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REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBEK. 04275541 (Ell￿lld and Walel) REGisfERED c￿rry NUMBER.. 519835 MAR Ki]shaw Limited 99 Sianjey Romd Bootle [20 7DA

1 kn 7 8 to 10 StstwneDi of Finwial Actsvities Bala￿¢ Sheet 12 kn 13 Casb Flow Sta¢¢meot 14 Not¢y ￿ the C4th Flow Statrment 15 Notes to th¢ FinaDcial StA*m¢nts 16 to 25

Valle . 04275541 The ttwtees 8re also di￿1013 of the clwity for the pUry￿ of the cOm￿nIc5 Act 21J)6. prese￿ their report with the financial stateomits of the cFArity for the )tar 31 Aug￿¢ 2025. The trustees. h&ve ￿ the provisiorL8 of Accounting 8nd Reporting by Chariti&s: Ststcment of Prxticc spplic8ble lo charfics preparing their counts in accord8ncc with th¢ Fillow1￿ ReportiDg sta￿[d applicabk in ts UK Rybjic of Ire]and (FRS 102) {effectiv¢ i January 2019). Objectivu ind iinu Alt Valley Ctimmwty Tnkqt {Avcf) i8 a S¢KAal B￿*￿tte￿ b￿d ID Livewl. It atrves several electoral words ¢xperienciDg signific￿t ¢¢OT¥W Chailcw ldcwl￿ by the indices of Muluple Depn'valion) li was found¢d as an ¢hTity in 1988 but has sinc¢ develop&1 into • nwJhi.fxded ancknr or8ani8ation contributin8 Vtslox Mts•lo We bri￿ about positive chaw in Alt Vajjry And the by deVel￿lti8 ]m￿vatIVe pfirtottty to The ehthty'• core objecdvu ￿e. I) To ¢4)ntr￿Ute to ths ¢rMiim of Mt•iNbk ￿￿￿￿11¢1. 2) To proTrride educalioll leiaure trainiD8 fKi]lti￿ to enoble p￿￿ to wuire and develop vocational Skills. 3) To trnin and ethKate pe&n)le throu8h trir kA8uYe time a¢tsviiiM 80 tt¢ir health wellbeiD8 wtidiiions of lif¢ may b¢ xnjproved. The ¢lwitYs objectives ue prO￿ted thr(w8b 4 kcyowati0n￿ Arees r•D￿l￿, - Cretttiv¢ - Edwation and Training . Health Wellbe￿8 PubU¢ benefit Avcf w4s uthblisbed to provide a rwnge of 8eTritt8 kn addres8 thsthaw in the Ali Valley swroundiDg neighbourhood8 of Liveo)ool. Our activities are interthl th in4)rove accets to edwtion and trwning, support for people commujllty. AVCT bas growll to be ODe of the bigge￿ xKial ￿te￿ise, COnm￿ty orgat]tffjtions in LiverpooL offa?Dg a wiique range of services and facilities. Avct bas COntr￿ts with Liveryw)ol City Council for the dclivery of eth&tion and library provision. the DfE for the delivery of Vocatio￿ trainittg and h&$ thkttt ovcr tIK manwcttt of some City CouTkil community a&sets to keep thern ts) mllin￿ local 8erviceB for l(Kal pc<ylc. Targeted engagement has led to over 400 elderly and young peopl¢ participatiD8 in ￿lY weU.b¢illg athl cweative actiYitie5. Not only l(Kai AVCT is Atxreasingly being Called on to provide &lditior￿l supyt io local commutiity (ff8atiisatiorts to keep them goin8. Tbis includes providing advice, staff expthtse and affordable offic£ gnd M￿iD8 spaee. The range of serview. re8ource8. partners expuic￿C h&s made AVCT an invaluable r￿urCe for thc north of the ¢ity. The Truses key role &8 the main'Anchol organisation for the Alt Valley Comm￿tieS WW cxterds kn the North E￿t vrnrth of Yew Tre and KDoty kn 4s well as crox1￿ Nortis Gr￿ chth￿￿T. Fazakerky arKI Vauxljall.

Altv 275541 31 202 Charltsble aclivill the AGM on 15th M#rrh2025. Stff and MattAgtJneDt Two cottsultants ￿)st senior Staff aDJ Tll￿ An d¢velopin8 plart8 for the fi)ture. The Exccutiv¢ DiT¢CtOT alon8 with th¢ Assistaot Chief F￿tru￿Ve Tetsin ￿ owview of all TnL4 xtivitie5 iDcluditi8 fiDDC¢. Staff re•StnKtiiriti8 1$ a Communlty deVelopn￿ne All ofAVCT'8 Cotiulluwty hubs ￿)W have aNI eld¢rly fwxd provisim Both youth eltsly initiatives b&ve secured ex¢mplary 8￿]&1 ouicome8. hools, hou8AnB wiations ond th¢ I￿1 outhority. . Ellergreen remaim a hub with a wid¢ raD8e of wi8iOtt Ah Is DWP fillmled rnelltorl￿ m¢n's 8roup and a W￿klY food panty. . Dovecot ba8e. Flood danM8e repairs 4ddres•ed itrou￿ v￿]1# grant fi￿. 14n ByDe IMP) esthbli8hed a ￿tre for Social JustirA within Dovecot iti Jvoe 2025. Cre•tlve In September 2024 the full crtative $tratryy mlled-cuL The YIF Capi￿1 hndiDg consolidated through additional funding sourced from The Million Hours fimd (Bi8 I￿). Provision iq now e8tybliBhed in the Educdon . The sbiftiog edllcatiott landwe requirtS Continuow teview. moni￿ring visit fmm Ofsted in (ktober 2024 . Adult Learnin8 StTri¢e Contracts saw Av￿ deliveri￿ couryes foT the Igk a8¢ Tang¢ in Croxteth and Yew Tree. To date all taTBets have beeo met and q￿lIty of provision ￿ted In Yarious docurnts Such as an Ofsted Conwltaot's Ht•lth & . Increasing footfall h&8 be￿ secured through initiatives wch a5 IK)liday play gc]Dies for >￿v￿g people. Walton rxntsr colltinues to b¢ a bwy> illclusive facility with exceptional coDllnwty yw¥JorL Rwes lnaitikne strlltegy to upgrade . The sports facility in Dovecot was re-opem1 a￿1 matmgedby Avcfs Spons c£ntre stslf EnVfirOw￿t￿I str¢egy Page 2

