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o. BRONWEN'S WISH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 01 April 2024- 31 March 2025 Charity Number 1195777

Bronn'5 W15h (hafltyAMual Rwrt12024125 RON 1195777 133 L￿e Roèd Wesl Cankff. CF23 SPJ Haydn Morgan (Chalrl Amy Da¥ld (Treasurer) Tesnl Mor8an ISe¢retsry) Jnelia Melvin Annabel Glbbons Russell Vansto ch￿t0pher Scott Iresrnd January 20241 Shannon Rkh Ireslgned July 2024) Carston EfL 16 Cathedral Road, Cardlff. CFII 9U Metro 8ar& Newt ftoad. Cardiff. CF23 9AD High Stre¢ Carfiff. CFIO IPT

Bron%￿,$ Wlsh thaityAnnual R•port12024125 The Trustee's present thelr 5th annual report and flnandal stateffl￿ forthe year ended 31$1 March 2025. The financial 5Litements been wepared In Xcordance w6th the accoumin8 ￿lItIeS dIreCt￿n wovlded bythe Charlty Comm155iDn and comptywlth the tharftys trust d¢¢d. 8ronwen's WAh15 a new charfty esta￿￿ a80 •nd this is ours th Trurte¥s Annull Rep(rt We feel that It Is worth wo¥ldSw some bathwnd Informatlon vthlch TAII help readers understand our charfty and our motN•tlon In trylry and make a Impart Into the mÉntal health of thildren and ￿ing people. Bronw•n's W¥h tharity was nam•d aft•f bronw•n Grace Moryan ttK> sadty took her Ilfe In Au8Urt 2020. aged 26 years, after suffefbng wfth her mentsl health for se¥ral year5. Bronwn wa5 a second- year St￿ at Canmff M•ntsl Health Ilursl On the day after her death. Brontn'$ be51 Immedatetystsrted fvndr•lSI￿ for mentsl health awar•n•ss wldd• w•¥•ntkn H•r Ih•nds alsocam• vp wlth th• nam• of our charlty,"Bromv•n'i We wanted to make use of the seMIcd￿ as It symbolises the ¢ontinuatim of Mentsl Health awarer￿. Created to Jymbo115e Jfflrniallon and x>lldaflty agalnst suklde, deprÈsslon, 4ddlrtlon, and oth•r moTrtsl h•alth lswe& It Insplres Strength In the mldst of suftertr¥. We want Peop￿ to goe thls when thry s•e the nme •nd •)ur tharty Is mentsl health rel•ted. A5 a newcharlty. our maln alm and loos Is prtyldh¥ uue Wellbeln8 PodslDensfor Prkn•ry Schools In our area. These Pods wlll be located away from the maln sthool IxJlldln8 and th• hustle and bustle. It wlll be 4 Safe place to 80 then • thlld Is experleth8 thallew wtth thelr ff￿ntaI health. It wlll be a place to slt and tslk wlth a mentor. th¢ry4p￿ teKher or frfend and leam from a youw age how Import•nt It lsto trlk alyJtyour f4elln8s. Ithl YOU CAN HELP BRONHEN'S H:SH CHARITY I￿TACT L '> U*8Ei '.'Iii'.

