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IIEGISTEREO ¢Tr•ARITY NUM8ER: 1181440 lorth•Y ATC UTht 2 thJnhev•sJ Court P•nnygillam Way LAUNCESTON Corrr•rn¥ PL15 7ED

LanSEN T March 2025 P•0• R•port ol th• Tru¥t• 1 ID 2 6 to 12 13

L•nSEN T ort of the Trustees Y•ar Ended 315t Mar¢h 2 The tru$tsg¥ w¢¥enl their reporf wth lh8 financial statemerts Df tt ¢harrty for year end￿ 31st Mwch 202S. The iiust•é$ hav• adopted the of and ReFO)rtry by Chaiities.. Statement of ReoJmmendBd Practice appli¢alJe to tharilw preparing their accwnts in accowdance I￿1h the Fin￿￿131 Reporting Slandd appltsbk in the UK and Reputsli¢ of Ir¢laThJ IFRS 1021 (affects￿ 1 January 2019). 08JecTIVES AND ACTIVITIES ObJectlvtt and alrns 11 To fulfil the needs of children with Speci￿ thjueabon￿ ne￿$ and Ilw famili￿r¢arerS in Cornwall and Cvon by PrO￿￿1ng advice, gUIdar￿ and supp￿1 and by kKgYkJry w awstin9 in ￿ provis#)n of fa¢ilrties for we(x¢abon in th interest ofsoaal wre. 21 To promote S￿37 i￿lUSi￿ among wrth speoal edwiM)no1 a￿1 their famhlesl¢arers in Cgmwall and on who are 5cKialty exdu¢Je(l souety or pts ol soc as a wesLt of their special educaiKsnal ne•J5 by.. il Pro¥iding ed￿ation and Info￿al￿)n kn SLWtyt a￿j •nth P￿￿ear￿$ k) 8dLulional (wort￿￿$ for their chibJlchilen. ill Raising publ￿ a￿8￿re$S of lh8 issues affeclw¥J chen S￿al educationd n8eds and Ih•if fAnilylcarws. tjoth 9ener8My and in relation to Iheir soaal exd￿￿n. iiil Provth"rrfJ thocacy, and advice AdFYitl¢$ for the Publlc B•n•fft The Irustees cenfim thal they have referred to the 9UKJw in ts Charity Commi￿19￿. g￿￿Tal gupSan¢o on publi benefit when revithving the CVY8 arns and C￿jeC￿Ve$ in planrMr¥J aeii¥iti•¥ The main 8cllvrf￿ LanSEN have w¥Jertaken in ￿lat￿￿ 10 the{￿ sel ¢yrt in Ihe 9overnin9 thvjment are.. - Regular ycxrth gro￿5 and home ￿8￿lTrg woups are beiTh3 h•ld in ryjr hub. Th• ts•nag• group is stdl app••rin9 lo be very popdarwith regulargcod atteTrdan￿. The home leam¥vJ groups to Èe pwdar. rylh wyw¥J atterjan￿. ar¥J th8m8d actwitie5 r•l8vani kn thè ime OF year. teenage youth group have enjoy&1 ¥arws outslg wovidgj by LanSEN TC￿￿￿T. and a local sticial grow have also offered support by pro￿lr￿ actNit5 like thitues darts etc AcHievEMENT AND PERFORPaANCE A¢hh¥ements for the Period In early MaF¢h 2025 a quiz nyht W45 htbj at a W sttial thb. ft was wel attended ilh both Wjcal f¥mils and social club mènknr5. Paslitis and ¢r•am tsa$ %•m wovided as part ofthe eveniThJ. BeirKJ active in the loc4 (￿mynty allrr•ts a wbjer 8ww•nèts ￿ thè and LanSEN Tofftr w and doès offer lamilies carer8 within the loca￿. Fwnil￿$ and c¥ers ha •ttwKled hv¢ wgviled posi￿ f•ethack as ll as mtroducty othèrs to our groups- FINANCIAL Review Prlnclpal Fundlng Source8 Principal sources of Iwding lor the chty Incr￿￿8 gr￿ts IT(on the Nalicfflal Lcthy. local MP5 and Launc•ston Ttr•m Cowicil Other fuTrthng ali585 from lundraiswy acts%rybe5 ty Ihe charity and d￿al￿$ the general public. Malor rlskn The mapr risks to whth the chaiity 15 eyp)5•J as by trusle•s c(￿￿7￿• lo b• mwed an(1 S￿leMS h been eStabl￿1￿d to mil¥Jate those iisks. Res•rves polky The charity's polcy is to hokl a of £2.5OJ of ￿￿$trict0 lurth in tr account Tr¥$ shoukl ￿ $uffi¢ient to ensure Ihe Sm￿th running ol lh• charty for • 013 monwffj in ebEnl of a (trop in furyls lo un8YP¢Cted urcumslw$ until fund#WuTrJr$iry Can be irWwl8d. As al 31sl March 2025, the eharity's Lmf•styiciwJ ms•ryos in a of £5.ty)3 compared a $wplus of £11,154 at 31s1 ￿r¢h 2024.

