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CHARrrY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1202707 ALVECHURCH FC COMMUNrrY FOUNDATION CIO UNAUDTTED FINANCIAL sTATEM￿S LANGARD LIFFORD HALL LIMITED Accountants and Registered Auditors LifEord Hall Lifford t2ne Kings Norton B30 3JN

ALVECHURCH FC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025 Pase Tnths, annual report Independent examiner's report to the trustees Statement of financial activities Statement of fxnancial position Statement of cash flows Notes to the financial statements

Page I ALVECHURCH FC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025 The trustees present their report and the unaudiied financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 June 2025. Reference and administralive delai Registered charity name Alvechurch FC Community Foundation CIO Cl)arity re8i5fration number 1202707 The trustees D Griffiths M Gabriel M Howard D Evans G Davison Independent examiner K S Chamtrtrs TruBtee8 Dougla5 Griffiths Trn8tees Dave Evans. Safeguarding iEad Gary Davison- Alan Deakin. Secrelary / Finance Kevin Redniond. Commtinity Lead Mark Fogaty. Sporting Director Alvechurch FC Alan Crawford- Fundraising Steve CIements- Ilead of Youth Carol Birkett- Finan￿ Manager Kevin Redmond_ Head of Community Activities Ben Davis- Youth & Junior Manager Girls Omari Sterling James- Youth & Junior Boys Welfare Conunittee Bryan Allcott- Safeguarding Offi￿r Kevin Redmond. Community t£ad SuzaDne Hugo- Fetnale Pathway Stephan Hall- 7-10 Ws Tim George- 11-13

Page 2 ALVECHURCH FC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT (conltmjed) YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2015 Objertives and a¢tivitie5 The obj.ects of the CIO. to ￿ carried out for the ￿nefit of the public in Worcestershire and the West Midlands, are.. l. The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation in particuIar by the provision of faciIities for the playing of Football and other S￿rts capable of promoting physical health and fitt￿￿. 2. THE provision of recreational and leisure time activities in the interests of social welfare for ￿ople who have need by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or di5ability/ poverty or s(Kial and economic circttnistan￿s, or for the public at large, with a view to improving the conditions of life of such persons. The charity wa5 set up in 2023 to make fwtball and sport more accessible for ￿Trple of all ages and abilities. In our first Ye￿ of operatin& we've delRvered a Tange of programmes to enable people to play sport from the age of 4 to 84. We￿e created 70 affiliated ￿ms, including disability teams, walking football, women and girls and a range of junior teams. Our ethos is 'People not Players,. We want to create an environment where people get joy from playing sport in a way that leads to their personal growtlL We work with a range of key stakeholders who buy into thxs vision including l(Kai schools. The Pathfinder Programme and our partner Charity The Char]ie Fogarty Foundation,. AchieveAnents and perfornianee The Foundation has enjoyed a second succe&sive year of success, with The Hayes becoming a key community asset that provides sportÉng opportunities for people aged 4 to 80 years old. We now operate 45 affiIiated teams. ranging from'iittle Kickers, to Walkin8 Football for older players. Our ethos is 'People not Players,. We want to create an environment where people get joy fvom playing sPOrt in a way that leads to their ￿TSOnal 8rowtlL We work with a range of key stakeholders who buy into this visson including I￿81 5ch(K)Is. The Pathfinder Prograni and our partner Charity The Charlie Fogarty Foundation,. Our outreach football program aimed at the Hawkeslry estate. continues to grow in Streng The Hawke51ey estate has the highest rates of child povety in the entire city. We were concerned that the cuts in youth seNices had nieant the Cour￿11,S youth work offer had Iten Tedll￿d. Our National Lottery Funded sessions provide a enrichment activity to young people experiencing the disadvantages of lack of oPF￿]tieS and lack of resour￿5. We have successfully improved our Walking FoDtbaJl Provisio￿ providing 2 sessi0Ths a week. WaIking Fix)tball has ￿eTr hugely successful in engagxng older Fople who've had a hiatlls from exercise i)ver nwiy decades. It has also I￿1 proven to be a hugely effective way of promoting falls preventioffj giving partscipants bfila￿e and dexterity. Our holiday provision reached over 250 young F￿0ple thanks to the continued support from Nathan Redmond, fonnerly of Birmingham City FC. The camps have provided a high quality and positive enrichment activity for children who nmy otherwise find the schwl hoIidays a challenging experience. The holiday camps have also enabled u5 to offer employment pathway5 to young coaches who've earned their quaIifications through one of our personal development Initiatives.

