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REGISTERED CHARrrY NUMBER: 1198212 REPORTOF THE TRusfEES AND FINAIICIAL STATEMENTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER2023 THE WEsf SUSSEX COUNTRYSIDE STUDIES Harvey Fowler LLP (harter8J Accwntants Pamlhjn 19 N￿1 Roaj Brvjhts East Susse< BNI IEY

THE WEsf SUSSEX COUNTrYSIDE STIJDIES TRusr CoNTETr￿s OF THE FINANCIAL sfATEMErirs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 Report of the Trustees I to 6 Independent Examlmvs Rep( ststement of fiftantiol Artivitses Notss tts the Flnancial Statements 10 to 15 Oetslled Statem¢nt of Fina￿la1 Activities 16 to 17

THE WEsf SUSSEX couKfRYSIDE STVDIES TRusr REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 The trustees present thelr rwt wlth the financial stat8?￿ts of the charity for Ihe year ended 31 Detrmtr£r 2023. The trustees have adopted the provlkn of Accounting aThJ Rewxbng ￿ Chaths,. Ststema)t cl R￿nrnended Practke a￿l¢able to chartiies preparkng th&r ac(Dunts in accordano the fir$ar￿1 ReFNting Standard aFvIr¥b￿ in the UK and Republ'c of Ireland (FRS 102) {dfectNe l January 2019) and t1￿ Charit￿ Act 2011. obJ¢rtI￿ and aims 7he oblertives of the Trust are to prowde faCI￿S for and to adminithr regdential and non-residential courses in emwronmental studies for pasons of all backgrouThJs atNJ frtyn all parts of the United ￿ngdOM, with a ￿eW to aO￿anckng ucation In and promotiig awaraw of the natural enwIronr￿t in wch aThJ to prornots rewKh Into the fvrth￿an￿ rf envwonmentrdl Stud￿ in the I￿ng these obJth¢s engjres that the Tn& a￿1￿1￿85 to de￿￿ on ts prknary d)aritaNe obiKtive of proVid￿g falllibes for dellvering high quality en￿￿)M￿tal thcathThl vl&ts to schcds atMI colege5 and other ￿￿￿p$, Including those who have already vigted and ￿]ng% As an indepenthnt ￿an1$3￿n regiered v41th the tharity Cornm￿0n, the Ed￿tI￿n Tr￿t i5 d&wmlneJ to Increase sodal knpatt and make a real IIIfferen￿. Through 2023, thry have wekom8J many chi￿￿n, young peO￿e and adults who mlght Othe￿ fa￿ barrie¥s to stending tsrre outsJe. The Trust is particuw proul of the hxal pathership5 they have created through 2023, many of whom wue dI￿0ve￿ing the Trust for the time. The three charitable pregramme5 fwis on schc4)l ytss, chiltkn kn the conwnunty and alutts with knming dlsaiN"lit*s or neurological cTh)drtknns. Measures ysed to assess success during thi5 repjthg indude p￿c￿ge {%) of those patklpating elvJltle for benefits-tested free xhcKJl meaL8 and with SFedal du(atK)nal needs The main wOgraMn￿ through this repjting were: - pro￿dIng farm ￿Sits . Offwing Forest kh(M)l {wo)thnd based . SuFpJfjng the thmatwe knvi%on wogranme for at risk d ￿n9 ￿t￿KIe4 or exduded, fmm mèlnstream schoolts)g. The short-ttsrn oblettlves for ￿ Trust are to.. . Understand and, where p￿.￿4e, ad(ke&s twrriws to partic4Ml￿n. - Wi(kn external path￿thipS to ￿rOnMents1 e￿￿￿t￿}￿al OPFQrtuTriiies offer8J by the Trust - Grow external fundlng to support di5advantagaY chddra) in West SUS￿ partKulaty those not In rnalThaream educational s&Ung& - Enaue adult groups (those th ￿rn1Thj or Ilfe4iniiing coThlib.￿tsI to fmm what the Trnst can offer. Soclal Investments The Trust doe5 not urKlertake sothl knsethnt Ls Th)t a matalal part Ofthethartab￿ Grnntmakiny The Trust does not und&tsk£ grant making WKI it Is a materkl part the dwtstAe Volunteers The Tw5tdoes not oJrra)ty use vthntE£r&

