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Charity Commission

Charity Commission Annual Return 2022

LESLIE AND DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST

Charity registration number: 326041

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Financial period

Financial period start date

06/04/2021

Financial period end date

05/04/2022

Income and spending

Income £

£45,532

Spending £

£87,276

Serious Incidents

For the period of this return, were there any serious incidents in your charity that have not been reported to the Charity Commission?

No

Fundraising - professional fundraiser

Did your charity raise funds from the public?

No

Grantmaking

Was grant making the main way your charity carried out its purposes?

Yes

Government contracts

During the financial period for this annual return, d, id the charity receive income from contracts (other than grant agreements) with central government or local authorities? No

Government grants

During the financial period for this annual return, did the charity receive income from grants from central government or local authorities?

No

Income from outside the UK

Did your charity receive income from outside the UK ?

No

Spending outside England & Wales

Did your charity operate outside England and Wales?

Yes

Select countries/territories your charity operated in during the financial period covered by this annual return

⊠ Congo (Democratic Republic)

⊠ Malawi

£ 30000 Congo (Democratic Republic) £ 11550 Malawi

Record the total expenditure by country/territory., Please round all figures to the nearest pound (do not enter decimal points or commas)

£ 41550

Spending outside England & Wales

When spending money or working outside England and Wales, did your charity transfer money other than using the regulated banking system?

No

Spending outside England & Wales

Did your charity have procedures and controls in place to monitor expenditure outside England and Wales?

Yes

Are the trustees satisfied that your charity’s risk management policies and procedures adequately covered activities and spending outside England and Wales?

Yes

Trading subsidiaries

Did the charity have any subsidiaries?

No

Trustee payments

Did any of the trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity other than refunds of legitimate trustee expenses?

No

Did any of the trustees resign and then take up employment with the charity?

No

Employees' salaries

Did any of your charity's staff receive total employee benefits of £60,000 or more? Select No if your charity does not have any staff , or does not pay any staff.

No

For your highest paid member of staff only, what was the total value of their employee benefits?

(For example if your highest paid member of staff received £35,000 enter 35000). If you do not have any staff or did not pay any staff, enter 0 (zero)

£0

Volunteers

How many UK volunteers, excluding trustees, did the charity have during the financial period?

0

Financial controls

Did your charity review its internal financial controls?

Yes

Safeguarding

Has the charity obtained a standard, enhanced or enhanced with barred lists DBS check on all trustees, employees and volunteers who are in roles that are eligible for these checks?

Select Yes if there are no trustees, employees or volunteers in roles that are eligible for these types of DBS checks.

Yes

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Declaration

Your role at the charity (select one):

⊠ Trustee

Given names Michael
Family name Lane
Telephone 07891790729
number
Email michaellane@talktalk.net
Date submitted 01/02/2023

It is a criminal offence under section 60 of the Charities Act 2011 for anyone to knowingly or recklessly provide false or misleading information to the commission; this includes suppressing, concealing or destroying documents.

Clwrfty Rrykn411on No. 32W1 LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 5 April 2022

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST LEGALAND ADMINISTrATIVE INFORMATION Mr Michael Lan8 Mrn ItKtorta Lane Mrs Olfvla BloThl Mr Maxwell Bl￿d Ch•rfty Trumbet Ind•p•nd•nt Examln•r thony Bayf18s TEP rjo 72 Waterpgrl( Road Prer#on lfyfjrral CH43 ORS Ac¢ountart DSG ChartgrFdPuounlan18 Castle Chambers 43 Castle Street IhveBtm¢nt Advtsorn Biankstone Sington Iker House Ex¢hango Flags Liverpool L2 3YL

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLONDAWARD TRUST coKrENT8 Pag• Tm8teg8' rgwt stetement 0fTnt￿. rnsprnsiblknti89 Indgpthnl ¢yamln8 repcyt StJteffAnt of finundal acliviti Bal8rÈce sha•t Nde8 to the IlNgnC1￿ 8tatementS 9-15

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5APRIL 2022 The Tru8tea8 pre¥gnl trlr annual rewt and Ilnancjal 6tatwnonts forthe ye8r endod SA￿1 2022. Iln•)c191 slatemwts have b88n prepared in aGGordance wlth tho accwrttkng poltiès set in note 1 ID the Statsments and comtyy vAth the Leslie & (k+rolhy BlorKI Award trusfs govemlFVJ do￿rn￿ th& Ch8rfYe8 Lt 2011 and 'Accountsng ond Rew￿n9 by Charrtle8: Stalement ￿ Recommenl& to ¢hsrlt4e8 preparing Ihetr ar£￿nIS In eecordon¢e with thg Financtal Rewtino Standard aN1￿C￿e kn the UK Republc of Ireland (FRS 102} (effecllv¢ l January 20191. ObJ•ctlvts and a¢llvltl•s The Le•1￿ & Dorcthy Blond Award Trust'$ ot4gcts are to conduct and maintain ￿nUal s¢Ythrlps and wards, vknere there Is (are) a candldth(8) of suffi&￿1 meiit for th8 purpose of cknthvl•gglng the othstaTrJlng cor&rilAth of a personls) In the fieEd of Sciance, Educallon and IhèArts. So as lo enthe Ihem to pursue in thdr ￿ parllculqr field furth8r rgsearch or sthJlar¥hip lo gmphas¢ the b￿offt5 and rgql achlgverngnts to mgnktrd. The offern the inc•nlive of th8 5Lolarnhip or award each year to womots th8 artist￿. Ma￿81 and u•aUve develcprnenl of people and for the support and furth•ranc of B(x4al aTrJ hum8nitsrian prdecls Ihat we DI true to mankind. Alrns of charlty •im8 of Iho Charfty arff lo apply. at ts di6c¥eUon of the T￿￿te•s. gr8rrt81ts thè ch•riiable obpcts. How •¢hl•v•m•nt of Almts lurfh•r5 obhrtlv• TheTw81￿ ath16v$ It￿lr¢ha￿t8bIe obJ"8clt¥e8 ty makirg grantsto thg oiaG 8trnt¢91•9 for a¢hlgvlftg •lm8 Charilal)lè Trust Is e8senti8lly investment b8sed and Intffids to ￿￿118¢ the I￿￿me g8nerat&l from the Inve8tment portfollo to fijnd the grants thetrustees have decidèd to m#k•. 8tst•m•nt of G4)mplbinc• wlth Charlty Ctynmi•Jlon guldanGe The have pald due rgg8rd to Ihg Chrity Commlsslon's guldancè on pub￿¢ tnefft in d8dOkng thè acti￿118$ undortakon by tha Ch8rfty durfng the ￿Hr. The Trustees are safjsfled that the Infomiation provldgd In the report and a¢xourts m••ts the publc b8MfiI r¢pprttng r¢qutrem•nts. Charftabl• acUvltl•• There arv Th) opomtlonal ￿UVIlle8 Crther than tho invdved In the operatron oftP• In¥¢thnt portr￿￿. Grnrt maklng pollcy Charttat4e Trust is malnly nvG4¥8d In want maklng In furtherance of the charltte8 atms. The TftKtees agree arrfl award grants to meet the carthe5 obJg¢Uves. Grants made durtng th8 year are monilrnl and rwnlsed kn th8 aecourt8 In th• are Intthd to ￿ applled and treated ay due In total ￿ th• dAts paid. A¢hl•v•m•nts and por10m￿ne0 R•vlpw of tho Clyall￿ •¢hl•vthwnts Th• Trustees are hÈppy that by 8Fplying thelr intended grants to vaviouB tharllable objects Ihey baen lulfil th•ir8ims in fundlng and 8upk￿rt. Sevor•f dLYAtlons wwe mwjg th8 yoor 88 dptslled in fv accounts.

