Charity registration numl F￿￿)lld w￿eS 220240 S[￿￿8￿d SC039530 Sons of the Saered Heart of Jesus (a150 known ￿ The Verona F4tberslComboni M￿S1o￿arleS) Report and Finan¢lal Stat¢m¢nts 31-December-202S P4e l of20 Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (also kDOWD ￿ Tbe VeroD* Fstherslcombonl Mts#lonArks) Rwrt ¥Dd Financial Statements Contents P*ge L¢8al 8nd thinistrativt inforniatio Tnths. rcp)rt ItlllerKt¥Jeth Auditors, report 10 Stat¢m¢nt of finaA¢ial artivities 13 BalaE￿e sheet 14 St8temcrt ofca5h Ilows 15 Principal ArA0Wrti￿g Polici& Notes to th¢ fit)aKial 3t8ttmeN3 18 Poge 2 of 20 Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus {8l$o known A$ The Verona F*th¢rslC0ml￿lll MISSIO￿tI￿) Iwl 8nd AdmlDbtr*tiwe lllf•nn*tl As Di￿GI￿￿Of V¢rotw Patb¢rs Li￿1*d TheR¢v¢r¢Dd Padilla RLth mc¢j- thBimian The R¢veTeJLd Jo]m Rot¢n Anthony Clth mccj Th¢ ReveLEnd Jobntknwney na¢cj The RevertDd All￿10 Pelucchi m¢cj (￿￿gUed 7th (kn￿r 2025) Pr•vin¢i•l Suptrior Th¢ RtverendRub&PAdilla RO¢ha￿￿J Provkntial Treawrer Pr•¥iDcial orr¥c Road SvDThkD8dllle Berkshitt SL5 OJY T¢kphotte 01344 621237 Cb*rlty AAmbtr EllgJxDd •od Wales Sc&tland 220240 SC039530 A*lltors Willioms Chart¢red AcrA)untanls Jode H￿]Sc 67, Park Royal R(wd LondonNWIO 7JJ BaTrk¢rs Ro)wl B￿￿r8th 3& Si SquatE Edinburgh EH12 2Y8 Invotment MaDrf¢T¥ BrewrynDolphiti L 11 Smithfield StreeL Londott ECIA 9BD Sollcitord Poth¢c¥Jy With$￿ Weld ￿tICitor* 84. Ec¢ieston Squ￿. Pitnliw. md(KJ SWIV IPX Ch•rt¢Ytd SMwr¥ liwld Baxtcr. 2.3 Luc&%trs Mews. Paddrthll Ro& HAywards Heath. West Sussex RH16 IHE Page 3 of 20 Sons of the Sacr¢d Heart of Jesus as The VeroD* F*tberJlCornboDi Mioityn•rlM) Trnsl•ts' report Th¢Tnknpr￿¢llt their R¢￿rta￿dFinaTrri￿ Skn¢nts forthe yBtrelld¢d31stDELrmber 2025 IP4TRODifllON The Sons of tIL¢ Sa(¥ed HeBrt (Ihc Vcrana Falher51Combotsi m￿l0￿￿ri¢s} we 80 itt*matiottai RomyD Catholi¢ Religtous Order of fthiotd priests l&y brothEf5 fouttdtd by Jkniel Comi￿1 in Verona (Italy) in 1867 5pwifi¢ally lo s¢ry¢ the mi55iOllary ULd¢8vours of th¢ Romorl Catho]ic thc Swth ofthe IJLg>ired by thc Gosp¢I. its Methbefts ]tv¢ a ¢IMnmon life tsbgether *Ld practice lift-lotsg T¢ligiotL8 of ￿. ckn#ity and obedien￿. dl ill r%￿bern¢¢ of the RoTt Lliboltc R¢ligioo. EvErythiDg 15 placed 4Dd held in MWDbC￿ do llvi property of ony kind ot individu41 Acwuuts with b4oks or ￿lIar financial jostitutio￿.'1kn pr¢s¢ntly ￿￿ldwide some on¢ hundred {1SQO) V¢Tona FathuWCoJllbDni Mi88iotsaries of Ihirry-¥¢v¢n {371 differcttt thation¥JiTi¢s forty-th￿¢ (43} diffeTellt ¢outttri¢s thrN8tswtEwopA AfriL4 Asit*d the Americag. Theaims oftht VeroDI Fathe1￿01￿￿oni Mi￿10￿￿. ift Ih¢UllitC41Kitt8thFm 8lld Ovqyw. wbe follow6.' . To ￿￿￿ry¢￿esS kn thelove of God for alL 4sexpeTieDccd lttJeg￿q Cbit. . To pThKla￿the Goyl Drc￿73t kn thos¢ ￿ h&vt nothe4rd 1¢ . To foskr- a¢wTdin8to C￿Spe1 values- justice. the irLte8rily of ueati0nwrmld￿dc. . To PThXDDtE *w*re￿ofth¢ mission￿ VA>tk ofthe Rojnao CB¢knoiL¢Chur& luth¢ UnitedKJngdolli *kd ittth¢ r¢Mof Ewope: . To promot¢ themi￿10￿ary vocatio . To serve aDd support youngChwdLe4 inAffii* &8they . To Coll#l￿d di*nbut¢ ffiJnd¥ftyrth¢ trlief of r￿Ill¢ dite ￿v￿ty. GOVERNANCE The Vcrolla Father￿c￿ Mis5tDn4Fifs aTe 80￿M¢d at illternational lev¢1 by # Swior-&ll￿ fout 141 (leneTai CouD¢￿0￿ It th¢tr G¢D¢r•l 14¢Jdquath itt Rome. The Supetx)r-Gen¢ro1 wtd his Councillors ￿￿*d for a 81x-year term of Olf￿ {r¢llew*ble U1￿ rt-cJ¢aioD for one only) & • "Qeneral CTh4)ier' wthi¢b is held every six 101 y¢u5 4Dd wbith is ¢omposed of'Provincial Superior5. ¢if¢t¢d"DetEgts' from ¢￿b of th¢ t*Ynty4¢ven127) SemE￿ll10fft0mOU$'proVanCBbJalty WDf¢5s¢d Mcfflbtt5 of the Otthr ba￿ frcdy chosen to dtdi¢&¢ th¢￿ lives. theirtime, th¢ir ¢￿¢r8￿5 and thcw thieLts toth¢ Churth'yThi#io]wy cndtavows. Ono of tbeSe'ProTrill￿S. or'CiT¢ums¢riptsoDS' the '1￿ Province. iTh*icb of th¢ CornrnuDities re8ideHf aDd WOTkiD8 ktt the Unrt¢d Kin8th)nk Hnd The'PmviDC¢' is governcd by 8'Ptovi￿lal Syitit. alld a four.MembEr'Provkll¢ial Councd.. of are ¢l¢ue(l thr a thT¢C-year of offie£ wthicb is r¢llcwdbl¢ w re4edion, 8aJ¢ralty for one Icrni ODty. The Provillciai SupuN)T and hys Cowicd tned regularly dwingthe ywto". . direct the R(tivities ofMeDJb¢rs ID the'l•nthD Provitic¢ . a55ess alld ¢vHluat¥pmwtts wthitt th¢'I￿PrOVIll￿' itLth¢lWtof Ihe dECiSM)L8ofth¢ pr¢viow8'C*rtd Chatyer.; . r¢vi¢w and Ic8al thvelopmeots: medititt with th¢ SupEriorffjenETai alld hisCoull¢il: W4￿diDate￿nd ituple￿I di￿lIVes0fthc Gewaj CouD¢il,' •nd ' plth w]icie&lguideiittes for th¢'Ll￿dOll Provin¢c' fi￿the forest￿￿ funK¢. In of the (knieclives of the Tfi￿ it is th¢ of tb¢ Charty to ull&rt4ke a ofcbwithbk *Jivitia% ID tht Ulli*d KiDgdom to SUN￿M￿nbel5 ofth¢Conwlitin livin8 and ￿￿th￿s*knmCj￿d0W¢[Sc&4. in •sprciai w8ythose in Afri¢& htlO- the Trust 8ovHned by a TThsL tked dated 6th Apn] 1959. and It*r the 'Chwiii¢s Alt 1900. with (*arity Number 220240. Pagt 4 of 20 Sons of tbe Sacred Heart of Jesus {*lso #s The VtroDa FatbenlComb•Hi mi￿10￿#T￿9 RONA FATHERS LIMrr£D Itl litt¢ *hth fjllallcial fjod kgnl d¢ve1opmeDts iJL the Utiittd the 'Sons of the S&Yed H¢8Jt' or 'Veto]Jx FatherBICoD)boni m￿s1O￿￿ri¢s. were registeredas'V¢toJa Fath¢55 LitDited' iti England andWal£s *7th CowallyR¢855MIiDn Nwnber 594993 ill 1959. Ull&rlhe *nDsofthE Tnb5t rknd dc51￿*￿8 il th¥'Vcrolla Trath¢TS Limitrd. a¢ts Ss the TTllS*< for the'sons ofthe S￿red Heart of Jes￿, or 'Vcrona F&bry51Cotnboni Missionaries.. Th¢ Provin¢iz] Swor. pm wowr¢. is th¢ ¢X¥ufficio Cbatrmati of 'Vernt Fathe[5 LiMI￿j, aAd th¢Oth￿ Dir*trs ofthe Couwaoy Jlojllin￿dbY the Provinuaj Sup¢riw with the approval of his co￿¢11. DIRECTORS Th¢ Dir&kn seTh¢d io th¢ y¢ar•T¢th¢ follDWtThBVe¥olla Fattw￿eo￿lTh1 Missioth*rie$.' R¢v. Ruién Padill&Roch&nJc¢i.Proviticial SurHiw4nd CbairnJ8a of the TA￿1¢¢5 l(ev. MartiD ja￿ D¢v¢nisb Tr￿j. Provillcs81 Tr¢awreraDd S¢ueW to thB Tn*teeg Rev. John Rolxrt Anthooy Clarkm£Gj-DireLknrft Rev. A[b¢r￿ Pduccbi m¢ci. Di[e¢t0rrrn￿ 7th OcbJE¢r21f25) TRUSTblS' RESPONSIBILITIES wmi RFLARDTO THE ANNUAL REPORT AND FtNANCLiL STATEMENIS Uttdet Chffj law. th¢ Ere respo￿￿le Sjr pr¢pwin8 the TvU￿£￿' Ann¥al R¢wrt tIK Fill8n¢iwI Slatwn¢ryts for ca¢h FinanciHJ Yeat, show a fair viBw of th¢ st8t¢ of affaiTS of Cbatity and tsf th¢ txtess of OTh In prepBriDgtho&e Fithatteta) StaI£DrD￿ th¢ Truste￿ *¢Y¢quired to: - 5¢1¢rt5uitsble accountin8pplicies aod th¢napply Ihcm LWb*titJy.' . stste w*cth¢r th¢ [￿Mm¢￿￿]0ns of the St8tem¢nt of Kecothtsxllded hav¢ kn foEloMr4 84thie& to any m&T¢rial dep8rbJres dis¢108e4J wlaill¢d lntheFj￿¢m￿ Si#tem¢llts' . state whether the with the Tfi￿ Dwi to atsy m*riai dep￿￿ dis¢los¢d ZDd wlaill¢d iti th¢ FillHDcid StEtrments' . piepBt¢ FiDaTrciai Statenmts on th¢ '8oin8 (1￿Ce￿I. bA5iJ 1¢ ty ill4¥pYopria* w pr¢Suu￿ thE Charthy wil ¢￿￿]ll￿e its a¢tiviti¢s. respO￿lb1¢ thr krtPin8 pioper TeL¥)rd4 suffi¢tettt to disdo&e gt Atty tim¢ with r¢g8ODable a￿￿8¢y. th¢ fvJwi81 w5itiots of the Ch￿ty ￿ that tim¢ to ellabte th¢ T￿￿¢• to enBUte thaL wts¢tc ally sta*ments of 8(xx*UD¢S are Pre￿rd by thC￿ uTrde¥ S¢¢tkott 13211) ofth¢ (knIti￿ Ad2011. th[￿ $ra*ments of eomply Mryth the