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The Charity Registration Numbw is:_ 1196584 Wirral CVS Report and Accounts 31 March 2024 Wirral COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Wirr41 GVS Report and accounts fortho y￿rend•d 31 Ilarch 2024 Contents Charlty Irknmmllon T￿￿tee$. Annual R•port stateThnt of dirv¢tord' wprmibililio¥ Independent EwAminots Report 10 ststement of Finawial P&vil Inujme and Eyn(fittJr8 Summary offunds 12 13 13 14 15

Wlrral CVS Trustees. Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2024 The Trustees presentiheir Re[￿rt * kc(A￿ts frxthg yewaxyed 31 2ff24. Reference and administrative details The ¢harftynam The legal ￿rne of the d￿rity is:_ Wirral CVS. The tharity is also kncJMI by rts name. CVS. The charity is registered in & Waas Ihè Ct CIXnm￿ in ErKI & Wales (CCEW) ith charrty nurnbw 11￿4. The charity ss o)nsbtuted as a Chanlable Iw#Jated Ckg8rrisation ICIO} in England & Wales. The governing d(Kwmerrt ofthe charTty is the cc)sbthon oftr CIO &$ apWO￿ try the Chty Commission in England & Wales ICCEVI). Therè are no re51rictions in the goveming {xJJi￿ts ￿ the Op1￿ ofts CW rw ￿ its inveslm•rrt pows othw than those imr)sèl ty Chanty Law. The trnstees aro 81 indMths. The prfnclpal operatlng addres8. It￿p1KM￿ nwTrlw. and l￿b adthe¥￿ (rfthe charltyaf•:. Office 204. Make Harnilt 6￿71 Argyle Stree( BwkenhJ Wirral. CH418LQ Telephono T.. 01514333371 Emwl Nthress Infc&￿orguk Web athJrESS¥rnW.rnorg.uk Sabr8 Ahmed J• Ander9)n Sandra Gilbert Bevedey Morgan Brian Simpson The following persons sevRd as TrusiE4S dwirwj the >wrended 31114rch 2024:. resignation durirvJ ts year wEre.'- Nam Sabra Ahme Jay Anderson Sandra Gilbert Justine Mthneiix Beverley Morgan Brian &mpyJn June 2U24

Wirral CVS Trustees. Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2024 Objects and actlvltles of the charlty The purposes oi the charity as set out in its govemlng document To promote ary &wtst4e pwp05es frKthp terfft oftsp kMt4& wrKipaty bLrt exdLtsTh in the local government area ofwirral and the surrwndiThJ area I￿"na￿ the"8w ol be￿? and. in P8rticJJ18r. lo budd the ofthird seilfx org8nLsalms arxj provide thèm %%ith the necessary s￿1pOr( infomiation Servi￿ to enab￿ tlwn to Fwsue (A to any d￿nI4)k PLWPOS&. The main activibes undertaken in relauon to those purposes during the year and to further the charitys purywe forthe public benefiL One Wirral CIC Make It HaptM Birtenhead Wirral Counal VS6 Partnership Aljoutwirrnl CVS Wirral CVS is a drirable lnc3NF￿￿ rKganisat)n ICIO), es14ished in 2(r21 ty aThl fc(Wirral's V(A￿ry. comM￿ty. Fwth arKI Soaal EnterFffi'se S&lor IVCFSEI. WNrdl CVS 15 a memtership ¢)ryanisabon and ary VCFSE organisab.on in Wirral ￿ tecLwnt a at help slwp8 arvj dribt vknat thè organi3ation does. Not less than ti￿rdS ofthe In￿te8S 8re rKJmin8Eed frrn) eleced ty •) kndeFendent Chair a180 3eleraed by the memterS￿.p. Tnjstees are re5PThtAe for ensuriThJ Ihat the organisatrons commtwty benefft is infc¥m8J ty the Strat￿ ￿(￿Ille9 oflhe seLkn. Tha foun¢th"ng trustegs are (xxnmrtted to eS￿MISh1[￿j the wganisaiion arYing to ￿able iyoad leadership to ￿ selected fmm th8 mdnbetship. conb.nua w3ém•ni a￿1 id8thfit2t￿ of rlèw organi5ationshnembers 15 ryibc to the 0pj8n1s8th￿ awng relevant ￿ connedad to those it 8er¥es. Commwty Acbon).

Wlrral CVS Trustees, Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2024 VISION. MISSION & VALUES Wision A strong. vibr￿rt aTrJ TewlientVd4m. coMm￿ty. Fwth S(Lial Ent￿￿￿ S&￿that lèats positive and imrJ8¢tfil ch8ng8s inwwrnl. Ml•sion To be an I￿￿$8tion aThJ gI(PA￿ by ils memb9rs to gjpwtthe Vduntary. CcThmunty, Vah We are an ¢xganisatson d￿WJne￿ arwj led ty Wwal's VCFSE We (ly)ti￿ thi$ w of rking in everyt￿"n9 do,. ilh frxal VCFSE {wgar￿atsCTh in an cw. wtrwtrvtay. ahvays atLoun￿e for tyjr ath"ons. . We krNx¥Me 12nl do evwthir•J 80 WeV•ill hmss ts cdlecti% stra)gths ofth& sector. Everyono's and ￿￿ributi￿) KMII be h8awd and valu&J. . Wewill lead by examle andwrth dri aThJ passicffl lo be ￿ organisation membeTs are Froud to te partof. The main achievemerts and porfomiance of the charity during the year and the difference the charity's performance during the year has made to the beneficlarles of the charity and benefrtted wlder soc. While there is more dthl in ￿ first fdl ywrfo￿ati￿ fc4lcTrMng' . RecrLtthient of Chief ExetsJtNe . Recrurfment of Devpment Manay to lè1 on Cyity BLNJiNJ Pwr8mme Formal membersth'p iyweas&J 10 77 . communicati￿ database inc¥eased to 598 . 38 Organisations ￿l￿ng Ca￿￿ty BLMI(Sr¥J &Ipp￿t . 82 Newvdunteers aThJ 139 tM¥vdunteer WO￿nibe5 ￿lsteI￿ . Commynty Vc4LWrtary and Fath {CVF) Whatw grrxjp irnyeased to 141 rnembw . Funding Secu￿ lo deliver Wirra's Sir¥Jle Frort Dw forWuntw"TrJ FundiNJ secured to deliver Capacty & Resilience support and grant pr0￿Mme FolkMTrJ the r8uuth)ent ol the LYganIsatic￿'s Inaugu￿ Ch￿1 EXeC4jb￿ the tharity ernplOY￿ rts first member of staff in June 2023. The CIMcf txcfyJli haa 7hTred dc¢dy vAlh the Board, Membcrs and Public Sector cc45eagues to devebp 8 bLLsiness rkn Ihat estat4.sh ts cwisatKX) in the fifst year based on VCA'S Four Pillars of Loca Infrastruth- CapaL &JikliNJ. Vc4unteen"rvJ, Lerth'p & Adv¢xxy arml Parlnarships and Cc41)oraiicm. The rx9ani5a"on's cl￿M￿nty Benefft is d￿￿or￿tr￿ underthese heathngs and over15rne th18￿1 L wKMted by a T￿ of Chary.