8romn's W15h Ch¥ltyAnwal Rewrt12024ft5 We have nowvirbjalty fiTrlshed our second woiert at Rhyth￿￿U Prkn￿ 5th001 In Cardlff and habT i)ther sdwls reque#lThyWellWn8 Pods also. Chjr ulth)Mte wjsh would be for every sdK>oI (who wanted one) to ha¥e wth safe sp¥e5 wlthln the sch<¥ol prem15e5. There Is also much scope here for5econdary Schools and other prlmary Sd￿￿$ with outdoor$p￿. Thts Is Someth6￿ our d￿rity is aware ofand will be trylry to achtth wlth our de￿ffi5 and 5pedaUst craftsmen kn the futur& There ha¥e many hWhll8hts thrw theyex fortwr ¢h4rlty Indudh¥ ourAnnual Sunfiower Ball in September at the Merture Hotel In CardSff whkh was attended ￿ over 21K) klnd and generous people; the Annual GOK Daythlth was supported by over 80 people and a new Annual Winter Qulz whkh was also a fvll ho￿ As well a5 I1￿ 3 maln lundralslng events, many klnd people hwe been tskln8 In varnus xtl¥#les to Wp r￿e funds for Bronwen's Wlsh. Wlthout doubl our5t￿d￿t nThsthis year wa5 when we heard that our DeSI￿r$ N•eem •nd B•th from"5tudloPropollrf In Cheshlfe won •n lrternrfirywl ArchItec￿ra1 comWltk)n based ￿ the des and u5È of Our urdque wel￿be1￿ P(xls. Thls Es a massl¥t a¢Nevement and much work •nt Into the submlssbon and cofflpetlt￿ appllcatlon. In totsl. the money was nearty 50.IXKI Euros mils wlll be pa5d in full on the ￿Mpleth)n of Rhydypenau Prlmary School). As a dwAy, wè are mr the moon as bt means we ha￿ the rèsources to Ixthd our 3rd Wèi14￿ry Pod. We have n¢)w made the dedskn to iKlkl ¢Jur3rd proled •tGre•w Prlm•ry S¢hool In E•# C•rdlff. Th15 School Is pxslone about welll￿n8 and has compktstydlfferert chalw th•n our pmlous two school& Greenway have been so suppotht of 8ronwen's Wlth arKI we are very proud to be able to pro¥ld• a bespoke and unique Saf&Spac• hw•n wlthln th•lr school 8rounds. Our charlty, deslgners and ¢arpenter5 hm alweady ¥l5Sted the slte on Occ￿On5 and have been Ilatslrq wlth the Head Teather and oth¢r re￿rfant Staff member& AsuFtsble locatlon has been fDuNI wlthln the school Irounds arKI work Is due to start early Swl We ha￿ found that wlthln all sthoots have vlsited. pupll welhelng Is of paramount Import•nce. t￿rIr4 a recerrt Estyn sthaol I￿pth, Lake51de Heth & WelYoe1￿ wovlsk>n was hIgh￿ prn15ed. All aff we en8aied In m•lntslnlr8 wellbehq forall PU￿ •nd we swfftly wt In place when the ne•d Is wr¢el¥ed. One suth n••d Is • Pl￿ to I￿"9Y19t11Trlrf. tlrn• aw•yfmm th• •nd IMNtl• 0fsdKX￿ Ilf•, • than￿ to simply be and to105e oneself In na￿re. ￿le1)ce )d peace. Thls ha5 even more of a need 5Snce the cO￿d pandemjc. MaThi ¢urrent pupils spent two or more ￿ In social Isol*ion, away from frlend5 WKI InteractkM with anw Outslde thdr Irrffiedlate famlty. Tlme wlll tell how deep the Impact of the pandemlc ￿ w)un8 people actualty Is. Ixrt there Is a definlte necesslty for nurture and

