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2025-09-30-accounts

Cholr&hool Fund Annual R•port and ACCO￿ts lor th• yur ￿ded ChaTity R•3istrakn Numbw 276878

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kGguTrts for th• year •nd•d 30 Septsthr 2026 L•oal and AdMinkntr•ti￿ InfornMtlon Mark CclMn8 Hdana S•cr•l4ry Joann8 Steth PrlnclpAI addrBBg Woking GU22 8PP Chavlty rngl•trntl(m 276878 Ind•p•nd•nt Examln•r Peter Hll FCA Fh'lW185 Hlll Hwse. 27 MeadNford Saffton Walden CB113QL 130 Wood Str8•t EC2V 8DL Invgjtrngnt Ghatss sta￿eY and Cixnparry tinMte(f 25 Rop8maker Place London EC2Y 9LY B•nk•r• The Royal Bank of Wgnd plc L(￿d￿n EC4Y 1 BD Pago 1

Tr acoyjrts kw8p¥•J 41 on PBgoJ 11 8nd 12 of the atthchwj acojwts ar trust d•l. gpr4able Accoun￿￿9 and Reporting by Charit￿ St4lemert of R8uffim8ThJed Jrwrable lo canS•s propwrin9 I￿1 qccMts In accordartsvllth thè StarKk￿ apFc4blo In the UK RepuNicol Irdand IFRS 1021. The fiJThd l¢(3)MtiILth1 ￿ a ffttht d88d daled 26 S8Frt•tr 1978 •1 rd rug￿l￿d With Charity Coffir￿0n, No. 278878. duriThJ IM8 ￿fel￿O and thweafier oxity Intee6. Carth￿1 Hwnéi In 1999. th• ttyMrolgppLntnxnt ofinno85 IB in Ih•trwthe8. Mlrk Cc J￿nn9 siwhe C4J.tFu61828 on th• hMttyyollh• Ihe the y th8rw kn ￿J￿1•ti0n. applkable Ulltsd siTrtardJ ILW ￿[￿adDM Alxountirq Prn(￿1. each financial ye•rvthith gi¥0 and tslr¥t8wof tl slalD ol 8Trir81)Ilhe thwlty arwl kncom8 arh# eyr¥Jdfft ofV* rtharty lor Pap2

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W••1m1n￿ Cath•dr•l Chok8$lM￿I Fw forth• ytsT•nd•d JO S•ptsrnbgr2 Tnwt•M' R•port leont1￿￿•&I Acttvllkn4 Sp•¢ln¢ Obbellm and R•lvAntPolkl•• Ctrarftablo OWtiv•• Th8 ineoma olth truot fvnd to aFpkd to rel9￿ to the Rornan cathol￿ falth in th• Dhlcw ofVYe8tminytsr a￿1 li PHrfJ"tyJlar tr• gNhig ol orAnts In 4kl OF Ihe W88kninstsr Catho¢tral Chdr Sthool. Th8 Tru¥f• inwna Is dw1V￿ from Ib knb8tm•nts aTrJ Inter•Bt•AmDd. ft IB in makirN gran1• that y¢mot• thè Rornan Cat1￿1￿ lath in lh8 D￿C￿6 ol Wegtminw. Slnta its in 1978 Ihg fuTrJ ha¥ £1.41&918 in donal￿& t￿ring tho 9am• F•riod an In¥Y8kn•nt fufjd 01 £3,751,886 has tsull up of£4.558,024 been mad8 to 3rANJoL This year, th• Intst••s no unr•81th dorolv)M (2024. Èndl mado granls to lh8 8chool of £105.00012024. £120,OC(I. The movemort in funds for yèar Is If￿￿n in 8t•t•mwrt olflMrK4￿ •ctl4lU•6 ￿ pa9• 9. Grnni M¥klnq Poll¢y The tru$t8e8 rnnB#lor appfttkn frem thé Go4wnor8 oftha Cholr SLml prinaty to meottho ￿t8 ol cAort8wr8 thl¢h are not olhorwilc out (rff￿. abo raxwKler requests frorn GovwNJrn lor Ch8rkn Stars End COMp￿Y Linrt•d ad M 17Atothan. Iwldry the pJrl10kn of In thdr ncfflTh• name IRoGk LWR1t￿. Thw"r tTrfis lo a¢vi. tMthl ￿ #nd mw• an inv•Jtrn•nt portf(tho on a dtserntlonary ba61s, In acc4)rd8Tr￿ thg Inth8B' MThwlment poky. 30 Sepiembgr 2Tr25, thè ehkrty had A poittdb) of of £3,751,886 12024- £3.649,2931. The cth h8ld ￿nd1￿ at 30 Sepl7kn21Y25 wag £7.83012024. £14.7111. Th•rè ara no re$trKI￿nS on the charrtls to tnv•8bn8nt 8tr01ogy i• fjot by tt tTUBt886 and lakes Inio acGount ￿1c(me ￿tsirem￿S. thè iigk profit and Its hwtment rnanagaffs viw of th8 mathet pr09perlg medium term. T￿ I7￿￿1 Inwsknent poky ki ts) M￿￿1￿8 total Trturn thr(Ngh 4 dNer8lffl¢d portfdMJ, oknirYJ to P￿d• th• Df In￿18 byth8 trualoe$ 8TrJ, at the swne tkna, of •n•yriry that appr•aaknn ofthe rfftw#ny fml >wr p•rk.