27 for the FINANCIAL REv￿w FlnaDeial po￿¢￿￿ secure ¢fficien¢i4 vthK for tD)ney aryl cootr&t ¢oThplIa￿.V/bi1￿ in(xe&8ed eosts have affected seThi¢e provision we delikntions. A financial dem8lld for Tm uffliti¢9 aDd the ￿tl￿WaI of lthrary grants wtte ch￿lenged by Avcr. We eJw>loy aroulld 30 Staff and hav¢ a 8trAte8i¢ p]ts which puts Avcf ID 8 position w ¢o1)tity￿ to Tespond to Com[D￿lty n¢¢d 4Dd develop fikn service pr￿1$101L New procedwtt hav¢ stren8t1￿ the itnpact of ittitititives as ¢ld¢¥ly, creative and Ivuth hubs. 8imi]arly fin8n¢ial An extelthd peri￿ of n¢gotiatioD tLK)k ple to ch&Uen8e & aDKWffj¢ i]ng pJrA￿d by Livwl Cty Council f historieol propetry Costs r¢lating to BTc¢k RoJ library Walton Swrts c¢ntre. AVCT signed a mutu41 agreemtht with & payment sch¢thde at a 8reatly r¢thKed SUttL Th¢ additional liability irKluded in the fin8￿la1 statelnents tot411¢d £181.415. Although arising from the ¢liWs orthwy aciiviiies. the s¢ale of thtse wuire sepaT¢ disclosure tt) ellsure the sta￿￿ pttsent a tru¢ and fair Yi¢w. Th¢ Trustres tude thi8 deci6ion iti the best During the yetr, th¢ diwe4] of the Al¢ Vaiiry Skill8 C¢ntr4 ithich had btt(rtne surplus ￿ operation require1n￿ts foUowryn8 the r#luclion of £du￿110n provision ￿ Covid. In linc with & Clwiti¢s Act 2011 and the Cl&irity Conunission's guidance on the disp)sal of charity asrt the trt￿te¥ d)tained valuation advice and considered all viable diswJsaJ optim. The trustees apprDve41 a sale at £500.000 to an orgawsotioo providing a Per￿tt centr¢d Adult Care Hub for individua]s with mild ts) modernte k•rniDg needs, a8 this ￿tion enhanced the COD]munity infr&4tructure it) A disadvanta8ed arta delivered the greast SOCI￿ value in fllrthC￿ of the ehariws objecL¥. The di4>osal resulted in a 10&8 on a fixed a￿￿1. I￿1 the tnMees arc sA¢i8fied that th¢ decision rtyrese￿￿ a proper and 14wfvI exercise of their duty to act iti ch2riW8 beut illtU¢Sl8 given that 1¢ ¢r¢at&J si8nifiC￿IY gttater social value th In sunw there is totsl itKx)tne regoll￿ in th¢ acc(Mmts for year ended 31 AuBUSt 2025 of £1,647,753 Vlith expellditUTe on ¢hatitable a¢tiviti¢s £2263.179 therefore ttt of £615.426. tn ternjs of the cJJarity8 unMtri¢t&l fill¥ts. the Ststemth of FinwKial A¢tsvities Sh￿ there was a defieit for year of £110,458 whith has reduc￿ the chantys 8ett¢ral fund Kcordingty. Rewveg poHey The TnL4tee6 have &8s¢swJ the major ri8k3 to wbiGh the dwity is exp>￿ are Salisfied th&t Sy8ms are ID pl￿¢ to miti88te exposure io the m8jOT risk4. Tbe Tnk8tCC5 regularly rcview the fllwKes aThl b* fore¢asts iti the context of In line with Charity Gxnnussion gUId￿c. the Tn￿e¢S believe a g¢))d rescrvcs policy helps the organisation to be prepar￿] to deai with uofor¢4¢¢n emerga￿leS or other un¢xpxtoJ needs for fimd4 sll¢h 46 an unexpected large ￿a]r bilL There cthjld algo be a ￿ed to fund SI￿.￿rni deficits in a cash ￿dget needs to be spent before a fi￿d]ffjg grant 18 ree¢iv¢d. The Truste¢4 in line with ChaTity Commi&sion guidallce hav¢ therefore #thblished a Yes¢FYeS policy whereby the lo three of expetrAiture at kveb. The TnLStees ¥Te xtivety plaDlliog to bui]d towards the stated level of Pagc 3

