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THE UNION OF CATHOLIC MOTHERS (Reglstered Charity No. 249901) ANNUAL REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2024

THE iINION OF CATHOIMC MOTHERS ANf4UAL REPORT & FJNANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR LNDKD 31ST DF.CF.MIIWR 2•24 COP4TKN'rs Page Tnd¢p¢nthDt ExaTDincr'5 Rwort Statement of Finantial Acttyities B8lat)ce Sheet Nole5 lo thc Financial sfatcT￿nts

P•gt I THE LTNRON OF CATHOLIC MOTHERS ANNUAL REPORT 31ST DECEMBER 2024 Re rt of the Trusttej foT the Year Ended 314 De and to ]xve itiun8eifisFL love observing the laws of God attd His Ch￿[ch., To as$Jst familie% to brins up thcir childroD 85 p￿rtising Catholic8 artdpublic-spirited ci To teach and defend Chrisiian vth in family lif¢, ittd to ensure Catholic edLKtion for PU￿re generations; 4. To offer love, 5yrnpathy. arLd PTaCtical help to those in difficulty: To fosrer voc4tions itt lif¢ ￿lJIlY in Christian Ma￿lage and Famity Life and in the Priesth￿1 Rel1w0￿$ Lif e of the way5 thcsc objcthives Jremet 1$ throuth the tKOVi8ion of respite. ty)ll¥ale5eeDtholjth￿ for memb¢rn itt n¢ed. Th¢ Tn￿l¢C$ wnfirm they have complted ￿th the duty in scction 17 of the Act 2011 to have due ￿gard to Publi Ben¢fit gui(lanr¢ publislttl by Ihe Charity Cominission in det¢Tmining th¢ #¢tiwti¢s undertakett by the Charity and Lonsid¢r that the activitics cawried out by the charity arc forthc publi¢ benotit. Struttu oveTnance oment The Union of Catholic Mother5 is 4 re￿$¢¢[¢d eharity. number 249901, operating ullder its Consutijtion Orig￿allY adopted in 1962 and amcnded Septrmb¢T 1973, 24" Mgrch 1993. 25-2 March 1996, 25-2P May 2￿5. and 15-IP May 2018 Thc Trusktt are the National Pt¢sithn¢ NatioDIl Trejsurer aLd N2tio]Jal Secretary. Trugt¢¢s who Sen'￿ th￿ill8 th¢ Endcd 31" December21Y24, and at the date of this report aTe'._ Mr5 Joan Hod8e-National Presideot Mrs lJickersthffe- Nlltionttl T￿ASUrer Mrs Cath Lydoll-N&iionyl Sxt¥lary The Trust¢¢s tneei rEgul8Ay thrDll8hout the year to agree the srra8ic dir¢ction of th¢ eharity 9t￿ ar¢45 Or￿tiVity. Th¢ Tru5te¢5 are assi51ed in the operation ot ih¢ Chariiy by ihc Nuliottul C.ommitt¢¢, National Sub4ommitt¢e5 and th¢ N4tiQll81 C¢)uncil atkd loc•1 activiti¢$ are c(￿rdina￿d by eacb Dioc¢s8n Coullril. induction pr￿8S opcrdte5 for new Tr4)%te￿, and from the ￿J￿1 individual is idetstifid &$ & fim]re rmtce thcy wo together with the existing tN51ee5 for six D)onths itt ord¢r to ga￿ ats UDdEt5ta[￿jlls of tk role before they take up their The principal batkn of thecharity are National Wfstininster Bojjk. Roy81 TrioTh. 59 The F8r&le. L¢JThsngtou Spa. CV32 4ZX The IDdepr￿dej]I ETaminBT 15 R.A. PtiDr. FCCA, FCIE, Dchi of W.H. Prior Ch￿¢￿1 Certifi¢d Acwuntants, Railway Couffj DOnO￿ter. DN4 5FB The addtt&% is thDt Df thE Naitonal Treasurer. I l F8￿h&Ve￿ Birctl fjr￿ Sk¢knetylAle, Lat￿&1)1￿e WN8 6RQ. Kei mats eJJ)eAt rt£1￿1￿ The trllttees cowrise the kryJn8tkagnent pe￿ortne1 of the Charity aLd ar¢ T¢SW.__... Th¢r¢ 8r¢tso ¢J)wloye¢s. ajwj no trustee is rellL"---" ' for th¢ OP￿tiOn tsn & day to d&y basis.