LWSEN T ortofth Y••r End• 1st M F114ANCIAL REVIEW Goln9 ¢onc•rn Fln•Thclo1 P￿rtIOn Th• Charity m a deficit for the yew ot E9.042 in Ihtr of £641. Ths deuease i8 ly d￿10 no grants bew)9 re¢eNed tt¥8 yeaw, and a re(kbcffi in donations At the end of March 2025. them was a balan¢¢ 01 £&883 W a¥ fu￿15{2024". É11.154) and nl with lri¢t•J furK1512024: £3.7911 STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE ANO MANAGE Gov•mlng doGum•nt Thè tharity controlletl by ts go¥effw (hxurnont. flo . Fcrtxwjakn rwstwed 7th J•rwary 2019 •rl ￿nS￿lUt•S a charitable incorporated organi5alror4 ICIOI The CIO is Eryland & Walas. R•¢wknMnt and appoknknwnt ot n•w trust••• Twu5tee5 appoinled fou￿r￿j carefvl coTrsidarntb)n aThJ I￿1 all aclwwJ tru¥8s. The Iru5tO05 con5uIt Maria Lawson Ifowider crfthe ¢h¥ityl who mana9e$ th?•Jay to day Operat￿)n5. dudlon and tralnlng oln•w tNst••s All tntslees required to read the tharity ¢(mbluthx. OBS dcs are rnandatory as w•ll as safeguarfry qualiftcath)n$. F¥s1￿ Irawwwj bs lor th8 eoJuLbon atsJ youth groups. d•r notw¢ LanSEN Together is a Small tharty ￿ Ihe ITh￿1￿. &knJ Maiia I[￿￿￿. s•t Up'Fr￿￿$ of LanSEN T(3gth8rf. Th5 ￿ a 9￿￿p ol parents sew¥ice u88r5 pkn aety¥th. da$￿ and fvndrai$ry Thjse irNolved a150 indude iThYiwduals Tth a laJ8nt or qUahftati￿l Ihal w0￿d to aloryslts us lo a benth'al outtome E¥eryone who ¥cAwrtews for the th81ity erther as a tr￿81¢e L¥ of npJ5t reèj and aw to LanSEN Tcgetsrf$ policies and proceAwes. We atso enyJre Ihose I￿ry cknety to s•w¥icè usws ha￿ appmpriate ¢he¢ks and qualthtws •ThJ experi8￿e to do so. W• b•kn Ihis miior rvJk¥ b the ¢harity and ovr seThices uw$ REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRAnvE DeTALS R•gl•t•red Charky nurnl 1181440 PrlnclO ad¢tr•s 3RaceH Launces Comwall PL1S 98A Tn￿te05 Ms K 8urr Ms L Fl'tts Ms M Lawson Ibxl•p•ndgnt Ex•mhbgr ATC Advi%ors Chartered Accountan18 Unit 2 Dunheved Court Pennygillam Way qUNCESTOhl Comwall PL15 7ED Apyro¥ed by t¥d•r rfth8 board oltrust0￿on........ . ... arKI ils t¢h•lfby." Ms L Pitts- Truste• Pagè 2

