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Charity fegi5t8r&J 266145 THE WOMEN'S COUNCIL {Regi8lered ckArity rn. 266145) TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REpofff AND UNAUDrrED FINANCIAL STATEMEiirs FOR ThE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 MP ￿￿nTants Ltd

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THE WOMENS COUNCIL {Reglstsred ¢h•rlty 2661451 REFEAENCE ADMINISTRATIVE DEfA Dr RaiTr Riial ICI L￿1$a Tam pa￿14 Yam Dr Lpth•85 Chatlty rng. no. 266145 85 Gr•Mt Prylknwj Slyoot W1W 7LT 8&9J Str•8t EC2A 4NE EC2M 4AA

THE WOIAEN% COLINCIL {R•gi￿￿￿ ehlrfty no. 2661 TRiISTEES' AMNUAL REPORT $tat8rn8nls of Tr Wornens Col￿1 lor yo¥ •tthl 31 D￿nt￿ 20¥3. Thg trust885 eonfim that th& Pracke I￿RP1, aF¥knt4e to carilie5 wepwirwJ thew axx)unts ith the FNwYial Rep)rtlng &andard ¥WKat4e UK aThJ of IrdaThl IFRS1021. )ThYs w S￿t￿ffis 4.17 ¥#J 4.18 cl lh¢ SORP. Id 10 thntity gaps tho Board ol Tr￿10￿$ and arpSnbn•nts aw• made whwe r•quir•d When it is to aFfxJinl rw truste95. to a 114th SteFp.￿ thjvm or a gap of exFerti¥g in thJrirKJ aThl after on 1. Polld•• •doM•d I￿ lh• IndKtIDn Ir•lnlry ol Bowd ol TN•t•

THE WOMElfS COUNCIL (Roglslarnd eharlty 2fj6145) TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT Thg Charty has consKl8rèd the (5dosufO wuiroments of tha SORP lor rela1￿ party reL2tiwships. The thg trKJard aThJ their to td th8 rela￿j ol tha Charity. AJI trustees gr￿ their time omotiThJ trainry ol v)rkiffj In cikl wdlare. Th8 is iooJs&J on Imwo¥irwJ th& we aTrJ i￿lUS￿)n of thiklren 7th dL%atMlrfias. aThl assistirvJ their lamili8s in Ihow c￿Mu￿beS in Asia, Aa Paof arxj The MbJJ& E ol m￿s1On to Tha c￿rt ol St Jamgs Irom 26 countrbès In As44, Asia Pari[￿ .8rnJ by FA￿t￿[S aTrJ FrierKIs. MeeDivJs. Fina￿￿ rest￿￿1￿.1￿ is &x•rcised by P￿J￿ ol Twstees. Athibes ol the CourLyl include ks. coffee rncmiTrJs aThJ othw cr0s$4yJNural ackn (sbJned to W￿l0t9 Ir1e￿ bBknen om9n of Membetshty ol The Women's C￿n￿l Is opon to ony UK or (knrseas ho Is kntwes￿￿ ts) CourKil's ams. L4(trrniTrJ&J wen's cwganisaimjrts or *vmen's ￿tK￿5 of MIX￿ organvtKrfB may become CorF4)rate Memters. The c￿n￿l is alvAJs inloresled to hear lrnn ￿tential rew mernL￿.

THE WOMEPIS COUIICIL IR•glsiered ch•rlty no. 2fj6145) TRLISTEES. ANNUIL REPORT The Board ol Twstees Ihat ty ha￿ c<￿￿4￿ wilh duty to havg du& r&Jard to tho gukjw on This yèar has a ioumoy of c•1etffa￿ arKJ aLwMp1￿hrnenl tr the W￿en'S CourKtl as we math our S)th Annlvww. We remJ￿1 mbsskn 10 knwovo thts I￿ ol thlbyren arKI yrur ol car￿￿ts tth. (wr£z•s a m￿orabl6 tr¥1 to RHS Wsfey that kqlt our 0)r￿￿￿ty C￿n￿t￿l, cwrnthent to arwj irK1us￿. The re￿rn of ts Pan AJ Cornrnurrity Ba￿ Induskjn Devdop￿ent Courso in Jordan, ¢yg8nwJ by SEll arnj UN ESWCA uThJer thè Wership of Dr. Sebeh, hyhl3htthJ Ouf to thsat¥lty aThl the rffjb￿. Wè are woud to 8nth)unce that TWC Th8 lauTr ol ￿r nèw.k( v￿￿11• a mod8m OA l¢ our organrsal)n, 8nhanurwJ a￿St￿lty and Pr8sKlents. Tfustees, Cc4nmiNee aThJ H{I￿rary Trarriw lor Ih6ir (knalw)n arKI hth *Thk. We reaffirm￿ Ouf eornmitmeni to trainiTh3, atvj [xc￿Otir￿j i￿lUS￿)n.

