REGISTERED cHAR￿Y1¥uMBElL. 1209273 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND FINANCIAL STATEMELYrs FOR THE YEAR THE MAZE ORGANISATIOI% CIO G. George A5SOCLates Limited Chartered Cutified Account8nt$ 12 Gateway Mews Ringway LnndoD N112ur THE MAZE ORGANI ATION CIO CONfET*TS OF TBE FINMCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR Ef4DED31 2025 Refere￿ AdmlDlstradve Detai15 2 to 5 Jlld¢ptndt￿t ExADthi¢r'$ Report StxtemeDt of Finall￿ Aelfvlti BAlaDte Sheet Notes to the Fkn8llttsl St*teDM 9 to 12 Del*ll￿ Slatewerf of Fln8n¢i8lA¢d 13 THE MAZE ORGANISATIOTh CIO Ms CMaze{appoint&J 24.724) DrA Annstrong (aprK>intcd 27.724) Ms B C Bamford (appointed 27.7.24) Ms A J Mdlitt (4VOint&l 27.2.25) PIUNCIPAL ADDRESS 178 Wa]m Lane L&)ndon NW2 3AX 12(YX73 tNDEPENDED*T EXAMLNER G. George ASS￿l8￿LIMI1Cd Charteredcertified Accountsnrs 12 Gateway Mews long Way tx>ndon N112UT Pagc I THE MAZE ORGAMSATION CIO REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAREL¥DED 31 L￿tsrth 21125 The truaees prettnt their rwt with the financial otements of the charity for the y¢ar thded 31 Mar¢h 2025. The tTus¢tts have ￿0ptaI the provisions of Accounting and ReporyinE by Charities.. Ststement of Rccommcndcd Pra¢ti¢¢ applicobie to charitiLs preparing their xcounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Stsndard appliubl¢ in the UK and R¢publÉc of Ireland (FRS 102) {effedive l January 2019). ORTECTIVES ANDACTIVITIES Objective5 and *im$ The Maze (JEanisalion CIO (Trdazethg) is a Brent bas)9 charity whose objective is to provi(k free ￿1#1, emotional aThJ academic support to vulnerable childrcn in London. The a)￿lty fows¢s on nurbjring enjot10T￿ reguiatioD and ¢qui￿1n8yoUng mitmb with thetty)Isto maoag¢ aThxi* tTOUrn4 fo*i]n8￿811]aIcealld a bri8hteF fi]ture. The PrO￿￿¢S are dasi8nrJJ to cnsure evay thild has the emotional resilietKe th acad￿j¢ (x)nfiikTKe to thrive. We take a holistic approaeh providing educational supp)rt to SEN ¢hildren. educational inteJv¢ntion to children IMv¢ fallen behin& social and emotiona] interventions for Children whose rnental health h&s suffeml as a r￿]1 of the pand¢mi¢.world and the cost of living crisis. The Charity gaills funding il]rough donations and grants to be able to deliver tFKse sessions frtt ofchaTBe. Maz&)rg ha9deliv￿a anj)m￿ of progtEmmestcrtn-time in SCI￿01$ and in th¢ IK>liday* iTKluding: Lyon Park Primary School. Brent Coppetts Wod PTimary School, Barnet Wttsex GgxdenPrirnary School, Bamet Rhyl Pritnary SchiKTrl, Camden Netley Primary Sch(K>l, Camden All Saints C of EPrimary Sc]wl, Fulham Hi8her Potential (Community HubA Bre Using recowjised eilloti0TMI rwlation i(M)Is including reco8ni¥ing anotiotss, cognitive reapprdisai and socia] stories, MaZ￿g prO￿deS children with skills including: ¢0 appropriately respoThJ to their ￿￿1ronment. mawe thoughts feeling& behaviour and Cognitio￿ ait¢rnative ways to problem solve atKI r&solve arising situation% to underthd sxKiai orm4 to react appropriat¢ly, trachiD8 rommunt¢atiorL and critical thinking skillsand fill acadernic gaFts. Theprogrammes