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REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBEK. CE111￿14 (Ethgl*nd and W8ks) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: I1￿561 RT OF THE ]RUSTEES STA FOR THE YEAR ENDED VE 657 Liv¢rwMTrl Road Irlam tanushiTe M445XD

DRtVEN oKrENT OFT NCIAL STATEMENTS Rewrt ofthe Tn]s*es Ind¢p¢ttdent Ex0m1￿15 Ryrt stateme￿ of FinaDC1￿ Aeiiviues Balallce Sheet 5 to 6 Noies to ihe Finall¢1￿ State 7 to 11 Detaikd Stswnen¢ of Financial Activiti&q 12

RT OF THE TRUSTEES Ended 31 March 20 The uwsttts who are a150 diyectot5 of the dwity fw the of the CotTrwie5 Act 2(￿￿, P￿￿Tri their retK>rt with the financial 5tstemetits of the charity for the yew crt￿1 31 M3r¢h 2025. The tnLStes hI￿r a￿ted the pro3rysions of Accounting and Rqx)rting by Clwities: of R￿)ll￿ed Pradice applicable io charities prepanng their accounts in accordance FinatKi21 Rwung StsDJard atpltcable it) the UK and R2public of Ireland (FRS 102) {effective l Jatwary 2019). OWECTRVES AND AcfiviTIES Objectlvtt And ¥ln Our primary Obj￿tiVe is lo off¢r a sustaithle lrnns￿ servic¢ irMliV￿Ual$ who have difficulty ac¢es5in8 ￿gUlar transtMrtatioD. We aim io bridge the transtmynalion gap thrI￿gh a nNyJel that relics on volunteer drivers. ensuring ihe service is &ffordablG c4)mmw)ity41rivffj and taikved to the oe•Js of WCES. Key activiti45 overthe p&st y£arha￿l i￿1￿]￿. - Sp￿18} fw]s on elthrly Ca￿ by pn)viding transTXMt to elderly cttiztos may stha88le with md)ility or acce55ing public rransp)rL Aehkverne￿ts and the past year. we have maintained ourcontribwiom within the community. K¢y achicYtsn¢nts iTKlude: . Volunteu numb•3". The numbuof Vol￿Wdriv￿s 5 from 12 overthe yeaT. Yo￿nteer contributions Our volunteer drL"v¢rs are the toCkE￿ of OUT (*ganiS￿o￿L Trir conunitm¢nt to PIV￿ding safe and reliable tran$￿tion to those in need has bettl ex(wi(Mwl. Over the year. v0h￿tecT$ have Co[￿[1bUtd more than 1721 bouts of their time. drtwing o%'w 16.(MX) miles. We colltinue to offeT training and suptx)rt ￿ our volunteus th¢y have the rttessary skills knowledge. aTMI te5ources LO p¢rfornJ their roles safdy and confithntly. FINANCL4L REVIEW Flnawisi revlew The fmancial p)sitioD ol Dri%'en rnnai￿ stable aThl sustaina)le. Our fund￿￿ caxnes prin]arily from tortimuNty th)n￿l0￿$. grant4 aud serviLY fees. wbith are kept low io ensure ar¢essibility. Granis alld (k)oatiotts fro]ll GMCVO a￿j a)alfields Reg￿￿￿10n Trust haTre been ID allowing us ￿ expaThJ our services aMI acquire additional resou￿ i￿h]dIng new vehicles and training for volUt￿er drivers. We aim lo secure a(klitI￿al funding thccontinutd w¥th aThJ S￿￿tai￿71ty of (m￿ sthvice& for the tA)king forwar4 our plans foT the rthl year t￿lude. . ExpaDdin¥ourwiee atra to covera￿lti[￿oI njrai a￿1 ￿￿ll￿¢d ￿ll￿￿￿tilli¢s. serviccs. . Djversifying fiuwjing sow￿8 tOeT￿llE I￿￿.￿em7 ￿trTn￿llity a￿1 th tEliantton BraTrt5.