Page Z TI1£ IJNIONOFCATHOLIC MOTHERS ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 3IST DF.CF.PlTIER 2024 Revltwgt Thi8 year w¢ of raistng ourpublic profil¢ and w¢ ¥¢nt d i¢tterto all Bishcya with UCM FoLmdationy in their Dioceses asking them to LY)couragc UCM Tnernb¢r¥hTP in th¢iT Dio¢ese8 by publishing EQ their priests. Those Bisho￿ that did Teply did 80 quickly 2nd positively. Member5 sinc¢￿lY apw¢riat¢ th¥ supry)rt of the?r spmtLLal adYiseTS and it is pleasing to ot¢ thal m8tty DI￿¥e& i)Thlained new PTie5ts and DexoRS 2024. Nleanwhile wt continue to pray for ¥ocztiOMS to the PTieSthMd and religious life Wh￿ we 5&y our UCM Prhycr b¢f¢T¢ ourmeetittgs and duringour Masse9. 'I"o keep mcmbers up to daic With key ¢v¢Dts {¢.g. (i¢n¢rnl r.12ttion and Lssistal Dying Elill}, information was fonvarded Dioceses on"U5ingOuf Catholic Voice- from CAFOD SVP B4ving wuy$ to cont1 yOL4T MP and li￿￿S ￿EBcEw atMI Pro- life w¢hsitts. liarly in this ycar wc had th¢ ncws Ihatboth King ChaTI¢s and LtheTine th¢ of Wales had bttn diag￿Sed with canceT. ma￿ c8rds were sent en b¢half of all members 10 both and OUT 2024 N¢wsp3p¢r hatt a IwJn¢r heading 855UIiIJ8 th¢m ofourptsyeT8 for Ibeir¥ettly recovery. FoundatiODS and Diwe3¢5 ¢njoy J range of aCLiwiLies and events throughow the year. M05t have an anttual programme of Elleelings 8ntE events. All sUPPOrt their local parish eotnn)urriiic8. cDeourn8¢ each oth¢r spiribjal acuvitie5 sucIL as ?il8rJmagcs, PTayU. visbts a￿441k$. One Dio¢e$¢ T¢￿)rt8 that they have managed to attract & fiTSt YLYT Univwsity Studwrt ￿ tl1rmeEtin￿, with s¢vrraJ yO￿Spe0p1C joining them when they have a Speaker OT outing. A8 18 ll￿%1 kn UCM lots of hjttd raising for I￿al cbariti&% took plac¢ thriKthi the y￿, DitK¢Y¢ sup￿rI th¢ bame ¢huTih&8 yw on yw. PTi¢sts"Iraining Truryi, CAFOD, SVP. IrKa] Fwdbatlks, childrens charities. local ¢huTches. Caritas. hoste] and hospiccs. Chaplain& wa¥ al¥oi)y:" Ordinatio￿. BiTthdA￿ 80th 85th 95°. 102" Wtddin8 ADoiv¢wrie4 70th 65￿ 60th Foundotitso AnDiYers2ries 9011 tsnd AntJiv¢rsary ofpriesihuod 50 Al￿ evcn a bthy St Joscphs Si Networking Dioceses are ryrtsllg Nmjre iDSIRnc£s of attendills cvellts fogether.. R4)sary Rally& tteighbouritig Diocese AGM4 MBs&C4 Pilgtimage5. special PEHyer cvcllts. As well as Naliollal s￿dY Diocrsc5 h()Id ihrir own I￿•1 Study cvcnts. oflrtt illvÈtillby uther DiDce5e5 h) the4TL MiddJesbTough h8d &Eh OPtA ￿ all wolnc￿ Study 4)A c0J￿¢t￿p1&tiVe prayer ￿lI￿￿181ed with Aft p2rt of wbi¢b w?$ "Prdyill8 WLth Clay" Leeds Diocesarl AGM atknded by Middlesbrougb Diocese involved an ittierestin8 pi8yeE ¢xp¢rien¢e"g¢ttiDg ¢Dtan8led th wool" meAnber numbers continue to dccliDe slowly dcspitc wclcomiDg ucw me￿)b¢Th aud FOuDd￿tIon8. Our rccords iDdic4te that w¢ had 1.90] members in 2024. Some FouDdations re-opeTr￿ gnd there were llt l¢H 49 new rDember ¢Drolments. One Diocese brink of ¢losure b¢xause ibey b8d no officeT5, have R n¢w Pre8ideD¢ S¢¢r¢tw attd Tr&st¥rr th¢y attend￿ National uticil 4ttd Study. Sometimes when a Fouwlation ck￿S du¢ kn falling nutJiw join Other kKal F￿1]0Th$ become Independent memb¢r5. Siguifi¢8ntly theTe 8ee]ns to be 00 dOW￿DI￿ iti the amouot of time ond eoer2y mtllthr& CODtitLue to conrribuic in thEir parish¢5 gnd communitirs. Hi)weveT, IheTe is a reluctani to ￿0]utsteer foi'offiGe- 2t all lev¢15. We are delighted to have becn abl¢ to el¢¢t Mts Eileen Priest IBiTrningh3m} &¥ National Prtsident Itts start May 2025). aT￿ to appoitLt Mrs tA)n Fry (Pommwth) AB Wlsinglwn Admini8ww. VAn¢4¢8￿ntiry￿ kn¢xi# or the2 Vi¢¢ I>v8idthtw)g Communl¢•do The National c￿Ittee continue to meetre8ularly. Tky aim toTheet in P6TSOn ai least J a year in addition w the NatiOThPdl Council in May and Octobcr. al othcr lim&s they 7.￿rn. laaiwn (wfic¢r& continuc to sw)tM)rt their Di￿&￿¢$ and tcnd kcy e¥£uts when po&siblc. Sincc COVID c(Mnmittee Thcrnt¢rsn¢￿ attend rned1T￿s 4¢ via and Wcbinars Icading to grealer involvern¢nt at little c051 {no travelll. Reports baye for¥vRrdcd to Dtoce5eg giv￿¥ details. SigDific8Dt cont￿1 witb WUCWO ￿ be¢n Tnade by.wrn4 iTKludin8: the Ptt&ident Elect, MYS Eileen PriesL the Nattonal Secretsryy C.&th Lydon. and the Natiollaj W¢lfare 0￿1cCT, vivleD￿ O'Byrnq aiiending a ll*eiiD8 with the WiJC.WO Presidfflt G￿eraL Mrs Mouica aDd Sea¢tsry G¢ttcr•L Lawiffjia Rtttbi, at Romcw Ho￿e itt Imd0￿. Ollly a few orgwis8ti¢)ns wtw itiiryt¢ IVUCWO I￿are strugglJk8 ￿ keep their Website up (o date. 8ctting atiicles for the1rNewSpa￿ and panicipants in meeting.

Page 3 IJIYIONOFCATIIOLIC MOTHE.RS ATrINUAL REPORT YEARENDED ICONTINUEDI: 31ST DECEMBER 2024 Wdfare and NHRHS MaTry tbal￿ go to Mrs P8ddy RoEtrts for Iwd work ovw 5 YUTY. A n￿i￿g with her. the nelv cO￿din8￿r. )Ars .4Att E￿ble[W Ihe NatioTwI Tretsurer. Mrs Su¢ Bi¢tsst8ffe. and the Naiiunaj Welfar¥ OffiL¥r. MTS Vivienne O'Byrne. Iwk p18¢e in Jartuary to facilitat¢ the h3ndoYer. A new Application fomt bas btert dtv¢lord and sent to DiocesC5. At National Council It was suggestd that support be offetsl to Dio¢es8n Chaplains las mt%]]bers of Ihe UCM). To boosl donations to NHRH& il wa8 agreed fun¢ts raised ol NB¢10￿1 (A)WKkl & AGM be divided into ihifd8, 4)ne third bctng Oonatcd to NHRFIS. one third to the host Diocese's own fund5 snd the final third going to 8 charity Df that Diocese's choic?. During 2024 NHKHS pro¥ided fund5 sthpport to 4 appli¢8nts at ¢ost of £1549.73. Donations TeLeived were £2461.62. The end ofyear Balance was £13,267.36. Wo C4Jntinucs to uylHte infi)rniptiOTI for4llembets abDUt the Scr¥ice. ACCid￿ts.. Th¢r¢ were 3 attidetts at 2024 National Couwl: weT¢ r¢port¢d to Thc 14Jyts. Ju%det and P￿Ce The Annual National Ju#i¢e & ljeace Network Gwfctrncc Juty was att¢nd(xi by ow Na¢ion41 Vicc Pr¢5idert k4onicA Ovrl. ThL￿e Diocew who ha￿e lusrice & Peace Offic￿5 kwi ¢xtrenly well ijthrmed ar both locaL Datioual aud intetnational level. Such activities includ¢d.- Si￿)￿g govcTllTnEnt petit20ns. Ffflting to theiT MPS, organi5ing ecutnenical rneeling4 attcnding a migrnrtt Mass. 2 fdcial ju8tice Mas$, supporting local c&m￿ls￿ pr()MOtin￿ Llima(L' i5sucs artd hLlpiTrg parishes to 8¢hie¥e "Live Simply" award. This yeaT we are able lo teport ittdivldual par4shes ha¥e 4Acluded ttpotts lld lirths infonnatlon wchavc 5Cnt out in thEir Parish Newsletters. Medla. In January 20?4 we wtrt in￿1ed tu write sn artick for the Catiwlic HeT&ldon work ofucm which was published Thanks ro MTS Penny Jarrold MT5 Anne Emblem for fotwarding the contact oil to us. In March 2024 we &lso had a piece from our National PresId￿t on thc Wc*dd Dtty of Prayer 2024 by the women of Palestine published in the WUCWO Women's Voice. We were 8lyA) 85k¢n video pre￿lati￿ lor Aid io the ChuTLh ill Neeuth Nfmisty 8nd OutruLh- it was held over 2 Jay5And wa5 w f¥ilitateil by m£D￿lId, DitectDr4Jf Youth Miuk5ty 4>f aDd ADith Motha. CEO of Mil]ion Miullte8 {Cathobc Yoth Agets¢y). Tb&nk8 to our Vice Presidettts and Natiolld TTc3sur¢r who hmd to c￿¢1 re-Arnge at shortttolice. The aim of the Siudy was lo facilitsle convetsations on how to CODnecl with young peop in a meaningful way. 'I'o g￿trate ideas for actsoDS on cn888ing youn8 pcoplc. To aciion plan personal con)ti)i1me4tslorgaDis￿1orJaL to enJ.¥ with YO￿ p¢iyl¢. W¢ h•v¢ receiyed posktsve fee4lback from attthdccs and also from knila end SusaD Youth Project Follo￿,1￿84tt from the £xttllcnt Study Sc551QkS a WBS iuspiRd to look at IK>W the UCM mig&ttskc thi5 forward to support out P¢￿Ie. Mr5 ADnt Embl¢tn (NHRHSI VLVL¢lltL¢ O'By]D¢ IN8tional W6lhr¢ Offi¢rrl vi51t¢d Altoll CasÈl¢, a Catholic Youtb Retrest Cetktre In Sti)ke-on-TreDt IArchdi(Kese of Birniinshaml illtd t[￿t the CEO. Further Rt St Chad's ill BirmillghaLnwe had aspeak¢rfron) KENF.LM on tbe Ftiitb ID A¢tiou Award (TtA}. KENELM delivets th¢ award iti B2rnuogl)am ArL"hdÈ￿e$e schools. At k&%t 3 9th¢i' Dio¢uth OtgaD55atiolls wlx> aiE izjvolvd with FiA ward in DioG¢saD 8chtstyJ$. 8lld Viv ar¢ hOPefi￿ that fiMherprogres8 wiu made with other d]'o¢eses. M05t of th¢ artiyity that owth¢mb¢rs aT¢ uthd¢rtakin8 will be u nwd¢rntors w511 take place toward¥ the close of the acad¢mie year in May 2025. Our Public Servic¢ Officer Sarah Davits (PSO) has been WOTking on collecting 3 compTeh¢nsive list of Diocesan Independent Memb¢TS. This hos jwt gone Is quickly &5 l￿d Ee¢D hoped althougb the b¢gimnittg of 2025 $etD * MASSIVE st¢p f¢)rward withthi$ work