Page 3 ALVECHURCH FCCOMMUNrrY FOUNDATION CIO We￿e delivered SF￿$ se>%ioY in 4 kKw] thtldren and youn8 people devejop 8 p￿s￿On for $5XIrt and physiuj ￿tivity. ￿t￿[sPu"p work wtth Pathfiryler Wps us identify fAmilies who would mo ben&t fnm cw 8£tivitie& We a￿ Also w(rkins with them to pmide We continue to w(rk with FQrtrvs tobyild the in(r&t￿Uy¢ d fo(thll in BiTrnin8kn to il a i))dusive sporL We IAve ewded ojr w¢xnÈn's fr￿1 3 (0 9 learns. Wekn a]so devèloFd our fÈt# cthnFtitive Walking F(Kthall Tthmiti Under 64 aThd 8rÈ planning AbiiiyCoJnts Lea￿. Wec[￿linue to an Aivrhutth te￿1 in theYKattly 14xnwJ Mettsl H￿th whsth leolures Birmingkn City. WolYe4 Cuveffttry Gty and We Br(4nwich AlbioTh We played a pivotal roLe in E•blL5lll￿ this lgue crwto (pix)rtunitie8 for tsdults with mental knlth chellen As F￿rt d our drive to a M<ei￿lusIve ¢Kgar￿￿tIo￿ we ha￿ sUC¢ets￿lY cLty)tln￿ to devdop skill$ d our stati team This i￿ludES lrninins staff in Brii¢sh Sign Latt8ua8e ard SUPFthir6 tIE developn￿l of FArti(iw￿s frnyk dlthility SES¥iOnS lo progress into c(x)Lhin& We are Fxrticthly thÈ story d CD who wa)t from a trtili5¥nt with prof¢)u￿1 mental health b￿rie[S WIK) st￿sSIed to attend ￿l￿n lo bel￿ a SUCEEssful ccth and 8 valwd men+Erof #aff The OF*atins deficit frffthewwa5theTefLYt£67￿I. tru8teesbT. D Griffiths Trnst

Page 4 ALVECHURCH FC COMMUNrrY FOUNDATION CIO INDEPENDENf EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF ALVECHURCH FC COMMUNTTY FOUNDATION CIO YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025 report to the trustees on my examination of the finanCll￿ statetnents of Alvechllrch FC Community Foundation CIO ('the charity,) for the year ended ￿ ju￿ 2025. Responsibilitie6 and basis of report As the trusiees of the charity you are reSpon￿bIe for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act.). I repnrt in respect of my examination of the charity's finamial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have fouowed all the appIicable Directions 8iven by the Charity comm￿10n tmder section 1445)(b) of the ACL Independent eAaminees Statement Since the charity's gr05s income exceeded £￿.{K￿) your examiner must ￿ a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirni that I qualified to undertake the examination because l am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Engla1￿ and Wales (ICAEW), which is one of the lisied Ixydies. I have completed rny e￿lMi￿tiOn. I confirni that rn material Tnatters have Coll￿ to my attention in connection with the examxnation giving me cause to tElieve that in any material respect accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act: or the ftnancial statements do not accord with those records; or the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requtrements concerning the forni and content of accounts set out in the Chartties (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 21X)8 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an Inde￿identexaMlnati0rL I have no COr￿rn$ and have come across no other rnatters in con￿eCtion with the examination to which attention 5hollId be drawn in this report in order to erk2ble a proper underslanding of the accounts to ￿ reached. K S Chambers Independent Exatniner Langard tifford Hall Limited tAfford Hall Lifford Lane Kings Norton Birmingha B30 3JN 4 March 2026