teqwell*ttts of re8ulats0ts utsder provisioll. They huvc 8r*rr81 responsibility for takstig su¢b • es are reLwbty open to than to the as￿ of the Cknity 8t)d lo prevent MANAGEMENT Whi]e tbe Tru5tecs arc ultinthly rpTOXi￿ateIY fr>urteen (14,0001 It￿ distsibutr 8tx*en tbousand {10,{￿) wie5 of our Ntis$ioDary Cal¢ndaT. As is indicated iti our Audittd A¢couM4 th¢ ￿y￿derfUl rwllse from our rtadtxs W&8 typi¢d of th¢ir • thou8htfjJlncss ill ourrewd. wvrwSouthWorldJbtt. llOll*TofiT mwthly 'SouthWoAd' with n¢ws and affa￿3 CfDttD&in8 Afn. *Dd South-E&%tAsia. Dwin& th¢ oxKx of th¢ y¢ar ¢nding 31A I)cCc￿beT 2025. the Tn￿ hav¢ contiiwed to dwety JM>niwr aro of inCr¢￿d expettdiDXQ Prmi8e8' ¢xF¢nliI￿ bas ¢outiDud to bc • major ¢xpen8¢ &8 our oldty renovations htcome neeew 10 facilitat¢ ¢h¢ of elderly Confrèr4 other CoromuDity C4Te costs givts Ihe ri*ng agc profile of th¢ Confr¢T¢5 of the PrwryDce Hbith rrfeselllly stBtsds al *xry-DiD¢ 169) yeEF5 of y. A r#u]t of iising 8g¢ ptofiie of the Members. dwitig th¢ cwrs¢ of 2019 the T￿the's commissiot￿d 8 pmiect to d￿lIalize thc ATd¥rvr5 Df Ihr (Mtr's adivities in th¢ Ullised Kingdollt fj)t fiJDJrr thc¢, this L¥>ntitLued ditriL8 2025. In th¢ AiwK¢ of sufficitllt fiu*d8 frotll Mission App¢•is to attditt orthrto h¢Jp th¢4Ctiviti￿Of thc GEtseral8*9md th¢(knl¢r woAdwi& itwas ne¢esgary ￿ draw The Provin¢¢ is iTrvo]ved ill 4>pIyin8 the Acts of the 'G¢lle{￿ Ch8pt¢r' held iti ROTr¢ froffj Julle IsL13(Mh 2021 I￿￿￿$118￿￿8 M¢M￿[S of the Provia¢iai Coun¢ii to atteDd a Suits of P8ftthEuropeaD MeeEill85 &Dd ￿layIng the po]icies knd decisions of Ibose MC¢tin￿ to thr MrThlKrs in th¢ ProMrLC¢. Over the tothing ytar& wbd followiD8 the th¢isitrns of the la* Chapt¢r, ne of its (x)mmwi¢￿offts tyd th¢ ¥t¢4￿Y of the dats it holds to mithityise the pr&%8ure8 up)n such ttsdiwduds. 11 ¢dlt4#& storcs aud uses persollal d*aAll a¢¢ord￿ Muth data proteLXiOll Le￿1*10￿ aTrd 8pe¢ifi¢alty does ust d*a for other th￿ trLt PUryVsels} for wknich it colltthd, sdl or 5W4J d&a lo any th%Td pxty. OT fADfile Such inforrnatiott for ￿5￿CtI all￿￿]8. A8￿. Ai rr&wrts th ctiviti¢s for rnisin8 l¢wn from ¢b¢o aDd trnpD)ve it¥ ￿7Vic£ tknn8 the ye4r> howEver, thE ClJaTity trLEived llo mp]aints about 8aiviti¢s. RESERVLS POUCY The TnJ$*es are very t0tt8¢iow of the ¢•LntDitsntiit of th¢ ChArity to tomilluc its ￿rk ID th¢ fiJwr¢ and th¢ n¢ed to 5afw8rd rth)UTEU, C4xciaUy with the Dullther of MrlltheT3 ietit¢wnt 48¢. Wi¢h thi$ ill vitw tht Tru4t¢e5 bav¢ dBSi8nuled fun(L¥ to a'Rcs¢TVC &nd Retir¢ment Fund,. IILi% is iDte&ded to prnvith i￿￿)me for the fulutf lleEil* of a8ed OT infirm Confr¢T¢S 4s th¢y io thc Unitcd Kiogdom aft¢r baviD8 5eTh¢d Jbroad. In view of the fart four pThwties OWDed by the Charliy ovu on¢ bwidred ajjd fify {1501 OIQ I￿1 (kspitr the kn that they bav¢ be*0 maiWalD￿ the 'BuildiDg Mainttoan¢K Ftsttd, is iDtcnd¢d to covet any hture uttclwted lar8¢ ¢xp¢odtiur¢ prop¢rtirs. D¢sw"tr th¢ deficit the year. giv£D the level of reser￿ the have ev¢ry LX)Dfiiknte thatthe Trust (¥A ¢ontiDue to Wbthitt Obj¢￿ thar RISK ASSESSMENT Tht Tn￿te¢S bave a$5eEsed the major T15ks W 7hthich the Cbarity is eysed ID the Unital KIll8d￿ in PKtiC￿yar IIH>se ￿lated to the opertiolls attd fiuatstts ofthe fntsL *d aresa&86ed thatsysttftL8 are in pla￿￿ m1ti8a¥¢Wtxposu￿l0 major rÈ5k The Truthe8 hfft L*fEied out a thoTOU8b TEVIBW of our iti&urall¢e eover slld e4t*bli8bed thtt c•ver 1$ ittthed ¢omt(¢h¢vsiYA iGulaTly iowwrdto wop¢rty. T4¢bi¢l¢ 8Ad Ewploy￿. tiability iD¥urnL¥. Th¢ Tnute¢s r¢8aTdth¢h¢41th. 58frty ￿d￿1].beln£orCvtryP¢￿ Bndpkn]]*rly of