Bronwerfs Wtsh ChaiityAnnual Report12024125 The i>bJeLt￿5 01 the charlty are to re#e¥e the needs ofthlllken and %•)uw p. aged between 4- 18 years IMn8 In Cardlff and the surroundlng area by provkll fundln8 ftrand 5UPPOrtto prlmaryand secondary sdwts to create well-belry p as safe spaces forchlldren and y¢ung people, in partular but not exduslvelythose exPerIend￿ mentsl he?Ith chamenges or dlstress. ar￿Iety, depretsk>n orother moments of erisis. It will a150 be a place to learn self-hlp sknls and en¢wrJge our yourqer generatlon to open up and tslk al¥out thelr fegllry, and to help get rid ofthe strwna surrowKliry mertal health. The TI￿tee5c0nl7rnl thatthey referrod tothe w]darKe contslned In the Charlty Commlsslon's neral 8uidance w pubFlc benefft￿en r￿o￿l￿n8 the (Jwws akns and obhLtfve5 afKI In Pl￿nI future a¢th￿tIes. Ourvlsh)n land Wlsh) Is ￿ e¥ery Prlm•ry and Secorthry sthool to be offered the opbxknwty to have a unlqLte Wellbelng Pod wlthln 8rourKls of scfrml. The Pods ￿11 be located away from the hustle and bustle olthe sthool s•ttlrq and w￿111)ned In an (Mrtdoor learnln8 envlronrrtht as a safe space for •ny chlldren wl¥) are sufferlni from feel1￿ of anxlety, worry, tr•uma. or other mentsl heahh related th411enge and In fie￿ of a qv5et momenL The Pods wlll also be tknetabled for chlldren have been entlfied as experlendn8 ACE'S ladverse chlldhood experlencesL to access thernpy. Al￿. any outslde a8endes ¥tho Thtykwlth thildren Ttho hm sodal and en￿)nal thflkults wlll we the Pod to meet •nd work TSth the chlldren ln • qultL s•fe. •nd rel•xed pl•ce whernthe thlldf•n fe•1 l•ss stressed. Carrylng out many fvndr•lslryg •rtl¥llles the y¢arto ty and Cfeate the neces5aryfvnds to tsjld the Wellbdr4 P¢dk Uatslry wlth local sd￿l$WIth a ¥le to prty1dI￿ these unlwe Pods twtthln a tlme frame. Llalsln8 wlth the L￿41 AuthorltyvAth reaards to BullObnB Rw Heth & 5•fety and any en tht chaflty has suffidEnt resw Keep[￿ members of the publlc updated of the Pod15 pro8re551n& as well as our fun&ratsln8 events and mentsl health awaren￿ This is done throy8h our Websit• (aronwef￿Wsfv.Ix￿). 0urw￿HXiry Pod5 •re wovlded Tiilkn sdh)ol Set11￿ A wlet and safe enVkOnm￿t for chlldren and YOU￿ people to exape to durlrva 5thooF when Ity nw be experfencln8 emotlonal dlstress or Oy$re8L￿t10n. We also irrtend for these Pryls to be used for educath)nal purposts. brin8ing all puplb to these spa￿5 thrO￿h0￿ thelr sdK>ol Iff• and learn that m•rrtal h401th is Important and talkJn8 about how they are feelln8 and learnlr8 howto man4e thSs Ss a g￿d thlng to tlo. We alm forthe chlldren In these schools to feel comfortable at ary w>lnt to take thernsel¥es away frL¥n thelr stress and lèam self4*) to(A5 from an earty aqe. It that chlldfen build an educatknn around