Wirral CVS Trustees. Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2024 Capacity 8uilding Re(xurfmentofthe Devyment eststrAisW ts Cwty BuilthrKJ Supwt ar￿ 8 developmerrt programrne I￿1￿J1r￿ IrdiniTrJ. jnfrymth arKI gL￿tsn￿ is teiThJ debEd tr rrAhwi in the Goming Finanaal Year. UK Shared ProsFerity Fund IUKSPF) CapaL ResI1￿Ce prrwamme. al yeaT er￿ are ighty behind ￿¥tanted to be. the￿ ￿ a dear our Fogtion is vrilh ddivary partners. In the new)InancAal yearE TII also reuu"t 8 Farth De￿(￿ Wokn lo supwt Fth Ba8ed community organisaknons to develop and engage by proMth"ThJ Capaaty BuikSw Suwmmt ￿d 1￿Moting opportun￿oS dire( to Organisab￿S. Work continues Wirral COUTh￿ Put4ic team to t￿￿(¥1 a wps to SLPFQrt the ofthe Heth &WdtwrvJ str￿￿. VoluntoerlThJ su￿eSs in secAJring funding to e5tsblr5h Winafs si￿le Frrmt tk)or fu VoknteerirffJ er￿tr￿ed the development ol an outline pwogramme ￿￿th recwrtrnent conkmwThJ ￿Y in rew finaN#al ye8r. LIKSPF f￿ded kYryJramme aims to Irue8se the wg8gwi•)t aNI impac of ¥dunteeriThJ aTh1 ￿711 add to thè work alrea(ty to estatAish voluntsw.ry in Wirral ￿rosS Crty Rew). By 14larth indMdu81 vobjnteers and Or￿￿atKJr The prcgramme will also see us delNer a smal grants progarnme dimate thamy'ons for CCKJI Wirral, Wirral CcAJn<il's Climatè progr3mm8 as as gJpwtiNJ Wwrat CO￿￿11,$ Borwgh of Culbjre PTograrnme. WorkiThJ dosdy Make tt Ha￿ Bwkentrwj. oy1bnu￿j to ¢1￿ the vo￿nte￿ Manager8 Forum wk) ￿Te integr81 to thè d8velcyn8nt oftha Front Dc￿r aFWthn arJ the reviewol the L••d•Yshlp &Athocacy As a new organisation a rEwChief ExeuJtNe K has treen reaNy irnwrtant to &ffe(aÈvg ralab"on$hrps ith Cdleag￿ ￿$8 trthi the VCFSE and put￿.¢ Seth. Much ofthe year ha5 been spent developiro those relationsFll'ps and ￿ trust requir￿ to delNer fLY￿r Me￿￿[S. We have to ￿ v colleagues frorn Wirral Borwh cr￿￿. . FI￿ {Cthiie & IGB} w¥J Lfvwjl Cty Region Combmed Auth¢￿"ty. leadership is embeLJe(l. fftrtme, trN"s m(MW swd wwre Il￿t a lkni of from ￿05sthe sector are ab to st4) ft)rwd offer trir swrt to the vAder sèr.

Wirral CVS Trustees. Annual Report for tho year ended 31 March 2024 ParI￿r$hIpS & Collaborallon Wirral CVS is e3s9ntialty a eollaboralive t￿l￿n the slor. the members. ￿ ttjstees the stsff tearn and their pulJK secior parfvr& The organBalm. in fomi, im￿.ne(l ty the sector wlh new rules of engagemenL leamiTrJ fr(xn I￿s0￿5 ofthe ￿5t &KI to the fuiwe. Infrastr￿aure partners OreKn(ABfey del￿reA by &)e CIC. 8 membworwisab)n thè rd8vant skllls. kntwAedge and eyrieFKe to ddiver a5 eywb. Tr Social A('on wcyeLt has reached 20 i)rganiSati(￿S and ￿1[ deliver a rarrfJe to r3i5e ￿rnrer￿ in communilies from the organisabons local pa0￿ trLLSt mct The Neightx)urhood Prcorwnme 18 8 Powl8lKffi H881th PrqeL supp(¥lE"rwJ loca ￿n￿Un￿e$ to identify health needs arn1 aJr8SS tlwn ¥&ith irti￿￿S. The first yew fAtr pr[NJrn￿e wasto ￿krt two aroas within Wirral and establish hxal le￿I￿ship. We have had h"mrted in one ofthe pik)t nexiyeaT. We have also tsken aJministrth18al h)ra nLThber L Thè Sgxor Lers Nettwrk. VCF Fowrn and Communty of Prth e al d￿lre￿ ty sgaor (xague5 arhl we ojnbnue to Kyjrk as partners to devdop t1￿. Finally, ￿ are memkn ofthe VS6 Parknerthp wthtch 15 a Li¥￿ Cty Regi(m Ccllat￿on of Cfvef Officers of hjcal infrastru(tse organ￿a￿S ac¥os5 Cty Regth. In the Year￿ ￿411 on a number of prq'ects. the fitst of ￿th1¢h ill be a Hustiros Evwrt ftythè comirKJ Metro may￿ elections and wll indude rewewirvJ the sec￿ Manifesto WU) ltte hider se¢tr arn1 Se￿￿g swwt from cand￿ates. As a enbty. we have had to CthIn￿ to fwJs on the deveJ¢¥¥nert ofthe cganisation vhkith has Èndikled establishirvJ acoyjntr.ng and admIn￿traINe systems. revivYThJ 81x1 LWIFWJ OLrgoV￿nl￿g ¢Jo(wm&rt and are PTepariro to rewthe C¢yn¥YJ Tc#Nlv Wan trtfrym￿ Of￿ crfignal wcyjsa forthe organisaticffj. PLANS FOR FUTURE PERI In the comirvJ financial year ￿￿111 ccrfinue to deveb¥ of these Ihemes hard to recTr•t the team we ￿11 need lo delwer SLK£essfvty. Ths wll indude: Inueasing MeMbe￿hIp to 150 . Inueasing reath to 15CIJ organ¢atms . Workn'ng wilh the ￿ partneth"p to (kltver 8 State 0ftr￿ RetKJrt . Improving the systems tI￿t 8uppxI the Representstion M(xlèl . Distr"txrtè £51XJ.fyXI in grants . R￿ul1[￿ent TIu5tBes