L*fid[¢￿ yor￿gp￿￿￿￿dVll1tte[8bk adul as gn priority givett that as Romao Catholiknry we believe ¢very human b¢iDg has a Val￿ digllity ￿Me$ di￿¢¢]Y fro]n haviug I￿ thc image aDd like[￿ of God. ITh th¢ wJriaJ 4y¢N of Sofr8U￿d1n> th¢ Vuolla Fathe￿lCOM￿￿)￿i missio￿rIeS in F￿staDd aDd Wal&% ar¢ rcBui*ted by the C*knoli¢ Saftwwdirtg Sthdards Agethcy {CSSAX ond aT¢ gb"8lleA w the Reli8iws Life saf¢guard￿ S¢wvic¢ {RL&SI, thi¢¢ 4lld Bllidall￿ OD i38ues E4Ld &)IIowko8 the ￿￿tional Policy. ond Slandwds of th¢ Chur¢h. Whilst irl S(xTrU&Dd tbe ord￿ is tt￿]ated by Ihe Stthtisb Call￿]16 Sakguardin8 SI￿dards A8¢ncy (SCSSA) WLd adhere5 kn th¢ staothrd4 poli¢i¢& pn*¢th¥EE5 %% sa th¢ Illstru￿. ITJ God's Im*¥e.' Saf¢8utrding in the C*knli¢ Chwdj ill S¢otiartd'. published by the Bishopg. CollfrreD(£ of Sthitland (bn Sep¢eJnbcr 8th 2021. Methl*tsof the Proviticethitlti￿ to attetsd the re8llJar saftgw￿thO8 trwnin8 orgaoizcd by th¢ r¢8F¢thiV¢'W¢8urfingOffices' of the ROMHD C4th0lic Dioce￿ ID th¢ir CoDll￿1ty is siiuHted. MBJRbus ID Miuistry dcutallee the 'DÉs¢losure BaTrittg Scrvice. Of tbe Jlome Offiiz Ipreviously the 'Crimmal Reo)rts Bureau'l. aDd thc ProviDCe CODlinucs to adthc5¥ safr8wdio8 aMict T¢pJlarly at Mcettiw of th¢'Ptovio¢iBI Coun¢il' 8ftd * M¢fryeJrty ProvEti¢i81 Awnthlic& Besp)kt safeBuUtd￿ TiaiDitt$ for all Members of the Provitwe gatheted ill Assembly fvrtb¢r by th Rdiyious Lif¢ Safe8U•TJiD8 Seryicc (RLS8) ' SUTrnillgd￿C OV￿ Wethwday 26th Nov¢mlv 2025. Th¢'1't￿*titsi. an allempt to rnitigale against OUT to this Ti5i the Tntstrcs r¢cettmber 2025 which comprisr the Slatemtnt of l.JnanGiaJ A¢tivttie8 th¢ Balance Strt Stai¢m¢llt of C8sh Flows attd r￿Tr￿s financial 5tateJn¢nts, including a summary of sigtlificant acwuDting policies. The financial Te￿rtI1Jg fr￿￿two￿t that htts b¢¢n appti¢d in their preparntion is applirablr ]aw and Uniled Ktnsdom A¢¢oun¢ing sL￿dards (United KinBth)Tn Gen¢Talty Ac• A¢￿U￿ting Proctice}. - give a tsnd fair view of the Mst¢ of the Chatity's atra1￿ at 31 De¢anb¢r 2025 and of its incorning resources and application of res0w￿& for th¢ye&rthen ended. . haye been prOp￿ty Prepued in accordw￿ with United Kingdom Genern]ty A¢ccpt¢d A¢￿ts￿ing Pra¢tic¢' atxl . have b¢¢nproperty pr¢rAred in aGcordw wth the r4Utrernents ofthc Clwttit5 A¢t 2011. B*sl$ oWlllo* We conductrd our ￿￿j1¢ &¢Ord￿ with Ittynationol Stand&rth on Auditing {(UK) (ISAS {UK)) aTLd appli￿￿ law. O ponsibiliti¢s uryjcr tTrK￿ starthrd5 fiwth¢r d¢8¢rib¢d in the Auditorl re4K)n$ibllilit$ far the audit of the financial 8tat¢m¢nts rtion of our rerKprt We arc indcpcn(knt of the Charity in *iX>rdan￿ with the eduea] rti4uirem¢rtts that a￿ relevBnt to our audit of the finanGial stai¥ments in the UK. inc1￿1￿nE the FRCS Ethical Stsndwd. ttTKI w¢ h&v¢ fulfilled ow otheT ethiol re8tM)nsibililie8 in accordance with thtse re44Usr¢rncrtt& W¢ ￿li¢V¢ that th¢ audit evideEKe we have obtain¢d is sufficient appropriate to Provide a basis for our opinion. ConcluJio*s r¢l#ting to golDg eoneern ln a￿]itIng the fLnancial stat¢mryrf4 we have cont1￿4ed that the Trustee¢ uae of th¢ going concern b&8is of accouTrting in th¢ preparatitinof the f￿ar￿la1 slaternents is appropTiat¢. - Bas￿ on the work we have p¢rformed, we bav¢ not identified ony ma￿rIal ￿￿ertain(l¢S relating to events or 0)nditiO￿ thaL Andividually or wllectivtly, may si￿11fiCant on th Charity's 8bility to ¢ontÉnUC L8 & gY)ing co1￿¢M for a period of ai lea￿ iw¢lve mootlL8 from wbenthe fitwicial sthtrm¢Jtt$ ate auÈhori%d for issu - Our r¢5wllsibilili¢S and th¢ T¢8P)nsibiliti&8 of the TrLth¢s