BronEn's WJ5h Charlty AnNal Reyt12024n5 their emolional wollbeiry and we strthwy belrtht the earftrthis lnteThyn￿n tXCUfS the betterthelrfuture wlll be In m￿ry%the dmllew th Ilfe thr{m￿ * wu. Given ow charftvs asplratlons. tand Our (ks4nets (Studio Propolisl warted to Create a healthy space u locallyand re8ionaUy Sourced natural materiats wlth good provenance. Tactlle cypress colwnns invite touth. A hI￿ty aromatk cedarlloor and breathable. texturnd hemp Ilme pltsred walts all contrilxrte to a warrn, invitin8 and hIgti￿ serts(xy en¥lronment ¥Ath excellent naturnl Ilght Our Sa￿ary/POd Is unservlced so totslly depertdent on good daWt8ht for lJ¢ih v5sual and solaroaln Thkh pours in through Its south fadng Saw tooth roof. As a Charlty. we also try our be# to hdp rn15e awarene55 on mentsl health and suklde. We do th15 maintythrouth ￿da1 medla. events and aLw our webshe. Our chath WN contlnue to campalgn ft>r shared decision makln8 to be a le8al requlyement. C%rthe past year, tharity ha5 reached out to local MWS, 6thtrrwnent Mlnlsters and most knptytsndy. youn8 adults experiendng thetr fywn thall•ng•s wlth tholrmentsl health. thjr tharKy WIU c¢)ntlnu• ta push for aurcaus• owr th• y•ars as w• feel that our campalgn wlll impr(we the mental health of our most ¥ulnernbfe and reducethe unacceptable n￿lber Ot sukides in the UL All Trustees are c105e frfends and famlty of Bron￿. Once the team of Trusteès were In place, wt worked hard on bulldln8our constftLrtlon to re8bst•rour dwrlty offldally. In Swmber 2021, lust ov•r • yeor•fter Brwwen's passln& 8romn's Wlsh became a retstted tharlty for whlch we are very proud. The values outllned bekAt are what knswe tr BroAn's Wlsh te•m to keep keep motlvated and to keep the users of our Pods and thelr needs at the of•ll our mlnds. Hav1￿ c4wra8e K 4)ur Ch•rllies value is extremely Ifflportrt Hr5tr1, to expre55 the rourage •nd braveryof BronweTr's famlty WKI frlends lor stepth ￿ In th• dkn5S ofqrfef, to do ll they can to make a chan8e and create * poslth memory In hon¢Jur of Bronwen. Secondly, to Sh￿ the Sndlvlduals who wlll benefft from Pods we woylde, thrtthere is Ireat coura8e in takln8tlff outto breathe and to tslk about thelr omotk)ft5. Acceptan￿1$ Importaftt as the rnembefs of Bronwerfs Wlsh endea￿ur fer all h)dfvlduals tofeel ccepted forwho thry arE and their needk The Pod5 will wovide them wlth a spxe where theycan feel truP¢ accepled. 5UPPOrted. and ared for. To rgmemberthat despite the darkne. th¥• Is alway5 Hop• for a bett•rfU￿re forthe youwir 8eneratI¢￿ and hope forchary wthln mentsl health S￿M- to prtrAde a ser¥lce that meets the needs of those who require IL

Bronn'sWi5h CharltyAnnual ReP￿tI2024125 Cknthe past year, ow Tn•stee5 hm worked ¥ery hard to corttnue to raSse laTw•llbe.;ry8 updates and Iherature on ourwebslte {Bronw￿.0fg) as well as provldln8 Infomiatlon on development of our fitst Wellbe1￿ pod prolert at Lakeside PrfmarySChL￿1. We are conllnulnÉ to look at ways ￿ improvln8 ow marketlng and tryln8to promote our tharlty and Its 8oals. We hwe Ilnked In wlth other natl¢ywl and k>cal mentsl health charlNes wlth a ¥lew to worklni together to help spread owareness. A 8reat example of thls was when somtTntstees joined up wlth the"3 Dad's Walkirf In Non¥lth WKI offered them all our support and backing wlth regards to sulclde awareness. Our charlty Twas also part of the o￿a￿tryI team forthe"BatoTh of Trlope" when It arrlved In Carthff summer. Thls Induded a natlonal ttyJr wlth Baton and was the larm suklde awareness ewrt •¥w In the UK. It Is our lrtention to contlnue to vKirk aWe and support oth•r mofttal health charltles In order to ratse awareness, and to promote our charlty. We are a150 very proud and exclted that other eStsbItshme￿ •re offerlw thelr supportto our charlty and Its cause. Lakeslde Prlmary Sthool: RhYth￿aU Prfmary Sctrthl: Greenway Prfmary School: CardFff Hl8h Sthool.. St. Davlrfs Coll•80 and Swansea University. Davld Uoyds Lelsurn Uub and LLanJshen Fach prlmary school have all had fvnth•tsln8 events lo help yjpyt ow charfty. cannot thank these people enouth forall that they have done t¢ help r•15e the nece55ary fun(ts to bulkl our t WelH>el PodlSanrtu•ry. as well as swe•din8 mental health •nd suidde wrene55. It15 wlth ir•at d￿lI￿t th w• un w that ¥M ha¥• an amazln8 Carp•ntsr￿51d•rWho Is wlllln& k••n and very competart to tske on Quf PfoJ¢¢is and to ¢xK spedfic W. Thb woodworkln8 ¢omp•ny (Grwfinwoodl has much expefknce In ￿lId1￿ some fantasuc outdoty wooden Structures •nd lully supports ow charity ar￿1 Its cau*.