THE WOIJEN% COUNCIL {Roglt•r•d chartty no. 2fj61 TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT Th& Charity ach¥Thl net irr)yno lor of £31522912022 . ￿t of E43,0931. ¢J&iwts of ar& sltrm in ts Slaiemw)t ol AclNides on pag8 7. TO1￿ inyne arntwrrt￿ lo £342.612. an MK¥e&80 01 £324.413 the >w: arnl 10 amount￿1 to £S3,P38. ￿ irK¥oasfj of £21,029 on yaar. of F201.875 8tsY 8rKJIPw &ju￿ty unantAt•J byt d £lry).(KX). l•mdr￿10r of the drflererr• is The iThxease in wimgrty In relaiion to fv luThJwwJ of a sEn ctsjrso hokl Ihi% yw In Jordan 1£7.2161 txi top of ts annud AOAPT courso sa somè h)fiatithw ￿08S0S to Its costs. In aSJil)n. lor a minimum of yws, Whi￿ il L8 be F4ayirYJ a k•y fol• In thè imFxovomorf ol care aTrd reswves of £675,546, is swwiknlty hb)Iw than this knvel. HoAY¥er. £525,OtsJ ol thls Is 10 Sy17 t•m in￿SIm8n1s aThl £1(rf>.trfX) t￿5 Iw w into a I￿￿￿￿￿erest sawros a￿Otsrrt t5 to Ma￿ra in a)24. Taki￿ IP4s Irrto ac£w( the rasfjrvss are in Ilne Wth thls has adwluate res￿ICe$ to cryttinuè fft orthatK)nd exISter￿ I￿ Iho I￿￿se&st4& luture. For thts reason. they continue to Il c•Kn basis in slat•m8nts. Furfv delwls iegai¢irvJ t ath)pti￿ ol the gory corwn tosis ¢an b8 lthJThl ffi the ILY￿ntir¥ Pol￿s. APPROVAL OF THE REIJORT aTrJ $¥J￿j on their behalf Dr R•lnl Rll•l {Ch•lr>

THE WOMEIts COUNCIL (Reglsi•red ch•rlty no. 266145) INDEPENOEKf EXAMINEA'S REPORT TO THE TRLISTEES lrfJ¢ tho r￿U11•M8nts ol tr Chaniw Ath 2011 llhe fv£n. I r8kVI resm of my examinalK￿ ot the Trust's carvknl ur#Yer 145 01 2011 Act in canyvvj my examinabcn. I have by tho C Cnfinn that rn) ma￿rA1 matts havg cg)me ￿ my titt￿t￿)n in a Irue arnj fair w•/. This dwjarttffe has Ir￿rnj fc*Mirq SORP 2015 FRS102. rather tttan ts Aoxuntii¥J aThJ Rep)fyrvJ by Charrbes.. Slatsmenl ol AK¥)mm8rMlgd offeclfva Irom l Aw'l 2005 ISORP 20051, Ch•rleJ Svemplll•. FCA NIP knwniants Lid 3rd FkM)r, Paul Stra EC2A 4NE Date.. 15 May 2024

