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Collytty registration numlK.' 12373666 cbtyre8is1ratl￿ DWDber'. 1187533 First Love Church rorthe Year Ended 31 Deceth 2023 960 Capability Gyeea LUI 3PE "AF500WE9" 2f40612Q26 CCWANIES HOUSE

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First kne Church Reference and Administralive Details Chrfty W#ration Nollther 1187533 C•n4)tty Relithlion Number 123730(* SE15 3UD L￿Oll LUI 3PE SDU¢ttorJ: WC2A IJF Bankern Ba￿lay$ L£l￿Ster LE87 2BB

First Love Church Trnslea. Report T￿lte£S And Page 2

irst Ld)ve Cburch Trnstees, Report (CODtiDned) The T1￿tee$, Rep(rft Iw bettt pep￿1 in acojrkn with requIr￿ts of the Cbarities 2011 attdth¢ com￿lle$ Ad 2(X)6. FRS 101 s￿Ond FAILiC￿ {Ottober 2019). by UFth Buiiain 2 (effedive for puiots besi￿1￿8 OD or after l January 2￿4). Fitst IA)ve Cburcb was OD 20 Dec¢th 2019 s a ¢lwitable ¢oDJpaDy limited by 8uaTantee (Conyiy aumber 12373666). It WZS T¢gist￿￿ with the Clwity c0trnnl￿iOU ¢)n 20 December 2019. Ob5e¢dve4 The objects of the cbarity sball be to advance the Christian faith ID acc4xd8ttt tl doctri￿$ attd beliefs of Th¢ LI8lrtlto￿Sc CWI Intertiational for the of the wbli¢ and iti Parti￿ uniiwsity students iti the Utiited Kitigdom ID sucb ways tbat are exclusively a￿ordID8 to EDglisb law. Public Bofit 8uidan¢e on Public beDefiL follow ftom the objectsof the b￿bi above. Chur¢k SeTrlce4 government anft0u￿t to the paothmio th¢ paTrJaDic. bave bad servic¢s a w¢¢k (Sundays 8Dd Thwday) usin8 TJ)om and FacciK)thk Live with wat( patsu. Thtse strviees art F.L.O.W. (Fit5t offeritigs via online baDkiDg. This IH8 o)mpldely elimi0￿ c•h handim8 ard we boF¢ to Contin￿ online pandemic due to tbe fac4 that peopk able loioin ftorn all ovtttbe world We will be maintaioing our on.litie Events J8nury- March 2025 PEaycr Cry (3rd. 6th Fetsiwy 2025) April-julle 202J Oikodcrtneo. 4th AEYil 2025 TFL. Brigbtot)- Ilth April 2025 Po￿￿oUth. 10th May 2025 Iti¢¢ster- 23rd May 2025 r￿d Friday. 18th A￿11 2in5 Pa8e 3

irst IA)ve Cburch Trnstees. Report (eontillued) HYP- 19th May 2025 SOT- 6tb JuDe 2025 Fr¢shu5 Camp- 14th- 18th June 2025 Juty- September 2825 CTA - 22￿1- 25th July 2025 Fitst L4we cLmfftr￿. 29th Juty. 3tdAw W25 (ktober- Dttember 2025 Koinooia Nigbt - 19th July 2025 & 24th Oetober 21)25 Oikodom¢o. 29th (ktobu 2025 & E9thNoveothu 2025 SOT R¢buneJ . 1st Novenxber 2025 Swollen Sunday- 30tb Novemiw 2025 FL 01￿1¢$. 20th Decemb¢T 2025 Appre¢iatton Sunday. 28th 2025 Outr¢a¢h The have wthed very brin￿08 the life chwg me&w ofJesus Christ kn the pwle iti the various com￿lIs. G2n8 members drug bave IWJ tb¢ir h'ves ¢baft￿l as a resuh of be•ring ¢IK good news of Salvation throu8h Jesus thisL We bave sei up WI￿tsApp gr(4w5 wl¥x l¢#dws shart the WQTd th¢ year to prea¢b the 8wel and WID llKve s(Mds. Volutttee The cbw is by a pol of volyntery in their resou￿ to the objeciivey Pagtoral C*re churclL Thcsc from marriage C0￿5¢111ng to dealtD8 with b¢r¢avtrnen4 finding lik p8rtha4 i&SU&4 of abandonmeDt and ab￿& deprniofy il]nesses old 884 debL chjldm spri¢ual guida￿¢ and prayer. Tr This mak¢5 a buge differnce itk the hves of of our O￿t Vulne￿Ie menth¢rs. visitors. I￿0￿c for the yeaz Wds £2.911716 (2024.. £3,099J81). EXP￿'tU￿ in tbe Y￿ amounted to £2.828214 (2024.. £2.773.936l inchthl doDatiOts of £1.791.824 (2024.. £1.629.980) to a number of (2024: £82fj.3161 PaBe 4

