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Learn and Thrive Annual Report 2024-2025

We are a UK charity dedicated to empowering individuals with Down’s syndrome and/or other special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to lead safer, more connected, and independent lives.

Individuals with learning difficulties often experience significantly poorer life outcomes, including early mortality, social isolation, abuse, and a diminished sense of autonomy. Meanwhile, the families and professionals supporting them frequently lack the necessary guidance and tools to provide meaningful assistance.

These challenges are not unavoidable; they stem from a system that continues to ignore their rights, voices, and potential.

Learn and Thrive collaborates with charities, schools, and families to ensure that our community has access to the specialised support and education they need to flourish. From fostering

relationships to promoting physical well-being, our community deserves the opportunity to live life on their own terms , and we are here to equip them with the resources required to achieve that.

Vision

Mission

A world where everyone with Down’s syndrome thrives.

Using digital tools to empower people with Down's syndrome to thrive throughout their lives.

About Us

Learn and Thrive aims to foster a world where individuals with Down's syndrome and SEND can flourish. Here are our two key projects that contribute to this mission.

Teach Me Too

This COVID-inspired initiative, backed by speech and language therapists along with specialist teachers, brings specialist teaching and therapy into the home or classroom. It focuses on instilling confidence in delivering specialised teaching support in the early years.

Learning for Life

Inspired by the unique challenges encountered by our community, Learning for Life is anchored in the Relationship and Sex Education curriculum. It equips individuals with the essential teaching and practical skills needed to grow up safer, happier, and actively engaged in their communities.

How We Create Change

Enabling independence Empowering safer lives Creating connection

We all deserve to live safe and connected lives where our voice shapes our future

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What
Partnership work
Families, educators, community groups
and carers are supported to teach and
Skills Information deliver the skills needed for children to
live safer and more connected lives.
Children and young people’s confidence,
Specialised learning tools and projects
knowledge, and skills improve
Education Professionals Support Who
Staff Network Educators access to specialist content
increases, giving them more time to
Parents and Carers Community Groups deliver face-to-face support
Learn and Thrive projects delivered giving
Children and young people (0-25) - Down’s high quality specialist support
syndrome & SEND/ALN Co-production with our community
increasing opportunities
Loneliness and social Lack of support for Why
supporters: Families/teachers/
exclusion: 1 in 3 people with a People with learning difficulties face
caregivers are unequipped and
learning disability spend less significantly poorer outcomes in life—
unsupported, lacking the
than an hour a day outside including early death, isolation, abuse,
knowledge and tools needed to
their home on a typical and a loss of autonomy—while the
help people with learning
Saturday families and professionals around them
difficulties live safe,
are too often left without the guidance
autonomous, and fulfilling lives.
Abuse and neglect: People and tools needed to offer meaningful
with learning difficulties remain Premature and preventable support.
disproportionately at risk of deaths: People with learning
abuse, neglect, and having disabilities die, on average, 20 These failures are not inevitable; they
their rights ignored—systemic years earlier than the general reflect a system that continues to
failures persist in services population, often from overlook their rights, voices, and
meant to support them. ** avoidable causes. *** potential.
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What

Families, educators, community groups and carers are supported to teach and deliver the skills needed for children to live safer and more connected lives.

Children and young people’s confidence, knowledge, and skills improve

Learn and Thrive projects delivered giving high quality specialist support

People with learning difficulties face significantly poorer outcomes in life— including early death, isolation, abuse, and a loss of autonomy—while the families and professionals around them are too often left without the guidance and tools needed to offer meaningful support.

Care Quality Commission; The Guardian Mencap; Parliament Committee. **NHS England; King’s College London Full references available upon request

Chair Report

It’s been another year of real progress and purpose at Learn and Thrive. As Chair, I’m incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved together— continuing to unlock potential and provide meaningful learning opportunities for young people with Down’s Syndrome.

Expanding Our Reach

This year, we’ve grown the number of families using our resources significantly. We have reached over 35,400 children and young people—testament to both the quality of our content and a growing recognition of its impact.

Content and Innovation

We’ve launched several new video series this year, focused on pre-number maths skills, relationships, and healthy lifestyles , developed in close collaboration with educators and families. The response has been extremely positive, with parents sharing stories of progress and growing confidence in their children.

We’ve also been piloting new interactive tools to support more personalised learning and are continuing to invest in feedback and co-creation, ensuring the next wave of content is even more relevant and engaging .