THE iIT410Th OFeATHOLIC MOThERS ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED (CONTINUED): 31ST DECEMBER 2024 Cbristttms C￿15 Wcte 5eJt to Ptymouth Thocesan Independettt Me]nbers. 88 they have no diocesall org&nis&tion to ￿m. oth￿8 ha¥e now be￿ ideatified iu a 8iu414r w5ilion. ]ndepend￿t Member5 and ensuTe thcyfecl )$ ¢los¢ to (w organisatioti rA>SSible. The National Comrnittee wced that onE Di￿e￿an TndEpendtht Members. expet)SC5 will now bc paid for by National tts attcr thc Nationaj C4)uuciJ in My (in Derbythitt 4L%uallyl 8tsd &Jother al thc Half Yearly Mecting * St Chwl's in Btrnitngkn. This indLVLdual will Dol have a Vole. {Is rtol represettlmg ihe other Dioce5aft Indepcndenl M6mb¢rs.} but whose ownk)n from diffeTetLt perspe¢ti¥¢ wll b¢ vdued Thcir first Point of Cont%t should be the PSO. P4atioJ¥l Coyfftcil NatioT￿l Coun¢il wos hii by 4 rAiI stnTre ￿}Ch rneant the President of UCM Wale5 GDuldn'l attend and our speakeTS trwel aTrang¢Tn¢nts a150 $uITcted. However all Dioceses were r¢presented as wcll a5 Mr5 Siobhan Garibaldi. ]¥e5idcnt of CWL and &routtd 80 oth¢r att¢ndcc8 including clew and guesL8. National Council vns hostgd by tho Port5Tr)outh Diocese led by their Pr¢$idwJt Mts Bel Flynm. We wett fo￿￿￿te lo have 3 STr￿kerS in adth.tion to Bi51u)p Alan thi5 y¢aT. B15t￿P Philip Egan from Port5tnouth was unablc to attend and wa5 yepre5ented by Ftber Benjamkn Theobold, his Episcop￿ Vicor for Vrtatiot$. and Canon 18vryer as well as the PaTish Prie51 of Th¢ Holy Family in Souttwllptots alld the Cbkpiaiji to the Uttiv¢rsity! Hi5 resw)nsibilities are th¢￿roTe mwny and vari¢d. F¥th¢r Bcnj4Tntll'5 own vo¢xtionBI story is 8 tjyical one. tn8Dy 5ayiDg ho would a Piles( but like InaHy, h¢ 4niti4lly r4ist¢d 4mtil ev¢ntuolly subrnitting to the Will of G￿1. His motb¢r #Iso had reservations due to Challeng￿ of Prie511y life, livin8 alone, hcavy wo￿]￿a￿4 attd little income. However. FaLheT B¢rtj3rniTt's obvious happine55 in his path ￿l￿¢Ved her artxietie Mothers have & hllEC tttflllet)ce Priestly vocatiot)s the￿ is tt mle for the UCM- prdying for Vo¢Aiions lour V(￿￿tiO￿$ Prayer, said frequthtly)- prtyer and support for familits of seminarians? PIèyeT and 5UPPOrt for thc Sknitwians thcm5¢1v¢5. In Portsmtyth Diocest each foumdattth hÈs'W" a Seminasian SI¥￿ ?023 maintain light coniact with th¢ry w¢¢iilly for th¢ major¢¢lebT•tion¥ of the church. Father Benjamin believes itl9 importaJ)i that cach person should be ask¢d if they have cDn5ide￿d a Religiou% lite, &$ Seminarians repon ihat a ptincip81 tnfluertce in theTr c&ll tjas bten discus$ions wtth ft Pri¢sL The for Thore Prtests taDnot be undeTestiTrated •xl his toTrteTrtio￿ is that .MORE oyert practiccs of the faith irk families rnight also help 8u￿e youn8 ￿0p]e into conS￿ering vocations ID Priestly? reliBious, attd faithfiLI rnarricd lif¢ would b¢ of bthefiL In addition to Vocations to the Priesthood being mfft I￿]UentlY at the front of parishioneTS' mind wh¢tt gew io kllow 4t￿ ¢onvqsiDg with young meL FI￿ MtC#rthy His 4iti) is to promot¢ w8]king p1jgril￿R¢$. baving been inspired by a '- 08 a ehild ¢tms¢d by family pariiciyation in kn]ks". His life w&% changeA by wttlkin8 pil81ima8e4. Havin8 taken a 3 month hreak from his work as a GP he walked from CaDl¢rbury to RO￿¢. ill 2014 he Kave up Ibdl wutk and. Dut knuw10￿ wbJi ¢u do, h¢ IIK)k anoth¢r long 'Iv¥lk" trybjn Rorne to istaolwl. SiAce tbeu ke IKS i'ariety of Eole4 alL liukrd ts wJvLr&i&¥ pil¥ri£Tra¥e. He h85 writtcll scvctal books 1)n Y￿10v5 ￿pEctsIr0UI￿8 ￿ pilgrTr• Pi)pe BenedicL said. 'To ¥0 on pilgriTttsJ8E is to Step ovt of YOUr￿lf ill order ¢0 ¢ThcouDkr God whetr H¢ bas rtve81ed himsel( where His grAee ]JBs shone with particujar spleodour Wld prryJuc¢d rich of wnvewsion and holines% atnotL8St who believt". ltt 2016 Popc Frattcis tsked u¥ to welcotne Pilgrim5 and, wb¢iL Ih¢y 8TTiV¢ ¥¢ • sbriae, they The w￿￿1 uf (hMI attd ttttive the Sacrnmtrtts. Pilx[i￿ spiti1u￿Y . its practical naiur4 pilgrimages liiUa]ly kccp you grO￿￿tI iti cotttaci wfftth the eatth. Ther¢ is vlllDttabiiity kn vyeathcr, chance, dq￿ellt ott tbe ki]Jdnegs of straD8ers. The pil8tiJn b￿￿Me& aware of those whose T￿lStePs thtry are following Rt those who will follow. The dhutth h&% 8 txew metaplwr'lhe pi]grirti ￿pIC of G￿1. It is a dHloglle ojjly the Chwcb bllt also a dilllogue with other CTrriStia¥￿ Synodality ￿e&￿s ryalkuig togekn. It is abtyjt us to walk kn￿the￿ is church, a5 one bl￿]Y. ooe pilgriuL people. Pbil W￿lts to thCOtsrn8¢ ptopk to wALk * pIlgriti￿ge of 'bope' durillB 2025. Pope Fr￿Cl5 wantcd us to ae¢ th¢ churGh 'out thcTr' on th¢ 5treJn around th¢ world spe8kiD¥ i diffeteni languages. She Sttyed in these groups througFH)ut her temi. The Covid pandemic afftttt WUCWO, ys 911 othcr Drg4Lnisatll)T15, 50 8(wiJ meetingy became ViTtual Tneetings over 3 or 4 tonseculive allernoons. Sume vf the 5ubject5 cov¢r were" violence against women. Pope Francis. encyclical4 WUCWO Day. S￿￿1•I1ty. uruning Ge￿￿8 Assemblie$ me&ing with women from thc Middlc FAst. and WUCWO'S big proj¢ct- World Worncn's Obs¢Tvatory. The Mlomcn of the Mlddle E&8t Meeiing was held in Raffin4 Gre￿¢ aThJ had b¢¢n TM>S4)0nc￿ tiM¢¢ du¢ ts> C<)wd. t￿t to rnany virtual rneetings therc wa8 dRDkmish￿I opportunity for g¢ttiDg to kn)w other Board M¢nJb¢rs' l¢ading to IiLTLiLed n¢tworkin& building of tNst and rapporL key facknTX Witth"n the Organis￿50n. S￿￿ trtelin884rt ¥erydeM￿l￿$- Olberhighligtsts of kn4itx P05t'. ¢ekhrnl￿g Holy Mass at the Tomb of St Peter with Cardi)￿J Ouellet {Canla) who Rave a reauy good homily (May 20L9): WUCWO took p8rt in the 8enerai audiellte wtth Pope fmciy (Mty 2020) ¢bis w&$ ihe I10lh atUJAvew ot"WUCWO - a beautiSAI ptsyer vigtl wa5 beld Zoom Wilb ovcr 2(M) paTli¢ipants. WUCWO had ￿rnC cxccllcns spcakcrs OVLY tbc rcrn2 of officc ott a varicty of Is$￿eR mainty latillg to women; (Romc 2023) WUCWO AudieDc¢ with FrdllCi8 and Val w&$ a8ked io belp outbefore the awthieacc which meant a Start but thc Popc was noL thie untsi 11.301 Val was cs¢ort¢d 10 JJlo¢at£d seAt at about 9.30 and w&$ swpris¢d to discoverthat She W854WLthc front row with th¢ Tcstof th¢ B(Trard a?¢mbet5 a￿1 S(￿ in¥itwJ gu¢5t WUCWQ weiy theollty