Wirral CVS Trustees. Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2024 structure. govornance and management of the charity Electlon and Roltt of Trustees The chanty has ajcyted the ￿r[￿lee PkJel'. th8 dwivs trusie8s are the w)ting members Ilthe oryanisi(x) and fcym the Bcklfd of tA"r￿t￿5. The Tru51￿ Ccrfmnittee embarked ukx) a slnJctUTed ￿￿OcesS ￿l￿t¥j the year to recrurt a numtwof nthYTn￿s to te r￿TIme[mI￿j tothe Board foraFpcqntmenL Trustees a￿ to serve for a three-year ￿"C￿j at the AMLHI Gener¥J Meets'￿. (Th t￿.(￿ Of￿ nLpntxr reliring and b￿"ng e￿gitIe fci r￿('c￿ eath year. NewTrustees a￿ wpwrted thr(wh an M)duthn tKrx4s& thich Incaths a pre5eni3kn. Flanned to eth departrn￿t of the organ￿aiDn. FA￿ ￿rtten rnat￿￿ gMfVJ a(kJrficfd L)&thgr(rtThl intffmation and oulinin9 th"r rèÉponSikn"l￿"éS as a TrLth8. The Board ofTru5tees 15 reSp0￿1t4e tsthe ￿ra11 dire¢j￿ ofthe (Jity. d8I4Trd8y The T￿￿tee$ meet a minimum ofsix bmes a year Ihis induths a FoTh4pril Planniryj Day to iwew the o￿aniSatIOn,$ strategy ar¥J p&fomia)ce and to set opernb"r¥J F4ans a￿1 bvthjets. plus a H￿f.year Re￿ff￿ Day to monrtor wogress ol tW rAarts- duriThJ the ￿[se ofthis year this fc¥matvrdS Stepped due to the Co¥i119 parhdemio The Board receNes TerKJrts at ea¢ fr(xn th8 Exeuthe. along wth 8 sctdule ol rep)rts from all areas of the ¢Nganisat urNJertook to Ix)ntstsuie£1 gxh wertof ￿. Int•mal Control The TnJstee8 have overau resrA)nwFility for ensuring that tt tharity h8s appropriate system8 of (ntrol$. fjnanaal and othemse. They are also reswngbk for kew'rvj woper ￿￿ting records th disd05e wth reasonable acojrary at any time ts finaThial [￿￿On ofts charity aThJ enable them lo ensLwe that the finanoal statemerrts comF4y V￿th the Compar4es Act 2Ci6. Try are aL80 respcmsble for ardirvJ the assets ofthe charity aTrJ hen￿ taking reasonatle steps for the det￿"on offraud . The charity is <perating effiuenty ￿ effethvety. . tts assets 8re 88fegu8td8d 38inst urwthorised use . Propor recoT¢Js are rnainlainad, finanoal infomion us&J is relrat4e. The systems of Intern￿ ccth are ¢s•Jn&J to ￿9)nth. absLlute. assurw ￿1n$t Malen￿ mi$statemwt ty ios& irKILWk" . A strategic plan and an ￿nUal l￿get apw¢Jved trry thetrustees. . Regular cortsKJerabon by the Trustees of fin￿Cial festhts. Variar￿ from budw. ￿Jn￿nd￿Ual . nf aiJIF￿Ity anrt &or*&atirJn nf diJliÈ . ldenb"firatiC￿ rnanajemwrt of iisk%. management strategies. This involves wknbfying the tyFes of risks the chty fa￿. priorib.siro them in terms of potential impact and likdihoc•J of fXcuTh￿Ce. Ider￿￿'n9 means of miti"gatirg the risks. As part ofthis pr(￿e$s. the tnjstees revEw the ofthe d￿ri￿s o1r￿t intemal rA)ntrds.

Wlrral CVS Trustees. Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2024 The Trustees are committed to alopting the Charty (k4)d GoveThrtt Ccrfle (Small char￿"e5) a￿1 intend to have tomted tr£ Se￿$￿ent ¥ll￿t Ihe C(th the ccrfnir¥J 12 morths. annualty. This w)uhJ i￿lUde Sen1￿ SeniLr Leaijers irK)JirwJ GEO. we on fixed of pay, with no a¢Jdits"onal increments availatrA¢ •. Board are ￿mrnrtt8d to c￿￿1n￿e to review salary struthres year ￿ year. A¢countsnts thiro Ltd. Stsmlh? 6, ￿￿COat Chamters. knverFoY. L13BX Bankars Flnancial review The chatys financial position at the end of the year ended 31 Alarch 2024 The ￿na￿la1 FosNion ofth8 d￿lIty at 31 2024 aThJ tsthe perK>a. as more deta￿ed in the accwnts, can be summarwj as fo￿￿Th.. Ngt kncom S31.171 3.919 Unrestric*8d Revenue Funds avaifat4e kn the g￿eral purposes of d￿￿ty 144.431 3.919 Restricted Revernje Fun¢Js 1W.&59 Total Funds 3.919