THE WEsf SUSSEX COUNTrYSIDE sfvDIES TRusr REPORT OF THE TRvsfEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE Charitsble actlvlties School 59 schiK>ls have vi5ed for Fam) WL8its, bringing 1,795 d)ik1￿. 12.9% of wexe elijible for F￿e ￿h0o7 Meals IFSMI, while 11.25(Yo have s￿la1 Educatml Needs. One cl the chikJrEn de￿Tr￿d it as 'My Best Day Ever.. The Tru wouW like to Increw the FSM figure to 15%. Of these, 25 were frtt das5 Vis￿5 for 692 chikjren, from ￿hoolS In iji%&vanta9aJ areas, with high nUM￿rS of children dwJiLle ￿ Fr sd￿ MeaLs, thMren with Spechl EducaVoTral Needs, aTKI children wtth English as an Addit¥)nal Language. (rf these 692, 19.97% were eligi￿e for Free Schwl Meals whlle 22.25% had Speckil Educat￿37 Need& Further free visits will Off￿￿1 ￿ 2024. 5 dasses rthtd suppfmt for coach travd, one of the b￿jgeSt barriers sdKK)i% fa￿ to tskng chik1￿ outAkM)rs. fpjure wlll increase In 2024. The Io(21 goal Schcd and the k<al Unit of the ststthry AJLwnative tknL5k)n Colgje ting W￿￿Y group5 to Fr)rest SthIK)I, all year mund, we ran 68 sessK)n& The Trust vRnts to ¥YekL¥ne rrK)re reguLyr groups. 178 chiklren enjoyd a T￿rIf￿ Trees work4w. while g) th￿reTr tc< part in a knFe Art Parknerthip with the South tknvns Nati￿?4 Park al￿ the F44allt Pk)￿ Ga￿. The Trust host￿ 5 reythtial trips, for 5 W& SusYK maintained xhoo15, trfirrfJir4J 158 chIk￿. Of these, 3lrTh)st 16% were digible for Free thol MeaLs (atK)ve the West s￿ avwage) and afmost 20% have Spedal Educauonal Needs. 200 secondary sch￿1 11 xh¢x45 atterthj the w-tvpular Cw-9j￿￿￿ sfEM S￿[na￿ as part of the Festfval of Speed, gNlng udents an insp3ht into the worw of t￿ign from ￿1r￿j I￿U51ry experts. One teacher ￿ttl, We're so gratefld for this amaziTrJ Op[￿Unty for ￿r Lhderg. Communlty For the first tkne, the T￿st was a the HAF2023 pnJgTrmme (Fk)fthy. Athlty I￿1 Food) for thiktren elpjibte for Free School Meals, to ￿JOY holhjay aThJ a hot c£¥)kaJ bjnch. ILN of bcokej In the flrst 3 weeks, for Tl chlklm. Thls expanded in 2024. 31N chiklren took part in For&t ￿NEntureS thr(Ktgh the West holhys. The Trust ks delivwing Farnfy Days for the charity for th￿reD audsm and thek fan￿l￿S and stbllngs, on 6 weekends through autwnn and winter. At the first ￿on, stsff sa￿, TcJay Is aLK¥Jt (x)mmurMty and tmjilding frleTKlshlps' Young Carers are chlkjren a(krIl￿al caring re5FornsIMlitr& The Trust has a day of woodland attwities to alk)w the children lo pky, to spend wlh new fr￿ndS and to have a break from t￿r caring r¢￿￿bIli￿eS. The organlser s, had a great dayi even in the wet weather and hjve to CONE again orE dav. This wil be fuTrded again in 2024. The Sussex Snowdmp Trust Ls a wlal kKal charty. 9JprKJrts"ThJ familles with Ch￿dren wth a I￿e limthg or termlnal ¢0[¥J￿0Th. The Trust hod a woodland day for famiks to s[￿d titne towheT in n8￿re. The organlser sakl, 'For the pa￿nts, it kyas a ￿me to rdax and tslk wlth each other seaThJ thefir chlkj eniwing tlawng. The wh)le team made us fed very relaxed and there was a natural flow to the dav. The Trust Initkited, c(FdÈ£kJned arKI part-fun￿￿ an Aft&Sth(KA for PACSO (htWs'.IIpa￿￿rg.u￿} a Ixal charty 5upportin9 Childr￿ wf(h Learning Disa￿l￿e$. This ran for 10 weeks through the gjmmer. Adu The Trust welcomed two groups of adults with LeamTrng D￿tIl￿$, 60 in totsl. Both groups returned for a 5ub5equwt gt. One leader saKI. '[ woukj like to thank you w mwh for our ￿lt to your Ed￿3￿"on Centre, that attend&1 had a fantastlc dav. The T￿￿t funday 9 Forest kniure sessK)Ths for Fec* Imng with a o)rnmuntation dISa￿lIty. The sessions were co-deslgn&J and delvered with ca￿l￿e t￿gg￿5 Forest Schod. he￿ a SIrr￿ survivor. One partlup3nt sakl. '[ have a lovely Ume Wh￿ l am here. The trees and the Nrds are knvev.