iY¥t I￿ve Chutt Trnstees, Report (contiDDed) b¢iween £350.0(X) and £5Lll(KIO. The Wuestr￿ Eeservu (￿1¥￿ are th¢ dwi1￿3 fre rest￿¢5) We￿ £910,818 (2024: £826,31SJ at the end ofthe year. Th¢ Iruts note tbat free reseThes are c• ab)ve the uw¢r end of th¢ tsTget rdD8& This retle&ts th¢ limittB Fwidrthimg Pag¢ 5

First kne Church Trnstees, Report (tootinued) PLANS FOR FL The trvste¢s p]#n ￿ grow the membersknp friAD its preseDt levd and wiu to fo¢ws oa refiniDg and The trustees (vth are also tb¢ di[¢¢￿ of FI￿ Lovc CIMllrb piwpxts of Com￿Y law) are TespoDsible 102'The Fin￿￿1a1 Rewillig Ststhld applithl¢ in the UK ard Rqxthlic of Ireland.. of ibe state ot affairs of the ¢baritabl¢.mFauy and of the inwDiD8 reS￿rn and 4w1lcatiL￿ of Tesoutce statements. the trusttt5 aT¢ requI￿d ttr. atty tin the fitta%ial positton of the awitable aTrl en2bk tb¢Jn to msvr¢ that tb¢ finawial ststetllents comply with the Compaoi¢s Art 2(K16. Th¢y are also TE5PODsible foT Safeg￿th￿S the ￿ets of the dwitable Di1clo￿re Df itifonn*tithi to audilv FAcb tr￿￿tre Iw tskett steps that they ought kn bave fakeD as a Irustee io onlerto make the￿￿ely¢S aware of any confrm that is ￿ relevant inf0m￿tion th3t they kww of aDdof wbich thEy thE auditor is uDawdfE. Re4ppoimtm¢Dt Of auditor ID ac¢oTdan¢e with $ethioo 485 of the Act 2(lJ6. 8 re501u¢lL￿ for the re.appoinlment of Mordcle Page 6

First IApve Church Tru$tets' Report (conlinued) The annual reportwas a￿0V￿1 by the thtstees ofth cbarity (ffj 10 A￿1 2026 2nd $i￿d beI￿lf by.. Ckn'sliana Page 7

st IA>ve Cburch Independent Audhor's Report to tbe Members of Thrst Love Church Opittion We have audit4xI th¢ fmncial Statern￿ of Fitst L4M Cllluth {the 'ch￿tr) fff tbe year eDtsJ 31 De¢ember f￿1￿¢th that bas beett app￿￿ in tbeir iryazi(￿ i5 Unit￿1 Kingd￿ A¢Ll7￿tin8 Stsodard% comprising CIArities SORP. FRS 102 The FIn￿la1 R¢P)rtI￿ StsTrlard applKabl¢ ID thE UK aud Rqxthlic of JTeland' atyt applicable law [unrt￿ Kingdon) Geoeralty Acceptrd give a true aod fair vi¢w of the slate of the affairs as at 31 De£ern￿ 2025 I￿1 of tts incomiD8 ii for DPiDiq• We ¢ondu¢ted our audit in accor￿ with IntertiatK)d Standarth OD Auditing (UK) OSAS (UK)) and applith•l¢ law. Our re5POn5tsililics thLW Stattdards aye fiDthr d¢s￿1b¢d io the audib)r res￿)￿$1b11iti¢s for the atidit of the financTal staiemeiits se&#ioti of our repxL We illdeF¢￿ of the ¢lwity in with the ethical requirements that an T¢I¢v3nt to ow audit of the fllwial $wem￿ts iti the iticluthtig the FRC'S Etbicai Stsndarf aod w¢ bave fi]If￿￿d our othcr ethKa] respxsibdilies iti ac&)rthct with these requirem￿8. opinion. conditions thaL individualty or ¢oU4ivdy. cast s18nific￿ dou￿ on tbe Laritys ability to continue &% a relevattt seL#i(*]s of tbis rel￿. Other inform&tioD faweia] Statett￿ts thes not cover the other infOnna￿ an4 ¢xW to the ext¢ot Othern￿ expiicidy statya ' ow kttowledge obtaingl ill the audit or othep4ViS¢ app¢ars tob¢ u)at¢rially m3sstst•t If w¢ id¢Dtify TDat¢Tial We bave itithis rtgard Page 8