Alt Vall Comm TnLSt Limi oumbr. 0427 541 Tn￿leeS r the Year FUTURE PLANS PArtnershlpb . Av￿ hllB clckqe ￿latIO￿￿1p$ with g¢Yernl UDiver5itiey ￿ &9 Solent experienee}. Hope University (Kycial work¢r placements). Edge UDiversiry (stht nw¥es pl￿Dents). Rearch¢rs from the S￿l0T activity in Liverpool. Research w&4 publishcd surnw 2025 Place-bu￿ so]idariw. aiL4terity the &volutioD of reSpor￿￿1}lty. VNC future strate8i¢s for ¢omnwty SUS&it￿lillY and well.bein8. STRUCTURL GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENr Governlnl do¢um¢nt The ¢harity is controlled by its 8OVLYDin8 deAI of trysl COll8tityteB a limid compally• ]imiwl by Reernltmint JMI appoknthn¢ ol trll￿e As 8¢¢ out in the Arti¢le8 of Association th¢ff be • minTX of fo￿ trustee8 and ￿ rnore than 8eventeuL Wlni Considering th¢ APP)itstiDll￿ of trus¢Ks the BoaTd tegud to requir￿1 of ony 8kills nthled. For exatt¥)le Mrs. L Bau¥h 1$ exF¢rIe￿¢a Early Ye4T8 PrnctitiorKr with a Safegutrdthg Spxiali6tn attd she joiti¢d the board to W8191 in thi5 regard in tbe delivery of & education atyl trnffjin8 Program￿ for the Ch￿lty. Nolle of the truste¢8 bas any beneficial tnt¢res¢ iti the ¢ompw. All of the tnJBteu 8re me4nkn of the compry and 8U8rantee to conthkn £1 iti the eve￿ of a with8 UP. or1￿1￿110￿#I ¥￿tt￿re The board of whi¢h can have w to 17 charity. The boud ty)M￿lY meets qi]ttrterly and there ￿e I1￿k directors WIK) liaiK with the EthKation afyl Trnit)iD& Coobwty D¢velopm¢nL Sport and Well Being And Busine&8 4nd Emplo>inent MatHgers. DecI￿On mkJng A Chief Ex#utive is appointed by the truses to mrye the day w d&y OPttAtiOnS of the tharity. In otder kn facililate effective opeTf¢tions the Chief Executive has delega*d autrM)riry, withiti tertLs of delegation approved by the trustees Induetlon •￿d trthlng of trNs¢e New th￿te¢S wthrgo an indwtion pr(￿¢￿ to thcy are Thare of their legal dJli8atior6 urwjer Clwity 8￿j company law. tbe Chority con)M￿on guid￿￿e on public and inforni them of the content of mcmorallth￿ and Articles of Awciation &8 well &% ￿cent finaDcial perforn)j￿ of the cbarity. Tntstee5 wryll ]￿et key employee

Alt Valle the Tn￿teeS Key management rernuneratioD The charity's key management per￿ne1 comprise the Chief ￿tc1￿1Ve the seDioT tr￿ Pay 8nd yetnUtier￿ioll for Risk management The tN8*e8 hthve A dty to identify and review tr risks to ￿le￿ the ellltity i4 eXp￿d attd apkyopriate controls in p]4¢¢ ￿ provide r¢430D8bk wins¢ fr#￿￿ #nd ¢m. miti8aie exposure to the major risk%. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS R¢8Sstered Compally 0427554J (Eo8laTrJ aThl Waks) Reglilered Cb•rlty 519835 R¢Kl•¢¢r¢d oln¢o CommuniveTSity Altcross House Ali¢rogs Koad Livetyool LIIOBS Tru•t¢ MsAMMas Mr5 L A Bau8b Mr A J¢nnings Dr B McDonough MtALRimm MsSASwe4 Mr R Meredith Mr P J Hooton MS P ThonJ]ey (tEJigned 25.5.26) ConwDy Seuet M8 S A Swe¢n¢y Audito MAR KilshAw Limited 99 Stsnl¢y Ro Bcotle L20 7DA

rt of the TnL8t¢e8 Year Ended 31 A 2025 SolSeltors Astraea Lill8kil]8 First Floor 14 Casde St Liverpool L2 ONE BnTrke Unity Tn¢ Ballkplc Four BTiDdley Pl￿e BI 2JB The c0-0￿￿tive B8llk p.lK. POBOX 101 l Balloon Street Manch¢8t¢r M60 4EP STATEMENT OF TRUSTELSI RESPONSIBIL The tn￿tee3 (who are aiyo th¢ dire¢tOTS of Alt Vallry Como￿ty Tnw Limit&l for the puryw of comp4Try law) United Kingdoln Accovntin8 Sthndards (Unit¢d Ki￿8￿)In GeDeTally Acceptrd Ac¢(Mmtill8 PrActi¢e). Company law reouiru the trus¢s io prep￿￿ finarKial mteD￿nts for eoch fill￿￿141 year. Under thai law. the tr bave ei#t¢d ￿ prepare the fin￿141 staknnents in with Unittyj Kwgdom Generally Acceptsd Accountin8 Prn¢tice (UDited Ki￿￿)M AccouM1￿ Stsndards $￿1ppli¢knk law). and fair view of the 8ts¢e of affairs of the ¢￿￿1￿ble COTnpgny aTwJ of the iDcoming re50urcu and applicatioo of r¢sowce& including the Inco￿ expendits￿¢. of th¢ cbaritable company for period. la th08¢ finattci 8tatementy the ttusttts Are required . 8eknt 8UitAble ￿Unting w11ri￿ apply tTrm observe tbe methods pri￿lpleS in the c￿￿rItieS SORP. . make judgements and C￿lt￿8￿$ thai ore r¢•8iX)able 0￿j pnthnL" . prepare tbe fwaocial gta*menty w th¢ goillg ￿915 unjess it ts in&pprw&te w pre$W￿ that th¢ ¢lwitAbl¢ the financial poyition of the charitable cottyny ond ¢0 enable them ￿ ￿Ure that the finencial ststcrneDts comply with the Companies Act 2W6. They are a180 responsible for Safeguar￿ the of the charit&blc compHny and henc¢ for Jn 80 far a& the tru8te¢8 are aware: . thete is no Tejevant audit )nfOrn￿l￿ ofwhith th¢ ¢hNTitsbk ¢￿￿pa￿s auditors are mjaiwore. and the It￿81t¢S have taken 811 steps that thry ought w have taken to make t￿￿￿elves aware of 4ny relesBnt a￿lIt AUDTfoiL8 Page 6