Wlrral CVS Trustees. Annual Report for the year •nded 31 March 2024 Financial r￿e￿ of the posilion at Ihe reportsng dat4 31 Alarch 2024 . In the financial year. Ir￿ne irbJeas&J signfftrt. Ccffe fim(thTrJ from WirY31 B￿h Cwncil and UK Shared Prospenty Fund pro￿ gjfficient fiJnthTrJ to emplry a Ch￿fE¥￿Athe #rKI Development man￿ as ll as pknning frthe reoijrfmerrt 0f￿h￿ key te￿ memLws. In addition, the CfgaThsation fuTrJirvJ for Representth. Menta Health and Wirral's Nei9hbourhood Prcgrammes from CheshKe & Merswde ICB, Wirral Plxe. 23% ofthe income generatsd 711 be redi8tributsd 88 G[￿ts tothe 8ecknin ￿ c(rfnirvJ year. In this finanaal year, have SFnt 2￿A of Ir￿oMe and generalod ￿[estri¢￿ed T8vent￿. that ￿•11 bg Policies on resww•s. In the first full year oftradtng, the or9arusal1c￿ Mds zero reserves but has 8 heaAhy unrestrded income balance, roughly equal to 4 months of cjjrrent OFerakn. As the r￿JaritSaIi0n devdops 0pèrath￿a1ty. the board will agree a reserves policy that prfAeds the wisation's trthary inte￿ts and ￿flects th8 risk wofile ofthe opJaniSatiC￿. Afonn81 reS8Th￿ b8 in p￿ thJrirvJ th& coming year. Wth fijnding secLred to dats. IPwe are r) ccrfKems atojtthe chai¥ty conlinumg as a gc¥ng ￿Cern and the Twsieès are sats5fi&J thatthe thaws assets in eth a￿ avaiL4t4e arK1 ]u* to fvlfil irs olAigalicns in respect ofeath tund. Availablllty and adequacy of assets of each of the fvnds The board of trustees is satisfied thatthe dIarit￿ assets fuThY ¥e availatle wjequate to fLAfiI its obligatiixL4 in res￿ of each fiJThJ. Details of The Independent Examlner Membgr of CIPFA BIL￿Oat Cham￿8 College Lane Livèrwol L13BZ

Wirral CVS Trustees. Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2024 Staternent of Truste8s' Responslbllilles The charivs trustees are resw)sible fu the yepar8tity1 ofthe afxwnts in ¥C￿rdan￿ ￿￿th the terms of th8 Charitw Act 20114rKI the Chanbes arKI ReFrfxts} RegLlakn 2C08. NG4ithtandiTrJ the expliot reqUirern￿t In ts exfant WLd•bons.tre Chwiiies (kn￿jnts and RepJtsl ReguLations 2CY)8, to prepafe the fmanoal Stat￿ents ilh th8 SC4IP 2(JA in view of the that the SORP 20C15 has been I￿ra￿, thè Trustoas deterrnin8d to intwwetthv6 responthkty as requiring bkn to folbw current t¢8t prac￿￿ and prepare the acCO￿ts according to the FRS SORP Istaternent of Recornmended PraLce for AcA￿ntiF¥j Repyb"rwJ ty Ctwitw) 2019. a[￿￿)le kn all ￿)Unting pefi(Mts beginning on or after 1st j￿Uary 2019). trhe SORP). . finanaal ststem8t)ts for èad) fina￿￿81 year gNe a WKI fat'r ¥18w cl the st of affairs oflhe eharity as al th¢ er￿ ofthe financial year aThJ ofthe SWFts or tsfiot ttonty. In trTh¥ fiTWTK4al statements the TrLtstees are rewllred to". . to prèpare the acmunts in ac£cwdarts ￿1th unit￿ W Gen¢rally Accept8d A￿nti￿j Prnth"ce Iurwted ￿n￿￿orn koxntir¥J StaThJards ￿ applKthe 18w). . make judgemerrts and estimates that a￿ reasonat atwj prud . prepare the ffinanoal statemarts on tt￿cem Lsi5 ￿lesS rt 15 in8pp￿￿ to presume that￿ chantywlll uth.nue in tXJSKW8". . state thelher apF4ut4e ))￿n11n9 standard5 ¥KI sfthn￿ts of reoJmmendeJ prath"c have b8on frkn￿1. subJe(to any materi true and fairvivw ofthe slate of affa.rs ofts thty aThJ oflhe WKAUS orikftit ofthe iwty tsthe year. re8$0nAe a¢uJiy at ary timethe firwKial FKJg1icn iifthe charty aThJ t•thith are S(rfr￿￿￿lo show8Tr explain the chantys transath.ons and ensuie that the finanoal siaternents compty WTth regulations made under the Clwibes A£t 2011. ￿Y we 0 r8swnsible for safgwardirrfJ the asset8 of charity and her￿ for tsking rea%xwlle 5ter6 tsthe aTrJ thte¢Jion of fTrLKI and dher irregulariti.es. The Trustees are also responsit fortrt (yknts oYtr* TnJstees' wirt the respJnsibilty of the Indepèndént Examirw in rd8b.on to TnJstee5' rwrt is limrted to e￿)In1r￿J Ihe re￿ and ensuring Oh Brian Simpson (Jan 2 , 2025 14:59 Gmn B SIMPSON Twstse