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5APRIL 2022 Inv••lm•nt p•rfomianc• POtht of Ihe Charflvs capital Is Invested i>n the slod( m8rket Ihroughoul lh9 year the totsl I8￿M of tho portfolio fell wiU)In the Trustses, o¢¢eptsble variance d the perfonnarrk benchrnath. Onpng h¥¢stm6nt thce Is FYovide(I by the Investm8nt a¢fv180r8 tn cwJun¢th)n vAth the Tw8tees. As at 5 Aprfl 2022. the porlfolio valu&Y at £1,654.806 compared to £1,577,969 NI 2021 Fin•n¢l•l mi•w The Ch•ritabl• TNSt's gverall furxl balancesforthe ygar 10191 £1,660,979thl8 comp8r¢$10 £1,623,W2 ¥12021. After taking inlo conslderallon lot81 net InecmiryJ resource8, reeogniBed gairts 10$8e¥ durirvj Ihg year. ci)mmitrnent8 to charita￿$ di)nal)n$ and govemance costs, th& overall nel m(Ivemenl of fund8 w88 £37,597. Tha Trustegs have 0 r￿eWed Iheir grant mak(ng capabllily and wll. golng foTh%wd. en￿re ihere is SLffKaent ome year on year to enalAe their finan¢kg1 cummitrnents to be mpt Th• Trust￿8 haw dekgaled thg operatjon of ts Investment porff0￿0 to the inSthKrynt advt8or8 who we responsiblè for mpEtk¥ Ihe Chaty Investment ot18cti￿ and vtho are M￿Sfftd •ln51 thek benchmark, Tho Trustees con81der th￿r inv8sbnents 8$ expendable endcMm8nts, prowthng a rolatlvely eeCU￿ arKI w8dttatAo slfoam of Incom8 from whlch lo grant6. The Truslees akn to distribuiE a 18Tge perc8nt8g& of the Inwne, net of ex￿n$0$, In each finan¢lal year aryl therolore do not malntain i￿Ome reserves &8 Suth. However, •ny unreallsed 98lns and the ir￿C￿e leveL8 on the invastménts held are i>)ntin￿NY r8vlgvffjd by the Trustee8 at th• meetings to ensure that Ih8y have suffic48ntfun¢Js ID me¥t1heli olves. Rosorves polky As a grant r￿Jr￿a d￿rfty reserves are held as inve$lm•nts to g•n•rat• an Income from which to wants. ImioStm•nt Policy The operatlon of the Investm8nl Portfc4to has been delegoted lo th& Inve8b)￿ 8thtSOTS there Is a dr8fjC￿ary agrowrnt. The Inveslment al￿SOrS are requlred lo avc4d exp05ure to Snveslm•nls we desn￿d to b8 Lrnufvable In I contxl ¢fthe TrU￿e&s. OblecUve$, when cpnsidpring ts portfollo 85 8 whle. In¥estmerrt advisors wll provlde haff yearly Tepwts Ythlch Ylll Include a statement confftmlng 8dherence to thls Gy stslement or ￿Y0vIdIng details of eXcep￿onS logathor ￿th èxplan8Uons. The repLYt ￿11 als0 IndthJ8 a mpanxln of the port￿￿1 relum In relaloon to the tnchmark M8lor devtatbns be exam1r￿d e4)lalne(l. Thè ben¢hmth upon th& Invgstmanl Forlfc4￿18 maasured 1$ the IASCI IAM4 8alancod Indgx. As there are ￿ specrfic re5trf¢tlcffts of investment Fowers under the govemlNJ doed. ￿ Trustees havo ftdl d18cretrJn ov8rtl* Investments. Th• Trustees have delegated the Inveslrnnt a(￿lsOr510 have full discrellonary day to day conlr¢A of the Inveslrnents. In w)rdpnGe the Act 2000. as this duty has been deleg8téd. th• Tht81ee8 have In p￿te a PDIW StatemenL ALSO In ac¢cfth¢e the Trustee Art 20C(I, the ThJslg&B contlnue to regufarfy revltwthe polioes. The Tru$teeB have rnwewed ¢urrent policlEs and do not f•81 ary aM￿￿Ments are n8cessary. Amets fiave been Ae4Juired and dl8posed ofn accAirdancè tho power8 availablg to Th￿tee8.

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST TRUSTEES. REPORT (coKfiNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5APRIL 2022 Rl8k monfigemènt The Trustees have ¢orolderBd the maicf rf5ks to the Chartty Is exposed arKI have e&d)If$hpd SyTt8ms arvj procedum to manage the8e. Th1$ I￿•$ the appolnlmenl of aecountonts to provide advice and accountsr •ervic8s,' Inve8kn•nt adviso￿ lo provkle contlnuous over8ithl of the Trusfs tnve81m8nl wNolo'. th8 ThKtoe8 themselves have agreed lo dewte ￿rtain functions to those vAth approprlat• 8kllls to MO￿tor the offocfve rrHnagwnent of tho TruBt and the 8PF4lrallon ol fund# lo I￿1 thelr charlt8ble Ob￿l¥e8. The ThsteèB consltsr Varial￿￿ty of Inve8trnent retum$ to cJ)nstrtulo the Charity8 major fin￿1￿ ri&k and ￿ve wt thè inv¢thnl pollGy In place &) m8noge thBt rl8 The Trus19e8 rewgnl¥e th8 rtsk as8odated th Investrnent In malnstream fm8ncl81 mgrk•ts accetrt thls rfsk in retum for the prosp&# ol addjtlond rgtums over l(%wer perfod$ of Ilme. They I￿sh to moderate the iisk of devoalon of retUm8 relat4ve to the chosen b•n¢hmw Plans forth• futur• The Truste85 cOn1n￿ to C4Jn8ld8r vJrlttgn apF41caIh￿S tor fundlng from Irthldu81s •)J other chathble organisatlons. They hold Unre8ts1cted Funds 8nrf 8(1 all fvnd8 ¥r8 av8il8ble to meèt the ChaflW8 obie¢tive$ ond we $011sfiod Ihal Ihe chari1￿8 assets aro avallable and adequatè to th￿fil ItB cur￿1 owves wll Goitnug for forege4abl8 fLrture. Structur•. 9overnittc• and mnagomont N•tur• of 90￿mIng docummt The Lelh & DcTthy BlcThl AvArd trust e#gbllthd by a d￿rI￿b￿ Inni d8ed on th¥ 9th F•t￿￿Y 1982 by Le81￿ Blond and DorthyAIKx Blond. Th•Tw5t8•5 who servwj the year and up to Ihg dale o151gnature of the finandl 8tatemonts werè: fvtr Mlchod Lan• VIl￿a Lane trs Ollvla Blond tr Ma￿¥￿1 Bk)r R•crullrn•ntand appolntm•nt of Inrnte The Charity's governirvJ bcoy are the TrLtst•es and now I￿tee5 are elethj by thB Continulng Tr￿te￿I any Retirin9 Tn￿te￿8 at the time of appolntrnenl The Twstee5 are kept up to data on relèvant matters by their prL)faS￿cTh1 addsorn kny new Tnte88 ￿ made aware of thelr dulle8 ènd r8spon8lt4lMI08 atthe time olthelrappokntmanl. OryanlBatlonal 8tructur• Trust Is malnly a grqnt tharly. In general the Th181ees IL8tse wlih thBk wofes￿or￿I athhor8 In re8r￿￿ rrfth• Investsnent pcrfwdio and d8BI wllh the chwltable donatlons IndudThJ Id8n1￿ng and IlaFslng ttgarAs£tbns whojg acll¥llig5 fuMJI thè ctycuvos of the Chgmty. How d•clslons •r• made Charity 1$ by 8 body of Tnth Ilalsfr regularty amrvjsl themB•Iv8s and %￿lti trli profesBkThl advl8ors form#lty a year to rtvlvrf¢ the polid￿ and obJe¢tlves ofthe Trust The Trues act In acc¢*danc8 wilh Iho ￿￿￿on8 rnada at meetlng8 ￿th the approprlate actlon5 mlnuted.

LESLIE & DOROThY BLOND AWARD TRUST TRUSTEE* REPORT (coKfiNUED)

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLONDAWARD TRUST TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTIIIUED) FOR 7HE YEAR ENDED 6APRIL 2022 Indth and oftrust trthprof4BthJl the d•t• olthelr SPFth￿. TheTnth to dth on mattwe ty Ihdr •J¥l8c¥. Tlwo ro pedfic r••tr￿￿ inpoBed on th8 Truylw by the dcKument voy • 8p•¢l•l pow•Y• Thre •re no Jpec&le r•thlSM• on ￿ TNstoe•' inv•rtmonl Th• TnMi•ts IK8b Ume bthg Lar• Vsthyii La Cwvb Bt¢md Mrnll Bl

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5APRIL 2022 The Twstees arn res￿ tr pYeparSThJ the Tmstee8' Rèpcrt and fv Iln8ncl¥ 8t¥tements in a¢¢ordance applKxtAe law arKI Urfted Ktrodom Ac¢x>unUng StsrKIOTd$ (Unfted Klngdom Gen8r&ly A￿pIed ACCO￿lt[r The law apF41¢eUe to cfiarftles in England ?￿1 Walets requires the Truste85 to pwepore finwdal stal8mentB hr each flnanclal year lthlch • tr￿ and lalr vtew of ts Btate of affairs of th8 L8slYa & BlondAward INst gnd of the in¢om•w rea(wrry I￿[ of re8ources ofth8 Lgs119 8 Dorothy 8kxJ Award Iru8tfor IW y80r. In prnp4ring fin￿GI91 stmW the Thlloes arg requtred to: - 4¢1oGt 8u5tgt49 polld85 and app￿theM con81st￿. - Obson￿ the metl#)d8 •)d &Ylndples fft the Chafilies SORP: . mokejudgements and ￿tim￿O8 Ihaiare reasonab19 and pwdrt . stste applt¢at4e 8CCOLmllng standrds hove be￿ followed. 8thiecl to any material depwbrn dl8dos•d I￿[ e￿laIned In th8 fl￿￿81 stat￿ents; and - prgpgrg In8ncl #afyment8 on the gjlng ccmcem bath unless it is Inapwoprfale to wesLFm that th8 charty VAII conYnu• kn operaiio The Trustees ara r¢spJn$ible for kaeplng 8uffldent acxounllng ra¢¢yds that dl8dose ￿th rEasonatAe acwracy al w time thp finan(¥al posrtm of the Lesli• & Dorothy 3bnd Award Irust and enabk thom lo ensure trAt tr flnandal statements cL￿p￿ vth tho Charflles Act 2011, the Ch￿ty (A¢o)unts ond Rep)rt81 Regulatiwj 2008 the provisions oftho trust deed. They ere èl&0 respondlje for saleguanling the &85ets oflhe Lesile & Doroihy Blond Award trust and hence for tsklng re8sonablesieps for lh• prevention 8fKJ pf fraud ond other hregularit*8.