Inde nt Exnlnerfs Re nSEN T rtt thTrus Ind•p•ndent •xamlnerfs r•port to the In￿18•5 of LanSEN Togetlr I teport to Ihe charity Irustees ￿ my ex¥ninatth of Ihe ar£ounls frf LanSEN Togthr (the Trust) for the year ended 31st March 2025. R￿po￿lIbIlItI•l and b•sh of rewrt As the charily Irustees of the T￿t you for the Fryalaiw of the axounts in ¥Mlh the requiremenls of the chan￿'e8 Act 2011 Ilhe Arfl. I report in r$p•d ol my trxamination ol t￿ Trusfs acttthts &vrJ tyJI Secbon 145 of lh• Act and in earryng out my examination I have followed all Awh¢able De¢tbYts 9Nen by ￿ Chartty Ctynmission under secth"￿ 145(51(bl of Ihe A¢t. Indapandent 8xamin•rfs staternent I have completed my examination. I confim that rK) Malw1￿ mattws lo my attentiw in c4)nrtttK)n wrth the exwnination givirtrj cwse to be￿ve that in arrrf maWi resw a¢countsng re￿d$ woffj not k¢pt in resrrtt of1￿ TnJst as wuwed ty Se¢liM 130 01 Act., or the accounts do not acc¢yd wth those ￿¢1￿d$,. the a￿o￿nt$ ¢) ngt ¢wnF4y Ihe requ¥err￿IS CO￿8Mlng the form and conlent gf o¢¢ounts set ryjt in Ihe Charit185 IN￿O￿￿ts and Reports) ReguIatKx￿ 2CQ8 other than any ￿quireM￿nI that Ihe ￿￿Unts giva a truè arbj far which is not a matsr as partolan ￿de￿iK10Th1 èxaffmation. I hav& Th) COnfr￿ and have cryne am$ no olher malters in wine¢bM with thg examinattcffi io ¥thKh atten￿On should be drown in this r8POrt ￿ order io ¢nabl8 a proper underslanthru of the accounts lo b8 reach8d. Mrs S A Gay FCGIJFCA ATC Advi% Chartered Accountants Unit 2 Dunh8ved Court Pennygillam Way LAUNCESTON Cornwall PL15 7ED P*Jè 3

LanSEN T tat•m•nl of Fl lal A￿¥11185 Yaar Ended 31#t March X2S Total 2024 Total funds INCOME AND ENDOWMEiifs FROM Donations and18gac 1001 1001 8.154 Fwbjraisir Olhw in¢m 741 20 2D Total 2241 8,915 EXPENDITIIRE ON C￿￿tabl8 actlvlll•s 3.791 11￿3 9.5 NET INCOIAW(EXPEIIDITURE 13.791 19,042) 16411 REcONCL1AT￿N OF FUNDS Tol81 lunds Iyoughl fgrward 11.154 17•1 1494S 15.se6 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 5.903 14.945

LanSEN T Balanc• She•t stm h202 2025 Total fvnds 2024 TLxal lurds lund fur FIXED ASSETS Tan91b￿ asset$ Swal ￿￿b￿entS 10 11 1,085 1,014 156 156 156 CURRENT AsseTS Debl¢Jrs Cash at bank 12 521 12.325 5,74T 5.747 5,747 5.747 12,846 NET CiMIRENT ASSETS 5.747 .747 12,846 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT UABIUTES 5.903 s.￿13 14.945 NET ASSETS 5.903 S,￿3 14.94S FUNDS Unrestricled lund$ Re51ricted fund5 13 5,903 11,154 3.791 TOTAL FUNDS SP03 14,945 The fthianual 8talements approved by th• Bo¥d ol Tntslo•s aThY fr* iwe and $4n•il bew by. L i>ltts- Truslee Pa9e S