support tht necd8 of childr￿) who: ]￿k¢d educational progre&sionlare ￿rther behind than they sl8ned pre-pandemi¢ ar¢ not able to acccss SEN support &xper1e￿¢ed a deterioration in mu)¢al wdlt ¢xperiellce low Fdf-tsteem, 2Dxidy, depjrssion and otherrelatcd i5sJe5 struggle in school to m8oage their emotions and behaviour Tequire English language support and wistance tran&tioning into a new eDvironm¢nt THE MAZE ORGANISATIOYJ CIO REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ￿￿￿ED31 MAr¢h 2025 Publtc b¢n¢fi¢ The tntstccs have given due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Cojnmission in dffKidiD8 wbat activities the charity should undertake. The tTU&tees have complied with thc duty in 5eCtitsn 17(5) of the 2011 Charitiu Act to hav¢ duc rcgard to guidan(t publish￿ by the Charsty CommissiorL I)etails of how the charity5 activRtie8 ase f￿ the publi¢ benefit we detsiled in this [t￿rt 8ttd the trustees have ￿Ven due co￿d￿￿10tt kn the Charity Commission guid￿Ceon public benefiL Theberfits of ourpuTPOS¢ in¢lud¢: l. Reductd Bchaviourai 158ucs in zttd outside ￿h0O]. Emotional and social supp)rt ￿ eontiibute to a pw)sitive sch(y)ilhome envilum￿ Children who ftel Support￿ are likely to engage in di8nWive or aggressive behaviour. treating amore COTM1ueive learnin8thome ertvironmerrt. 2. Enhancaj s￿lat Skills: Ctijldt￿ who r￿e1Ve ￿etaI support are likely to d¢v¢lop better iTrt¢rpw￿ skills. They may leam ¢ff¢div¢ wrnmuni¢ati¢)￿ omfiicl r45oluU¢M4 atml Coopcratlo￿ whith are ctucial for building healthy re]atioNhips. 3. Better Ae4demic Perf0nnw￿e'. Ernotional well.king is closely linktyj to eo8tiitive fLmCtioniTLg. Children who are emoiionajly and socia]ly Support￿ may expuimce improved concentr8tioJ4 problem-solving abilities. overnll 4. Long4erni Health Benefits.. EJTh)tional wellthtng in childhood is link)4 to betta health outCOm¢5 in ￿U[th￿l Jndividuais who dcvclop ￿)sitiVe emotion￿ and social skills duriog ¢hildhwd we I￿ likely to expericnce stKSS-rdated kn￿1th later in lif¢. FINANCIAL REVIEW Re5erve5 policy Th¢ ¢harity maintsins unKstriaed ￿ndS to b¢ at a l¢vd ¢qui￿ent io thrtt tnonths, admiIustrative Supk expenditures. The tru&ees consider that reserves at tbis levd will ewur¢ thal in the event of a significant drop fundin& tlw will be able to continue the charitys ck￿rent ￿tivItie& while considcration is given to ways in which additional funds may k raigd. The levd of resLXVCS h&s bet￿ maintained thTtyJghout the year. Atih¢ end of the yewth¢ chaTity rwve5 w¢re &q follows: Genera] unrestricted fimd: £39,180. During theyearth¢ charity ff¢eiv¢d tdai grant of £55,113 and rnis¢d d(￿tion of £15,49). Atthe end ofthe year. the net irtcre￿ in ￿ndS forthe period was£35.374. The c￿lty continued io rnaintain healthy bank resaves. Page 3 THE MAZE ORGANtSATION CIO REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR EI%DED31 M*r¢b 2025 srRL'CTUR4 GOvEILNA￿C￿ AND MANAGEMENT Governlngdo¢ument The Charity is constituted &8 a Charitable Incorpordted Ory&Jis&tion (ao) govemed by its Const]￿tion datal 30 January 