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Avon Wildlife Trust Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2024 fteaisi￿￿ ￿ ETrJwrJ & VWas. N) 74￿5108 Rffjstered Ch•rtly 260422 Bringing wildlife back W8 hopo you flnd th5s ffjport accessible. Please W in to￿1 If you havo any suggestions Ihat would improve accessibility, or If you would find rt Useful 10 re[￿1v@ the Intomistion in a drff8r8ni forrn￿ including hard copy (x lorger prlni. 17 Gr••i G•yg• Sw• Fwm C•*r• S1 JQT T,. 011T•1T T17 T.. 01 l75 3315￿)

Content3 TTUBtees and Committee members Wekome Rwrt pEthe Trurt Ottt M￿Y&r str•ttgy for nature.? rttgvery Natu P•'l rnCQV4bry F.m￿￿￿￿￿É NatuTrb•sed ￿]UtIC )hJi]8èhedd People takin8 part Aboui Avon Wlldllfé Trust (Purpcee. StructuTr and Governanco) Arknnwl•dg•mpnri Flnanclal Rwl•w lo-i 12 -18 rnpliance lincludin8 Statement of T￿￿l￿1, Respo￿lbilItiWj1 lttdep•nd¢nt audltor'• report Flnandal Statem¢nti 2344 ¥-27 Cons¢lidated siatement of flnandal 4ctlvitle¥ Consolidat•d ard charity balanc• sh•• Consolidaied c••h flow •tatem•nt ar￿ r•condlJatlon of n•t movemènts runds A(Eounting polJ'ri Notes to the financid gtatcments )1) 3>47 48 Th• AwfGr Tht Annual Rtport and Finanoal Statements refer to The AWT Gtotsp.. IÈ ￿eèd to Ihelude AV<￿ VildJit• Tnwt Folly Firni Cntr• Limlt• Further deta￿ about tho Tnut"s SU1￿&ry and Trlatod companfi￿ are glven on P38e5 u and 14

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Report of the Trustees The Trustees otAvon Wildlife Trusr are ple&%éd to submit Report on Ihe Trusc tO8èth@r with its Finanaal Statementy for the year ended 31 March The Roport Ipa8es &2A) constitutes a Stratè&e Report in aeeordanee with the CompartièJ4 Art 2(￿ IStr&tegic Repcrt and Director¥, Report) Regulatlons 2011 OuTStri¢•8¥ 180¥ r1 Brwj Kcekraikio dedknés n wr ￿￿1 ￿kIllf@ wpuLglon2 IA tho to Mafch 2024 we conttr￿ lo t+ tho ou#MI IK7￿. all nth thj of bn￿ir¥j wi5dlil• ba(A lo ab￿dOnCe. Th19 Ihread Nns th￿Wah{Xrt fkwKJal repJrt8 yeaf. 118ao our full iiliryJ- kl)￿7 siiaieoy Own￿1 hore: Our Ch•at•bl• Purpo•e To &th4Aiieo •ll￿ronm•fIl•l •ny¢y•wffii lor vAdll• ••pedglly blrt r¥t excau9fv¢1y In ar88 f• kTh)wn as Ihft CAJnty nf Aw r)ur mkn￿On bMal8, and Irweatè PèeièS &Tr￿ndan Tg ￿n￿e£L willi ho* thwn Illte KtkNI tr Ih1kJllto wn•r• tmy arn. ¢urVi¥ivn Nalyrn on a gr￿)￿ ¥iNI ¥vwyww lo otslB lo m thr8a3lfWty I￿ndant ￿￿￿￿111¢,