DRIVEN REPORT F THE TRUS e Year End l March 2025 FI.YANCL4L REVIEW Conclusion We aTe incredibty PMMI of what we have achieved this year. il ts a tcstameni ￿ the dedicats.on of volwitecr5, stsff. aTMI sup[￿¢1￿. DrTven continues to provide essential servic£s thai make a real difference in the live5 of our commutllty Mcmi￿ts. Wc l(M)k fotward to building on thjs &lLCC¢ES aod fUrt￿r expanding our seThices in the comin8 We would like to extrnd i)ur g￿l￿th to every￿￿ involved in SWJEM)rnng our missioo 3￿j we are extibj for the fvtLWe. STRUCTURE GOVERNANCE A]¥D MANAGEMENr None vf ihe tn]st￿. nor the ChaIm￿[4 ￿re1ve an) salary or fu]an¢iaJ temuner&ion fvt their woth and involvement on behalf of Driven. % an organisation wc are coo]miued to cominws utjprovemeot iti lille with the sthndards of gwj governance ex[￿cted by the Ch8Tity COMEDI￿10￿. Ckn8es in Irg]51ation tegu]atioLs will bE monilored. aud ourpoli¢ies alld p￿vI￿r¢S will ￿ ass(￿d and ￿le￿.ed to er6ll￿ that Driven is opwatiT)8 within thE legal fr8mewoTk. The board 0 whole has rqM)nsibili¢y for t￿UTing ￿lIcI¢S aThJ poccdures ate in li￿ with legisiatiOD and regulations changes. REFERENCE AND ADI¥lINIsTRATTr￿ DETAILS Registered Company number CE015534 (Engialld and Wales) Rewed Charity 11110561 Reglstered olllte CF3 BuildiD¥ Wigdn lrtvestrn¢nt Centre WateJ¥ide Drive Wigan WN3 5BA Tru51ee5 Mr H Gerdrd Mr P Gany Mr H Thorne Mt5 A CaddiLk Company Seeretsry lThdepetsdent Ex*MI￿er Cadishtad AccouDtsD¢y Setvicts Limited Brita[￿l£ House 657 Livery￿1 Road Irlam Manchester tan¢ashire M44 5XD Approved by ordtt of the IK•rd of trustres on.... 29-1,,1.2.g.......... aTKI sI￿j ¢)D its by: Page 2

AMINERS RE￿)RT THE TR tndependetst ex•ther'5 to the Inisttts of Drtvew ('the Compny' I rewrt to the charity tru5teeson my exami￿1￿ of the xcounts ofthe CoEnpny fw thye4r eE)ded 31 March 2025. Respottsibililles Imsis orr4￿rt A5 the chariry's tr￿1¢¢$ of tbe CoTnpany (s￿1 also its diredm for the tw(6es of comparty law) you aff ￿s￿n517)It for th¢ prepa￿ of the aG¢ounts in 3cronLince with th¢ reqLEiTements of the ComrAni¢s Act 2(Kkn ('Ihe 2(M)6 Aci,). Havin8 satisfied myself that the a￿Ounts of the Cornp￿y a￿ r￿ulTed audtfrd UDdtt Part 16 of the 2(M)6 Act and are eligiblr for indqKTKknt examivatioru I rcpjrt tn resp￿1 of my examinatM)n of your Chari￿5 xcounts carTied out under Sedion 145 of thc Charities Act 20I I (Yhe 2011 Act'l In (Z￿Ellg out my eAaminalioD I have followed the Directio￿ given by the Charity Commission Secuon 145(5) (b) of th¢ 2011 ACL IDdepend¢DI examiner's stxteiiitni I have completed my ¢xaminalioD. l umjfum that ￿ marter5 bavr come to my att¢ntion IEL coDnection with the examination giving me ca￿¢ ￿ Ixlieve: accounting r￿r&S were ]K)t kept of the CompJDy as rc4uirryl by ￿tiott 386 of the 21MK) Ac4 or the accounts do not a¢Yord with th¢Jse ￿. the accounts do not comply with the a¢¢ounting TE4wi￿ of 396 of the 2(KJ6 A¢t other than any requirement that the give a 2nd fair view which is a Tnatter cortsidered &% ofall indepcthr examination. or th¢ have oot FrfEparryl in aco)nkn with fv mthyjs a￿1 prirKTples of the SratenKnt of Recommended Pta¢titt for xcvuffling awj I¢[￿1￿ by ¢hariiie5 (a￿lIcAble lo chan.iies prepanng their ac¢ounts in accordance with the FInall¢t￿ Rewrtitig StsndaTd aN)licable iti the UKalld Republic of Ireland {FRS 1021). I have no concerns a]Ml hai'e come acros5 no other mattw5 in ConT￿lon with the exarntnation to Mthich att•ition shijuld Mr l.L. Fr05t (FCCAI The AS￿lation of Chthtrryl Certified Attoun BTitantsic Ilouse 657 LiveTP)ol Road Manchester IAnc&8hire MM 5XD

