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REGIsTE￿D COMPANY NUMBEK" 01528576 IEwlard and Wales REGISTERED CFL4RITY NUMBER: 511000 Re rt of the Tnjstees and Unauthied FIna￿la1 StaterI￿ts Con￿eSt Theatre T￿￿¢ ￿MIled Thjrne Wldsery £countaKy Ltd Chartered Accountants 2 Wyevaie Bu5ine5s Park KinES Acre Fkneford Hereford5hire HR4 7B5

The Con tre Trust Lirni Contènts of FIna￿la1 StatetrEnts for the Year Ended 31 December 2025 Rep)rt of tt Tru51ee5 I ro 7 lTrTh*nt Examinefs ReFL)rt Statement of FIna￿la[ Activities BaLa￿e sheet 10 to 11 Hote5 to Fina￿￿71 Statements 12 to 17 Detalled Statement of Financial Actiwties 18 to 19

The Con ue5t Theatre Tnjst Limited ort of the Trustee5 for the Year Ended 31 Decemw ZOZ5 The tru5tee5 whD are also dlrector5 of the charfty for the wryn5es of the Companles Acl 2CIJ6. wesent t￿1[ rew)rt wlth finarKial ststements of the chadty for the year ended 31 December 2025. trustees have adopted the provlsion5 of and Re[Krti￿8 by Charitie5.' StaterTMt of Recomrnended Practice applicable to charikne5 prepadng the1r ounts In accordarKe with the FIna￿la1 Reporting StaThdard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 102 (effective 1 January 20191. OWEcfivES AND ACflVtnES Objecttyes and alms primary object for vthkh TnJ5t wa5 established 15 the pro￿tion. rnaintenance. inyovement and a{￿a￿emEnt of edLKation, particularly by the Vod￿tIon of educatlonal plays and the encOurdgerY￿t of the arts, inciudlng arts of thanNa, min, éarte, slwlng atKI ￿￿sic. literatwe. wÈtry, painting, sculpture, pFx)tO8raphy, cirma and all other 8raphic art5 arKI the fine arts. As tl maln antiliary. Tr TnJ5t presents, wurntes, organises, w0￿des, manages ar￿ prod(￿ th, drnmas. tondes. opera5. opereitas, burteswes, fllms, radlo and telewsion broadcasts, concerts. rnu5ical pleces, s￿, ballet. and Tha￿O￿al, folk and classical darKing, entertainments and exhibitions perforn)ances. The TThAst's objects are all of a charftable nature. Page 1

Con t Theatre Trust Llmlted of the Tru5tee5 for Year En¢Jed 31 DeceM￿r 2025 OBJECTIVES AND AcnvmES Publk From 2CQ8, Th2 Trustees, Amual Rewjrt of a Charfty has had to I￿lUde a statennt or statements of publlc beneflt, ijemonstrating Charity Corntnis5ion's pri￿7p[e5 have ien adher&J tg. The ststements rnay te dffused ￿￿thIn t bxty of the Report rats tFon expliclt. the f¢Al￿n￿ 5tw)W5 tIE bl￿dance refers to CorNue5t Tratre step ty step. The ￿7￿cIpleS of Public benefit are.. 11 Tlwe m￿t be an Identifiable terEfit w benefits. al It ￿￿￿t I￿ dear what the bel￿fIts are. bl The LEtEfits fflu5t be related to ￿ aims. cl Beretits must be balaKed agaI￿t any detdment w hami. 2} Benefit must be to JxJbLlc. Dr a ￿tiOn of wblic. a) t￿￿fICIanes nmtst be approprfa￿ to alms. bl WIEre benefit is to a section of the public, the opP￿￿nity to benefit wroJ51 not ￿ Unrea5C￿biY re5trKted by 8eo4raphical or ot￿r restrfthors. cl People in PK>verty rrML%t not be exclthded frcrfn OPFWtunlty to benefit. dl Any ￿Vate ￿refIts nxjst irKideDtal. 1.al What bereflts do we offer? The Conquest T￿tre offets OkV)rtunltles for attendlw and particltkitinq in a wide variety of artistic production. 4rt1culttly drama. Ixjt Incllldlng cinerna. Ilve streamlng. rnU51e and graphk a￿, atrK)ng others. Its Youth Se£Ucth Is an Imwrtant and thrfvlng sect￿n of its actMls. We also offer a qathetin8 space for cultural srKletles such as Lccal His armj RolPiayin8 Gar￿$. The theatre is fully equipped lighting, %￿nd. Projection, chaN4iry and refresfvnent facilities. The nearest equivaLent veNes for a similar ranp of activities are half an mores thwe away. l.bl Hcw th the benefits relate to aims? The Charitsble Objects of Conquest Ttr￿atre Tntst are currently stated to ￿. "to Pro[￿te, malntaln, irnprove and advance ed￿at7￿, particularly by the prod￿lI0n of edwip)nal plays and the er￿1rage￿Ent of the arts, irrludlr4 arts of drama, rnime, dance. sir41￿ and rnusic. liteoture. PLEtry. palntlrnA, sculpture. ￿tOgraPhY arKS all other graphic arts and flne arts, aThJ to fOrn￿￿te, prepare and establish SC￿rreS oprxjrtunities offered by the tFatre clearly relate directly to these alm. AItYw)u#h 1t May be sald that Involvement In almost any artlstk aCtI￿ty Is ed￿atIOnal, this aim 15 srKiftally addre55ed the Youth TIEatre, and tf opprKtunity for adults to irnKYuve t￿1r aCting,direCll￿, backstage or front.of.knuse ability by experience in ow Increasi￿ rvJmber of in.h(Moe rxfxduCtior￿. l.tl Is any detriffnt or hann attributable to the tstre? In a no. The tI￿atre Ik)e5 not detraci frLYll any Ot￿ trKal aCtI￿ty hthich mi8ht enhanced ty its cioyjre, and causes no more ithsnjption to environment than would ersue ￿re It c195ed ￿ replaced fy somethln8 else. 2.a} Our b￿ficia￿e5. The Yarfety of ￿tI¥￿tte$ carfed (Art at Cowuest Theatre mears that all mernber5 of the public a￿ po￿￿al b￿￿fficIa￿es of the ed￿atIon In and eKtyJragement of the arts offered by the Charity. MeffliErship of ihe Theatre is to anftKKty, and vAlhln the membership. everyioty has the OFPOrtun?ty to Èecome a rnerrter of the Manaeement C¢>mmlti. Geo8raphicalLy, the FA)pulation of B￿yard labout s(￿)1 1$ ￿thfjn ￿ minlrtes walk. Althwh tkwe is m Lo￿er a lack of theatres in Leomirtster and TentrAJry tAaygoer5 frL¥n thLEe area5 also patron15e the Cotyjuest, and varfous rea￿￿ bring ple In frtyn ￿ Kiddermirster, Worcester, Malvem. Ledbury Heref￿d areas as weil. In terrn5 of arknstic interest, oppcKtunities are offered 35 5pectator5, paTtiapants la5 krfonners, techniciarts. staEe de￿.￿r$. costume de5i8rÈr5 or in di￿¢70n and rnanagernent of a showl, or as part of a lelsure facillty rnanasetr￿nl tearn. The of acti￿tIeS I￿1￿Je those of parkncuiar appEal to a wde rarrye of ages (from we-prtmary sch)ol to wartlme sin4-alongs and meeting5 for the Herefordshlre Caret5 IY8antsatlonl and arttstic taste5. Page 2