THE WEsf SUSSEX COUI4TrYSIDE sfuDIES TRUST REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAK E14DED 31 DECEMBER 2023 The Trust invbted ThinkOLrt Communlty sUpp￿ts yourwJ aduks lÈaming dISa￿l￿ ts) the Fam. As a resul¢ the young adults wlll now LE Underta￿n9 ￿jUlar vOlUnts￿ng on the Estste, ￿p￿)rtaI by the Forestry Team, to make a meanI￿rUI wrtoseful <￿trIbUtion to their Ixal ￿MMunity and environftEnt through coppKing and habitat (Teat)n. Dementia SUp￿rE {SwJe H(￿, Tangnre) ts the Gc)dWc￿ Estste Chaity of the Year. The Trust f￿ded aThJ hostsj three S￿lOnS for twple Imng with demenba, carws ar¥J Male Carets. The in￿ra￿onal setting provKles rfert backdrop. pa￿apant dementoa said, '1 cant tdl you how rn￿h I thls aftern(K)n'. The Trust Is a rrwlxr of CEVAS. an Ed¢Jcator ￿￿rnber ￿ LEAF (Lknkjrbg Ed￿tkIn and Familng) a Forest School Asg)uation Recognid For >J)¢yA Pro￿er. Fundralsing adivltles The Tnjst did not set itself any fuTrYraJgng obMtNes thJriThJ thLs rewjrtry ￿￿mI. materf& exp￿￿1￿￿ was tncunEd to rdise Income In the fvture. FINANaAL REVIEW Flnancial ptisitlon The results for the yew are In the Ststrt of Ffjnandal Acimtles on Page 8. Asset cover for Funds The Trustees consder that the assels of the Charity are 5ufFKnt to rrt the Chartys otAyations on a fund ty fund basb. Surplus fvnds ￿ ftc￿ nomial acbkn are on a day to day basis at the bhnk In an Intertst tearing Lijrrent account. The charlty not hohj Mattr￿1 thanaal Inv¢sbne There are no wbs¢fiary urKlertakngs d the tharity. The prfnctpal risks fadng the tharity have been I￿[el￿d the Trusteek Tlwe are In pts￿ to manage 1dentfft￿l sks, whlch Indu¢ dIverS￿Trg income Streams to (x)ver onwing OFerab"onayf￿l costs as wdl as ident S￿la1 projerts, through securing external grant athi(at(on% the CountJySKle Stewardsh¥) Funding and knng OtV)rtunltEs to seajre contracts wth extemal providers to ddwer Kryt3mmes ts> djlldren and young peop￿ with pKular r￿ed5. The Trustees have rJt any factors whKlh are liw to aff￿t the finan(3al p&fOmian￿ or P05thn going forward. There Is no matsrial ￿5[On lia1￿￿ alslng. The charty (k5 not ho￿ matertal ftrwKial trwestments. Princlpal Funding Sources The prinapal funding source5 of the tharity thring thL% We￿rtI[￿j ￿lod were: . An anThual dcffjation from The Goodby￿ Ethte C£ffip3ny timlted; - Grants from Trusts and Foundab"ons: - Agreements with West Sussex County and de&very L foryoung Fe)ple; - SurtAus Income from xhfy)I vi%ts and reshkntial tri￿. - Attendance at Events (provs￿)n of famity fri￿dty na￿re-bawj act¥1￿). . Tradir¥J Income from Fore* kniure holSday prcgrdmme. Investment policy and obiertives The Trustees rnay invest rnonies of the (tharity not TrThned1O￿ requlred for Is PUTP)se In or utwjn such Investments. SeCurbt￿s or FKoperty as thought ￿ ￿Jb￿ to condthns {rf any) Irnr￿￿ or re(pJired by law and conditions hexeinafter promded.