ots to Flnan¢l•l Stat•m•Mt• l M h202S ACCOUNTING POLICIES Basls of prgplrfng th• Iln•n¢tsl •t•t•m The fin3n¢rdl stslements of th8 CIO, whKh is a pth Èérr èntsty urthr FRS 102. ha¥e been prepared in accordanee with ￿ Statement ol R8cornrnerKled Prtcbc." Aetounlry and RepNlry by Charit￿¥ preparing their act￿nts in accordance with the Fmanoal Repth"ng StaThJard aFph'cabkn in ts UK 8rwJ Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 issued on 16 July 2014 ar#J tl Fin￿￿$ Repwlw Stantsd i48 in th8 Unrt•Y and Republic ol I￿land IFRS 102} ar¥J Ihe Charl1￿ Acl 2011 d UK GoTh•￿ty Actepkd a$ it applies from 1 January 2015. accounts IfM)ancial 81atemertsl have been prI)ar￿ kn gi￿ a aThY fa¢ •J ha%E departed from IhB Charthes tAccJ)urts and Report51 Ra￿lat￿N$ 2(1)8 onty to eAtsnt wuired to pwdo a 'tr￿ and fair . This departure h45 lokNlng A¢¢￿￿lI¥j and RepLNtry by Chanlie5 prep8Thy thw"r accounts in accordawKe wAh the Flnanoal Rep￿ttr9 Standard applKablB ￿ thè UK and Rèp￿ ol Irel￿d IFRS 1021 Is$￿ fm 16 July 2014 rather Ihe AttothtsrYJ R&P￿ ty charl￿$.. Stateftwnt of Recornm8nded l incom• is r•cognwJ in the Staknvrt rf FMwKial the ranty has Mblknn•nt furth. it is prnbabl• that IlK• in¢4m wll bg recwwj Iha alr￿￿￿Can ￿rnea5￿d ￿"abty. Exp•ndllur• Charity to that exwdrture. it is pro￿￿ that a transfer of economK ￿fits bè re4uir8d ITr tset1￿￿nt and the anw)unt of the oblNJatp)n can measwed ￿lIablY. Eywdbture is ￿oUnted on an payrrnt5 ba515 and ha5 baefi dassffjed undw heJingS that 4gregate al cc6t feld to tha ¢at•gory. Where c06ts cannot bg diredty attribuled to paitir)Jlar h8ThJ5 I￿Y h#v• k) ¥ ba81$ ¢￿i$l￿nt the us8 ol ￿SoUrCes. T•nglbh flx•d as¥•ts Oepre¢iabon i¥ pmbryd¢d #t th• fo￿)￿ arrtAI r•les in tyder as88t its •stimaknJ uwful C￿p￿er equwwt 25% on ccl Taxadon Fund a￿OUntIng ar6e W￿ft spe￿r￿d by the dOnororw￿rt ￿rtd5 a¥• Ms•d IN parkn"¢th¥ ￿$trthd pwposes. Fuwlher •x&lanatK•) ofth• natur•and ol irxk•J8d in th? no5 to the fwci4 staiwnants. Soclal Imi•slm•nt Social inve51m8nts ￿￿Sent a wograThrfne related wweslrnth in th• fomi of a c(mc•Mion•ry loan. has b••n mcognffjJ at amount aftwth& of •knrest at the r*. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES 2025 2024 Donabons Grants 2.IXII 3.154 s.o 2,IX11 8.154 2025 2024 Olhergrants contirvJed...