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF LESLIE & DOROTHY BLONDAWARD TRUST I re[￿ to tr Trttst¢e8 on my ex8mlnatlon ol the fin•n¢lal statements DI LESUE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRusf (thp L9$1￿ 8 Dorothy Bknd Award trust) for the year endad 5Awil 2Q22. R•Bponslbllltlo8 and b••hb of rnport As the Tru8tee8 of the Leslie & Dorothy Blo￿ Aw8rd trust yw are resp￿￿ble for th8 pr•p•raUcYt of thè statem8rrts In accor¢8nce wlth thg requlrnment8 oftho C￿rfli￿6A¢t 20111th0 2011 kt}. I rarM)rt In re$FQ¢t of my examlnatlon of the Leslle & Dorothy BlorKI Awwd tru8V8 finavKAal statements carrfed out und¢r 1ooon 145 ofthe 2011 Act. In ￿rying OLrt my eXamInaUc￿ I hava foUod ￿1 th8 oppllrth Dlrectkjris gl¥en by the Charlty Ccthmion ￿der ion 14515)(bl of the 2011 Act. Ind•p•ndont •xamln•rf• slatem¢nt Your attgntton18 drawn to the f¥ct that the charlty has prepared finandal 8tatsm•nts In accorda￿ T￿th Awunllng and Reportlng by Chaiitie¥ prep￿ng their c¢¢unts In ¥ccordan¢e wth t￿ Finandal Repoilkng StaThl¥d 8PF41cable In UK and Republi¢ of Ireforl IFRS 1021 In wefèren¢e to the Ac(>JunUng and Repcthg by Choribe8'. Slatement of Recomm￿dId Practlc8155ued on 1 Aprm 2005 rs r¢fwred to In th8 oxlant rwJulailonB bth has baen l undIts￿d thal thls h85 been done In oril8t for financl81 statements to a In arKI I￿r￿1￿ in acayda wlth Genw•llyAcc•ptedAccoLnting Proclce effectlve for reporting Fethods beglnrdng on or after 1 J￿uary 2015. I have o)mpfeted my eyamlnatluk l Ih8t nD mattern come to nw attenuon In conrpjion t •yAM1natK￿ giving rne caL￿O lo b8fj8ve that In any Mate￿01 respect." a￿oUn￿ng I•￿rdS were kept In r?$￿t of the Leslie & Dorolhy 8bnd Award In￿t a8 requlrtd by &eeiioTr 130 01th0 2011 Ad.. e the financlAI statements do not aroxd with th090 rec￿$ or tho ffinandal stal8nwnts th not compty tho app1b￿l￿o rewkomenls ￿thmIng the ftyffl and content of ac￿unIS Set ¢xrt kn the Chartt￿8 {Accounts and ReFths) Regu￿10n5 2(￿8 otherthan ary requlrement Ihattho acc4unts glve a true and fglr viewwhl¢h 18 not a matter conslder8d a8 part of an IlKJep￿denl exam5n8Ion. I have no Goncems and have o)me •ry088 no otr£r matter8 In C•Jnnedon wAth ts examirtic•) 10 attenti should ￿ drnvm in thi8 report kn onler lo enable a w¢)per underst•nthng of thè fina￿81 statements to bè rè&hed. Anthony Bayll88 TEP Pronton WrTal CH43 ORS 13

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5APRIL 2022 eApllal funds T•)tsl T(rt•l fund# 2022 2022 2022 eom• anql •ndThvm•nts from: Investments Othor IrKorne 45.297.35 23520 45297.35 235.20 43.590.00 6.00 Totsl Income 45,532.55 45,532.55 43.586.00 RaT6ing fvnds 13,229.03 13229.03 9.974.00 Charl￿0 adbJlll61 87,276.00 1,505.00 88.871.00 33,480.00 87276.00 14.824.03 1D2.100.03 43.454.00 gBinsl(fows) on 94.164.85 94.164.85 403.129.00 Net oiilgolng resour¢eJ befo trdnsfars {41,743.451 79.340.82 37,5P7.37 401271.00 fund• 41,744.00 (41.744.00) NetmDv•rnent In funds 37,598.82 37.597.37 403271.1)0 Fund bg18nce8 at 6N4ri12021 1 m3.381.89 1,623.381.89 1220,111.00 Fund l>al•nce• •t 6 Ap￿1 2022 0.55 1.660.978.71 1.eeo,&79.26 1.623,381.89 The statemert oflknanctal indud8s al gal￿ and IDue8 rwninod in tho ye4r. I I￿oMe ond expenrliture derive from continuhig 8Ctivitkns.

LE8UE & DOROTHY BLONDAWARD TRUST BALANCESHEEr AsAf5APR￿ 2022 1,B64W8 11 C•th Mr CMdltOM: falllw ￿￿•￿1￿ on• ymr Ph27) 4173 IM979

LESLE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST BALANCE SHEET ASAT5APRIL 2022 1.664,81 Curmnt •B•ots 11 236 8.366 Cwh •t and th Mnd Cr8dlh)M: f•lllnB du•%lthln otte y••r 13 (2.427) 8.173 Totsl 1s8•ts ¢uvrnrt lknblBtlag 1,e60,979 IMom• fvnd• 1,eeo,w9 1,e80,9Y9 Thbfin8nc4at 8lal•mertB Were *PPTo¥ed tyth•TNstses cffl......-......,..........

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5APRIL 2022 Accountlng pollcl68 1.1 AecountinB convgnllon Th? finandal statemerrts havg bè8n ptepared In aetordonc8 wkn tl Lesli? & Dorothy Bkind Award tru8f8 goverThry document. the Chrities Acl 2011 and 'ACC￿lI1n9 ond Re&￿Ing by Ch8ribo8'. Sl8tem•nt of RecornTr￿Tr￿ed Pra¢kn g￿l￿ble to Cha￿lIeS weparitrYJ Ihèir acc4unts in accordanc4 ¥1th the Finandal Ropryling Stanthwd Op￿(￿ble In thg UK and RepubThc of Ireknd IFRS 1021" las 8merKled for a¢countirNJ commen¢iTrJ from 1 Januw 2D16). The L• & Dorth BlonLI A%rd trust b a PutfiG 8en8fft Enoty as defin•d by FRS 102. The Lesl[8 & Dorotrty Blond Award Intst hos taken a(fvathge of provffjlons In th? SORP for cJ]•lUo8 apptying FRS 102 Updat¢ Bllelln 1 notto p￿￿Ta a ststen￿nI of Cash AtAvs. The fjnanclal statomgrts are prepared in 8lerfing. Is the fimcllonal currency of tr¢ Ltsli• & l)N BlmdAward trust MLThtary amounis In tFMe finar￿la1 ststemBnts are round¢d to the newe61 £. The Ilnandal statemerts have been prepared under thg hisiorlcaj co81 cOnv8nlb￿. mcYlfied to the In￿lMOnts al rnathel ¥a￿e at the baL8rKe sheet date. The princip81 ac￿￿ntIng Wlctes adwed 8r6 8et 1.2 13olng concwn At the tlme of approvlng tl)o fin8Th￿al statemenK the T￿￿1488 h8¥e * reasonat4e ex5)edatw)n that the Les & l)Lwothy Bk)nd Award trust has adgquate [￿Urce8 lo In Operation￿ ￿Ster￿ for the for¢segable fulure. thè Tw8tees c¢)ntlnue to &4opt the golng corKem baBls crf Kcwrfing in wep8rivJ the ftn8nc 1.3 Charltsbkn fund• Unrestrfcted funds are av411d)te fcf at lh8 dlscretkn of thg TwBlv•s in fvrthwanc£ of tholr chwltebto 1A In¢omo IrKom8 Is rocognised wh•n thè Lesme & Dorothy Blond Award trust is legmly wrtllled to It •fttt Ferf0M￿n￿ condition¥ have been rng( the amounts be measured nkltd)ty, and It Is probab￿ that ¥￿[ be reGefved. C88h don￿lenS w• recLwi5od on ￿c￿lpt. Other donations ar8 recogn18￿1 On￿ Iho Lg8]le & Dorth Bbnd Award Irust ha8 been ￿tTr￿d of donation. unl•s$ perf(¥m8n¢e o)ndibons req￿re dofeffl gf th& amount. I￿Om￿ tax recoverable In rf1afjL￿ to donaNonB recdved uthr Glft Akj or deeds of covenant is rewils•d at th8 Iome of the donallon. Legaoes we recognI￿d ￿ rncelpt or Other￿ il the Le811& & Dorothy BlondAward trust btron rn1ir￿d cl on Impendlng Ihe amouht Is known, ard recpi 1$ e>pBCted. 11 the 8mow)t 18 r#)t the ga¢y i$treated as g u)nUngent ass6L 1.5 Expondhure Exwndliure 18 oncé Ihwe 18 o bgal or Censtr￿tIV9 Otlgatbn to tranBfgr eccmomre bu￿fit to 8 pwty, it 1$ kYob8ble that 8 transfer of ecr1￿mIC benefft8 Mill be r•qirnl in sgl¥em•nl, a￿1 the amount of th? 0￿19allOn can be measurod r￿•bly. Eyn(Iture is d•ssified by activity. Th8 ¢J)sl$ of each •thity ore made up d tho tolal of dI￿t ￿ and shared coÈts. tnChJdb￿ supwrt r￿$ts Involvad in ua)dert8Wng each acaivty. Dlrfjct C￿￿ts albltrArtstle to a 81TrJl¢ Cts￿ty •rg aloL¥ted dire{ to that acthty. stAred wNch contritmrte b) m¢w8 than on• athity a￿1 8UPFat coBts which are rnt att￿tr￿18t1e lo • $lngle aclivity ore wwloned boknn those a¢thiitles on a basis ¢LThl8trt wllh tha u88 of res￿rt•s. Central staff costs arè allocated on ￿ ba (* ime sp•rL and depreci&lton chargeB ar• all￿100 on thg wrbon ofthg 8sseVs use.