sk profi. 4r4J to mwrtaln a 8wead of knvesirnert6 fl>xd Intèrtit wcJJritioi ￿ y•t•B in ￿ s meet •nr￿￿ oli1 Fw¥J. R•TrH• 1￿￿-40% %-90 0%-10% 0%.50 4.25% 4.66% 10.88% 021% UK wults FTSE Al Sh•Tr lTrJeK tknrwJ th8 yowto 30Soptontsr2025 Ihe fiw¥J IruaaÈed by 2.61 (2024'in¢xew¥ed by 10.44%) corrywEd tv ihe FTSE Pri¥tits h¥slor Baianc8d Indox. thich intye88ed ty 11.95% and Il FTSE M •h8ro b￿h￿I￿r th irK¥eased ty 18.17%. 1. Not more ttmn 8% ofth•fvTrJ bB in any£¥ ¢therttwi L>jIath￿ arKI gllt edged sto&¥, un￿$ expr •gr••d trusw No shwp 6% of Ihe lotsl of IhB fvr¥J. 2. Tho IrKX)rng oflh (urnl be don8d to gr(wal18•Ot ilh Infil￿. TOW kncomB 3. Cdr￿[8￿JeJIs p￿th•j upto e% ofim olthe fur¥J. mgnager5 li at rny xl A m￿￿￿M tl ollhetrl4 or rsthto Trwtthè t•mity grar 8. Ebhlcal con5hJerntkro ar lo kn%g1 c(rfroor•e4 cAOts ar• s¥po8ed to the t•Athing oflh Roman GalhChw 7. Up10 total ¥knDfthe may bg 4r￿ In oynp>es an equity rnErknt tapit￿ls•10n 0118u Ihan QOJM, k¥el may b• •xter¥Jod J 35% fw ¥p•r#oi rtg(m aThJ for 8 perithj ¢rfty. Told inwJtrTrent in th• YaaraMrA￿Wj lo £137.￿1.41￿￿￿Ikn a of appmNim8W 3.70%. T￿ tr￿14￿ g¥ant• rf£105.tW durirvj In auJ)rdane8th grnnl P￿¢Y [￿t abThv.