Fundraising and Support

Thanks to the generosity of our supporters and the commitment of our partners, we’ve secured over £140,000 in funding this year.

A sincere thank you to everyone who has contributed—your support helps us continue building a future in which young people with Down’s Syndrome are supported to thrive, not just get by.

Strategic Growth

This year, we laid strong foundations for our next phase of growth. We’ve welcomed new expertise to both our board and delivery team, and we’re now well placed to extend our reach across the UK —particularly in areas where access to high-quality learning content is limited.

Partnerships and Profile

Our relationships with schools, NHS trusts, and third-sector organisations have continued to grow. These partnerships remain central to our work, and we’re proud to be recognised as a trusted, forward-thinking partner in inclusive education.

We were also pleased to contribute to several national events focused on inclusion and digital learning, and we’re exploring further opportunities for collaboration and wider influence.

As we look back over the year, it’s clear that Learn and Thrive is more than just a name —it’s what we witness every day in the lives of the young people and families we work with.

To our brilliant team, our board, our partners and funders, and to the families who inspire us: thank you. Your dedication and belief in what we’re building is what makes our work possible.

Here’s to another year of learning, growing and thriving—together.

Nikki Walker Chair of Trustees

CEO Summary

This year has been one of both remarkable progress and resilience for Learn and Thrive. Against the backdrop of a challenging funding climate and increasing pressure on the sector, we have not only sustained our work—we have grown it. Over 35,400 children and young people have benefited from our resources , which continue to be offered entirely free of charge . Through projects that span from early learning to relationships and life skills, our work has empowered families, professionals, and young people with the tools they need to thrive—not just cope.

Our strength lies in our community. In 2024/25, 80% of our projects were co-produced or directly informed by the people we serve. We’ve deepened partnerships with expert charities such as Down Syndrome Cheshire, Down’s Syndrome Scotland, and the Down’s Syndrome Association, expanded youth panel input, and brought lived experience to the forefront of our content. This approach keeps us grounded, relevant, and continually learning. Our ability to adapt, innovate, and grow despite wider sector challenges is a testament to the resilience, passion, and shared purpose of everyone involved in our mission.

I want to give special thanks to our incredible board of trustees and the dedicated volunteers—both with and without learning needs—who are at the heart of our work. Your commitment ensures that Learn and Thrive remains not just a charity, but a community.

As we look ahead, we remain firmly values-led, committed to accessibility, and focused on building a sustainable future where every child can live a safe and connected life. Jo Aiyathurai

Chief Executive Officer

Year in Review

Teach Me Too now has 2082 users, and is averaging 79 new users monthly! Working alongside Maths for Life, the series ‘Maths Before Numbers’ tackles pre-number skills, including colours, shapes,

comparisons, and categorisations. This development has supported a 43% increase in sign ups compared to last year.

We’re reaching children across settings, with 64% of our beneficiaries in mainstream settings, and 28% in specialist, as well as those pre-school and in home school. As we streamline our digital offer, we’ve moved Teach Me Too to the main website and since it’s inception, 4558 members have accessed the project.

They have changed our SALT so much for the better. I can’t thank you enough. She is more confident in communicating Nicholas Baker, Parent

*calculated by the number of professionals signing up supporting on average 4.4 students each, and parents supporting 1, including historic members from our website teachmetoo.org.uk, now integrated into learnandthrive.org.uk.

Year in Review

Stage One of our curriculum is now well underway, with plans to complete in 2025/26 . Learning for Life continues to flourish and grow with the support and input from our community to enhance our offer, including a new series on consent and decision making, bereavement, sexual feelings. An additional 120 members join this project monthly.

Co-production of content has been a key strategic goal this year, involving members of our community in the filming of our new series. These include:

How To... Be Healthy Families

What you do is really unique and is such a powerful resource. I can't do our afternoon sessions without you now!

Lucy McLaren, Employment & Life Skills Coordinator at DS Cheshire

Understanding Health and Prevention

*calculated by the number of professionals signing up supporting on average 4 .4 students each, and parents supporting 1.

Treasurer’s Report

The financial year ending 31 March 2025 was a year of both growth and adaptation for Learn and Thrive. While the fundraising environment remained challenging , we were pleased to see increasing success in our applications to trusts and foundations, a reflection of our growing reputation and track record. Although one of our long-standing major donors was unable to continue their support this year due to relocating overseas, we have made significant progress in diversifying our funding base to ensure long-term sustainability.