Page S T1￿ LryION OF CATHI>LlC MOTHERS Af4NUAI. RF.PORT YEAR ETr4DED (cof4TINiIED): 31STDECEMBER 2024 gu&%ts- 830. In front was 10 steps to where the Pope vmuld sit a couple of Cardinals. (W¢ lat¢T discovered that PTesid¢nr Zelensky w85 ll￿1]￿g hc Popc aftcr w). The P4)pe 4valked slowty acr058 to his chair using bis Stick to 49eafeoing applause ard ehews and ulu]atiDg. H¢ looked very mu¢h alone. Il quite SUYTea]. TheEe were th¥J sp¢eche5 by M8ria 1.10 7.ervino. ISpani8h} ￿￿1¢& SantaTTiaria ISpaTti$hl, Maribeth Stewart (English) and other8. The srttchcs wcrc mainly about thc work of WUCWO. The Pope then gave a sptrGh in Spanish. Thtt wholv ofthis audience is on YouTube in English. The security men ihen brought his wheelchoir, and he left the 5taEe i'la a Eamp. He ￿lled and gbook ]Jands with all of us on thc frottt row attd onc of his uaff followcd behind T058ry beads fot ￿1. In front was a photographer taking pbotographs. Pope Francis didll't speak to anyon4 but h¢ h35 a lovely smile, and h< w&% 5Tnilin¥ all the tirne hc wa5 with pu)ple. It was over ¢ry quickly bul ht went behind us and saw 811 the pts)ple the￿, but he dith'l look well. No onc w&5 in a hury to Icave, 4nd it s{￿cdto bc ovcr in a flash. Val return￿ ¢0 St P¢kr'$ 8bwt 3.30wn for 5pm Ma8s atjd sal amongst othupwle from WUCWO. Fr Mwctllo {EcclesiQStic41 A.&sistant to WUCWO) can￿ do1￿ thc Aislc and asked Val to sit on the front row and r¢ad th¢ prayers of the faithfvl. So. what a exatingday-T51eetinKthe Pope, a rosary gift from the Popt and reading in St Pdcr'5 Basili Blsbop Alan offered congramlations to Clifton Diocese on the llPPOiTJttrtent of Rt Rei Bosco M2¢tkn&ld 2$ the n¢w 8ishop of Clifton. He also said there bern rec¢nt Ordinations iD Southwark. Wcsttninster. tb¥ OrdiDaTialc and Binnillgham. He said th&t it had brO￿ght a lot of joy. It is sometitrKs quite difficlllt to think of our%elves outside ourowo comfort YK)rtt. It is nice to bE with our Deighbours with our 51Ster¥ bT4)thvTS, aDd it i¥ niL¢ to %ry wl knk oulside O￿TSel¥t8. All pari5b Priests dilT¢zrDt, bishops are differenL and all Ctholi¢$ are difftrettL We should b¢ aw8r¢ of divcrsity in the world. Don't foTgcE th¢ panblc of th¢ 'lost sheep, where the 5h¢ph¢rd goes in 5faT¢h of the lost sheep. th us pray that Our Lord ￿11 give us a very. very wide ran8¢. Bishop AlaD Works with youth and vi55ts LLlliV¢T5itic5 and schools regularly, and IL is worth ihe UC".M recognising that I>UT world i5 noi iheir world. A lotof young p¢opk at th¢ mom¢nt ar¢ ho¥ing a reAlly hat¥1 til￿ and there &re issye, ¢.x, m¢DtyI h¢okh. Young p¢opl¢ 8Te very vulneTable &s there is a loi Eoing tsn.. wir, the environment. and some of them aTe profoundly depTessed about the world in whi¢h wt liv¢ i. The UCM rtLxxts to have a broader pr08pect and a wide orth look 8t the worfd ar0￿d us. Bishop Alan said he knesrt't want to be misetable, b￿a￿e he fijndamentally b¢litlies that the kst way of living is Catholit Chn51ianity. St John'$ Go9pel stat¢5'. "1 h&vEÈo%ne th8t ha¥£ lik hxye it lo the fvll-. If you w8nta Yeally IMa￿llg lif¢. liv¢ a Catholic Christian life. It Means that we are * people of hope in which w¢ b¢li¢v¢ that God will look after ug. There is an enom￿￿$ difterence bettveen someone who has fa?th and praycr in thur Iivc5. and sorrth)dy ivho has Mot. When yowjgstevs meet Jiffjcuiiies ￿ their lite. if they meet them witbout prayer, it is hard for them. W¢ have ts> be people of hope. Sornetimes as a CatholiL th1￿ch wc catt start to tccL sony for outselves, howevu. Lt is worth re￿eMb¢ring that w£ ar£ better off ill many way8 than the woild around us. Symoda]iry. wthat the UCM havc been dolng for a long lirne - a bit of tespcctful. praycrful. listeDing eng88ement. Bishop Alatt encouraged the UCM when they go home lo ￿ve young people prayer1￿1, list¢niDg engagement thuing N&tinnlll Cnuncil we weie able to have 8 Nettvotkirtg session. This followed a suggcstiott fiom Council 2023 th￿L￿￿PIe wouldpref￿ in stllallu bTruup¥ Lu lar¥e pttrti¥ularfy tbose rtcw to CoullLil WCEY h¥pi<r ts) talk ID sm&ll groups. DioGC5a￿ Offi¢m werc sort¢d into loosc Gcowpbital art8s Ènd they went into bre8koui io distw$ is5u￿ snd k35t one of the N&tionHI cott￿lt￿£ w&% with tach gft)up. We obviously di51x]ssal a few quesiioDs15ugge5tion5 b¢foreknud lo encouTage discussioll but W2 foulld that with 5tllall of Do more than 15116 even th05¢ new to Council were qllite happy to thlk. The Geo8whitsl split of Dioceses was dotse to help fatililAte clo%er WQTking reknionsbips and local support, so￿ething that tneniioned at National Council itL 2023. We wdl coDtillue witb this forllwt a5 it was i'ery wdl god ¥liettdy knve UPide4ce that Diocesc each other gnd takittg pat1 in each other's evenL8 t.g. Piignmages, Rosary Rally's and Masse5. Also dRscu¥sed at thes¢ meetsngs w&s risillg costs beitig faced by tAfjctses and it was suwstcd that Dioce%&% hold the odd fimdraising event tor their Thfrcesao cosL8. UCM Metnbers coosistendy wpport and raise funds lor local aEKf natiODal c￿l￿¢s. ¢.g. Foodb8nks CAFOD ond, MacDJillaD. but few ise monty for thanscl¥c5. Followin8 on trom thcse me¢tin85 it Vns S￿ested tb8t ay)Dcy the Host Dioccscrai5es at the raffle National Council wb]"ch has usu8lly atrww gon¢ to a llatiollal or local charity of the Htsst Dio¢es¢ Ch￿S]￿B oouLd be spht into 3. A third to our natiollal charity the National Holidays and Resi Horne Service, a third to a charity of Ehe k05t Diocc5e Ch￿sit)& W¥tsiDglLa The 77" UCM A]Jttual Pi18timage 10 WAlsinBbom rook place ort Tuesday 2" Suly 2024. The was led by th¢ Di{￿¢ f knuthwark. The pilgtima8e bcgatt at IU.OU am with pilgiim8 arrivillg at the Shllrte by coach. followed by the Pr￿e￿&l￿n ta the Sbtine al0￿g tbe Pl1￿1￿ Way. UCM ￿.le￿la&￿￿l Advswi Bisknp A]4EL willi￿￿. Bi5h(y uf led pilgrill ill at 12 Muth Bishop Philip Moger. Auxiliary B2shop of Southwrt Fr Robert BiiiiDg, Rector of th¢ Shnne, and a umbcr of Pritsts ￿nCeleb￿tIn￿ AfteT luncb. there wa8 the Ble&%iftg of the Sick ill the Chapel of Reconciliation, followcd by a Prot¢$siotk from the Car Park 10 the Shrine, kjthl l¥t¢r. Bendiciion an41 Refl¥blitsn led by Bishop Moger. There wetr 50uJe cb&D8es thi8 year Wedid ftot 80 irtto the .4bbey the weather was bad so the e¥e&ittg torchlight pro¢c5S bad 10 be ¢8￿Celle￿. althougb hardy pl1￿1￿}5 did llwllagc to walk. The 4wThber&tte￿1llgWa5 Ilwi theprevious year.