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In 2023 we laJrKheJ our flry I￿rT¢aM Wll¢•r Ylll#llh C￿lIv￿lI11¥1l, onc¢uraging p?￿e lo c•lotx318 wh81 thay ve tleen doro knr naiuro on Iheif #w￿8P. Theffj were award calwJO￿S lof lThJNk1ual. Coff￿￿ty. Leamry aThJ Food Growry, to en8U(0 OVof>¥)n• V•tho gafd•rts wNh 4¥thJlrfe ￿ MMKI kTh)ws Ih81 gfmn spac Itwrtsnt. W• had a lotal 01123 ￿11103 •xI ￿11 be tho again In 2024. By wopl• loptrr X) h•lp w￿l1e IIKly kv• ¥MI we. eNlrvJ doser l(Y•vartls Ihe sooal tlppry pwl of 1 ￿ 4 people lor n8tW8. Our N•xldoor Naiur• PfoIKI h•• t•n liwy￿ ￿11 8ngtd Jyly 2Q22. Tth Gommunrty4éd wddklè in R¢dolrfto tsnd BthrtO￿ HS11. Wè'v4 conn•ciéd commwmty 9ffjups wilh orgAnivJtiDni. organtsth1 relevanl IraiThn9. nolPL wlln to afKJ guth¥J y1d1￿ Iv iliyiuwfj aitab wrfikilfo, In Sèplamber 2023. we expgndod this prtsjèd &5 Ihé Son*f Vallgy reg￿trA, w•. currgnlty Collat￿[317[¥J vnm communiiEDg In WifJfveI￿ty. makirvJ bird l*16fg,' 111101 plc*ThJ glnno lh• Rw•T Fmrnr¢'. ¥nrwnviro Ihw IDkno 5kn115 Inrwjn poThl dlppfvJ pl•rtknw lty kWnalx•. othar acknv4￿. CXX H••dqu•rt•rn In c•ntrAI 8riJlol allo b•n•fitl•d Irom the Vol￿1￿￿. skdl• ano •flmu$ia3m, a5 oesigneo creaieu wlkiiifv ftwrnlly Y￿r￿￿1. IM& •{r￿e prcxluced il# first har¥eSt. e rKJW haye 20 Wlldllf• Champlons Jdin9 4$ 8mb858ador8 lor n•ture where Ihoy li￿￿, Spreadino ttu8 ￿or.1•1M1ng n•twort io 12 dlffeienl ￿rO$S Iho Wl8s101 so lar. Chornpbns orrj loadity In ihdr Cornn￿Trty, I￿Part4d by our pryjorgmn ftItsW¢Y and txmnffwnty ac0￿giS1. Projects irthth • p•rnwcullurv aaro￿ In i¥ INthii¥. ¥lTytyiIIg SDfflal IP￿ and t￿¢￿￿19 In si Pou*): 98ffiTr3 chlhyrnn •nd f8milkns dKvs8 ccwMwnill•¥ Inw)N*J in ganj￿IrvJ In Lwrtnce Hil, pwAe ol 911 wg1(g ol lrfc to nalu¢o 9rwi 6pK•ii Ihal lo ￿JaI0 mor• foi wldWe, OUT have q￿sIT0￿5 ol¥Jut what TKQLthJ besl k•r Ihesf r￿fflun￿ Spat8 or small IK)*Jr4. wè'w18uficl￿J Ihg T•pm Wlld•r EcoloAleil Advljory SwVI￿ lo Ir*8 ew*91￿1 ¢Qn3ullal￿￿ adv￿ to Ir*JivvJug1> ¢ommLrty gIOiP8 Ibrowd lh• fegim. You c4n Ilrwj oirt ￿re >￿r for tree ecwwcal

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Koy IiNindil V•¢k•r¥ Don•tlon• and l•g•el•• Iw• r¥Jt• 2) dtyy•il ￿lphty to É1.045k from £1.095 DDnJtKYty WKI 11onatw￿• In kvKI Irrxn £174k kn 21)22Q3 ) £81k p￿[ yg8f kncluO•d BACK4 wpioctl. •¢1￿ dècr￿￿1 811gPAfy from £8Ok to £74k. HE>•￿￿￿1 our maMt￿(fa￿lP aubxripbw Inoomc in(T(Vstsd by iè L870k £827k. rnpMt•htlilg 35%138% ift 2022Q3> of LmT9gt￿I¥jcl In￿￿￿. in It￿ yAqr J 24% uf btHI w￿￿￿125% in pmiws y8thr). froth ord 1&gadè•. Incorn• frorn ¢harftabl• a¢llYld•• (n￿• 31 £1,6￿￿ frpffl £l,Wk In Ih prn¥w)u• yéar. Th• InoJfn• chw•ty• •clfvlkn r•w••• 48•A (42%1fi 2022f1310l ￿ lol•l Exp•ndiriir• {r￿Me 5) on cnartlth aufvmes detTeaseU ￿ £2.JCth ffvffl t2,400k IM III¥ preylous year and roprefjenls 04% ol lolal •MP•TrJilu￿ Ger¢r•l IwwJrw5ry oxpndTluf• kn¢rea￿ frcffl £852k lo £864k In tf yew. Folly Frni C•rtM rrtofft 01 £74k. tho >•r 01 £58k. • Innatkpn con1kn￿d as ¢n￿V (08ls 8nd a dfftull labouT In hg¥Khtalrty •oGkn ha6 tn thalltrThJlrs. A flonaik)n froryb rdty r•rm to A￿n Wthjlle TrJol el £32.061 was mèd• (fmm t￿ 2022r2023 profrti. DalanG• •h••t IP•g9 291 Tr Trwt C4)rth)￿S t¢ havo a rong oYor•l •$501 Pog￿. Heril•9fj asMl$ lolal £6.>n •t the yew-eTrd1£8.3th at 31 Mareh 2tr231. Th• n•t eJJrrort 8858t pogllknn of Ihe grwp rgmAing glmTrJ At £2.163k (£2.421 k al 31 klarch 20231. ftgatrlGhd funds TnKI IiiR+ iili•iy in rhXo• 10 •nd 17. These luTrJs rw••8nl r•ftnu• lu1￿ lor P(olodg, appeal or lknl astèti h¢ld by I￿ Tntst. Al 31 Marth 2024 tho v8k ol raslrtc￿ fiJrY8 had Inern8B•d gIWIty lo £8.1m ¢£S.fkn g131114rth X1231 ••lgnat•d funds The Trv d￿9n91¢1 fyn¢? n>préJérknd by land (t82Sk) aJ b)ell as ffftl8, molnty Ifom Iwcles, krtolhry £2,13Sk1£2.356k m Fvev)us ￿r). to 8UPPOrt 8tralegk opwrtuni£los and dévèkiprnènl And knr on infr38lDxI￿t on n$tur• f•MrtI•i to milMJ8te ofAgh (So0 IrA• 18) Pln•nGl•l Tlw Givuy'¥ h•w to £774k at JI March 2024 ffom £822k ai 31 March 2023, and ol th•9• £403k I£39￿ kn 2022r23) ara fr88 (•A¢ 17). io pmvklo arfpqi r441AS lrt fJJfry CJLJI NrJtA fai vAth extnal luThlmg claknY In arreara.. • io IKow¥)e C•Pknl for oJxniio1 (05ty. 85 sLIll 8alarl8J orNJ ovvrhpods, lo in¥tyl •ny Ivaal g1)1￿01190* gf ¢• TntsL