LanSEN T Nol•s t• lh• Financial Sla¢ ¢ortti Y•ar Endod 31st March 2025 FUNDRAISING 202$ 2024 Fundraisin9 220 741 OTHER INCOME 2025 2024 Interèst f•¢•ivab 20 CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS Direct Cos18 {see t86} sts Isee r¥)t• 71 Toia Charitable Admbes 10.1148 1,235 11283 OIRECT COSTS OF CHARITABLE ACTMTIES 2025 2024 Rat85 and twat•r LW heal Te￿Phone Advertising Insuran Repairs Postage & stationery Re5tyJrt•s Rent Rates Fundraising eynses DePr￿JaIl¢ 349 1.031 1.170 264 621 626 245 1,073 4200 74 113 1.085 501 4,200 362 10,048 8,801 SUPPORT COSTS Gov•mane• Chartstle Acai¥lts 1.235 TRUSTEES, REMUNEIiATION AND BENEFITS Th8 trusto•s al their thme )d •Whs• lrnety trrithout •ny I￿rn of fwnwerabon oi otsr benefrt in cash c kind Trust8•5' expBn$•s There wer8 no tru51ee5' eJpense5 PaKI fty ts year ￿d&d 31st IAarch 2025 nor for the 8nd8d 31st Marth 2024. P*p7 ¢onb"nued ..

Flnan tat•monts. cont for tho Year Ended 31$t M•rch 202 CUAPARATIVES FOR THE STATEiieNT OF FWANC1ALAcTN￿￿S Totsl fund nd INCOME APLI ENDtxMeNTS FRO 154 8,154 Funthaisir¥J 741 741 Total 8.915 8,915 EXPENDmiRE ON Chartt8bl• acii Charitabl• Acknthli 8.836 MET INCOIIEIIEXPENDMJRE) 8.1 (8.8361 16411 RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total hJnd$ ￿h1 fo￿4 12.627 1s,$86 TOTAL FUNDS CARRED FORWARD 11,154 3.791 14,94S TANGIBLE FIXal A88ETS Compuler equ1Frf￿t COST At 1st 2024 and 31st Marth 2025 2.874 DEPRECIATION At 1st￿￿ 2024 Charge for year 1.589 1.085 At 31¥t 2025 2,674 NEf BOOK VALUE At 31st 2￿25 Al 31st March 2024 11. SOCIAL INVESTIIEMTS MARKET VALUE At 1st Awil 2024 RepayM￿ts in year 1.014 1878) Ai 31$t Marth 2025 156 NET BOOK VALUE At 31sl Maich 2025 156 At 31sl Ma￿h 2024 1,014

LanSEN T •lh•r Not•$ to th• Finan tements. cont5nued for the Y•ar Ended 31st Marth 2025 12. OE8TORS: AMCAINTS FALUNG DUE W￿NI1 ONE YEAR 202S 2024 Prepaymonts ond awued iKomè 521 13. OVEMENT IN FUNDS N•t mov•m•nt in lunds At 31.3.25 At1424 Unr•slrld•d fund• General furbj 1&2511 S,903 R•strl¢t•<l lunds Reslricted F￿d 3.791 117911 TOTAL FUIXIS 14.94S 19,0421 5,903 Net movThnt in ILw¥J5, ino*Jded ¥) as follcws.. IncL¥nir RestyJrces Nknment in fvnd$ Unr••¢rlct•d fvnd• General (7,4921 {52511 R•strf¢t•d lund• Reslricted Fund 13,7911 {3.7911 TOTAL FUNDS 2,241 111,2031 {9.0421 Cryratl¥•s for rnov•mW￿ In fvr41s movomenl in funds At 31.3.24 At 1.4 23 Unrestrkted funds GeneTrl fund 2.9S9 8,195 11.154 R•strld•d I￿ndS R8$tnd•d FUNJ 12,Vd7 18,8361 3.791 TOTAL FUNDS 15.586 16411 14.945 c¢nimuod. .