2024. The Ch￿lty 15 overseen by four ThLStets: . Ms Carolyn Maze, Founder ￿)dchaIr - Ms Bevcrlry Barnford, Financial Controlltt - Dr Ana Arn￿t￿ll￿ Directorof B￿sinesS - Ms At)naMellit4 Tnjstee and Adiisor Th¢Board provides thtegic leadership. oversighi andgovernan Bcfore 24 July 2024. th¢ ¢harity opuaung as a community inter£st company (CIQ undcr the nam< The Maze Organi￿tIon regi5trrcd with CompBnic5 House unthr registration number 13703325. On 24 Ju]y 2024, anew charity was registered with tk ajarity Cornmi$sion under registration number 1209273 ond the CIC convertedlcli>sed. Financial accounts of the CIC for the year 31 MoJch 2024 were sh¢)wn as ￿MporatiV in th¢ djarity a￿O￿nts. Recrultment gnd Appolntment of Dew tr￿tee5 Trustees are apptsinted under th Collstitution aThJ ￿lY¢ an inductionon their dutiu. Orggulsatlonal stru¢Mre Ms C Maze is the Charitys only onployee and rn8nages day io day cwations at)d core progrdmme ddivery. Additiona] ia]ists and project thtyare engagLxI asconsultants on a projed by PTDject basis. Dedslon making Truste£$ m¢¢t r¢guJarly to monitor perfonnanc4 rthrycw risk4 and approve strategic decisions. Operaiionaj ma¢tets within budget and stratryy are delegated to the Chair. Financial control& saftguardiJJ& and risk management pri￿£ arcTeMcwed annually. Key rtmunerAtion The tNste6s 8Je regaxtsj &$ kvy management of the ch8Jity. M5 C,M4z¢ rK¢ivd a T¢rnun¢ralion of £8.380 (2024: £nil) and a pension contribution of £127 (2024.. £nill Pa8c4 THg MAZE ORGANISATIOTh CIO REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES R THE YEAR ENDED 31 Mar¢b 2025 TRUSTEES, RESPOTrsSIBILITY STATEMENT The ttustees rWtsSi￿]¢ for pr4wing the R¢Frt)rt of the Th]ste¢s and the fiMKial $Wem￿ts in accordance with applicable law a￿d Uniled Kingdorn Accounting Standarth (UDitedKingdom Generajly Accepttsj Accounting Pra¢¢ic¢}. The ]aw 4)plicable to chaTitiC5 in England aT¥J W81&%, the CTrarities Act 2011, Ch￿lty (Accounts and R¢ports) Regulations 2008 and th¢ provisions of the tn]st d*1 wuir¢s the trustees to prepare fthattciol ￿atementS for ewh fmancial year which give a ttue 8md fair view of the state of affairs of the clwity 8JJd of the in¢oming re￿UrCeS atld 4)plication of resourcffj itKluding income alld expenditure, of the ¢hdTity foT thai period. In PTepaTing those fmancial &atemenN thetru*ees fffjuiTed to - select suitable accountingpolicies andthen apply them eoThsistcntly' - obserye the mdh(wJs and principles in the SOiIP,' - make judgements and e5timate5that are rc&g>nable and prudent., - state whether applicable accounting stattdths have been followed subjwt to any material diselosol explai￿1 in the financial statemen - pr¢par¢ th¢ finan¢ial $tst¢ments ¢)n the going ¢onc¢rn l*si$ UDlo it is inarwopriat to prthime fl￿t the charity will rontinuc in bu5ine&%. Th¢ tn]sttts aT¢ TCSPDtLsibl¢ for k(tping prop¢r ac¢(Kmting Tccords which disclose with rcasonable awuracy at any time the financial position of the eharity and to enable them to etL8U]t that the financi￿ stakm¢t)ts wnply with the Chariti£ Act 2011, the