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RKGISTERED CIIAIU'TY NUMBF.R: 313755 VOR7. OIP'I'IIk" Fl 31 I)Tr:C'F.MR IlkN.l>I￿W,1lu$lc INS'rR IM )AN .SC.'Hb.

VPiSi.()IV u. F()R'I'IIF YEAR f.N'Y)F.D 11 fCF.MR Tr R 21124 PJg¢ R¢pDrl trf tbe Trustets I to 6 Tru¥le¥i' Ruponilblllly sIx￿￿ent Repprtuf the IMdtpeTrd¢DI Audlto 8 to lu Stateh￿TrI •t VID￿￿1#1 A¢flvlllEI S(Ai¢ment of Flninrlll Poilrffj 12 SltomeN¢ of Cih Fluwi No¢¢i to tho Stwt¢ment of (:gik Illowj 14 N•tu to th• Vlnan¢i•l Sl•tements 15 22

RE F. YF. OFT b:MIJV.R Th¢ lrnstet prescnt¥ 11% rewrt wilh the flnnci81 slolements ol IhL' chJrity tor the ye41 ended 31 December 2024. The wt¢¢ has J(lupled the provisions of Accouniing RLfM)riing by ChaTiliL'¥'. Staletnent of R¢eonim¢nded Pra¢ts¢e appli¢ablc lo Chuitscs prL?uniig their hLeounis ui aLLvrd8ll￿ with ibc Finan¢ikl Repotring SwiduTd applitxblo ITr th¢ UK Republic of I￿[￿nd (FRS 102). OBJEcfiv&s AND AcfiviTIF ObJtc¢fve¥ ¥nd Bcnslow Music Insirum¢rtr Loun 8¢hcJnE's clwrildble obj¢cL8, as set out in 11$ gov¢riiinx documen4 arc lo lend good quolity inslrurn¢nlb pmmisjmg youog music 8trJd¢nts who ar¢ unable lo gffDTd Dr obiHin a $uitabl¢ inlnuneN ot'thcir thvn,. Malll aedvltlex Th¢ charity achi¥v¢s It% objiTtives prineipAlly th￿￿8h & rollinu PTO¥Tammc of knllnins ln¥tnJM￿ty ￿ younB rnuiitians (aged 7-2s). 'fhis Incorporth.i TD4inlaining u ¢olle¢tiun uf Amund Ssn iftSthzmtnt& mainly $trin8 1n5tsum¢Th￿ ay well u • sn￿ller numbcr of hèrp¥, wo￿lW1nd und brilss iIl%lrumLnt¥. Where &ppmpriJ. bU￿art¢S 4T¢ made Bviilsble ￿ boffow¢ wlwse families othcrwi% may nol be ablc to m¢¢t thè la4n f¢cN. Athlitsunally, thc chariiy otfem ll programmc for %nivr borrow¢rs, vrreriD% youag muxician% ext¢ndLd Ip4n to N8¢ 30 DS they n8vigalL ihr fiJ)6n¢i•l und logisticrtl dirriculties fLcLd by young profeg$ianal mi1￿cIans. Thc orwisation also produeex m&ll numb¢r oftonccrts ai BeiTrslow to $howGa5¢ ¢iirrLnl und alumni insmimcnt tr•)rrnw¢ri. Publle b¢n¢frt The TtU5tcc ctsnfimu ihat Il ha¥ 6￿mplied with tht rcquircmenu of swtson 4 of the C.Iiarilie5 Act 2011 io hive duo re8¥rd to Ihe publi¢ be￿111 yidrfnce publish¢d by Ihc Charity CumtniMinn for Fmylund and WAie¥. Publi¢ b¢Dcfil is d¢riYed frtsm iht programmr uf 1nstNML￿th loan$. which Is m￿48¢d through ts￿￿ ￿plicAtiON, As famllies conttnu¢ to fllGc prE55urc lin finan¢es, and there arc on8nin8 fundins challcn8es ifi music edu￿tIon, D¢¢¢w to IowryCOSt, h4Kquality in8hwm¢ntg can hav¢ a si8niliGant bcnelici&l impact on youn¥ nw¥t¢ians' dcvclopment. ThÈ ¢hority contiThuc$ to offer burs￿leY tn borro%%'er¥ From low¢r SULiC¢¢onomL. bock8ruun(ts ts broaden the rexh of its u¥¢ivily and b￿CrI1. ACH￿.v￿mE￿ AND PERFORMANC.F. AtbltV•mEnt #nd perf•rniince 2024 wol a periud of Col￿15d￿lI￿n ftir x¢hem¢. lThii ycar $4w th¢ numbcr ol- people borm￿ry¥ iNMmicnl remdln I￿•dY1 Slarfin¥ ihe year with 537 and finishin¥ wilh 538 al ihc end of ihe y¢&r Th1$ Includcd 87 new boNoweri joininu and 86 boTrowcrA leaviaE lh¢ 8chemE. A¢r055 the year the s¢heme awunjd bursarics lo 145 borrow¢rn. offering 201A th¢ cosi of lollqiftg aft initruniehi fruin thc x'heme 10 youny people from famili¥s with 2 loial h41usehnld ?Ttwffle of Ic Ilial £50,000, Durlng the year the Schemc •160 the4uircd 67 new in%trurnents and 98 bowli VTa donauonfi. pUrCh￿eS And lotsn¥ (106 doDation& 31 pur¢hases and 48 loans). 14 instrurn¢nis wer¢ Al¥ii withdrawn during lh¢ year, rnakinB a n¢1 8iin of 73 10 the S¢h¢m¢'s collcclton. Th¢ instrym¢nts lldtJ¢d to th¢ Kh•me includ￿1 ¥ number of h1&h-q￿liiY cqllos puKhased wilh fimds Ptcviously 8en¢rously donad to thc Sl￿Me. Th¢ 8rmuul servi¢e charby. d¢sign¢d ts) ensur¢ thot ihe requircmenl 10 have luaned Instnmivnts *T¥i¢ed 8nnuJlly 15 being followcd, Ltynlinued kn k. roll¢d oui Ihrou8hout Lh¢ year a% lTrum)wcr5 IMcwEd luw or Join¢d thc schem¢. This has bc¢n SupprJrt￿ through d¢veloping rcl&tiun5hip wilh a nLiwurk of luthiers across ih¢ country to providr Inslrumenl servicing to boffow¢rs who are notwithjn Teayt)nable diglance orth¢ khrjnc's work8hop VIA¢

