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AMERSHAM UNITED CHARITIES TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEAIBER 2023 prwsbjns olknunbng and Rewrb'rmj ty Chanties". Statemvntol Recrynnwtsj Prth thwitS KKep￿ ththr aDunts [dan￿￿￿th Finawa Rewrb'ng Sthjard in UK RewbkoflrelaNI IFRS 1021 leffttti¥t 1 knuary YJ191. with the ch￿S governiThJ (k￿n￿nL fv Chth kt 2011 "I4xrtJnW ￿ Rem"NJ ty Ch￿be$.. Stamnt of UK and RepuNK ol Ireland IFRS 102)" leff&th 1 Jaw¥y20191. The object of the Cha￿ty LS to seThE ￿ rned5 of Cdtthl • To rret 1145 obixtr tr Chity sook5 thwitable Theots of hAh>￿Se Chth aè.. The resJents 01the￿MSh￿SeS must be in rd ae re5th1at mi, m the fcknw ordorrfyty.. lal The m of Lwefit Ibl of Lee, Icl the ¥ea In ald￿On to obsemng the qUara￿S, wiitsYJ trj tr Dw15 InJd8&s shrwk1 prlth trj mombers of the Church ol Engl•vJ. Theobiects ofts Young PersryN thE aE.' The owt of the y￿r￿j PeTrJns FuThJ uThlw 21 T￿ •1 of fin•v a￿S￿ce we in the ¥ea01ter￿ fwlhe rekrfof td, hdship or dt5trE55 in the aw. Th¢Tr￿101$ mty ¢¥ryfArt Ihis c4¥tty. . min9 grants iThlr4Jua15. CKtAlwe IowwF6." or . pro￿oIng forgoods, ser¥w Or1￿1￿S IN them. L¥ . makjng grants of fftheyto othw Fefgms them In éXLpit¥) the Tnjstees mty d&>Jekn assMt>rnff I￿ L%oil￿e ￿". $￿￿entOUtsk1e the wea of benefi¢ Dnty temFrfJrariFy ni th¢ Ea ol LnthSt Publk b•nefft Tht Trustees confirm that refvmd bj the Cth•ty guvJwKe on wi RMld•ftts 3)23 was a ￿tter1E¥ to tth l)n wth resN1etits, io Lkn trarvvs wd kn IPS￿￿ to tlw A¢hlevwrnnts Ind perfonNn¢• Rwtine MWnten￿C ￿kS h&t be￿ c￿j ￿. 14)• hm bew Addl￿)n￿"LnI lo the s has alyo b8en cJrnd out ty thB oiwJinal