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5APRIL 2022 AGcovJrtlng poll¢l•o Icontlnued) 1.6 Flxed ••s•t Inv•stsn•nts Fixed asset In￿stMentS 8re Iiytsally mea￿￿ed At tran88ction pric• •xduding transgcllcm ttBts, and erfj 8ub8equ8nty mgasured at fair value at each rgporbTrJ date. Changes in tsir vgiue are rtt4gni¥ed In net Ino)m81(expendllure) for Ihe year. Tranyacllon ¢08ts are eXp￿￿d a8 irn¥rrod. 1.7 Caoh and cuh •quivalents Cash and cash equivalents indude ¢a6h in h¥nd. depo8St8 held at call banks. alhèr 8horMwm liquld In¥e8tThnts wilh orMJlnd maturfues ol Ihree monts or th, WKI bank overdrafts. B8￿[ ovwdrafts are 8hown wlthin bgTrrylngs In current Ilablltt& 1A Flnanctsl Instrum•nts Tha Lesle a Dorothy Blond Awwd trust has 8leded to appty Ihg P￿￿610n$ ol Se(thn 11 Flnand Inslnmients. and Seclion 12 'thr Ftn8nck41 Instruments Issues. of FRS 102 10 all of its financ4d instrunnts. Financial Inst(unnt8 6 rectynise¢l In Ihe Le8fi• & Dorothy BlorKI Award Irwl's b8lan( wt when tht Leslkq & £>orothy 81ondAward tr¢t bec•)me8 Pty lo tl C￿ntr￿ w0¥￿10n5 clthe Instrwn8nL Financlal assets and ￿￿￿11[LieS we offse( wlLh the net amounts pres8ntsd In the ￿nIn￿oI statements, Is a IBgalty enfor¢eable right to set off the rnctynlsed arnounts ar¥1 thwe18 an IntentKJn to 8etUe a rt basis or to reall￿ th8 a88et aryj sglue the Ikblity sllnum8neou￿y. Baslc flnand81 3$8e18. vA)ic41 debtors and cash and bar balgncg8. ¥è I1￿lIa￿ mewred at transgction pYiGe Inc￿dIng transadton ¢08ts and ore 8ub8equ&ttiy c￿l￿d at 8mOrtI￿ cost USI￿ the effect￿• interest method ￿lesS the arrangomenl constitutss a finandng trans8clknn. vhKfe the tranBart1c￿ 18 meosurtd at the present ¥ath of Ihe ILrtur8 rewpts d18co￿ted al a morket rate of intOT861. Nn8ndal a666ts da88ffled 0$ re￿￿4￿4e t￿thIn LTh y￿r are not amorllAOd. Bask tr￿n0>al liabllille4 inc4Jding crodrtors h)an8 &re iThtialty r•cogno•d at trJn8•ckn th unless the arrawement constilLrte¥ a financlng trans•don, wtsre the del Instrument 16 me￿uled at th6 Pr￿rtt value of thg f￿Vre payTnenls dlsewnted at 8 market rale crf inter8sl. FlnarKl81 li•bilitw dass[f￿ ats pgyable within one yw arn Mt amort18éd. D•bt ixtrL¥nonts are subswenlty ￿nIed at 8mortlsed cc4L U￿n9 the tffq£Uve IrereBt mothc¥J. Trats creoltcfs oblWUon8 to poy for goods or ¥eMces that Iw be•n 4cquir•d In the orthnwy wur¥8 opwathjis from SUFpFler& knounls p4yaUe are claBshled as tyrrent118bllMes 11 payrnenl is Yhthin OM year or le8& Ir rv)t. th•y we presert•d Is non-eurrent liabthlies. Trade Crofft￿ are Te¢cgnls8d Irltlally al trgnwbcn prfr* and s(kn8ewenly me88w•d atamortised rTht usfjng the offed￿ Interest MetI￿d. Dernwgnlllon offln•ncl&lll&bMlle8 FinaThial fiatli11&s are derecogni%d thè Le¥lie & Dorothy BILYWJ Award tntsY$ contr￿tt￿l oUlg4kn8 explre or are dl8Ghwg8d or Cancelled. 10-

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL 8TATEMEKfs (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED SAPRIL 2022 Unr•thct•d nds 2D22 Income from Ilsted Investments Int•rnst rnwv*ble 45.290.46 6.89 45,297.35 Othar Incom• Unrostrlcted 2W22 IncAX)e Tax rec¢)verab 235.20 R••ing fvnd8 Fund 2022 In￿￿onI ma￿gement 13,229.03 13229.03 11

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5APRIL 2022 Chftrlable a¢tlYJtt•• 2022 Grant funrfing ofx'viti•s {8ee note 01 86.1e4.00 Shgre d supwrt CO￿9 lsee note 7) Share of govBmarKfj note 7) 395.00 2.288.00 88,871.00 Analysiy by fund Rever￿ Funds 8FknI Fux15. gwleral 87.278. 1,595.00 88,871.00 Gr•nts payablg 2022 Gr•nt8 to institulon5.' Sustla [￿18r1111nl Anno'8Afrie8 Brili$h Red Cross stick'n. Stsp Alder Hey chldren￿ Charfty 45,000.00 11,550.00 20,000.00 8.OLKI.00 1.63&00 8,188.00 12-

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEIAENTS (CONTINUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED SAPRIL 2022 Support coBts Support Governonce costs 2022 Th￿tee Expi#•$ 395.00 395.00 A￿111 fees AryoLmlancy Lrfol and ptofe8slonal 500.00 1.386.00 402,00 1,386.(KJ 402.00 395.CKI 2288.00 2,e83.00 C￿￿ble Bcuvlles 395.00 2,286.0? 2.683.(Ki l>)vemance costs indudgs pay1r￿t$ tothe Irthp8ndent examlnws of £500 (2021. £480) forthelrfee8. TruBtse8 N(￿le ol the Trust￿$ (or any F¢rsons conn8¢led wmh them) I￿￿¥T¢(l any or berdts fran tr LeslFe & Dorothy BlondAward trust during the year. Klt galnsl{lts#•sl on In￿$1m+￿￿ Unr•Btrl¢t•d funds eApltl 2022 ReVaI￿￿On ofinvesthw GainlUoB81 Bale ot investm 86.956.88 7,207.97 94.164.85 13-