est Theatre Trust Limited Rem of the Trustees Year Ended 31 emter 202 OPJECTIVES AND AcnvmES 2.bl Restrictio￿. Obvlously. ary ￿rtICUlar aCtI￿ty of theat￿ WOY te of Interest only to a mlThthty of ￿￿Alc. IMJt the rary of actI￿tTe5 offered over a yw means that nobLxty of any art15tic enthLtslasm is extiuded. For t1￿ who have dlffkulty atte￿jInI evenin8 perforrnèr￿es matirees are offered for ￿pular in the afte[r￿n, and special events Isuch as fllm sh)winRsl for people wk) nmy have mob1111y woiderrs are al￿ arrdnRed the day. Tr cOnq￿t Thearre is fully ccessiNe to wheelchairs, and a hearing loop $￿teM Is installed. Belw In the cenire of town, aThY surrwnded by a car park. the Corque5t Tratre 15 convenient to all its patro￿. Occasionally. where appropriate, vehicular trarsfer Is arTatwi partkular Rrout 2.cl The ability to pay. The Conquest Theatre costs a￿llt £10.COJ a year to matntapn. a Staggerf￿y 5rnall wjm thanks to Its chatitable status ar¥J eMrmcAJs contJlbutl¢)n of Its vgiunteets. Neverthele$5, any maln¢enancÈ grant. almost the full cost rmst t by ticket sales. A wmal full-prfee ttckei is aix)ut £15, whlch Is c￿aper than ￿Ul¥al￿t at ary ot￿r ￿atre thin a very radlLS. and corKes5ion5 are offered for those on pe￿10n5, sUwJent5 and u￿Waged. Being a local t￿tre. m05t of authence has a minim&l travel cost. cost of hire of the I￿atre by local $ch￿iS and sttietie5 15 rggtiable and refiects the Incorr of the organlsatlon, so that lack of furMJ5 Is, as far as Fossible, an rtstacle to Use of the theatre. 2.dl P￿ate ber*flts. 'private tEnefits' prwded ty the Conquest Tlwtre corslst of fees payable to professional sh)ws brwt in, PayTrthts for sertes reLatir4 to the upkeep of ￿ t￿tre, minor i￿7dents1 costs also directly relatinq to the airn5 of the Charity. Pasè 3