Gwnts for tho ygar en(led Xl Septwiilx 2025 Tr￿t￿. Il•pon (contlnts#d) thelr objectivé8 as a gnffji￿1I part of Ihe charitys absels are m•Je up of inveslments and ¢¥Bh, the rasults ol which ar8 thperthnt on of the UK and over8ea¥ st<k markets. In OTd8r to minimis8 thiq. the trusle88 Sei In¥e8tment p￿1￿￿# plac8 relance on thè investm￿1 mw¢rs to m￿￿torand thi88 on the ￿ce8￿Y kNestrn)t Ch￿905 and 5uilabJe 8S5et all£￿tiOn. Flnan¢l•l Rwl•w for thg yo•r A summary ofthe y&s results bef￿nd on • g oflhe rwt WKI armirt8. Durirwj the year efKIEAI 30 Sewnbw 2￿25, 4mounW to £137.eo1 W. £135,015). tev lrtome ar181ng from th• ch8ritls In¥0s1rrn￿ and Ixsh doFwts. Tha Irust88s ￿antS toWe6tmin8terCalhthl Chcir Fund tolallng E105,¢XQ12024- £120.0W. After de(lucting the c08ts of raiBirKJ fvTrJ8 of£21.851 12W. £21,79¥ and supwrt costs of £8,592 {2(Y24. £8,310), the rt rA)sitim for the belm irNeslrm￿ galnB was a Surp1￿ rf£2,158. (2024- of £15,085). Th¢rgw8r¢ twt in¥•stsn8th galns the yearof£107.786 (2024. crf£378.538). This rnSLllwJ in a rtel intr•ase In fijnds the yew of £109.W2412024- $r￿￿8￿e of £￿,453). The rtt a688ts ofthe Semember 2025 a717,W {2024. £3,9)7,542). The tN8t8e8 #lm to maipthn an ￿pOndAbl• Qnd￿T￿fvnd of 8Utlk4gnl •k• to ffl08t th• firWIc￿ of the Chcir sc￿1. Suffioent reseNes ￿ hdd to meet the tmty awa￿ [Unr￿n9 rA)Bts. The bHl•rte of fu￿ are inve8led to lthtd of lThYn￿suM1e wlh th¢18vd ol normal r￿Ul￿n9 •xp8Thkn. Th• trust048 8rnd tho iknÈnt Iv4d ofre8er¥88 pThid85 Iloxiblity to FIMncl•l Po•ltlon The b81ance shetst slhy•A tclol fur#Js {wwJ free resw¥e8} d £3,717,486 at 30 SWnb8r2025 (2024. £3,607.542). The trLMteos c¢md8r that this IthTo1 ￿tree ￿￿ve5 m#tch•8 the parnmeter5 Sgt out In the tharits reswves polio abry49 th￿. the￿, c1)ri￿ Ir8B rwtves lo ￿ adewate but r

AG¢01￿ fty thB y￿r •nd•d 30 8Wvmbor 2025 TntstO09' Rothleontinuodl FU￿[• plw h¥0 lo ye8ry. It is ther to nthi the ¢)tFotres: . To mMrtor V Nestmwt perfornm￿ 80 thal rf at al * athe4w fv cdtwl8 Sat by them so Ihal ihE¢E auffKxnt to m881 tsr gi￿ng ffts. - To CO￿[￿8 to make grwts at a mHar. Mnot. Wr)9 In fhe tr￿1￿8. 19 Jarw 2028. tho pokntsW• f0tew￿idth&tkn. . The truste05 de&Jed to • • its Irrfmasè tr want 01£1￿C￿0￿¢ the 20￿127 acadwK year . Tre tr￿8S ag￿1 fv und•#ake e re¥w oflht Ai¥esknxnl atryy ar￿ (knJ¢aie a drnfl lo¥dlsothaon . Folowry rertr4 guthrtt frum Ihe •ax)urthits, Tntees agreed Ihat prknes on ConfiM of Interest. Tfustee Ccle ofcoTrJ￿I FinarK?o1 reservas. RiEk ManagThni 8rn1 Publk The trwtees confirm Ihaltlxy have k>lhe Ch￿ty Cornn58￿sqWsalK% (M berfft. Tn TOFIt￿￿& ETeQ Efvl& Pago 7

I rep(Kt ID ihe Intyl￿ on my oflh8 artsJthits on pago5 9 to 15 ofWethn6ter C&dwJrnl cnoirS¢X￿ F￿d I'the Iru81}lorthe ￿are￿a￿d xi S¥erthr2025 th¢ otJnMof FIMndllIAdi￿￿es, Ihe ealance Slrt Prw ￿￿j tdaknj nul• h¥rfUe$ Ad2011. ha5 been LDJert#k¢n so blat I to the tnBteeJ thotro matter8 l am requlr•d 10 state totlw in and pw. To Ihe fulqst extent th8riiYs Irustees btyjy. fcrf My￿, thL8 f•Frt orlor lh• tYm&J. R••pon•ltylWM bDlsirf rryp•rt requlrBM￿oltl• Ch•rit￿Ad2011 fthe W. ofth¢ Ad aThJ kn cqryiry myexan￿￿tt0n I h•ve foknJ ￿1 Ih t￿.1￿c￿0n& given tythe Lw¥JersKJn 14SISMbl ufts An irth9￿￿Onie￿Ir￿1iw dths ￿¥0￿¢ g•lWry al the 6Jen¢¢ thAiYAad b8 reqiired in Hn indÈpend8nl paTh prry¥th. Corwewty l ewess rw) rvir1r￿ asto *thlher accounts prexnt a'true fairf my rekwxti> Imltad to tho¥¢ ¥￿i¢m81￿ aet wt In th• I c(rf1rn1 Ihal l am ou•lW to l arn • rrwt4rafth8 ICAEWYAt I ho¥8 COM￿et8￿ myeya￿atyffi. l c￿fvrn milen"￿ rnattws ho¥¢ r¥Jme to my thltlc￿ln e¢nn8Ctkn ￿1h I￿ •Aminat)n lo that￿ atrymatwial npeci" • atcountlrvJ r•c•Thl¥ not kgpt 130 of ih•Ad, L ¢othnl of acC￿nts Sei In ts ch￿￿8$ (AcuArts ar¥J Reryt81 2rm othBrthan parlol an ithpeE)senttX￿￿￿oW. 11 Fknmt 27 Me4dry*tsrl. Nvrtwjrt EBeex. CB11 3QL J￿1 E¥thMr Page 8