THE WEsf SUSSEX COUtrniYSIDE STUDIES TRusr REPORT OF THE TRusfEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 FINANCIAL REVIEW ReseNes poli The total funds the charlty hok15 èt the the wrtknj year Is £430,626 as the baL￿￿e sheet. There are no Ma￿￿1 Jmounts dsgnated at the ald (rf the repwbng year. The fun(b that (zn onty reali￿ by disp)sing of laThJitk r￿j assets s £323.087. The availatrAe reserves at the erhd of the of the rewlmig ￿Myj are £l(YJ,754. reprtsentlrKJ the cash less lia￿l￿e$, The Trustees consKkr an arr￿U￿t equal to 6 mnths of 0￿raIn9 eN￿ndIture to ￿ suffthTht to hdd ni reserves. Thls would I￿ equal to £60,0￿. Th$ Prwdes the charity with an an. Understsnd ￿d, ￿ble, a*J￿$s baryiers tt> partKipalI￿. Tejl the Trust's story more wfdety about the impart seen throu9h fe8Yb3cK not • numtr& mea￿Te Su￿sS In meanlngful ways ty I￿ning to chitdren and through impatt evaluathjn. Widen external partner5hip5 to eXt￿d the ￿¥S￿onMental 8j(Ka￿al op[￿t￿Tr￿S offer&J ty the TrLtst. The Trustees perspeth of the future dir&11￿ of d￿rity 15 reflECted in the aim5 atKI obiertwes. In particular, a strong and renewed focus on woal ift￿1￿ and reathlng those who might thwwLse fa￿ barriers to wNJing tlme In nature, and securfng external fun(ting to make thls haFyw). RucfuRI GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Status of the tharfty The charity Is contrdby ty its go¥erniig dcajmert and consbttrtes an unUK0￿￿t￿j tharity. Chjrity tonstitutiort The Trust 6 a a)aritstrAe Inccwporated i￿nisat￿)n rè)stw8J with the ￿ailty ConynÈslon on 10 March 2022 (Registered NumLr 1198212). The Trust Is conSti￿ted. Trustee5 The BoaTd of Try￿e￿ must <x)nsst of at knt 5 Trustee The p)wei of aptoiDting replacell￿t Trust￿ rEsts with the ao. ND Tn&ee shall hokl off￿e for kjnger than 3 years fn)m the date of his aF￿Sintm￿t afvwhth tly seek repk%￿ the ao, On lolning the tcard, rw4 TnLees are furni￿￿ vith ￿[fi¢￿t information and ajrrent docu1r￿ts to enaNe them to discharge their dut Organlsational structure Trustee meebngs are at leasi orKe a year and at such cther ljmes that the Trustees d￿kIe. A quorum of 3 Trustees is requird at meetings and matters are ¢fjdermined by majority voting. The Education Trust a snlyl team to further the owtives of the Trust, Induding plannirrfj, ma￿ets"ng and dehverirvj courses W5￿ng thildren and adults, and most of the general a(knini&rnt¥)n clthe TrusL TheTrust Marw r￿￿￿ts ￿nuaty to theTrustees. Wider netwot The charity s not part of any wits nd￿Jr