Trcon t Theatre Tntst Llmited Rel￿ of Tnjsiees Year Wed 31 tkcember 2ff15 AcFIEVEAlE￿ AND PERFORAIINCE Charltable a¢tMtles of the rneawre5 of a S￿CeSSful organi5ation ITh rny opinion 15 the average aye of its managell￿nt, and are all familiar wth verEratAe Local institutions. e5[￿laIlY votuntary orEs. which are teeterftYA toward5 exunctlon SI[n￿Y due to length of serte of thw"r committees and the difficulty of acqulrtng yourv4er volunteers. So as l embark on my eighth (knade I'd like to pay to. and offèr my WaM￿sE gratltttdè to. all my fell￿￿ trustees of this theatre are youTrd emiqh to be my children, aThJ to hope, I tdieye wlth ConfIde￿e, that wlll te able to say the same in future. Ir fnflLnte and enthusiasm. cwrAed to the ￿5th)m and eyrience of the ottE￿. ha5 led yet agaln to an increa In the num￿￿ of day5 we were Dpen, the wmber of ilckets we scld, the wmber and Va￿ety of the pro(Ktior6 mounted In 2025. We be8an a retum io Shakespeare after twelve year5 and a Sarnur3i therned [￿Qd￿tIOn of Plac￿th, which was followed by Mlke Lelgh's tlasslc, Ablgall¥ Party, dlrected ty Kaz Lloyd. auil¥)rldlrector Stubts itrttoduced u5 to the elderly ladle5 of The Silver Club in the foyer, which wa5 S￿h a 5LKce55 that a greatly expan￿ collettlon of their ￿Centhc exploits was presen￿ later In tIE year on tIE rnaln Stage. io great acclaim. Our nxjsical was Sister Act, an alr1￿t sell.out knutnph by ¢thrertor Lisa Legge, which eamEd us a t￿l￿atioN for the National Operd￿C and Dramatic Association (West Midland516est NM6ical Award. the￿, our Youth Tkeatre treated ￿ to Shut Upl and Allce In wonderi￿￿. We akn treated Brornyard to an unwally iwoad setection of profe5wonal events, fr(xn tFE mLKh.antiopated retuin of the Oddsocks Tkeatre Cotnpary. ￿th Laty ￿th the Hamrner. to the ￿pular Our Star Theatre company. who brought U5 Last Stand at the beginning of the year, and regular pro.arn colLab￿at70Th pant0￿rne - Snow who￿ thts year n Decernber. Laura Gale. the &Khanted Group and fn lkntfon brought Y￿rn$ dance to our Stage, and we were delighted that we could add gjckiey Pt1mary SchLNA to EllzÈbeth Fmgh Sclthl 35 fAJr sts)wca5es of lttal actir eX￿r[e[￿e. Not only that, bui a'Battie of the Ban¢Ls.' a Medium. a Burrs Night haws supper. a communlty COKert version of Joseph and tIE Arnthng Technicolor Dreamcoat, a couple of Fa5hioTr Slw: armj of course our very wpular ￿ec￿en of trt￿te bands and local musical gnxjrts . all Ilve on Stage - a5 WEII a5 the tifty-four films, live streams. operas. ballets and art exhlbltlorB. on screen. all bear ample ￿tr￿ that Conquesi TrEatre truly prowdes ￿[nethIng for everyor. thats not aLII We host Lctal Hl$tory Socfews reBuiar pre5entstlO￿. 5altrnath worr￿.5 I￿tItute. aThl informal gathertngs of Bromyard Town Coundl at wr Saturday coffee rr¥ynirgs. If the sheer nurnber of these events seerfts qultÈ ove￿helM1nq ltseif, then Imagiftlry t1￿ JKJurs of kn re￿Ie1 voluntarily - to maintain them. absolutely takes ts￿,$ breath away. It humble5 n to see how many Fwie <knte so much of ilme to the building and Its actlvitles, bjt at the same tirw rnakes me irnrrrfjely prwd that Brornyard. ti 111 ol. Brornydrd iLKked away ITh the backvffjods of Hereford5hire and so often put (k)wn even ty its ¢)wn itthabitants, particularly in social metha, can foster ar￿ su51ain a significant centre of the Arts. I thar rny fellow Trustees, all those pass thrcwh our drTh5 thmugh)ut year, the wlder comrNnlty frthn and its envlrons, for illr ongoing ￿p￿rt. FIIIANCIAL REVIFII FlnarKfjal posltfon TIE results for the year sh)w I￿Orne £53.970 12024.. £64,661). Incon￿ dec￿se￿ fn)m £188,911 In 2024 to £175,171, this was rr&Btiy due to a communlty Infrastructure gfatat received last year of £8,421 froTn Herelord5hire Courril. E¥4￿bJre ¢*creased from C124.250 in 2Q4 to £123,879. Net assets arnounted to £575,515 I2￿4. £521.5451. Page 4