wtth rtsp2£t to 8Oiti8 cottern are describe41 in th¢ r¢lcvant sectiorL8 ofthis Other inforniatkl The Trustees are re4yonsiblt for th¢ otheT infomatioL The ottKr informatith) ¢omprises the inform*Ron iDrlud¢d in th¢ Ajmual Rel￿r( othcr than the financial &tstemwits OWR¢￿ of ￿ IThlepende￿I Audi￿r& th¢rwiL opinion on th¢ financiH] statruThts doe8 not ¢ov¢r the other infonnati¢)n aEyJ, ex¢ept to the extent othLYWi8C cxpli¢itty sth¢¢d in our r¢p)rt. we do not expres5 atry fonn of wn¢lugion Ihueo In conne¢tion with our audit of th¢ fi*w￿la1 statemerts. ow rcswnJibilÈty 15 kn read th¢ other information and, in doing so. consid¢r whether the other infornwtion is Materi￿lY i[wnsi￿ertl with the fi￿n¢la1 ststcments or ow kTh)wl¢d¥Y obtsined in the audit or othth¥is¢ appears w be Materi￿lY misstatcd. If we identify njaterial in¢onsistencie5 QT apparetrt m&t¢rial mx9$tatements, w¢ arc requird to dri¢Tmin¢ wh¢th¢rthi$ gives rist to a material misStaten￿ in th¢ Ffftartci￿ statements theM￿1Ve& If, based th¢ work we have perforniel we Co￿l￿d¢ th¢rt 5$ a m*rial misstatenK￿ of thi& Oth￿ InforRti¥tio￿ we are rtqutrcd to report that fa¢¢. We have nothin8to rerrfjrt in this rega Page 10 of 20 Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Also known as The Verona Father51Comboni Missionaries) Independent Auditors, Report M*tt¢n o* Ivh*h ￿ #re rtqulYt41 to rq)ort by ettePt￿￿ We have ]KTrthing to rGptsrt resp¢rt of the matt¢rs wI￿e the Ch￿111¢$ (FiTMn¢iat StatEm¢nts and Rwort8) R¢8ulations 2(X)8 rcquircs usto rerA)rt toyou if, our opinion:. - th¢ info￿atIOn given inthc Rep)rt of the Tru5tc)rtsibX¢nt in any D￿rial respect with thE fiDHnrial ¥tyte￿￿nts. or - sufficient aceounting record5 haw¢ not b¢¢n k¢pt" or - the finan¢ial staten￿ts ore not in a8recmcnt wkth thc aCcO￿lIng ￿rdS &tKI rewrns" or - we hav¢noi relxived all th¢ inforn￿tiOn and explaTJations wr reAuir¢ forow audiL Respouibilities ofTrute As explain¢d more fvlly io the SlaÉemenl of Tru5tees' R¢5wn5ibilitLes, thc Tntstees are reSpo￿81b1¢ for the preparntion of financial staiem¢nts *thi¢h EiV¢ a tru¢ and fair view. and for s¥ch intrnJa] control as the TnL%ttts dclcrniinc is necessary to eThablt the prepaTrtion of finan¢ial stai¢m¢nts th*ar¢ fr¢¢ fmm r￿erIal rnjs5tatan￿ wh¢thcT due to fi8￿1 or error. Io preparing the fmarKiaJ 51atem¢EJts, the Tr￿¢S ar¢ re￿￿1b1¢ fi)T th¢ Ch￿ty,$ obilsty to cothinue &8 a going (x)n dis¢losI￿ &8 appltcable. matters related to going concern al￿ ￿￿1￿8 thc going concern b&sis of actounting ￿lesS Trustees either intend to liquidatetht Charity or ¢0 ¢¢as¢ opcratioJJ4 orhave no realistic aJt¢rnotiv¢ but to do ￿. A￿dItoeS TeJpoDsibilitiu for the audrt of the We Iwe be¢* appointrd &$ auditors undcr Sefflion 144 of the Chariii¢s Act 2011 and re￿rt in accorda1￿¢ with th¢ AL* aThl relevdnt rcgulattons made or having ¢ffe¢tih¢r¢￿der. Our objtttivts are to tsbthin r¢&qonable asSUr&￿e alM)ut whetkn the finarKial styt¢met)tS &8 a whole are fre¢ fr(An mwertal miss181cm￿t. whether due to fraud or error, issw an auditor's ￿Port tI￿t includes opinioJL RÈx8onable assurv￿re 1$ a htgh Icvcl of ass￿￿¢ but xs not a guarantee that an a￿dIt condllcted in accordancc with ISA8 (UK) Mll aii¥ay& dctect a tnaterial misstatement Whe￿ it exists. MtsstatemenL8 can arise from fraud ot error and are considered matcrial if, individually or in thc a8gregaK they could reasonably br awcdcd ￿ iT￿￿¢n¢¢ th¢ e£l)n￿le decisions of users tsken on thc b&%is of thse fmaTh¢iai 5tat¢mens. Irregularitif5. Tnrludins fraud, 8re of noTrcomp1ia￿C with law5 tynd r¢guiatiork3. We