Wlrral CVS Report of the Inde￿ndent Examinor to th• Trustees otthe charity on tho accounts forth8 year •nd•d 31 March 2024 I resy)rt to the Trustees on my eYAm1nab￿ of Ihe fina￿la1 statements of the charity on pages 12 to 23 for the year ended 31 March 21r24 have been wepared ￿ ax(d￿ ith the char￿e5 Ad 2011 (the￿ and wth Finanaal Reporlmg Stsndard 102. leffthè 1st January 2016) a# mthjified iw FRS 1￿2 SORP {Ststèmènt of Recommend8d Pra((% for A(yJxAnlt'ThJ aTht Rerrtxtr'rvJ by Charib88} 2019, applLxble to all aLrour7tirvJ Feri% beginning on cf after 1st JartU￿ 20191, Tr SORPI, publish&J trrf the Charrty Commission in ErKJland & WJes {CCEW) , and u[￿th historKal cost Djnverth ￿ the ar£￿rIN￿) Fdths set on page 15. Raspe¢ll￿ r•8ponslbllltlg8 ofth• TnA1￿ and th• Examln•rand th• bash ol I￿ rnport As de8CritEd on page 9. you, the tharitys Tnjstees, a￿ reS￿￿¢ble for the F￿rati￿ ofthe financial statemer in ￿)rd￿ce ￿1th the CharIt￿ 2011 ￿ am law and ilh Unibj Ger￿raIty Aw Accounling Pra¢fic6, 8FWK¥t40 to sm8ler teirvj 8atisW that slatemerts gve a In and fair we4¥. The Trustees ￿￿der that the au(It wuiremert of Seckni 144111 of the Charit￿S Act 2011 (the Act) (k)es not appty, aThJ that there Is requiramént in Ihè Gts4miThJ D(yynent forttE rAYNk￿"Th3 of an al¥1￿ As a conSeqUer￿e. the Trustees have dethd that the ffinancial stat￿￿￿$ be subjectto inthpendent examination. Haying sats"sfi&Y myself thatth8 fir)aniiab Statsrn￿ ￿ nrrt re¢wryl to be a￿lited w¥Jer ￿Y Wl cf othervmse, a￿1 are eSgible f￿ inderw¥J￿rt ex8rnirwtK￿. it 13 my reSpOr￿ltI"1ty to".- a} examirn tsfinancaa statements ofthe urler 145 bl fclcwthè ￿￿[cab1é in the DIT￿)r6 gr¥En try the Chanty C(vnrnissicffi uThJer wsion 14SISllbl oftheAc Since the charl￿3 grc6$ ir￿e exc￿thd £250.(MJ). the ￿S ewinw must be a member of8 IL8ted in section 145 ofthe kL I confirm th l am quaifLed to t￿j$e l am an aLrth0ri8ed member of CIPFA ¥thith is one of Ihe ￿$ted I>d￿. I report in respec ofmy exanNna1m￿ ofthe tha￿$ ftrHKial SlatW￿ carri&l thyJer$145 oflhtrkL In carrwng Out my examinatw I have fdkyApJ aw Ihe apFkntAe SIV￿ brf Charity Commission undar seckncffl 145t5)Ib} ofthe Act S&br￿ 0rt1he dubes oyan nx1ew)(rrt In relab(m to (thduth"rwJ of an indepeTrawrt examinabon. An mdependent iThSu¢ks a reNivw Of￿ ￿Tr)jn￿9 r￿dS kept by the charity and ofthe counbNJ systam5 empluyed by the ctsity ar¥J a r￿Mpar￿ oflhe financkgl Ststements pre8enled ¥￿th those Tewds. It 4so Indthles ¢(￿$￿er¥I&lft unusual rtwns or ¢J"sdosures in the finanoal SORP. The procedures undertaken do provide al ts emdencé tst¥K￿d b8 r￿Ul[￿l in ￿ auth( and infonnatson sup￿led by the Trustees in the ojurse ofthe eX￿InatiOn i8 tv)t suty'ected to a￿￿rt tests ￿ eTh]uiries and does Th)t covei aFI th6 matters Ihat an a￿￿1t￿ *T)uhJ wsder in arriviThJ at an ￿nI￿. The FkniThJ arwj ojnduct of an audit 10

Wlrral CVS express OF4nion to kthetherthe fjnanoa statements gNe a 8rY fWVi￿ ofthe affairs of the Larty, and my report is limrted to the mthrs set ￿ in Lth. I plann￿1 and ￿rforrned my examination so as to satisfy myseifth8tthe obpcbNEs of iThaependenl examination are ach￿Ve￿ before finall￿r¥j th8 fepjrt l Obl•n￿ WTitten a&wrarKxs from the TnJst8es of all materiaj matters. SubR"8Ct to Ihe lirniiations upon the sccpe of mymrprk as dth.￿ at¥M. I comF4otgJ my wminatiori and can c￿firM that- The gross inrx)me oflhe dwity in the year ended 31 2024 aFpears to excee(l the s￿￿ in Section 145131 ofthè Art namety £25OCXXI. and that l am qu￿lfied to as Examinerin acrA>rdw ¥Ath that section by virtue of my beirKJ ¥ qualrfieil member ofCIPFA This is a repc¥t in F￿￿1 ofan ￿MinalIc￿ cJt 145 oftha in Tth tirecions gNen by the Charty Commissk)n 14515llbl otthe dvthich tre applicable,. that m matenal matters have c¢%n• to my attenlTh ￿ c£rfrnYion tith the a¥AminatKffl mo ¢ause to believe Ihat in maten.al respect- accouth.ng records ré not W in resFert ofthe dwity as r￿LIT￿j by ilh 130 ofThe Charities Ac the finawal Statern￿ (kj nol ￿npty ¥￿th the apFIic8ble requirwnents c¢fieemirrfJ the ar¥J (xx)tent of acccxjnts set out in the ChaIitses lknxxjrts and Rewjrtsl Regulabons 2Cp)8 otherthan any requirement that the rrts gNe a In￿ and fa.r vhch is Tr)t a matter o)nydwgJ as pwi of an iwenl ex2rnirwbon,' have not been prepaied in 7Aith the rTK4hods ￿ WrriF4es setoul it) the FRS 102 SORP Istatement of R￿nrnen￿ Prth ReF￿rtirfj ty Clwtsesl 2019. a￿￿ble lo al accwnting peri￿1$ beginning C￿ or after 1st January 2019). (The SORP}. I have no corKerrss have crnie acx6s no other matte[5 in Y￿th tr exwnination to %thich artention should be in this ord2rto enable a F(per uTrJerstanth"tYJ of th• fin￿(3￿ statem8nts lo be reacked. S￿￿•d.. Matth&* Bro￿. Independ¢rrt Examjr CIPFA Bluecoat ch￿berS College Lane LwerFX)oI L1 3BZ Ths report was s￿ned on 30 January 2025 11