nCo t Theatre T Rep)rt ol Tnjs for the Year Ended 31 December 2025 FINANaAL REVIVII R•5erv05 and Inve5tmvnt pDIici•5 current G￿darKe f[l￿ the Charfty C(¥ntni%ion srarts frun the atyjmptlon that all Charltle5 Should ttEir IrTh) a5 500n as pJs5ible to explain why ty are retain1r￿ 50ffle of that itKorTE. In the tir5t InstarKe the T￿atre has a 8ereral ￿)lIcY of retalnlryl alyMJt £5.0￿ in its Current acctyjnt to cover day to day Atrx)unts aix)ve Ihi5 wll getErally be trarsferred to a 5a¥Ar4s aCc￿nt such as that ￿th the Carnbridge & CoLntie5 Bank. Furtkn detsiis rffi why we are continuir to i￿rease our Cash Assets a￿ dealt with ￿lOw. At the balance slwt date the charitys re5erve5 Stthd at E575,51512024: £521.5451, of this ba￿e £18,660 12024.. £37,555) was ￿[d in restricted fuTh. At bala￿e sFEet date 'free reserves. were £314.686 0￿4. £229,713), these excludes fixed asséts, alorw wlth any 5ignated and restricted furmls at the yearerKI. FIITURE PWS The search for ways of expan(lin4 flIxN5pace of the theatre continues. but the cost of achi￿￿4 the siTr t￿CeSSary for a prorer rtha￿l rootn seern5 to increase faster ihan we thlrdL we can keep up Vwith, so we have adjusted to the irnprrNerrEnt of ￿StIr￿a facilities. such a5 rep￿ThrE the coffee bar wnd0￿5 and In5taiLlw alr.¢￿(liti￿1￿x. STRucfuRE. G￿RNI￿￿E AND MANAGEMEtr Goyernlw documpnt The charfty ts controlled by its gownln8 dr£uwent. a ¢knd of tnst. and constitute5 a limited company, Llmlted by quarantÉe, as defined by the Companies Act 2(X)6. Or8antsatlonal structur¢ COr￿1￿5t Theatre Tntst Llmlted Is a Charttabie Cornparty thiginally founded in 1980. ¥th)se governing docunMt, the Memoranthm and Artfcies of A￿oCIall￿, was redeslErd to fli the current Charity Commlsslon [T￿e[ ￿ adopted by t rnber5 nem. con. at ￿ Amual Gereral Weetlrry on 15 Septernber 2￿1. T￿￿t 1$ govemed by a Management Cornmittee, each member elected for a nomlnal thretryear temi, wlth the opil to volufiieer for re.election. who are a&0 Directors of the Company and the Tnjstees of the T￿￿¢. T￿1r nanE5 are set out telow. New nHnbers of Managem￿￿ Commlltee are continually sryjght. and one third of current cornrnittee have seNed for few than flve yea￿. nthtsly a(k)pted VenY)randum and Articles of Association is an amalgam of a preViL￿5 knoranLkn and a ￿￿teSSIon of COn5￿tul1Or￿, of whlch tl last was tslgned ttk prepa￿ tf Tnjsi to te corwerted to a tharitable Ir￿r[Alrated Corry)any. whlch In the end iumed out not to be as suitable as had hoped. The two docu[T￿nts suflered frem several small I￿£￿$1st￿1eS whkh have been rectlfled. The C￿￿titUtIOn aLlohE for there to be tetween 5 and 15 Tr￿lee5. These Tntstees are resporfjlbie for ulttmate strategic d￿lS1or6, and tw exercise finarKial contrnl through regular finarKial repK)rts. Ind￿n aTrJ tralnlng of new tr￿teeS Tntstees wlll ￿ given induction arKI ts71n1r￿ by a f￿ntor appJinted ty the manage￿￿llt Cornmiltee, ￿11 st them their legal obiigatior6 uThr Charity and Cornparry law. the Cha￿ty commlsslon 4uidance on wblic berefit. t c￿teTht of the Theatres memOra￿vrn and ArtKle5 of As50Ciation. au of whlch are avaiiaL4e onlirE, inStr￿L tFm In the pr￿esSeS of b)ard and gfve coF￿e$ of recent finandal statgnents. Related partles C¢M5btution dJe5 ￿t pe￿It any of the Tru5tee5 to be ernployee5 of ￿ Tnst. ReiTrknr5ement of e￿nSeS (bes Th)t vioLate the constibjtion. and Th)r (k5 payment for semces rendered, prowded tlYJ5e 5eMce5 have been wowiy put wt to tender and clearly represent the Interesrs of the Twst. ￿ch a seThi￿, the regular cleanin8 of the foyer. auditorfum aThJ (kessiry was utthrtaken by a Trustee f£Y tT¥Jntlfy ¢knlr* pasi year. Page 5

The Con uest Tknbp T￿$t Limited Report of the Tnjstees for the Year EnLd 31 Decemiw 2025 STRUCTURE. GOvE￿cE AND AIAIiAGEAIENT Risk mana8ement have a duly to Identlfy and revlew the rtsks to whlch the charlty Is expjsed and io ertswe apwDwiate contro15 are in Fla￿ to prO￿de re350nabie asyjrartt agairst fraLMI awMI error. REFERENCE AND ADjWNIsTrAm￿ DEfAILS ReBistered Company nwthr 01528576 (Erfand and Wales) Reilstered Charlty n￿ber 511CO) Re8iStered office 1 Row￿rry Str￿t Bromyard Herefordshlre FMU 4DU Trustees HMSFarey P R Rlmeil SThrnas S Handley J Hu8man K Lloyd D WorkKk S Smith J Th)rnas R Brown M Dailow L M Legge I3￿￿Onted 21.5.25) M A Stubbs law01n￿d 21.5.251 Tt tnstees are also dirertus of the Chart￿lIe tompary for of Ctynparry law. C•mpany Secretary HMSFarey Independent Examlner Mrs Lisa Wea T￿rrE Wldgery kcountaro Ltd Chartered Acctyjntants 2 Wyevale ￿51[￿ Park Kirvds Acre Hereford HereforLtshire HR4 7BS Pw6