Bronwerfs Charity Amual Rewt12024125 11 Iliillli Jh¥ The Trustees feel that once the flr# couple of yolert5 been cornpleted, the followln8 ventures wlll run more eflklentty. and we wlll have a better undtrstandlng of costs. We Intend to try and bulld our Pods1￿CtUary¢o a W of £50AKKI ¥thkh nrw kn￿ Is attalnable at thls tlme. Wlth l￿finIshed Pr￿￿ts to show and a better underst•ndlrq of prlces and outlap. the Trustees are now apptylrq for Irants and other fnd expand from thtte as we laln more experlerKe and rnlse much needed fvndl￿ Whlth Is ob¥knwtyow largest hurdle. We want io use gme origlnal desl8n for pod In prlm•ry where the xhool is tocated on large slte and there is sufficlent spxe to build. AJthoL8h each prolert wlll be based on )urorWnal deslgn for iakeslde Prlmary I￿r deslpw5 and our5ehe5 feel that each desb15 5118htly dmferent from the other. Thlsql¥s the t￿NdIn¢ ￿l￿erS& Howthr. we are that not all schools hwe lar grounds that can acc(Knnth our welldrY8 po& Wlth thls In mlnd, our future plans wlll look •t • new deslsn th be used in smal 5dwl Our charity alx> ￿¢0&niseS that there h mvch scope to Wellbeiw Sanctuar5eslPod$ to Secondary sd￿[$. We have spoken with other lotal High Sd￿1$. •nd all h•¥e sald they would benefit from havkn8 a wellbelr8 pod wlthln the8rounds of tsndl￿ We would like to akn to bulld at least one well.belr* Pod a year for local sdwb athelr Id￿1.

Bffjnwen'5 W15h ChknAnwal Report12024ns The alm of ow ne￿ woject Is todesl•i. buAd and fwnish apwox¥n•tety 30 sqm, DurDose-twllt ￿l￿beIn¥Spare at Greerjwav prImèrykhty￿ In Cardlff. The buildiryv will be used forearly irtemntion rnentsl health sessions stsff Ilsten to. 5UPPOrt and en8aie wlth chlldren In a Tmav thatenabies them to 8r(w awareness of t￿1r emtlonal state. In undwthndingtheir feelin85 and learn1￿t0 communkate thelr needs, It Is th chlklren will b•tter m•nw arKI re8ulate thelr emotbn5 thwnsefves and nereoy Qui￿1￿ rel￿￿e. Childhood and adolescence can be thallen81￿ These crudal years are when chlldren arKI youn8 people galn vltal knowled8e In s(Klal and emotlonal skllls that t￿11 shape thelrfuture. Across the spectrum of mental health Issues that people fa￿, the 5tat15tk are palnfvlly a5toundlng and at the extremlty of the ￿ern. accord￿ to the Brltlsh Medlcal Ass￿, wlclde Is the bw klller of under 35's In the UK. Thls alarmlrw Stst. hasto be rea￿d drnstk•lly. The 8rltlsh PsychoWc•l Soclety atfvotates for an Èvldèneè based prefftt•tkn appmath whlch puts an em&thasls on Introducln8 effe￿% Inter¥entkxts earty on. 1ncA)rporn￿ni them thro￿ our chlbdren's Ilves wlth broader focu5 1)n wlderlssues arouThl cNldren's development and psythok6cal wellbe5ni. Puttln8 wev¢ntth measures In place wlll, In retum, reduce the demand on wlmary arKI secondary 6reenw•y Prknry •lrE•dy h•$ • Twell de¥eW mentsl health 5trakn In pl•ce. Howeler, the 5cPrfJol [5 re•lly th88lln8 wlth space to urry theh work. Thelr efforts￿1[ be Br￿1￿ ampllned by hav1￿ i purpose l)ullt space In • retaxed. calm and tranqull en¥lronmerrt on the e of the srtwl wt(h)or For our charlty. thls wlll be ow thSrd * SpKrf well4•k Pod th•t t• wlll d•llwr. It Is U￿1Mletyo 8Sm to m•kt a network of these 5•hCtu•ths In Cardlff and gJrroundln8 area so as to stsrt makln8 a real Impact on chlldrerfs mentsl health a¥Mreness•nd ts tslked •bO￿ and dèaft wlth In the wldtr The charlty Is a ao- Foundlon. reglsrtt￿ on 10 Seoember 2021. The charltv is run ￿ a commlttee comDrlslno the trustees. ¥tho are the trustees aoDolnted on reglstratlon. Newtfttsteeswo￿d be apwinted as ard when requSred. 8ned on bthalfoftte tnthes: stee PrintNome