w￿m￿nster Cathth Cholr Sthtsol Fund ArK¢unts for tho year ended 30 Septembw 2025 Stat8mont ol Flnanclal ActkTI¢iÈs Vnr8strrted fund5 2024 Income from: Investment8 88nk Intèrest Totsl Ineam• £ 135.978 1.625 £ 137e￿1 133.637 1.378 135.015 Expendlturè on: Raising funds Ch8ritabEe activilies Total expendlturn 21.e&1 113,592 £ 135 443 21.790 128.310 Net Ineomellexpgndllurnl beforn kw•st In$ and losses 2.158 115.0851 Gain￿￿109) on ihe r￿alUatIon #nd dhpoMI of Inve•tmgnts - Realised - Unr8aised N•t G•lna on th• r￿￿u￿(lOn di6pNal ol In¥e•tm 125.039} 132. 107,7 68.558 309,980 378 538 N81 mov•m•nt In fun¢ts 1LY3,¥24 £ 363,453 Fund balance broughtfonmrd at 1 Octobw 2024 £ 3.￿7,542 £ 3.244,089 Fund b*lAnce ￿TFIed forw4nl at 30 Septemb•r 2025 £ 3717468 £ 3.607.542 Contlnulng op8rd￿0￿$ l ol the activities of Ihe Charity wwe drnl Irthn cnntin￿ny operab.￿￿ thjnrrtj ￿ ab)ve iwo fjnall(i81 years. P&Jè 9

3,751,808 3.649.293 14,711 3.759,718 3,8e4,004 OebtW5 Calh d￿j m•n•Jws 1.228 61.191 62.419 77.650 CuYf•ntH•bMIII•• 1105.CO)I 14.￿ {10S.Of otMi ¢f•Jttorn 1422501 156,4621 £ 3.717.4e6 É 3.807.542 Fundi and Income £ 3.n7.488 £ 3,007.J42 Wo aFvfDVU thw •t¢tyJn* wt po988 9kn 15 aTrJ mnfm 10 lh• b￿1 Dfolwkncrtthlgo pro4Yd bythefr￿￿e8 and ew onlthr b¢h￿br. Trusts• P48 10

PrfrKlpal ACc￿th Polkl le Ihoae atxwl ol RecommendY Pr4ctiCe app￿th1O to dnt prnparirvJ tlwxrwnls in #cg)thn¢e the Finantid Rwrtiw Standwd apthi4e inthe UK 8ThJ RepthlKol lehHrili# SORP FRS 1021. the Flnandd R8poF1kn9 Sl¥14￿ in thD UK R￿￿1C01 IrelwKI (FRS 1￿2> and th& ChaFths Ad 2011. Incoffl• mewtjred w•nobl¢ frtty. Inety￿e is defènté artyYA4n Ihe eharfty to ftMI Worg becwfvvJ enlw to 6t orAYthrhu ¥dfed tr•t ts Irunw in a frJ)JB pwwjj. Realsed gBln¥ W105￿ are ¢￿￿10tell ty (le(JLKknJ mBrknl¥aluB oflrw85 Exp•ndkn •nd ttt• B•• rfApp0rf￿IÈVJ Ca•ta A. Flkng FundA . Ch•ritabl• Acll¥lU yoor. C. support Co Supp)rt eampF18e i1￿8¢0•14￿￿￿ c•rtf* be dwpdlydlocaled lo ¢h•riWo Tl88 )￿d be immatend. Pw11