design pr(*edLw in lir￿ with our Ye5rx)nskbilities, ouilincd aiwjvfy to drtsi mi8slatemeftts in rc5pei# of iTrcgulari¢s¢& in¢luding fraud. The extent to which our pJY>¢edures are capable of detecting y￿e8Ularltl¢￿ inGluding frdud is detailed below: How thc avdit was consid(*¢4J ¢apabl¢ of delectitigirre8ularitiey in¢ludit)g fraud Our appmach to identifying omd a55wing th¢ risks of mat¢rial misstatement in respe¢t of I￿gu18T1¢￿e& including fraud and non- compliartt with laws ¥Ld rcgulatiorn%, was a5 follows.. . the engagement partner that the ¢tsghg¢mw* collectively had thc appropriate r4Mbiliti¢5 arvj 5ki11g 10 id¢ntify or rttognize non-comp)iance with appli¢abl¢ laws and regulathorLS' we ideDiifi¢d laws and regulations applicableto tIK L1wity thTough JisctLUiOnS with managcrncrt and trLL8t¢e8 fmrn our kMwl¢dge and ex￿1¢1￿¢ ofth¢ C]wity sector. we focused on specifi¢ I*w8 gJMI r¢guJations which w¢ ¢onsidertd may have adir￿1 malcrial efftct on the financial 51atements or th¢8diviti¢s of the charity. These EnGl￿]￿ bLrtwere tK)t limited to the Chariti¢5 Act 2011, Ac¢ourttin8 and Reporting by Charitith Ststement 0fRe¢0mm￿ Prarf%¢¢ 8pplicgble to ch￿111¢5 pr¢pwingiheir f￿￿la1 statcmcnts in aFwrdave with the FITMrt¢ial Rep)rting Standard applicableto the Untted KIngd￿ll and R¢public of Irelartd(FRS I￿2} (¢fftctlve l January 2019)" and safegu￿l￿g RegUl￿10T1$ as th¢y affed the direct charitable activiti¢5 of the Chgrity. and ' we &￿Ssed the extcnt of (x)mpli8n¢¢ with the aNI regthtions identified abov¢ through making enquiriesof management aThl It￿se chqT8cd wryth govcrnancc 8t￿ r¢V1¢w￿ mIn￿¢S of Truqtees, meaings. Pag¢ 11 of20 Sons of tbe Sacred Heart of Jesus (also known as Tbe Verona Fatherslcomboni Mi8sionaries) Independent Avditort. Report W¢ assesxd the sw¢¢Nibility of the Charlty's fmancial statcmtnts to makrial misstatemenL inc1￿1ng obtalning ¥J¥ utvJ¢rst8ndu of how fraud might ocTrJr. by: makingenqyiries ofmanagement and tru$te¢s as to wh¢r¢they c4Jnsidcred thcKw8s $•ibility to fr￿lL their knoWI￿ge of actual, suspected aftd allc8ed fraud. aTrJ considerRDg the intern￿ wntro15 in plats to miti8ate risk8 of frawl atKI nonaGomplian¢¢ with Isws and re8ulation$. Tts address the risk of fraud through marJag6m¢nt bia5 and override ofcontrols, w¢: ]KrfoTnKd ￿alyt1¢al pto¢edurcs to tdentify any unusual or U￿xp￿d r¢l8lionthip tcsted r¢vi¢wed journal entries to ideniify unusual traEL8actions; tested autknriyatKm of cxpthditur¢ ass￿ed whct7*r jUdgeM￿ts and made in detemlinirgthe accounting estiJna*$ wer¢ indi¢otive ofrrf)tential bias" ' investigated ￿ r*lo￿le khind 5igTJificant orunu5ual ti￿L￿10r￿q. r￿[*￿Tr8e to the rigk of irre8ularities atMI ￿￿-COMpliance with laws re8ulation4 we de8igKd protduYa8 which inclu(k¢l but were not limited to: ' 8gTecing financial 8tate]neTLt d1sGIogur￿ ￿ W￿rtying sw)portiDg th)cUEtt¢n￿1o reading th¢ minutes of met¢d on the Finaijcial Rep)rtiNg COu￿lI.￿ websitc at www.fr¢.owuklaudttor%rtsp)nsibi1iti￿ Thi% d¢s¢ripiyon fornis part of ow Rrm of th¢ Ijmlependent AuditOT5. USÈ tsf rtport This reFrf)rt 1$ made golely to the Clwity's Tnty as a Imxly. in o¢corda[￿e with Part 4 of th¢ Chariti¢5 (Accounts and Rwrt5} ReEulalions 2008. Our audit work h&8 been WNlcrtaken so that we might #ate to the Charity'5 Tru$ie¢s those matters we arr rcquire4 ￿ sthi¢ ty) them in an auditoes rep)rt oTh1 fot no other put[￿e. To th¢ full¢st extent permitted by law, we do acctpt or ume TCWn5ibility to anyone other than the Charity and the ch￿ity'S Tn¥te&s a b)Lty, for our audtt wort for thi5 or for opiniorks we