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEIAENTS (coKfiNUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5APRIL 2022 10 Fhed assat Investmon18 C•)St orvalu•tlon At 8 2021 AddltiDns Valuatlon chang8s Profftth$8 on Sale of Inv¢stments DI8POBa 1,577,889.OCI 196,654.OD 86.957.00 7.208.00 {213.882.00) J5W12022 1.654.808.CM) Carrylng amoll At 05 Nyril 2022 1,654,808.00 At 05 *>rll 21r21 1,577,869.00 11 Debto 2022 Amounts falllng du• withln on• y•ar. 23520 12 Loan• •MI ov•rfraft• 2022 Bank ovwdrafts 541.18 Pay8t48 wthln one year 541.18 13 Cred#ora: amounts falllng du• wllhln ono y••r Bank overdrafts Accourtancy 8ndAudll Fb•s 12 541.16 1,886.00 2,427.18 -14-

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5APRIL 2022 14 Anllysls ol nrt4Sggls bet￿en fund$ Capli41 fund$ 2022 Revenue nds 2022 To1•1 Total 2022 2021 b8lanc88 at 5Aprfl 2022 erè rtpreJ¢nted by: I￿￿¥nts Cfftnt *tsetslOiabilities} 1,654,808.00 6.17326 - 1.854,808.00 6.173.26 1,800,97926 - 1,e80.979.28 16 R•l•tsd pafy trnn•actlons Th•r• wara no thsd088b￿ related p8rty tsansactions durirvj th8 year (2021 . nwel. 16 Anaty•kn of Gh•nges In netlund¥ Tha Lesh & BlondAward Innt had no debt durkng th& year. 15-

Clwrfty Rrykn411on No. 32W1 LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 5 April 2022

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST LEGALAND ADMINISTrATIVE INFORMATION Mr Michael Lan8 Mrn ItKtorta Lane Mrs Olfvla BloThl Mr Maxwell Bl￿d Ch•rfty Trumbet Ind•p•nd•nt Examln•r thony Bayf18s TEP rjo 72 Waterpgrl( Road Prer#on lfyfjrral CH43 ORS Ac¢ountart DSG ChartgrFdPuounlan18 Castle Chambers 43 Castle Street IhveBtm¢nt Advtsorn Biankstone Sington Iker House Ex¢hango Flags Liverpool L2 3YL

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLONDAWARD TRUST coKrENT8 Pag• Tm8teg8' rgwt stetement 0fTnt￿. rnsprnsiblknti89 Indgpthnl ¢yamln8 repcyt StJteffAnt of finundal acliviti Bal8rÈce sha•t Nde8 to the IlNgnC1￿ 8tatementS 9-15

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST TRUSTEES. REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5APRIL 2022 The Tru8tea8 pre¥gnl trlr annual rewt and Ilnancjal 6tatwnonts forthe ye8r endod SA￿1 2022. Iln•)c191 slatemwts have b88n prepared in aGGordance wlth tho accwrttkng poltiès set in note 1 ID the Statsments and comtyy vAth the Leslie & (k+rolhy BlorKI Award trusfs govemlFVJ do￿rn￿ th& Ch8rfYe8 Lt 2011 and 'Accountsng ond Rew￿n9 by Charrtle8: Stalement ￿ Recommenl& to ¢hsrlt4e8 preparing Ihetr ar£￿nIS In eecordon¢e with thg Financtal Rewtino Standard aN1￿C￿e kn the UK Republc of Ireland (FRS 102} (effecllv¢ l January 20191. ObJ•ctlvts and a¢llvltl•s The Le•1￿ & Dorcthy Blond Award Trust'$ ot4gcts are to conduct and maintain ￿nUal s¢Ythrlps and wards, vknere there Is (are) a candldth(8) of suffi&￿1 meiit for th8 purpose of cknthvl•gglng the othstaTrJlng cor&rilAth of a personls) In the fieEd of Sciance, Educallon and IhèArts. So as lo enthe Ihem to pursue in thdr ￿ parllculqr field furth8r rgsearch or sthJlar¥hip lo gmphas¢ the b￿offt5 and rgql achlgverngnts to mgnktrd. The offern the inc•nlive of th8 5Lolarnhip or award each year to womots th8 artist￿. Ma￿81 and u•aUve develcprnenl of people and for the support and furth•ranc of B(x4al aTrJ hum8nitsrian prdecls Ihat we DI true to mankind. Alrns of charlty •im8 of Iho Charfty arff lo apply. at ts di6c¥eUon of the T￿￿te•s. gr8rrt81ts thè ch•riiable obpcts. How •¢hl•v•m•nt of Almts lurfh•r5 obhrtlv• TheTw81￿ ath16v$ It￿lr¢ha￿t8bIe obJ"8clt¥e8 ty makirg grantsto thg oiaG 8trnt¢91•9 for a¢hlgvlftg •lm8 Charilal)lè Trust Is e8senti8lly investment b8sed and Intffids to ￿￿118¢ the I￿￿me g8nerat&l from the Inve8tment portfollo to fijnd the grants thetrustees have decidèd to m#k•. 8tst•m•nt of G4)mplbinc• wlth Charlty Ctynmi•Jlon guldanGe The have pald due rgg8rd to Ihg Chrity Commlsslon's guldancè on pub￿¢ tnefft in d8dOkng thè acti￿118$ undortakon by tha Ch8rfty durfng the ￿Hr. The Trustees are safjsfled that the Infomiation provldgd In the report and a¢xourts m••ts the publc b8MfiI r¢pprttng r¢qutrem•nts. Charftabl• acUvltl•• There arv Th) opomtlonal ￿UVIlle8 Crther than tho invdved In the operatron oftP• In¥¢thnt portr￿￿. Grnrt maklng pollcy Charttat4e Trust is malnly nvG4¥8d In want maklng In furtherance of the charltte8 atms. The TftKtees agree arrfl award grants to meet the carthe5 obJg¢Uves. Grants made durtng th8 year are monilrnl and rwnlsed kn th8 aecourt8 In th• are Intthd to ￿ applled and treated ay due In total ￿ th• dAts paid. A¢hl•v•m•nts and por10m￿ne0 R•vlpw of tho Clyall￿ •¢hl•vthwnts Th• Trustees are hÈppy that by 8Fplying thelr intended grants to vaviouB tharllable objects Ihey baen lulfil th•ir8ims in fundlng and 8upk￿rt. Sevor•f dLYAtlons wwe mwjg th8 yoor 88 dptslled in fv accounts.

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5APRIL 2022 Inv••lm•nt p•rfomianc• POtht of Ihe Charflvs capital Is Invested i>n the slod( m8rket Ihroughoul lh9 year the totsl I8￿M of tho portfolio fell wiU)In the Trustses, o¢¢eptsble variance d the perfonnarrk benchrnath. Onpng h¥¢stm6nt thce Is FYovide(I by the Investm8nt a¢fv180r8 tn cwJun¢th)n vAth the Tw8tees. As at 5 Aprfl 2022. the porlfolio valu&Y at £1,654.806 compared to £1,577,969 NI 2021 Fin•n¢l•l mi•w The Ch•ritabl• TNSt's gverall furxl balancesforthe ygar 10191 £1,660,979thl8 comp8r¢$10 £1,623,W2 ¥12021. After taking inlo conslderallon lot81 net InecmiryJ resource8, reeogniBed gairts 10$8e¥ durirvj Ihg year. ci)mmitrnent8 to charita￿$ di)nal)n$ and govemance costs, th& overall nel m(Ivemenl of fund8 w88 £37,597. Tha Trustegs have 0 r￿eWed Iheir grant mak(ng capabllily and wll. golng foTh%wd. en￿re ihere is SLffKaent ome year on year to enalAe their finan¢kg1 cummitrnents to be mpt Th• Trust￿8 haw dekgaled thg operatjon of ts Investment porff0￿0 to the inSthKrynt advt8or8 who we responsiblè for mpEtk¥ Ihe Chaty Investment ot18cti￿ and vtho are M￿Sfftd •ln51 thek benchmark, Tho Trustees con81der th￿r inv8sbnents 8$ expendable endcMm8nts, prowthng a rolatlvely eeCU￿ arKI w8dttatAo slfoam of Incom8 from whlch lo grant6. The Truslees akn to distribuiE a 18Tge perc8nt8g& of the Inwne, net of ex￿n$0$, In each finan¢lal year aryl therolore do not malntain i￿Ome reserves &8 Suth. However, •ny unreallsed 98lns and the ir￿C￿e leveL8 on the invastménts held are i>)ntin￿NY r8vlgvffjd by the Trustee8 at th• meetings to ensure that Ih8y have suffic48ntfun¢Js ID me¥t1heli olves. Rosorves polky As a grant r￿Jr￿a d￿rfty reserves are held as inve$lm•nts to g•n•rat• an Income from which to wants. ImioStm•nt Policy The operatlon of the Investm8nl Portfc4to has been delegoted lo th& Inve8b)￿ 8thtSOTS there Is a dr8fjC￿ary agrowrnt. The Inveslment al￿SOrS are requlred lo avc4d exp05ure to Snveslm•nls we desn￿d to b8 Lrnufvable In I contxl ¢fthe TrU￿e&s. OblecUve$, when cpnsidpring ts portfollo 85 8 whle. In¥estmerrt advisors wll provlde haff yearly Tepwts Ythlch Ylll Include a statement confftmlng 8dherence to thls Gy stslement or ￿Y0vIdIng details of eXcep￿onS logathor ￿th èxplan8Uons. The repLYt ￿11 als0 IndthJ8 a mpanxln of the port￿￿1 relum In relaloon to the tnchmark M8lor devtatbns be exam1r￿d e4)lalne(l. Thè ben¢hmth upon th& Invgstmanl Forlfc4￿18 maasured 1$ the IASCI IAM4 8alancod Indgx. As there are ￿ specrfic re5trf¢tlcffts of investment Fowers under the govemlNJ doed. ￿ Trustees havo ftdl d18cretrJn ov8rtl* Investments. Th• Trustees have delegated the Inveslrnnt a(￿lsOr510 have full discrellonary day to day conlr¢A of the Inveslrnents. In w)rdpnGe the Act 2000. as this duty has been deleg8téd. th• Tht81ee8 have In p￿te a PDIW StatemenL ALSO In ac¢cfth¢e the Trustee Art 20C(I, the ThJslg&B contlnue to regufarfy revltwthe polioes. The Tru$teeB have rnwewed ¢urrent policlEs and do not f•81 ary aM￿￿Ments are n8cessary. Amets fiave been Ae4Juired and dl8posed ofn accAirdancè tho power8 availablg to Th￿tee8.