First lffte Church Independene Auditor's Report to the Mernbezs of First IA)ve Church (continued) OplnioD other mtter pre8¢rfbed by the CompaDiU Act 2(rf16 In ow opioiofy based 00 the WO￿ in ts cow5c of the audil: In the of our kTThTledge and uttdetstatsJm8 of the ¢1￿￿ty ard its ellvitmett obtsIn￿ ID the Course of the We bave nothing to rqxrt ID respect of the follow m•tffs th the Cowie3 Art 2￿6 r¢qvirn us to from bratthes visited by ￿ (Y RapoDsibilities Of trustee9 rts1m￿SIb]e for tILe preparatson of th¢ fitiaacial Stat¢M￿ and fry bcing satisficd that ttxey give a athl fair unw unless tTr trusttts ¢i¢lKr iDt¢Dd to liquid th¢ djarity L%ase operaw or have no realiskn"¢ alternative but to do xk. Audit•r re4boMibilities fvthe *odit otthe slatemtnts extettt to wbich pocedures are capable of detedwg iwI￿lI10 iDthOing fro￿1 1$ d#ailNI b¢lovr. Page 9

Flrst IA•ve Church IDdependeDt Auditor's Report to the Members of kne Church (continued) ineluding f1w￿l non.1wl1aD￿ ￿ laws and TcgOlati￿S rrlatal to the Charities Art 2011. the Companies Art 21)06. and UK fi￿Cial statements i￿lUding th¢ Ti5k of ov¢ryide of c4kn1s. audit ￿(￿l￿r¢S Incl￿ enqui￿8 of B￿ause of the ivberellt lirnitatm of att Audil is a iisk that will not d¢ted all irr¢gulzri¢i¢4 luth￿1￿8 U of our report 16 of Cortipaoi¢s Art 21K16. Ow audit lJa% b¢¢n utskrt&en so that we sta to the ¢kni￿$ Iistees th￿¢ matters w¢ are rwDr&l to stste to tIKm in ao a￿111￿,$ re￿1 aod fir oo other puryw. To the Morlai (SeDiLf Ststutory AthlitL¥) 960 Capabdity Crfeen LUI 3PE 10 Awil 2026 Page io

irst kne Cburtb Statement of finaneial ActivAhes for the Year Ended 31 December 2025 Oncluding IDcoD]e aDd Expenditure Accoulll and Statement of Total Recognised Gai and Losses) Uttreknictrd 31 Dttember 31 Dttember futtd• 2025 21)24 Income Eodowrnents fr•th: Donations ard legacies 2SX)9991 172S ISW.991 1725 3.096.890 2.271 220 Totsl irK(qne 1911716 2.912.716 3,099J81 Expendithtt on: Cbaritabk a¢tAvities (2.828214 2.828,214) (2,773.936) 2.7n.936) Total exp¢D¢Jitsxt¢ 1828214) 2.828214 84J02 84502 325.445 84,502 84,502 325.445 Re¢ondll*tloJ of funds 826J16 826.316 500.871 Total ¢affi4xI fomrd 16 910.818 910.818 826.316 Tr fimds b￿kdrn f¢r 2024 is slK)wn ID I& The notes on pages 14 to 22 fm 80 inte￿1 part of these fir￿ti￿ slaittnent& Pag¢ii