This rep)rt has been ptepared iti aCeLYd￿ with the wial provisiofys of Part 15 of tk CCry)Di￿ kn 2(K>6 relating AppToved by order of the Ix)fjrd of on 24 ju￿ 2026 atxl S￿ its bdwlf by. Ms A M Masoo. Trustee

rtof TLVSt Litnid Oplnlo ¢I￿￿d 31 AuBU8t 2025 which corn￿ th¢ Ststpnent of Financiai Activitie4 the Balance STrrf the Cash Flow repoTting that bas been an)litil iti their preparnti¢m i¥ applicable law and United Kingdom Accounling give 8 true and fair view of the st& of the ¢knRtsbk ¢olw￿$ affairs as ￿ 31 August 2025 alld of its incori Tesouyceg and appli¢ion of incknding its income and expeDJibJte, for the year then en￿. BMII for opini04 We Conducted our audii in xe0rd￿ with Inten￿110￿￿ StsTrlardJ on Auditing (UK) OSAS (UK)) ]aw. Our resp0ts8ibilities t1￿$t Sta￿ gre fuTther de￿ in th¢ Audith, res￿￿1￿￿111es for the audit of the rtsllncial ststellnts section of our r¢porL We are indw#lent of the cbaritsble compony in xcordance with the ethical rwuiTements that aTe TelevaDt to OUT awlit of the fina￿la1 state￿ts in the UK iticluditi4 ￿ FRC$ Ethical Sta￿r and w¢ hav¢ fidfilled our other ethical rt4powI)ilities in accor￿ with thes¢ We bekne that the audii C•)n¢]u￿0￿8 reladlll to iolng eonttr In auditing thr financial 5tstaneW ￿ ￿ve ¢on¢lud¢d that truswe¢ u8e of the 80iD8 concern bBsi8 of XCOUDtiD8 in Bwed on the work we b&v¢ perf￿rf VK bave identified any utterfaintie r¢l•tn4 to ¢v¢nts or cotrlitio thaL individuolly or colltttively, cast sigDificani (J(yth¢ on th charitable compan￿5 ability to Contin￿ a8 a going Our responsikn'litie8 and the re8PODyiTr•ilitios of the tru8tr¢9 resp￿ to 80iti8 rAwn are de8¢riW in the r¢levanl Other Inforn￿l11)ll Annual Repori other than the fi￿&￿¢111 stst¢nnts Report of the Indepethi A￿llIorS there4)ll. ¢xpli¢itly $tatrd io our report, we do oot express aoy forn of Assur￿ ethKI￿$1Oll tkn In coDttctioD with ow audit ofthe fiti•tiEd ￿1￿lIty is to read the other infonDBtion in doing 80, GODsider whe11￿ the other ltifo￿tion ig rnal¢rially iJKonsistent with the ststements or our knowledge obtaiticd in the audit or Ot1￿TwIs¢ 8PP¢m to be mat¢rially misstatrAJ. If we identsfy such Inateri￿ Inco￿$te￿¢ieS or financial stsitem￿ts then]selves. If, b&¥ed on the hav¢ Perfo￿ ￿ w￿l￿de th•t th¢T¢ is a llwteria] misstatetnent of this other infornwtioJ4 requir￿ to reF￿ thai fa¢L W¢ bav¢ nothing to repoTI in thi5 Tegard. Mmttm whl¢b we are reqwlred to report by extepdoA We have nothing to reEx)rt in resp￿¢ of followm8 matters kn the Ch#¥iti¢8 (ACe<qU￿ aNI Reports) R¢gulatio 21X)8 requires us to report to you rf. An ow OPittiOJL . the chaTitable ￿Mp￿Try has not kept adequale accounliDg rttords: or we hve not rw£Aved all tbe infonnation arml expla0￿10￿¥ Tcquire for our a￿lIL Pag¢ 8

Re ort of the Inde Alt Valle Auditor5 to thc T Rwonslblutles of tru8t As ¢xp14in¢d more fulty in the Ststemem of Trnstees. Rw•bilits49. th¢ trustees (WIK) are also tbe direcwrs of the chaTitabk company for the purrM)w of couyny law) are re8poLI)le for the prqmntioti of & fmancial stm¢w and for being saiisfied that t￿ give a true a￿1 fair view. and for swll iDterDal contrDI &ry th¢ tr￿St￿5 Ilet¢rniin¢ is nxessary otitinue going conce￿ disclosing. 85 aFflic4bl< rclated to Boing and th¢ going concern basis of ￿￿ntIng unless the eithtr intCDd to liquidate & charitablc wDpany or to cease operation4 or hAV¢ realistic alternative bui ￿ do so. O•r mpollJiblli¢ies for the Audlt •f the st•¢¢M¢ttts We hHve been appointed as &uditors S¢¢tim 144 of ts Charilies Aci 2011 aTrl Tel￿ ID ￿e0rd￿ with the Act Our (>j￿11ve$ Ore to obtain reasonabk abow the fiDanciai as a WI￿1¢ are free from material Mi&%tatem￿¢ ￿ due to fraud or error. aDd ￿ issue a Rwi ofthe Auditors that inclths our opinion. Reasonable &ssurw¢ is a high of 1gSUTance, I￿t is ￿1 a guer8nttt that an audit conth￿ted in accordance with ISAS (UK) Hryll always deteci a roattrial missthtemeDt it cxists. Mi88tsw¢nts call aTi6e from fraud or error and #re considered material if. ityjividudly or in the awe84. th¢y could reasonably be exp￿trd to inlluence the We idcDtififoJ areos of laws ard re￿latiOnS th•t could T¢¥scqwbly be eXp￿ted to have a m&terial effttt on the finonciil statrments from our get￿1 ¢otyJw¢iwl experiew aTrl thTough disCU￿OnS with the ttlLSW (as required by audi¢ing sthnd4rd8) and discwsed with the tnL8tee4 the policies I￿1 proeaurn reKdir4 wmpliaDce with law5 and regu14ti0￿. We ¢ornmunicated identified laws reglllatio￿ Ilr<ts our tean) and reD￿lDed alert to any Indi￿tionS of non-compliance throu8b(At the audiL Th¢ POffjial eff¢¢i of theB¢ law5 and regul￿10n9 OD the fjnancial Statements varie& considerably. Fir8dy. th¢ ¢onytty 18 14ws a￿1 regulation8 that drectty afftct the I￿1￿J1￿# finatt¢ial [¢￿ttIll8 le￿81&110n taxation le￿I8￿0n. We &58esxed extent of &)nJpliwKe these 1aM regpJlatiorJs port of our procedures on the relad fitiwial ststement ii£in& ondly, the compw is 8ubieei to oth¢r la￿ regulati￿ the consew of noncomplithce Could have & rnalcrial cffe£t oji li￿Unts or th'yKlc6ures in the financial sthtenw for itiStsTe tkn¥h th¢ ]rnpo￿tIon of fines or litigalion. We identified the followiDg areas as trM)se most likcly to bave efvL ChArities Act 2011. Health atba Safety at Work Act a￿1 ED4)IoyDXmt Law. Auditsn8 gtsnd8rd8 limii thc Tcquired sudit prCKed￿ to identify rrtwlia￿e with tlw knws atyl r¢gul#¢ions to enquiry of dircctors in4)￿lIon of reBul&¢ory a￿1 le8al Corres￿￿. if •ty. TbTh8h pro¢¢dures we did (hving to the inherent limitstioA8 of aD awjii d*r¢ is an UDavoidable risk that we may rtt)t have detected Sott￿ materi41 misstatements in ￿ fin￿lti1 ¥tat¢m¢Di4 even d¥)ugh we ha￿ properly planned a￿1 perfOrn￿ 1]Iti¢S for the a￿11( of the statettw 13 I￿¥t￿l on the Fin￿￿181 R¢portiDg coll￿1],S w¢bsit¢ a¢ wwW.fr¢.o￿llklaUd1f0r$yeSpoJm￿lJ1ts¢s. Thi8 d¢s¢riptith r(KtDS Part of our ReF(ffl of the Ind¢p¢adent AuditrM8. Pabr 9

