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Charlty rngl%tr•tlon number 229861 THE WALTER HIGGS CHARITABLE TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5APRIL 2026 JRW HOGG & THORBURN

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THE WALTER HIGGS CHARITABLE TRUST TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2026 The fir￿n￿l statements I￿0 bw wyred in ith the accwntiTrJ P)r￿e8 set out h noto I to th8 flnand81 stalemerrts and compty wtth th& tru8fs dwnenl. the Cha￿tS Act 2011. FRS 102 FInana￿ Reporting Standard apF4ico1kn in UK and Repulslc of Irdan(r and the Chantr8s SORP "P£touth"ng and Reports￿ by charIt￿.. st¥lement of R￿(￿mended Practlce 8p￿ to tharrtles 18parfng ¢hwr 8r£oLnts in accordar¢c• Ath thè FI￿￿jaI RewUryJ Slandard aF%￿cable in tr UK atyj RepubSi¢ of 1rdar￿ IFRS 1021.. ObJ•etlv•• •nd I￿1¥111$¥ The trustees hav8 the p?￿r to aFpty th• irKern of ￿ Th1 fiy SLh th8rft•blB PWP)Be8 as th& Publk b61ngfft The ￿￿te88 c4mfinn that Ih8y have r•feff•d to ts wid8￿ c4Nts1r￿￿l In the Charftles Ccffimlsslon'g 9en•ro1 guklance on pU￿1C b•n•fft when royiwmng the Tn￿1,4 aims ct¥eLv6s and m pjannlng fijtufv activ￿¢8. The tru¥te•J pakl du• rngard to by Chwty c0rnmlseb￿ In dedthryj wh¥1 t Trust sh(Ald und8rtak•. Aehl•v•m•nts •nd p•rforyn•nc• Significant adwrtles and￿Vernone$ obpcfhes irustoeB manage th• invostrn•nts Gl the Tr￿t to kKx•a•lrg r•d ov•r fong tthm, there •naÈ41r¥J to hye•M Ihelrdwit•t48 U￿rI￿1•. Fln•nclal r•vlow Th8 trusts8$ mado gT8nts for chft￿0 purF#)W 88 In the &atemenl of Fknanclal Activlll8s. The ntl a￿13 of tho Trust have irma8ed ctynp8Ted to that of the pre¥Km￿ year ￿lmarIly to riot galng on Inve¥tmen¢g (￿n9 the yew. Th• cloglng luThJs hJ •re £1.$54.05812025. £1,448.27n. 811 r•latirwJ to UmStrkt￿ fiJnd8. Apart from Inve8tmMi manag9m￿l fees WKI coth of1￿ Ir#end•nl EX￿iner, Twjt ha8 no other rKJ8t8 vthlch n•c8sslt8t¢ 8 fe8eNeg ftmd thts trLtyt8￿ th•refty res¢fv•d not to mairtsln such a fund. Pl•M for p•rtodB Th• Trust ams to to SLWUt a varf•ty olc•rt¥bb• bo(les. struclur•. go¥•rn•nc• and manty•M•tht Th• tr￿te•S vtho rye￿1 dwlng th• y•or and ￿ tothe d ofswre oftho fmrthl tht8m¢nts %re.' KJSKnoit NJKnott EJKnott Remjitnpnt 4nd 8pwntffnl ofIn￿l Foundatn)n 8ndA(krttn￿Im)n oflhe Chaity The K¥tter Higgs Charille Tnjst was ltyJNJ8d rm 18th Del?nt￿ 1952 by Mr Vkn Frnnk Hi9u& Et wa6 r8*tered ¥￿th the Chwities corn￿￿ On 23rd 1964.