The Con frusr Limlttd ReJx)rt ot the Trustee5 lor the Year Ended 31 Decemlr 2015 REFERENCE ANOADMINisfRATIYE OETIJLS Solk•rs t)rw>n Bowdlrf 44 Hlgh Streei &)myard R7 4AE H￿rfry5 & t 5t. John knei Hereford HRI 2ND B•nk• Uoyd5 8￿)k PLC 9 54uwe Le￿nITY$ter efoTd5hlre HR6 KT C￿brId1￿ & Cowtf*¥ B•nk 5B Ntsv Walk L•lcoSter LEI 6TE ftedw￿d Jtynk The 14exus Bidq Bv¢)•thay L•ichwtsrth G4rdEn City 3TA A￿￿1 ty Ofderof ￿ b)ard of tiusrees ￿............2Q May.2026 . and slwd on (ts bÈhalf by: Farey. 5ecrtLary Page 7

Inde dent Examinerfs Re to the Trustee5 of The Con uest Theatre Trust Limited lftd4pondont •xamln•rfs r•port to the trusteès of The Conqu•st Thèatr• Trust Llmlt•d I'thè Company'l I rewt to the charity tr￿tee5 on my exarnination of th? accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 Decemter 2025. Respon51bllltle5 and basls of repgrt As the charily's tru5tee5 of the Company land a19) its directors for the purposes of ccfflpary lawl are resF)Mble for the Prepara￿0￿ of the accounts in accordance with the rewirernents of the cOrnpan￿ Act 2￿)6 {Ihe 2￿6 kt'l. HavlnR satisfled ryself ihat the acc(wnts of tlE Company are not requlred to te authted under Part 16 of t1￿ 20C6 Act and are eligible for IndeFndeni examlnatfon, I rewt in re5kVt of my examination of wur th3ritls aCC￿ts as carried under Sectlon 145 of Charitie5 A£t 2011 I'lhe 2011 Act'l. In carrying out my examination I ha fcllowed the Dfiretttc￿S Siven by the Charity CommissN)n under Section 145151 Ibl of the 2011 kt. In&F￿nt eyAmlner's Statement I have cornpleted my examinatlon. I confirm that no maLters have ccne w my att￿1￿?￿ in ({￿c£t70n YAth the examlnation Si￿￿9 me cause to believe: accounti￿ records were Mt kept In re¥rt of the Company as reryjired by Sectfon 386 of the 2W6 Act; or the accounts do not accord wlth tho records.. L the acc￿ntS ¢) not comply with accountlng requirements of SertioTh 396 of the 2￿6 Act other than any Irement that the accounts giye a tnje and fair view wlich is fKt a matter consldwed a5 part of arb irKkpendent e¥aminat(c￿. or the accounts have not prepared In accordance wlth thp rrth(Jds and prfnclples of ￿ State￿ent of RecLwYwnended Practice for accwThting and repK¥rting by charities larolicatrAe to charities prepthng thelr accounts In Kcordance with the FinaKlal ReportiTr4 Standard applicable Tn the UK and Reputlic of Ireland IFRS 10211. I haNp c(￿￿rn5 aThJ have come a¢ross no olher matters in connectlon with ￿ examlnatfon to which attenlw should be drawn In thi5 reF￿ in order to enable a proper ￿nd￿Stan￿r4 of the actLxmts to be reached. Mrs Lisa Weaver Thorne Wldgery Accountsrq Ltd Chartered *£countants 2 Wyevaie Bu5WLess Park Kings A£re Hereford Herefordshlre HR4 7BS Date.. i.9.1.6J.iolG. Page 8

Con st TheatreTnJst Llmlted Statement of Flnandal Acimtles I￿Or attn an Inc(The and Ex ndltwe Accourt 31.12.25 Total fuNJs 31.12.24 Total Uwe5trlcted Restrfcted fijr Note5 INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM Lk)natk>[￿ arKI leBaae5 4,￿4 4,￿4 4,6n Charftsble actMtle5 atrical Costs 8.421 Other tradlng ac￿￿tIeS InvE5trnent ir￿orr 162.864 8,661 164.264 8,661 169,214 Totsl 176,449 177,849 188,911 EXPENDMJRE ON Rahsir4 fur 14.124 14.124 12,368 CharTtable actlvltles Theatdcal Costs 109.755 109,755 111,882 T<>tal 123,879 123,879 124,250 NEf IIXOME Trarsfers beiien fund5 52.570 20.295 53.970 64.661 13 120.2951 Net Th)¥eff￿nt fn funds n,865 118,8951 53,970 64,661 RECONCIUATION OF FUNDS Total fund5 brou8hl forward 483,9 37,555 521,545 456,884 TOTAL FUNDS CAR￿ED FORWARD 556,855 18,660 575,515 521,545 The rKJtes fom part of these finarKial statew*nts Page 9