rNg trusièÈ3 ID m￿￿t￿1n fr8e ￿￿%￿1¢1•d rn•6fvéÈ & dj lovol of ¥iM r￿￿h3. tsjver of •xpwbJrtur• r•ihèr th￿ a f￿1.ta￿d val￿. B•••d lh• 2tr24r25 btyl, th18 lquk•mthR £41Blt- 058K1£4UJk- IILMJk). Complianc• I h[$ Rewrt ha• boon yèpathl Irl thfr of the Chgrtyg$ A 1011. arwj tri8 truststr￿ th91 tmy r•g¥d lth ￿￿11￿ gefbefii I&w80 by thg cnartiy c(xnmi￿￿fi. ThA R&port condllulots a Diwclorn, Awl 4¥ try kn.uun 41 J Df the Cofflpan￿ Ad 20Ck3 and hai ￿•n undef the exemptth18 ￿ by Part 15 IhlB Au. In tli8 R•port hag been ¢ffjparqd in acCo￿a￿te wllh Ihe requnmenlj 8fKI RopO￿l¥j by Charflfjo8. Slatemant ol R•KwirrwMlod l>f•G• {FRS 1021188u•# by Ihe AGcovntsrg Slandar05 &)ard ChArtty CeJffirni%#inn Sr•t•m•nt of th• Tru•t••'• Y1•p￿lIbIlItI Inn￿08 (thb) •rn dirnck)rn ol WthIW• TnMI lor th• oxrp lkn> I¥¥W￿lts￿￿ f(K prepanro me I njslws. Rep)rt arxl Ihe fin￿￿141 st8l•manlg, In Iurydom Gèncrally Acwled Accountity Pl￿11￿). Pkh 9iYv u InE I￿r view oi LM xai• ol affan of lh• charn8ble eomp•ny and tha 9fDUP and ol In￿ing wrAtatloffl ol rn8(xwrM, Ifrthwllno thA thcYJme •rf •xwklilur•. ol the 9Thip lor that perbo. In pryky finan& 8tsiem•nlS. tr tNstégB requw•d lo: • A•loct guknbl• Wt106 and Ihan appty thn ￿r¥I¥l¥m1y. • th• rr(t¥)ds Vby th• SORP: • m8ke IwJg•nwts 8slknAt•s th91 we wsohable aThJ Pr￿￿¢￿. • 318te Thfither 8tvllcANA AemTh)tng 918ndafd# hgv• I>wi loll¢wod, 9ublocI ta arty molorl•l depar￿r•I dixb•od aThl •Mpkn￿ in lh• fin•￿••1 •taIwn￿￿, IF> pl0￿m¢ ¢TrK•I the (kn￿lY will willnw kn tW31ne3S, InjS￿ jre r•S￿￿1b19 for ••plng pmr•r accourkn f¢¢<xd¥ th•1 di%lo••. rea40nabla ￿C￿CY 81 any tkn, IPrf• ty)thn oftha ch84Jbb •20mparry gnd Ihal enable Ihem to Ihat the fina￿1 stsiements cornply ￿ ihe Cornpni￿ Act X(11. Thoy 8ft alw fw wtwuaThJlng th a390ts Of ¢Affip￿y and lh• gmup •rvJ ￿nce lof lokrKJ roaJona¥lo 3iops lor Iho el fra￿j &rMJ rtFS¢+rL. th8r• l• nts r•l•v4N aL#III ol vthlch I1￿ ￿)￿panf ¥wJivrs unwry., . tlw ha¥• 811 lh• stèps Ih•t Ilyy ou9N t• kn order 4fflnselYes awgre gf

Th8 mofflbw8 018cth w•r• kn 011k￿ on th• d•i• ol apwval ol th0•8p An•nc Blal£menls hav• cortfirrrtéd. a$ 181 ￿ tlw a￿ gwgrg, thBI tmrè is fK) relevHht Inforni8tknn ol ¥thich the 8udrtoTr ar8 ￿n￿aT8. Eath of me ￿￿￿lIar3 Ot th8 Boora n48 confm8d Ir￿[ Ihey have ￿￿en all gteps that Ih8y ouohl Io ID oruer to ffloke Ih¢mselvo$ aware ol ary ￿KIrt wJ1¢ 6918bli&h It has boon comunkat8d I •LKlilJ)r. Th• R•p)rt of lh8 ol ￿ Boar(I Dy mo 25" sw•m 2024 &rKI iiorJ on th•il beMIt. Lgra BL￿Ch Mkni LY