TATEMENT OF FINAN ALA eYearE 31 March2 li 31..1.25 UnrE5tricÈ&l Tota] Notes INCOME AND F.NIX>WMEKtS FROM Donations and l¢gaci 26.130 33.610 Other tradit]g xtiyities Other income 45.794 1.550 35.441 Total 73,474 69.051 EXPENDrruRE ON Raising funds 69.656 81.466 Ch8Tltble etfvAtle5 (4,161) Totsl 65,495 81,466 IYET INCOMFJ(EXPENDITURE) 7.979 (12.415} RECONCILJATIof4 OF FUNDS Total futmjs brougbi forn'ard (9.844) 2,571 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD (1.865} (9.844)

BAL￿N "E SHF.FT h202 31.3.24 Total fuDds Unrestiictcd nd IXF.DA&8ETS Tangible 14250 10.063 CURRKNT ASSETS Debtors Cash ai bank and in band 3,915 21.(￿7 3.785 2.177 24.982 5,962 CREDrroiL Amounts falling due WEth￿ one year (41,(P)71 (25,869) {16.115) (19.9071 TOTAL ASSETS L￿8 CURRENT LIABILITIES (1.86S) (9,844) ASSETSI(LIABALITIFS) (1.865) (9.844) FUNDS UnTE5tri¢*d fund5 (1.8651 (9.844) TOTAL FUNDS (1.865) 19.844) The charitabk COTTW IS e￿1tkd to fr(Kn a￿Jit under Section 477 of the Couwi¢s Act year 0￿d 31 March 2025. The memixry bave not requirtd the c￿Y w obkniti att audil of its f￿a￿ClaI state￿ents for the yw ended 31 MaT¢h 2025 in 476 ofthe Cowits Act 2￿￿. The tnjstres &knoWl￿ge their resrKxL%ibiliiies for (a) ¢llsuring that the charitable coo]w keeps wmmting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companie5 Act 21M)6 and preydring fi￿ancIal s￿¢￿ellts which give and fair view of the of affajrs of the chan"table cotnyany &s at the end of eAch fjnancial ytar and of its suwlus or deficit for each r]L8ncial year in 8¢¢0rdancc with the requirements of SL%tions 394 aTNJ 395 and v41u.ch (AhLYwise rojryly with the D4uIr¢tn￿t5 of ￿ Cotnpanirs Act 21N)6 Yelating to finwial statenKnE far as a￿lICable to the ¢kntable conww. (b) (x)nlinua...

DRFVEN BALLN 31 March 2025 niin These financial slaiements have been kve￿[￿1 in atcordw with the provisions 3pplie2ble lo chan"&ble Companies subje¢t to the $n￿ll companies regime. wtre apprnved by the B￿[d of Trus*e5 aTKI authorised for issue on were si8wJ its belthlf by: H T￿￿￿. Trustee M]5 A Caddick-