Page 5 ALVECHURCH FC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO STATEMENT OF FtNANCIAL ACr[V￿ YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 201 Period from 13 Apr 23 to 30 Jun 24 Year to 30 Jun IS Unrestrlcted Restricied funds funds Total fvnds Totsl fi￿d5 Note Income and endownients Donations and legacies Total ineome 24,943 473,624 533.907 448.681 24.943 4T3,624 Expenditure ExpenditLtre on raising funds: Costs of raising donations and legacies Expenditure on charitsble activities Other expenditure Totsl expenditure 240.674 45,749 191,7&3 6￿9) 303J73 45,749 191,753 292,354 28226 145,362 478,176 62.699 5WO75 465.942 Net lexpendxtureYuKome {29.495) (37.756) (67.251) 67.965 TraAsfers between funds (1rf)2) (30XP)7) Net movement in funds {37,154) (67,251) 67.965 Reconciliation of fund8 Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward 20.913 47.052 67.965 (9.184) 714 67,966 The statement of finanaal activitie5 includes all 8ains and losses recognised in the year. All Income and expendi￿re derive from continuing activilies. The noles on pages 8 to 14 forni part of these financial staten￿n

ALVECHURCH FC COMMUNtrY FOUNDATION CIO STATEfvIENf OF HNANCIAL posrrKoN Note 9551 tkbiors 6.195 15,982 533 76 14 n4 67.965 714 67.955 714 67.965 47, (9.IPA) Totsl ¢baTityfunds n4 M8Jrh ￿. and tre sig#￿1 CA)Eeh8lfof br. DGrithth5 Trust*

Page 7 ALVECHURCH FC COMMUNrrY FOUNDATION CIO STATEMEwf OF CASH FLOWS YEAR ENDED 30JUNE 2015 2024 C48h flows froni operating aclivitie Net {expenditure)/Rncome (67.251) 67.965 Adjustmentsfor.. Aecrued (income)/expenses (12tM)) 1.200 cl￿ngeS in.. Stocks Trade and other debtors Trade and other credit015 (9551) 6,195 17364 (6,195) 7A55 Cash generated from operdtions Net eash (used in)/from operdting acttvities (54443) {54A43) 70,425 70,425 Net {decre￿y1ncrease in cash and ¢a8h equivalents Cash and cash equivalents at bewing of year Cash and equivalents at end of year (54,443) 70,425 70,425 15.982 70.425 The notes on pages 8 to 14 forni part of these financ￿ statements.

Page 8 ALVECHURCH FC COMMUNrrY FOUNDATION CIO NOTES TO THE F￿ANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025 General infornution The dwtty is a public tw*fit entity and a IEgistered tharity in England and Wale5 and is a charitable I￿orporated organisation. The address of Eri￿APa1 Offi￿ is The Haye$. Redditch Road, Kings Nortoffj Birniingham, B38 8LP. I Statement of Complianee These hnanoal statements have prepared in compliance with Flis 102, ryhe FinanciaI Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ereland,, the Statement of Recommended Practi￿ applicable to charittes prep￿l￿g their accounts in accordan￿ with the Financlal Reporting Standard appIicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (Charities X)RP (FRS 102)) and the Charities Act 2011. Accounting polides Basis of preparation The financiaE statements have Iwi prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properttes n￿asured at fair value through Income or exFEnditure. The financial statements are prepared in sterlin& which is the functional currenry of the entity. Going Concern There are no maierial lln￿ainties about the charlty's ability to continue. Fund accounting Unrestricted funds are available for use at the di￿retIOn of the trnstee5 to further any of the Designated ￿ndS are unrestricied ￿ndS earniarked by the trustee5 for particular future project or commitmenL Restricted funds are subjected ￿ restrictions on their eX￿ndIture declared by the donor or through the tern￿ of an ap￿. and fall into one of two sub<lasses: restricted I[￿Me funds or endOWn￿lt Eunds.