Ind•p•nd•nt audltorfff r•prrt <>pinion We have a￿¢4 lh¢ fffl•nclal atThnts ol Aw￿ WfvJW• Tnmi (Ihe 'parent Q)atW4b c¥)ryany') )d Ill (the 'group'l kn lh• >•ar 31 Mwch 2024. mpliat It￿ wiiwfNJ¥lKI 31olvrTNpnl ol FknarKlal AclMi$. Ir C￿￿11]3￿ t581ance .4W, thg thgf+lsblè eompwny 941afj¢o sh￿1. tho eonGo&d4lcd Sl4lomoTht ol Caah Ibw• pp14t>d in tholr PfwaratK•n i¥5 appliGatde la Rvwtlry Siutthr applKabbg In th• UK aThJ ol IrelaTrJ IFRS 102 In CAK oplnlon lh• ￿•Th￿•1 4lal•m•nt•.' trué ar￿ lak ¥w oltho 5ts1e of Ih group'• aThJ ollhe chaAtabK c4Nnpany's •flar4 4$ •1 31 March 2024. aTrJ of th• growl's In￿1￿ rewufC6• •nd appllcath)n ol 1￿>jr￿¥, kthidlTrJ Is and expwvjrture, th8 year . hav8 begn pffjp8ty rrf•par•J kn xeordanc4 ￿ th• FlnWI RW¥vJ Sl op￿￿•ble In UK IrdaThJ (FRS 102): aTr 18 ol Ihe Compttnl•¥ kn 2000 84￿1( f¥ tmvii uivJwin s91ts81 we m t• lo IM m•ltw• w• w• r•quYl 10 81alo lo them in an athjllvcfj i#wil ¥iKJ lur rK> Qlher pww88. To me Dy kw, we do rK)t gc¢6pt of 89gum• rKpCwn•i￿.1ty to snyona olho¢ Ilwi th¢ po￿nI chorlgble (¥)rnpany Ihe paronl cx)nweny's mfjmtm as a trfly, for our ¥111 lor Ihts rep)rt. ￿ fof th• opYwDns we hav¢ lorm￿. BaNi4 Eor opinion Wa cxjnduclfrtl aijrfil in Arrnrd8n￿ ￿th Inl•malianal Stndgfd• ALJlllng ¢UKI I IUKI> a￿1 apFabl law. urmlgr Ilm• •ff• further d••crt in ts •Jdrtof8 f•4Jonsibth'li•8 for thg a￿￿11 ol fir￿n¢la1 slaleir￿rts ¥0(thn 014) ropoll. We are lTrYeDefKJ¢nt ol tti• IYOUD chAfflAhk mfflpAny in a(￿r￿￿￿e• wrth tho othlcal rewife￿nIS that aff ro1o¥anl to our ol fnarKiJl slatsfflenty In th• UK, Ir•cKKIIIVJ Ihe FRC"s Ethical StÉr#lAnl. 8nd we havo lulfimd Othor •thJcal ¥pon$lbllm•s In acGrKdanGe IIv38 reouiThnents. We thai t￿ wjrt •¥AleTh wg hpwo obiaiff••d 1$ $uffits•nt oTrJ aPk¥D￿atO a b•a8 fof guf opr•on. Con¢lus10fi5 ttlatlng Ir• 90in9 roncfjrn try8 mlhlw th rftrKirl Sft rA¥wt fDlowlry mil•n in lh• ISAt {UK) rwulre us to to flnonclal srai•m@nts Is not w)llwrthlv2,' C th8 trus1885 dIScb￿ In Ir* finantiÈi strtemenlg gny thnltw matqrtBI tert•lnthy¥ Ihal may 6aat sViif￿￿11 LlwiA grD￿'s or Ine pgreiii ulalèth¢thk Jjwrr lor13w8.