cih, Tl 'P()IIT 'I'IITr IR FOR I'HF I'VAR F.Nl)b.D 142 A new pArtncrshlp with the Music ifi Secondary S¢hiKJlI 'fr￿￿ ixgan pilw aaivily in 2U24. 'the aim is W WOTk lo8eth¢r 10 suppolt yOW?K PLople from thfferellt backgruun&s in rhew mui¢al Lducylion. Thi% saw Lhe Schemc loan instniinents to youns playus ht Central F(Jur¥J8tson SL'hutsl ift Lon41on. Th¢ Sch•nc also look limo to fo¢u$ on ils bu%i11¢ss sy¥iem5 and process¢5 dunn8 the yciw. In o proj￿¢ that will culmin•i¢ irt 2025, A new insLTUrn¢Ai d￿￿b￿se and cu51(mier r¢lJliott$hip 5ys¢¢m is k.iJiÈ jnw1¢tnen￿d lo effi¢ien¢y ihat will Ultim￿41Y help IhL %chcmc ¢onliiiu¢ 10 gro￿, it5 iiunil>ct of b¢neliLiariLN. I'1Tr14 Wil% LOlI)pl¢ment¢d by purchA8ing addilion81 tr¢hnolo8y ts allow for in%lrum¢ntlll teaLhers to join &pp)inimcnES r¢inotely wliert ￿Ed¢d. Opporiuiiili￿s WBTf KIV¥n lo Gurr¢nl ind foin)¥T borffV14'¢fi ￿rI41T￿ as pjrt vf Hiiislow Mu51L'¥ JftLYnoon 5Lrik Thc¥e ¢on¢¢rtx •MraLl¢d B(x]d attcudc¢ nunibm proviik.d an vppurlunity to s￿?￿1￿11￿L thc work of lh¢ S¢h¥rt)e to lottal al￿D￿$. performanct I)wJliorts and uranls foT lh¢ ycar totallcd £84,033, Jn incrus6 of76Yo from 2023. Thi5 irtclud¢d £3.745 ihrollgh thr Fnends of BMII.S giving scheme, £27,IQO in g¢n¢ril donatio￿8, Ic8acies of £40,000, and th# Aranl Irom the Scops AFIS Trustof IS.(K)O, part of a thr¢¢-year JrroD¥cmrn¢ limft15 rhc S¢h¢me'8 bllr5￿ furMI. FINANCIAL RF.VIEW Flnin¢lal posltlo Income F,xp¢ndlturc I'h¢ Rwli for th¢ yeur was oYeTill surplui of £634.2SJ on the Schrrn¢¥ ynrcstriGied fund%. Witbin thili ih¢re wyx op¢rntionAI wilK)n ILxLluding vvltll)IBry ond in-klnd incornc bur$iri¢g 8llucydl Df £9,200 WFpIu8. I'hc bud8e¢ approved by lh¢ (m)ven￿r¥ wax pr¢poro(l L)n thc bail5 of a £6,11]O opcraiional xuTrlus on the yeor. This ￿4um¢d that the Kheme would ¢oniinu¢ t(y attTael a similw number trl. hO￿ow0r3 kn 2(J23 81)d thal bo￿oW1n6 re￿ would r¢main 81 ¢unenl Icvcls. Whit¢ ihi$ wos the C￿¢, opcralionol 10¢omc and expendilurc 8r¢w 22% ind 21 % hi8her thun bud8d¢d rw¢¢rivcly. AnIty￿ of lcome lour¢¢ InstNmeftt loon f¥cs lttcomo in kind• Voluntkry iftcom¢ Bank & In￿51￿¢ni 5n¢ome Mi%¢¢li•neous i￿￿￿m¢ 2024 £192,U4?. K225,080 £84,033 £14,1¥4 £6.35V £4,001) 2013 L173J44 £139.1211 £22.328 £4.794 8,870 £16.2112 £2,800 1367,546 37% 43'A 16% 3% Iv. 47% 38% 60A 2% I￿vran¢t ¢0mmi￿41￿n o•A 1% 1525,689 * in kird r¢pwcnt$ lh¢ valu¢ ofin81rum¢rtts don¥lLid to rhe &i¢heM¢. MiJ¢¢llwKoui incomo TCP]rsents in¢ome from ￿¥re¢l such insuTatt¢e claims. Exprthdliwe ¥¢TQSS the year againsi wit niiinin6 tht SCh¢n￿, Includm8 Ihc rnaini¢nan¥¥ und ¢ore of the instrument toll¢¢lioTh ind the iliocaliuii of byfbarics lo individuJls ftom hiwcr %O¢iOv¢wnomie ba¢kBrounds. amourtl Jpen¢ on bursarieB in 2024 w•5 £29.914. Jn IpCre￿ uf42•/ts Dn 2023. All of this arlivily i% Lll s¢rvii¢ oiihe ¢h¢ritsble obic¢iiv¢5. The mfjnthly bud8¢t procc5& IIIGlllding nrtw repo￿, Clllllinu¢d to be to inftsmi n)8niger¥. Clovemorn Qttd the Tn)st¢e of ihe latsst finun¢i•l polilion Thc Trus¢¢¢ muirbluin.i J 5trontt r?n¥nbl￿ poli¢y and robust financial eontsD]s lo compty with laicst 8ULdènce from the (l￿TIry CommiqsiorL 8¢2

IILh'SL()I USIC INSTRUMV.NI' IA>AN I'IIF. TR IDF, CJII'I'IIF. Y 2024 FINANCIAL REVIFW U¢i¢rv¢¥ poll¢y Th¢ r¢5crycs policy ofihe ￿.bern¢ is io hujld 4nd n￿lnIa1n tqllivulLat to six nionth¥ ofop¢r•iing cX￿nditurC os h mitiimum curc level. This is hcld i(> Ln¥ure IoD¥ ILM) S￿1￿rItY for ihc Sehcmc in th¢ everf of ￿lU[￿ £i￿•C1t￿ or un¢xpe¢kd uvm that r¢sul¢ in lo%> fjfin¢orn The Ul￿eStrIc1Ld T¢y¢N¢ fvnds ui year end wcre £3.43Y.37x. (Jr thi& L3.IH? J93 is held as iangible llSSLl%, the k￿b0]d on ihe Schcrne'.4 orfiLe Hn¢J workshop {A$ton Huildingl. InLfbjLal inslrumcnts cases and 0[r￿¢ ¢9UiPm¢ftt, tss well as th¢ mWiL'al in%tNm¢ni ¢4)Il¢&liDn h¢ld as a d¢sign&iLd Musical Instnlmenl Fund {£2.576.649). Additional d¥signaiod rund& hcld ue.. Aslon ikv¢ltspmenf Fiind {176,136) fi)T the purpose ol. thi organiMlion&l develnpm¥nl of ihe Schi￿)&. The fund will continuc lo be drawn down in 20?.5. Porker In%lniment Fund (L18,2621 for th¢ purpos& af ptsrehasink bighquilily cello¥ io ¢xpand ihi inx(nirneni ¢oll¢¢tion. ThiB will b¢ dT•Wn dowii in 2V25. Aner tsking iiiio aL￿?￿nI ￿lld$ hckt DS resirtcicd, designated and lix¥d s$¢1s. th¢ &-h¢rn¥ hold5 E251.985 of frte reserve excecdinx il¥ lJrLtL4 by 78%, Th¢ ¥urplus iti r￿￿rV(¥ will b¢ reLnvcsicd Into the d¢velopmenl #nd m41ii￿na￿e of th Cbolng conurn 'I'he'fru8te¥' coNid¢ri thii il 15 appropriale lo Prepa￿ the on a Lnn¢¢rn basis. 'fh¢ Schem¢'s Tesetves 8r¢ at aTr 8pproprwt¢ Icvcl, and ilte llrU￿h of In￿YmC from Core e¢livily of lnsNme￿t loaThs from 2022 Lo 202J den￿n51r41¢ts Iht thore Is Siill d¢m¥nd for ihc S¥h¥me ¥ Llivilic8. FVTURF. PLANS The S¢hem¢'$ plahy for 2025 will locus on d¢Yclopmcni and gr0￿h. 'I'hc le￿e￿ of the digltil ryil¢m$ IF expe¢i¢d lo bc e0mpletc￿ improvin8 effiLien¢y and incrcasin8 the 8Lhom¢'s copaciiy for borrowcr ￿p￿inIM￿n1￿, which l(J rdm will help io xrow thc Sehome. Tbe &hFmr will al￿ review somd tsf 11% OP¢T41ions alDTV(Ik that of thL TnJ¥i¢¢ ￿ help ]tnpro￿ cffKtiv¢ oprrol10n￿ burdei) on th& &.hrm¢ in of¥har#d adminisirBlion. such 4s mftrkclin8 8nd luThlTai¥ing. Continucd dcvelopmont of ih¢ IWMim¢nt Lx>IIKlion remains a pft¢)rity. with plans to invost in IK)th full gix arA fi*C1k>￿#l 5iyxd Initruments, driY¢n by ¢urr¢ni d¢mand. In addiii¢)n, further cxplorwlion of rhc S¢h¢m¢ WOLNlwind Coll￿110￿ li expe¢t¢d. Thc S¢h¢me ho8Led art Op¢n Day In spring 2025 ¢0 build relationships wilh curreiii Poienlial iTh¥trurnLnts donDrs, lender¥ #nd bottowL'rb. ¥$ w¢ll a5 aluinni OF the SLbom¢, Il ulso )n opporlunily Iu 5how¢ase new in&rum¢nt 44uisiiions. P•ge J