Bronwen's CharrtyAMtsal I W24r25 114DEPENDENT EXAMINEfS REPORTTO THETRitsfEES OF BRof4Wm WISH Fwthe Year Ended 31 March IlJ25 Wish (Ihe dwritVI for the ￿arejthd 31 March 2025 whkh are set (Krt on pages 11 to A5 the thartystru5tees￿u are re4)ms1￿e1Orthe preparallon ofthefinandal statements In accordance I report in ￿$Dett of mv evmlnatk)n of the charltv's fi￿ndal ststements carrted out under sectlon 145 of the 2011 Act and In carrylng out my examlnatlDn I have followed all the appllcable Dlrectlons W¥en by the Charlty Commlsslon uThSer sertk)n 145(5Xb) ofthe Act. I ha¥e completed my examinion. I confifm that ￿ materf matters have come to my attentlon In connertlon wlth the examlnaUon whlch 8lves me cause to bellerfe that In ary materlal respert: accountln8 re¢ords not kept in ￿pert of the tharny as requlred ￿ sertknn 130 of the ACL. or attentlon should be drawn In this report In xder to enable a proper uThjer$tsndi￿ of the accounts to be reached. Farzana Ahmed ACCA Independent Examlner 16 Cathedrnl Road Cardiff CF119U u41￿. 10 I iolac4 io

Bronwen's Ch¥ity Annual Rewt12024n5 RECEIPTS& PAYMENTS AcC￿li￿r Totsl DonatloThs •ftd leiides 4L584 9.914 516 415 9,9 FundA151n8 & ewnts 2&651 TOTALAECEIPTS 77m4 PAYMENTS ?? A7> Fundralslni e¥entc•sts W•bslt• <oits 575 L¢8•1 & prol*iilpn•l ¥ntsn¢yf••s Suholptloo x) 51741 53.923 NEfREQIP751 IPAYM81 TTrnsf¢n b¢M¢n fvnds Cash fufids l•At li

Bronwerfs Wlsh Ch*Annual Report12024125 STATEMENT OF AS5Efs & LL48iurEs T(tsl 63.711 63,711 39.438 1&711 e¥?Iic>l&c>3 These financlal statements were appro¥ed trrf thetrustees arld autlK)rlsed for Iw on .,.....--....... and are sl8Md on thelr behalf by: Isknnj v (D . (Prfntngmel Trustee Tru 12

onwen's Wlsh Charlty Annual Report12024125 NOIESTO ThE Fif4ANaALsfATEMENTS Year Ended 31 hlw¢h 2025 No trustee receb¥td any remunerath)n frlxn the charlty In respert of thelr servltts durlng the perlod. Out of wKket expenses Incurred ty the In￿tee5 in the pÈrforniance of thelr duties were not reimourseu. There were notransactlons with related partles In the wlod. 3. B•lme•s BA1￿¢+ at Unrnslrtct•d Fund5 General Fund {5174 77m4 IX74¥ 61.ni ance at l Apr 3)23 Balance at Income Expendlture 31 Vor 2U General Fund 3S448 57.913 (53,9231 13