Page 9 ALVECHURCH FC COMMUNrrY FOUNDATION CIO NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ( YEAR ENDED ￿JuNE 20Z5 Accountiftg policies (coxtiwue4) Incoming re8OUXtes All incoming reSoU￿eS are induded in fhe Staten￿lt ol financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity: it is probable that the economic ￿nefits associated with the transaction wÈll flow to chaTity al￿ the amount can Ee reliably measured. The following specific po]icies are applied to Parti￿ cafegories of ineonie: Income from donation5 OT grants is recogni￿ when there is evidence of entitlement to the gif¢ receipt is probable and its amount can measured reliably. Eegacy income is recogni5ed when receipt is probable and entitlement is established. income from donated 8￿d$ is measured at the fair value of the goods unless this Is impractical to measure reliably, in which case the value is derived from the cost to the donor OT the estimated resaIe value. tk)nated faciIities and services are reco8nised in the accounts when r￿1Ved if the value can kE reliably measured. No amounts are included for the contribution of general volunteeTS. income from contracts for the supply of services is recogni5ed with the delivery of the contracted service. This is da5sified as unrestricted funds llnless there 15 a contractual requirement for it to I￿ sft￿t on a particular Purp￿ and re￿rned if unspent. in which case it fflay regarded as restricied. Resources expended Expendlture is recogni5ed on an accrE￿IS basis as a liability is Ir￿r￿d. Expenditure include5 any VAT which cannot ￿ fully recovered, and is classified under headings Df the statement of financial activities to which it relafe& expenditure on raising funds includes the costs of all fundraising activitkes. events. non-charitable trading activities, and Ihe sale of donated goods. expenditure on charitable activities includes all costs incurred by a charity in undertaking activilies that further its charitable aims for the benefit of its I￿neficianes. induding those support costs and costs rejaiing to the governanLE of the charity apportioned to charitable activities. other expenditure includes all expenditure that is neidw related to raising funds for the charAty nor part of its eXt￿ndItUre on charitable activities. All costs are all(￿ted to exFenditure categories Teflecting the use of the resource. Direct Costs athibutable to a single activity are aU(rated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the acttvities tly contribute to on a reasonable. justifiable and consistent basis. Stoeks Stocks are nwsured at lower of cost and esiimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost include5 all costs of purchase, costs of conversion and other costs incurred in biinging the stock to its present location and conditio Finan(ial instruments A financial asset or a financ￿ liability is recogni*d only when t￿ entity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrumenL Basic financ￿ instruments are initially recogtused at the amount re￿[Vable or payable induding any related transaction costs. unIe&s the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction. where it is recO￿lSed at the present value of the ￿tUre payments discounted at a market rate of inierest for a similar debt instrument.

Pase 10 ALVECHURCH FC COMMUNrrY FOUNDATION CIO NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENfs CcoAti¥¥e4) YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025 Donations and lewies Unrestrided Funds Restricted Total Funds Fund5 20 Donations Charity Donatio￿% Team Subscriptions Fundraising Events Gift Aid Grants Street Games Heart of England Heritage Inclusive communities Commonwealth Games National Lottery Sport England SwTrrted Barclays WaikÉng Football WCC Multi Sports Northfield Community Sponsorship Women's Sponsorship Men's Sponsorship Youth and Junior Sponsorship 31144 32,144 396,(V33 8,119 12325 8.119 12325 5JJOO 3088 500 7.336 6,219 6219 448.681 2£943 473.624 Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Fund5 Funds 2024 Donation8 Charity Donations Team Subscriptions Fundraising Events Gift Aid 48,411 48,411 7095 38 38 Grants StreetGames Heart of England Heritage Inclusive Communities Commonwealth Games National Lottery Sport England Sported Barclays Walking Football WCC Multi Sports North(ield Commurrity Sp0zW￿&hJP Women's Sponsorshtp Men's Sponsorship Youth and Junior Sponsorship 10,975 10,975 9.910 10,180 3,5 19,9 14.OtK) io,i&) 19,9 14,0(Ml 2,200 1061 1.674 1061 1,674 455J87 78.520