have for￿C￿. Denver Di&8 { ' r Stawwry Auditor) For on b￿￿1r vf Williams Statsjtory Auditors Jade Hou5¢ 67 Park ROY￿ Ro&1 )ndon NWIO 7JJ Dat¢d: 16th Aug￿1￿026 Williams cImrtu￿ Actountatts is ejigiblc to asauditor in terms of s￿tion 1212 of the Comwmi¢s Act 2(H)6 Page 12 of 20 Sons of the Sacred Heart of 1*150 as'1"Ite Verona Tr'athers/CoJnhoni missi￿9n¢￿) S¢*tsmeDt of fiDAntial attivitles liotorporatinE aD iDcome expenditsre for thc y¢gr ended 31 D¢t¢mb¢r 2025 trrtral DuigDatrd Res¢rl¢tt #d (UDd G¢nernl 2025 2024 VoluTrlary Iwcowt Donaiionsdnd wJL% L¢Ea£ies sai￿¢3 a￿1 PEn5iiins Minlsty 629,038 166,860 36287 41,805 670.551 IM.%60 36287 41.805 751 J22 Y12.308 62.685 67.721 608.155 322J08 62.685 67.721 143.167 DivMl¢nth attd intet OlhBr I￿£&￿e MIsiella￿US incLKne 80J19 57,41 137.809 142.(r)2 53,901 377 377 Totsi llltome 954.jog 57,490 1,053J12 1,346.505 .149,437 53.Wl 143.167 EJpeodk¥ I4.[￿2 31693 32,355 19J)8 Cl•rll4ble A¢tivi¢l¢ PA￿l￿rA1 aellwlties 53.166 845,$79 225228 193,915 53.166 845.579 257.028 50.638 943.226 365.842 22.557 ).638 943.226 195.39D 22557 iJpkEeptrfu>rnmtsniiies DDWI0￿ andmi%sions Malu8en￿nt]lld admiThI￿rat￿)n 31,80D 19.086 1,401,467 Totsl txpeDdilur¢ 1.355.6115 14.062 31,800 1.436.736 1.253.lJ7 13.147 170,452 Totsllllc•mtlu5¢3P¢Dththr¢ {4012￿) 43.428 9.713 (348,ISS) (90231) 1103,7001 40.754 127285) 259259 206,576 465.875 479211 269,619 2(r).592 .Tr4¢tThrtomt(tApwditur¢l before1r￿Skn 1141,9971 250.004 9.713 117,720 388.980 165.919 250J46 1272851 {1[￿>.000? 65,919 l(K),Q 350,346 P4d movtrntnt in {141.9971 250,(hM 9.713 117,7ZD 38S980 127285) 3.185.4T2 3.043.475 5,933,645 &183.619 53.662 63.375 9.172.779 9290,499 8,783,799 9.171.779 3.119,553 3.185.472 5.583299 5 933.645 80.947 53.662 B*l*nttsc*rrkd forward 311)ecernbtr NtheOftheCh8￿S 4d1wt￿S wue WuiredwdiwJnLlft￿dd￿D8theaE￿hyv f￿an¢￿1 y￿$ ststemÈ#tofiotsi rttwLfodpknJ lo&$ Th¢ ChÉtttyiw no recogTrised ￿InS or1055esotherth4nih05e 5IMvnaLwe thetef¢>re no gainsand iosstsh&gbeeD pryred Page 13 of 20 Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (also known a8 The V¢roDa Fatberslcomboni Missionttrie$) laur¢ Sheet as at 31 Dtc¢mbtr 2025 Notes 2024 Flxed #￿ets Tangible a&￿ts InV£stn￿￿￿. at nwket value 3,434.153 5.731.482 9.165.635 3.424,639 5,44Q,49_1 8,865,132 Curr¢Dt ass¢ts Debtors Cash at bank and in hand 10 93.525 402,880 496.405 326,088 439.260 765,348 Creditors: amouDts faUiDg due V4ithirt ts￿e year (371,541) (457,701) Ne¢ ¢urr¢DI (li¥bilitiesysssets 124,864 307.647 9,290.499 9,172,779 Cxpit#l alld reseryes UDre5tricted Funds General fvnds De8ignated fvnds 3.043.475 6,183,649 9.227,124 63.375 9.290.499 3,185,472 5,933.645 9,119,L17 12 R¢stricted fvnds 13 9.172,779 Signed on l)ehalf ofthe Dire¢torsrynJstees". Rev. Martin James Devenish mccj DirectorftrLL8ltte Approved by the DiTeCtOTsfFTU5tees on 16th A￿8￿$t 2U26 Pag¢ 14of20 Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (a150 known as The Verona Fath¢rslComboni Mi￿lO￿aneS) St*temeDt ofeash Ilo for the year end￿ 31 Ikcember 2025 2024 C¥¥h ieryeTrt•d ID opAil4 *titvlth¥ 20.071) 49).500 Investhi¢DI 137.809 1231.742 (1.054.759) (31,665) 2.6&) 142,0 2.264.726 (1.812.824) 121,5801 Purcbzse of fixed tG8ets DistX>5aL% of Vixcd Assets C&sb provided{￿effj ID inV¢Sri￿a#1viknrS 285,787 572 414 Inc¥eL%¢ iti cth8od¢¥b¢wivfjl¢nts inye•r 34.2841 81.914 MoYtm¢ttt i# ytAr ID¢ttw¢l iti￿¢￿￿ in wb •tbaDk•Dd (Decle￿) inryu8t in dtp)8iis fjftdL*thheld by {3A380) 104.940 2,¢YJ7 (23.026) 134.284) 81,914 2025 N¢t incoEne (expcRdith) 117,720 {137.809) 19,491 {465.S76) (86.160) 232J63 320,071 