 1.262 2.3 393 891 4.598 314 23.635 MotOrexpeJ￿es Office exp￿￿¢$ 1.661 289 Wknite d￿'elOpll TraiLillig Ath"aiisii18 ACCO￿l￿11¢Y i￿okkeepI￿￿ Subscnptions SmKhy t££al andpro￿910￿￿1 fees smff expens 410 731 303 1.152 341 192,664 156.168 TotslreSou￿eS ex￿￿ed 192.664 156.168 et (expendllureythco]ne (22.7341 63.965 This wge dttsJK)i fonnpatt tsf ikne srallu(xy fijkweial stsietllellts Pa8eii

1ST NOVEMBER 2021- 315TOCTOBER 2022 Re8 Charlty no.. 1175204 Veterans Outdoors ANNUAL REPORT FOR 21/22 VETEFiAN5 OUTDOORS ' v¢ww.veteran50Utdoors.or&uk

CEO INTRODUCTION Jeremy Hibbard, Chief Executive A focus on changing lives Our cover photo captures the wonderful mtsment that one of our veterans realised her life had just changed. After three days on one Of our flagship courses, she discovered she could do, again, something shed thought She wasn't capable of. You can read Poppy's full story in the Case Studies 5ectitsn of this reFM)rt, but her journey with us is & great example of the resilience work that Veterans Outdoors is nowdoing. While the attivities. welfare g￿ldance and peer support that we offer rernain Impoftant to our veteran5. many have whole of the charity settor. Funding There tan be few other jobs where bod￿e5 have recognised, especially. the people regularly thank you for changing value af Artemis. our unique projECt their live5 50 It'5 a real privilege to b8 for female veterans, and thry continue part of an organlsatlon that is able They want Strategies lo give thetn the to 5vppDrt Us deliverin¥ this valuable ¢0 make such H difference. WE look confidence to deal with the pressures work. Female ￿teranS now account for torward to expanding our knowledge. and hurdles of everyday life. We started TnorE than 60% of our overall cohort understanding. influence and. of course. thi5 work in 21122 and we're already nd we value, highly, their feedback and our tohort ol beneficiaries in the months building on it in 22123. This kind of imagination when it comes to planning and yearstocome. 5UPPQrt is not being offered Elsewhere ourwayforward. so it relnforces our role as one of the most important veterans, charitie5 in None of thls ¥Yotsld happen wlthollt the the South West.And it makes usan even bTilliant Veteran5 Outdoor5 team syho rnore valuable referral partner for the deliver a comprehensive programme of NH5. Op. Courage and thÈ many other events and unrivalled welfare 5UPkKIrt. statutory bodies that support the wider As CEO I'm lutky to work alongside Si. forcesfamil¥. Jodi. Catherine. Mandy. Bernard and Sam as WEII 35 our 5UPPDrtive board of trustees and b grosving porffolio of operational partDer5. Jeremy Hibbard. Chief Executi Our reputstion as innovators has Served Us well during a difficult PEriod for the

CONTENT PAGE Content Page CEO Introductlon Our year in numbers Poppy's Story Kat'5 Story H's Story Chalr's Report io Thankyou li

OUR YEAR IN NUMBER5 Ouryear in numbers IN 202112022 werk74t0i￿0f £169,930 175 DOD GRANTS & DONATIONS EVENT DAYS fs £192,664 10 EXPENDITURE ONLINE EVENTS 94 ACTIVE BENEFICIARIES OF OUR BENEFICIARIES 26% 3/ ARE MALE ARE REGISTERED DISABLED 74% io% ARE FEMALE ARE FROMTHEFAMILIES OF VETERANS OR THOSE STILLSERVING 6% ARE STILL SERVING

POPPY'S STORY Poppy's Story The Warrior Equine tearn are 5ymbdi5ed by her saxophone, unloved among our most important anduntouched iDit5Ca5eunderherbed. partners, delivering changing interventions to many "I couldn't bear to open the case.. she of our beneficiaries. Their three 5ayS.'jUStthe Smell would remind rne of day courses are always over- the life I'd had and which was nowEone.' A three-d3y Warrior EquineNeterans 5ub5cribed and we retnain o￿tdOorS therapy cOur5e gave Poppy grateful to those funders who the skills she needed to overcome her have donated specifically to anxiety and our cover photo captured enable us to work with Ele and the moment She was able to Open the her team. case for the fi￿1 tlme In three years. take out the saxophone and play the assernbledcohortaquick tune. The smell wouldremind meof the life I'dhadand which was nowgone. Poppy had spent 15 years in the Royèl loved. When illness forced her to leave "Thi5 has really changed my life" s she was devastated and suffered a told us."1 feel that if can do th15....1 can breakdown.The life5he'dlost<ameto be doanythinE. Poppy, Warrior Equ ine