Page 11 ALVECHURCH FC COMMUNrrY FOUNDATION CIO NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS lamli#*e4) YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025 Costs of raising donations and Iyies Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Fund5 Funds Donations Gifts Grants receivable Sponsorship Subscriptions Festival costs 190,191 2B77 44,101 18,598 41.144 6ts62 2￿71 44.1 18598 41,144 2401)74 62h99 303273 Unrestrlc￿d Restricted Total Funds Funds 2024 Donations Gifts Grants recexvable Sponsorship Subscriptions Festival costs 228,309 7,916 30.729 7,916 30,729 738 18J51 6Jll 18351 6Jll 260￿7 31A67 292354 Expenditure on clwitabk activities by fund type Unrestricted Total Funds Unre5tsicted Total Funds Fund5 Funds 2024 Camp costs 45,749 45.749 28225 28.226 Expenditure on ¢haTitable activities by activity type Grant funding of Total funds Totsl fund activitÉes 2024 Camp costs 45.749 45,749 28,226

Page 12 ALVECHURCH FC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sTATEME￿s (Comfi￿￿) YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025 Other expenditure Unrestricied Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds Funds Funds 2024 Affiliations Football and Team Costs Legal and Professional Fees Advertising and Marketing Admin Fee5 Sundry Expenses Insurat Printing and Stationery Repairs and Maintenan Salaries 142. I3￿93 210 141755 13893 210 li0￿79 5.916 631 110879 5,916 631 13.484 51 13,484 51 12.495 12.495 399 32 13278 399 32 13278 20562 20562 191.753 191,753 145J62 145J62 Independent exaMi￿￿on fees Periid from Year to 13 Apr 23 to 30 Jun 25 30 Jun 24 Fees payable to the independent examiner for: Independent examination of the statements 10. Staff costs The average head Count of employees during the year was Nil (2024.. 1). No employee received employee benefits of more than £60JMX) during the year (2024.. Nil). 11. Trnslee xemuneration and expen No Trustees were paid salaries or duTing the period. No trustees have been paid any expenses durAng the period. 11 Stocks 20 2024 Stock of football equipment 9551

Page 13 ALVECHURCH FC COMMUNrrY FOUNDATION CIO NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENfs (- YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2025 13. Debtors 2024 Trade debtors 6,195 14. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 2024 Trade creditors Accruals and deferred incon Social security and other taxes Other creditors 19,050 6,910 12(X) 4(KJ 139 5,676 24B19 15. Analysis of charitable funds Unrestricted fixnds At l July 2024 At Incon￿ Expenditure Transfers ￿ June ￿25 General funds 20.913 448.681 (478.176) (602) (9,184) At 13 April 202 At I￿Orne Exw1di￿re TrarLsfers 30 June 2024 General funds 455JS7 (434,474) 20,913 Restrirted fi￿d5 At l July 2024 At Jncome Expenditure Transfers 30 June 2025 RestrÈcted Funds 47J)52 24,943 (61699) 9￿98 At 13 April 202 At Income Expenditure TrdJLsfern 30 June 2024 RestrAcied Funds 78520 (31.467) 47,053

Page 14 ALVECHURCH FC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CIO NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Ico*tiwied) YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2015 16. Analysis of net assets between funds UnrestrACted Restricted Total Funds Funds Funds Current a55ets Creditors less than l year Net assets 9398 15.981 {69,630) (53.649) (69.630) (63547) 9,898 Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Funds Funds 2024 Current assets Creditors less than l year Net assets 29.568 (8,655) 20.913 47.053 76,621 {8fi551 67,966 47.053 17. Analysis OE change8 in net debt At At l JUI 2024 Cash flows 30 Jun 2025 Cash at bank and in hand 70.425 (54.443) 15,982