Con est Theatre Trust Llmlted Re tered Njmber. 01528576 BalarKe Sheet l DeceM￿r20 31.12.25 Total fund5 31.12.24 To￿1 fund5 Uwe5tricted fund Restricted fund5 FLXED ASSErs Tanglble assets 242,169 242,169 254,277 cURRENT￿SErs Stock5 Debtors Cash at bank aEMI In hand 10 1,625 3.558 313,203 1,625 3.558 331.863 11,218 265.374 18.6 318,386 18,6 337,046 277,979 CREDITORS AJrnMts fallin8 due wthin 0￿ year 12 13.7COI 13,Th11 110,7111 NEf CURRE1￿ ASSErs 314.686 18,660 333,346 267.268 TOTAL ASSEfs LESS CURRENT UABILMES 556,855 18,6fr 575,515 521,545 N￿15s￿r5 556,855 18.6EI) 575,515 521,545 FUNDS Unrestrfcted fu￿5 Resttlrted fuThJs 13 556,855 18,660 483,W) 37.555 TOTAL FUNDS 575,515 521,545 charitable company is en￿tled to exemption frnm aLMIIt under SectiDn 477 of the CO[npa￿ Act for the year ended 31 De￿[rthr 2￿5. TIE rrembers have Th)t required compary to obtaiH an au<lit of ils finaKial 5tatenwts for the year erKled 31 De£ernLr 2025 in accordarKe settl1￿ 476 of the Companies Act 2(K)6. TIE trustees acknowledge thelr re¥]ortsibilities for lal that the charftable C0rnpa￿Y keeps accountin8 ￿CordS that comJAy %ith Secti￿5 386 and 387 of the CompaTrie5 kt 2(th and preparing finarrial Stat£￿ents ￿thich live a arKI fair of the state of affairs of th2 charitaE4e cornpany as at the end of each flnatKial year and of its surplus or de￿t for each fina￿73( year in accordarKe Wth the reqLiiremènts of Sections 394 and 395 ￿ whfich Othe￿Se comply the re{wIren￿rts of the Cotnpanles kt 2(lJ6 relatlng to financial State￿￿ts. so far as applicable to the charitable cornpany. {bl The mtes forni pan of t￿ fInI￿[al rtatements Page 10 contlnued...

57 5heÈt- 31 Decemter 202 tln The IIna￿la[ S￿lements have bÉeTh wepawd ￿ acct)rdance wlth Ilie wovlsmry akwkable to charltaile comwie$ subject to the %rnall compJnkn5 reyime. finarKia( statements we 3pwoved by Il Board of Ttw*e5 •rtd autlww 10T I￿ve on . andwere SI￿￿ on Its bphalf ty: The r¥Jte5 fom) part of these flnarthl siatements Page11

The Con est Theatre Trust Limited lthites to the Financlal Statements 31 DecernLEr 202 ACCOUNTING PCiICIES asls of preparlw the fi￿￿111 statements The financial Statements of charitable company, which ￿ a putllc ￿refIt entlty FRS 102. have been prepared in accordatKe wlih the Charities SORP IFRS 1021 AccouThtiny ar￿ Replit[￿ by Charities: Statement ol RecommetKfed Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordaKe Nwith the Fina￿[al Reportln¢ Standard appllcatle in the UK aThJ Republlc of Irela￿ IFRS 1021 leffKtive 1 Jaryjary 20191.. Financlal Reportlng 5tandar£l 102 Tr Fina￿1￿[ Rwrting Standard appllcatAe In the UK and RewNic of Ireland and the Cotnpanles Att 2LK6. The flnarrial stateMe￿ts have teen prepared uth historftal cost conventlon. Concern The tnJ5tees assess %thether ol 8OTn8 concern 15 appropriate i.e. whether there are any material urKertaintfes ￿la￿d tts events or corylitior6 that may cast significant doubl on the ablllty of the company to continue as a going concem. The trlstees make thi5 assess￿￿￿t in re5W of a rETh)d of at least ore year from the date of auttKsrSsatkn for issue of the tinarcial statements and have co￿lu&d that cornpany ha5 adewate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and there are no material U￿ertainbeS atwt the charltls ability io continue as a going CO￿ern, thus ty cortinue to adopt the goi[4 wKern ba515 of aCc￿n￿rrI In preparing financial state￿nts. All )r￿e is recognised in the StateTTEni of Fina￿73( ArtivitFes 0￿e the t￿rity has entlilerrEnt to th? f￿d5, it 15 wobabie that the IrKon ￿lI be recelved ￿ the amcAJnt can be measured rellatly. Expendbture Liabilities are recOgn￿ed as eXp￿dit￿e a5 as there ts a legal or cOrtstn￿￿vt oblf8ation cornmittinE the charity to that e%￿nditure, it Is pmbatle that a trdnsfer of éronomic Lkneflts ￿￿11 te rewired In settlerrnt and the amcAJnt of the obl14a￿tsn can be measured reliably. EynthturÈ is accounted lor on an accruals basis and has been classified under heathr￿5 that aggregate ail cost related to tlE category. w￿re costs canmt ￿ dI￿tLY ttributed to parttthr l*adirw tly have been allocated to actiwtie5 a ba515 con515tent L￿e of Tawibie lixed assets tkprecfjatkn 15 provided at the f￿lth￿n9 &nr¥Jal Rte5 in order to bvrite off each asset over its e5tirnated useful Trdde and ot￿r debtor5 are rec09r￿Sed at the seitlernent arr￿￿t (bje. Cash 4t ￿nk Cash at bank ￿ In harwj iKILKle5 cash shjrt temi hlgNy Il<prfd I￿￿￿￿ents a short mathrtty of the months or less from thè date of 0[￿7￿8 of dekytslt or similar account. Crethtor5 and ffisiorts are wThlsed where the charity has a presert otllgatlon resulting from a past event that VAII probatly reyjit in the trarofer of funds to a third party ￿ the armunt due to settle the obl19a￿On can be measured ￿ e5tirnated reliatrAy. Creditors and proYtsh)ns are MrfflaLLy rKcgnlsed at ￿1r settlemert amount. Flx¢d and Depreclatbon Depreciation 15 calculated io off thè tosl of all fw &￿ts over thelr estlmated u5efd lfve5. rates in use are a5 foll￿. FreelKlIJ land T￿atre buildi Installed p￿nt 1% stralght Ilne 5% strai8ht li Page 12 corttnued...