Charity mply with ihe applicable requirements eonceming thc form and content of accounts set out in the Charitics (Accounts ond Rwrts) RegulatlOll5 21y)8 oth¢r than any rcquirement that the ￿e￿ntS give true and fairvi¢w which is not a matt¢T con5idcrtd ￿ part of an indet*kn examination. I have no cowxrns and havc come across no other matt¢T5 in connection with the examin*ion to whith attention should be drawn in this report in orderto en&ble a p]vperundertanding of the a¢￿ullts to k read￿1 MrPhilip Ihissiphorou BA (Hon$) FCCA FCA G. Gwrg¢ Associat&% Limit&1 charter￿ certifi￿ A¢couniat 12 Gateway Mews RI￿ Way N112ur THE MAZE oRG￿lSATIoN CIO STATEMENr FIN￿l'ClAL ACTIVI 313.25 Utuc*icted nd 31.324 Total Notes DoDations and le8acia 70.612 34202 Raising funds 7,7C Cb•rlt•ble acthtks Education sui>port program6 33239 23,344 Tot*l 35,238 31,050 YET IliCOME 35374 3.152 RECOP4CILIATAON OF FLryDS Total fiu)ds brnu8M forward 3,806 654 39,180 The notts forn part of these financi81 Aatcments BALAliCE SHEET 31 Mareh 2025 31.3.25 Unrestricted fimd 31324 Total Notes CURREhY ASSETS 49,486 34295 CREDrroBS Amounts fallitig due within one year (io)(￿> (30,489> 39.180 3,806 TOTAL A&SET6 LESS CURRENr 39,180 3,8 NET ASSE13 39.180 3,8(I5 Unrestrict&J fimds 39.180 39.180 Th¢ financial 5tste]nents were approved by th¢ Boald of Trus*es and authoTised for i&suc on I l Dwnber 2025 And w￿¢ signaon its behalf by.. M5 C Mazc. Tru5tce Dr A Ar￿ry DrA Armstrong. Tn￿¢¢ The notes form pad of thC￿ fL[ts￿lal ￿ternents THE MAZE ORGAhlSATION CIO IYOTLS TO THE FINthCIALSTATEMEFqTS FOR THE YEAREf*DED 31 March 2 ACCOiiNfING POLICIES BA8ls of preparlng the finawlal $tatem¢nts The financial ststements of the charity, which 15 a public b¢n¢fi¢ ffltity un(kr FRS 102, have tt¢n prepared rdance with the ChaTiti¢s SORP (FRS 1021 'A¢counting Reportin8 by Charities.. Statement of Recommended Prxtice 4ipli&*le to charitie5 prcparing their accounts in aC￿rdan￿ with the Financial ReFthing Standard applicable in the UK aj￿ Republi¢ of Ireland IFRS 102) (effective l January 2019y, Fingmcial Reporting st￿dard 102 The FIT￿￿la1 RqK>rtin8 Standard appliiable in the UK and Republic of Ireland, and the a￿vitieS Act 2011. The fJJwicia] stst¢ments hav¢ b¢¢n Fryared uT¥Jtt histori￿ wst convention. All income 15 recognised in the Statema)t of Fin￿¢la] A¢tivitscs once tbe charity h&s entitlem￿[ to the fimds il is probable that th¢ income will be received andthe amountean b¢mea￿￿ reliably. Expendlture Ltabi]ities are Ttto￿lSCé as expendi￿[¢ ￿ 500n as ther¢ is ¥ legal or constructive obligation comrnittiD8 thc hariiy to th* ¢xpenditurt, it is probable a transfer of e¢ot)omic benefits will bc rcquired itt settl¢m¢nt and th¢ amount of th¢ obligation can be measured rdiably. Expcnditure is a¢￿Unted for on an accruals b&%is and has bccn classified undes headings that agwgatc aIl cost related to the cate80ry. Where costs cannot directly attiiEAJtcd to particular headings thry have been a]located to activities on a basis L%)nsistent witb the use of T￿tioll The charity is twtwt fromtax on its