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REGISTERED CHARIIY NUMBER: 504644 Re rt of the TnJstee5 Unaudited FIna￿la1 Staterr￿ts fort etnLEr 202 P￿th Christian BwkshJo Trust Tlx)rrE Wldgery A￿ntarty Ltd Chartered Accwntants 2 Wyevale &J5iness Park Kings kre Hereford Hereford5hire HR4 78S

Contents of the Ff￿a￿la1 Staternents for the Year Ended 31 Dec Page Repjrt of the Trustees 1 to 3 Inde￿ent Examinels Rewjrt StsteTh￿t of FIna￿la1 Activities Balar(e Sh￿t Notes to the Finarcial Statements 7 to 12 Detsiled Statement of FlnarKial Activities 13

Heath Christian Bwksho Tnjst )rt of the Trustees for the Year Enl￿ 31 Decemter 2025 The tru51ee5 present their re￿)rt with the fina￿73[ statements of ￿ charity for the year ended 31 December 2025. The trustees ts3ve adopted the prowsioThs of AcccMJniiN4 Rewjrting by Chanties.. Statement of Recommended Ptice applicable to charftle5 preparing their accounts in accordarKe wth the Fina￿la1 Reportir8 StaThJard appiicatle In the UK and RepthlK of Ireland IFRS 1021 le(fect￿e l Jawary 20191. O&JECTJVES AND AcllvmES Objectlves and alms object of the ckarity is to adVa￿e the Chrfstlan rell4lon Lty 5ellln# Chrfj51ian liierature. cards. recorthrq5 and other related glK￿5. P￿Ik benefit tnjstees can coTrfirrn that tlw have C￿pIled the duty In Settion 17 of tl Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to public benefit Ewdance wbli5hed by the Charities Commission. signif￿ant actl¥Atie5 that we u￿rtOOk during the year that ¢rrKJf6trate public Lweflt are set below. ACHIEVEMEtrVS AND PERFORhiANCE Revlew ol actmttes and achlevements The tru5l has operated from Its premises at 122 Whitchurch Road thrOug￿Ul the year Ur￿er revi&¥, where the prerni5es owded exCel￿t facilitles for actiwlies to fyrt￿ Its objects by the wotTK>tion Cknstlan Ilterature. wemlses were open to ￿ wbfjc dally apart from on pubtlc IKliday5, Saturday5 and &JThJays. ThrtW8h(Nrt the year the tr￿ prowded: - acce5S to comfortable seatlng in adjacent premtses for rEadi￿. . acce5S to certain free c￿lst1an literature. - twk5talls as rewted off wemlses,. - facilities for IK)5tirva r￿W Fy))k laurrhe5 and other suth a$ book reviews of Christian Ilteratwe" - supw>rt for the promotion of Clylstian liieratwe ty trhxtlrty atKI SUppl￿n9 mntNy reath.ng groups - p￿￿510n of discounted strKk for pubilc purtha5e during Christian hollrd5ngs: it also setved as a rnethum f￿ COn￿lre the bc•)ksk)p. The tnjst cetetated ihe 50th annlvetsary of Its fou￿1￿% and the owilrE of tl hith a cc)Thiemorat1￿ serwce In the Heath Evawellcal Church on 2719125., a150, a di5cwnted sales was in 51w. FINANCIAL REVIEW FlnarKial Revlew Total income reported for year £68.312 12024.. £63.3731 whlth an unrestricted surplu5 of El.073 12024:deficit of É3.0541 has rep)rted. The total fund5 of t￿ chatfjty at the year were £6Z.301 12024.. E61,2281 all Df whlch 5stre unrestricted. £3.369 (2024: £9171 rdate5 to tawibie flxed a55ets leaviw £58,93212024: £60,311) as the total free re5erve5 of the charity. Reserves polfcy Tre tsustees have reviewed and adrd ts reserves poilty ￿lCh re(pJires suffident free rv*rves (Un￿5￿￿Cted fu￿ le55 unre51rkted fixed a55etsl to be maintalned to meet six mont￿, owatir% exyerEes. The object of the charity is to have sufficient reserve to fSnance lts Stock and flxed assets and wffidert cash to avold the need for bank N Ot￿ LWrtiw￿r￿s. current level of reseNe5 is regarded as satlsfactory. FUTURE PLANS The Charfty plarG to cOntIn￿ owatinB in in Lire its eblectwe5. Page 1