THE WEsf SUSSEX COUNTRYSIDE sfuDIES TrUST REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 STRUcwR￿ GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Risk management The Trustees have examln8J the ￿nCIFe1 atEas crf the Charws ok￿a￿n5 (￿￿Id￿j the maJor rtsks fac￿ and ems have been esiat4ish8J to manage those rlsk REFERENCE AND ADMINIsfRATIVE D￿All5 Registered Charity numbe 1198212 Prlndpal address Home Farm GorMlwcKJd Chichester West gJsse< P018 OQF Tru5tee$ tljke of RKhmond and Gurth L Mth411 R Palkhorpe B TrJfforil J Hunt P Wagstaff (re5I3ned 3016123} Independent Examiner Danlel Chawnan FCA cfA Ha￿￿eY Fowler LLP artered Accountsnts Pa￿110n View 19 New Ro Brighton BNI IEY The Tnjst Manager is Caththne The Trust hokjs a oJThent ￿)unt wth CAF Banl 25 KJrvJs Hil Avenue, Kkngs Hill. We# Malling. Kent ME19 4JQ. Legal support ts prO￿(￿d wtrlx)no The Eslate Ctyi4)any Ltd. srATEMENT OF TRusfEES' RESPONSIBILfnES The trustee5 are restK)nsibk for prepariw the Repjrt of the Trustee5 and the fi￿ar￿jaI statements in ￿cOrdan￿ wlth aprAicatAe arKI Uniteil ￿ngdorn knnyng Standards (un￿￿ ￿n￿kiM f￿ne￿Ity Accqtsj Acc￿Jnun9 Practice). The law applicable to Char￿e5 in England and Wales. the Act 2011, tharity Ikcounts arwj Rwrts) Regulations 2008 and the of the trust deed requiies the trustees to financial statem￿t5 for each financial year hich give a tnje and fair view of the stsie of affairs of the charty and of the incomlng reX)Ur￿ and awlKation of resour￿, IndudlThJ the Income e4)a)dknwe, cl the d)arity for that p&NJl. In preparing th¢Jse financial atanents, the tnjstees are requlred to . sekn ￿1￿LIe acctyjnthig and then aptAy them obrve the methods and prillciplts in the Charity S(MiP. make judgements and e5tirnates that are reaxTrnalk arKi ￿tht. prepare the finantial staterrEnts on the g)ing corKern bass Un￿ it i5 irwpropriate to F¥esume that the charfty wlll continue in bu&nes&

THE wesT SUSSEX COUNTRYSIDE sfuDIES TRusr REPORT OF THE TRusfEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 ATEMENT OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBILrnES- continued The trustees are resp)nsiNe for keeimng prn￿r acLounting rea)rds whKh dixbse ￿sOna￿Ae atturacy at Bny time the financlal posNJon of the charty and to enable theJn to ensure that the finandal statements comKty with the CharitEs Act 2011, the Charfty (Accounts Re￿rts) R￿ul1t￿)r￿S 21X)8 and the pmi%ons of the trust deed. They a￿ a responsible for safeguarding the assets of the d￿rity and hen￿ for tskng reaSonaL￿e #eps for the prevwth)n and detectx)n of fraud aThJ other IrreJularltks. O.g.-..p..%.' ...l........ aThJ slgnal on rts Ixtha￿ by: Apwoved by order of the of trLtstees on ....... . .. .. . CfvILvJ - L McNeill- Truee

INDEPENDENf EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE WEST SUSSEX COUNTRYSIDE STUDIES TRusr Iwlepertdent examiner's reportto the intgtees of The West Sussex Countryslde Studles Trust I report to the chanty trustees on my e¥amination of the accounts of Tr West Sussex Countryskle stUd￿s Tnjst (the Trust) for the year ended 31 Lknmter 2023. Responslbllltles and basls of report As the charty trustees of the Trust yrju are reswJngNe for the of the aCC￿nts tn accordance wlth the requirements of the Charities Att 2011 ('the P£¥). I rq)(rft in re4)Kt of my ofthe Trusvs acoyjts out undwwion 145 ofthe Act and kn catyng c¥Jt my examlnatsjn I have folbwed all aFfdKat4e ￿reC￿$ given by the (harity under 5￿tknn 145(5Xb) of the Inde￿ndent examlnevs sL)tement I have completed my examination. I CCN)fimi that Th) matthl maitws have ccw b) my aiturtion in tortnedi￿ vAth the examination gmng cause to Lthe that in any mataial IB5Fett: a(Kounting records were rK)t kert in resktt of the Tnjst as wulr￿1 130 of the ALt, or the accounts Ilo not ￿)rd with tlv)se r￿d5' or the accounts do not COrnp￿ with the a￿l¢alle r4uements cOrK￿ning the form and content of a[￿Ounts t out in the Charities {Accounts arKI Re￿￿ts) Regulathjns 2¢JJ8 othw than any requtrement that tl aecwnts g a true and lalr is not a matter consK1er&J as part of an Indep￿dent exam￿all0￿. I have no coThcems and have corne across IK) otlw mattvs In wth the ￿MinatIOn to whkh attentbn shoukl drawn kn thls rel￿ In to ena￿ a prrw undw*nthng of the ￿CoUnts to be reached. Danlel FCA cfA Fkrdey FoW￿r LLP Chartered knuntants Pawlion View 19 New Road Brighton East Sus BNI IEY Date: ...........................................