Con wt Theatre Tnjst Lim5ted Notes to FIna￿tal Statemènts. c￿lI￿￿ed for the Year En(kn 31 ￿eMt￿r 2025 AccouKnNG POLiaES- contlrwad Tarqknle flxed assets F1xtures alld fittiry5 PLant and EwirAnent lI￿LudinE Theatre E¢w1wr￿t1 IO% straight line 2Cffk straight line Stocks are val￿d at the lowtr of cc6t and net realtsable value. after maklng due allowaKe for obs(lete aThJ sl itern5. TayAtlon The charity 15 exertyt fn)m corporation tax ￿ its chafitabie aCti￿tieS. Fund accountl Utrntricted fu￿5 can ￿ used in ac¢c￿anCe with the charitable objectives at ￿ discretion of ￿ tnstees. Restrfcted fund5 can gnly be used for particular re5trkted wrp05e5 ￿￿thIn the objects of the cNirfty. Restrictlon5 t1se specified by the dLwr cr when furK15 are raised for particular re5tricied wtP05e5. Further explan&￿￿ of the nature arKI kxrpose of each fuThJ 15 included in Thjtes to ￿ finarKiai stsierrent5. DO￿TIc￿ls AND LEGAaES 31.12.25 31.12.24 tkjnatior Il£mLEr5 SUb￿￿PU0rS 3,423 3,5 4.924 4.672 OTkER TrADING ￿VrnES 31.12.25 31.12.24 Furbjraisir lx offi.ce Bar sale5 Coffee, sweets and Icecream Hire Sundry recelpts Adverti51r NPower feed in taiiff 2,731 118.904 24,1tlJ 11,020 4,271 297 12.882 111.038 20,851 9,T29 4,757 2,481 3,985 164.264 169,214 Page13

Con uest Tlatre Tnjst Llmlted k)tes to thè Ffjnandai Ststèmenls. t(￿tIn￿l INVESTMENT INCOME 31.12.25 31.12.24 Dep)5it account interest 8,661 CFL4RrrABLE AcnvrriES cosrs rect Costs Totals Theatrical Costs ).380 19.375 109.755 IKOh1EIIEXPEND￿uREl Net IrK0￿/{eXpenthlUreI is stated after Charg1￿1(¢realttn9l. 31.12.25 31.12.24 I￿epery￿rt examination twiation. a$5ets 2,854 14,610 2,284 14,375 TRu¥fEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS There were rK) tru5tees' ￿Tr￿neration cf other benefits for the year en¢d 31 December 2025 Mr for the year enthd 31 De£ernber 2Q4. Tru5tees' expenses t￿rir¢ the >tar reimtyjrsed expenses totallinB £7.795 wa5 paid to S tnEtee5 Q024: t10.￿ to 10 tnEtee51, COMPARAThES Fcli THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL AcrtVlTIES Unrestricted fund Restricted fu Total fund5 INCOME AND ENDOWAIEkrrs FROIA t4)n8tlons and le￿￿e$ 4,672 4,6 Ch4t1Ubl¢ •¢iMtles T￿￿trIcal Costs 8,421 ,421 Othw trading acti¥itie5 156.387 12,827 169,214 Total 176.1)84 12,827 188,911 EXPENDITURE ON Ralsir* fw¢ts 12,368 12,368 Charltable actlvltles TFEatrfcal Costs 111,882 111,882 Total 124,250 124,250 Page 14

Th2 Con t TheatrE Trust Lirnited 11)tes to the Finarrial Staternents. ttffjtinued f Year 31 D￿eM￿r 2025 COAIPARATIVES FOR THE ¥fATEMENT OF FINANCLIL AalVmES- cijntinued LIr￿￿1)icted Restricted fuThJ funds Total fuThds NEf INCOME 51,834 12,827 64,661 RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total fut￿5 b￿ught forward 432,156 24,n8 456,884 TOTAL FUNDS CARAED FORWARD 483,990 37,555 521,545 TANGIBLE FLXED ASSErs Flxtures and fittir45 Ir6talled T￿al Buil<ling5 Plant aThJ m￿hir￿1 Totals At 1 January2ff25 Additions 97.646 218.438 66.081 78.567 I￿,732 At 31 pttem￿r 2025 97.646 218.438 66,081 81.069 463,234 DEPREC￿￿ON At 1 Jatwary 2025 Charge for year 54.901 3,979 55.449 1.851 62. 1,568 34.015 7,212 2C6,455 14,610 At 31 DeCeM￿r 2ff25 58, 57,3LKI 63,658 41,227 221,(¥J5 NET BOOK VALUE At 31 DÈcember2025 38.766 161.138 2.423 39,842 242,169 At 31 DeCeM￿r 2024 42,745 162,989 3,991 44,552 254,277 I￿luded in cosi or valuation of Tlwtre PAtlldings Is f￿￿}Id land of £20,333 which is not dèpreciated. A further piece of LaTrJ was rAJrchased In May 2022 c05ting 113,W1 whlch Is ai) rKt dep￿lated. 10. STOCKS 31.12.25 31.12.24 Stocks 1,625 1.387 Page15