THE WOMEifs COUN(aL (R•glst•red d￿rIty no. 266145) for th• y••r ended 31 D•¢•rf)tr 2023 FundB Fund• Funth 2022 IMCOME FFIOM 11 11926 Grft AKI Tax 4702 7,506 Bank Intwest COIF In18r8st Investrnenl IrKtsm• 812 TOTAL IIICOIIE 134 342,612 18,199 EXPENDITURE ON 33,138 7,639 1,992 Events ard FuTrJ Rasiro Costs 77 11.471 404 TOTAL EXPENDrruRE 61J21 42.769 742 ¥415 314229 f8,5ZJJ f43,093) NET IAOVEMEKf IN FUNDS 4742 RECONCIUATION OF FUNDS TOTAL FUNDS AT I JANUAAY 37T￿ 77.135 114STT .311 612.404 TOTAL FUMDS AT 31 OECEIIBER 67Sy6 8507T 124117 864.$40 569.311

175 711 101 122 W2 rxJiF Irrtwv 11199 3,1SJ IN570) fllth) 11Q523) IW5) 127.ym 111 J15> 4W12 K710 TOTAL FiMDS ATYI I)ECEIIBER

THE WOIAElfS COUNCIL (A•gl#t•rnd ehlty no. 26614 FIXED ASSETS Inveslments .166 CURREHf ASSErs Cash at bank arKI in IWMI 226.101 474.8 CREDITOFIS: wn(wnt• hlllng du• tllhln ¢)n• 47&145 NEf ASSETS E 884A40 £ 569.311 FUNDS Rostr1￿￿￿ fu￿￿ AesMgJ irw)7• lurKIs ETrwnent fur¥J5 123.117 85.Bn 114.577 77. 135 191,712 DeSvJnat￿ furKis 10,7rAI 368.049 377.599 s. TOTAL FUNDS £ ffi4MI £ 569.311 the FJnaTrid R8Frnr¥J Starwjard aFWtat4e in thg UK aThl Awt4t ol Ir8laTrJ IFRS 102) Icharitss S()RP FAS 1021, Fina￿￿￿ R9p)￿ Stathd appwo in the UK Repubk ol IroW IFRS 1021. J024 Dr Raini Ript (Chawl an￿￿8￿ Th)ies fowm part ol thesg stsiements

THE WOMEKS COUNUL {R•gl•t•r•d chwlty M 266145) NOTES TO THE FINAIIIJAL STATEMENTS Fina￿￿al &•Jard UK Re￿iliC ol IrdaThd IFRS 1021 Issu&J on 16 Juty 2014, &8 ipJat•d w 2 Fyuary 2016 ISORP 20151. aThJ ts Fkna￿al Chwit P4 2011. the SOAP. The effect rA vfftits rdatirYJ to tr )w ¢rthJ 31 oceJrr￿I lh8 d8t• ol th8 8xt8nt ttl slkyAt a •vJ l¥ th• slat• ol l•rs ￿ 31 DwiLw 2tr23 and tho resutt5 fty tr on thatdate. th8 Charitios aThl Rwjrtsl R•Julaiw 2tXJ8 extent rwwir&J to providg 8 Irug enliuthj to th8 iwme aThJ Ihè amtyjnl can quath1fi￿ Iwth reasonable accuracy. Grants wh have a reStrth￿ as to tynlrg are iwrNswJ Ihe P￿ for ttw are gNen. FunLl•¢¢ountl GOner￿ IurKts *e unrestrthl lunds arn av81th lor use al Ihe (thxxefjrffi ot ts Tr￿te8$ in furlh0ra￿ ol th8 ￿neral C￿l'￿ts ol the Charity WMJ whyth have ￿1 other 10

THE WOIIENE COUNCIL {Rtyl8l•r•d charlty no. 266145) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKts ¢Jonors whth have been raised by ts Chwity for pariwxilar wrpxJ5es. The c05t of raisiry administeriw SLKh lurKts are clwwl •Jain5t the luThJ. Tr akn a￿1 us8 01 each restrict m•asur•J F4St e￿rt that 7•ffj7 result tr8nsler d luThls kn a Ihird party om¢)unt du8 to se￿& tnstruments. Basr firw￿A￿ mstruments arg Init￿ty rwnis*l at tranw1l￿ v&ue aThJ sut6equ8nty