AMERSHAM UNITED CHARITIES TRUSTEES, REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 Thè Mk%s LWsAJm51w¥o h hJJ a rethxJ r r WKI of >w, a5 too resthnts haE W H￿￿r, n￿rn. tt is to sewth for new w¥kntstD fil li atthe staiof tr24. Trnsleesdpj make a g￿lDf£29) in 3)2312W£OI thB Y￿r￿j •K1 P(x FuThl the >v. Fln•n¢l•l r•vl•w l. L Ch¥ty cwed at of£43.977 I￿.. iKtTh mkntva ofU UT¥e5tswts irAyw•J trty£11727 ￿2.. d￿aSed£ll,w. is the p) L4 fv ¢h•ty threstithd thjnds twi thswJna&l fN a ¥e¢ifK use te fflned at a yuryaknt to between Ihrne aJ six mnth'$ ewlknJ￿. Tr tr&ees rJmsAl¥ that resu¥es ¥AI enyJTe that in the mnt ol a gntht drop in fvNling, W ￿11 trj contnue the gJnEnl wlllè ct￿S￿leral￿M w¥r& in fufds rawj. gl rBW% ha Plini lorfulur• p•rloth The TFustee5 we stll Fknnin9 ID go thèaj wth ￿ ￿rale at Dre's VJo￿$ h￿e teen dèl•d aafc 5ui¢the to be r•sed. Jt that these we rKy nve ikety to in a)25. uK0)Jp￿ unts h& teen m Alajk fwshryt.term CO￿p￿n wloths ter#J requi￿￿￿nt Chity i% an Unir￿01porated chty. The Tnthj l) (xxrth ts Clity ts 8 Chlable 15 ongtin9 d shoukj see Injthjn w¢yJnd the ervj ofTr24. During 2023 the￿ a pBrh)J of upha. A ttew tre Chw Cknk. ThTS in Tr)tre bwrry gra￿ to terrninats the Gkrk'5 ¥￿Intment Tho Char, quW ty t0 TDJstees. resigned tyler ￿ unrdated incthnt that arose fr a MjKa￿Ualf￿d Tnth teuvj ts) one of was len ￿. TrthiLst dhl rnsutt in 9)￿ dety #i paw'ng Son￿ ol the Chwity'5 ryedrt(W5. a ￿￿en kk of athortsthj sffjn¥fjnes, Ihs ha5 fthT been rpsfyW, ¥nth M impxt to the lal￿nship the crwJitcff5 Ch¥ty. A ft4bkn has Ottwjed lo reyjn in eth J)24. To endé￿ lo rebJn the Tnjstee BO3￿ lo lull W￿Mtv$hP a repI￿r￿tTnj5tee h85 e Lw rtropted Ihe Bod cryuing wth the rolwanl nominabjn toJs to ￿11 a furth￿ kni d the wwies. The Trustee5 we 0 in d￿$s1)n a surtth person to fill the Y￿nI pJ$'bDn of TrBurw, rt i% rwAyet L¥ 4ther ¥Yth ¥J a Tr&8. htrH8¥er, the Board's uikntiw, rf ￿￿1b￿, to retrJrn lo tts ful numlwofTw51￿ as (taknd wthm the G(h￿ing The Charity ha5 reC￿ty [￿eP￿d 8 a frmr Trustee Nuesbr•J from the Cknk frcffl the Charity desoibe 45 Tr stsE5s thL% has ￿j$thr and Ch sh(#Jkl tae sps to r• the atyd efflolhjna rewtab￿l cwJ. Tl4 a I¥￿st for I￿$13, ha5 teBn pa5ed Ch￿$ Insur Gomrnlng documlrt From the 29 2W18 9)￿ing fryrrvbu ¢h¥ths, tr￿S upAfflwkn Unit&l Chth in the Park8h OfAMersh￿ ¥Jth Coleshill. Buckinghthye. The bolTnJsteesforh thJitre5o> rt. . 3 Twsloeg ¥e ts Rth thurdnvth$ fMI St IAtys Chwt, al rf Iho Erde￿ast￿l 01 sttt and Crshl P¥*h of4 yws. . Ttysle¢s. •pr#￿j ty tsTne5 at n￿rIal0ra pwvj of4 y￿.

AMERSHAM UNITED CHARITIES TRUSTEES. REPORT {CONTINUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 The IrwteestAtsJ srnd dumj the 4) ID dswjn￿rè M Dcffl%r IRwMd olm￿24) V ￿m￿r￿S H Mwttan&Jone5 (ReS￿ned 02111r￿) P mill￿er (Resigna 01111r•J231 pathtt G NalttlResgn¢d 01111r20231 JRwn T Bam¥d D. skn.nnw Alth￿rffirst￿1lny ￿￿t.￿j n Tnt0es rllhetnw•s trj bedwoftheirrrthb"r The Trustees mty ofth&rmembetstrsome oovsudth pwsts) ass•tydw The Trustees must aFpinlm a5 Treawrw. The￿ are rm) empknytts. Th• Chtyis fulty gJmF4wt wlh ts ajj hal. ts nx1yt￿tsY￿. a r•Ynpknr￿tQfT￿J5lees. Th& Chty is lth'rs to seth to fl the ￿￿&￿T￿SI￿e The Trustee5 man&Je risk ty rrrtan$ of ts InJ5tee ￿ting5 a rtsk a55esyrvrt kVrA￿s, to di￿sS a55e55 bU￿￿e$S iisks imFknent risk man4emtnt strgw. This thè tyFeS of rth fv Chty fxes, in tems of potenb"a irn￿ and likdibL￿ of Jenty'ng ts mè5 ID mfoJ the rth. Tr Trustees use z wrypcl risk WLSter to reLorf d the risks. prrKess den￿StrS Ihe Tmslots haE mievJ thiuxy tl IhB Challs r￿￿[(. The Chwty$ COntrD￿ gjrrfryrn the gu￿1￿ ts$￿d ty the ¢h• Crfftniw. Stat•mrrt oftru•t¢M' rn•poMlbllld•• The trustees ae rÈspDnsibk prepanng the TNses' ReFJrt ¥KI s1&er￿ts tsi Lv •¥J Unrted ngdMIPttwnting SI￿da￿s lun￿ Prthl. The law wh'cable to ch•rties in ENJknd W5 rwJKes thetDJsteestrJ 5tatwnwts tr yearwhKh gNe # true and fairAy oflhe S￿ ofaffar¥ ofthe th•ty ￿ of0 cl re￿U[ce$ ofthe chantyforth8typar. In p￿p￿r￿j thesefinWK￿ St￿en￿ts, Ihe Irusiths • r•wied b).. . obsom the ntWs wr5 in Ihe Ch•kn SCIIP. finanoa 5ta8rMnts', The inJstee5 ￿ reSP)n￿ble f&r kew"r#J yjffbxnt fEcryd5 tha drAkne with reaxrfth tin the finanu pjsjtion ol the chanty en ilem ID the sfaeJMnts with ts Ch¥ihsAX ￿11, ts Chanty IAco>Jnts Reports) Regukb'ons X￿8 the prDW5iMS of the thjst ¢Jeed. Tly • rest￿$t* for sthJu¥dK4J thè xsets rf the and he￿e fortth"n9 ￿￿nablE Step5 for the We￿tI)n a￿1 dlTrJd •wJ oltw