Heath Christian E*)Dks Tn¢st rt of the T￿￿tee5 for the Year Ended 31 De￿[thr 2025 STRucfuRE, GOVERNAI4CE AND hilNA6EMENT Govern1￿ document The charity is controlled by its p)veminE d(Kument, a deed of trust, and co￿7tuteS an ￿l￿Or￿Jratéd charfty. tntst wa5 e5tatli5hed 22 SeptemLEr 1975 under a tnJ5t deed aThJ is a reglstered charity no. %)4644. Re¢ruStment and appolntrnent of n•w tr￿tee$ The rnanageff￿nt of the Charity Is respo1￿7b1[ity of the Tru5tee5 who are eiectal and ctropted uTrJer the terTh￿ of the Tntst deed. The trustees, ir￿1￿￿ all Nyho served (knrinl the year, are set ￿Jt on page 2. Tru5tee5 are apkX)Inted ty exlstlne boty tnJ5tees. W￿n trLtstee5 meet, decisiorts are tsken on a maiority basis. A worum of is required in meetin8s. iknnlsatlonal structure The t￿￿tee$ delegate the day-ttrthy runnlnB of the tookshop to a manager employed by the trust. The mana8er is asslsted by a team of Volw¢tee￿ IcuThently 61, mosdy MeMl￿ of tlE kknth EvangelKal Church. RÈLited parknes charity was oMRinally set up by ￿￿[niElS of Heattb Evangelkal Church, (arthff and thls C￿rch has suppfftd the ¢￿A￿ty flnawally since t￿n. So far as posslble the paS￿r of clwjrch 5haLL LE a trustee of the charity. REFEREt4CE AI4D ADMINIrnTNE D￿AlL5 R•gfjstÈrnd Charfty numter 504644 Prfndpal address 122 Whltchurth Road Heath Cardiff CF14 3LZ Trwtees K Orchard A W HugFes Rev N Munday P Clee A Lee (Chair A ￿r0D C Prothero E Linkers laprxTrlnted 15.5.251 D Llnkens {ap￿In￿d 10.7.251 Key Management Robin Hate Paee 2

for the Year J1 [tcemt￿Zfj25 REfEREKE AND AMNisfRATlVÈ iYfiJLS Llsa Weaver FCCA Thorne wId￿ kCOuntan￿ Ltd 2 Wale &JM"ness Pa King5 Oue Herefcrd Heref(Y¢tshire HR4 7BS Apr0￿d by wder of the board of ¢ortees on............ . ........ .. ............... and on its beh￿f by.. A Lee. Trustee Pagè 3

i￿e nt Exatninerf5 Re Fath Christian Bcthho TnL4t to the Tru5tee5 of Il￿dent examiner's report to the t￿￿tee5 of Heath Christian Books￿9 Tnst I report to tFe charity trustees on ry examinatlon of the aCc￿jnts of Heath Christian BooPsh)p Trust Ithe Trust) for the year ended 31 December 2025. Re¥￿)n￿bIlItIeS and bas15 of report As tharfty inJ5Lee5 of the TTr￿t you are [P5￿¥￿Ible for the preparadon of accrAJnts In accO￿arre wlth requi￿￿￿$ of the Charilie5 ACL 2011 (t￿ Acfl. I report in respect of my exatnination of the Trust's accounts carried out urmler Sectlon 145 of the Act and In carryfj￿ wt my examinatlon I have follo￿1 all awllcabie th￿110￿5 glven iry Chat1ty Cornmi5$1on under Secyffi 14515llbl of Act. IndepeThJent examfner's statement I have completed my examlnati(Trn. I c¢)nfirrn that ro material matter5 have corr to rry attertion in connection %ith the examlnatlon glvirY4 me cause to trklieve that in any material respect: acc￿ti[4 r￿ordS were Th)t kept in rewt of the Tntst as re￿￿ by sectiC￿ 130 of the Act: or accounts th) r￿t accord with tlwjse record5.' or the accounts do not comply with appiicaile require[T￿ts concernin8 the forTn and c￿teTht of accwnts set wt in ￿ Charities IAcctyJnts arml Reports) Regulatiorts 2008 other than any requirerf*nt that the accounts qlve a true and fair ￿eW which is not a matter consldered as part of an iThJependent examlnatlon. I have Th) cortems and have corne across no other mattets in corwtion with the examlnatlon to whlch attentlon slx)uld te drawn in thi5 rew)rt in orikr to enable a woper Urbjerstandl￿ of accounts to ￿ ￿acl￿d. Mr5 Ltsa Weaver FCCA Th)r￿ Wid8ery AcC￿ntarY Ltd Chartered Accourstants 2 Wyevale Bwliness Park Kings h£re ￿￿ord Herefordshlre HR4 7BS 8.I.G.I.IOlG Page 4