Oth•r iiifurniatiL)n Tli¥ u11￿[ irrfvrri￿lts1 WFiWE5¥¥ Ily iiifviiltkni iiKknJtrJ kn lh• amual fvrt, othor lh¢ fwndal ¥lalem?n¢s •nd our rwrt Ihofwn. The w• I•¥￿n￿bI& )r othw inbrffl•KJn Ow oFdnh)n on the finwbcl41 jtslemwts does rrfA coyw ￿ otl inltstod in our roport, wé do IJA(￿Al9 fAfty i(brrn (Jl th￿r￿n. In canngttlon ￿th LSUT wdlt ol tho financial statom41tt. aw r•s¢y￿￿ilty 10 rn9d th othef Infornmi￿ •TrJ, In IloiTrJ ￿, cThwhY•r wl)8thw Il othof infomwlK)n is nwloliglly oth•p￿ls• pp6rn to b• m•l•rialy ryyg8141ed If VM fAth mat•rf•l ￿￿n91$ton￿•I matert81 In lh8 lknawl • malww ol tho oth•r Inlormalx)n M, bajthj on hava p•rf0M￿I. wg that Ilxn kn • m•i•tsl mIS￿lI¢1￿C￿t ol thjg otPKsr hlDrnptw>n, aro ￿qUI￿￿ tr Ihsl laet. W• h•v• rth'rva ty r•wrt kn thls r•gwd. In our opinlon, bas•d on th• uNJ•rtak•n kn th• oftho 8LYJir. me Qlven tt) tr tru￿ee8. rewn. wniGh In¢XMatts i1￿ ¢Jir￿1vI¥, i¥wl Pf•psrnd lor the PL•rpO￿ ol ￿t￿nY Iw•rf. for Iho finarvjal >w fi)r %+kh lh• thar￿81 si¥l•m•nls are prep8fY ts o)n%steN finawal sth1om￿liS', 4Th1 Ihe dlrxl•r8' rewl kn￿￿d¢d tho tr￿10&￿, #tsport ha6 bMn pMgar•d ih 8£cOr￿arbce wilh arvllc4t bgal r&wir•rn•nl•. Ma¢ttry onwhlch w¢ are r•qulr•d to r•port by•xe•ption Wv liilV¥ IvAliiiry iv i¥wil Ni ol m•llw¥ th tho Comynltt A¢1 2008 WLMf•g u8 lo r•pc•rt kn you rf. m our I)M￿n, eqU8t8 8CcOLl￿ng rK<)r(Is hav• fKA been Kftpi tsy parent ¢th8rt1able ￿M￿hY. or r•lum8 ad4uat• lor ow •￿)rn h•v¢ nol bem rnwyod from branches not W8rt tyu9:01 the pprtni Gfrnable o)mpany firwKlal ar• rK4 wllh Ibp C•rtain disck)SLN•$ ol Intslees. M￿nera￿)n are rth ma¢J•, • Iwy¥ 411 hitQfm&lknn arpJ explana(4Jn? rwviry fpr rAx • th• tru81@ès w•rn entffkn1 kn PrnP4r• In Ynth th• ￿￿11 Go)rnpan￿ ar¥J take advantsge ol th8 amal corny￿e9, •x•ffipbons in pt•panTrJ the Imglo•9' dIT￿ll¥￿' Ar#1 Irom th•Tr wiiirAfflAnl k) epare a 31ralwJG rewrt, RespoMlblUtle• of tntytq•• tru5te85 Iwtto ar• alx• th• airectrs of If• PWEnt tsiitstAe wnwany PUTP058S Qt ppny Ipw) rp¥pJnJiblD lot pr•>atali&n of th8 IIrn>DcknI gti4ornynts Jrwj fe1 I•￿#nO￿ th￿ 01￿ a afKI l•r ¥1￿. aThJ lor I￿h it•mal contr(A a• the Irusle alè fro& Irom malérlal rn*qlgt4m•nl, lo fvaud or •¢roi.

lft prepanrwJ the fin0ft￿al $tam¢nts th¢ trust¥ fe¥pG￿tA• fof assa55ing the gvw's p8r@nt tharitabb wnpany's abilty lo c)ntinue ag a goin9 concefn. d￿cloSIng, as apol￿0￿, mallérs to g￿ng conrAYn 3ntJ using tne g0lngqc4)n(￿ ba￿8 ot awunling, vDk¥¥ trustees emhor inlerrfl to liquidate th• gfQUP Of Ihe parenl eompaty or t4 c4Bse wralion4. or havo no reall>c allèffiatkè bill10 do 80. 1¢5W51ts1ntlps19r tho •Jdlt (rf the fin•ndal ￿￿¢mellI Our obJèetT¥+) aré lo Te8sonable 85swar￿a ab(xrt whethor th8 fmanci818talements as a arè frèè IrDTn matenBI misslatement. WI￿the[ lo traud Dr ftNtJi tn IAii an I￿altOr'S report Uial Includes Qur opinion, R¢4wmèbl¢ 48sur￿￿ is a hiuh kyel of atsuianca, is not 3 guaranlee that an a(Klrt cl￿dU￿d In a¢¢ofdJrrté wlth IPJÈ (UK) 11 a￿ays délècl & maten81 misAtstsm@nl toJthE•.n rt exLql2 MI￿1￿t•.m9.n11 A(L¢F frf frathj ¢x error •re c¢n$KJertrJ malerial rf. indNNlualty or in aggregate. It￿Y c(wJld i•attsrtably b• oxp•rtqd to tho •coThornic dociéionè of takèn ofi tha batie ol Irrogulgth1•g. IndLklrg fraud, #r• iM19n￿l of r￿-cor￿liar￿9 wilh Ikwg and Mgulabon4. W• design proL%dures In lim re9pM•O1rt￿. ¢)utlin•d abov•. Io do￿¢1 m￿e￿•1 missl8•mTr18 In respèd ol wregularilieg. ¥)cluding fraLKI exlent to which our proeedure8 &T eapabl• ol d•toets"ng Irr•gu￿ritI•s. including frgud 4 daiailod b•low'. An undeT8landffvJ ol th¢ gel pnd re9vl#lwy frjrnewofk apphcable lo the cafrtablo t￿MpanY nhlAiwl iknm thp rnAn9gW￿n1 gnd tho tiusleeq of the chantblo c￿npanY T￿ 4￿Jrt tearn was confirrned lo have the appr(pnale comwence aryl capa￿.1￿le8 to trdenlfy n0fKompllan￿ v•ilh th¢ fvamffiwort% Thei Judh plan coTrsh4ered t nsk ol In•gularit￿. ind￿11￿ fraud. An element ol ur￿fell1¢f4blIfy w•s bullt into ¢￿r syhJ(un for auijlt tests. The rt5k of traua ￿er Income was mnig￿ed to an eeptsbla lovol as rfh0610l thè is cithcr Icgocy rbc dre in3pJnrfiGanl, We aqceed a rtsk-b83&J iampb ol InGW18 10 ￿1•yant d0curnental￿rt, parfottrtèd ￿thr51￿ement tests on income, and perftyrn¢d 4n•lytK81 procedures Dn Ir￿￿￿1. Th• ftsk of misappropriat•)n of Ihe charitable c4Jnpany'g ag$8ts was Gons￿ere￿, Ihe chartty's herrta9e as%13 ol an¢ buildnq3 repre3ent 72.2% of113 total nel a8Sets and Ihè rkk of Misaiwroprialion 1$ kn¥: the chanlable wnpaThy'8 bank occouni Dathncès ￿(• les￿ confirmed to r8levant dC￿Mentat￿n.' 8nd expendNure w4) ie•ted for Yalidity by subslantsye test5 ihal irKludoa anatyl*al Pfowauieg, A￿)untIng astimate8 were considered a8 part ol ¢yr avdlt woik. A fvrth¢t de¥¢nptirf>n of our respMsibIi￿3 lof Ihe audrt of the fyIanG￿l $Wefr¢nl6 ated on th• Finarnoal R8poth'ng CDuncil's website at .. ThB de5cnptK￿ f(rn wt of oui rerM)rt STEPHEN BURNSIDE IS•nlor Ststutary Audita)r) For and on behall of. 81 Oua•n Squw•. 8W, 8S14JZ ]Ll4(