BTr. 'I,UIV MUSIC IN'S'I'R SCH?",MY, R>.P 'Ilk TRU% I'Tr',fr. IF. YTr.AR >'.NDr 31 Dl&. F.NlllTr:1121)24 STRIICTUR[ COVkRNANLb MANAGkMENT CiovernlnR do¢umcnt Benslow Music Inslrumeni I,w S¢hen ts wiinLorpornleiJ Irusl rvgi%ter¢d os a LbATity. wilh Rcn%low Musli Tru81 as Its 4ul¢ Corporate Iru81¢¢. li is govcmed by a'ri￿￿1 Dccd, mL)51 ￿4￿￿￿11Y urnended In 2022. The IN￿¢0$ of T4enslow IvluAi¢ Tn￿¢ appoint a fommitt¢e i?fc¥OV¢rnOTS dnnually Thg rnci)Ibership of ihe conimittce miiAt ¢ontain a TnaJaTily of lj¢nslow Music Tnisl tru¥tc¢S. Addittonol Governors ￿￿Y hc ippoinled Irom btyond ihe Injstee bfidy and •r¢ rtoi rcquired to bg mcmbbrs of R¢n%lDw Mu3Jc TTu¥I The (iov¢rnors ¢lc¢i their Own Ch&ir. who rn￿1 be * Irustc¢ of H¢nJl¢)w Music I'LWL BeNe¢n 29 JunL' and 23 Ntsv¢p)b¥Y 2U24. th¢ iruslLL% Ljf LlcAslow Mu¥1¢ Trust clLLted to su¥p¢nd the requ￿¢MLft1 for truylcG% t¢> lomi 8 mJitsrity orihc GovcrnDT%' f,on)millL¢ while B¥iiJlsiw Music I'Nst iinil¢rw¥ni i re¢ruilm¢nl und induciioll prnc¢s$ for Ils own tru%t¢cs.'I'his r¢in%iai¢d on 23 Nuvcmbcr 2024 wilh the wpoiijlrncnt of ftew Govcvnor& Ikn¥low Muslc I'Th$t r#lain8 Ultinth￿ r¢%pDnsibility for the i¢hernL, inLILvJink po13cy wLting ond ri8k manA8¢mcnl wilh Gov¢mor¥ being dclclatcd Ihe ￿¥pUnI1blIiry fur vverseeiD8 %trAILgi¢ dir￿Liva cnsvrittg all ￿(tiVitY $uppc•rti the SLh¢m¢'8 ¢)bjeLliv¢$, eleincftls tsf risk management, aiid •ppTovin¥ unniLuI buds¢ls. Renilow Musi¢ Tru8t ap￿)In[S senior 51RI'I' ILd hy ihc Lhiel. Fxeculivc of13cnslow M￿lC TNSI A Ilcad of R¢nilow Mii%iL' In$lnimeiit T.iJthrt 8¢h¢m¢. ovcrK'¢A th¥. day.to.day op¢r¥liiin trf ihe Sch¢mc, rLPOTlln8 to ih¢ Chiel'F.xecuiiv¢ Aftd.¥upport¢d by other Bcnslow Music Tru¥1 8ialTin comrnuni¢lllions, fun(IraL¥itsB And finallciJl n114na8ernLIII All Ciowjrnots giv¢ ihLiT time volum￿lly and r¢i¢ivc no remuACtation otlier than Tr¥%onthbl¢ expenses lo en￿1• panl¥ipJiiOTh &% c￿vernOr. No ¢xp¢nsK$ wer¢ ￿l¥¢n io (ii)VcMo￿ in 2024. Key mAA•ymonl romunerallun rernun¢rJtinn of411 m¢mber% fif it&ff iu T¢VIew￿ aftnu&lly by FJeThsluw Music Tnist's board oftrus¢s. follDwing ieport frottt its KemMnw4tion Commitice. Siyfr &irc appTaisryJ 4nnuolly by line man￿¢1￿ their rcWmmc￿tsofft$ Lre ¢￿51￿￿'t¢d •lon8$id¢ 4lLtail$ of movtmeni in giandafd inili¢¥% preparcd by th¢ oni¢¢ uf Niiionnl Stati￿1¢% in¢luding LPI. CPIH, RPI. NAtio￿l Livirng W•g¥ dnd ayeraqe eaTnin¥. Rclated p4rtles B¢n$low m￿1¢ Tnjsl (Kcgirt¢r¢d Ch•¢ity N'o. 311&61} took on reswnsihiltty for th¢ S¢,heme ils sok CO￿or&I0 lJu8ie¢ whcn it incorparnied in 19A6. The schcni￿ hos pr¢mis¢% thi the Bcn55ow M￿lC campu?￿ and pays an anmwl m•nRgement ¢harg¢ ￿ BLYylow Music for IhL¥ ¢A)St of utililiEY. Am'i¢ei and siaft IirnÉ Th¢ S¢h¢me li part ()t'• yroup opcmiin¥ X+ Benslow &lAu$iL. Alvn&sidc Bensiow Trust this InLludey BeDglow Mu51 Elli¢￿riSeS Limil¢d (Remi$1e￿d CurnpJiiy 109673441. a wholly ¢W￿d 5ubi•idiary which Mana￿#$ PL￿11￿W TrAu¥ic Tnjsl's IIU114hariiabk llitivity. Risk m•Na8ement In its duty to m#n¥ye th¢ Scheme'¥ eiposiiir to risk. the TnL¥tLC annually r¢i'jows its risk maDU8cmcnl ￿17¢Y afftd Te8uIBr r¢view ke} riskq, maintainin¥ 1 riik ￿￿1%ter. Thk %¢nior manugement icJm xupport In d¢vcloping plaN and ¢ontyol Mr￿urc% io provide re&¥oiiablc niiligali(Trn. As lh¢ IJK continu¢s to ch#lluiges It) ih¥ ¢Ql•t ofii%in¥. th¢ PTin¢ipol risk ih¢ ¥¥hem# is dlminishing for 118 r¥￿¢3 familiey lace incrciiing finDTJCil• I prc&fflircs. This h&s hc¢n &CCOilDled lur by Taigirtg thc I￿¢$h￿]d lor burwi¢s to ¢Trn￿ that th¢ Sih¢m¢ rc4n)in¥ thLce.Eqsbl¢ lo iiidividii•l$ fron) vnrysng S0£10ry¢¥1)#omic bock8rounds.

I1￿.N F,N)' I SCH RT Trnll TIIF. Yfr.AR >'NI)b' REFERENCP. AND ADMINISI'RAI'IVE DF.TAII.8 Nttme B¢nk)w MubiL In￿r￿MIe￿I L48n Schcmc R¢Klrt¢red ChArlty 313755 Prlndp•l thlre¥i Jl¢nslow Mu4lL'. RL￿1nW lane, Flilchin. Scr4 9RR Truite¢ Bcnslow Mu81¢ fN$i (R¢%i¥kr¢d f*nmpaiiy Numb¢r= 40￿V4) (RLxi¥LYLid C.hJriiy Numb¢r'. 31360]) Bell￿￿￿ Muiic Trll5t Board of Trnitecs it31 Deeemhgr 2024 Andy BaruGh {T¢S1w￿￿ 29 Junc 2024) Colin B41¢8 Anthcw HIAnkfield (r¢sign¢d 29 Junc 2Q24) Illtn Falconer {ap(H)iftl¢d 14 Sepi¢mber 2024) Tim (pilloll (Vi¢¢-LhNirl K4ty Himilton (rcsigncd 29 JunL 2024) Norma ￿"n8 Ilwth M4lau￿ (Ch•tr) (IpptsiniLd 14 8Lpl¢mb¥r 20241 Philip M¢•den (Chair) (rciign¢d 29 June 2024) Alcsyandrn MonY￿rdIn0 (appointed 14 S¢pt¢mher 2(J24) Peier Nevtlle [￿l￿ned 29 JuftL 2024} Gw¢n Ow¢n RobinKon Alart Sjieppard (up￿inTed 14 tiePtCm￿r 2024) Bhw¥w#ni Singh (Ilonorory Trellwr¢rl MxhKI Taylur (Vi¢¢.C'hair) M￿k Bowen (Honorory S¢¢rdAry} Govirnors S¢hemt AJJdTew BlaThkfJeld (r¥si¥ned 29 JU￿ 20241 Ro¥alind Iledley.Mill¢r Norma Kin Juely KoLJ% PctCT Nevill¢ (C.hair) {rcii8ntd 29 Junc 20241 rj￿n Owon Robinson (8ppoiTh￿d 23 NDvembrr 2(J24) Al•n Sheppard (appoinl¢d 23 November 2￿4) Sandra saunders Mich￿1 Taylor (Ch)ir) SellSnr Slilf C.hi¢f Exe¢iitive. Mi¢h4¢1 r)uffy H￿d ofBMIL8= Nick v.v4ns.PuBhe Alldltori Bradshuw Johnson Chart¢r¥d A¢¥uuE)iani$ st1￿10[Y Audil(>r, CrL)ft Chwnber& I l B#￿10ft, Hilrhin, Hwifwlshire, SG5 IJQ B¥nker$ BaTcIAy# Ilonk plc. 516 Hi¥h Stycci. Elil¢hin, SG5 IBJ FlTh•n¢SJl Advheri C(:LA Invcy(menl TrAmfygcrncni Limii¢d. Scnutor Howe. 85 Queth? Victoria Street, LondoD, EL'4V 4ET PTr&¢ S