THF. I,'NION OF CATHOLIC MOTHERS ANNUAL REPORT YEARENDED (CONTINUED): 31ST DECEMBER 2024 As uslllll thss tneeiirtg ]k)S￿l by the Binningham Aschdi￿eée and onty one Dioce8e was wt able to attend this maittty duE io i]]n¢s& but there were some issucs with travclling. Thartks as alway5 ￿ Birningham mernb￿ for providing refrtshmentts. Over 50 rneMbe￿ attended and after celebrated by Fr Paul EdwanL8 we listened to a Teaily interesttng tatk on the Faith I A¢tion.4ward fr￿M Paddy {Patsiu'k) DeAt0￿oF the Krnelm TR￿. This was a very faaual pre%¢n141ion with ￿￿1)rIn￿'t10Th a￿1 question5 from McMbc￿ Thc aim of thc PTcscntstion was to highl￿1 how UCM manbEF5 Could give practi￿1 kclp and sUp[￿rt in the delivery andachievement of the award fw youngpwle. Again we had seta8ide tin%4t this meeting forneiwoTkiagbetween Dioce￿ thisdid not ¥045 well as at Nal?onaJ Cowil b&# it sltll Tesulted in a volunteeT for the post of Walsinghwn Admtntth3tor Lorthe Fry (Pottsmouthl and a Host Dioctse for Nalional Council 2026 (Northamptonl. I would ]ikc to thank evtr5we for th¢ir e•th 4)thÈr and to the UCM throu8W the y£tr 5cthg the their reports. I would also Jik¢ to sbdT¢ a Ly)uple olquotstions frora tepvtts received :_ 'Wot 8llCbaTity is C45h Based" aDd'Th>d is in charge. The ch￿ilY is r¥]iani un the support uf il¥ MEth through thciT subscriptioH4 dDnatK)ns, alld fi]ndrdis1ll￿. For tbe Y¢ar End 31° D(wmb¢r 2Q24 there was a deficii of £5,27412023.. deficit £6,165). Tor￿ income w&q less ifl 2024, with low¢r Pl1￿]mage i9LxW￿ I￿ltI)￿l expuulitwt w&4 Also lesÈ Al£74￿7? {2023.. £95,8061 ta vi¢w of th¢ natiollal natu￿ olth¢ Clwity's HctiTriti¢5, the TTU5tee5 io maitiloill ftee Merve5 in uryr¢stri¢t¢d fuJJd5 at a level that equates to 2 y6ats' ullresthcted expeaditsre. The bal&nce held as PAt4rethcd fu￿[% ￿ &t iiil DEceth 2024 WAS £131.735 of wtsich £121.396 is r¢g8rded a5 fre reEervcs gfter &Uowiug for £10.339 up in laDgible ￿ed Hsset Thts r¢pre8ents for the fntsre an organisation we ar¢ cornmitt¢d to increasing our M￿)b¢r$bip. We will explore ways of wO￿an8 ts fulfil our obj'cctsvc to Ri51t Asse85ment Th¢ T￿￿$ have &3565seAI the rn&jOT risk5 to svhic13 the chgrity ￿ eKFo%ed, in ￿rtiCUlar Lhos¢ relatrd to its operatiOJk8 and firjawts. By fflon1to￿8 th¢ l¢v¢l ofre5¢tV¢S, ¢J151UI￿ ￿￿trol ovv fjnasjcial sysi¢m5 th¢ Op¢[￿10￿￿1 r&sks faced. the Tru5tw& b¢li¢ve$ that ¢ff¢divc $ysicms havc b¢¢n cstabli5i￿d ¢0 mitigat¢ tb05¢ risks. nsAblUlle814 to the 1kn4ncA•l stAtr•ellts The charity trusd arc resrrf>nsible for preparing a thJstee%' aTmual re￿rt and financial stattrLent8 in at£¥Trrdattce with apPli￿bI¢ law and UnitwJKi]tgdom Ac¢oulltiDg Standard5 IUnitedkng(knn Generally Accepted knothing Prxtice). Tbe law ¥ppli¢abl¢ to cJwiti¢5 ill EnoJHlld Wales rwirw Ib¢ rlwity to pNKre slale4￿5 for eh yejr which give a mi¢ fair view of the 5tat¢ of affairs of the cknlty, and of the uKomillB resources attd applicati4)n of resour￿, of the charity forthar period. In preparing the fioallcial st&tcmcnts. the tA￿te¢S rcquired ro.. . select Milablea£touokn8wli¢ies aAdappEy themtotssistentlyi ob8erve th¢ mcrhods andprinciples in the applicable ChaTitie5 SORP: make judgeTu¢tLtS Wld esiimatrs ihal are Teasonable and prudenl 5tatcwkn¢tbcrapplicablc accovntinB StgDdarts and stat¢￿ts of ptactscc have been folloryved, wbjec¢ Any M41￿1￿ d¢pthur¢sdi￿i0S¢d aDd ¢Ap141T￿l in th¢ fill￿1•1 #4ttDKBts; prep&rt the financial statemwts OA th¢ gosng toncern b￿1$ uthl&$ it is ithan>Ttkpriats to pr￿4￿￿ that th¢ charity will Continue its activitio3. The tsustecs are reswlls4ble li)Tkttping properwoountsng ¥ccords tht4Jb'sclose with ¥usoRablc accuTacy4tanylimciht finil position of thc Charity and to cnable them to engure that the fimanual statem￿tS comply ￿th the Charities Act 2011. the 4JplL￿bIt Chrrities (AL¢ounis and Reports} Regul￿t00. and the provisions of the c]Larity'S CoD5tstution (the governiD8 document). They are also tesponsible for safeBU8rding tbe assets ofthe chartty amd iaknng ￿90￿able SLEps foT theprev¢ntiorL 4nd 4J¢te£tioll of fraud and other irregularitie5.