AMERSHAM UNITED CHARITIES TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 Irustmg r8wJrtas 4VU4d tythB dTnNiB¥&

AMERSHAM UNITED CHARITIES INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REpoKr TO THE TRUSTEES OF AMERSHAM UNrrED CHARtriES I rEWrt to the trusw tyi ryry exaTrnaM of tr finnya Urd ChwitRs (ts the )wr 31 DeCeMber￿a. R•¥pon¥lbllWM and of r•port CharibesPd2011 (the 2011 Act). I rBFQrt in res￿ of nyy eXan￿￿1 of the ¢xrt seclth 145 of the 2011 In c￿r￿ry rJt my ¢winab'M I ha¥e al tsappkale ￿"rth5 the ChtyCrynmrys)n underS•)n 14515)Ibl olthe 2011 A Indepnderrt exan￿n•t8 tht•n Y¢￿r attentK>n Ys drawn to thÈ f¥t th& the L¥ty h AmyJntir4J R8p>t'ng by Ch¥bes pre￿ng their axwnts in ￿0Nd￿ with Re[￿ SlaJJd 1gpbcable in bl• UK of lrnknd IFRS 1021 in Prefe￿nce to ￿ knunting RepNb"rvJ ty Ghwik5' Ststwtht of Re¢)>nrwKlgJ Prxkn IS￿ w 1 Xl)5 l undethd that thLS has bBen d￿e in ryderfor fina￿￿ bj •wJ lar Th Cn•knrtsd A(x￿n￿.￿9 Prth effeth fryrpwting [￿JS WiinDN w orts 1 knu¥yZ115. I have completed my eknMMnabc). l no maknrs h&• b) ffly ith the ￿￿ination gr¥ing cajse to te￿.￿ that in any materia rEsp ?￿OUnti￿ records were not kept in rpspeLI ￿the IXI cltr 2011 Prt LY Iheftnanci Stateff￿ts do Tr)t xcfjrd b)ose ￿￿S." or the finants￿ sterren¢5 do con¥fy vmth the rerywewts form of set tr Chariks IArxrths and ReFKvlsl Rè9ulatbJn$ Oth¥th￿ ¥ty thathe gPt a trL •¥J fWr¥￿ i% ￿t a mattero)nsiler&J a5 partof * indeFerhnt &winthn. I no concerns (x)rre ￿$5 no othw nrs ￿ o)nnKt#Jn to t¢ in thi4 port In OTder to ènthe a prrper unde￿jI￿j olthèfmwa Stat￿￿ kn b& [￿h8￿. UH olour rnport This repart is m* bj the th¥ty's trusi¢e¥, ￿ a tK4ty. pw14 ￿1h8 Ch•>ties Ipul￿nts •KI Repjtsl RtyulJns 2W8. Our has teen und&tsken so m¥Jhtstate to ¢h¥EV5 trustee5 those rnalrs we ¥e NuirEd to state to trm in auditorf5 reP)rta￿ forno olher purFQ5e. Tothe exlent Fmitted ty I￿, tn th) rnt W orawrr wwtsltylo otrr than the charity and tt¢hwiV¥lN5es a5 a. fw115 IEM QPilffj$Tn hm fcrfm•J. Samlr Sh•h FCiATII mon Lt• Ltd London EC2A48A . 2910512024