8E AN HE RRP Tl VF.AR V.NDF. Approved by ord¢r of iho bt>aTIl of on 26 April 2025 tsiid 8igncd ilA hchoif by: Trn¥lc¢ M TByknY P•g¢ 6

tu . TY STATLMENT Th¢ tnrntee5 are re8pon5ibl¢ for pN'parinM thc lieport of thc TTu¥lee5 pnd Ihc finan¢thl stat¢menL% In accnrdaftcÈ wilh appli¢ablL Imw Jnd United Kingdom Acbounting Siand#rd$ (Unikd Kingdorn G¥nerally A¢Lew¢d A￿Un¢1￿￿ PTh¥'iice) including Financial KeportLQ8 Stsndurd 10? 'Thc l.'inancial RerrtbTlinu .Stsnda¢d applicuble in Ihe UK and R¢publi¢ g( I￿l8nd". The law applicabl¢ to ehariliLS in Eng18nd and Wale%, ¢he Charities Act 2011, C.hiriiy (AetOllnlS R¢pDrt8) RbBul•tions 2008 and th¢ provi¥ion¥ of ihe tN%t dLLLI rL'quires ihe trnSlc¢$ th prwjre financial Mllicments for each financial year whieth give a tTue fa￿ Yicw of the %tsl¢ of affair$ of Ihe LhDrity of th¢ inLorning resources 8nd oppliLo¢ion of resources, in¢ludinll thc it1￿m0 und cx&KndiThre, ill. the charity for thai pcriud. In PT¢paring those finRnci&l ytaicmcnts, thc tru5tccg are required lo select xuilahlc a¢GOUllting polic&Ls And IhL'n xpply Ih¢m con￿51¢￿11y. obs¢N¢ ihe mcihod$ #nd piinciplL's in Ihe Chority SORP: rn*k¢ judgen)entli und eslLmu1￿ thui &r¢ Teosonabk atid pnJd¢ni,' Jtats whethLY appli¢able a¢Lounling siandards havo been followLd. iubjLct to afty mat¢rihl dcparlurcs diJ¢logd and expl4in¢d in thc finanGial statcmcnl.%: prcpuTL th? financial $tawmertlB on lh¢ goin8 con¢¢rn Iw¥i¥ unless il ￿ inappropriAl¢ ro presumo Ih•i the charity will ¢onlmU¢ in busine%%. The Inulee¥ arr fftsponyiblo f¢)r k¢¢pln8 Proper A¢couthting rccordi which d15c105e with rcasonahlc a¢curn¢y ai any limc ihe fth•n¢ial Position of ihc ¢horily Jnd to enable Ihern ts) ensure Ihat tho financial SlalcJncnl% comply with lh¢ Lhurities Ael 2011. lh¢ Charity (ALcovnts 8nd Rcports) Reguzalii)T￿ 2008 aiid rh¢ pmvi%i4?n.% of the trusi decd. Thcy aTC also rw)on$ibl¢ for ￿resU￿rding ihb a$8ets of thL Lharily anij henbo for lukirbg ￿a￿￿#bI¢ steps for th¢ pr¢veniioTh d¢t¢ctioTh of fraud and h¢r ￿￿￿￿TIll¢s.

li￿."[￿Ul1 I i)td Tllk INnF.I'trNi l)kiNT,IUDIT()R ' w >Ju%v 'rRII 'I'HK YRiJs'fF.F Oplnlibn Wc hav¢ audited th¢ financial siattin¢nt¥ (Trf Benilow Music Iligtrumeni Ltsan Schknmc (Ihw 'th￿ry.1 ror the ￿ar ¢n(kd 31 De¢ember 2024 whiGh ¢ompris¢ the Slatcmcnl of FinanLial Aciivili¢4 ihe 8MtCinLrti of Finan¢ial Po¥i¢iun, Ihe Statcmcnt ofcaih l•lDw¥ nftd nuies to tlie financuil ¥ta1¢meii￿ includittE { summary of si%nificani pulicicx. The linancial reporting fydmiwork that has 5tppli¢il itt their prcpaYai¢un 1$ applI￿ble law and Uniled Kin%dum A¢¢owthin8 Siandardb (United Kin8doni GcnErJlly A¥cLplcd Accliunling Prdoli¥bl. i41¢1udin8 Fits%n¢r&l ticponing SIN￿￿rd 102 Th¢ FinaDciJI Reporiin¥ Si¢ndllrd applicDblc iii Ilie IIK and R¥publi¢ of Ir¢l¥nil'. In ￿lrOp1￿1￿Tr ihe financial s&i¢mcniy: giv¢ J IT￿¢ and fair view of tJiL slate of thL rhBriiY$ aftaiff 31 DLcembew 21124 4LnJ of itÉ incoming resowces llnd plicthiion of icbourceh, for ih¢ year then ¢rb&d., have hLcn properly pr¢piu¢d In d￿rdanc¢ with U2111¥d Kiii8dofn (i¥n¢nlly ALELpkd A¢L¢)unting PracliLe, includini rin4Thcial n￿orting Siandard 102'Thi Fjndncial Xeporting 8ianilaFd applieabl¢ 111 ih¢ LiK and Rkpublir of Ir¢lJn(l atKI hove Ix¢n pr¢pllr￿1 in accordLllLL Wlth Ihc i¢qiiir#mLnls iil'ihL Lbarilies Aol 2a1 I Bas1¥ for w)Inlo W¢ ¢oftducted our audit in accordi1n￿ with lo1￿110nUl Siandiirdi on AUditM￿ IIJK) {ISAs (UKII and Applicablc hw. OUT r¢S￿nSIbIliti¢¥ under tho$c %1￿]dOrd￿ UfL. furth.r dcscribcd 11) thE ilu(IiiibT% rc.4portsrbilitie¥ fur IliB audit of ihL financial sthl¢ment% section of our r¢port. WL are Ind¢p¢rt(l¢ni uf dbe charjly i?) 8¢wr(IiLe with th¢ cthieal r¥quircrncnt8 ihal ¥¢¢ r¢levoTh1 w our Trfihc fin•n¢ial slalcm¥'nis in IIIL UK, tii¢ludin¥ th¢ FRL-s Liliiral s￿nd￿rI1, and wc hlve fulfilled our oth¢T IthiLuI Tc%fKfvnsibilin¢s In DLLtsrdttnce with ihi%¢ r¢quI￿'mcnt$. We believc Ihut lh¢ audil cvid¢fi￿ wo hav¢ obtAined li suffiGicni Bnd appropriot¢ to provsde a ltir DUT opiniop. Conf IusloDs ¥oliling io golni cunccrn lii audiiint4 lh¢ finftnciAI Slatén￿rtl￿. wc hav¢ conblydL41 thul lh¢ trnseb' u¥e ul'ihL ¥oin% con¢¢rn ba$is of accountin¥ in Lh¢ preparntion of th¢ IITinnciul stulcm¢nib is kippropriaic. Roied on th¢ work we have wrfn Ihbriuii In connwlifin with our iudit ol. ihc financial slRtcM¥￿L4, our fespon%ihilil¥ li ITr r¢rttJ the Dihcr lnfthrn￿I1OTr and, In doing 10. con5ithr whcih¢r th¢ other Infnmwliijii Is n)alen3lly inLnnSi%l￿Dl iviili il)4 finaiicial siolemicnts or our knvwlvd¥L obthined in the aiidii or otherwiqe ￿P￿ar% to k materiulls miyyi.Ii¢d, If we 141enlily 5u¢h Tnaicri31 incvn$isitnLie% OT apyyrLni mAt¢rial misstal¢menlJ, wc arb. rcquir¢d its ¢ktL'rniine wh¢tl)cr ihi¥ Ti$¢ to o miicriul missldtcmefit io the fin8￿111 sta¢¢rnents th¢mYlwey. Ir, basd on the Moik wc have pulorni¢d, we cunclude ihaL Ih¢rL motgrial mis¥latErnent of this other Inforn￿ll0n. w¢ urL fLqiiir¢d to report ihJi faeL Wc hivo I￿(hI￿ w r¢pvn in this reAard. Matterx on whlch we art rt'4ulred ts report h> eyetptloJ> W¢ have noihin¥ ID report in rcspcci of the followlng matt¢f5 wher¢ thL C.haritics (￿¢￿v￿￿ and Raiion artd expldnaiion% wc r¢qiiire for (iur &udii. Pig¢11