P￿t7 AfiNUAL REPORTYEAR ENDED (CONTINUEDI: 31ST DVCFMBER 2024 114￿ OTC rc5POUsiblc lor the maitite]w￿t attd itttegrity of the £har4ty and fia￿la] illfozmatioll tllcluded on ltse ilwitrj 8 website. t£siskntion in *he UnitEd Kingdom ¥overnin8 the PTerAration and dissertFination of financial.%tatements may differ from le￿5]at￿oN rn oth¢riuTi5di¢tions. Approved by the L4UStetsoA 9"JU#e_￿J7 aad sAgned ontheir beh8Jf by:. Mri. C. Lydon

Page 8 THE UNION OFCATHOIAC MOTHERS INDZPEf4DENT EXAMifTR'S RFPORT TO THF. TRiif5TEESOF THE LThryOPIOFCATHOLIC MOTaE I rEPOrt on th¢ ac¢ounts of The Union of Cats￿lIc Moth￿5 kn the Y¢Jr EndeAI 3111 D¢wnbEr 2024. whith arc set out on pag¢5 9 to IS. R48Wli¥¢ r¢4wtssthilitie$ of Trusl¢e Eyjmlmer 11¢ ¢b8rity's Ths¢ccs are resp)Dsible for the preparnlion of th¢ a¢¢ouDts. The ¢knai¥ty'S Trust￿ ¢ODsid¢r that audit k UOL required for this ye4r ullder Section 144(21 of th¢ Chariti¢5 Aci 2011 (the 2011 Act) and thai an Ind¢p¢tKl¢nt 8xamitiation ystt£led. It is ttly TC¥Po￿liblJlty to:_ the WOUDts Ulldersecti￿ 145 of the 2011 Acl" to follow the procedures Iaid down in t￿¢ Gencral thrections giv¢n by th¢ Charity ComTllis5ionus (under $edioJt 14515Xb) of the 2011 Act. and Bajls of Jndepewd¢mt Ex%rnln¢TPI Report My examination was Ca￿lEd &￿Id3￿Ce with the GenBtal Ditectiotss given by tbe Charity CoJnL¥Ji&%ione55. AD with those [￿Ord& It also iTLeludes consid¢rAtiOth of any uousuèl items or dI￿10$ur¢S in th¢ A¢¢OWlts sthj seekiug explanatlOD5 from you as Trust¢¢5 conc¢rning any $vth rnatt¢Ts. The procedures und&tskets do ttot providr all the evidenc¢ thgt would b¢ r¢qDirtd iu ￿ audi( al￿ rollyW￿￿t[Y Jko ()pinion is given a& to wheth¢r th¥ pre8CUt IlldtpeDd￿t EigWiDpf's Stat¢rn¢llt the accO￿tIng rceords wcrc notktpt ill acc¢xdaDC¢ with s￿￿13￿ 130 ofthe ChaTilies Art; or the accounts did noi accord with the accounting record5. or the acwunts4tid tsot•y with the appkc4ble requiremejm Lorrt¢rning the for￿ oThJ routut of dccoujts Set out All th¢ Cknitics (Accouthts and Reports) RegulatioThs 2DDR other than requirement thatthe acGouDts give a and I bave come scr￿ no othttmattcr8 conncction wtththc Examination to which attention should be in this TetAX ILA. PriDr. FCIL Charthrtd Cer1117ed At£•u￿tant W. H. Prlor, Chartered Certllltd A¢countsAts R￿l￿ttY Court, l)•n¢8stsr. DN45FB gh 2025