THE WEST SUSSEX COUNTRYSIDE sfuDIES TRUST ATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTivmES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 Perbd 1715122 Year Ended 31112123 Totsl furKIs 31112122 Total UnrestrfC￿ Restri(tsl fur as fEStated INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM Donat￿￿5 and bJa(*s 78.280 83,280 439.622 other thdlng actsvlbes Investrnent incorne Other Income 61.194 61,194 258 49,763 131 11,545 Totsl 139.732 144,732 501,061 EXpEND￿URE ON Charftsble activltles ExtKndthre on d￿ritatIe acbvit￿s 0,622 130,622 76,158 5.616 5.616 2,771 Total 136.238 136.238 78,929 NET INCOME 3.494 8,494 422,132 RECONCILIATION OF FVNDS Total funds brovght fobward 422.132 422,132 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 425.626 430,626 422,132

THE WEsf SUSSEX coufiTrYsJDE STUDIES TRUST BALANCE SHE 31 DECEMBER 2023 2023 Total ds 2022 Total funds as re*at Unre5tiict8J Restrirt Tangible assets io 323.087 323,087 330,517 aiRRENT ASSETS Debtors Cash at bank a￿1 in hand li 4,665 110,553 4.685 115,553 6.289 160,056 115.238 120.238 166J45 CREDITORS thounts falling due wthln year 12 (12.699) {12,699) (74,730) 102.539 107,539 9L,615 425.626 s.oc 430,626 422,132 NET ASSErs 425,626 5,0(￿7 430,626 422,132 FUNDS Unrestricted funds Restritted funds 13 425,626 S,￿10 422,132 TOTAL FUNDS 430,626 422.132 The ftnanclal statern￿ts lry the &)ard and Jjthorw for ISS￿ on .. and St9n￿ its bthay by: L Mdqeill- Trustee

THE WEsf SUSSEX courirRYSIDE STUDIES TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 ACCOUNTING POLICIES Basis of prnparlng tht financial slatem•nts The financkil statements of the charity, whth 15 a Charit3iAe In(xxpora￿I Org6nLsatK)n {(JO) utxler FFLS 102. have been twred kn accordan￿ th the CharitEs SORP (FRS 102) 'Acu￿n￿ng and RewJrbrYJ by charit￿5. 5tstyn￿t of Recomnn(kd Pra(tre ap￿1¢￿t￿e to charitrs twrirKJ their accourrts in a(£ordance with the Financial RewJrbrvJ Standard ap[￿l01 in the UK ReputAK of Ireknd {FRS 102) (effective l January 20191,. Financial Re￿￿tiNj Standard 102 The Finanual Re￿ting Standard atwicable in the UK and Republlt of Ireland, and the Charities Pts 2011. Tr fThrMial satgMts ha¥e prepar&1 urKler ts hL5trical co# conv￿t￿)n, Monetary amounts in t￿ finaMSd statennts are round￿ to ttr of £1. ojrrency Is £ Sterling. Income All incorne is reciKJnised in the 5tatsnent of Finanoal ActMis 0[￿ the Cto ha5 Whtitknnt to the fund4 it is probabk that the Intome r￿￿1 arKI the arTK>unt ￿ i [￿sUr￿l All volunw inc(Mne and SUb￿Pt￿nS we irKkJd& in incowo receipL Donath)ns under of coven￿￿ the a￿lat8￿ irKome tax are recognised a5 incorne when the donayon 15 recewj. The #icome fn)m funthi%rvJ ventures is thown gyrffjs. with the cos Ind￿ in fundraising expeThJiture. other I￿oMe ts account6J on a Y￿able bas ExpKllture Lialmlibes a￿ recognfised as e%pendIkn￿ as as a ￿1 or ConS￿¢￿ve olAvJaVon committing the ao to that extE[￿rture, it is WgbalAe that a trall￿er of economic I￿le￿5 will be required in sduement and the a￿K)ullt of the obllgauon (Jn [T￿sur￿l reliatty. Eyndthre 15 KCOUn￿ for on an ac(Tuals bogs and has been ths$￿ed undw headin95 that wJgregate all cost rekiteAI to the category. Where costs cannot be diredy attributed to partrular headings ty have Ixen alkxJted to athilies on a basis consstent ¥￿th the use of EX￿￿dthre indudes all Itenis, whKh been pahj, w are Pafdtle at the year end. TaNJlbl• fixed aS￿ts tWeda￿On b provwjed at the folknwing annual rates In ord¥ to write off èst Ks usefvl Bulldlngs Plant and machinery 2% o)st 25% cost Taxation The charrty ￿ exunrt from tax on ts thartitk Pension costs and other post-retirement beneffts The charity operates a defined cOntri￿b0￿ pension thme. Conth"t￿li)n5 payBt to the tharws ￿n￿)n scheme are charg8J to the Statement cl Ananclal ActMlI￿ kn the to whlch ty ￿lat& Debtors and credttors receivablelpayable withln one year Debtors and creditors no statal int￿eSt rate and recewab￿5 or payables within one are recorikd at tran*ttion PfKe. Any ￿)5￿ ari&ng from Impairment are r￿ni￿ in the t￿Offt a￿1 k)ss account In other admini5tfalNe eX￿L￿. -iO-