THE WALTER HIGGS CHARITABLE TRUST TRUSTEE8' REPORT (cowllNUED) FOR The YEAR ENDED 5 APIUL 2028 Ut J*x

THE WALTER HIGGS CHARITABLE TRUST INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE WALTER HIGGS CHARITABLE TRUST I repcwt to the trustees on my oyAmlnth ot financ&￿ StrteM￿ ofTl HvJg8 CharitaL4eTru¥t Ith• tnthl for th6 yèar erthd SA￿￿ 2026. R￿ponsibIlItIe$ #nd ba¥h of report As tha trustees of the trust you ar• r8$p￿}￿lIe rK•pwabNI ofthe finaTrxl 8talThnts in a¢>xrdtsn¢o t•Ath th roqiMrarrAnl$ olts Chprili85A¢t 2011. I report in reswx ol my examNb8tson of the statern￿ts ¢8rri•d unthr aon 145 of tho Ch8riti Act 2011. In Can￿ng out my exarrlnalknn I lh8 Dirtrji￿ 9Nen Chwity CommM&4)n un¢J•r $¢ctI￿ 14515}Ibl oftr Charfb8sAd 2011 llld•p•nd•nt •X￿)In1¢ •l•l•m•nt I ¢x4npW my •¥amin#l¥)n. l co)1￿M th¥1 M rn•tt•rn hw• com• to my •tt•rfem In o)nn•ctk)n wth tho examinatlon glving rne Gguse to ￿lI￿ve itwt In arry materid respocL accountif¥J re(yJth were Thyl kepi n re¥pect Oftt￿ trust •$ r¢qmd ty g•cllon 130 ofthe CY4rftl•8A¢t2011. lh• financLql stat8m•nts do not wlth tw retsjfds". fin8nd￿ 8tatemenl8 do not comF4y the aPFth'cat4e reqLlrements ¢on¢emlrrfJ the form and ¢ont•nt of ftn•n¢wl itol•m8nt$ set oul Ch•ibJes (Acco￿ts Rep￿￿> R•gLI8tSM$ 2LbJ8 othar Ihgn any requirement that the flnandal slatements k¥v• • Iruo aThJ l•lr th. 1$ not • mgtt•r ￿nSid￿l￿ ￿ pert of an independ•nt examwOon. shO￿d be drawn In thi8 repjrt in order to enat48 a prw und8rstaFKllng of th? financi￿ st•temerrt8 to be roa¢h•A. Joann• Glb•on JRWHo99 & Thjrbum LLP Ch8rtw•dAcccJnt 19 Bucdeuch Streot Hawck Roxburghsfire TD9 OHL 3Q July 2¢)28

THE WALTER HIGGS CHARITABLE TRUST STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUIffj FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2026 Unr#trlct•d Unrogtrlct•d lund• funds 2026 Ineom• from: In￿tr￿er￿* 47,188 43.527 Tol•l In¢om• 47,186 43.527 Expondlturn on: R818lrrfJ lund$ Charitable activltieB 4.574 39.570 4.315 35,485 Tol•l •xp•ndltur• 44,144 39,780 N8t on Inv•slme 10 102,739 754 N•t Incom• •nd mOV•n￿t ln fund• 105,781 4,501 R•concllhllon ol tsnd•: Fund W8n¢e$ at 8 April 2tr25 1,448.277 1,443,778 Fund b•l•ncM •t 6 Aprfl 2 1,554,058 1,448,277 Th& nole• on 8 to 10 frym M ofllwo ffirwfy•l