Con501idated ¥tatement of finan￿ arttvftlé& IncorTro and from". lJJ19J 2S.21e• i.IJ4JX 1,N5,ffjT IIJ71404 IM•UM I,X3I•• 711J41 Trt 0 1.097.710 J.IJ,4UI J,312.41• tMpBTrJnir• on". 020257 &4ZQ,X¢ I IM¢tsm• I l•wndMuv•) lyr St.￿1 11 In rfetthici Iiailon ol lun¢5' 821.wi 7(rtal rAth•d lorw•r yA•ml ur IfthNJtJ M otsil rwilwo In ywi,

Consolldated and charlty bakn sheets 2QJ 2024 2￿) F IAod iiinu 3),7D7 11 12 11*5 G uiieni assois IJ i.J Z2NWi 042.1 1.104010 I17Q.1 hwwj 2.fia,51 3JlQ.lQl Liabllllhps •1•.451 9•7.•49 S)5,741 111J.11Z Z.410.09) 2.110.115 1)76hii 11a1$ TIMal •swt• M•J•• .7•4 •.?•Y.418 T M luAd• •1 I1￿ Gharity 4134 rA Tol•l tund• 1• LJ

Comoudated cash now tateth¢ttt E£Lf ye￿. 31 &i&Ldk Wzlll t￿) WOWlO•d bw In) 11¥Stl C¥•h Ilws from in¥•stsng acIMtsH." lJl,Tr4 V4.805) 1lJ.534 IVJ.)S21 ••b IIw3 trorn nnaTrc&Tra Cash ar￿ cash oquival•rrt5 I Id•w•••l In ¢••h ¢••h 1,973 •condlLatlott of net In fund t• op¢ratln8 ¢a8h £low tfjr th• y••r•nO•d Ji MArch J¢vJ4 N¥t in lund I6.￿1 IPrt•i i olfi•d ••••l• 114.451 gSJYA? fyYXY￿} Jll 9.•71) tosn w•¥thd by I￿•￿ In1•pw￿lTr9 thKI1wiT￿% 125,OT21

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Accountkn8 Policies (contlnued) T￿• In th• wod m vwrnd VAT orè In im yaw ty r•7Urnli, wi IQIA IZ to Ihlt •titprt¥ GBrwal ov•rfwds ￿ #p￿1)n￿ 10 Jn fo IM tolJlrA1 to Qp•ruln9 1••• io.so 10 Lth"I CAJtJJr• WNI ai ￿ts•r • n•Thyk•i (rf ¥•1 Ff•th)Id Ncw• •Ul ai Ihth rf¥J ¥0 hol r•¥a&Jd chw¥ •im• ta I¥￿1¥0 rol Ihw'r TP m¥l•l value io IrrniDl41 clwiiys wrp)A•l WOrf•Trud ETrTrodè. Irfvui•J ty••t• • ID lh• Ch¥ty th•1 ran b• v•ltsv, •v kl ¢•l

NoteJ to the Flnandal Statemertg For th• •nd•d Ji MAYeh ¥Jx4 l. Prior year #itttorncnl ol Irll&li)Li&l •Fii¥iIIi tm y••r 31 Plreh 2023 Incomt ifbd ¢ndown7riilN Iriirwi J49,rJe 14 1. JN4147 Fr•m C•hLN•d11th7 70?.114 Xt oi 01.021 T*1 4,t•s t.xpt i?tJiluiL rjn I.IXllJ15 I￿.0•1 13x).41• 2.1(0 )4 1?4.C•4 7•1 164111 (Xhoi 1￿c00n1￿0d oJin4 1•&41¥ I1￿7•31 4x1•4 RtcoNci liation ol lyn¢Js', •,li•,TTT