th Christian P￿0k$ statementof Nnartfai ActIvl￿eS for tlE Year Ended 31 DKetnLv 2Q5 31.12.25 Total funds 31.12.24 Total funts Ur*Esthcted Restricted furn Notes INCOME AND ENDOWMEtirs FROM Donatio￿ and legacies 3.8 13.CiKI 16,81A) 13.644 Charltabie actlvliles Sale of Chtfjstlan literatu 51.023 51.023 49.217 IrNestrrent irKon 399 399 512 Total 55,312 13,IX 68,312 63,3TJ EXPENDrruRE ON Charltsbie a¢tlvldes Sale of Christian literature S4,239 13,CO) 67.239 66.427 Er INCOMEIIEXPENDfFUREI 1,073 I,OT3 13,¢J541 REC￿luATI￿4 OF FUNDS Total funds bmught forward 61,228 61,228 64,282 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FCftWARD 62,301 62,301 61.228 The rKJtes fomi part of these finarKial statements Page 5

31.12.25 Total .12.24 Total UnTe5tric¢ed f￿d FIXED ASSETS T￿￿ble a55ets 3,369 917 CURRENT ASSErs 22.Tr1 1,2% 38.n4 12.T11 23.138 1,113 43.491 Cash at bar* and In 38.n4 62.751 62.751 67.7thf2 I3￿19) 13.8191 17.4311 58,9Y£ 58.932 .311 61.228 61,228 io 61.228 TOTAL FLWS 62,301 61.228 .. and were fts tEhAlf br. ,SIGllOIG. A LÉe. Twstee