THE WALTER HIGGS CHARrfABLE TRUST A8 AT S APRIL 2026 IJIJA47 C•th 10311 1A483n 14 1.864,1)58 1J54A160 1A4Jxn

THE WALTER HIGGS CHARITABLE TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2026 Ae¢ountlng pollcl•• Charlty InforrnthTr Th8 Hi938 Charilabbe TnAt is c(xth¥W by Its gwnlNJ a deed of PAVJ cor6l1ut89 8n unInCorp￿ated (tsrity. 1.1 B•BIg of pr•paTrtlon Tha flnanck5 st8t•ments h¥• pr8pw8d in amydanc4 vlith tho gO¥￿I¥j docuM￿t. the Charits$ Ac# 2011. FRS 102 Yhè R8pth"rvJ stal￿rd applKat>lo in ￿ UK and ReputAk of Ireland, and th Charits8 SORP 'AcAyxnb'rvJ and Rer#)rbno by Chwties". Statom6Trt ￿ Rec(thmended PractKe applic8bkn 10 chariii•s Pre￿n9 thotr acc(yJnts n acC￿￿•¥￿e wilh ts Fln•Thi)l RwbtYJ Standard app1kgb￿ In th8 UK and ReWl4￿ ol Ird8ThJ IFRS 1tr21". The tru¥t is 8 PLsl 8enefft Entity as defin8d by FRS 102. Th• tru8t has ¢ak•n advarrt•g• of tho the SORP for thart588 to pr•por• a 8tAt•m&rt of c4¥h finandal slat8m•nt8 we prwr•d in storfing, llch Is Iho furthw vjrnicy tnAI. Monatary Th8 flna￿aa1 8tstements h•ve beon prepar•J tho lu8tMc•l rg)8t wv8ntk)n. wmh the excepttin ol prtm•nts ￿th1¢h gf• indud•d at maiket value. a8 rnc¢￿￿d ty Ihg r•valuatiw of c•rtaln ass•ts. Th• 1.2 Goln• conc•rn At th8 tlm8 of &pwoving the finan(Jal st8tern￿. the tNstees hwe a re86wabkn exp•d•Uon th th• trust h¥8 èdaquo1• ra￿r￿& lo ¢onlnu8 In q)ernUeAwl 6￿$ter￿• lor tho fce8e8able futLYe. Thus lh• tr￿te•S 1.3 Cth•rltsbh Unre8lri¢ted fLthth or• •¥oil•bkn k at tr dlau•Ocffi of trus1￿ in furtharwKe of thak charft¥bl& 1A In¢on If￿0m8 is reccgnlsed th• InMI Is f•gaty enlYe(J to rt after ary pwfO￿ane• conditicn¥ haN b••n m¢t, Cash donallons are recognised on r•cotpt. Otsr dLThb005 we rwiwj GYKe the trv5t has ￿￿$<1 of the donavon. unloss pwbmiarK8 cOThJMi￿ f&4ulre defe￿￿ olthe amlxmt. Ir￿orne tax recoverat￿e in relation to d¢natkM re¢w•J UKler GrfIN￿ or de¢ds of¢>)v•n•rt 1$ 81 tr tim• ofth• rknn8￿on. ac￿ are r•ttsJrd ¢)n 01h•A￿l• 6t IM lftAt has l)••n r￿￿Trad of ￿ imp•￿{ng dlstrfbukn. the 8mourt is kno4￿, arKI r•c•lpt fis 11 the am(Allrt 15 rrt)t kn(p￿. Ihe legacy Is treat8d as g c4)nti￿ent 1.6 Exp￿dItuT• ExFendrtwe 18 recognised there ib a Ct4igation tp lrnnsfer e¢crfM)mic benefft to 8 third party, rt is prob8bk that 8 tra￿ of•c(>r￿￿ txnofts will be rwuKed in setuement. the mnt of thè oblig#thon can be meagjrnfl relKty. n¢kn is dasgfied ty acts¥ty. The costs of eath aLtrity are made up of the trAal of ¢thrfft costs and sharnd costs, induth.ng support cosls In¥c4¥ed In U￿￿￿￿1¥￿ eath 8cb"vty. Cmrect costs 8ttritsthaL￿ to a single activlty arè 8IIo¢ed 41￿clty to that a¢tMty. Shartd costs which cofttritwJt• to mL¥S thgn ong ￿vrty &ftd support costs whith a¥• nol attli￿tle to a admty are apwrbcn8d those a(vits on a bas o)nsintent with the tsjse of resources. Central siaff costs are altrated cfi the ts￿'S of ty.me gwiL and depredation thg•i are auC￿t￿l on wti¢)n ofthe •sseYs usa.

THE WALTER HIGGS CHARITABLE TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2026 A¢¢ouniing polkl Icontlnuodl but not rLruod 88 1.6 Flx•d aJ••t Inve¥lment• Fixed 8SS¢t in¥￿￿￿$ are intliBMy me•Sur￿ 01 trsns•#v)n fv 8xd(krrfJ transaction ￿81¥. and 8 8ub8equentty meagjred at falr value at each report¥lg dth. Chan9ès in tsit Val￿ are recctyJni58d in nel 1.7 a￿1¢ flnanclNI Bawc finandal ast•ts, IrK4ud• d•blcis cash bank b￿rn. we Initlalty mea$ured ot tr8n6adon prir induding trans8Lon costs ar￿ wbs¢qLWrtty ¢Arri•d at amcrftised cost th8 el￿tiVe nt•re8t method unl•ss the arTarvJwn￿t consbtrrtes & fin￿￿4r9 tr¥n8•dion, ￿er• th• tran¥actron 18 m•¥wred at th• k¥•senl Val￿ of Ihe fijiure dMecJnt•d at 8 market rate of hrtmt. Financial ass&ts 1.8 Ba•lc financl•l Itabllltl 8a&c financial IwbSltses, inclu¢Jry rJeditcn and bank loans ar& r•¢>Jnl#•d at tran8actlon Fthe unkryss arr¥ryment conthut8s 8 flMrKing tr8nsac￿0n, vthore the detl in8trLwnent 1$ measured ul th8 Prasent of the lulU￿ ￿Y￿ents di•tsxrt•d th • m¥rt•t r•t• of rt•rn. FInVK￿ lo￿"¢￿1 dA￿f￿d as ￿Y¥b within Or￿ year art not amorti8•J. op•raOon$ from suppllèrs. Amourts pay8￿1 ar• da88lfi•J as currerrt liabikkn M payment is duè thln ono r or l*$$. 11 not. thoy •r• w¢sented as non-eJThnt Itabilllks. Trade uedrtor8 we recogniBed Inlually at nBactiCffi fv and iubwuorty at •nortlwl L))st Ilw Inl•r•8t method. Finandol tlakn1lu￿ ￿ dwecognimd 7Atsn the truth •xpr• +y w• dts¢harpa or ncdled. Ineorn• from Inv•8trn•nts Unre•trict¢d Unr•striet¢d funds funds 2026 2025 In￿m$ from listed inveslrn Int¥•st r8CQtvaNe 46.912 274 43,323 204 47,186 43,527