THE WEsf SUSSEX COUPmiYSJDE sfuDIES TRusr NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL ￿ATEMENTs- contlnued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DEQMBER 2023 DONATZONS AND LEGACIES Perbd 1715122 to 31112122 as restated Year Ended 31112123 Donations 439,622 OThER TRADING AcTIv￿IE5 1715122 Year ETh 31112123 31112122 as restat Accomodatk)n and taterirty Educadon v￿ts Fo¥est school Hlre of Seeky ￿>￿e 13,822 25,840 20,062 1,470 17.435 18.476 13.272 61,194 49,763 114VESTMeNT DKOME Perfod 1715122 Year Ended 31112123 31112122 DeKwt a￿oUrt intere 258 131 SUPPORT COSTS G(Neman manag￿n￿t Hnarte Totals Expendf(vre on Charitab￿ 172 6.100 6.332 TRUStEES' REMVNWTION AND BEIIEFITS There were no tr￿stee￿ remuneratbn or othw Ixnefts the year 31 2023 nor for the Feriod e￿￿e￿ 31 DeLember 2022. Trustees. expenses There were no trustees, ex￿L￿eS paKI for the year 31 2023 for the ￿￿C¥1 ended 31 December 2022. -li-

THE WEsf SUSSEX covrirRYSIDE STUDIES TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEtirs- contiNed FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 The CIO does eJnpky ￿aff d11￿y. Siaff are empw The Estste Company ￿mited, and there Ls a formal Secon(Ir￿t agrert to stsff to the (JO. StsffiJyJ cttsts are recoTrclieJ te￿een the COMPAPATIVES FOR THE sfATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACllVTTiES Unre5tiirt8Y Resbicted fund fund Total funds INCOME AND ENDOWMEIITS Fiiom Donations kgats 439,622 439,622 crther tra(kng KbvitE5 Investment income Other incorne 49.763 131 11,545 49,763 131 11,545 Total 501,061 501,061 EXPENDrruRE ON Charftable artlvltles Expenditure on charltsble acdvljes 76,158 76.15B 2,771 2,771 Trtal 78,929 78,929 NET INCOME 421132 422,132 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 422.132 422,132 PIUOR YEAR ADJusfMENT Management have rfftwed the das&ficatw)n ￿ expenditute Mthin the stat￿nent of Rnanaal ActiwtEs and have detemilned that rc Is appropriate to cLas• al exwditure as rdab.ng to Charitstle Actiwties, wth no expendi￿re shown as rdating to Raising Funds. ￿ a rtsult of this rw4, for the ￿K)d 31 ￿eMt￿ 2022, a totsS of £67,811 of exwdthre has ￿￿en r￿Jassif￿ from E%￿dItuTe on Ra￿ng Funds to Expendknre on ￿ari￿tle AC￿eS in the Stater￿t of Hnancial ActNfti