THE WOMElfS COU14CIL IR•glstwBd chwlty 266145) NOTES TO THE FINAN￿ STATEMEIITS No trust￿$ rKgthJ remuneration ￿ Iho ￿{2022 . fv somol. 2 Iwstees rec￿8(1 payftents in I CORPORATKJN TAX or ￿t￿)n 252 01 ts Taxakn ol Gths 1992 to ts eXt￿t that tr￿e aro •Wl&J to MoY•m•nts In th• y At 1 2023 94,188 t49.￿7 (36.318) 3V15 {18.5ZJ 655,481 £ 94. 1 Al 31 Dtynbor 2023 564M1 £ 75099 Th• TrainuYJ aThJ S￿$h Furwj has 23.1￿.96 COIF charl￿ Flxed Int•r•st Income units. ¥￿e sokj in 2022 aThJ r&irwesl&J Nrto 26.07127 LGT IFSL CAF IrNesbnWrt FuThl IFSL ESG I￿orne aThJ Grty*th units In 2023. 17,￿.34 COIF charit￿ Global Eqtsity IfK£rfne Furyj I￿8 unKs. The 9.W.OJ M & G Inve51ments Chart#y%ts Irwmg Shares sokl In 2022 aFKI r￿In￿$t¢d into 9.648.30 LGT IFSL CAF Invoslrnwrt FuThl IFSL ESG Irume p4¥J Grrth￿ uiM15 in 20rJ. The Jenny Thc•71psM Fund has 1.279.65 COIF Chartkn Inbpslment FurK1 IFKOrn• units. In 2￿23. th& dwity aLso 478,445.79 ot tho LGT IFSL CAF Investment FuThJ IFSL ESG aThJ GBP luThJ. 12

THE WOMElfS COUNCIL (Rogi￿1￿ ch•rtty no. 2661451 IOA % DEBTOAS txw wlthln on• 1. 142 3,n8 £ ) £ 1.380 7. STATEIIEKf OF FUNDS 8rtyJghl Irthme Ivr 134 12Arn 1M16 95.142 27.975 134 4rn 123,117 . Ruth Egerton fuThJ 25,395 7T.135 742 Unreslw#•J fu￿1 D•s¥dnai&J fuThts . Lile membership luryl 10.7 Gonor￿ 366W 334,478 (61J211 23.610 664.848 3TIA99 334.478 (fj1?211 24.790 675,546 Told fuThJs £ $69?11 £ 342.612 £ {63.7981 £ 36,41S E 884.540 13

THE WOMENS COUNCIL (R•gl8t•r•d cttarfty no. 266145) NOTES TO THE A14ANCIAL STATEIIENTS STA TEMENT OFFUNDS. C(ymNUED. kl (1832) (3, 166) 29.674 118.442 (6,998) 114,577 . Ruth Egertm .332 . J￿￿Y &318 (4455J (aLW) S3.877 ZJ.258 (11.515) 77.135 Desgnated 395.912 (42.CV4) (160) 368.049 405.312 14.331 (42.Cty4) (ioj 377.599 £ 612,401 £ PufPO•W of lund• cqramme fCQJ￿ on Cc4nmunty 8as•Y AehatXIkti￿ and IndusK)n lor (thsatthl thIkI￿n. and In 19TT. tho lat• Ufs MaffJJs Smth wueatr￿j kn14￿￿￿8nts lo Th• w￿en'S c￿￿￿7, TAthkh asslsts in sur4yxDThJ fv S¢￿)￿h￿ Fwramme. In 1978, a Tra￿lI￿ng Scholarshp Fur¥J gstabNshwJ kn m•mory ol the late Lady Ruth Eoarton. Th8 interest usgj lo he¥) lurbj ￿￿￿ars. lares lo att￿j covrses SuFw￿l by thè In 1993, a lurnl eslthisw in momory of th8 Late M¥s Jwy Thrrfnp￿. in¥ne is now uwl 14

THE WOMENS COUNCIL (Reg￿•￿d eharlty rn. 266145) NOTES TO THE AN114CIAL STATEMENrs IA Total Total Funds Fund• IfA 513f 161954 142.1r 66M5 22￿￿ .166 476.525 (1,380) Current assets £ 675546 £ 208994 £ 884510 £ 569,311 ai 94.186 97.516 94,186 47&525 3m979 11,3801 Tohl Iwxs 569.311 g. OThER LEGL IMFORIAATION Gro P¢)rdaThY Str68t. Lty¥>)n, WIW 7LT. Tho ￿nts affj in GBP rour¥tsl to £1. 15