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RECISTEREDCOMPANY NUMBEIL. I3￿3?)$(￿￿g1￿Dd and Waks REGISIERED CHARTTr" YUMBER.. 1199935 NORTh LOhTh)N LAW cENfRES UNALTiftED FINANCIAL STATEMEhryS FOR THE YEAR ENDED31 MARCH2015 BeTriDgers LLP Lygon Ho BrotTrley Kent

NORTh LOhlX>N LAWCEKfRES CONfEN75 OFTHE FtNANaAL sfATEMENrs fortheyt*r¢th 3] .ltsrtb 2025 Re[￿ ofthe tr￿¢¢¢￿ Indeptnrfent tX•iDer's rewrt Bakncesheet N(rt# to the ￿a￿tI•l5￿11ewefftts

REPORT OFTHE TrUSTEES for the year tmded 31 Marth 2025 The tnw who aLw) dirwtror5 of tht charity fv the tMVWSes of the Compani¢s A¢x 20ffi. preS￿t the￿ report with the fi[￿ncial Matements of the ctwity for the Ye￿ 31 March 2025. Ihe ttustets have ad0￿ed the provisions of Acco￿tIng RetK>rttnu bv Charitie5'. Staiement of Re¢¢mrnC￿¢￿d Pr&xM% applic&le io charities pre￿ing their ac£ounts in aCc￿rd￿Ce with FIn￿claI Rwrtin8 Soll&ard aN)liizbie ill UK and Rewbli¢ of Ire]and ffRS 1021 (eff￿live I JanLW 20191. Obltttive5 and airns The th￿ity'S object5 and its wirt¢ttMI tivity conittntcs to of p￿Vid]n_0 free acce&siTrJle legal thice and JYixEsttrtthD to the IcKal Cornm￿1ty xro55 northwest tAJth atyj ￿0V￿dirE ar￿ The clwity h&s t￿ genetsi aim of iDJproving the quality of Life for the residellls atld those ID the widtr 8Jra iTrho are ￿ low incomes by working i PEincitd attivity. and improvirg rightswml ￿$3 ofth(tse rithsby the widcrcomTtLUttity. signif4￿ ¢tivities This year was Ik fyst ycw of delivaing &trice service5 since forni￿1thL The ¢lwtty provided legal advice services in social weifaTr law covering kn5in& Immiwtion at]d Welfare be￿fits the ￿1￿ce hub5 ac[￿5 th¢ London ￿rough of Breni. Dwing the it graffl fitrKIiti8 fm Bon)ugh of Brai (o deltver ItDmigtation athTrce jn the Bttnt advice hubs l(Kd ill KilbLTh and Wembley. During the yearwehel￿l ¢)v 3(N) ro)pl¢ In Nfarch 2tr24 wc secu￿1 grant fill￿IDg from ￿ ALYess to Justice FO￿￿12t1￿ IDJpravi]ry Lives programme worth £9)0,O(K) over five yedrs. This fi￿dIng i5 u> eoordin aThJ devehy the Strdwc ddivery of &ivice servi a¢toss northwest Lon(kni thamiining ijxtEasI￿ rn to thiL% servi(ts ftt SC￿l211Y diwivantaged Publi¢ betEtfit The TnL%tee5 consider that the obieaives and aims of thiti. dts¢riknl aknvq enable it to meet its obligatiotts ty the Chuity Com￿lS510￿ to deliTrEr aid at￿ wi&8nce io l(Kal cotlln)unilv. YANCLIL HIVIEW Re5erve5 poli¢y The leveI of reserves that the Ch￿ity tohave ts reviafyaj [￿JIl￿]Y by th¢TnL4e SIRu￿[￿￿ GOVERNANCE AND MANAGE1￿￿[ coverni￿g doeuw¢nt The ch￿lty is Con￿[[ed by its governing a d1 of atld con&iDAts a limit￿] cotjjpaoy, litnited by guamitee. as defined by the C￿M[￿￿]eS Aa 2Q(1S. REFERENCE AND ADMLNFSTIL4TIVE DETAILS Registered Company numb¢r I]￿3795 (England #Thj Wa]&s) Re%i5tered Cljarity nu]Bber 1199935 Registered offlct E2 Greenland Road CaTnden London NWI OAY