eharitableactivities. FuDd accouDtinK Uwestricte41 funits can b¢vs¢d in aecordartee with the charitsble obJ'ectiV&4 2t the di￿retIOn of thetsustees. Restricted fi]nd8 can on]y be used for partteular ttsrri¢t&J pUty0s￿ wrythin the object5 of the Ch￿lty. R¢*rirtions Is¢ spe¢ified by th¢ donor orwhen fimds. arerdistsl forparticular re8tii¢t&l purpose& FUrt1￿CXP1at)ati0n ofthcnature and purpose of each fimd is indud¢d in the noteltothe fin￿cIal statements. The Ch￿lty Oper￿ a defineAI CODtribution ￿10￿ scl*me. Contributions payabl¢ ty th¢ eharitys wion schone aye ¢￿ge￿ io the Stst¢ment of Fina￿la1 A¢¢ivitie5 in th¢ period to which relat DONATIOliS AND ￿AclEs 31.3.25 31.324 Donatiom 15,499 55,113 34202 70,612 34202 Glants r¢¢¢ivei in¢lud&lin the abovq are &$ follows: 31.3.25 31.324 55,113 34202 Page 9 continued... OTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATE￿￿T￿¢0￿￿ RAISING FUYDS Raising doDatiOD5 and Iw¢ies 31.3.25 31.3.24 Evet 1.999 7.7( TRUSTEES, REMuf*TRATION AND BEliEFITS Ms C Maze received a TemunwdtK)n of £8,380 (2024.. £nil) and a pension contribution of£127 (2024.. £nil). No employee5 re£eiYed ernolutnents in exce55 of £60,000. Tiu8tee8' expenses Thu¢ w¢r¢ no truste£g exFthscspaid foT the year ended 31 March 2025 nor fortheyc4r¢ndcd 31 2024. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES fuT ¥COME AJ¥DENDOWMKTrYS FROM Donation5 aTMI legacies 34.202 EXPENDITURE ON Raising fimds 7,7( Charit•bk #cth4tles EthKation wpport proBrams 23,344 Tothl 31,050 3,152 RECONCIIJATION OF FUNDS Torai funth bt))ught forward 654 TOTAL FblYDS CARKIED FORWARD 3.806 Page 10 continufAI... TBE MAZE ORGANISATION CIO OTES TO THE FtryAf4CIAL STATEl￿ENTS- cOthu￿1 FOR THE YEAR ENDED31 , cRED￿ORS. AMOUNTS FALLUIG DUE WITHLN ONE YEAR 31.325 31.3.24 T&ution and socia] %curity Other creditOTS 739 29,750 IOJ06 IOJ06 30,489 MOVEMKVT LY FUNIXS Net ovemait in fimds At 31.3.25 Ai 1.4.24 UDrestrf¢ted funds Ga)erBI fund 3,81 35,374 39,180 TOTAL FU￿1 3,8(hS 35,374 39,180 Net movement in inclu￿1 in theabove as follows.. rncornin8 Resour￿5 Movemetht in funds Unrestrkted funds General fvrtd 70.612 (35238) 35J74 TOTAL FLTrIDS 70.612 (35,2381 35,374 Compar4ttvu for mov*mentln hll Nel movem¢ftt in ￿lld$ At 31.3.24 At 1.4.23 G￿traI fi￿d 654 3,152 3.8( 654 3,152 3.806 Comparativ¢ netnb)v¢m¢nt in fimd& in¢luded in the aFMive are as foll Re￿urCeS hlovonent expended in funds Gtherdl flll 34202 (31.050) 3,152 TOTAL FUNDS 34,202 (51.050) 3,152 Pag¢ll THE LWE ORGLIIISATION CIO NOTES TO THE FI)L KThCIAL STAT£MENIS- CODtKnued MOVEMEIIT tN FUNDS. A (urreDt year 12 Mont￿ and￿jOry¢4rI2 months¢(Mnbin¢dposition is as follows: Net movcmthit in fvnds At 31.325 At 1.4.23 Unrestrf¢ted fw Genernl fund 654 38,526 39,180 TOTAL FUNDS 654 38526 39,180 A current ycar 12 months and prior year 12 rnonths combin&J net movanent in fimd4 inchktal in the atK)ve aTe follows: rc50urccs expended in fimd5 UDrestricted funds 104,814 (66288) 38.526 TOTAL FUI¥DS 104,814 (66288) 38,526 IIELATED PARTY DtSCIA)SiJRES tkning year. Ms C Ma4 trustee of the charity. rwxived a mwiaati