During this 12-month period, Learn and Thrive generated an income of £110,768, compared to £177,550 in the previous year. Of this, £64,850 came from grants and trusts—almost doubling our income from this stream compared to the previous year—while £45,519 came from individual supporters. Our total expenditure was £172,998, with our largest investments continuing to be in direct wages and outsourced content development to meet the growing needs of our community . This resulted in a planned deficit, which reflects our commitment to continued impact during a period of transition in our income strategy.

We ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £75,200 (£69,278 in the previous year) and restricted reserves of £49,230 (£117,382 in the previous year) Following a review of our reserves policy in light of increased financial visibility, we updated our target reserves level from 6–9 months of expenditure (£110,000) to 4–6 months (£75,000-£109,000). I’m pleased to confirm that our current reserves remain within this target range, ensuring operational stability. However, we recognise the need for vigilance, and securing long-term income remains a strategic priority. With a clear funding plan in place for 2025/26—focused on corporate partnerships, trust income growth, and project-specific donations—we are confident in our ability to strengthen our financial position and continue delivering highquality, free resources to those who need them most.

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Kate Taylor
Treasurer
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Safeguarding

Not only is safeguarding a key element of our teaching, and impact of our work, but it is fundamental within the charity’s operations.

Learning for Life

Safeguarding is a core theme of this project. Supporting learners, professionals, and families to identify unsafe situations and access the right support.

Policies & Procedures

Comprehensive and frequently updated safeguarding policies that align with current legal standards and best practices.

Recruitment

Background checks and safeguarding protocols are implemented to guarantee the appropriateness of all individuals engaged with us, including current DBS checks.

Training

All staff, volunteers, and trustees are required to complete mandatory safeguarding training to effectively recognise and address any concerns.

Reporting & Support

Transparent and accessible reporting systems are established to guarantee prompt and appropriate actions are taken, along with support for all parties involved.

Our Impact

We are currently assisting thousands of individuals through our various projects. This year, we have continued to prioritise co-production seeing many of our community star and produce our materials.

2082

3508

active users in Teach Me Too active users in Learning for Life

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Action Result
Including Partnered with 21 Together,
members of our Tailfeather Dance, Down’s Syndrome
community in Scotland, Down Syndrome North East
production of 80% of projects released in 2024
content feature our community
Released our first series in the project
Reinvigorating in over 3 years
Teach Me Too Partnered with Maths for Life to fill a
project gap in our existing offer within the
EYFS curriculum
Three new series developed and
Continue
released
growing the
63% of our total users registered in the
Learning for
Learning for Life project
Life project and
71% increase in membership year on
user base
year
Existing content New content
+23%
27h 34m 8h 22m
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Our Impact

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48% 38%
of our users are of our users are
Teachers and Parents and
Teaching Carers
Assistants
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As our projects are free to all, with no eligibility criteria, we have a wide range of users, from the UK and beyond, who are parents, carers, teachers, social workers, occupational therapists and more.

He really enjoys the videos and is more chatty now... His self esteem is growing

We create resources supporting the challenges our community face :

-Line Jones, Professional

• Understanding of public and private Appropriate touch Healthy lifestyles Respectful and fulfilling friendships Emotional regulation Puberty and growing up Personal hygiene Mental wellbeing

We cover an increasing range of topics. All of our work is informed directly by the lived experience of our partners and co-producers.

86% 49% of our of our users live in beneficiaries the United attend a Kingdom , with specialist setting , 89% of these across all age users living in groups. 43% are in England mainstream.

I have never seen such excellent resources for puberty... the parents feel so supported and are seeing a massive difference in their child Debbie Austerlitz, SENCO

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Our Impact

Reaching an estimated 35,400 children and young people, through use of our resources at home, in schools, and in support groups, is a point of pride for us all at Learn and Thrive. What’s also crucially important is the real life impact and quality of our work on those with Down’s syndrome and SEND.

26,305

35+

videos and 280 downloads of our hours of free resources resources video content

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Has this project helped improve the learner’s skills or confidence?
The kids started
Yes, a lot
taking autonomy for
Yes, a little saying ‘no, that’s
private’. So that was
Not really
such a breakthrough.
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Susan Ainsworth,
Percentage Teacher
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Average rating for our projects is 4.6 stars

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How would you rate the overall quality of the projects?
I’m just learning all Excellent
about life, and I’m
Good
just thriving... it’s
Average
really life-changing.
Poor
Maya Patil,
Ambassador and 0 10 20 30 40 50 60
beneficiary
Percentage
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Someone else's social media
4.9% Word of mouth
17.4%
Our social media
16.6%
Email
3.5%
Local Offer / government agency Search engine
1.7%
18.4%
Local support group
4%
Professional recommendation
33.5%
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Our Reach

As our marketing efforts have increased year on year, we’ve been able to reach more parents and educators in need of our resources. The channels through which we are able to do so have constantly increased .