W••knln•lw¢h•drnl c1m￿r SCI￿)1 Prfnclpal kcowlhw PolklM{¢onthwJodl ¢uh Flow The 1 oflhe Ch8Me8 SORP FRS 102 haw b Invlm•nts In¥È8trxèntr arp ittJl8d on Iho b4an¢e sltt atbhwmarket Val￿ atlhe Ofth•fin8rK1￿ wiod. Reqliaerl and unre4lJ and wBcr•thlod. ord•bi•d. 10 Ihe Sl• of ALth¥il¢• in Ihe)winTI they ariR. The chaty li o ol¥lty Iharelore is rJl hble foT incom tly or L¥wporHtiw Inc Prep8yments 8rB prwd. CA•h •¢ b•nk•nd lfi Iwd have 8 m8tswFty tth& monfvkn the dalt otacqli￿blTh7. of 8PlSt il w •ble thai • ￿$f¢rol•cOrKffl1CI￿Wfft￿ r•4thr•d wtknwnt. mount of the athrnert can be felth. C￿￿119￿ •ThJ sThkn8are rvry)llnwl ailh8 Fund MG¢ounlkn4 The funds olthe r&wity ar41 unrn8lrhd ar￿ u•e ofts at the dl8uetiW oftr tr￿tee8. from IhÈ of approv￿ oftheae •cc4Jrts. not ca81 &gnllcartdoLkntfy) abl4tyofl￿ rjwtyto contM￿ 81 a going L¥ncom. The tu•ieg1 ar¢ Pffj• 12

zo 2024 Equ￿0& 127.272 8.704 124.798 8.839 £ 135,978 £ 133.837 2 R•l•lng fund• 2026 21.851 21,7 £ 21.851 £ 21,79D Gr•its payabl• to schcd 105.OLKJ 8.592 120,0 8,310 SUFWÈ (note 41 £ 113.5Y2 £ 128.310 4 8uwrt eo•i¥ 2024 7.722 870 Indep￿nI vxarnY*• f 810 £ 8,5W2 £ B,310 Page 13

W••tmin•t•r CathBdrnl Cholrscl￿l Fund Nots• lo fv4Gounts Iconllnwdl 2025 PAark•t valu8 4$ at 1 Ocaobw 2024 1849.293 3,259.558 355.820 Di$p06als at Mark4t Value lthwj 3.619.LY1 3.339,313 Net unredlHd 132.WS ￿￿,980 Markel ¥01￿ at 30 Seoernber 2025 3.751,886 2 3,849.293 30 Sepiembef2025 cunwi8wI th•folkniw: 159,753 3.183,W6 409,127 212.092 3,011,887 425,314 Eq￿118$ Overseas seL>Jrftie8 3,751,888 3,649,293 H18tork CO￿ at 30 2Lfz5 £ 2,928,Z74 £ 3.￿fj,685 The total unrni$ad gair 0$ at 30 Seombor 2￿5 con8tltirte8 movernw￿ on rava￿tiOn and are ès follows.. 2025 2024 unreal18￿ g•lrn included •bow. On lisled WIV￿lments 823.812 R•con¢ili•tlon of moNwnfjnts In unt••ll••d g•ln• Unreatsx8d gains at 1 ott0t￿ 2024 Add arrKJunts In rdation to Unreal&￿ Imiestment 381,572 (47,944) 31W.980 47,199 132.805 utYe8118ed g•ins at 30 Sgpthber 2D2S 823 612 Pag• 14

11￿ Cathedrnl Choir School FurKI Ilot•s to Ae¢owts (co￿nUed> 2024 FLxed Interest Inveslrrnnl Ini8rest Ye￿¥2b18 1.228 501 1,436 1.228 0thorcrqd#orB: amounts tallkvJ wmhln ongy8ar 2025 2024 7.722 7.9)0 810 5.571 Ir￿•pend•nt fees ffff 21YI4 aThJ 2025 13.881 8 Nel Inv8StmÈni Galm 2025 2024 Realised (LossesyGwr￿ on c4 iTh¥estrnerts Unrealsed Gains on r•V81￿tth ol instr￿111 125.0391 132,8DS 68.558 209,980 107,788 E 380,562 P•Je 15