REPORT OV I'HE INDkJ>FND NT AUDI'I'URS TO THC TkUSTEES DF Illi N8t.ow ' r INSTRUhqF.NT ANS RupDMlbllltltJ of Irwtt¢% AJ ￿p￿lTred rnoK ￿llY in thc Trngleey, Rttypotsgibiliit¢s Slalcmcnl, the ttU5lce4 llrc r¢.%p(￿SIble for the prepAratI￿¢ of Ibe fin•fte￿I itatements whicb give 4 Iruu and fair vicw. l￿d for such ithiernal wiitrnl a¥ the trusleeg delemiinc IJ to ¢nAblc tbc pieparatioti of financial statemrLts ibal are fr¢c fr¢m maierial rtLi551aienwllL wheiherdue lo frgwt or EITOT. Iij pr#porinB the fitt#n¢iul ¥l&i¢tti¢nlJ. Lhe Irusfroy arL" r￿pOl￿1b[t for Awtsblibi Iht ¢harl￿ abillty io as u ￿1￿& concern. d4¢losiii#, 9s upplicmblu. mutterÉ relfjled to goiiw colictrm and uqinu the bioing coiic¢rn basis of Acco￿1n8￿￿1 lh¢ ¢iiherinlend lo11411idtst¢ (he churity (br lo cease 0￿rITIOnS, or have realistic atternativ¢ bul to do ID. Our r•spDllilblllilts for tli¢ tho fihncl&l ilaternl￿llÈS Wo hAve be¥ll 4JPOSThted 8uditOT5 uThdor SeLlion 144 1)f lh¢ Churiti&% ALÈ 2011 rEPOrt in 4KoTdw wlth the Act ind reLevllnl Tc¥ul•tioLs mttdE OT h4viDE CtI¢LL ther￿ud¥.1. Our obj¢dive8 ar# 10 obtoin le￿)nable a8sufAh¢¢ llbout wh¢ther the financiil SlAiemonls As o whole aTC tT¥e from mAkiial mi1slatern￿t, whcthcr due lo f¢Jud or ¥rmr, and issue a ￿'port of the Ind¢pcnd£Jii Auditots thai inclutkA our opinion. R¥44UDable u8urMn¢4 hl&ili lcvbl vl. ffty.wr4ncc, but u noi a BuAfHiife¢ ¢ko1 ttn 4udit G(m(lucled m occordance with ISAI , (UK) will alway¥ detect * Juulwiil misulalcmeni when li ¢xi$t¥. MigltAleTri¥nts cnn arix¢ ftom frnud or ernr aT¢ ', ¢owidered ￿terial if, individunlly oi the u8grc¥af¢. I1￿Y could reasonsjbly b¢ ¢xpc¢ted ihe e¢ooorni dMiiion8 of tthn on th¢ b8118 of ib¥se Gtsfineial sthlCIII¢IIIA 'rhe ￿tent to whi¢h r>urproccduM 4r¢ ¢opabko of detwling Irregul￿[1£1, inctuillThu fraud is Ilcl4iled bclow.. W• ¢onJid•red tho nantr¥ L)f th¢ Cliarilyx indwty Mnd itl ¢ODtrol ¢nviAJnm4ni, and r¥vrew¢d the Ch4rity$ docwnentstioft of thoir policies and PToccduro8 relatin& io fraud Alld Lompliance wi￿} law¥ and rcAul&tion& We also ewuirc4J of Inana8wn¥ol aboui thety Owll Ideatifica¢ion Ind A6É¢S'¥meni ol Ill¢ risks of incgulllriltes. We obtsinrd Ao understhndill8 Ot. lh¢ legal ond T¢￿1￿0rY frurnework that th¢ Charily operiles iry a#d id¢4tined the kay law8 ond r¢8uixtions th41.. - bid a diffol e(fKt on the dei¢nniJ)aliott ul m&t¢riel amount8 Ind discloiures in the finNncial thmenl& Th￿t inoluthd th¢ Clwiry r￿MInIS810n. Ind - th uot knve 4 direct £ffeoi on the fi￿n￿￿1 5tatemtrnts but complioDC2 with wfvcb inay be Ilmdumenlil ¢0 tho Qarltr &blllry to or ￿ avnid a myliriut penlry. W¢ dts¢u8ff¢d imortg th# I￿11¢ eDwLm¢nt ic8m In¢luding relevant Inlern¥l XPLO￿liSt% stKh u ijx 8pecTraliyts ￿SAId1￿ th¢ OpporMniti￿ and inceAtiv#x IhAt niDy ¢xiyL wtibirt ihe oryanisaiiun flir frnud how And wh¢re fraud Ini8ht ￿¢llr in IrL COD￿ with bll 4Mdit8 under ISA¥ (UK), we are alsu required to p¥rform sp¢cIf￿ prncedures lo r¢wnd kn the rnk of anugement uvenide. IA Jddrtsyin¥ lh¢ risk vl frAud ihruugh m•na¥4m¥DL ovetridr of controls, w¢ ib¢ 4pprowixtsnus of journal 4nlriL8 otljer udJuyim¢Dts,' 4s$c55vd whcihcr IhL judggm¢otJ Tnlldo ID mikin¥ •ccowilthi elIm￿¢S atr indicative of M potenliAI bias. and ¢valu&icd the busioesB rnlionnle of any .¥igThificfyNi Iron￿¢bon% th#t are UDUslluI or outsidL Ihe T￿&1 Cou￿¢ of b￿lIng1S.

F THV ILNIIEPF.NDTr' r.+Y81.oiv f•lllSlf. I 'r AIIDJ'I'ORS 1 In llddiliDn Iv Ihe AIN)vc. oi¥r ijriKediiTCS10 To%puiid io Ili¢ ri%kg idciitifi￿l Inclihliil ihtt folloiving: rcvmvinB fineijcial %olcni¢ni diycl(Yiur&s by Ic¥linbl 10 SiIPPI)Tling di)biimciiittLioii 10 Iis¥e¥g CDropli•nce with provision3 01 rcl¢vani laws DI￿ wuUilwn% d￿rib¢d ay liiviiis a diT¢¢I Lff¢•CI on Iliv fiiwn¢iTiI ylAleincnls. perfornu￿ anoly¢iL81 pr￿L¥l￿re$ l(p iilcnlify iiny iinii%ulll oi ￿nex73¢￿[cAl ￿lll￿1￿￿11}S Ilthi may uidic•l¢ risks of m)t¢rioi mMlut¢ftKnl 4liw' iii IrAUd: ¢NuiriDg lif MWI￿¢M¢111 niid Ll.t¢Trial Ir¥il uiuns¢l CL>I)¢crpin¥ llbtthal 4nd pnttrYLiial litigition •nd ¢1oims. aod mMnc¢5 nf om-cnmplianrc wÉih ￿VIll7￿ Ii()ft5' ADrf Tea¢JinK mifbUtcR of moetits￿ of t1105c Gharged with pJ)vcml1 lIL'c, f¥vicwing internal nijdit report9 @Dd r¢Yi¢wing owndentt with HMRC. A hrther description our respDllsibililies fi)r Ihc iiudit of Lbe fJo8nLixI strtl¢menly iq lU￿ted on tlxe FinAnci&l Reportln% Coll￿11,& w¢bsito it www.ftC.i)T¥.uklAuililgT5r¢Sponsibtlili￿. This dc6ciipI￿ll fiimis patt of ()Iir Report of Ihe In(kpgnU¢snt Audilurs. Utt Df our rcpTrrl 'rhi5 iepori 1% madc 10 ih¢ ¥liJfiiy'i Iruslrcs, Iij o Wy, in uwnrU#iicL wiill Imrl 1 lif ih¢ Lh•titie8 {Ac¢auN8 And R¢porls1 Rogulaliontt 2008. Uui. aitdii work lius b¥L'lh und¢rl,'IkLII SO Ihlll wc inijiht Ylalc ¢harity'K IT￿81¢¢¢ IhoiE w¥ arc re4iiiTd io $llllc ￿ ikntyii iii uudiiofs, TCPUTI ond fur ijlher puTrose. Iv lh¢ tullLsI rxt¢nl rmill￿ by low, wo do l o¢¢apL or 8wm¢ frtspibp%ibilily io 4nyviiL iiihLr iliii Ilic ¢lJttriry &nd Ihb. ¥li#L'iIy'S X% th btsdy, for our audit work. for this report, or for Ilw i>PinMilY we lillvc foriiie¢l Bradthnw JDhD¥on hthttr¢d Accourti￿$ St•thtory Aud￿01 tt Chamb¢fi I l LI￿¢0￿ Hitbin IlekrfwdihirL qG5 IJQ Dit¢:..... IknR¢ I

HEME ATV.MV.Kr 14. YF. BV.R 2 31.12.24 Tothl run¢Js 31 12.23 TotrLI lJnr¢%tricted ruzKIs liestrictL'd fwid¥ 85 re8tatLd INCOhlF ANI) &NDOWMENTS FRUM r)on4tion$ aTJd Icgocies 313,IlJ 313,113 161.457 Other ttadin8aclivilie9 (kher iiiiomc I4.1￿4 l Q8.7¢)2 14,184 198 39? 4,794 185019 Total 525.689 525 689 351270 EXPVNDITURE ON Ch•rlt•ble irdvllles B¢A¥luw m￿l¢ll1 In$irum¢ni L￿￿ SLhern¢ 227 347 283.B6J N¢1 8uTns on inveJlmL'n 335911 335 911 N¥T INCOMW(¥XPENDITUKL) Trlnifori b¢tween fund¥ 634,253 49,086 {56,516) .19.086) 577.737 110,701 12 Net movern¢nt lft 6113.339 1103.6L121 577,737 116,701 RKCONCILIATI()N OF FUNDS Total tiinds brou¥ht forward 2.756.039 200.000 2.956,039 2,839.338 ', TOTAL FiJNDS CARRIRD V(>RWARD 3.4Jg 3711 3 533.776 2 956 039 The notes form part ol'these financial Sfa(ements PA8cll