DR NOTF. ANCL IM -h2025 ACCOUNTING POLICIES Basis of preparlog the fim0cl￿ stafrmetsts The financhal siatements of the ehaTitsbl¢ C￿￿pary. which ts a pthlic iKnefit eniity under FRS 102. have ken prepared accorda￿ ￿1th the Chan"ues SORP (FRS 102) 'Accouwing and RqK￿]llg by Chariti&%'. SLgiement of Recommended Pncti¢e applicable to chan.ties prqjaring theit 8cc(wiL8 in accordanec wth the Fitwicial Repotyng Starthrd applicable Tn the UK and Republic of I￿laIMi (FRS 102) (effecti￿￿ l January 20191.. Finan¢id Re[￿]tig SLgndard 102 Tr Financial Rewilllg StsThlard ar41lioble in the UK and Rcpublic of Ireland. aDd the Lornpanies A￿ 2(Kkn. The ful￿121 statements bave l¢D Pr￿ared undeT the hj'storical cost vention. me All incoTne is TtCO8lli5ed Én the Sthment of FinarKial A¢tiities oKe thc charity has eJ)litlcTnent to the fimds, it is Pro￿ble that the income will ￿ ￿ceived and amouth can bc n￿$￿ed reliably. Eipellditsre Liabilities are rtrogn1s￿1 as expendittwe as gx)n as there is • legal or coiLsmJdive obligation ¢ollunitttng tbe clwity to that expenditUTE. il is probable thai of ￿￿mie will IK ￿uIred iu %ltl¢ment and the amount of the obligation can be meawred TElJably. ExPth(titi￿e 15 aCc4)￿t¢d for on an accTuals basis and h&$ btcn cI￿lfied under beadings t￿1 aggregate all cost rela￿￿ to the category. Ivhert costs cannot be directly attributed io particular he4dthgs they have beert allocated to aciivities on a basis c(xtsisni with the use or Tangible ffted assets DepTrciation is PTOTrI(kd * the folknving annua] rat¢s in to write off each ovu its estimated useful life. Motorvehiclcs Computwequipmeni 25Y• on thing blliarte 21f/• On (x)51 T•x¢lon The ¢FJaTity is exempt from Ix>rpwdtiOD tsx itschaTithble aaivitiek FuDd accouDikng UDre5tri¢ted Cart in 8cc(ffthncewith the clwitabk objectives at the discrctii)n of the trnstees. ReStr]th￿ funds can only IK usoj for rArtioJlar restricied ￿￿thIn ihe objects of ihe charity. Re51rictilMIS arise when speckfied by the d(xThor whell fimds ate Tri%tiJ for partKular testrict&J putyosts. Furthercxplanation of the natwe of e4th fimd is iTKI￿ in the T￿tr$ io the financial ststements. Hire pur¢b& and kniDg e•mmllments Rents]$ ￿ld utth otffitÉDg leaw are £barg&l to of FiDwial Adivitics on a straight line basis OV￿ the peri(xJ of the lease. P¢Dslon eosts ¥Dd other T)5¢￿et￿t￿￿ beDer￿ Thc chaTitsble cornpany OE¢rAtes a defined c0lltnlHJ￿X pension schune. contributio￿ payable to the cbaritable cornpanys Fn5Lon xheme are cha￿ed kn the Statrnwi of Finan¢M] ActiVTiie5 in the p)iod to which they relate. colltinued..

DRtVEN for the En 31 March 2025 iyrHER TRADING ACTIVITIES 31.3.25 JI_3.24 FutKlraisin8 evenL8 45,P)4 35,441 RAJSING FUNDS Raisig donations nd leg*eits 31.3.25 31.3.24 SupFrf)rt costs 69.656 NET INCOMEI{EXPENDITURE) Net It￿Me1{ex￿mIlttwe} is stated aftef ch￿ID￿(CrrIjit1Dg). 31.325 313.24 Depreciation- owued 8&geLS Other operdting l¢as Swplus on dist￿￿] of fixed &s 4.063 4,761 11,5501 3,469 4.070 TRUSTEFS, REh[Uro￿TION AND BENEFfrs There We￿ tru5tees' r￿Illin￿on or other benefit5 for th¢ year cth 31 M￿h 2025 TM)r for the year aided 31 MaTeh 2024. TrreweTr 00 extwses lorthe year er¥JgJ.11 M￿h 2025 ￿ for the yearththd 31 March 2024. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIALACllVTfILS Un￿$t￿(l¢d fund INCOME AND ENDOWMKNTS FROM Don￿l0￿$ ￿ legaci£ 33.610 Othei trading a¢tivib"es 35.441 Totsl 69.051 EXPENDrruRE ON B2isitLg ILuJds 81,466 NET INCO.MEJ(EXPENDITURE) {12.415) RF.CONCILIATION OF FUNDS Totsl filt￿ brou￿1 forward 2,571