Fkath Christian Bothskj Ttwst Notes to the FIna￿la1 Statements for tlE Year Ended 31 Decetriw 2025 ACc￿N￿NG p￿clEs Basls ol preparfjn8 the fin1K￿l statements financial 5tatetnents of the charity, whlch Is a publlc benefii entity under FRS 1ff2, have be￿ prepar&1 in accordallce wth the Charitie5 SORP IFRS 1021 'AccrAmtiTr4 arKJ Re￿ting by CharitTe5: Staternert of Recorrwnended Practlce appilcabie to charitie5 prepari￿ their accounts In atcordaKe wfth the FIna￿la1 Rerthing Standard applicatle in the UK and Republic of IreiatKJ IFRS 1021 leff&rtive 1 January 20191.. FinarKial Remi￿9 Standard 102 The FIna[￿la1 RerK)rtirE Standard ardicabie in the UK and RerAJtrAic of Ireland aTrJ the Charitie5 Act 2011. The flnardal statements have been prepared urhler Nstorfcal cost conventlon. G>irry con￿rn The Trustees h3ve considered the futwe of the or8antsatfon In ItEht of the ojrrent eC0￿mIC Pr￿ureS fn the UK and feel satisfied that the irKorne wll Th)t be ather5eiy affected, however if it were, sav1r￿S in eynditure can be made In th2 51K)rt to mediurn terTn. e to tFEse factors, the fwstees ￿lIeve organlsaUon Is a golng C￿cern for fores&abie Ou￿re of at leasi twelve rwntrts from date of signiÈv4 these fInar￿la[ statÈmentL IKom All irtL¥ne is recoBnised in the Statement of FinaKial Actiwties once the charity has entitlement to the fune6. it is probatrAe that the Irthnp be r￿fved and anvjunt can be rellably. tknnatiorts and legacies income tA)nations aThY legades Income Includes (k>nadon5 and Wfts that pro￿de core fuThlirq ￿ are of a general nature aTrd are recognised W￿￿e there 15 entitlernent. pyo￿bIlIty of recelpt and amount can be ryasured with suffiCi￿l reliability. gJch income 15 only deferred when dorKY specif￿S it must used in future accountir 5 or the doru has Imr￿sed conditiorts which must be ￿fOre the tharity uncondith)n•l e￿￿tiernent. IrKome from ¢harftsble adfvltle5 IncorrÉ from charitable actlwties InciLhYes recelved from Bookslw sales. Thls Income ts ￿08n1$e￿ at the Int of sale. In¥stment In¢tsrne Investment irKotrE 15 recwlsed on a receivable b3SiS. Expendltwe L13bilities are reiogni5ed a5 eXp￿dIture as 54yJn a5 there is a le8al or constrLKtive olAigation ccfflmittin8 the charity to that eX￿Tr￿ture, it is wobable that a trnnsfer of etorth)ic benÈfrts will be requlred settlemert and tIE aJnount of the Ot￿19a[70n can be [r￿Sured rellably. EX￿ditUre is accounted for on an accruaL8 trAasis and has Lwi classified under heading5 that aggregate ail cost related to category. Where costs canrot be dlrectly attrit￿ed to partituiar kEaiknng5 tly have been alkated to aCtI￿tieS en a basis consistent ￿th the use of resource5. Tangible flxed assets Ta￿lble fixed assets cosuryé Esc￿) or rnore are capitali5ed and reco8ni5ed kn future ecoTh)rnic berEfits are obable ￿ the cost or value ol the asset can be measured reliably. Taroibie fixed assets are initially reCogn￿d at cost. After recoEnliion, under the Cost model, ta￿lL￿e fixe(J assets are rrÈasured at cosi less accumulated thWeC1atl￿ and any accumulated Impaimienl losse5. All costs lficurred to a ￿￿Ible fixed asset inlo its interthl workirvs corKlition 51K)uld be included in measLwerr*nt of cost. Dep￿lation Is charged so as to all￿ate the cott of Lan8lbie flxed assets i&s thelr reslthal valuè over thelr estimated ￿eful Ilves. . Defftatlon Is w0￿ded L¥) thè foll¢￿ng bas1$: Fixture5 & Fittings . 20% on cost Page 7 continued...