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST TRUSTEES. REPORT (coKfiNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5APRIL 2022 Rl8k monfigemènt The Trustees have ¢orolderBd the maicf rf5ks to the Chartty Is exposed arKI have e&d)If$hpd SyTt8ms arvj procedum to manage the8e. Th1$ I￿•$ the appolnlmenl of aecountonts to provide advice and accountsr •ervic8s,' Inve8kn•nt adviso￿ lo provkle contlnuous over8ithl of the Trusfs tnve81m8nl wNolo'. th8 ThKtoe8 themselves have agreed lo dewte ￿rtain functions to those vAth approprlat• 8kllls to MO￿tor the offocfve rrHnagwnent of tho TruBt and the 8PF4lrallon ol fund# lo I￿1 thelr charlt8ble Ob￿l¥e8. The ThsteèB consltsr Varial￿￿ty of Inve8trnent retum$ to cJ)nstrtulo the Charity8 major fin￿1￿ ri&k and ￿ve wt thè inv¢thnl pollGy In place &) m8noge thBt rl8 The Trus19e8 rewgnl¥e th8 rtsk as8odated th Investrnent In malnstream fm8ncl81 mgrk•ts accetrt thls rfsk in retum for the prosp&# ol addjtlond rgtums over l(%wer perfod$ of Ilme. They I￿sh to moderate the iisk of devoalon of retUm8 relat4ve to the chosen b•n¢hmw Plans forth• futur• The Truste85 cOn1n￿ to C4Jn8ld8r vJrlttgn apF41caIh￿S tor fundlng from Irthldu81s •)J other chathble organisatlons. They hold Unre8ts1cted Funds 8nrf 8(1 all fvnd8 ¥r8 av8il8ble to meèt the ChaflW8 obie¢tive$ ond we $011sfiod Ihal Ihe chari1￿8 assets aro avallable and adequatè to th￿fil ItB cur￿1 owves wll Goitnug for forege4abl8 fLrture. Structur•. 9overnittc• and mnagomont N•tur• of 90￿mIng docummt The Lelh & DcTthy BlcThl AvArd trust e#gbllthd by a d￿rI￿b￿ Inni d8ed on th¥ 9th F•t￿￿Y 1982 by Le81￿ Blond and DorthyAIKx Blond. Th•Tw5t8•5 who servwj the year and up to Ihg dale o151gnature of the finandl 8tatemonts werè: fvtr Mlchod Lan• VIl￿a Lane trs Ollvla Blond tr Ma￿¥￿1 Bk)r R•crullrn•ntand appolntm•nt of Inrnte The Charity's governirvJ bcoy are the TrLtst•es and now I￿tee5 are elethj by thB Continulng Tr￿te￿I any Retirin9 Tn￿te￿8 at the time of appolntrnenl The Twstee5 are kept up to data on relèvant matters by their prL)faS￿cTh1 addsorn kny new Tnte88 ￿ made aware of thelr dulle8 ènd r8spon8lt4lMI08 atthe time olthelrappokntmanl. OryanlBatlonal 8tructur• Trust Is malnly a grqnt tharly. In general the Th181ees IL8tse wlih thBk wofes￿or￿I athhor8 In re8r￿￿ rrfth• Investsnent pcrfwdio and d8BI wllh the chwltable donatlons IndudThJ Id8n1￿ng and IlaFslng ttgarAs£tbns whojg acll¥llig5 fuMJI thè ctycuvos of the Chgmty. How d•clslons •r• made Charity 1$ by 8 body of Tnth Ilalsfr regularty amrvjsl themB•Iv8s and %￿lti trli profesBkThl advl8ors form#lty a year to rtvlvrf¢ the polid￿ and obJe¢tlves ofthe Trust The Trues act In acc¢*danc8 wilh Iho ￿￿￿on8 rnada at meetlng8 ￿th the approprlate actlon5 mlnuted.

LESLIE & DOROThY BLOND AWARD TRUST TRUSTEE* REPORT (coKfiNUED)

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLONDAWARD TRUST TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTIIIUED) FOR 7HE YEAR ENDED 6APRIL 2022 Indth and oftrust trthprof4BthJl the d•t• olthelr SPFth￿. TheTnth to dth on mattwe ty Ihdr •J¥l8c¥. Tlwo ro pedfic r••tr￿￿ inpoBed on th8 Truylw by the dcKument voy • 8p•¢l•l pow•Y• Thre •re no Jpec&le r•thlSM• on ￿ TNstoe•' inv•rtmonl Th• TnMi•ts IK8b Ume bthg Lar• Vsthyii La Cwvb Bt¢md Mrnll Bl

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5APRIL 2022 The Twstees arn res￿ tr pYeparSThJ the Tmstee8' Rèpcrt and fv Iln8ncl¥ 8t¥tements in a¢¢ordance applKxtAe law arKI Urfted Ktrodom Ac¢x>unUng StsrKIOTd$ (Unfted Klngdom Gen8r&ly A￿pIed ACCO￿lt[r The law apF41¢eUe to cfiarftles in England ?￿1 Walets requires the Truste85 to pwepore finwdal stal8mentB hr each flnanclal year lthlch • tr￿ and lalr vtew of ts Btate of affairs of th8 L8slYa & BlondAward INst gnd of the in¢om•w rea(wrry I￿[ of re8ources ofth8 Lgs119 8 Dorothy 8kxJ Award Iru8tfor IW y80r. In prnp4ring fin￿GI91 stmW the Thlloes arg requtred to: - 4¢1oGt 8u5tgt49 polld85 and app￿theM con81st￿. - Obson￿ the metl#)d8 •)d &Ylndples fft the Chafilies SORP: . mokejudgements and ￿tim￿O8 Ihaiare reasonab19 and pwdrt . stste applt¢at4e 8CCOLmllng standrds hove be￿ followed. 8thiecl to any material depwbrn dl8dos•d I￿[ e￿laIned In th8 fl￿￿81 stat￿ents; and - prgpgrg In8ncl #afyment8 on the gjlng ccmcem bath unless it is Inapwoprfale to wesLFm that th8 charty VAII conYnu• kn operaiio The Trustees ara r¢spJn$ible for kaeplng 8uffldent acxounllng ra¢¢yds that dl8dose ￿th rEasonatAe acwracy al w time thp finan(¥al posrtm of the Lesli• & Dorothy 3bnd Award Irust and enabk thom lo ensure trAt tr flnandal statements cL￿p￿ vth tho Charflles Act 2011, the Ch￿ty (A¢o)unts ond Rep)rt81 Regulatiwj 2008 the provisions oftho trust deed. They ere èl&0 respondlje for saleguanling the &85ets oflhe Lesile & Doroihy Blond Award trust and hence for tsklng re8sonablesieps for lh• prevention 8fKJ pf fraud ond other hregularit*8.