First kne Church IRegistratioD Dumber: 12373666) Ba12nte Sheet as at 31 December 2025 31 De£eruber 31 December 2025 2Q24 Trlxed a•sets Tangibk Assds 12 78391 99.165 Casb * bank and in112tKI 13 858.258 730.504 14 {25,831) Net ¢urrent awts 832,427 727,151 Net Mets 910.818 826,316 Futtds of the ¢hiity: Total restricted fimds Unrestricted fimds 910.818 826.316 Total fwmls 16 91Q818 820J16 Th¢ financial 5tatcttt￿ on pa8es i 1 kn 22 a&ymvAI by the trust¢4 I￿1 isslle ott 10 April 2026 aud $iBthl ott theirbebalf by: Cbristiana lthwu Th¢ a(*es on pag¢$ 14 w 22 forni att integral part of these fir￿n￿al ststemettts. Page 12

fir¥t Love Church Slatement of Casb Flows for the Yur Ended 31 December 2025 31 December 2•25 31 Dtttmber 2024 C19b fkns from yratitig #etivld 84502 325.445 Adiustmellts to c•th 110￿ from n•tr¢Ath ite 82.874 67,349 392.794 167,376 Wothng c8pltl djurtmEDts 14 21478 13,928 189.854 378,866 C•sb flews frow i•ves¢iD% ¢tsltie• knIui5itions of tsnsibk assets (62.100 52,864 127.754 326.002 Casb and¢asb equivalents #t l Janvary 730.51 404.502 858258 730,504 The Data on pages 14 to 22 form an intewj partof these 3tstem¢nts. Pag¢ 13

rx kne Church Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025 I Ch81ity 8tiu8 The Cbarity is limited by g1Jar￿¢. iD England and Wale4 and ￿0$eqUentlY do¢5 Dot sb&Y capital. Eacb of the ￿7￿￿S is liable to ¢ontribthe an D(rt ex¢¢ediDg £1 towards ibe a8sets of the ¢brity iti the eveot of liquida¢iorL The a(klr¢&s of its regtstttal office Londo SE15 3UD 2 AccDUDtiDg policiej These FL)licies have be<n (x)Dsistentty applied to Ill the yean EY￿0￿4 un1¢55 Otb¢Th￿¢ ststed Ststrmeot of ¢ompllgo¢e Cbarities SORP (FRS 102) - of PJ¥tice applicable to ¢b¥titiGs ibeir aceouDts in aCc((d￿ FRS 101 Se¢ood Ediiioti (Ck4ober 2019% as ¥M¢￿Ied by Update Bulletio 2 (effective fty periods begmin8 OD oraftu l January 2024).. Bag18 of prepar•dDn Thue fi￿a￿la1 51atctQtnf5 have btcn iti c45mpkn with FRS 101 The ¢batity 4ylied FRS 102 iti Going CODccfD concern nor any SSBDifi¢aa¢ ar¢a8 of utrcrtxinty that affect the ewingv￿lle of a&sd3 held by the clwity. In¢om¢ •nd eodowDnts Pa8¢ 14