AMERSHAM UNITED CHARITIES STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTMTIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 nth fvn . D••v4nat•d fvndl fundi . OMrbthd 2022 2022 Othertr•Jing Ktri lnyestrn￿ts .)7 151 7J7 146 Totsl Incom• 93,531 97.045 97.191 nd R•sry fvnd¥ 1101 2,401 51,716 51,746 10.131 10.131 Totsl •¥p•rKIMur• In¢om•lorth• yMr 43,831 Nel gar￿(￿$￿) on 6.047 12,n7 (627n 15,5881 111.8651 N•t In¢orn•lorth• y•arl N•t rno¥•rn•nt In 1,213 15,44 24,771 Fund 1 Jwuwy2023 rJ7. 2￿.￿ 2,634282 3J7,172 2.402,339 Fund b•l•fi￿ at 31 OeG•ffl 2023 287,263 2,403.n3 2,￿), 237,385 2,398,897 2,634,282 $￿t of ts￿11&9 iKIKles al •MI ￿￿e5 W1¥5ed ￿. Al ￿)￿re ¢thits"nulng

AMERSHAM UNITED CHARITIES BALANCE SHEET ASAT 31 DECEMBER 2023 Heritage assets In55tments 2.325218 2,313271 251231 IS99.178 2.564,502 Currerrtamets 1,425 117.791 Ca¥h wd in h￿d 137J8 138214 115.4041 119.21fj 113.9981 Cr•dltorn'. ifflounts hllnB dy•TAlthkn on•y Net¢urrent a55ets 122.810 1(15218 Totsl iM•ts I•M cU￿￿t 2.711. 2,869,720 cl￿￿0￿. •mDunl lallkng du•aft•rnwJrnth•n on•yeir P1.C(Ql 135,4381 2,634,282 kn¢tsm• fvn En¢￿T￿entfUnd$- tna¥J Unrp5trithd fvnds 2.403,rr3 287￿3 2,￿,897 237,385 2.￿.9￿6 2.634282

AMERSHAM UNITED CHARITIES NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEpirs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 Aeeounllng 1.1 A¢counllng The finan&l 5t•ments tttn prep¥gJ in •xgxlw wth the Ad XJ11, FRS 102 FIN￿L)d ReFlyb.￿ 4p UK Rewbkoflrel•NI' fFRS 10T) Ch￿￿e5 SORP'Pur¥Jnting Repybng ty Chiis. Staten￿l of R￿n11￿￿d apFth kn ¢wthes prpw"TrJ th&"r ￿nts in •>j)rd￿ FinaTh7I Re1K)￿'r￿ Stand¥1 4t4￿￿4e in fv UK •vJ ol Irel￿ IFRS 1021. leff#tro 1 X1191. Th (hty is Putk Berfft Entity as definejj ty FRS The siaterrents hrn d¢patrd from ts Ch￿te8 Rryrtsl R8gULi1￿ onty ts th• extent requiTrJ to provKle atnje f•'r depts8 has 1fvr￿j fokry ts SioterMld Prthfrjr FRS 102 rather than the of ts SMt cl RecUnnr￿ded Prarg Is ￿[￿lj to wi the ReguiDns tArt whKh ha5 sinr• L￿n ithdram. 12 Chithible fundi Un￿$t￿cted tunds are •abè at the d￿￿e1Th olthe Irustees li fvrttvJK¢ oftr ot4th$ Ollts whith fva￿ not been thsuned for DtknwryK>ses. End¢Thment lunds rnwesenl those ￿tS musl te the th•ty, Ihe Ahn5t¥)Uses. Ir￿ on the 8ndown￿l fu￿15 ￿ te used the of the chty d Is ￿d￿Je￿ a5 income. Any 1.5 AJI TÈ¢t#JnisoJ in tr Slaeft￿rt ol knibe5 I￿￿Al IYKe h¥ to ts IuTK15, it k% probablo th ihe the Munt ￿ te n￿jr￿j reb"&ty. 1.4 &p•ndltyr• Liabilibes are reco3ntse￿ as exFthJre a5 a5 is a oNJn cunftithng the tharity to th eXpendrtJ￿, rt is prob&4e a Msfer of bwfits t¢ in 5etlwnent the aft￿nt of Lhe oblgatK)n can L measured Idiabty. ExtAlrtwe L5 xcoJnd bay5 •KI ha5 kn da5%￿j under heajings that i9regate 11 cost bw"s consthntwth the use of res￿￿. 1.5 H•rltagq ismts Sir William Drake's ￿ 1I5s H￿Ie1 WsAn51M￿ses ¥YerE 1875 •A1 trwe ofts ct As they are henttye assets SORP IFRS 11r21 twn iKJLbJ in ts ax￿nts at a5*ts n to te 1.6 T•xatlon Mm• unr•1trfc￿ UThrutrlcl•d fund•