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF LESLIE & DOROTHY BLONDAWARD TRUST I re[￿ to tr Trttst¢e8 on my ex8mlnatlon ol the fin•n¢lal statements DI LESUE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRusf (thp L9$1￿ 8 Dorothy Bknd Award trust) for the year endad 5Awil 2Q22. R•Bponslbllltlo8 and b••hb of rnport As the Tru8tee8 of the Leslie & Dorothy Blo￿ Aw8rd trust yw are resp￿￿ble for th8 pr•p•raUcYt of thè statem8rrts In accor¢8nce wlth thg requlrnment8 oftho C￿rfli￿6A¢t 20111th0 2011 kt}. I rarM)rt In re$FQ¢t of my examlnatlon of the Leslle & Dorothy BlorKI Awwd tru8V8 finavKAal statements carrfed out und¢r 1ooon 145 ofthe 2011 Act. In ￿rying OLrt my eXamInaUc￿ I hava foUod ￿1 th8 oppllrth Dlrectkjris gl¥en by the Charlty Ccthmion ￿der ion 14515)(bl of the 2011 Act. Ind•p•ndont •xamln•rf• slatem¢nt Your attgntton18 drawn to the f¥ct that the charlty has prepared finandal 8tatsm•nts In accorda￿ T￿th Awunllng and Reportlng by Chaiitie¥ prep￿ng their c¢¢unts In ¥ccordan¢e wth t￿ Finandal Repoilkng StaThl¥d 8PF41cable In UK and Republi¢ of Ireforl IFRS 1021 In wefèren¢e to the Ac(>JunUng and Repcthg by Choribe8'. Slatement of Recomm￿dId Practlc8155ued on 1 Aprm 2005 rs r¢fwred to In th8 oxlant rwJulailonB bth has baen l undIts￿d thal thls h85 been done In oril8t for financl81 statements to a In arKI I￿r￿1￿ in acayda wlth Genw•llyAcc•ptedAccoLnting Proclce effectlve for reporting Fethods beglnrdng on or after 1 J￿uary 2015. I have o)mpfeted my eyamlnatluk l Ih8t nD mattern come to nw attenuon In conrpjion t •yAM1natK￿ giving rne caL￿O lo b8fj8ve that In any Mate￿01 respect." a￿oUn￿ng I•￿rdS were kept In r?$￿t of the Leslie & Dorolhy 8bnd Award In￿t a8 requlrtd by &eeiioTr 130 01th0 2011 Ad.. e the financlAI statements do not aroxd with th090 rec￿$ or tho ffinandal stal8nwnts th not compty tho app1b￿l￿o rewkomenls ￿thmIng the ftyffl and content of ac￿unIS Set ¢xrt kn the Chartt￿8 {Accounts and ReFths) Regu￿10n5 2(￿8 otherthan ary requlrement Ihattho acc4unts glve a true and fglr viewwhl¢h 18 not a matter conslder8d a8 part of an IlKJep￿denl exam5n8Ion. I have no Goncems and have o)me •ry088 no otr£r matter8 In C•Jnnedon wAth ts examirtic•) 10 attenti should ￿ drnvm in thi8 report kn onler lo enable a w¢)per underst•nthng of thè fina￿81 statements to bè rè&hed. Anthony Bayll88 TEP Pronton WrTal CH43 ORS 13

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5APRIL 2022 eApllal funds T•)tsl T(rt•l fund# 2022 2022 2022 eom• anql •ndThvm•nts from: Investments Othor IrKorne 45.297.35 23520 45297.35 235.20 43.590.00 6.00 Totsl Income 45,532.55 45,532.55 43.586.00 RaT6ing fvnds 13,229.03 13229.03 9.974.00 Charl￿0 adbJlll61 87,276.00 1,505.00 88.871.00 33,480.00 87276.00 14.824.03 1D2.100.03 43.454.00 gBinsl(fows) on 94.164.85 94.164.85 403.129.00 Net oiilgolng resour¢eJ befo trdnsfars {41,743.451 79.340.82 37,5P7.37 401271.00 fund• 41,744.00 (41.744.00) NetmDv•rnent In funds 37,598.82 37.597.37 403271.1)0 Fund bg18nce8 at 6N4ri12021 1 m3.381.89 1,623.381.89 1220,111.00 Fund l>al•nce• •t 6 Ap￿1 2022 0.55 1.660.978.71 1.eeo,&79.26 1.623,381.89 The statemert oflknanctal indud8s al gal￿ and IDue8 rwninod in tho ye4r. I I￿oMe ond expenrliture derive from continuhig 8Ctivitkns.

LE8UE & DOROTHY BLONDAWARD TRUST BALANCESHEEr AsAf5APR￿ 2022 1,B64W8 11 C•th Mr CMdltOM: falllw ￿￿•￿1￿ on• ymr Ph27) 4173 IM979

LESLE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST BALANCE SHEET ASAT5APRIL 2022 1.664,81 Curmnt •B•ots 11 236 8.366 Cwh •t and th Mnd Cr8dlh)M: f•lllnB du•%lthln otte y••r 13 (2.427) 8.173 Totsl 1s8•ts ¢uvrnrt lknblBtlag 1,e60,979 IMom• fvnd• 1,eeo,w9 1,e80,9Y9 Thbfin8nc4at 8lal•mertB Were *PPTo¥ed tyth•TNstses cffl......-......,..........

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5APRIL 2022 Accountlng pollcl68 1.1 AecountinB convgnllon Th? finandal statemerrts havg bè8n ptepared In aetordonc8 wkn tl Lesli? & Dorothy Bkind Award tru8f8 goverThry document. the Chrities Acl 2011 and 'ACC￿lI1n9 ond Re&￿Ing by Ch8ribo8'. Sl8tem•nt of RecornTr￿Tr￿ed Pra¢kn g￿l￿ble to Cha￿lIeS weparitrYJ Ihèir acc4unts in accordanc4 ¥1th the Finandal Ropryling Stanthwd Op￿(￿ble In thg UK and RepubThc of Ireknd IFRS 1021" las 8merKled for a¢countirNJ commen¢iTrJ from 1 Januw 2D16). The L• & Dorth BlonLI A%rd trust b a PutfiG 8en8fft Enoty as defin•d by FRS 102. The Lesl[8 & Dorotrty Blond Award Intst hos taken a(fvathge of provffjlons In th? SORP for cJ]•lUo8 apptying FRS 102 Updat¢ Bllelln 1 notto p￿￿Ta a ststen￿nI of Cash AtAvs. The fjnanclal statomgrts are prepared in 8lerfing. Is the fimcllonal currency of tr¢ Ltsli• & l)N BlmdAward trust MLThtary amounis In tFMe finar￿la1 ststemBnts are round¢d to the newe61 £. The Ilnandal statemerts have been prepared under thg hisiorlcaj co81 cOnv8nlb￿. mcYlfied to the In￿lMOnts al rnathel ¥a￿e at the baL8rKe sheet date. The princip81 ac￿￿ntIng Wlctes adwed 8r6 8et 1.2 13olng concwn At the tlme of approvlng tl)o fin8Th￿al statemenK the T￿￿1488 h8¥e * reasonat4e ex5)edatw)n that the Les & l)Lwothy Bk)nd Award trust has adgquate [￿Urce8 lo In Operation￿ ￿Ster￿ for the for¢segable fulure. thè Tw8tees c¢)ntlnue to &4opt the golng corKem baBls crf Kcwrfing in wep8rivJ the ftn8nc 1.3 Charltsbkn fund• Unrestrfcted funds are av411d)te fcf at lh8 dlscretkn of thg TwBlv•s in fvrthwanc£ of tholr chwltebto 1A In¢omo IrKom8 Is rocognised wh•n thè Lesme & Dorothy Blond Award trust is legmly wrtllled to It •fttt Ferf0M￿n￿ condition¥ have been rng( the amounts be measured nkltd)ty, and It Is probab￿ that ¥￿[ be reGefved. C88h don￿lenS w• recLwi5od on ￿c￿lpt. Other donations ar8 recogn18￿1 On￿ Iho Lg8]le & Dorth Bbnd Award Irust ha8 been ￿tTr￿d of donation. unl•s$ perf(¥m8n¢e o)ndibons req￿re dofeffl gf th& amount. I￿Om￿ tax recoverable In rf1afjL￿ to donaNonB recdved uthr Glft Akj or deeds of covenant is rewils•d at th8 Iome of the donallon. Legaoes we recognI￿d ￿ rncelpt or Other￿ il the Le811& & Dorothy BlondAward trust btron rn1ir￿d cl on Impendlng Ihe amouht Is known, ard recpi 1$ e>pBCted. 11 the 8mow)t 18 r#)t the ga¢y i$treated as g u)nUngent ass6L 1.5 Expondhure Exwndliure 18 oncé Ihwe 18 o bgal or Censtr￿tIV9 Otlgatbn to tranBfgr eccmomre bu￿fit to 8 pwty, it 1$ kYob8ble that 8 transfer of ecr1￿mIC benefft8 Mill be r•qirnl in sgl¥em•nl, a￿1 the amount of th? 0￿19allOn can be measurod r￿•bly. Eyn(Iture is d•ssified by activity. Th8 ¢J)sl$ of each •thity ore made up d tho tolal of dI￿t ￿ and shared coÈts. tnChJdb￿ supwrt r￿$ts Involvad in ua)dert8Wng each acaivty. Dlrfjct C￿￿ts albltrArtstle to a 81TrJl¢ Cts￿ty •rg aloL¥ted dire{ to that acthty. stAred wNch contritmrte b) m¢w8 than on• athity a￿1 8UPFat coBts which are rnt att￿tr￿18t1e lo • $lngle aclivity ore wwloned boknn those a¢thiitles on a basis ¢LThl8trt wllh tha u88 of res￿rt•s. Central staff costs arè allocated on ￿ ba (* ime sp•rL and depreci&lton chargeB ar• all￿100 on thg wrbon ofthg 8sseVs use.