Heath ChrtS￿an Pthksho Tnjst Notes to the FlnarKlal Ststernents- C￿tiNed for tlp Year Ended 31 ￿effther 2025 ACCCIINTING POUUES. contlnued Taryible ftxed assets Flnanclal Instrumènts The cFority orty has flnandal assets arwj fIna￿la1 Ilablllues of a klThJ that quallfy as a basts flnanclal 1rtstnjr￿tt. Basis finaKial ir6trunents are Iniilally ￿NId at ¢rdtattlon Val￿ and 5ubwuethtiy IrEoured at tlEir settlernent val￿. D•btors Tra(È and other debtor5 ale recogni5ed at the seltlernent affr￿nt due afr any Irad2 ithxount offered. PrepayTrEnts are valued at the amunt prepaid net of arty tra¢Je dlxwThts due. Stocks str￿￿8 are valued at the lower of cost and net ￿alIsatIe value. after rnaking due allowance for obsolete and slow movlnB Items. Cash at bank and lnd Cash ai bank and cash In hand Includes cash and sFKJrt term hi8Ny Ifquid Investments ￿￿th a short maturity of three rnonth5 or Less from the date of acquisiti￿ or OFenln8 of dewsli orsltniiar acC￿nt. Credltors and provtslo Cre(litor5 and prthfj5iorE are recogntsed wtrere the chartty ha5 a we5ent obligation resulting from a past event ihat Li probably resuli In the tra￿fer of fund% to a third party and arrwnt due to Settle dAigation can be meayjred ot e5titnated reliably. Crethtors aThJ provtsS)ns are r￿)rr￿llY reco8ni5ed at their settlew￿t arrount after allow￿ for arty trade discounts due. Taxatlon The charity is exernpt from tax on Its charIta￿e attl￿t￿$. Fund accountlnR Llnre5lricied funds can be used in accordan￿ wlth the charftable objective5 at the dtscrption of the tW5tee5. Restrfjtted fund5 can only te l￿d for partkuiar resirfeteo Wr￿)se5 Wwthin the objects of charity. RestsKtl¢)ns ari*when specified by the donor or funds are ra15ed for particular re#rfcted purpws. FUrt￿r explanati￿ of natyre pur[￿Se of each fund ts Irt1￿ In the rK)te5 to the financial 5tatwnents. pen￿¢￿ costs aTrJ other F4)5t-retlrement beneflts charjty operate5 a dèfired COntri￿tIon F¢nslon st￿me. ContrftrAJtiors payable to chaiiws Fa￿1£#} scherne are charged to the 5tatetnenl of FinarKial Actiwtie5 in ￿ FEtiod to wth.ch relate. Page 8 continued...

Heath Cfvistian PA)okth) Trust 14)te5 to the Fina￿la1 Statements- C￿tiN￿d f r the Year Ended 31 ￿rnber 2025 INVESTMENT INCO 31.12.25 Total 31.12.24 Total funth UrKe5trKied Resufjc￿d fuThJ5 funtts Dep)5it accwnt interest 399 399 512 TRusfEES' REAIUNEf14TION AND 6EIEFITS There ￿re no intstees, renwrrdllon or othèr benefits for the year ended 31 Deceffi￿r 2025 rnr for the year enthd 31 D￿ern￿r 2024. There were no tnL4tees exFen5es pald for the year e￿ed 31 Decem￿1 2025 rKJr for year eThled 31 Decetnber2Q4. STAFF COSTS 31.12.25 31.12.24 Waees atvj saiarfes Other F￿￿00n costs 26,573 1,329 26,%X) 1.285 27.9)2 28.185 The average rnoniNy nUrn￿r of effpioyees durtng the year wa5 as fdlow5: 31.12.25 31.12.24 Average staff No enwio5tes retefved emlurrErts in excess of £W,(JXI. Tke total arrK)unt of employee berEfits of the W margerfEnt Fwsonnel of tIE tr￿L were £27.902. COIAPARATtVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FIl￿NcilL AcfiviTIES Unrestiicied fvnd Restyicted Total INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FR¢JM tbnadorts and leRacies 13,64 Charitable actlvltles Sale of Chrfstian literature 49,217 49.217 InvestrYnt Intorr 512 512 Total 54.373 63.373 EXPENDITURE ON Charftable actfyltles Sale of Christian literawre 57.427 66,427 Page 9 continued...

Heath Christian PA)oks Trust Note5 to Flnanclal Stateménrs- contsnwl for Year Ended 31 Decerntr￿r 2￿5 COMPAKATNES FOR THE STATEMENT Cf ￿NANC￿ AcnvmES. contlbyjed Unrestrtted luTh Restslcted fuThJ Total fund5 NEf INCOIAEIIEXPENDITUREI 13,0541 13,0541 RECONCILLATION OF FUNDS Total fut￿5 bruught forward 64.2K TOTAL FUND5 CARRIED FORWARD 61,228 61,228 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSErs Fixture5 and fitti COST At 1 Jarwry 2025 Additiorts 34,139 2,950 Ai 31 DetsrTlJer2025 37.089 DEPREC5ATION At 1 Jamary 2025 Char8e for year 33.222 498 At 31 Decen￿er 2W25 33.720 BOOK VALUE At 31 December 2￿25 3.369 At 31 December2024 917 31.12.25 31.12.24 Stocks 22,771 23.138 Page 10 tontirxJ&4...