Wirral CVS - Ststement of Financial Actlvitles for the year ended 31 March 2024 Curront yo•r Total Funth PrkrYear Totsl Fur 2023 Incomg & Endovmmnls fr•m: DCtht￿nS & L￿(￿8$ Ch3rit8LIè 8¢b"wbes Al 170.810 17Q010 317.542 4,394 25,170 7.937 Total Ineon 237.997 488,352 CharttJle aclfith.es 97.485 59. 157,181 25.845 Totsl 9xpwMll￿rn 97A85 157.181 25.645 Net Income forts 140.512 190.659 331.171 3.919 Net Incomè aft•rb>nsf• 140.512 190.659 331.171 3.919 Il•t mo¥•m•nl In fund8 140,512 190. 331.171 3.919 Reconciliation of fund&'_ Total funds bfought forw4nl 3.919 1919 Total fundg carried forn• 144A31 I￿.659 334090 4919 The'SORP Ref indicated above islhe dasSift￿ of ir*£rfne settxrt in the frTheJ SORP dOr￿Ments. AS required by par8graph 4.￿ ofthe SORP. the ￿h1 fwlard arKI c3nied fmYJrd fijnds agr￿ to the Balance Sheet. A sep￿ats Statement ofTotd RecO9)L%￿ G￿"T￿ arnj Losses 1$ rewired asthis statemerrt an rec£gnised gains and losses. l the prior year transxtion3we Unrestri￿ ikm& arwj no ffiJrlherarotys"s is rewire l activities ¢J&TiVe from ￿n￿nUing 0￿ra"( Tho not•B attach•d on pag•B 15 to 23 fomi an Iiitegral part of accounts. 10

Wirral CVS - Statement of Financial Activitses for the year ended 31 March 2024 Movements In revenue and capltal funds for the year ended 31 Mar¢h 2024 Rovenue a¢cumulated fund8 Las1 year Total Fund8 2023 Fund¥ AttLmulated funds brought fr)ThYard 3,919 3.919 Rec￿jnised gairts h)sses belc¥e transfer3 140.512 1￿,&59 331.171 3,919 144M31 1￿,659 3.919 c￿$1￿9 rw¢nue ￿ndS 144A31 190.669 3,919 Wirral CVS Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 March 2024 as requlred by the Companies Act 2006 20 2023 Ino)me from opwati( Investsnent inLx)me 481352 29,564 Gn)s8 Income In the year 488,362 Charrtable expeThlittwq exd(bJirvJ deweciakn and wncffbsatic Govemance costs R¢alÉsed IcÉs¢s on ofsoual irNestmentsthith are prwamme rnlabj 1￿.058 1.123 24.5e5 1.080 Totsl 8xpondlturn in the year 15T,181 Not Incomo baforn tax In the flnandal 331.171 3.919 Taj C￿ sU￿lUS on crlinary &wti"e8 Net incom¢ •fter in thtrlknandal pr 331,171 3,919 Retained 8urplu8 forthe financlal year 331,171 1919 AU actiwts.es de￿e fnm conb"nuin9 In tKq prnw.sl￿￿ ofthe Companies fv£t 2C(6. the he8dirYJs 8rn1 $uttheadir￿ used in Ihe InC￿e and E¥Jenditure arts￿￿t ha¥E been to relle(ths speual nalure of the c￿6 a(¥ibes. The note attach￿ on pag•5 15 to 23 form an integral part of these account&

Wirral CVS - Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2024 20 2023 Curr•nt assots Debtors Cash al bank and in hand 2e6.707 4.11J) Total CUTrent a88ets 8,938 Credltorn: am¢)unts hlllng du• wlthln one ygar 10 C1 15,01 3.919 Th¢ total not a$8•ts olths Charlty 3.919 Th• totsl n ofthe chaiity are fwKled l)y the funds ofthe charfty. as fomm:. Restrlcted ftmds R8Stn'cted R8v8nu8 FLNKfs 14 1SfJ.859 19).659 unr¢strI¢l￿ Funds UnreStn.c￿ Re￿￿ Fur#ts 14 144.431 3.919 144.431 3,919 Deslgnated Fun Total ¢hailty funds 3,919 The'SORP Ref iThJI￿ed above is Ihe daS￿akn of Bkn Shoot It￿ as sat ￿ in th8 fom￿1 SORP dctuments. As required by paragraF 4.60 ofthe SORP. the W torvAid and carried foNArd fvnd$ ab)w& have been agr￿1 to the SOFA. The Trusteès 8ckno%dgè th¥"r resrthyts.lths for ￿l￿￿.￿j ith the requirements of thanty feg'slation resFect to aco)unts"ng records ar¥J the weparab.on of aLxtyJnts. The (arity i¥ sUt￿t to Inde￿TrIent Examinatsc￿ tHvJer (knty Iwsl"on, 8Th1 the report ofthe 1nderw￿￿tt Ex8min$r is ¢)n pwJe 11. The Twstee5 are satsfiY that. athwgh thè c8nty is not rngisier•d Ad#. rf it so registe￿d. itw¢Juld be eligible to pr￿re ao)Mls in aCCC￿thr￿e *ith the w0visi(￿S in Part 15 ofthe Comp8ni&8 A¢t 2OJ8. applicable to ccmparmes 5rti￿tt0 the small cUn[￿leS wime. Bnan Simp50n ljan 2 B SIMPSON Trustee Apwovwj by the board of￿￿tee5 on 27 Jarwjary 2025 , 2025 14..59 GMT) 12