THE WALTER HIGGS CHARITABLE TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS {CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2026 Exp•ndllur• rnljlng fvnd• Unr•BtrlcW Unr•strtctsd fund• funds 2026 2026 Invwlm•nt m•n•g•nw 4.574 4.315 Exp•ndltur• on Gh•rii•bl• •cllwl Grnnt maklng 2028 Grnnt maklng 2026 DlY•¢t co•ts Gr•nl I￿￿1￿j of •cllt41U•s {•e• Sl 38.310 3d,285 8har• ol •upport •nd go¥•m•n¢• ¢o•ts {M• nol• •) Support 1,280 1.200 39.570 35,485 AMty•h by fund Lknre*ri¢tsd fvr 39,570 35,485 Grnnts pay•bl• Grant m&klnH 2028 Grnnt maklng 2026 Gr¥nts to ko¥l(rtlo￿.' kfjton Tru8t Chlppty Nortcffl TW? SFdsbury PCC Ex•tsr CdlwJ8, Ur￿¥￿S0ty of Oxfry C￿lege, Oxford The Old BokehJuse 15,000 2.500 1,000 10,000 10.000 10,000 1.000 Lws Shipl•y. Comes to TlyM• Foc 11 ￿￿hlbakd Celki Develcwrth CotswDkl RiversTru8t Akhe5[r￿rn Rgwrd) 2.010 2.250 4,785 38,310 34,265

THE WALTER HIGGS CHARITABLE TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED S APRIL 2026 Support co•ts •llocat•d to KIMI 1.200 An•ly8•d t￿l￿•n. Grant ma￿rrfJ 1,280 1.200 N•t mDvom•nt In fund• 2026 2026 •t¢m•nts 1.280 1.200 Non• ol th• IN￿••• (or •ny FW¥￿8 conn*l wh thwnl any ¢< ben•fits from th8 Ernploy• 2026 Nwnb•T 2025 Numb•r Totsl 10 Qaln• and on Inv••tff UnY••trlctgd Unr•wtrlctgd fvndB fundi 2026 2028 ReVa￿￿tIon ofln¥p8trn•nts 1W2,739 754 11 Taxalon The tharty IB exemptfmn taxe1￿ on ils aLXThfjO8s bocaLwe all ilB 18 8pplied tr tharitabkn

THE WALTER HIGGS CHARITABLE TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED S APRIL 2026 Invwlm•nts Co•t or ￿luAt￿n At 8 Ayll 2025 A¢hJMons 1,430.228 40.857 102,739 129,977) At 5Aill 2028 1.543,847 C•nylng amount At 5411￿ 2028 1,543,847 At S 2tr25 1,430,228 13 Cr•dllorn." •fflount• f•Ulry du• •n•y••r 2028 2026 2,230 14 Unr••trkt•d lund• not suW8ct to Spad￿ ¢>ybJHion$ by (IryK￿ WKI sTrntors a8 to htywllw may be Those Indud• AI I A￿1 IncomlrwJ R••wN• G•ln• Ind YJ2S •xp•nd•d At 6 Aprll 2026 Genwal fv 1.4482TT 47,1e8 144.144) 102,739 1,S54.058 Al 8 Aprfl In¢Milng R••ouYu• Gtsln• •nd At 8 Aprll 2025 General fun¢JS 1.443.T16 43.527 139.780) 754 1.448277 DonatKTh totalling £7.5(X) were pald t0AJtht￿} Emma Knott Is ¥ truste8. Erfflm Jw I<￿tt did take p￿1 in ¢J•¢iwi to to Tnt -10-