DRIVF.N NOTF. TO THE ANC ed31 M h2025 COMPARATIVES TrOR THE STATEMENT OF FIIYANCIAL ACTIVITIFS- eontinutd Ut]restricted TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 19.8441 TAi¥GIBLE FEXED A&SEIS Motor vthicle5 CoTnPUter equIp￿eltt Totsls COST 'At l April 2024 Additions Disp)sa]$ 37,625 8.250 14.5(Kll 40.635 8.250 (4.5(￿ At 31 Mardl 2025 41.375 3.010 44.385 DEPRECIATION At l ApDI 2024 CILarge lor yvdr Eliminat￿ on dwM)5al 27.562 4.063 (4JIK)) 3,010 30.572 4.063 (4,51MII At 31 March 2ff25 27.125 3.010 30,135 P4ET BOOK VALUE At 31 March 2025 14250 14250 At 31 Marth 21r24 10.063 10.063 DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WTfH¥N ONE YEAR 31.3.25 31.324 Trnde debtors 3.915 3.785 CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE wrriiiN ONE YEAR 31.3.24 Bank loans a￿1 oyertjrnts (see 10) Trade crtditor5 Social secwity aul otheT tsxes Otherereditots Acwls and deferrul irtorne Accrued expenses 16,lknl .934 23 1,472 19.958 20.(KM) 1.032 1.712 1.625 1S(M) 41,1￿7 25.869

DRtVEN NO TO THE FINANCIAL sfA for the Year Et)ded 31 MaEth 20?5 LOANS An wlysis of the Tnaturity of loans is given beknv: 31..1.25 31.3.24 Amounts faIlU￿ due within one ye8T OD demand.. B8nk loa￿% 16.061 20.(KK) MOVEMENT IN FUNDS Nei movement At 1.4.24 31.3.25 Unrutrlcted hnds 19,844) 7,979 (1.865) TOTAL FUNDS 19.&141 7.979 11.8651 movtmth¢ in included in th aiM)ve are follows: in fun(L8 Unrtttritted f•nd¥ General 73,474 (65.495) 7,979 TOTAL FtJr4DS 73,474 {65.4951 7,979 Comp8rntlves for movement Net Dx>vemenl in ftuKis At 31.3.24 At 1.4.23 nrestricted hDd$ General fund 1571 112.415) (9.844) TOTAL Fu￿D5 2,571 (12,415) (9.844) C(Mnparative Det ]novenYnt ill ]￿l￿ded in ￿ alMJve are as follows: In¢omiD8 R¢50urce5 MovemeDt in thnds Unres¢rieted hnds General futyj 69.051 181.4661 112,4151 TOTAL FUNDS 69.051 (81.466} 112.4151 Pa8e 10 eoniinutyl..

NOTES TO THE F￿AN IAL STA f rthey Ended l March 2 ii. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS- cont10￿ed A CUTreni year l2 months alld wioryear 12 months coMbll￿d T￿1¢1￿ is &s follows: Net movemeDt ith funds At 31.3.25 At 1.4.23 Unrestrkted f•nds General fuNI 2.571 (4,4361 (1,¥651 TOTAL FUNDS 2571 (4,436) (1.865) A ¥urrent year 12 months and prior ye4r 12 n¥)ntlkS combined net in Includ￿ thE a￿v¢ are as follows= IncomiDg Resources extthded MoveTneDI in funds Uttrestrictsd f¥ndJ General fiind 142525 {146.W>l } {4.4361 TOTAL FUNDS 142525 (146.961) 14.4361 12. Th￿￿tre nO￿lated parry trdtLsxkn for the yearuKkd 31 Morch 2025. Pagell

DR DETAILED STATEMEKf OF for the Year Eiuled 31 M h 2 25 31J25 INCO.ME AND ENWWMENTS Donations and legatle8 Grartts 26.130 33.610 Other trading aclivities Fundraising events 45.794 35.441 Other intome Gain on sale of tangibl¢ fixed asscts 1,550 TO￿ Ineomlng rosourtts 73.474 69,051 SUp￿rt costs Other WJges P¢nsiuDs Other operating leases 2Y,-ry8 11$9 4.761 3.938 42.069 498 4.070 4.6(4) 1252 75 2,362 317 2.270 2,082 16,662 169 .510 3.470 Tclepbone Posta8e and stationery SundTie5 Re[￿][S attd renewa15 Other legal arml professiooal Ar¢ounta Motor expe￿ Trdvel ond subsistence Computerexpen5 Dwreciation of tangible fix￿ a55ets 116 81 321 611 1,594 18.397 618 962 4.063 65,495 81,466 65.495 81.466 Net Inetsmel(expendttsre 7.979 (12.415) This page d￿S fixEn part of the ststutory financial P¥ge 12