We are pleased to note that professionals recommend us consistently. 51% of our users are directed to our charity by others in their communities and supporters, including professionals.

The positive endorsement of our work is a mark of the incredible progress we’ve made and how much our content is required for our community.

44,632 185 330,128

Countries where our website is being accessed

Unique users using our website

Total webpage views +150.95% from previous year

+106.11% from previous year

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Facebook Instagram LinkedIn TikTok YouTube Spotify
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3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
Apr 24 May 24 Jun 24 Jul 24 Aug 24 Sep 24 Oct 24 Nov 24 Dec 24 Jan 25 Feb 25 Mar 25
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Social Media

In 2024 we shifted our social media strategy, and have adopted more video content across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. Our new podcast, Life Skills Unfiltered, has been shared across our new Spotify profile and on YouTube. We hit several milestones this year, including 3000 Facebook followers, 1000 Instagram followers, and 100 followers on LinkedIn and YouTube. On average, we reached over 6000 users per month across all of our social media.

Our Reach

Now in our third year, we have been able to focus more efforts on reaching a larger number of users, and therefore children and young people as a result. Due to our users being made up of only 38% parent/carers , the remaining users are professionals who reach, on average, 4.4 learners per person.

35,490

children and young people reached since our projects began

While we still see the legacy of our Southeast base, we have seen a larger number of people signing up to our projects outside of this area. Not only this, but compared to the previous year, our overall numbers are considerably higher. For example, in Greater London, our uptake has increased from 154 to 538 . thanks to the support of the City Bridge Foundation

49%

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of local offers
signpost to us
Users
538
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Top 10 Counties - Members
Greater London 538
Kent 446
Surrey 225
West Midlands 202
Lancashire 199
Essex 185
Hampshire 175
Cheshire 167
West Yorkshire 136
Warwickshire 112
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Our Uptake

Taking into consideration our reach across the UK, we have undertaken further analysis to better assess the uptake of our projects. We have used, somewhat limited, national data on prevalence of Down’s syndrome to extrapolate an estimated population of individuals we could be supporting** in each county across the UK.

This new data, when compared to membership numbers, shows us clearly that while the Southeast remains an area of high uptake, our uptake is spreading across the UK thanks to our focus on working with local groups, local authorities, and regional marketing. This is demonstrated by the two heatmaps below, alongside our Top 10 counties by uptake in the Down’s syndrome community.

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Membership Uptake (%) Top 10 Counties - Uptake
Kent 32%
Orkney 30%
Midlothian 29%
Londonderry 27%
Warwickshire 26%
Surrey 25%
Herefordshire 25%
Users Uptake County Tyrone 24%
538 32%
Aberdeenshire 24%
0
0%
Stirling 21%
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**using a ratio of 1/865 individuals with Down’s syndrome in the UK, and taking 65% of these to be between the ages of 3- 25, we calculate an estimated population with Down’s syndrome in each county. Uptake is a percentage of this population.

Meeting the Challenge of Sustainable Funding

This year, Learn and Thrive has faced increasing pressure on our funding model, reflecting a wider national trend. According to the CAF UK Giving Report 2024, fewer individuals are giving to charity and the average donation has fallen, with smaller organisations disproportionately affected.¹

Unlike many in our sector, we continue to provide our high-quality resources entirely free of charge —an approach rooted in our commitment to equity and access for all families and professionals supporting children with learning difficulties.

To safeguard this model in an increasingly challenging environment, we are actively diversifying our income . With our foundation in trust funding now more established, we are building stronger applications for larger multi-year grants. We are also placing a renewed focus on corporate partnerships , seeking long-term alignment with organisations that share our values and commitment to social impact. Alongside this, we are exploring the use of targeted donation campaigns to fund individual projects, helping supporters connect more directly with the impact of their giving.

In the year ahead, we will assess the viability of a subscription-based resource for professionals—a project designed to offer added value to schools while generating sustainable income to underpin our free content. As we adapt, we remain guided by our core belief: that all children deserve the tools to thrive, regardless of background or diagnosis. Our aim is to ensure that our model remains both values-led and financially resilient.