'rAI'V.IIF.NT nFFINI 31.12.24 Toial nds J1.12.23 Total fut UDrtJiriLt k&srricle FIXED ASSF,TS Tangible 1,187,fj57 3,1 ¥7,957 2,566.784 CiJIUIKNT ASSETS Debiors Casb 1 buiik 10 7Y.349 9.3 548 79,349 387.94C) 85.6311 94..19% 372,8lJ7 Y4,3911 490.471 CRF.D￿ORs Amtsunts IbllinK due within on¢ year {121,476) 1121476) (101,216) NET CURRF,NT AbSI,:TS 251491 145 g19 IX9 255 TOTAI. Ab14£TS I,E88 CURRF.NT LIABILITIF,S 3,1139,378 94,398 8.533,776 2,956,039 NET ASSETS J 4 Jl).3711 94.311 3 533,776 2,956 039 FUh'DS Uhre￿lie*d OJnd%'. (icrtcral fund Duignaled fund- Mu¥i¥dl Injtruincnis 12 862.729 2.576 649 815,128 1940911 14341 3711 2.756 039 Restrictcd fiind8.' AstoTh l)ev¢liipmeiit bund Fjrter Insitument k'uNI 76.136 ioo.(Jx) 100,D TOTAL FUNDS 3.533.776 2,956.039 The finJniiBI 5tatrmen15 wcre Approved by Ihc Board vl'Trnliiees and iuthM)ri¥ed for is$u¢ vn 2fi April 2025 and weT¢ hi￿d on its behull'hy: Twfjtcc M I'tyloT The notei form part 01.￿les0 fin￿elRI 6lBlom¢DI$ PLBL 12

Ic iys'iItUMEiY'r i. .N SCIIY.MY STATEMF.NT QF￿A&H FI.OWS R'fiiv Yli A MIIFR 2024 31.12.24 31.12.23 rcsmcd CAih flowg from op¢rtln¥ ULtlYltlei Cthsh gcnernted from operations 28% 755 Nd clth providd by opcrating t￿lI￿licS 28¥.7.f5 151772 Cih flowi from InvestlDg A¢iivill¥¥ PuTch&%¢ of tAll8ible fi¥ed ÈSSC Sal¢ oftangiblo fixed &ts¢tS Sole of henthx¢ a¥¥ (316,542) 16.048 (139.994) 48,4CK) Nelush used in inv￿ting a¢liviii¥% 305.642) 123510) Ch•nge in ¢AJh ¢uh ¢qMlvalents ITr Ihe reportlng p•rlod Cuh 4nd uih 4ulval•nls At Ihc beODin¥ of the r•porllnn pirlod (16.8871 28,262 376571 Caxh and esh e4vlv•l¢uts il the end vf ihe reportkn¥ p¢rlod 387 946 The tsoK's torm pari e&fthcsL finJn¢ial stntemcnls P8ge 13

BKNS Ic THK I'.OR TIIP. YF.A Iv F,MHF.R 2024 F.D 311)Tr. 8F.cr)NC,11,IATTON Ob NF.T INCO￿lE TO N'ET CASH FLOW bROLM OPERATINCI AC.TIVII'IP.S 31.12.24 11.12.23 as Temated Net IncomL tor thL reporiliii pedod (•s per thL. Stalement nf FINa¢ial A¢1lvltl￿) Adjostmenls ftsr: D¢pTeciatioA charx CTAM on Investt￿tAts Los$ orb di$pth%l i>f fixed asse1$ Docreasd(in¢re)5¢) In ￿.blOrS Incre￿E In cr¥dI￿[S 577,737 116,701 1 S,232 (335,911) 5.148 6,2119 IS.119 {7,795) Jl,916 (21031) Net cish prowlded by uporuliuni 288.755 151772 ANALY&ISUVLHANCF.S IN liET FUNDS At 1.1.24 L'ash flow Ai11.12.24 Nti ¢#sh CA3h ut bynk 404 833 LIO,887) 4Q4 833 16.1187) The nntri f<>rn) part of ih¢s¢ financial uatements FI￿ 14

.lSi. '()TFSTO Tiif. SIXAN, IA . &rATF.MV.NT V.R2 ACCOUNfiNG POLICIES of P￿ParIng the nn¥D¢l#l stAttm¢nt Thc fJnanLial siAiemLnls uf thL iharily, wh￿h is & public befttsfii entiiy undÉr FRS 102, hav¢ bxn pr¢pArud in o¢rord&nce with ihe Chariii¢s SORP (FR.8 102) ,ALLtsUniin￿ llnd ReportinL by L'JTrxrits￿'. Ststcmcnl or Recommended Pracltc¢ opplicablE tp charili¢5 pr¢parin8 thoir accounts in ￿rdan¢¢ wilh ih¢ Financial ReportinB Srandafd applicable in Ihc IIK and Rcpubli¢ ol. Ireland (FR.8 1021 (cffeclivc l JaDthary 2019),, I￿inancial Reporting Stslndard 102"lThc PinanLiul R¢pi>riing Srandard appli¢Jblc in thc IIK And Repiihlic of Ireland. Jnd the Charities Act 2011. Thc rjDa￿LI￿II statcin¢nls hMYL ben prep￿￿ tsnder the hiS￿rical ¢0￿ ¢onYcnts(Mi. os modifi¢d by tb¢ revaluatiOEL of cerlllin a$$i.4 B¢n$low Mu¥ibal In%fruminl IA>￿ SrhcmG mccls Ihc definilion of a public he￿rit eniity undtt FRS 101 In¢ome is in¢lud¢d in ihb Stsmeni of Finan¢ial Arliviii¢$ wkn'n.. th¢ SchLrnc becomes eiilitlcd to Ilie donatiotb, l¢lla¢y or siinilur in¢ome and any ¢ODditioni for r¢wipt arc ￿'t, th¢ S¢h¢m# Is y￿￿Ally ceriain thill IL will reL¢ive ii,. Jnd . lh¢ S¢h¢mc w r¢4¥0nably cer1&in ihlll thG valu¢ ¢021 be rcliAbly meu¥uTeil. l)ona¢ed Iiistnim¢nts Aro included in thB ac¢i7untk in thb. yCaT in which ih¢ ￿51rUment is rcccivcd. The Schemds poIi¢y 15 Qnly to disposc of instrpJTneAL% where they are for the Schemes LJbj¢illVLS. I￿,￿M￿. fiom ¢lNim$ iiirludcd In the a¢counii oi the ume hme is the Éift to which li relates. Ineomt frum k8a¢ies li Included when di¢ S¢heme been nolifitd oran ImpiNling di¥iiibuiion or Ihe leK￿Y being reeoived. Adrnin1￿1Q1l0Th cli8r8es (from l¢ndin¥ Ir&%irun)¢nls) r¢pr¢$¢nt rtmounii invoi¢¢d in th¢ y¢Ar for Ih¢ Tcntal of mu$i¢•l In¥lThm¢nts, All irt¢om¢ ii ilatcd 8ro%¥ i¥ wholly d¢rivcd in lh¢ unit￿ Kingdom. F.xpe•dltur4 LApCr￿llw# Is IKO￿lS¢d In Ili¢ ycar in which li Ix inLurred. Chanublt exp¢ndiThJre compri8¢9 IhDs¢ ¢osrs In¢urred by Ihc Schcm¢ in tho d¢livcry of ils Aclivitic¢ Bnd sethcts for its bcKfKiari¢& li in¢lud¥x hnih costs that can b¢ alloL'*t¢d dir¢L'IIy KJ %ll¢h ociivities and those coBts of an indwe¢i Iiatur¢ 1¢ support Ihcm fhix inc1th5 th0￿ in¥urr&l in ¢onncciion with admini4tralion OF the Scheme And cornplÉ#nre with con¥tsNilonal ind htslulDly t¢quirwn¢nis. TAn8lble Ilxed Fixed Assels ar¢ SIll￿d Hi co%1 le&$ •¢cvmtslat¢d deprcciTrtion. Minor llddiiiQnS of l¢¥s than £50 llre not c¥ito11i¢d. Musical InstrnmttnL% to the SchemL' arL' Initially v8111￿ professionally inclvdcd tsn thgt bJsii. Instrummts purchascd arc In¢ludr¢J 01 c05L. Th¥ individual values of all instrum¢nl.$ ir¢ wntinuvu¥ly rcvicwed on 4 rollin8 b#$is- primarily for ￿$￿rdAL￿ PUWPU¥¢5- ￿nd udjuslmenis made wherc ne£￿%￿ry. De￿Littl￿n is provbdgd ai r•ies LulLul&led wriic Vir Ihe ¢05t le55 r¢$tdyal vilub vl. ¢dth a%R¢l iTrvLY its. ¢XP¢¢lEd Ffcebold property 20A straiBht lint Mu¥i¢al Insirurn¢nl% - Not d¢pwciatcd ID%ttumcnl cases and equipm¢ni IQ% %lr¥i8hi IinE OtTi¢¢ ¢qvipm¢nt PUJL IS