Wirral CVS Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 IAarch 2024 1 Accounting policie8 Policies relab'ng to the pmdudlon of the Kcounts. 8a81$ of prep8r&tlon •nd aecountlng ¢onbY Ihe FIn￿81 Rerth.￿ StaThJwd 102. 1st JwLOry 20161 arKI'FRS 102 SORP (Statement of Recxjrnmended Practi￿ for Accounting and Rep)rbThJ ty Ch￿> 2019, 8Fplio%t40 to al acctyJnty"ng beginning ¢)n or alter 1st January 2019}. (rhe SORPI, PUt4W ty the Charty C￿mISSi￿ in EThJLand & Wates ICCEW) , aThJ in accordance ¥￿th all applicable lthv in ts dwritysjurisdictic￿ of wistratp)n, excAt tlb9t Ihe ha5 p¥epared the finamal statèmwts in accordan( th the FRS 102 SORP (Statem& of R￿￿mMe￿Ied Prali￿ forA￿nIlng and Repjrtlng by ch￿￿eS) 2019, applKable to all pwicth tegrtr¥rg ￿ tyaller 1stJaiiiary 20191, SA)RPI, in preference to the SORP, the SORP 2CQS, vknith has been vAthdrwt. [￿?t￿1￿￿n9 the ts¢that the e>tsnt stabjiory regdations. the CharilKs IAcoMts aThJ Rel￿￿￿) RgwlalKJns 2C(A refer to lh8 SORP 21M)S. Thi8 has tr￿n dorE to accord wth ojrrent best ￿tiCe. Golng Concom There are Tr) urwtainties at4yJt CO￿￿. Risks and lutuye •$8￿￿PIlo￿S The thanty is a put4ic benefft entity. Polleles rnladng to ¢ategorfes of Income and1nCon￿ re￿9n￿l0n. Ntsro of income Categorfes ot In¢¢)mo Income ts fAt8gorised as In(￿)e fre￿ extharwje transactions ir￿Orne) a￿1 tr￿ from noiwchange transactions Igfftsl, investment Ir￿ome and olher Ino)me. entrfement Is subiect to fijffilling ￿ert￿rnar￿ related conditic￿ The irKome ts ch8rty r￿eS is aF9rD￿matsty ewal in value to Ihe goods ￿ seThices SU[W￿d ty the tharity to the value in exchange, and Ind￿￿eS dC￿at￿)rts of morw. gxJs Ser￿ freety wtr¥)ut gmrvj equal value in exchange. Income r•eognilion Income, vthether from excharoe or rK4) Irans￿￿, In￿ ststement offjnanryJ athrties reduction in its IFatilities the chwity Iws leg thè Ir￿ome is wit1￿e and can be measured reliably. Irthme subject to terns and C￿ndraC￿ rn￿t be Inet before th8 rtority ts gntiw to fv r¢S(w￿ is not re￿gnIsed the coThJ￿￿$ been m 13

Wirral CVS Notss to the A¢¢ounts for the year ended 31 March 2024 RKogth otuabllltlos and expnthlure A lknibihty. aThJ tr relate(l is rwiJ kn a l w conslvuLve ot4iga1lc￿ exists as a tesuri of 8 Past event, aTKI ￿en il is more bkgty than Trjt that a Iransfer of economic beneffts be wwred in setttemrt and Yknen thé amcxjnt ofthe obligab.on ¢xn be meagJed or [dI￿Y esb'mated.. Li8bilities arising from ftrture funthr¥J and obtsgakn IrK4U¢r￿ perfmw ￿l￿d syarrts, wttere the liming orthe amwrrt ofthe future expar¥Jttfft wiirgj to sdye Ihe 0br￿atiC￿ are wwkin, gNe TTse to a prowsion in the ￿XIrts. is le￿￿A￿d at the accc¥Jth"NJ year eThY. The wovisffi is inwsed to reflect any increases in l1MI￿e5, and by t￿ ubhsakn ofany wthin the per￿. and re¥ws&J if any proM%on 18 no longer rewir&Y. These movem8nts arè tt￿r9ed to the resFecb"ve ftjnds and ath"Mb8S to thith the prowsicffl rejates. Debtors Credltors and provl$S¢)ns reoiEors ar¥J promsions are reD)Jr#59] ￿ me cmarry rw a presern 0￿19a1￿m Te5LoDng worn a ev8minaT WII probabty result In the transler tsfft￿ts to a third party ￿ thè aM¢￿tt due to tr ot4igabcffl can be ma8sured or estimated relw. CreAitors are 1￿mal￿ rwised atts"r sdllem&rt amwnt after lor any trade dTsccJnts due. Flnanclal Irffjtrumnts inetuthng and bank batsn Bank balances. vthetrer in ¢yedrt cff overdravffi. arè s￿M the wrKxJrts Fwrty T￿￿919d to ts bank staternents. Fund A¢¢ounting rity. The￿artr no de8ign8bJ fvwKIB. R85th"(thl fvnds are SUbi￿ed to restr1th￿ ex￿Jth IMF￿￿ ty Ihe dCrf￿r ￿ as ImKlieil bylaw. There are no endcAwn•nt fithj 2 Liabi1Sty to laxatlon The Tnjstees coThsi¢Jerthat thè tharity satisfies the tests sd ryjt in Paragw 1 Schedule 6 of the Finan￿ Act 2010 for UK corynrab.on tax purtoses. Awthngty, the Charrty ia FXlt8ntialty exemtrt from taxation in re6peet of income or capital gains rewved wthin categories oJvered by d￿pter 3 part 11 of ts c(￿.￿ Tax ￿ 2010 or Seth'on 256 of the Taxation of Chargea￿e Gains Aca 1992. to ￿ ext&)t Ihai sJch irthrne or gans are ap[th￿ exdusiv&ty on the spe(yfic charrtable obi& of th8 ttharty and ts no otW ￿rF￿e. Value Pthed TaK r￿￿able tty the chanty. and is 3 ￿ndIng up or dlsgolutlon of tha ¢harity If LP)n up ￿ dissdL￿C￿ of fv chwrty thwe renmin asset& after the s"sf&aiL￿ of ai dth Ipbilib"es. simdar objeds to the tharty. 4 Slgnifanc• of financi•l in8tNmont8 to the charlty8 positltin Trre are no sKJnifi¢ant iM￿Ca￿On$ m*ler& 14

Wirral CVS Notes to the Accounts for year ended 31 March 2024 5 Not 8urplu8 before tax in the financi•l y￿r 2024 2023 Th& net before tax in the yew 18 slat&J aftw di¥wvJ."" P￿1¢#) Costs 6 Th• contribution of volunt0• The dep￿ on the SLWrt of its ￿4￿nteers, is ffl￿h apwgi 7 Staff coats and emoluments 2024 2023 Gross Sdaries exdudiThJ ￿tee$ key m¥werrt per9￿rt Employerfs Nabon31 InSWan￿ for all ￿aff Ernployefs oper"ThJ eosts of defined cortn"bution pension sch￿￿88 50.452 707 Totsl sal•rle8. wages and rnlat￿ costs 51203 The &vew8 rwmberdfvll time stBff emthed sn the yearvA5 la￿ witity. etiher in the ojrrent rx yw. 8 Remuneration and payM￿ts to TrnSt￿ and persons Gonnected wrth them 9 0¢btors 2023 Trade debtors Prepayments and acc￿￿1 Inec￿ 2.343 4.1CX) 10 Credltors: amounts falling due within one y•ar 2023 Trade cr&￿rtOrS Acuuals Otheruedft￿S 28.513 1,123 3.939 29,893 5.019 15