Heath Christian ets)k5ks Trust lkntes to FIna￿la1 Statements. contIn￿l for Year Ended 31 DeCeM￿r 2025 DEBTOPS: AWOUNTS FALLING DUE VIIThIN ONE YEAR 31.12.25 31.12.24 Trade debtors VAT PrepaynpThts ￿ accwed i￿Ome 389 73 651 1.177 1.256 CREDITOPS: AMOUNTS FALUNG DUE wrrHIN ONE YEAR 31.12.25 31.12.24 Trade creditot Taxaknon and 5(Klal security Othercreditors 1.818 366 1,635 5,551 3,819 7,431 10. MOVEME1￿ IN FUMDS At 31.12.25 At1.1.25 in fu￿1$ Unrestrtcted l￿d$ Ge￿ra1 61.228 1,073 62.301 TOTAL FUM)S 61.228 1,073 62,301 Net moverrnt in funds, In¢iu(d in t￿ aEove are as follow Incomi resources Resource5 Movement exwnded in funds G￿erdI fur 55,312 154,2391 1.073 Re5thcted 13.OJO 113,(Krf)I TOTAL FUtr4)S 68.312 167,2391 1,073 Pa8e11 contlnued...

Healh Cmstian Book￿ Trust Notes to the Flnanclal Statennts- ContiN￿d for Year Ended 31 December 2025 io. IAOVEIAEKf IN FUNDS- cthrtln Comparatlves for mv¢ment In fvnd5 nw)vement in Al 31.12.24 At1.1.24 Unrestrtcted f￿dS GerEral fu 64,282 13.0541 61,228 TOT￿ FUNDS 64,282 13.0541 61,228 Cunparatfve ret in funds, included in aLw)ve are as follows: Incornirvx Jurce5 Re50urce5 we[[￿nt in fuThls Unre5trirted funds General fund 54,373 157,427} 13,054) Restrfcted fund 19,C(KJl TOTAL FUNDS 63,373 166,427 13.0541 Restrirt•d Salary I￿¥1 Duriw the year. the charity recelved restricled (kniation5 from ￿ Heath Evan8elical Churth aJnwnting to £9,L to a55(5t in the payment of saiarfes armj other costs. 11. AELATED PARTY D15CLOSURES charity 15 connected wlth the Heath Evangellcal Chwch in thal It ha5 tru5tee5 in cunmon. charity received wfts from Heath Evan4elKal C￿￿ch in the sum of £9,CM)) 12024.. £9,LKX)I during the sar to assist bith payrrnt of saiarfes. An additiDrtyal £4,0￿ was r*dYed fcf wrtw of charity inyovements. Pa¢e12

Heath Christian PA)rAt5￿￿T￿l Detalle(J Ststement of FlnaKfal Actlvftles foLtheYe4t Ended3Lkomkpi2Ql 31.12.Z5 31.12.24 INCOKAND ENfX)WAI£NTS Donatlon5 and legade5 Glfts 16,8 13,644 Inve5tsnent I￿orne Dernsit ￿coUnt intere5l 399 512 CharEtabie actmtles S￿p InCL￿e 51.Q3 49.217 Total IncomlY4 resour¢•s 68,312 63,373 EXPENDITURE Charltable actlvliles Wages Pet￿10n5 Rates arKI water IngJrallce TeleptK) rKlrie5 Cost of L￿￿*￿1p sales 26,$73 1,329 1.247 164 26,9CO 1,285 1.221 766 553 3.597 27,785 29,876 61,889 62,107 Atsnaqernent Flxture5 fittit 229 Financ• I￿ependent examinailon EquiprrEnt rentsi C(mputer exFenses FlnarKe Athertising 1,320 1.585 180 1,631 2.716 4.852 4.C81 Total res￿r￿ expnded 67,239 66.427 Net kncomtrllèxpÈndlturtrl 1.073 13.0541 Thls page dtM rmx form part of the staujtory financial statements Pa£e13