'IlkkYI' I.() ¥.IJ 'IAI. 4TATfi.hq.N'l'%- ¢unllnu¢d ENDRD 31 21124 THF. ACCOUNI'ING I￿LICI￿6 - ¢vntined TxA8lble Ilxed iue¢5 DeJ)rt¢iition 1$ wi prO￿￿ed L)n niusical instnjments Individully bui so tsnnual odjustment is madB lo ren¢GI vThiu chenxes arising from r¢viows during th¢ y¢Hr and sk¢40iyiiii)nx and disposals. A vicw 1$ ul th¢ time ol'the ov¢ro]I r¢serve pwoyided the as&re8a mu91c&I instrument siotk valuation (sce Not¢ 6). The charity is excmpt ITVM lux on its ¢haritabl¢ aLliviiie¥. Fund G¢ncf•l funds ￿¢ unreslricted fuTKlh whiLh llrL' Iv#ilabl¢ for use at the di4crclri?n ol'ihti Trusl¥O in fvrthtrat￿tt ofihL geuer&l obj¢¢liv¢s of Ihc Sclieme and which have noi heen de%ignTht¢d forotlicr piirpnsLS. r)c¥I￿a￿d hjndg compflS¢ Iityre¥tTILi¢J iknnds ihAi hav¢ iK¢n 8el ￿ld8 by ihe TTJ¥W lily Parti¢uiAr purpos¢g. Th¢ &im and uJ¢ of u¢h dcsigliaied fund is xt oul in the ￿1¢¥ tu thL f¥n&rtcial stakm¢nts. R¢S¢r￿1rd fund% •TQ ftsnds %vhieh are to b¢ in Kcordanlc wilb $p¢eifK r¢slri¢tionJ Impowl by donori or which havc b¢en rnised by ihc Sch¥me for puticul&r piirposcs. Thc cost of ra141n¥ und adminisl¢rinB su¢h fuNI¥ #f¢ ¢harwl J¥aiMi xptcific fund. 'I'he olrn u%¢ of L4¢h r¢qiri¢t¢d fvnd is i¢1 out in Ihe nolei ts thc fiD8n¢iol tatcmcnts Penilon Costs and othor poxt.rctlrom¢Mt bentllts ¥hllrily tsperakx a defined coniribulius) penwun 5L,heiiK. Conliibutiorns payablc ¢0 ih¢ charily'¥ sch￿ne arr LhArL¢Ld thy th¢ Slatsmenl Drrinanciul A¢li¥iliis in lh¢ pcriod io which they telale KINATIONS AYI D LEGACIL 31.12.24 31.12.23 slalcd l)imalwM Ihstrumcnls dorta￿ 84,033 22.329 1.19 128 313 113 161,457 ()'I'IIER TIIADING AcfrviTIF.S 31.12.24 31.12.23 ON rtstatcd rJcp¢)yit account In*￿11 V•gt 16 con4inued..

Bb:N81.OW USIC INSI'RUMEN'I. LOAN SCHLMV LHARITABLE AC.TIVITIFS COSTS DiN¢t Co¥is i1￿81￿W Musical Insirumeiit l.oan Scheime 2113.1163 TRUSI'E&S' REIMIINF.RATION AND BF.NRFIT.S Thore w¢rc no IrusiceH' Tcmuneration or other k.nclits' for year cftdcd 31 Dtttsmber 2024 ntsr for the year eadftd 31 December 2023. Tryit¢¢s' e¥p¢ni¢s Th¢rB wcye no 31 Deeeinber 2021. InL8t4X$' rxpcn$¢s pftid for the y¢thT Lnded 31 necember2024 Thor for the y￿r ¢nd¢d STAFF COSTS 3l.12.24 31.12.23 ¥ r¢$tllr¢d aT￿ ￿[￿rIe Other pension co$L8 9C),99A 92,332 Th¢ av¥r8¥e monthly numberot emplfiyE¢s durlng ihe fullowx: 31.1224 31.12.23 •8 resl•ted IAAding inslrumenli l ￿lI51n1¥[ratIon No employr¥s r￿1ved ¢molum¥nl¥ In excess of £60,000. 21123 COMPARATIV￿5 V()R THE STAI'FMbNT OF FINANCIAL ACTfviTIRS UnT¢Stri¢rcd fvnd¥ ke%lri¢￿d fijnds Tothl fimds 4% re5tst¢d INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM Donations ond le8&biLS 155,457 6.OsXI 161.457 Other lrndin¥ a¥'liVitios Other inrory 4,794 1¥5019 4.794 T•t41 345 270 351270 PENDITURR ON Chirltible gctlvltles 8en51ow ￿￿1¢￿} 1nstrW￿t l.ojn ￿ch¢M¢ 221J24 21.040 242.364 P¥ge 17 ¢otstinued...

HF.INSI.()IV 11 I"ES T TIIF, VII,I%C.I,11. 8TATEMF.NTS-contin F.MBF.R IfJ23 C.QMPAIiA'I'IVF.S FOR TH¥.%TAI'EfvIF.NT filTr4ANC.IAL ACI'lVI'fiES- CDlbtinu¢d Unr¢slricled RLtsiric¢¢d lund lunds Tothl fiJnd$ 8s r¥slllLLd 7.795 7,795 NF.T INCOMEI(EXPENniTURF.) 115,040) 116,701 Tr$fftif¢r¥ brtw¥eii Nel movemeht in (MDd$ 116,7nl 11fj,701 RECONcif.IATION OV VUNI)S Totsl funds broughi fiirwllrd 2.639,3311 20Q.000 2,1139J38 TOTAL bUNDS CARRIED ￿oRW￿R￿ .156.1139 200.nllt) 2 956 039 PRIOR YEAR ADJUsT￿1RNT Histuricallyi Ihe Aston D¢v¢lopmeni Fund ind Pnrkcr In8lrnm¢nt Fund We￿ Ire¥lL(l uy db'&ignat¢d fun(ts. how4%ver, the TTUStt¢S hav¢ nuw r¥vi¥'wed the tseiilm¢ni and hLli¢vi Ihil Ir¢a¢n￿￿t was iTriurreLi and ihey should b¢ trultd as funds. This rL$ulled In Ihc d¥S18nal￿ fund$ bein8 ov¢rs¢ot¢d r￿tiL'tLd fund5 b¢in¥ uwJ¢r¥lu*d ai 31 Deccmber 2021. TANC7lBLL FIXF.D ASSLI, IA)ng leaschold Inst￿￿¢ThI MusiLikl iiistrornciils ¢quipTri¢nl 'I'otsl CO.ST OK VALUATIOW4 At l )Inuary 2024 A¢ld>tion DiApuials 67CI,R(iQ 37,IM¥ 200 1,940,911 J15,875 (16,IMIII 315 911 15,733 467 2.666,552 3 16,542 (16,048) 335.911 Al 31 Docember 2(1?4 674•,¥6(1 37.248 ? $7{1.04y 3.302 957 DF.PRFCIATIOJ¥ AI I JAnuAry 2024 fory 53J62 13.537 35,449 10.757 879 99,768 Ai 31 Drcembti 2024 67.IW9 115000 NEI. BOOK VALIIF. Ai 31 Ik¢cmb¢T 2024 983 2 576 049 564 3 187957 At 31 fkecmb¢r 2U23 623.298 1.599 .940911 976 Vwls contiftud..