NotÈa to thé Elhattelal Stattthéttt (eontlmitd) ARstrY[￿ Toiil fwpjs .7•7 127,4JO 47.wy 111 74.173 IJAJT 7{If4 ?• 29311 Im5.4P7 J CtLwitJble acti￿t￿+S 4V 237 311K40 7W 4.•rJ y¥WtrJC •S3gJ iJ8.g•P ILrJJ iJ.oo• 41 14•. 14•.74b 81.214 Trknl T*x•I ei.o21

Note8 to the Financlal StatemètttÈ {eontinued) 5. 5umrp747ry an31yg14 of èxPÉhiSknr F¢ Fw SiwY¢••kb IN(a 7J 174V&5 34émts 12P>A97 1,710, 71.1) IJ. 14.•)? 4J.470 17 2J07 .714 170, 141.••J S,315 sJIU1J I.111 2.OIU Yn,140 JA11Jts (321.1401 •11J•4 2024 y)}? 13,9eg 6. Tiadinfj ub5idiinps fnJ of ID ￿)ly su>51¢1￿. Foil¥ Ctypth Lllru4a a WPWY K•yr#N•d UK TnJBI thj In Pplly Firm G•mrn Llmir r￿Je tsl tho • lo op•r•i• lh• rn•iind at W Fry •r• lh• TML a¥Dnts Wnrnfjr¢•l kn114 Iha ￿l￿fi0 of dty ￿￿p￿￿, A wmrn•ry 91 (M IBDIJI¢B Iw Fcrfiy Fwffl L•)d Ibb Irv t1Tr21 hwtr

Not•$ to th EInanCi￿ Stat•m•ttt$ l¢otttlttu•dJ n1.31• 1217x67) 117M$ 452.Tn JSi 42t 12,47JI Y4Jll rrfc411 Ji 2r& 41717 T4t41 ¥•￿ l•u Ilthyw 14211 T•knl 154.SQ7 l•T, 1&4.5 I￿Ni￿ l￿d •t Fd1¥ F•irn lo Fiily Cw• L4nl•d Rwl p￿ts1• In lh• 202Y24 •nountsd to É44k1£44k ￿ ￿Y￿r2)I A Tr•dlnq Aw••m•ni U•wn • Trum •r&l F Crt• Lml•¢ 19 Mly Z¥ 11ibJ (MJI 4 frBm•Awk IN ￿ Iho Ir4dkng fA4>Wlwy C￿ Arxl for rl•4mfflp•ny ￿r￿1)M

Notu to the Finan￿ Stst•mentsieontlnued> 7. Analy515 of staff cosls. innt•• aThl ol￿n5•s. and th• cogt ol k•y rn4ln09oriiviit persor)nel 141,194 iJii.J 1.710J91 It￿ m 2023) ND •XPw￿ lh• >)23), ppojw bernlts Kty pw¥wMI Tnnt tJglS74 l£JlJ299 2022rdJi. Th? hey rr•i•9￿ ol th• Awr c(n• the L••dy¥hp Tr￿1 4rva that G4 In•1 al Iho AWT cl￿P w• tw.574 IC31 j.ml m ￿3> b•hn••n C7OM •r#a (Jok d w tr•t4v•￿ tIXA wl £70k th tr yw 2023, (Th ••Thd •KI ¢7PII. Trw) huMbe d •rrJplw•• AIOIT 6w b)• y•at W•$ ￿2£20￿. G2 Mlny •ffl￿py•w t p¥￿ty￿. •)d s•ty wt IFTE? 24 XJ 2Jd 7A PF*mknL Trknl

Notes to the FlnanLial Statements (e0ntlttu￿) TaThJlbl• flxod xsels TWP IWX113 170A .JJi 104J 142 76.9x1 •X111 411 Z41,211 4￿.￿1} (1)￿%7) 15.9101 fJoJni At 31 Mwd¥￿I 104A ??.xs 19.W2 401 •.31J (22ml 15 7W 251.117 4117 .IL 1•.4) 71.4111 92.331 191, 152.W 130.7L A JI 117,8•1 27.ln l AJI 201J ii,ca) n.g20 141.33• 14Z.fjYO qJoJn 164, 31 X24 J2.OY4 ia,4rd ni 110.85•1 .7t ii•Ji 11,YIA 14aA)11 IWI4•1 (n.7401 11.110 J).428 17.rnj 1g10S4 11.1 SXlQ7 AtJl 202J 11907