AMERSHAM UNITED CHARITIES NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 Totsl fvn Dn•led fun nd• DUr￿lId 2022 151 146 146 2022. TnNI￿, •xp•n¥ rltsg••iMts At1 20fJ 2,313.271 11,947 At 31 D•r•nthT2Dll 2,325218 The 6 Dres amshjuses were tr￿lt in the l 18th 1W2 into 4 ththJs. ThÈ g am5houses buitt in 1875 and M(¥j￿ in 2017 into 7 thMtn9s aKI gjmwrfe (rf a of one tsdrcAn commun gwden5. No vaue ha5 been attrthrtrt￿ trj the ¢05t out In 1970, ht￿er￿ wuir&J under SORP FRS102 to in&Jde the propertss a lar th. Tr Trustees oThiJer the fa.r Val￿ Imakot v&xl of Ihe eknn exi prDyb'e5 to be £2.￿7,[￿￿)1￿17 . resl*l at £2j7,iK￿I bas•J Ir￿e[¢r￿l vakth ty knlng 4, on 7 J 2017.

AMERSHAM UNITED CHARITIES NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED R)R THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEAIBER 2023 2022 251,231 2022 CF RuferAhgJbJie PbJm Fwwj Chrn>) InStrn￿ Fund. yO￿g Per9)ns& Fu￿1 68,141 33,WJl 70.610 92,013 31,883 CIF $hrn- Repa'rFuTrJ COIF Charlts ElhKa FuTrJ 81,185 251231 D•lrtorn 2022 Aft￿uM￿ f4lllr4 du•tAIthIN on•yw. 1,425 Cr•dhor•: Imtyjnts f•lMng du• *hln OM y Other 12.884 11.7 15,404 13. cl￿￿0￿. •fflountsWlng du• th nbx• than on• y• 2022 21.Ik)) 35,438 10-

AMERSHAM UNrrED CHARITIES NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKfs (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 10 n•tMMts Dwlgn•d fvnth Totsl fund• fvnds ]22 Fund at31 represenled ty. lrrt3ge asseL4 In¥ethtnts CuThent xsetslOiltsl Lry knn 2325218 . 78 2?25218 2.313.2T1 2 J13,271 251,T31 1C6,218 135,4381 185,453 122,810 121.tKIJi 167,e 1C6218 (35.4381 122,810 121.(Kl 287J3 2.403.723 2.￿,986 237.3B5 2,M,897 2,634,282 11 Ilo¥•m•ht In Fund• N101ffj123 fur￿$ At31.12.rJ Unrestsictsd Fur Genwd Funds 49,878 287263 Endument F￿r￿S Endom8nl Fund 2,403,723 TOTALFUNDS 2,634.282 ,704 2.69],986 Kkn*nwtin fu (knreslthj FuThJ$ Generd Funds 93.531 149,7tfji 6.047 49.878 Efidtrmft￿t Fund TOTAL FUNDS 149,7(1)I 12.n7 12 Rdthd prty 11