u.sic i 'RU AN.SCHF.MD' o'rIiF. FIN,t III STATFMF•iNT.S- ENDF.D 31 T)F. linuod I'ANCsllll,D.' FIXED A.%SF.I S- CODtlnued Co81 DT ¥aJuatiun u¢ 31 D¢¢vmbcr 2024 i5 repTe.%wiie¢l by.. Musiclll In51rnmEnt.I Offic¢ equipni¢nt ILb#li¢hold Toials Valualion in 2024 Cost 2J?6,649 2,576.649 676.860 676 860 37.241 2 576.649 3 3n2 957 Insuwm¢rtLS - lh¢ SGhcm¢'s policy 1> vnly yell or disposL' ol- in81rnments wh¢T¢ ih¢y arc deemed nsul￿ble for purposc. 0cL￿10￿￿1lY this rntty in¢lud¢ iTrstrumLnty wh>¢k prov¢ un4pprulin8 to borrowers. wh¢n thzy rnay b¢ dispoied of()r tel￿￿1¢d 10 ihL owntr as 8ppmpriar¢. 'fhe OVLrall inAlnLm¢nl stock forms no part ofny eollarernl xiven or coniemplaluiL AS Notcd abov¢ the iotol owncd inxtrurneni $w¢k N'flevts #8gi¢801¢ of ￿di￿dUal Yaluiiion5 undtr con$lant r¢view. Th¢ m4rk.trl lor ins%nim¢nts is Ib highly BpeGiali￿ and d￿tOrted ITh re¢¢nr ye4ws by th¢ p¢r¢¢ptinn of 'named' musical insmAmcDl$ a pure iiivestsn¢nt ¥1gs¢I. To kLLII UILr aggregaic book valuc wiihin boiLnds we have applied a discount of 401/• 12023: 50%) ￿ Ihc IT￿1r4￿ce vatuaiion And the dixount¢d fi8u 1$ (h¢ figure of £2.576,649 include41 ibove. io. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FAI.LING I)UIC WITHIN ONK Vb:AR 31.12.24 31.12.23 85 rcsiat¢d Trth dcbtors Other debioii 65.647 82,38L¢ 79.J49 CRET)ITORS: AMOIJNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONL YXAR 31.12.24 31.12.23 9S Wstaled Trth u¢diior¥ Other c￿411¢01¥ 95,467 90.970 121,476 101216 TrJdL' ¢r¢dilon T￿r¢S¢nI& the thposlts held for iMirLthients on108n. P4¥¢ 19 continued..

SIX)IV NIVSIC INS'I'KUMXN'I. SCIIF,MF. NO'I'F.s'r ORT FINANClill. sfATFMF.hTS- ICJVEMEPi'l' IY FiI]YD Ntl mov¢mgni TTun¥f¢rb helwee Mdi Ai 31.12.24 Al l.l ?4 UTrTestrleled fvnds GMLY#I fiind De*gn&tcJ fuNJ- MusicTrl In$trum¢Thl$ 615,12¥ 1,940,911 21)8 J42 lJf,911 (250,741) 862.729 2.576.649 2.756,OB9 614.253 49.OA6 3,439,378 R¢StrkI￿ fund¥ Bursary fund Aston Dev¢luptnLiiI Tr￿nd FarkLr ID5lnth1￿t l.'und (•9.9141 123.¥1141 241.914 100.000 100 000 76,lJ6 (56.51(11 94.398 TQTAL FUNDS 2 956 039 i77717 3 533.776 N¢t rn(Jvemenl in ikndj. Included in ibc zbDvc •rc a8 follows.. IIiLomin8 I¢SaLJrc¢% K¢soJr¢¢$ cxpcnded G¥ln& Ind Mov¢m¢NI in ￿ndS Unf￿¢r5¢t1d fi￿d8 G¢n¢ral fuNI l)esi¥n&tcd fund- Mu5iGlll Tn%lrum¢ni8 $25.6¥y 1227.147) 39RJ42 335 Yll 335.911 525,689 (227,347) 335.911 634,253 Re51rl¢ted funds Yursory fund Aitoii DcYclopm¢ni Fund P8rk¢i li￿trUm¢ni Fund 129,9141 (23,864) 129.914} 123.864) 56,5161 56.5161 TL)TAL PWNDS 525.6SL) 1113.11()3) 535 911 -%77 737 P4¢ 2U cwtiftued..

.oiv USIC INSI. MFiyr NOTF.S T RTIIR Y ECEMFIF.K 2 14 12. MOVKMENT Ir4 FUND.4- ¢oThllnued CompArntJvLY for muv6'fflc'Dt In Nct m¢iveMeni in fvnd¥ 1'rllrL¥f¢r% b¢tWLn At 31.12.23 A¢l.128 UTrresirl¢tod [￿NdS Cw¥neral fut Des1¥nal￿1 fuT¥I- MU￿c￿l InsiNrncnlJ 797J70 1841768 123.946 (106J88) 815.128 1940911 2,639,338 131.741 Xcitrl¢tgd fund Bursftry fund Ast(In IkvclopmEnt fund Parker InslNm¢ni FuDd (15,040) 2,7.56,039 (15,0401 15,n4n 100,0 IUU DUII IQD.000 100000 20U.000 TU'fAL FIJNDS 2.839.338 116701 Comp•rativc n¢t rni)vcmLThl In funds, Inelud¢d in 4bov¢ Ere as fvlluw¥'. lThoomift8 rksoiirccs m0￿MeTht in funds ¢xp¢ndcd Unrestrlciod fun General fund Dc¥ibmoiLxl fuDd- Mu5i¢al In51rurn¥131¥ J45,270 (221,324) 123.946 345.270 (221,324) 7,?95 131,741 Rursary Ibnd 6,000 (21.0401 (15.¢)40) TOTAL FUND8 351270 •42.3641 UDresiricl¢d fund- GcD¢r•l Ihis fimd T¥prC￿￿ts the aGr4irnulat￿ slltpluy arlsin8 from ihc ¥6￿¢[•1 llctivity of ihe S¢h¢m# #ft¢r illocatbng and expendityr¢ to vthcr funds whtte ¥ppropnat¢ and is ¢onst8tCnl wilh thL policy of the (iovemtsrs Dewgnaied fi￿￿- Mwiknul Ing¢DJm¢nl% This fwid rE￿I¢ll￿ ITrIL' tL)tul vjluc of mu8ica] iffstrunKn￿ uwned by ih¢ SLI1￿¢, Ilihouuh li lhtsuld bt n￿L￿1 thc op¢rnliunal skn¢k inctudes $ubytanlial numb¢r$ of inslrumenl% plaLcd ID the SLhctne by %upporters. AS in 9 above rhc Scheme only parts with ]￿trUments If thoy orc dc&'tn¢d unsuitsble for purpoqc. and the GO¥err￿[S reftsr¢ Lonsider ihot for A¢ci>un(in8 ¢iariry th¢ pr(Jporlinn of general teserv¢5 repreyentiag the nei I￿r¢&It¢ ￿[u¢ ¥hoiild b¢ 8hown 1$ 0 Sep)ts￿ iteiii. Re￿let￿ rUn￿- Asiun Developmcni Fund fund r¢prcsenis a dunuli¢M to Ihc SLh¥m¢ by Tony Astvn. formcr Govrrnor al￿ Chpir of the Sch#U￿ ¥z41 ftirm¢r ttusicB uf Bell51ow Music Trusl, The fimd 15 to •lJow (he Schem¢ to conlinuc lu devdop tn the futyT¢. PÉi8e 21 conttnued...

BVN 'LOII' YA1 4CI,11. TA"ri,' 71'171F. I'F.A ED31 DF nliniie FIIRF.R 12. OVF.M8NT IN Tr L'NI)S- cthnlln¥¢d RL%lrici¢d fuiid- Parker In%trthm¢nl Fun(1 This fund rrprL'5cnL4 # dthithiion giil'n %pixifiG￿l]Y for thl purLltaic of instnimcnls. R¢gtricted fund- Rursory Fund Thc 8chemc maintP4in$ its cknrbtes to bprrowers ul u Ii>w Itvel and Ih¢s¢ pritmurily refl¢ct only the diTC¢t Cost or maintaining in$uriiiJs the in$iruiiienlS. To mcei ¢a5cs of ext￿￿￿ I￿r&shIp hom'ever. bur8acic5 are given th&t h¢r reduce thcye Charg￿ and Irt 21)23 awurds iotslliny L11,040 wL'rc siven. These showm separ￿telY on ihe Sr¥l¢mcni Fhn¥n¢il A¢iiv?¢ic¥. b¢in8 ¢llcctiv¢ly a redueiivn in lh¢ y¥8r% irt¢om¢, Tr*nifer• betw¢¥n funds I'he transl¢r fyom thc uhwv¢ctwl ￿lld$ to thc bur¥ary lund Iius been nvJd¢ as no Te%lri¥i¢d fvnda arL' currently held for this pu￿0¥t. 13. RELA'I'ED PARTY DISCLOSURF.S A manogemenl char8¢ of L28,447 was piid ￿ Rcn$low Musir TN&t th¢ sole 'lknisR¥, for rlw ycw ¢#ded 31 D¢cembeT 2024 (21123.. £?8.4471. Thii cov¢rvl prL'mi%¢s, fatiliiies other %uppiirl letiviii¢s, At th¢ cnd ofih¢ ye•r £0 ow¢d io LSenKIiiiv KMiiii¢'fNst [Owei5 ￿ BNrr a¢ 31 DLccmb¢r 2Q23., £461). P•g¢ 22