ort of the Inde endent Auditors to tbe Tnwttts of Alt Valle Commullil Trust Lill]ited U of Dur report This report is rnade solely to the charitable wnpan￿S a Ixxiy. in accA>rd8nce Part 4 of the Cbariti&s (Accounts and Regulatiotts 2(K)8. Our audit ThDrk has been uTrJertth so that we might statr to thc charitsble Compall￿s trustees those ffjat¢w3 ar¢ rquired ¢0 sthtt to them itt att atiditors, ryrt and for Do other pufpc￿ To the fi￿les1 extent pern]itd by law, do not acctyt or assu0￿ rewThgAbllity other than the clwitable company ond the cl)aritable cotttP8nls tnLStees &$ a bcdy. for our audit worK for this tepcrt or for the opinions w¢ hav¢ fonwd. CLAieE £4 LEI MAR Kilshaw Limited Eligible to &% an audithr xtt tentt% of Section 1212 of the Comwyes Act 2((NS 99 Stsnl¢y Rold 120 7DA 21fr.06.201 P4e 10

Stataiient of Financial Activi t 2025 31.8.25 31.8.24 Total Charltable xc¢MtSes SwJrt8 4nd wellb Education 145.499 397.446 435.930 145.499 543,516 947.625 147,511 571.327 l J56,322 146.070 511.695 11.113 11,113 42551 989,988 657.765 1,647,753 2,117,711 Chvitable #¢tivltl Sports aNi w¢lJbein8 Education 152.187 415.715 455.965 152.187 561.785 1.149207 165.519 740,170 794.925 146.070 693242 76J79 323.421 Totsl I.IW,446 1,162,733 2263.179 1.700.614 NET INCOIKEI(EXPENDrrLIRE) Tralljfen bettveen tNAd• (110.458) 341.567 (504.968) 1341.567) {615,426) 417,097 14 JMiv•melli In 231.109 {846.535) (615.426) 417,097 RECONCILIATION OF FUNIKS Total fund8 broughi foTrvard 2.181269 4,182,133 6J63.402 5,940.305 TOTAL FUNDS CARRJED FORWARD 2.412.378 3,335598 5,747.976 6.363,402

31.8.25 31.824 FIXED ASSETS Tawble &88ets 1.702.578 3329.858 5.032.436 23 5.969.LX)7 io 1.702.601 3J29.858 5.032.459 5.969.030 Debtors li 876.683 9.985 121J97 876,683 9.983 127,137 351.973 6.971 303203 Cash 41 bank 4nd in ljand 5.740 I,￿8,1¥>3 5,740 1,013,805 661147 CREDrroRS 12 (97.616) (97,616) (267,775) CURRENT ASSETS 910.449 5,740 916,189 394J72 LIABILITIES 2.613.050 3J35J98 5.948.648 6.363.402 13 (200,672) (2W,672) NET ASSETS 2,412J78 3,335,598 5,747,976 6J63,402 FiJNDS unrestri￿Cd fir¥J8 ReStriC￿d 14 2.412.378 3.335,598 2.181,269 4,182,133 5.747,976 6.363.402 Th¢ ¢haTithbk 1$ entitled to vxrrytiCQ from audii S¢¢tioti 477 of the Conytim A¢¢ 2006 for the > ended 31 August 2025. The member8 have not dwsited tr)tice, pur￿￿¢ to Sethion 476 of the Cotwiu Act 2￿6 requiw an a￿111 of these (a) ell]ri￿ that the cfftjaritsble co4w keeps ac£0￿¢1￿ trKords that comply wxth SectiOD$ 386 and J87 of the Compwllcs A¢t 2(X)6 atKI (b) prepari￿ fin￿121 statetnents vknich 8ivc a truc faTr view of tk 5tste of affair5 of cbtiritable con¥ny as at the end of fmancial ytaT and of ILS surpl￿ or dcficit for each financial ycar ID accordance with the requirements of S￿tiOr￿ 394 and 395 and wkn.ch otbeTh/ise ￿)￿lY with the requiTements of the Companie8 Act 2006 relat￿8 to finonoiai sthtements. so far ￿ applicable to & chanthble conu)ory. Th¢x fi￿¢181 ststeonts have b¢¢n audited wxkr r¢qUtte￿ of S￿70￿ 145 of th¢ ClJArxts¢s Act 2011. Pa8e 12

subject to the snull wrnpw4s regime. sigtied on its b¢haif by. Ms A M Mast￿. Tntstee P4e 13