NOTftH w￿￿ UPNIKIN LAW CEDMIES REPORTOF TKE TRL'sfE¥S fortbe e￿]e41 31 2025 TnLStets Ms M B ¢hayson Ms K Ioarno DU Maccraith TC StEph￿s DA Wo(yJ. Cbair IrtdepmdentE￿MiKer B¢rring¢TS LLP (Jwrfered A¢eoulltants Lygon Hous¢ 50LondonRoad Bromley BRI 3RA Approved by orikrof th¢ bOa￿Of￿us*&F ￿.... J si￿￿1th1 itst¢b￿[by. Ms K l¢)aJmou. Trustee Page 2

INDEPENDENT EXknMINER'S REPORT TOTHE TRUStEES OF NORTH WFsf LOhl)OY IAW CENfiiES Jthd¢llt exa￿￿¢￿$ reportto the tr￿tel3 of NorthWt&tL4R¥kn lawC•trts{'tht CO￿￿nY.) I reportto the cljarity tnLStees on my exami￿11￿ ofthe aciaxumsofts c(onpJyfw the year t￿￿j 31 March 2025. RespoDslbilities aTKi of re￿rt As the charity'5 trustees of the Cosnparty alx) its di￿tt￿5 frr the of o)mpty lawl you art [Wm￿SIble for the prepaTation of the accoun15 in with the rq4]ircments ofthe c￿pani£sAcr Cth¢ 2LNI6 Act.). Having 5atisfid Tnys¢lf tlwt the of the Cornpany aTe ￿ requirtij to k a￿J]led ￿ Part 16 of the 2[￿ Act wyl

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or irJdepétKletif examinatio￿ I"rerth" iti of my exarniT￿tron ofyw¢harity$ ￿ried-￿t . wder Section 145 of th¢ Chariuas Act 2011 fthe 2011 Artl In cwing (Krt exau]inion I have followtyj the Directions givexj by the Charity Commi&8ioTh under 14515) (b) of the 2011 A¢L tlldeptlldent eXa￿l￿r.$ ststement Sintt YO￿ charity's gr05s income excttded £2iO.(KX) y￿1 dwftiner a meJnTry of a li5t&l b(xl). I can confirm that I qualified to underEake tk exa]niT￿lIE￿I b¢¢ause l ajn a mthnixr of th¢ Instiwte of Cbarteted Acci)wirwtrs ill Ellgknj aDd Wales, which is of t￿ listed b(xJie I have completed rny exa￿]nati￿. I confm matters have c￿rte to rny iti ((q￿￿tIOn with the &xamination giving Ca￿￿e to kiiev a¢countingre¢ords were notkept in rWoftheCornpany reqwred b). SeLaion 386of the 2￿ ACL or the a¢¢ounts do notxc(wd dK>se ￿￿ord%. ( the accounts wmpty with ￿cOuntIng rv4uirnents of Sa¥i() 3￿ of Ad other than any requimert thai aceollEts gtve a tn]¢ ar￿1 fair view whith is TKA a &4 part of ¥llJ indyndrmt examinauon., or t[￿ accounts have not bttn ￿¢panI iti ￿dance with ma]MNb and PriTLcipl&s of the Statunent of RecoMm￿l￿d Pr￿tICe for accounting TEVrtuig b> ch•?knes (applicable to cbaTiU&8 pretwing their accounts llj corthce withtht Financial Reporting StaNlard applitable ill the LIK ￿ RoubliG of tre]and IFRS 10211. I bavE no concerns ar￿ c(￿lle ac￿￿$ tm) othet matters in c￿lon with thE cxaTlli￿tsOrn w which attemion Sh(X￿d be drawn in this re￿rt iti ordtrw etlable a theWxOL￿ts ¢0 IK rrad RIC￿ HutsonBscFCCAACA The Instiwt¢ of Chartered Accounthnts Engiw¥J a￿1 Wale5 Be￿ingerS LLP CharieredAcwuntants Lygon HO￿ 50 LoTKion Rodd Brornley K¢nt BRI 3RA Date..