PaRe 9 THE UMON OFCATtIOLIC ￿￿fHFRs ATETrfENTOF FP4ANCIAL Act11T￿s FOR TU£ YFAR EYDF.D 31ST DECEMBER ￿24 UnTes￿Et Fund8 RHtrirted Totsl 2024 Income Dona¢ionsand kgacics Charitable activitie5 Othcr trad]ng actI￿ti¢9 InV￿Qnent Incom¢- Bank Intttest 5.850 53,880 4.708 2.650 2.16? 12 13,136 68,292 5.959 2,254 53 4708 £803 153 TOTAJ. INCOME 67.088 2315 69.403 89.641 Expenditsre EJp¢*ditMrethi ¥4i¥iug fquda. Itthising Expenditllre on Charltabk aelivitie$ Naii0o21 Collfetence & Annubl Meeting Officers & Represcntative8 Trnvcl StudyC4)nfereAtt & Mtdia Day5 Pilgrima8CS Otlw Cbarithle Activities 17,239 8.1¥2 3.38] 16,975 27,570 17339 182 3J81 16.975 28.900 22.A97 9,414 338 32,530 30.627 1.330 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 73,347 1.330 95.806 (6J59) 412741 16,L65) BsJaD¢¢s bfouEbtforwthl 1st Iaw 2024 137,994 17,666 155,660 161,82S 310 Dettmbtr 2024 131,735 18,651 150J86 155.660 The Jhote$ 00 pw 11 b) 16 6)Lm th¢s¢ f￿￿1&] Stat￿llent$

gtl• THE UNIOY OF CATIIOLIC MOTHERS BAL￿NCE S￿T AT 31ST DECEMBER 2024 2024 2•23 Flxed a8sets Tugible assets 10,339 10,L83 Current2%￿5 Stock D¢btOT5 and PTyyments C&yh &t and in hand 3.7￿) 8.560 130,(Y25 J.7 io 142.465 142,285 (2,2381 147,565 {2,088} Ual)lli¢iri: r￿ling41ue w4thinone ygar Net wrretyt •siets 140,047 145.477 Nel AsJ(4s 150.386 155.660 L8.651 13 1.735 [7,666 137.994 UnTEStrictcd Funds 13 JS)386 155.660 7be fLHwJKial stotaKotson p88es 1441 21 wrEapptovd bythethistees4)n 20254Dd signed on th¢irbeiJaJfby". MTJ J. Ilodge Tr￿ee (N4¢loNal Prethknt) Mr5 S. Bl¢ktr¥taffe Tryjtee (NalloH*l Trnsmr) pagtg 1 I w 16 fLYmPgrtDf thes¢ filw￿la1 statrnty

Pkgell THE UYION OF CATHOI.IC. MOTHERS NOTES TO THE FIN￿NCIAL STATEMEfqTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBFR 2024 At¢•wdug poknc4e5 B8sls uf prEpArntio The fittancial ¥tate]n¢TJts have been in ac¢ord4ncc with Ac£ixLnttnE attd Rq)orfing by Chariti¢%.' S121enJent of ccommrythl 1￿ctIc¢{SoRP)"AcCQIUthn%•ndRep011lnS by ChoriEies" (FRS102) and thecknIti￿ A£t 2011. 'Ibe financial slatemenis have PTepared under ihe Triisioric41 cost convention with it¢ms Tecogniged at eost OT tr￿9￿ction valuc unlc&8 otherwise %tst¢d iii the relevani aeefjunting policy note. All in¢tsllK 15 tr¢akd ￿ u1￿¢S￿lctal incorne. unkss the doll￿ hsx pl¥¢d r¢stiictioJk¥ th¢ which the donLIioD or 8TBnt tnay be spent, in which c&$8 it j5 trtated &$ restri¢¢ed wcom¢. The Testticted fimds are detailed in Note 12. D¢51gnated Furtth repTesellL amow)ts set asAde for Sp￿Irj( ateas of cxpendikne by the Tftuste¢$ aud are d¢tailed in Note 13. Iwcies rtrowjised lojlowing ihc of wobat¢ whets the thinistraior/exe4utoK of the Estate cvrlltDUDical¢d the eJ)titl¢]neDt in writillg. All ¢KpenditUFe 18 QCCOW)ted ftsr on an ￿C￿lIS b&8is. Dir¢¢t Cl>aTitable expenditure including support costs and governance costs (costs involving public accourttability and compliance with regulation and good practi¢¢l. EKp¢nditUTC is recogntseA ￿ s(M)h as there is a legal or cimstruclive obltgatson lo make a payment to i thkrd PATty. il 4S Probable that %ettlement ￿.411 be wuired. the 8ny)unt of the obligatioJ)£an be measured ￿lIablY. Third hrty Colle¢tiODS #nd Fuhd5 Colk¢tioD4 aod othcr fu￿d5 r￿Se￿, for the benefit of tbird parfy cbarities do llol rEp￿Sent illcomc or ¢xptsnditure for Th¢ uw0￿4)r Catholic Mothe￿. Lon8quently they are ioclth iu the Sialewent of Actiyiiies os llcotnc or expenditure. Any baiattce bcld by the clwity as at the B8lanG¢ Sbett date for a th"Ird party cknity is shown ￿ È liability and refleckd iD Creditors (Note I l}. Br&nthes Th¢ charity operates natio[￿llY through a braDch $t[uCtu￿ bayed largely aLDui￿ the dio(s¢s of the Catholic Church in Englattd. The8e finttnciwl ststemethts thc transactions, and &8S¢ts and liabi]ities, of the NatiOno1 and Diocesan Committees. Individual Foutydations arr distinct from the thatity itself and do uot opcratc undeT the elwitable rc(FLgrratiottof Ibe Ulllollof CAtholic MthbeTS. Theltallsaciioijs. asset5 alld JiabilLts¢$ of Fo)JDdatio￿ are therefore notreflected in th¢s¢ financial statemellts. Fixed Asxts A￿ fLx¢d ￿et8 with 8n orig1tt￿ cost of in exttt3 of £250 arc capttoli8&1. Depreciation of fjxed assels is provided on the straight-litte method at the fullL)wing lates ill OErf¢r to write off ea¢h asset over its tstimated usehjl IIfe'. RegJli¥. B&d¥e5 & Blltstrr5 Dioccse Equ2pfficnt OffJc¢ EquipllLeni £4>JJ¥ur 2Vv Onc￿1 25Yo OD c¢)sI 12.5% on cost 33.33°A4XLWSt

Page 12 TIIEIThryOYOFCATHOLIC MOTHERS NOTES TO THE FiNANCIAL STATF.IqF.NTS FOR THE YEAR ENDFJ) 31ST DECEMBER 2024 UhTestrlcted FMNd8 2024 TOTAL 2023 TOTAL Vun¢Js Donations & Orants Collections Gift Aid Tax Diocesan [t￿c$ S￿￿¢1￿1 Proj¢cis 895 2,665 2,162 3,057 2,665 6,170 2,330 1,474 2.788 374 .1.6115 674 674 5.850 2.162 8,012 13,136 Jncome from ChAritsbie Adivrtie5 Unrestricted Reltrieted Ftrnds 21124 2023 TOTAL TOTAL Membets. SubsGriptions 32,067 32.067 35,432 7,268 30572 Pil8rizn88e8 18,873 18.873 53,880 53.880 68292 In¢o]D¢ from Othertrdln# 8Ctivitie¥ Utsrestrirted Restrlttsd ds 2024 TOTAL 2ts23 TOTAL Sale ef Jiegalia, Dikric5, ¢tr. Fuud-rai5iti8 3.287 1.421 3287 1.421 4302 1,657 4.708 4.708 5,95Y Expendit￿￿ ralstng hDd8- FuAdriiiDg UDr(*ri¢tsd RestTkt¢d 2024 21123 TQTAL TOTAL