31.8.25 31.8.24 Casb flows from operatlng etivid C&sh genernted from opernions Intcrcst paid (170,689) 613.546 (2.238) (170.689) 611,308 Ciib flows from knvMtIDz ¢tfvltl Purch&s¢ of tan8ibie fixed assets Pmcceds sale of thD8thle (87.377) 82.0(X) (456.WI) (SJ77) (450.￿1) C￿h llows from fiall¢kn8 edvlll (104J83) Net cash provided byl(wed IA) fiDthciDg xtivitie4 (104.383) Ch•n8• In ¢Mh and wh equlvalellts I the reportlDg perlod Coth a•d e¥h equlvthnti •t the beKlnnln8 of the repordmz perlod (176.066) 50,924 303203 252279 Cmh lld c#•h equlvaleDts at the ad ol the reportllli wlod 127,137 303,203 Page 14

Altvalle CODUD￿l TnLSt . Notes to the C&sh Flow Statell￿nI for the Year Ejmled 31 A RECONCILIATION OF (EXPENDITUREYThCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPEK4TL¥G ACTivrriLs 31.8.25 31.8.24 Net {expettdltMre)Ilncom¢ f•)r the npordm8 perfod per the ststeDWIt of Fln*wtsl Actfvltles) Adjustments for: Depreciation ¢knrges Loss on disposal of fLxed w¢ts (615.426) 417.097 123.948 131,931 2238 (88.359) 150,639 (249.724) 170.513 Net ush (ll•¢d Jnyprovlded by •)pend (170.689) 613,546 ANALYSIS OF CIIANCES NET FUNDS At 1.9.24 Cash tlow 31.8.25 Net e• Cash at bank and in hand 303203 {176.066) 127,137 303203 1176.066) 127,137 Totsl 303203 (176,066) 127,137 Page 15

Notes kn theF' ial StateD ACCOUNTING POIJCIES ofprepxrlng the •tat¢llMts The fuJatieia] statemcnts of the clwitsble company. vknich 15 4 public benefit entity undtt FRS 102, 1)ave been prepar¢d ID accorkn wlth the Clwilies SORP (FRS 102) 'AcCoU￿ attd Rqx>rting by Cbttrities: SthtetllCDt of RKomtnended Practice 4Jplicabl¢ to charities prepari￿ their accou1￿ Rn scconlartt witb th¢ Financial Reportin8 Sthnd8rd applicabl¢ in the UK and Repthlie of JTclaThl {FRS 102) (effeaive l January 2019)., Financial Rtporting Standard 102 Tr Fin&￿181 R¢porting StandaTd applicable iti the UK atyj Rq)ublie of ODventioL lll¢ome All iocome ts reewistsj in tl Stata￿DI ofFitianciAJ Acttvitics onc¢ the charity entitlaneDt to the W Al ' probable that ¢b¢ iti¢c￿ T￿ll be received afyl the arn￿￿t can b¢ rneas￿ reliably. E¥>endAlure Cl￿rity to that exwditure. it is probable that a transfer of ecoDODMC bettfits be required in 8ettlem¢n¢ and the of the obli8ation cgn b¢ reli¥bly. ExF￿1￿￿[e is X¢(x￿ for on an bAsis aad I been cla&sified utykr l¥dwgs thai a8Bregatr All cost rehted to the calegory. Where ccsts cannot be directly re8OUT¢e$. T•nglble h1xed •••ets Depre¢i4¢ion is PTovideAI at the followiti8 rnt¢s iti (Yder to write off C￿h ￿le1 ovtt its e￿in111ed u8eful lif Fteehold pr( Lon8 letthold Improvements to &￿pertY 1% onrMt 1% on ¢08L ai vaTring rates on cost 8trW8h¢ lioe ov¢r the of the Plant nu¢trtiD¢ry Fixnr¢s and fittings Straight li￿ over 4 y¢a Strgi8bi litte over 4 ye4 33% on ¢l ID notrs to tbe financlal statennts. Pension costs and other pott-retlrem￿l knefits The charitsble company (yerai¢s a defined contriE￿Il0￿ prtsion ￿h¢￿e. CoDtrlxtsioTrs ￿Yable to the cbaritabl¢ COMp￿￿S pen8ion Scheme aT¢ ¢krged to the Ststejnent of FiDawial Activities in the wiod to which 1heY￿18t¢. Page 16

ALt v￿le Not&s to the Fitianci41 Ststements. CthliDued for the Year En(kd 31 Au 2025 ACCOUNTING POLICILS- ¢oRtinued Going eon¢¢rn The tswsitts have &￿￿ed the charity's fina￿la1 Posilioti and have cO￿lllded that there we tKJ nwt¢rial tiwe￿int1￿ about the ¢harity's ability to contit￿ 4 goiDg CO￿ for at least twelve nM)nths from the da 31.8.25 31.8.24 Sports Centre 145.499 397.446 146,070 146,667 56,982 232,281 511.695 147,511 444,017 12?.310 165.0(M) 53.704 176,095 961,463 Rth)m r¢ntal 1.636.640 2.075.160 Grpjts rtteivwl i￿l￿dea ID ¢kn above. are as follow¥.' 31.8.25 31.8.24 Sport LiY¢1p￿] City Couti¢AI Cobalt Howin8 Sefton COU￿11 for Vohmw Service Grants¢ape Walton Veolia Environ￿111 Tn￿1 National Lottery Ctimm￿ty Fund Deportment for Work & Pension Youth Investmem FuThl MeT¥¢ytravel Th¢ National FouDdktion for Youth m￿81¢ Skn'lls Bootcatnp5 LCR Toynbee Hall TTading Limi￿4 Futurn Storie8 Fund A￿￿d$ for All. CHATS N￿tio￿l Herits8e Fu￿{ National tth¢ry COMI￿ty Fw The Pro8r¥8 ParttKrship VS. CL)Jllmunity Innovatico FUDJ Food Panty Tate L4verN)ol Eller8y Saying Tn￿t Feedti￿ Livcry>ool Garficld Western Fouttdation 14.964 169,566 143.687 1.463 41.578 72,526 10.000 72,325 48.493 60.839 146.585 57,734 654,J07 14.992 2.863 4.165 3.450 8932 19.8(K) 89.775 24.247 10.778 1.500 7.500 2.000 lJ99 11208 9.860 40.0(h) 657.765 1.088.773 P88c 17