NORTH WFsf LObTM)N L4W CEf*ryRES forthe yt8reBdtd 31 MxTrh %)25 rotsl fi￿d$ fuDd INCOMF..4ND EM)OWMEN]5 FROM CharlrAble aetiiities LegaI.adviEe- --247ffj20-- -. -49,.997.- lllvestment income 878 T¢thi 50.875 EXPENDITURE ON Charitable &ttivitiÈs Legal advic¢ 2481124 50,87) 50.875 NET INCOME RECONCILIATKON OF FUNDS Totsl finds broLty foThvard Tht rrt)t¢s forni t￿orttl¢Se fitiwKial aataDrJJts

r40RTH WEST LONTK>N IAW CErii BALANCE SKEKT Jl.Mrb 2025 2025 URrutrtcted hnd 2024 fjJn<ts IklMoTS -Cash4L.bank...- 1199 10&.913.-- 302 105913 CREDITORS Amounts fallin8 dll¢ within one y (￿12￿22) (105,9131 NET CURBINT ASSETS TOTAL ASSETS LW CURRENr LtABILITIES NET ASSETS FUNDS AL FUP4DS The charittble co]npsny 15 entttled to &Yewion fr(dn alit S¢Lli￿ 477 ofthe compati￿ Aci 21X)6 for the year ended 31 Nlarch ?025. The members have not reouirejl tk ¢oTllp￿Y to obtain an audit of its fllwKial &atements the ye4r ajded 31 March 21r25 in ￿orda￿ce Secti¢M 476 of the CornpEThes Aa The tnthts acknowledge dKtrreq￿SfrlIIti¢$ t (a} ensuring that the charitable wmwjy axojntmg reLYxts that t￿pty Saxions 386 387 of the Comp￿ieSA¢1 2(Nkn amd preparing finan¢ial st•¢Tn¢nts which give a In￿ &MI fair &iew of of affairs of dwitable company &s at end of each fttMl¢i￿ year and of its gjrptus or defi¢it for each finaTKial year D) xcordance with the requirett)enL8 of Sections 394 and 395 aod ￿thICh (rtben4w complv M-ith the ]wirnents of the Act 2(Th Tel￿1ng to filthncial thtetnents. so faras applicable to the tharitabk COmFény. (bl These finwKial statements have prepred Én pl¢ord￿ with the tKovisiow awlithle ￿ dwtrable companies wbyxt to ¢he mall cotnw]ies re￿rn& The flljaticial statements were aM)roved by BO￿ of TTUStX5 aJNJ autINi￿ for is￿ ￿ ........ . ere signed on itsbehalf by: K loamou- TNse The forrn part ofthtse fJnantia]

NORTHwLsTLON￿N iAW CENTRES NOTTr5 TOTHE FIFIXYCIAL ST.4TEMENIS ror Ibe y¢ar e4Kled 31.Marth 2025 ACCOUNTING POLtC]LS Ba515 of prEp¥Tkng the fu￿￿¢11 s￿l¢Ments The fllydncial state]nents of the chaTitsble company. which 15 a ￿bI￿ EKTefi( ti]tity lltjder FRS 102. have prepared in a¢c(thce with Cbritie5 SORP (FLS I￿2} 'Acc(vJntiDg ￿ ReJxN1ing by Charitie5.' Statrment of Recommended PraG¢ice appIlL￿[e to ¢hariti¢5 pre￿[Ing ac¢iyJnts iD ￿￿dantr with tlK FiT￿￿CIal Reponitjg -sTandard-appll￿ble in the UK" and"Ke￿bIlt.of Irelat¥J (FRS" I￿2) (eff￿1Ve l January 90191,, Fiiwwi￿-Rép)rt]llg STatthd 102 The FiTwiaal Rqx)rting Srandard applic4ble in LK and Republic of Ireland. smd the Cotnpanies All inco￿¢ is reco￿1$&1 in the ststern￿t of FirwKia] Aclivtties the dority" entItl￿¢￿t to the fittjds il is probable th&thE income will ￿ fftiyed andthe am(MJnt Mea9)￿￿[18￿1y. Ewellditsre Liabiliii&% are recognised as ex[￿lip￿re %x)D as is a Itggl or rA￿￿tive obligation corntDiuin8 ￿ charrity to th￿ expendittwE it is probab]e that a trnnsfer of etrwnic benefits ￿1[1 ￿ rquir&l in settkment and the amount of the obligation call k o)eawrol reliabl).. Ex[1￿dI(￿e is a¢¢(¥j￿ f[￿ on iK%is and ha5 b￿D classified UT￿er headings that aggregate 811 thst related to the ￿Tr¢re cO￿S LWYM)t be dItt￿Y attributed b) partIC￿ar headiDgs they hav¢ aJl(Kated 10 xtiviuesoD aF&siscoL8j￿￿ith the ￿ of r&%xrces. TaxatM)a The Ch￿itV is exempt from ttx (￿its tharitabk attt%ryii Fulld at£ountlug UnTestricted fimds used ill aLwdw with clwitable obJ￿1ve9at the dire(ion of the tNstees Restriued can only be ￿ed ts rAnicu]ar Testrlth￿ rA]r[￿￿ within the objects of the charity. R&rictiQll5 arise when spe£ified by thed(worlffti fi]tth ￿ ]aiwJ forpartiLwlarr£4Tiaedpwww& FUrtberexpl￿Il￿ ofthe twtsJr¢ ￿pU￿D5¢ofe￿Ch ffi￿d is inclth in the tothe f￿)￿￿121 ststemenL INvEsrMEP￿ ￿co.mE 2025 2024 tkposit a(xouTht inÈerttt 3284 878 Page 6 continKd...