Wirral CVS Notes to the A¢counts for the year ended 31 March 2024 11 Income and Expendltuwe account summary 2023 At 1 Aprll 2023 Surplus aftertax for year At 31 ltha￿h 2024 3.919 331,171 3.919 335.0 3.919 12 No r•lat•d party transactlons 13 Partlcularn of how particular funds ar• roprosontod by a8uts and liabikl At 31 March 2024 ndi Funds Current A8sets Current ￿"abI'l1ti￿s 174,324 (29.893) 19).659 364,983 {29.8931 190,859 335,090 At 1 Aprfl 2023 Total Funds Currerrt Assets Current Liabilrftes 8.938 (5.019) 15.0191 3.919 3.919 16

Wlrral CVS Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024 14 Chang• In tolal funds overth• year as shown in Note 13. an•fysed by individual funds fonvardlrfjm In 2124 fmrd to 2025 I￿￿1$ In 2024 3.919 140,512 144.431 Totsl unMtrl¢tod and dMted l￿d$ 3,919 144,431 UKSPF (Mlirral 8<x0U￿ CounrAI) NHS Gheshire & Mersey&d&. P Chesture & Wirral Partnership NHS Fo￿dali0n Tr￿1 NHS Ct￿$￿"r& & Merseysitje Pk? Cheshir& Mersey Cancer Mli verywl Cty Reg"on cornt1￿j 41.335 38.332 4.875 17.456 2.861 41.335 38.332 4.875 17,456 2.661 19ri.659 190.659 Total charlty fund8 1919 331.171 335.090 15 Analysi8 of movements in funds over the yoaras shown in Nots 14 In 2024 2024 unre8tn.cted R6wiue Fwjds 237. 197.485) 140112 UKSPF (Wirral Borw Cl￿ntir) NFL8 Cheshire & Mer5eYS￿e. Wirra Plaee Gheshire & Wirr81 Partnership NHS Folmdakn Tntst NHS Cheshire & I1￿"￿e PAce Cheshire Mew CarwAJlianc& Lwerrrtxsl Cty Réoitffi Comtsrd Aulh¢yty 86,000 41.33S 38.332 4,875 17N56 46$1 {1.C651 49.C85 {44,210) {13.(JJ41 11,389) 4oso 1157.181 331,171 17

Wirral CVS Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 Mar¢h 2024 16 Th8 purpose8 forwhtch th• fvnd8 Tl)ese ar8 hekl trthe M￿Ing the obFectW of the chanty, and to for fijbjre acbth. ￿d. subj&X to d￿rty legislatson. are UnrsstrKXed Revenue FLVKIs UKSPF Tryirral Bcwh CLMmral) Programme to a &ngle front (k)or for vc4untswing in Wirral. NHS Cheshlrg & M•, Wirr81 Pkn Suppct"NJ ￿ (levelopment doli¥wy ofa l)asgJ populabon Ches￿"re & Wlrral Part￿rship NHS Mental Heallh Aliance Fwndation Tn&sl FundirrfJ to supP￿the devdcynatt of a Mentd Heath hmiance in Wtrral NHS Cheshire & Merse￿{1& Wiffd Plxe ppcvt forVCFSE repreSti￿ ￿oSSthe Wtrraj PL￿ 1X￿rdS Cheshiie klorsey C￿r "WC￿ Cty Resi￿ prcxjramme deliwirKJ arKI engaging sec*)r partners LFverpD)I Cty Regcjn Combwvj LCR Volunteeting Hub FurKliThJ lo launth prorThXe the Cty Region Volunte8rir 17 Ultlm•ts controlllng party The thanty 1$ ulx1er￿ cc¥thl ofits W membèr 18

Wirral CVS t)8talled anaty•ls of Incorn• and 04nd11￿ tortt y￿r •ndod 31 lIa￿h 2024 as rnwlrfjd by th• SORP 2016 18 Donations. Grants and L•gxle• To141 Fund• T£￿ FINKIs publ1¢ bodios vewl City Regth Comts"WAthity Ches1v￿ aryj Parmthry) FouNlabon TnA8t UKSPF BlY￿h 4,050 42.4 WKal BOr0￿h C￿1 170,810 1m810 Total Dw•tlon8. Grnnts and L•gacieB A1 17Q810 IN810 4394 19 Charltablg I￿￿m• from fwKlern T¢tsi FwMIB NHS Cheshire and Merswde 10.813 49.0S5 21.070 10.M3 TO Tolal Toiai FWK Wirral Borwah NAVCA & Vokn 227.184 2zr,184 4,100 227.114 4100 19

Wirral CVS rJètai18d anal>%ls ol Incorn• and txp￿dIt￿l forthe yw •mled 31 Il•r¢h 2024 48 wulr•d by th• SORP 2015 ¢ufferty•x CurYenty•4r pr￿ryor TotalFLM Total Fund& 317.542 25,170 237.997 ry545 317,$42 24170 ActNity 2Q844 57.914 Totsl dlir¢i Spe￿10ng 2147T 811n 4491 22 Support eo81• forth￿[l•ble •¢li¥i T(tsl Tdol Fur 0￿rs￿a￿e8 Employerfs Nl- CXh¥sthr 1.452 707 SOA52 88laries Rent 5250 4250 Tdeth(fft. tsxaTrJ Postap and 11 Memt*rship S￿$¢n"p￿CK E4uiw?ent expwsed 4.738 273 6,019 1818 870 6.019 2.818 sura 130 Bank th8¥ge8 Support costs alloE#t•d to charHabl•tradlNJ 2.074

Wlrral CVS D•tallod an￿1& ot Inc¢xn• and •xpMlllurn for th•>wrended 31 M¢h 2024 # rnqulrnd tythe fJORP 2015 Cuffwrt Y•or 1.123 1.123 1,123 1.080 24 Tot•1 c￿￿1•br• •yndltw• Totsl 7ots1 FurKI• Total dlr8ca Tot41 SUFP¢¥t ¢¥MII 22,47T 1074 1,123 Total •xp)thur• •7,48S IS7 181 2464J prtvY••r Prforymv Prth¥r Y••r Totsl FwKlb Total Ilnd Tow WFWt ¢Mts 22.491 2.074 214 1074 I,￿0 Tot*1 ch•th•bl• •xpMdtsv• 21 ewYKII