Jt kne Cburch Notes to the Fin8neial Statements lor the Yew Ended 31 December 2025 (Continued) 2 Ac¢wnthig pollda (CODthiveO) Expenditure s¢ttl¢ment is required aad the amowt can bt rneasr￿ relthly. AU C4)sts aye all￿al¢d to the applicable particular beadwgs they bavc bc¢o alltwed on a b￿1$ cottsistent with the usc of re50Urtffj wrtb central costs all(x¢d on the basis of sF¢u4 aTrJ d¢pr￿li￿ all{￿ated on the wlioD of the a￿t'S use. f(( its ben¢fi¢iari¢s. li includes both costs ibat <ao be allwat¢d ¢Jirdy ￿ suth a￿1Viti￿￿ and those costs of an Sup1￿ costs iticlude Central and b#v¢ i£n alk￿ed ￿ arttvity cost •ies on a basis consistellt These io¢lud¢ th¢ wsts attribjtabk to the cbity"s ¢ompli8nc£ wkth constitutitin￿ al￿ stW r4uiremen¢& including audil Strnte8ic mawetllent al￿ tr￿Ste¢S m¢¢tin8s and exFtse5. Taxation The ¢barity is ¢oJJsid¢rnl to th¢ tests Set ollt tti I S¢beithJl¢ 6 of th¢ FIDan￿ Art 2010 and clwity is potettiially exempt from tsxattoo in I¢5￿Cl of tucome or capita] g8llL8 re￿1Ve￿ within cagoTi¢S LY)veTed by Cbapter 3 Part i l of tbe Tax kn 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Cbargeable Gai]Js Act 1991 to the extent that sxh or 8airts are appli￿ ex¢lusivety to ¢baritabl¢ putPO%8. T￿gible fixed $sets Depre¢iati0o and omordsaO•n Depreciation is provkded on tsogible fiKed ass¢ts so as tv wrilE off the ¢0# or less any estinut Tttqith￿ valu< over tbeir expxcknj wefijl e(¥0(￿1¢ lifr as follows: A$8tt £1 Motor Vebicles Furniture & Equiwl Depreciitkn methDd and 25Yty Stra￿bt IiD¢ mdbod 25% Straight Lll￿ ￿￿1￿mI Page 15

rst IAwe Cburch Notes to the Financial Statements for the Yew Ended 31 De¢emb¢r 2025 (¢ontinued) 2 A¢eountlo8 polleks l¢onthvd) Cth lod ¢ash equiYal¢nts Casb a￿1 ¢￿4V81eOts CL)nwse cash baod and dep)si¢& and ithr sb(Yt-terni h￿lY liquid iov¢sttn¢Dts tbat are Traddy b) a kmowo of and 2Ke subied to an iDs1￿16(ant risk of Trad¢ ¢redhoT¥ Trade creditots aye obliwions lo pay for or s¢rvic¢5 that Iwvt b¢¢n in th¢ ordinary ￿￿[5¢ of b￿lI￿sS from suppliets. Acwjnts pyabl¢ classifial as cuweTJt liabilitie5 if the cbarity docs not hav¢ an onditiiThl ri&bL at the cnd of the repx)rtllig perityl io deftr Settle0]e￿ of the cr&JI￿r for ￿ least twelve TTad¢ ￿edito￿ art rtc4)8rtised initially at the transa&kn price ard su￿ntlY meaqued at am¢xtised cost BDrroiTriD8S Activities over the period of the relevant borrowiD& and similar ¢l)ar8e& the liability for ai le4Sttwefve nKsftths after the YeportN￿ date. . Fund struethre the objectives of the ¢barity. In the applicati￿ of the ¢1wi￿5 aryouoting plieie4 the trustces are TrquiThl to make illd8ements, emimates and a8sumptiLmS abo￿ the ¢￿ill8 amcAllrt of assets liabilities that aJe not readily appaTeot from otber T¢ViSiOD affects only tb* pertod (Y in the Peri￿ of th¢ T¢Trl5l￿ aml wbu¢ th¢ r¢vi$ion aff￿ts Page 16

rst IA)ve Church Notes to tbe Financial StaemeDts for the Year Ended 31 Dttember 2025 (continued) 3 ID¢ome from donatlonj WMI leprie¥ 31 De¢ember 31 December 2025 2024 2909.991 2.909.991 3.090.890 1909.991 2.909.991 3,096.890 4 Investm￿1 illcme fuDdJ 31 DKernb¢r JI D¢c.¢nr 2025 2024 Interest Teteivable and sitilllar Jni<xest recetvable on bank dwsits 1725 1725 2271 5 Other incorne 31 Dwerniv 3J Dec¢mb 2•25 2024 220 6 Expeoditurt oll charitsble ￿liVi￿e$ nds GeB¢ral 31 D¢reJDber 31 Dettmber 11125 2024 170.074 1.791.824 189.361 676.955 170.074 1.791.824 189.361 076.955 64,719 1ffj29,980 236,441 842,796 Missioo atkl su￿￿rt0t Cbri51i*x nyoi 2.828214 2.828.214 2,773,936 Page 17