References

¹ Charities Aid Foundation (2024). CAF UK Giving Report 2024.

Demonstrating Impact as an Infrastructure Charity

As an infrastructure charity, one of our ongoing challenges is evidencing the meaningful impact of our work on the wider community . While our direct beneficiaries include families, schools, community groups, and other charities, the true reach of our work lies in empowering others to deliver better outcomes for children and young people with learning difficulties. Ensuring that this indirect impact remains visible, measurable, and aligned with community needs is essential to our long-term success.

To meet this challenge, we have embedded a culture of partnership and coproduction across our work . We collaborate with expert panels and sector partners, such as Down Syndrome Cheshire and Downright Excellent, to shape resources that reflect lived experience and professional best practice.

This year, we strengthened our work with youth panels , ensuring that young people themselves have a voice in shaping what we create . These partnerships allow us to remain relevant, responsive, and accountable to those we aim to serve.

Co-production remains at the heart of our approach: in the past year, 80% of our projects have been created with, featured, or been directly informed by the community. This commitment ensures our work is not only shaped for our users, but with them—helping us deliver tools that are practical, trusted, and rooted in real-world needs.

Thank You!

We have been fortunate enough to receive funding from a range of Trusts and Grants, organisations, and individuals to fund our projects and core costs.

Without this invaluable funding, we couldn’t continue to grow and serve our ever-growing community.

Below are just a selection of our funders, who support us both in direct funding and with additional assistance through pro bono work, office space, and inhouse fundraising . We also extend our gratitude to all of our individual donors, who contributions throughout the year made up 11.3% of our funding.

£140,300 funding received

The Henry Smith Charity

Charity Number: 1195053 Email: [e-mail] TEL: [phone]

Trustees during the reporting period: April 24 - March 25

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Name Date Appointed Date Stood Down Role
Nicola Walker 05 July 2021 Chair
Kate Rosanna Taylor 22 September 2021 Treasurer
Karen Michelle McGuigan 05 July 2021 01 September 2024 Trustee
Andrea Melanie Wilson 05 July 2021 Trustee
Maja Trninic 12 March 2024 Trustee
Clair Smith 12 March 2024 Trustee
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The Key Management Personnel are the Trustees and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO): Johanna Aiyathurai – CEO

Registered Office: 265 Maidstone Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 0HA

Independent Examiner: Charity Accountant, Shruti Soni Ltd, 117A St. Johns Hill, Sevenoaks, TN13 3PE

Bank: CAF Bank, 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4TA

The objects for which the Charity is established for the benefit of the public are to advance the education of children and young people with Down’s syndrome and similar learning difficulties including but not limited to providing access to specialist teachers and therapists through digital content and other resources.

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Learn and Thrive Charity Number: 1195053 Year Ending March 31st 2025 www.learnandthrive.org.uk

Annual Report 2024/2025

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of LEARN AND THRIVE

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025 which are set out on pages 25 to 29.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Shruti Soni FCCA FCIE Date: 24th September 2025

Shruti Soni Ltd 117a St. John's Hill, Sevenoaks TN13 3PE

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LEARN AND THRIVE

Charity Registration number 1195053

Receipts and payments accounts For the year ended 31 March 2025

Restricted funds Total funds £ £ £ Receipts Grants 1 - 64,850 64,850 Donations 2 11,421 29,530 40,951 Interest 399 - 399 Charitable Activities 216 4,352 4,568 12,036 98,732 110,768 Payments Costs of Generating Funds 3 56 8,845 8,901 Charitable Activities 4 1,348 156,591 157,939 Management and Administrat 5 1,745 4,413 6,158 3,149 169,849 172,998 Net of receipts/(payments) 8,887 (71,117) (62,230) Transfer between funds (2,965) 2,965 - Cash funds last year end 69,278 117,382 186,660 75,200 49,230 124,430 Total payments Cash funds this year end Total Receipts 01/04/2024 to 31/03/2025 Unrestricted funds

Restricted funds Total funds £ £ £ - 159,940 159,940 3,309 13,855 17,164 334 - 334 - 112 112 3,643 173,907 177,550 3,722 11,839 15,561 10,259 110,457 120,716 488 5,880 6,368 14,469 128,176 142,645 (10,826) 45,731 34,905 - - - 80,104 71,651 151,755 69,278 117,382 186,660 01/04/2023 to 31/03/2024 Unrestricted funds