KAT'S STORY Kat's Story Kat 15 a Royal Navy Veteran in her thirtie5 and is a single mother of z seven year old boy. She joined Artemis, our women's project, in May 2022, after seeing it advertised on Facebook. She told us how she had become riddled with The amalgamation of these events ideniihed anxiety whiih got worse as Covid continued. and addressed a lot for Kat. helping her to She became more and more socially i501ated realisethatspendingtimewithothersrelieves to the point where she was only leaving the her sense of loneliness. evoking a feeling of house to go to work and take her son to empowerment arhd motivation. She now h•$ School. She never did anything for herself ffloreconfidence and self-belief tocha5e heT and her mood was deteriorating to the point dreams and make new friend5. She has used of despair. She felt she had lost her identity her newfound hobbies, skills and interests to and confidente which led her to feel hopeless bDlsterup her CV3nd get herself anewjob. and wDrthle55, Kat Wa5 desperate tv get hpr sparkfor lifeback IoTthe benefitol her 50n. Kat says Veterans Outdoors, Artemls project saved her from the darkest depths. We were able to offer Kat a programme of "It's helped me to put perspective on events to'find herself again. these included SltuatlOn5 in tny life. I have been grateful for an evening canoe trip and BBQ, overnight the opportunity and would recommend it to canoeing and camping. yo8a, breathwork anyone requiring help. It's given me a whole and ¢¢ld-waler swimming. photography outlook OD life. I have definitely been and tnindfulnes5. more PD51tive on a daily basi5. Thing5 are lookinggood." I hovebeengratefvl for the opportunity and would recommend itto onyone. Kat, Royal Navy Veteran

H'S STORY Our twice- yearly 10 week 'soi l-to-supper. courses have been shown to boost confidence and improve positive thinki ng.

H'S STORY Story H. is a 52 yÈar-old Armyveteran who left at the end of his engagÈttient after 26 years of servite. Working, then, four days per week, he joined our'soil to Supper, Course in September '21 because he wanted to get some new knowledge and meet some like-minded people. He's really Ènjoyed learning growing skills and has built a polytunnel in his own garden, volunteering in the walled Earden at Dartington after the first course and subsequently attending our weekly sessions at Pentillie Castle in Cornw311. Since joining Veteran5 Outdoor5. H. has Of the 5(Ml-to-supper course. H. Says "It'5 experienced some tough times. The Sudden changed the way I think èboul certain parts death of his father and a worrying health of my life. It'5 encouraged me lo spend more diaEn0515for oneof hi5 50n5 impacted Dn the tirne in my sarden.whirh l find relaxins. Yéhole larnily. H's wlfe and eldest son have Ithas ktmerelaxandde-slressat homeafter lsor8gister￿￿￿dt￿kQnp￿rtlThcaUrs￿sand a particularly stressful titne The Veteran5 wellbelng days wSth us and we've been able Outdoors teamhivehelped megreatlv., to offer welfare support to the whole family. H'5 50n joined hitn on our 5011 tts SuppEr Course and it gave them a cha￿e to reflect encDuragt a joint P1S5ion for vowing veg athome. Plantingout in thewalled garden at Dartington on one of our popular 50i1-to- Supper courses.

CHAIR'S REPORT Chair's Report It's has been nearly a decade since our Armed Forces were last engaged in large scale tombat operations and some might Jssume thatthe nutnberof veteran5 needingsupport 15 fallingandthere 15 le55 need for charities like Veterans Outdoors. They couldn't be More wrong. Combat services stretched like never before. induced mental health conditions can Veterans Outdwrs is becoming ever take rnany year5 to surface and there more vital. growing in both reputstion re many other. nDn.cotnbat reasons atbd impDrtance. thèt might cause Mental health issues or trauma 3mong our serviceme and women or Slowly but surely. we're cementing our plate within the land5C3pe of veteian5' support ind while there will alwtys be more work to be done. the progress so far ha5 been impre55ive. ThE TfU5tee5 and l are proud to beparttsf thisdynamic orgaTri5ation, supporting a team that put5 the wellbeingof our veterans at it5 veryheart. maltreaiment lo name just a few. AsourunderstandiTrgofwhatCaU5esand constitute5 mental illness grows. we're torever llew and bEttET way5 of supportlng our serv5￿5 comrnunlty. helping rnen and wornen to fulfil their It'sgreattoseeveteransoutdoorsatthe forefront of this work. working closely with benehciaries and other partners to discover exactly what work5. devi5inS programmes that cin ofter veterans the skills and resilience they need to cope witheveryday5ituatl0ll5th3t.previou51y. thty may have found difficult. With the NHS and other statutory rnental health Haydnwhite. Haydn White, Interim Chair io

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•op VETERANS OUTDOOFiS Contact 45tone5cb5e. addre55: Veterans Outdoors 15 run by CEOJeremy Hibbard, chaired during the 21122 period by Stewart Harrison with Haydn White replacing him as interim chairfrom August'22. Modbury Ivybridge. Oevon. PL210RZ Other truslets al 31.10.22 were Grania Phillips. Jamie R05Slttr, Nick Griffiihs and Laura Sinclair-Willi5.Tru5tee53rerecwited byinyitation.