IORTR WEST LONDON iAW cETrrfRES NOTES TO THE F[N￿￿cLAL sfATEMENI T5. ¢MtiDued for the yearejthd 31 .M4rclL 2025 INCOME FROM CHARITABLE AcriviriFs 2025 Activity Legal •Jvi 14at thiL¥ 2024 GrdE Leg￿ advice 1)7326 49,9)7 247.620 49,997 Gr￿ receive￿ irfluded in theaiKbv4 are &8 folk>w5: 21Y24 L(th Borough ofBrent Acces810 Ju￿1¢¢ FIN]￿l 14143 49,997 157126 49,997 Included defejred i1K￿ne is £&)J17 r￿e1v￿ ID SeMemir 2024 a[￿ Marth 2025 from Access to J￿￿tiCe Fwidation &% yart ofa 5 Y&￿grant TRUSTEES, REMiIF4E114TtON ANDBENEFrrs Therc wtre no tr￿￿te¢s, temuIwati￿ or the ytar cryk4131 March 2025 nor Ye￿ ended 31 March 2024. There were rK) tnLsiets' ex￿[l￿Paid f￿th¢Year￿ded 31 Marth 2025 ￿ f￿theyearCth￿d 31 Mtrch 2024. COMPARATIVES FOR THE sfATEMENTOF FINANCIAL Acrivm UnrestTi¢ted fimd INCOME AND ETrlKIIWMENTS FROM Cbaritable activtiits Legal athice 49,997 Investtntnt inc(xThe 878 Total 50.87) EXPENDrniRE ON Charitable aetivities Legal advice 50,875 NET INCOME TOTAL FufiDS CARRIED FORWARD

NoirrH WEsri￿jYlx)N LAW CEr￿li￿S NOTFS TO THE FINAliCJAL sr.4TLMLY15. ¢Mtilllled for the yeAreth 31 2025 DEBTORS.. AMOUM FALLING DiJE WITHINONE YEAR 2025 2024 119 eRE.DftORS: AMOUNTS"FAL"LJIYG DLE IVtriiNi ONE ￿AR 2024 A¢¢n￿S and deferred itLf(KDe 242505 60J17 5,9l3 i(N).000 105,913 Na mO￿ement At 31.3.25 At 1.4.24 TOTAL FUYDS N¢t movement in induded the aFK>veaR as folk>ws: Resources Movement eXpE￿Ied Gene￿1 fund (250JM) TOTAL FUNDS (25).￿4) RELAIED PARTY DESCLOSURLS Page 8

NORTH WEsf LOYIM)N LAW CENfRES DETAILED sfATEMET*T OF FLSANCtAL ACTivfTIFS fortht ytar ended 31 Marth 2025 2025 2024 InVest￿t￿L in¢orne Ikpo&t account inler¢&t 878 Cb#rknbit actwitie5 157816 49,997 Lcgal advice 247WO 49,997 Total kn¢oming re50urce5 iQ,875 Suppwt Costs oth Telephone 479 16 CompuTW expenses .SUi￿nptiOns Storage Legal services Stafftraitling 140 47 50,859 50,875 Tota] resowce5exp¢llded 50,875 N¢t i1￿￿e