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LEARN AND THRIVE Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 March 2025

1 Income from Grants

Grants - Peter Harrison Grants - Brian Murtagh Grants -Jeans 4 Genes Grants- City Bridge Grants- Garfield Weston Grants- WCIT Charity Grants-Marsh Charitable Trust Grants-The Lawson Trust Grants-The Henry Smith Charity Grants-Julia Rausing Trust - Youth Panel Grants - Maths Mum Grants - Operations & Development Grants - FP Whittingham Grants - KCF CYP Grants - Groundwork/ Tesco Grants - Bentley Grants - Postcode Lottery	Unrestricted £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	£ 2,000 10,000 - 10,000 15,000 10,000 - 6,000 5,000 5,000 - 1,850 - - - - - 64,850 Restricted	2025 Total £ 2,000 10,000 - 10,000 15,000 10,000 - 6,000 5,000 5,000 - 1,850 - - - - - 64,850	2024 Total £ 22,500 5,000 - - - - - - - - - 50,000 50,000 4,440 2,500 500 25,000 159,940

2 Donations and legacies

Unrestricted £ Donations - Corporate 5,321 Donations - Fundraising Platform (was Enthuse 2,349 Donations - Fundraising Pages External 130 Donations - HNWI - Donations - Easy Fundraising 19 Gift Aid 3,602 11,421	£ 4,715 14,932 - 9,883 - - 29,530 Restricted	2025 Total £ 10,036 17,281 130 9,883 19 3,602 40,951	2024 Total £ 100 14,340 235 - - 2,488 17,163

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LEARN AND THRIVE Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 March 2025

3 Cost of generating funds

Fundraising Products Brought Advertising & Marketing Direct Wages General Expenses Pension Costs Employer NIC Recruitment Resource Creation Staff Training Travel - National Computer Equipment Venue Cost Bought-in Services Expert Costs Fliming Costs Charitable Activites Expenditure	Unrestricted £ - 56 56 Unrestricted £ - - - - - - - - 1,348 - - - - 1,348	£ 4,700 4,145 8,845 £ 99,635 2,163 5,575 3,952 977 730 321 4,039 760 557 - 17,689 20,193 156,591 Restricted Restricted	2025 Total £ 4,700 4,201 8,901 2025 Total £ 99,635 2,163 5,575 3,952 977 730 321 4,039 2,108 557 - 17,689 20,193 157,939	2024 Total £ 4,071 11,489 15,560 2024 Total £ 71,585 790 2,628 - 273 1,582 1,265 1,609 - - 12,750 26,158 2,076 120,716

4 Charitable Activites Expenditure

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LEARN AND THRIVE Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 March 2025

5 Management and Administration Costs

£ Audit & Accountancy Fees - Payroll Fees 381 IP, Licence, Permissions - Website Maintenance - Bank Fees 1,044 IT Software & Consumables - Postage, Freight & Courier - Subscriptions 320 Insurance - Office Equipment - 1,745 Unrestricte	Restricted £ 1,843 - 72 - 59 - 465 1,429 545 - 4,413	2025 Total £ 1,843 381 72 - 1,103 - 465 1,749 545 - 6,158	2024 Total £ 1,635 549 48 446 60 548 21 1,984 383 694 6,368

6 Movements in funds

Restricted funds: Peter Harrison FP Whittingham KCF CYP LFL Postcode Lottery Resource Creation Garfield Weston Brian Murtagh NextEnergy Lawson Trust WCIT Charit Henry Smith City Bridge Operations and development MATHS Mum Julia Rausing Trust Total restricted funds General funds Total unrestricted funds Total funds Unrestricted funds:	At the start of the year £ 12,750 40,000 4,440 35,000 25,000 192 - - - - - - - - - - 117,382 69,278 69,278 186,660	Receipts £ 2,000 - - - - - 15,000 10,000 3,000 6,000 10,000 5,000 10,000 16,550 16,182 5,000 98,732 12,036 12,036 110,768	Payments £ (14,750) (23,785) (4,400) (29,228) (24,976) - (13,042) - - (6,000) (1,354) - (19,980) (13,188) (19,147) - (169,849) (3,149) (3,149) (172,998)	Transfers £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2,965 - 2,965 (2,965) (2,965) -	At the end of the year £ - 16,215 40 5,772 24 192 1,958 10,000 3,000 - 8,646 5,000 (9,980) 3,363 - 5,000 49,230 75,200 75,200 124,430

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