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5APRIL 2022 AGcovJrtlng poll¢l•o Icontlnued) 1.6 Flxed ••s•t Inv•stsn•nts Fixed asset In￿stMentS 8re Iiytsally mea￿￿ed At tran88ction pric• •xduding transgcllcm ttBts, and erfj 8ub8equ8nty mgasured at fair value at each rgporbTrJ date. Changes in tsir vgiue are rtt4gni¥ed In net Ino)m81(expendllure) for Ihe year. Tranyacllon ¢08ts are eXp￿￿d a8 irn¥rrod. 1.7 Caoh and cuh •quivalents Cash and cash equivalents indude ¢a6h in h¥nd. depo8St8 held at call banks. alhèr 8horMwm liquld In¥e8tThnts wilh orMJlnd maturfues ol Ihree monts or th, WKI bank overdrafts. B8￿[ ovwdrafts are 8hown wlthin bgTrrylngs In current Ilablltt& 1A Flnanctsl Instrum•nts Tha Lesle a Dorothy Blond Awwd trust has 8leded to appty Ihg P￿￿610n$ ol Se(thn 11 Flnand Inslnmients. and Seclion 12 'thr Ftn8nck41 Instruments Issues. of FRS 102 10 all of its financ4d instrunnts. Financial Inst(unnt8 6 rectynise¢l In Ihe Le8fi• & Dorothy BlorKI Award Irwl's b8lan( wt when tht Leslkq & £>orothy 81ondAward tr¢t bec•)me8 Pty lo tl C￿ntr￿ w0¥￿10n5 clthe Instrwn8nL Financlal assets and ￿￿￿11[LieS we offse( wlLh the net amounts pres8ntsd In the ￿nIn￿oI statements, Is a IBgalty enfor¢eable right to set off the rnctynlsed arnounts ar¥1 thwe18 an IntentKJn to 8etUe a rt basis or to reall￿ th8 a88et aryj sglue the Ikblity sllnum8neou￿y. Baslc flnand81 3$8e18. vA)ic41 debtors and cash and bar balgncg8. ¥è I1￿lIa￿ mewred at transgction pYiGe Inc￿dIng transadton ¢08ts and ore 8ub8equ&ttiy c￿l￿d at 8mOrtI￿ cost USI￿ the effect￿• interest method ￿lesS the arrangomenl constitutss a finandng trans8clknn. vhKfe the tranBart1c￿ 18 meosurtd at the present ¥ath of Ihe ILrtur8 rewpts d18co￿ted al a morket rate of intOT861. Nn8ndal a666ts da88ffled 0$ re￿￿4￿4e t￿thIn LTh y￿r are not amorllAOd. Bask tr￿n0>al liabllille4 inc4Jding crodrtors h)an8 &re iThtialty r•cogno•d at trJn8•ckn th unless the arrawement constilLrte¥ a financlng trans•don, wtsre the del Instrument 16 me￿uled at th6 Pr￿rtt value of thg f￿Vre payTnenls dlsewnted at 8 market rale crf inter8sl. FlnarKl81 li•bilitw dass[f￿ ats pgyable within one yw arn Mt amort18éd. D•bt ixtrL¥nonts are subswenlty ￿nIed at 8mortlsed cc4L U￿n9 the tffq£Uve IrereBt mothc¥J. Trats creoltcfs oblWUon8 to poy for goods or ¥eMces that Iw be•n 4cquir•d In the orthnwy wur¥8 opwathjis from SUFpFler& knounls p4yaUe are claBshled as tyrrent118bllMes 11 payrnenl is Yhthin OM year or le8& Ir rv)t. th•y we presert•d Is non-eurrent liabthlies. Trade Crofft￿ are Te¢cgnls8d Irltlally al trgnwbcn prfr* and s(kn8ewenly me88w•d atamortised rTht usfjng the offed￿ Interest MetI￿d. Dernwgnlllon offln•ncl&lll&bMlle8 FinaThial fiatli11&s are derecogni%d thè Le¥lie & Dorothy BILYWJ Award tntsY$ contr￿tt￿l oUlg4kn8 explre or are dl8Ghwg8d or Cancelled. 10-

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL 8TATEMEKfs (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED SAPRIL 2022 Unr•thct•d nds 2D22 Income from Ilsted Investments Int•rnst rnwv*ble 45.290.46 6.89 45,297.35 Othar Incom• Unrostrlcted 2W22 IncAX)e Tax rec¢)verab 235.20 R••ing fvnd8 Fund 2022 In￿￿onI ma￿gement 13,229.03 13229.03 11

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5APRIL 2022 Chftrlable a¢tlYJtt•• 2022 Grant funrfing ofx'viti•s {8ee note 01 86.1e4.00 Shgre d supwrt CO￿9 lsee note 7) Share of govBmarKfj note 7) 395.00 2.288.00 88,871.00 Analysiy by fund Rever￿ Funds 8FknI Fux15. gwleral 87.278. 1,595.00 88,871.00 Gr•nts payablg 2022 Gr•nt8 to institulon5.' Sustla [￿18r1111nl Anno'8Afrie8 Brili$h Red Cross stick'n. Stsp Alder Hey chldren￿ Charfty 45,000.00 11,550.00 20,000.00 8.OLKI.00 1.63&00 8,188.00 12-

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEIAENTS (CONTINUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED SAPRIL 2022 Support coBts Support Governonce costs 2022 Th￿tee Expi#•$ 395.00 395.00 A￿111 fees AryoLmlancy Lrfol and ptofe8slonal 500.00 1.386.00 402,00 1,386.(KJ 402.00 395.CKI 2288.00 2,e83.00 C￿￿ble Bcuvlles 395.00 2,286.0? 2.683.(Ki l>)vemance costs indudgs pay1r￿t$ tothe Irthp8ndent examlnws of £500 (2021. £480) forthelrfee8. TruBtse8 N(￿le ol the Trust￿$ (or any F¢rsons conn8¢led wmh them) I￿￿¥T¢(l any or berdts fran tr LeslFe & Dorothy BlondAward trust during the year. Klt galnsl{lts#•sl on In￿$1m+￿￿ Unr•Btrl¢t•d funds eApltl 2022 ReVaI￿￿On ofinvesthw GainlUoB81 Bale ot investm 86.956.88 7,207.97 94.164.85 13-

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEIAENTS (coKfiNUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5APRIL 2022 10 Fhed assat Investmon18 C•)St orvalu•tlon At 8 2021 AddltiDns Valuatlon chang8s Profftth$8 on Sale of Inv¢stments DI8POBa 1,577,889.OCI 196,654.OD 86.957.00 7.208.00 {213.882.00) J5W12022 1.654.808.CM) Carrylng amoll At 05 Nyril 2022 1,654,808.00 At 05 *>rll 21r21 1,577,869.00 11 Debto 2022 Amounts falllng du• withln on• y•ar. 23520 12 Loan• •MI ov•rfraft• 2022 Bank ovwdrafts 541.18 Pay8t48 wthln one year 541.18 13 Cred#ora: amounts falllng du• wllhln ono y••r Bank overdrafts Accourtancy 8ndAudll Fb•s 12 541.16 1,886.00 2,427.18 -14-

LESLIE & DOROTHY BLOND AWARD TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 5APRIL 2022 14 Anllysls ol nrt4Sggls bet￿en fund$ Capli41 fund$ 2022 Revenue nds 2022 To1•1 Total 2022 2021 b8lanc88 at 5Aprfl 2022 erè rtpreJ¢nted by: I￿￿¥nts Cfftnt *tsetslOiabilities} 1,654,808.00 6.17326 - 1.854,808.00 6.173.26 1,800,97926 - 1,e80.979.28 16 R•l•tsd pafy trnn•actlons Th•r• wara no thsd088b￿ related p8rty tsansactions durirvj th8 year (2021 . nwel. 16 Anaty•kn of Gh•nges In netlund¥ Tha Lesh & BlondAward Innt had no debt durkng th& year. 15-