First Lrt)ve Cbllrch Notes to the FinAlltial Slatements for the Year Ended 31 Decemiw 2025 (continued) 7 of govtrna#¢e attd •wrt (• ChArit*ble acdvi¢k$e4￿￿d1tllre 31 Dttember 31 Detember 21125 2024 89.482 82￿74 5,445 11.5fj0 89.482 81874 5,445 11.560 140.942 67.349 9,914 18236 Other Costs 189.361 189.361 236,441 G•verMn¢e costs Ji De¥ember 2025 2024 Audit fccs Audit of the fr￿n¢la1 stateo)a Other fees paid io auditOf5 72(Kl 3360 7200 3.360 i.o 7200 3J60 7.676 I l J60 11.560 18236 8 Trusttts reDMfjer•tioth aod exptyses 9 Stsff The aggregate paymll rnsts w¢r¢ follows.. Page 18

First IA•ve Chvrcb Notes to the FinD¢i￿ StstemeDts for the Year Ended 31 l>ecember 2025 (CODtinved) 9 St￿￿$tr (eoDt1Du￿ 31 December 31 Deeember 2Q25 2024 Stsff c•sts th¢.ytr were: Wages and salaries 58.144 50249 1,073 1.481 Pe￿10ll costs 1.744 66,587 52,803 31 Dwember 2025 No 31 Dtctmber 2024 The trtal ¢mploy¢¢ btnefits of the key pus(￿0￿ of the charity￿￿￿¢ £Trfd Q024. £Nil). 10 Authtsr8' reowier•doD 31 De¢ember 2025 31 Dettrnber 2024 Audit ofth¢ fuwcial statements 72 72fy) Other fees to auditors All otbern0n.a￿jlI servii 3J60 Page 19

First IA*ve Cburch Notes to the FinaDci81 Ststements for tbe Year Ènded 31 December 21ns (continued) 11 Taxadon 12 Tangible fixed •98ets Furnityre and equipnynt Motor vehi¢l T•¢al At l January 2025 Additions 235.280 62.1(K) 34,108 269,394 62.100 At 3E Dec¢mber 2025 297.386 34.108 331.494 l Januzry 2025 153.175 74.347 17.054 8.527 170.229 At 31 Dxembtt 21Y25 227,522 25.581 253,103 Ne¢ book val¥e At 31 D￿embEr 2023 8.527 78,391 Ai 3 1 Decettkn 2024 82.111 17.054 99,165 13 Cagh and equiv#lents 31 Dttember 31 December 2[125 2024 Cash at bank 858258 730.504 31 Detember 2025 31 Deeember 2024 TTrdc CTedito 15271 iOJ60 3J53 25,831 Page 20

5rst Ime Cbureb Notes to the Finan¢1￿ Statements for the Year Ended 31 Deeernber 202S {tontinued) 15 PeMI•D And other Jcbenes DefiDed ¢vtttnThpti•A pe#iiM Cotitributiotts payable by ¢knity to the Scheme athl to £E744 (2024. £1481). 16 Fund8 BlaDce It 31 December 2025 B•]a¢¢at I janu￿ 2025 Inco Uttrejtricted hfjdj G¢n¢rAI 826.316 2911716 1828214 910.818 Balance at 31 l>ecember 2024 Ba1￿ce at I 2•24 5(Ki.871 3.099.381 (2.773.93 826,316 17 Aolyyi$ of ttrt aNets unrettr1￿ Tot1 at 31 Decenther 2(J25 Tan&ble fixrA a&*¢ 78,391 858.258 25,831 78.391 858.258 25,831 910.818 Cwrcnt liabiiitics Total oet ass¢ts 910.818 Utirejtrictrd Tolal fund6 at 31 December 2024 Tao8ibie fixtsl assets 99,165 730.5 (3.353) 99.165 730.504 (3.353) Cwrent liabilitses Totsl net assets 826,316 826.316 Pa8e21

irst Love Church Notes to the FinAncial Ststements for tbe Year Ended 31 De¢ember 2025 (continued) 18 Related party traDsa¢d 19 Non4d]￿tIng evexts after the fill￿£11 peri There have been no events between the balance sbe¢t date aThl 1be date of aFpmval of these financial statements wbich would require adjustment or discloswe in th¢ fmancial ststetrnts. Pa8e 22