costs (see note 4) SFk)rts and wellbeiDg Ethxation 71.198 340.553 778 J57 80,989 221.232 370.850 152,187 561,785 1,149207 .190.108 673.071 .863,179 SUPPORT COSI3 78.841 215J63 364.413 97 266 291 2.051 5.603 6,146 Educats¢)n 80,989 221232 370.850 658.617 654 13.8(Kl 673,071 Support j￿h￿Ied in the abffir. are as follows: 31.8.25 31.8.24 SFKJ Conunwry Totsl vKIl￿1￿ EdU¢all￿ WaB¢illellt activitie8 Total activities 31,776 2.871 370 86,799 7.843 1,012 24 4.808 31.861 119999 11,102 238.574 21,816 2,492 59 11.841 78.472 265.552 39.424 2.683 84 5,496 77,411 Travel expen8¢8 P(*thRe and statio Sundries Legal and professional ft DeW￿l&tiOn of t￿Ible 26 5.273 34,947 1,760 11.664 3.426 26,965 9J57 73,659 266 111.165 80.791 291 123,948 181.415 654 131.931 Exceptional items Bank ch Interest payabl¢ •tsl similar Charges 607 1238 12,000 2.051 5.603 6.146 13.800 80.989 221232 370,850 673.071 537.486 Page 18

Alt Valle ComtllUDii TTU5t Lijni Net incon￿]{expthd1I￿rej is stated aftrr cTrArwW(creditsn8): 31.8.25 31.8.24 13,8(N) 123,948 12,IKM) 131,929 Deficit on diwsal of fixed as8rA8 TRUSTEFS? REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS 31 Aug￿1 2024. of Ali Vallry Community Tru8t Limited. The aggregate vah* relmixTrn￿ for th¢ Wds £10.043 (2024 £11.443). STAFF COSTS 31.8.25 31.8.24 W4e8 aThl salarie8 S(Kial 8rturity ¢1 Other pension ¢£￿ts 688.169 51.808 11,5 654.688 46.116 8,712 751.567 709.516 The 8ver4e monthty number of￿￿￿￿%￿a￿TiD8 the yrar folb) 31.8.25 31.8.24 Carctak¢T I cleaners io 10 Sports Ctntre staff 32 30 Page 19

3IA 2025 EXCEFllONAL TfEMS Th¢ athlitional C4Xts and liability inclwled in the financiai statemrnts tot4lleA £181,415. Althougb *ysing frth the cljaritys ordinary activitie8. the scale of tlkse o)sts require sqwate th￿10s￿re to eD6ur¢ the fin￿111 Dwin8 the ￿ the clwity COD)pletrd the $8k of & Skills Centre FKoperty for proceds of £JW.000. The disposal re8ulted in & lo&% of £4(KI,(KM). which been presertt￿ as att exwtiotial itttn due to its 87ze aThl property at the date of disposHI.The tnwtees cO￿ldN the transaction to be eX•loll￿ it relat&4 tr) the ontroff disposal of an &qset and is not retle At 31 Au8w 2025 225J04 1328.841 4.3W.560 DEPRECIATION At I Sepiember 2024 Ch&T￿ for year Eliminated on (b8POsal 120277 2253 (100.(KX)) 183,943 11288 407908 96,770 At 31 Au8U8t 2025 22J30 195.231 504.678 NET BOOK VALUK At31 AW2025 202,774 1,033.610 3.795.882 At 31 Aus￿1 2024 1,105.027 1.044,898 3,805,275 Page 20

TANGIBLE FIXED A&SETS- eontimued COST At I Septhiber 2024 I31￿17 522J75 139950 7,461,5￿) 87.377 (1.164,797) Disposals (164.797) At 31 August 2025 131,847 357578 139.950 6J84,080 DEPRECIATION At I Septrmber 2024 Cbarge for )rar I18.(￿10 13.637 522.375 139.950 1.492,493 123.948 (264,797) (164.797) At 31 Awst 2025 131,677 357.578 139,950 1.351.644 NET BOOK VALUE At31 AW2025 170 3,032,436 31 Augu812024 13.807 s.969.￿7 The bl￿tee8 consider &t ￿ch re￿Iting whethtr there are irKlie4tor8 of impoirrn¢th tth th¢ V￿lle of io. soc￿ ￿TmE￿r& r¢l#t¢d investments equity MARKET VALUE At I Semethr 2024 and 31 Au8llSt 2025 NET BOOK VALUE At 31 Au8USt 2025 23 At 31 August 2024 23 Page2l

t Valle 11. DEBTORS: AMOUNI3 FALLING DUE wfrHIN ONE YEAR 31.8.25 31.8.24 Trad¢ debtors Ots debtors 139,548 737.135 76.368 275.605 876.683 351,973 12. CREDITOILS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE IvfTHIN OI¥E YEAR 31.8.25 31.8.24 42.836 15.099 5,418 34263 71.414 20.604 144.606 31.151 Soeiat 8￿ul1tyard of1￿ taxe8 97.616 267,775 13. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FAILThG DUE AFfER MORE THAN ONE YKAR 31.8.25 31.8.24 2￿,672 14. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS Trnnsfern movemeut At 31.8.25 1.9.24 Unmtrktsd G¢ncr41 fiu 2.181269 (110.458) 341567 2,412,378 Restrf¢ted ERDF SEIF SFQrts Sports En814nd. Dovecot MAC Bi8 Lottery. DOV￿0¢ MAC Veolia FnviTOn￿ts1 Tru The ClothwDrkers Foundation Youth Investsneth Futhl Futute StOTie5 Fund Awards for A]I- CHATS Nation￿ Herilage Fund National Ixstw CotrJJnurrity FUN1 FeedinR Liv¢rpwl 664.988 381,675 33,018 575,913 (323,421) (19522) {357) (6228) 65.700 (12500) (83.426) 18.932) (13200) (89,775) (19.047) 5.740 (341567) 362.153 32,661 569,685 65,700 12J(M) 2J83,085 8932 132(X) 89.775 19.047 2.299.659 5,740 4.182.133 (504.968) (341,567) 3 J35.598 TOTAL FUNDS 6J63.402 (615.426) 5,747,976 Page 22