Page 13 . 'NWIN OFCATHOUC NIOTHERS NOTTS TO THE FIN￿£IAL STAT£MENTS F()R TIIE YEAR E￿￿ED 31ST DECEMBER 21)24 Covernanee e•8ts (SMppDrt C05t in¢lud¢d In Dlr¢rtCb4rilable Expenditsre) Unrcstri¢ted Re¥trlrted 2024 21123 TOTAL TOTAL Tr￿$, ex￿[￿ reimbursed Irtdeptndent ExamiTW'8 F Other A¢Lounta#¢y fe¢$ (Brnnd)es) 73 2.J36 75 2,136 80 767 2,088 80 2291 2291 2935 Related Party Tran￿￿10￿3 & Trn5tee%' Expens Thc rnJsiee4 ill co[lln￿n with 4]1 mcmb￿S of The Unton of CatholiG Mothers. all kysve th¢iT litDe freely without ally forn of beHefit in kit¥J. Th¢te no ewloyee5 of thr ¥b￿lty. Expenv ttimlwT3ed to the thr£e #¥5tets (o¢alled £75 (L7671. Thcre. w¢re n()4ts 5(IrDlified RelHte4J Party TrnDSaclions. Fixed gsgets Reg8154 B#d8e¥ P.quipmeDt Equlpment Tg1¥1 1st January 2024 Additions 12,127 2.912 10260 598 25,299 598 31° Deconbcr2024 14).858 1st Jattuary 2024 Charge for the Year 2.912 10260 199 15.116 442 243 31. DE4XRkn 20? 2,187 10.459 15558 31° 2Q24 399 IOJ39 31stIkneTrkn 2023 11),183 111,183 .4Jl fixed assets4￿ hddby tbedwity forl￿an￿1ts¢b&iIabIetibJCCtiYe5.

•ge 14 THE UNIONOFCATHOLIC MOTHERS TLS TO THF FINAYCtAI, STAT¥MW.NTS FOR TIIE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMB£R 2024 DebtOTS 2014 2023 fglllng dut witklm yeAr Pr¢paym¢nts 8,560 1.400 8,500 1,400 Ilj C•sh gt ba•k and In h4nd 2024 2023 Casb Ht BaDk Cash H￿d 130,020 142,200 266 130,025 141465 li Llabllllles: amounts faJlLJJg due withiti C￿e year 20Z4 2023 ACen￿lI 2238 2,088 1238 2,088 12 Restricted hEDd Balaace 1.1.24 31.1224 National Holidays & Rest Home ConlereBce Res¢r%'e 12282 5,384 2.315 {1.330) 13.267 5 J84 17,666 2,315 (1,330} 1&051

Page IS UPUON OFCATHOL￿ MOTHERS P40T&S TOTHE Fll¥ANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE ITAR E￿DED 31ST DECEMBER 21124 IZ Rutrkted F4tud5 (c•￿1￿4 Th¢ balanccs CD Re8¢ricted funds reweaent amounts ￿Ce7Ved for sprKified pury05c4 ￿1¢h hav¢ not been exp¢nd¢d tbe BalaRG¢ Sheet date. (a) ional Holidays& Rest Ilow Thi3 fulld ¢Aists [¢￿11 of donatio￿ rtcci¥ed ts> PTDvkdc Taspite, Gonvaksccnt hotid&ys f¢)r those iti [¢￿s¢llts th¢ balanc¢ of donatioJJs th81 have nocyei btett ¢xpciyJed. (cl Cwfesrn¢¢ R¢BeTV¢ This fimd rellects the b818nce of iM¢om¢ recthvtsl in order trj meet the t05 of the Nth"onal Presidolt's attendance at Inlcrnational Confemc£s. Id) Otlw restricted held repr¢s¢nt the bAIATrrt of fi]nd5 teceived 8pecifie4Uy forprojcets itl indivithjai th'occ3u. or 8t National level. Other testrictd fvrjds do not include ￿Illnts raised for, but nol yet remitted to, otlKr IhHritie8. Such are not an4b¥etof th¢ cb￿lty are Shown A) Credtts)t8lnotc i J>. 13 Uttrestrided Futtds Bala￿Ce 31.1224 Desi Oted Fund Vixed Full DiocesaD Cou]D]itt¢ts walsi￿81￿1 Svb.Cotnrnittcc Confer¢nG¢ Re&erYe 10.183 598 10,339 29,110 2,355 (15.4831 {I4,085) 945 1,000 94,755 15.495 3&111 (43.3371 (598) 137994 67,088 (7.3,347) 131.735 Dcsi8nBted Funds arc amountswkn'ch have be¢n putllside at th¢ discretion of the T￿Ste£S forspecific pmj¢rts. {•) F4xed Assd FULO: This fund compris¢s thr aTKKbunt of the net book value of fix&1 assets as at the Bai8ne¢ Shcet date. excluding any fixed ￿Sct8 that arc part of a Restricted Fund. ThE vnrestrict¢d T¢s¢rves representsd by fixcd ossets 8r¢ t￿t dily 4wailabk to the tXi5tec¢4)f this l&ryJ reco￿.￿ Con¢ept. (b) Dioce$8n c￿Mmittee5.. This fulld rep￿ellts the hcld by Dioct%an CollDuitttts, de5ign4t&J forusc iu each diocese. Coofettttc¢ R¢s¢rve.' {c) This )knd rcflec15 the ￿nOUn1 d¢signatcd by th¢ Tn￿l¢c5 towarf% mcetin8 t￿ fvtltre cos15 of the N81iollal PresideM'5 attendanco4Bt¢ffi&tiODalCoftferen¢es. (d) Get)eral Fund..

P#%e 16 THK I'NM)P40AT CATHOLIC MOTH£RS NixfLq TO THE FLIANCIAL STATEL%IENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDFD 31ST DECEMBER 2024 14 ADxlysi5 of NetAgsets IxttYe¢n Vunds Tlly￿le Fixtd Assets 14et CrreDt 2024 TOTAL 2023 TOTAL National Holida￿ & il¢st Home COnf￿e￿￿e Reserve OtheT 13267 5.384 13,267 5.384 12,282 5,384 L'nre5tritttd F￿nd Fixed As$et Fund 10.339 10,339 10,183 Walstngham Sub-committee Conference Res¢Tv¢ General Fund 2.355 I,(K) 88.931 2.355 1.000 88.931 94.755 10,339 140,047 150.386 155,660 15 CapitHI c￿mmItMentS T1￿¢ WeFe Capitsl em￿11￿￿￿t$¥5St 31" De¢eth20?4 {2023.. Ni21.