THE WEsf SUSSEX COUNTRYSIDE STUDIES TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMErirs- contlnued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 10. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSErs Hant arKI mad)ir JIldi￿J$ Totsls cosr At l January 2023 and 31 fkcembw 2023 332,429 3,123 33S,552 DEPRECIATION At l January 2023 Charge for year 4,289 6.649 746 781 5,035 7,430 At 31 Lkcemi*r 2023 10,938 1,527 12,465 NEf BOOKVALUE At 3L Decernber 2023 321,491 1,596 323,087 At 31 December 2022 328,140 2,377 330,517 11. DEBTORS.. Amouiifs FALLING DUE wIfHDI ONE YEAR 2023 2022 Debtor for Invok￿ acUvltks Accru￿1 Incc¥r 2,164 4,125 4,685 6.289 IZ CREDThORS: AMovKfs FALUNG DUE wifHtN ONE YEAR 2023 2022 as restated Trade crolitoTS Other credf(or5 9.099 3,E￿o 69,489 5,241 12,699 74,730 13. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS Net mov&n￿t In fiJNts At 31112123 At 111123 ilnrestrlcted funds General furKI 422,132 425,626 Restrlcted f￿d$ Fami TOTAL FUNDS 422,132 8,494 430,626

THE WEsf SUSSEX coupifRYSIDE STUDIES TRusr NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKfs- contlnued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 13. ￿lOVEmENT IN FUNDS. C¢Mttinued Net movemt in fvrKts. i￿&[de￿ in the are as fo*)ws: IrNy)mSry Rey)ur￿ Movement resour￿ ￿p￿ed In funds Unrestricted fwKIs Gweral 139,T32 {136,238) 3.49q R¢strlrted fund5 Farm 5,000 TOTAL FUNDS 144,732 1136,238) 8.494 Comparatives for movement in fvnds Net At 31112122 In funds Unrestricted funds General fund 422,132 422,132 TOTAL FUNDS 422,132 422,132 Compardtve net [r￿e￿t ln fvnts. Wid￿ In the alm arE as f0kn￿: Irth￿l￿3 Re9)Ur￿ Movement in ftjnds UnrestrScted funds General fund S01,1￿1 178,9291 422,132 TOTAL FUNDS 501,061 (78,9291 422,132 R&$tritt￿l furKis are for use fcf frdmi v&ts.

THE WEsf SUSSEX couKfRYSIDE sfuDIES Trusr NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEMEiifs- continu FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 20Z3 14. RELATED PARTY DISQOSURES DU￿ng the Fencxl £46,905 (2022: £63,996) was to entitEs over of the tnJ5tees had a swb5tantial Interest and &gnrfKant Sftfiuen￿, for the prov￿n of an elucatK)n offK£r, accom¢xtatbn, otering, Ilght and heat and othei e%￿diture. At the end ￿ the year £9,099 (2022.. É69,4891 was OW￿ to one of these enlibes. -1

THE WEST SUSSEX COUPrniYSIDE sfuDIES TRUST DEfAILED STATEMEfrif OF FINANCIAL AcrIvIriES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 1715122 Year ErKknI 31112123 3V12122 INCOME AND ENDOWME1￿$ Donations and legacies Donabons 83,280 439,622 other trading activrties Accomodatb)n and catering Education Fore school Hlre of Sey Cop 13.822 25,840 2D,062 1,470 17,435 18,476 13,272 580 61,194 49.763 Investment Income Deposfc account Snterest 258 131 other income Other intome 11,545 Totsl ino)miny rex>urces 144,732 501,061 EXPENDrnIRE Charltable actlvltles Tour & gumde fee Educatb)n material Education offtcer cost Repairs and re)ewaL% Subscription Motor eynse Sundr Accomodation & catering co DewedatK)n of iwildings DetKeciatK)n of (Aant & machlThery 64,795 7,405 20,124 4,380 387 1,300 5,484 12,985 6,649 781 32,021 1.694 20.137 5,468 8,924 4,289 746 124,290 73,279 Other Ught & heat Cleaning 1,000 1,771 3,717 5,616 2,771 Support costs Management Telephone 172 338 -ifr

THE WE￿ SIISSEX COUPffliYSIDE sfuDIES DETAILED STATEMEfff OF FINANCIAL ACTivmES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 1715122 Year Endgj 31112123 31112122 Managejnent Finan Bank charge5 41 Governance costs IndeFeThJert exam fee 6,100 2,500 Totsl ￿)￿CeS e4ended 136,238 78,929 Net Income 8,494 422,132 -17-