14. Net movu)Mt in fill￿8. inchmkd iti the 4LM)vc follo￿. M0ven￿lt 989.988 (1,1￿.446) {110,458) Rutrieted ERDF SEIF s￿Trrts Sm Eog]aDd. DOY￿0¢ MAC BIB LDW. Dove£ot MAC Liverp)ol City Couttil SeftoD Council for Volunthry Savice (323.421) (19,522) (357) (6228) (146.070) (41,967) (iO,(K)O) (6,625) (30.559) (14.964) (23.496) (60.839) (12.5(Kl) {230.011) (8,932) (13.2LM)) (89.775) (67,540) (1.399) {11.208) (4.120) (40.(KM)) (323.421} (19.522> (357> (6228> 146.070 41.967 10.0 72,325 30.559 14.964 23.496 60,839 Veolia Environment￿ Tn Include. rr Mers¢y Sport E 65,7 Youth Hub The Clothworkers Ftx]nthi Yi)uth Inv¢slment Fu￿1 Future Stories FurMI Awards ftir All. CHATS Nationol Herity8¢ Fu￿1 Nalional Lottery CommuDily Fund LCVS- Community lon0v￿100 FuThl Erry SMvin8 TnL4t Feedin8 LiveTpooI Garfield W¢51¢m F¢￿tion (12,5rKI) (83.426) (8,932) (13.2￿) 189.773) {19.047) 146.585 48.493 1.399 11,208 9,860 5.740 657.765 <1.162.733) (504.968) TOTAL FUNDS 1,647,753 {2,263,179) (615,426) Pag¢ 23

Alt Valle 14. Con￿￿ratIveS f•r nM)v¢ment In fwDd• Net At 31.8.24 At 1.923 2260280 (79.011) 2.181269 R￿trIcted f•u ERDF SEtF Sports 682,518 401,197 33,375 582.141 25.C(10 1960,194 1,600 (17.530) (19.522) (357) (6228) (12.SlJ)) 422.891 (1.600) 8.932 13200 89.775 19,047 664,988 381.675 33,018 575,913 12,5fy) 2J83.085 Big i￿￿ery. DoYKot MAC 1'h¢ Clothworkers FoundatioD Youth Investmetm Fund The National Foundati￿ for Youth Musi¢ Future S￿1¢5 Fund Aw8nls for All- CHAr3 National Herita8e Fund Natio￿1 I• ComTMty Fw 8.932 13.200 89.775 19,047 3.686.025 496.108 4.182,l33 TOTAL FUNDS 5946,305 417,097 6,363,402 Page 24

Alt Valle Conjmu Tzust L4mit&l Financial S 14. MOVEMEwf IN FUNDS. eo•dued Movement ID fimds UnreBtrltted fwi 1,035.603 (1.114.614) (79.011) Re￿￿ted fund• ERDF SEtF Spxts Sports ￿lIlld. Dov¢cot MAC Bi8 Lotiery. Dov¢cot MAC Liverpool City C(yJnc G)balt Hc￿sin8 Sefton Council for Vohmw Service I￿Aud¢- IT M¢r5¢y (17J30) (19.522) (357) (6228) (123.145) (250) {10.778) (41 J78) 120J42) (57.734) (12SW) (231.416) (14.992) (4,463) (4,165) (17.530) (19,522) (357) (6.228) 12J,145 250 10.778 41,578 20.542 57.734 Youth Hub The ClothwoAkn Fc1th￿l Youth Inv¢stnnt Fund M¢Ts¢ytr#vel The National Fowmlation Musi¢ SkiJL8 Bootcan Future Stori¢s Fund Aw•rd¥ for All- CHATS National HeritsRe FurAI Natkonal Loti¢ry comll￿ty Fund (12.500) 422.891 654.307 14,992 2.863 4.165 8.932 19,8C 89.775 24247 l J(M) 7J(Kl (1,600) 8.932 13.200 89,775 19.047 (6.6￿) (S.2￿) (1.5rxii (7.5CKI) FWJ Pattty 1.082.108 (S86.0￿) 496.108 TOTAL FUNDS 2,117.711 (1.71Y).614) 417,097 15. RELATED PARTY DISCUISURFS NeI2hb(Aw￿Oa servic￿ Con¥any Limite4 VaUxI￿ll Neighim￿ CLMllKil Limitcd and NSC Car¢ LiD]i* As referred to in the rwL the ¢lwity sold thE Ah Valky Skills Centrc to The Nei8hbcHthod SeTriees Company Ivhi¢b is a related party. The 5a]e pncc of £5￿.000 was by aD indqxnd¢ni prof￿10ndIty qualified chartered surYe)vr. In thtennl￿ the a￿ted prxc4 thc tr￿SIce5 ¢1)L8id¢red the valuatiOD advice alongside the 4>￿1￿11$1 nalurE of the wet and the limxted availability of comp8rable market evidence. COfy8idered the Teroverability of this balow¢ a￿1 ar¢ satisfied tkAt it is recoverabk in full. Ihring the year, £185,000 108Ded kn Vauxhall NeIghb￿￿￿ Couwil Limited. At 31 Au8USt 2025, the clwity owed £449.935 frrftn va￿K￿lI NeighlxyjrlK￿ Council Lin)ited (31 Au8U5t 2024: £264.935). which P4ge 25