38&980 (142.1￿2) 19.135 1479212) (16.7531 260.5581 49ts.5(M) Add de￿eciatiott Addl{d¢thJrt} n¢tmovan¢nton ￿Vethi￿ts. Ihcr#se {&creLgel illcreditot5 Page 15 of 20 Sons of the Saered Heart of Jesus (also kDOJYD 88 The Verona FatherslComboDi Miw8ionaries) Prittdp*l AttountiNf Policies for the year 31 Detombor2025 l AttowitiogCoAv¢nllobD oth¢rvrise stated ID the rele￿￿¢ zwlsl kn these finallcial 5tatarMis. The Tn￿ eOJk%titsrtes a publi¢ kneftt enÉity as defifj¢d by FRS 102. ¢abtderth&tlbew¢ar¢nTrn*T￿Ull¢atsIn11gs 8F*)vÈtheTT￿t￿ ablliiy ty conrinu¢ ￿0￿01￿8¢￿I¢etL i¢8bk to ch4ritits rrtepsrj￿ th¢ir SE*l￿ts ill vnth th¥ R¢pninE Standard appl]￿ble in the UK and R¢publi¢ of ]tel4nd IFRS 102) ood the Fill￿t￿l Rq• Stsodard w>li¢able ill Ibt Unitrd Kinsthi attd Rwubli¢ of Ir¢lthd IfRS Iir21 aDdtheClMrtst￿S Art2011 aod UKfjclla￿y AecwAc4W￿i￿gPrtdlCe. stsi¢m¢nts aDdRE[￿ts) Re8ul8ts"ons 2008 only w th¢ ex¢art reqU￿¢d to pwvide a'truc aud view.. This {kp￿ has itywlvtd following th¢ rdSt of atth8 tutits includ￿ tr¢fees ￿dt0 itt¥￿ mau•gq5 ill w ofthe ofth¢ChTityts invest￿ pmfolio3. illcith staff allributoble to thr aL%ivity. Th¢ comributiorlto the Geo¢rth¢ 15 L¥lculatvJ andrtyrtsajts th¢ exLUS of the budwedtsd ¢Xp¢Dd1¢u￿ fvr thEyfZtowthe ￿ re4erv¢ &th¢ cn6 of the txeswus ytar. as adJ￿$t¢4 forthe purCh￿ors￿< ]#lld atsd buil¢thlls%. Admini4TRtion tomFfi5¢ ¢Xttnth"turc ott ￿P1]￿￿ with *wJ advic¢ on w]J5tiMtiOll81 *Jd statutory VAT is illclu(kditttheitemsof ¢xpodiDreto it rd•t¢s. 4 T*npiNe IlJed Fre*knld l*d ￿db￿adiDBs att &Dduthd atala1￿1￿ aW￿￿c5t￿ti￿dty the Th¥stKs ID l999 orott histi￿1￿) cost. Th¢ Tr￿*¢5 thoot WD5itsth*itheext*JLE¢ of apro￿￿￿1 valuthiorl irLor(kt the sepora* valuc5 ofth¢ IAnd a￿d buil4thngs is ]￿tift￿l. Th£ build￿￿•1¢ itt £rAJStaDt￿Se ill fi￿￿1¢[￿Ort￿(￿ar1Iabl¢QbJee1i￿￿ •nd2remttittt8incdto ststthds thu¢ roswe that theirresithi81 wal￿¢ is th8n the Ix*)kwJu¢. Builthngs 8Etnot*knwi* ￿r￿¢￿￿￿&s[S*￿akn ￿ryhave Iwg lifr that aDllu￿ d¢w¢¢i•tioD 1855&s LxtsgnN)Te thatt£1.(￿ and life ofm(Jre thzD 0]￿y¢ar 4r¢witaliscd D¢ptt¢wiion is provided at the Wtnuol T*¢5 in ortrto writeoff¢aL* awetoverthts ¢Stiw￿U57 or Sedioll 256 of th¢ TaxatiDtt of Chwble GaiD5 Ad knthcrX￿ t￿lSu￿b iDLX)Jneor gaitL% arewli¢dexch￿i￿ty to ¢h&rit4bleJw￿$¢s. g¢ 17 of 20 Sons oftbe S*¢red Hurt of Jesu5 (also as The Vernu F*therSlcom￿lli Missio￿rI¢s) Nottsto theFiDavial S¢atuEents for the ytar¢ttdtd31 De¢emb¢r lots 3.152 31rJs 3,552 32.735 5.7Z7 Ji958 1727 56.958 77.003 3J16 .319 57.490 134.493 l6 13&9B9 3.1 142.OY2 85.( s3.￿1 137 2•24 tsr 111393 243,868 127.W 339.919 15U93 24JI61 330. 9l977 411916 91.977 411946 339.919 19.49l 845 79 21537 31.￿0 54J37 I￿.?￿0 33.991 257 4235 I5ISI)5 30 195 452 3.4$9 Ethiop S.￿¥S ityjy 4.069 1733 1.837 2•25 Jfy.143 2,184 Sq143 2.120 Lo&siprollt)oThqKh 13 19.737 19.737 57 5$7 Page 18 of 20 Sons of the Saered Heart of Jesus (also l£DoJvn as Tke Verona Fatbeyslcomboni MissioD*rie5) ts the ststenwits for tb¢ y¢ar¢ud¢dJl D SJ74. l.%l2.824 (kn{JwliD)W 479 5.091. 40397 4YJ 1.711 P2g0 19 of 20 Sons of th¢ S*cred Heart of Je$u9 {aiso Ilnoiwn as Tbe Verolla Fatherslcombonl Misslonaries) NotrJto the Fi#xtttlal St*temtnts forthe yt&reoded 31 Tk¢unbrr2025 io D¢thrt &l565 30. 93.52J 3l3.U65 13.023 326088 34J.921 387.5 24J16 l7.0 J J*w2I23 2025 Il4618 387.flY) 181.193 81873 14.42$) 19.637) 1331.386 460.845 1391.418 4l83.649 knd 5,*33.645 (14.062) At i J#r¢W8 u0¢15￿ Al Jl Dee¢￿ts￿r 2025 1.525 17.7gD .r23 41J13 {6.8W) 47.SfJO 63.375 (S1￿) zTr 5.774217 3,391,4l4 (1359J)1) 2.792.2Jl 63J75 49&40S (371.54ll 475 03 75 Page 20 of 20