LatsSEH T Not•S to the FtN•n¢lal Stst• r End•d 31st March 2025 MOVEMENT IN FUNDS . ¢ortlnuwl Unr•strkt•d lund• GeThofal fibTh 8.915 8.195 R••trkf￿ fund• R￿n¢t8d Fund 1&8361 18,8361 TOTAL FUNDS 8.915 19.5561 (6411 At 1.423 In funds 31 3.25 Unw•strkt•d lundB Gèn￿￿ fund 5.903 R￿t￿Cl•d fund• Restnded Fw 12.627 {12.6271 TOTAL FUNDS 15.586 19.6831 5,903 A OJTrtnt y•ar 12 n￿)nts ￿¥r 12 Thnlhs r¥JntMn*J n8t rno%wa)t •) funds. •bovo a8 lollx8" Unr•strl¢ted fvnd• General lund 11.156 18.2121 R••trt¢l•d fvnd• 112.627) (12.6271 TOTAL FUNDS 11.1 120.8391 19.6631 P•3e 10 rthd...

Fln torth•Y at•m8nts. coTrtlnued 13. MOVEMENT IN FUM>S-¢onii•w•d RESTRICTED FUNDS Asat 01.04 2024 Asat 31.03 2025 Funds Vnr••trlct•d Funds General Furbj 2.221 fl,4921 5.883 Rvstrl¢t¢d Funds Laptops L￿81 Connect Fund 152 1152 18331 Lotto Gr￿t 2022 12.8051 13.7SfSl Tolal Fund5 14,944 2.221 111,2821 5.883 In September 2022. £10.O)O was rece￿￿ from the National Loitery thè rurring ol woups and uipmenl These lunds ha￿ al bgBn 5Fent ￿ reSDur￿S k) these to n relgas•J from th# fund thmugh dewecokn and now W us&X in thjl. Local C In 2021 £2 220 was fèthd t¢wa￿S the wrthase ol iP&ts el.974 was sp•it iPals ￿thIch h85 teen roleasèd fr¢)m th• ostn¢iod fund Ihrowjh d¢KWati￿ balarKe has been ublised In full IPad cas8S and Apple sub￿np￿.Ofi8. along with payThenls for by the IPèJs. 14. RELATEO PARTY DISCLOSURES In 2022. a cOn￿￿￿8ry loan for £S.CO) was wovthd lo Maia Law5(m IfcAmderl. At as 31st March 2025 balan¢e of £136 was to the chanty. Cm 8th July 2023, Maio Lawsw was as a In￿lee. PROGRAMME RELATED INVESTIENTS A concessi￿￿ loan for ts.cth was issued 2022 ¥*ith an rale 012% Th￿ ts baing repaid in aqual Instaknents over 36 mon 2025 2024 Due vAthin one year 136 1,014 136 1,014 Pdgè11 eonlmued..

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LanSEhl T •th•r Ihd Statorn•nt lal Actl forth• Year Ended 318t March 20 2025 Total lunds 2024 Total lunds INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS Donatlons and 1ogaGI•¥ Qonalions Grants 2.001 2.001 3.1$4 5,OC 2.0fy1 2,001 8,154 Fundralslng Fundraising 220 741 othor I￿oM• 20 Totsl Incornlng rosourc•s 2341 2.241 8.915 ExpeNOITURE Charitable aEtivlti Rate$ and water ghl afKI ￿￿1 Telopho Advertising Insurance Repairs P05taye & slati¢mery Re$ource8 Rent Raies Fwdrai$ry exgense8 Depreciation 1.fj31 1,031 1.170 264 521 626 245 521 1,OT3 1.200 74 113 1.085 501 4.2CKI 2,976 74 113 1110 206 362 6257 3.791 10.048 8.601 Support costs Gov•mdnce costs Aceountancy Profe5w"onal fees 720 275 275 1.23S 1.235 755 TrAal resources expe 7.492 3.791 11,283 9,556 Net18xponditur•)nncome 15351} 13,7911 1g.D421 ie411 TIMS page doe5 ncl frm part oftt stLrtory finarwl statonwnts Pa9e 13