NoteBtDthe Flnandal Statèttttts ILknrtknued) 9. Hoiitaoo a55els i Apl av) J.47T.XII ,76J uy1￿0 U17.7 31 Marth 3>24 77 13IS.Ja7 .1 8.SJ7 iJ •r•.31LI 12WJ.T•7 31 Pknch 2024 J,412.021 8.37) 284.146 2.ae49,039 • •n￿rTr Inr•si •)In tlw Airm.. n•rurg r•weo is wee Iw me •1 cl￿. oy BtnneN'a • P•Jo(( vwpf4 •dg• Hil Hui•Jn 111 ' Val•. Foty Faffft PThY• Wr•xl ¢J•pL￿ It•vw P•m) Puwi PMJ a Logil GW TnJN'o In Fury Frn in th& Ctynwy h•5 • l•gal ch¥9• 04w Bththlys li￿rJV YEK 1 paihs, wws. orailla￿. tewiyi ieaithrrtt. è

Notes to tht Flnanelal Statements Icontinu4d) 5 SEI QUI In l a), ￿¥￿¥4044￿1 wi Ihal rtlud•d ¥rrwrrf•d ￿ (95,771 ul 91 A4woh 2024 I£V2.717 m 3)?Jl ￿ h1 Yrusfs {4T.QO11 th• AcrJJnw Pr$ 11. Flx•d - Inwtsbmftts Jnn9 y••r th• Twsl ¥rn& 41 In ¥it#￿. Frlty Fwm AYW I¥￿1￿•T1￿[ 114 rn•mw NwlJrnl m￿￿r Otl¢) (,w•￿•j I12￿>) rwjrwwl wrdi801 th1 trMl•• * I1￿ BNHG is Iinito by 4Th14¥￿•1•d by Awf m•fflbw. 8rnlol Zoo G#id•n8 Th• w￿3 Flnonp¥ Si•rwwnts ¥¥ yw ?1 ()14•mw 2023 TnJ•h•¥ ¢4 kn S+s8rntw 2024. ¢lw y•or 31 ZQZJ. PA1¢ gWVt•d 4 t12.656 12Q22 Iw￿ £44 Al 31 DKwnDW Im <￿Y a•¥ts cl £59.M 12022 177.54fj) •KI •• •ntyxlry lo £76.Y)1 IXlg3: ¢47.Sl IZ. 45sol¥ - Inv¥>lmvrrtA . Ple>trI￿rd thi y•ar thv iwsr purcrntsto a rntytsj In%wrm•N IM rvity Ip tNry 7 1)T t#tlvvolty Ll Imp•ct ynts £fir￿ be b•t• th Ztr24 ¢>1 of be ol Ihp ww• lo •r

Notes to the Flnanclal Ststernents (contlnu•d) 13. Dvblors - •mourts faning <kn ¥Jtilhln on• y• 286.117 J,113 215.117 7QAJ• 278JC ILI •42.1 14. tje bfO(s- aiiiounts laiiirwJ d1tor onL c￿¥1{¥ a4 2124 AN￿ Imldllle Tn￿ ffl• • wn ￿ o)Thrr* 10 F(lty Fttm i8nw¢ Liffliw 01 t4J,iiw on dilll 15. CroQllors amoun15 11llllng du(r wllhln one yoar O((w 202) cfv 1M.i•r 4•1.•)3 211.•07 I YO, 14¢ i•J.M• U1SI J•?.

NDt48 toth• Financial Stat•rn•ntg {contlnued) J1 fthr IJ Il,•YI 11971 10.0 ZI.117 IKJ•J 1242Y Py t CMJ 3J344 ZOA¥V ZiTST •.7K+ 1.7•S fwji 1.707 lJJ1Z 9.147 12J.• 1{4X 114.lj .117 111,114 Ip.9 14.IiPJ 20.•13 1lOJXfj) 114,0221 114,¢ J•• X751 ¢4•a 02• Jiimo iji,yi i YE￿ E• Y• 283ff) 11.8ni 14481 i?J5t)

Not•B toth• Flnandal Statdnèllts 1L%ytt￿) F•rn F¢ Fm Tffjl 312 11fj2• J1.101 {Q71 Y•ml ¢J&} (iiÉJ ijjii rAX%• IYJ Y•ml 77e •,TTJ SJ4 1&1¥¥ 1LSY W.11J •4 171rAIi 32.fy51 •41 Ipth UrV y•1. I, 1•9.144 .•) IX4ln 2YI.M8 F• F•P¥ Tll 1.LWJ1• q1.Il¢J.7JJ)

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Notrs¢o the Stat*nMnts (contlnued) Tp t4•w¢ F(dyF 12.•71 12,•71 19,r io, •.747 23J12 lJ67 I,f¥ 20.• .3 42JO 19.81$ i•,•1 47.T•7 47.7•1 121.?13 i•J

NtsrÈ to thè Flhafieial Statements (continued) F4 Fm Foty Fm •A•••Trnl Xl.l>)7 •lJ31 11.••J X214 r•Jbkn Cm• IflJY•m wou0160v•￿ 1770 7n ,gy Fr*Amn .1 ,191 J6J,sia JJ).758 J>J,7 123.5 442JJ 25,818 iU.ST2 ¥tliWg F( JJU14 U14 4A1 42A Imd 265.151 L Y Pw¥J 22S.2)7 7B,514 Tll 371.wl 311.VJl 4Q3,111 4QJ.ZOi 111&112 774J12 774,) &151 Awf £8,9￿￿￿ Irtsh £6.912.￿ IAI

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