T￿CO TFatre Tnjst Llmlted Notes to Flnanclal Staterrnts- Cont1Th￿￿ Year Ended 31 December 2025 DEBTORS: AhlOUNTS FALLING DUE wrtHIN ONE YEAR 31.12.25 31.12.24 Other debtors Prepawrthts and acc￿ iKome 8,421 3,558 3.558 11,218 12. CRED¢TOR&' AlAoU￿r5 F￿uNG DUE WTHIN ONE YEAR J1.12.25 31.12.24 Trnde creditors knruais and defe￿ed 1.305 2,395 2,117 10,711 13. MOVEI+ENT IN FUNDS Net Tran5fer5 nw)vement between ITh fur¥Js fuTh At 31.12.25 Atl.1.25 Unrestrkted fuy General fur 52.570 20,295 556,855 Re5trkted fu￿5 Restrirted fund 37,555 120,2951 18,660 TOTAL FUNDS 521,545 53.970 $75,515 Net [r￿ernent In funts, I[KlUL￿ In ￿ aLw are as foll￿.. IrThni regjurces In fuThYs Unrestrfcted funds General fur¥1 176.449 1123.8791 52,570 Restsicted fund TOTAL FUNDS 177,849 1123,8791 53,970 Page 16 contlnued...

Con uest TIEatre Trust Limited Note5 to the Fina￿al Statements . cotLtinLkd f the Year En￿ 31 13. h1OVEME1￿ IN FUNDS. cortiNed Comparatlves for mov•ffntln funds moverrent in furbJ5 At 31.12.24 Atl.1.24 Unrtstricted fund5 GerEral fund 432,156 51,834 483,99fl Restritted futwj 24,728 12.827 37.555 TOTAL FUNDS 456,884 64,661 521,545 Compardtive net movwwit In fund5, included in the above are as follows: Iwnirq Resources expended Movement in fwds Unrestricted fund5 Gerpral fuThJ 176. 1124.2501 51,834 Restrlcted furkls Restrfcted fund 12,827 12,827 TOTAL FUNDS 188.911 1124,2%) 64,661 Restrirted funds related to fundraisir8 and donat[￿ f( property extension. TraMfew5 betvmn funds A trar6ferof fur￿5 ha5 made in the ￿art0 adjust the clo51￿ bala￿e to agree to xcountiNa records. 14. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES T1￿ were Tr) related party tnn$atti(yts fcf the yeareThJed 31 De￿rnber 2ff25. Page17

Theco st Theatre Twst Limited Lktalled Ststeme17t of FlnarKlal Acti￿tIeS f r th2 Year Ended 31.12.25 31.12.24 INCOME AND ENDOWMEKrs Donatforts and legacie5 tbjnatior subscrfpiions 3,Q3 4.￿4 4,6n Other tradinB actlvlite5 FuTrJraising PLSX Offlce Bar sales Coffee, 5wEets and icecream 2,731 118. 24.160 11.020 4,271 297 12,882 111.038 20,851 9,ll9 5.972 4,757 Jndry rEceipts Advert151r NPo￿r feed In tarfff 2,481 3.985 164.264 169.214 Investment Income Deposit attount Interest 8,661 Charltabl• a¢tlvttl•s Grants .421 Total IMimln8 re501Tces 177,849 188.911 EXpEN￿TURE Other tradtry actlvltles Bar ￿ppLIeS Coffee bar SUFfJlles 10,262 3,862 8,458 3,910 14,124 12,368 Charltlble activltles Cost of own prod￿LI0[ Licenses aThJ fees Athertising and pmmotlon rxJrie5 Depreciation of iaTh4lbte ftxed assets 9,347 62.219 2,845 1,359 14,610 9,954 57.030 3,571 ,747 14.374 90,3 86,676 Support ¢05ts Thi5 page thes rK)t fomi part of the statuw fina￿lal statsments Page 18

The c￿.￿ Ttr￿atre Tnjst Limited Detailed Statanent of Financial Acti￿tIeS 1 December 2025 31.12.25 31.12.24 Support ¢¢)sts Other Print. Stat. tei.post Light, heat & water Repaiws. rnalntenarKe & hwe Rent. rates and 1rnUra￿e Bank charges 1,3% 1,369 13,321 4,n7 5,421 3,235 562 426 16.521 Inltrndent examination Total resources eX￿ded 123,879 124.25) Net IKO 53,970 64.661 This page nor forrn partof ￿ statutory finaKial statelY￿ts Page 19