2024-08-31-accounts

YORKSHIRE LADIES’ COUNCIL OF EDUCATION

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024

The Executive Committee has pleasure in reporting the activities of the Council during the past year. The Yorkshire Ladies’ Council of Education (YLCE) has been in existence for over one hundred and forty years and, throughout this time, has promoted women’s education in all its aspects. For example, in the past, the Council established such educational bodies as the Leeds Babies’ Welcome, the College of Housecraft and the Yorkshire Ladies’ Secretarial College. Nowadays, grants and scholarships are provided for women, mostly in higher education.

Today, the Trustees, having full regard for the requirements of the Charity Commission’s guidelines, can demonstrate that all current YLCE fundraising and grant making activities are open to public scrutiny. The YLCE Committees, all of whose members give voluntary service, have supported women’s education by providing funds to several local institutions and community bodies offering some aspect of education. The Council helps to redress the present inequality of women in the workplace through its Educational Awards scheme and is therefore fulfilling its obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and providing public benefit.

All the quarterly meetings of the Executive Committee have been held in person at Forest Hill. The Awards Committee also met in person to review applications and to offer and disperse grants.

The Council had seventy members, three Honorary Vice-Presidents, three VicePresidents and five Honorary members.

It is with great sadness that the death was announced in April of Mrs Gill Milner.

The President, the Countess of Halifax, after many years of dedicated service to the Council, relinquished her position at the Annual General Meeting in March.

GOOD GOVERNANCE REVIEW

The Executive Committee reports on Good Governance at each of its meetings and continues to consider this in some detail.

Members of the Executive Committee have undertaken those administrative duties hitherto provided by a paid administrator, whose post, sadly, is still no longer sustainable as, like other Charities, the YLCE’s income will inevitably diminish. However, advertisements have been circulated for a paid administrator, reducing the number and substance of the tasks involved. The careful monitoring of funds by the YLCE treasurer is much appreciated and the Executive Committee as a whole remains committed to making the best use of its available resources.

FINANCIAL REPORT

The portfolio is held at Investec Wealth and Investment Ltd, which will finally convert completely to Rathbones early in the New Year 2025. Rowena Houston continues to act for YLCE and is always very helpful.

In the year to 31st August 2024 the value of the portfolio has risen 8.2% to £779,057, partly due to the changes made in September 2023. Income before fees is up £413 to £30,926.

The most important change has been the decision, made on 21st August 2024, to lend £80,000 at 4% interest to Forest Hill (Sheltered) Housing Ltd. Repayment will be in equal monthly instalments for six years. The cost of bringing buildings up to the new Fire Safety standards was more than the large reserves held by Forest Hill and there was a real danger of being closed down, which the YLCE Executive was keen to avoid. That part of the portfolio assigned to Awards Fund is fully protected, so the amount available for grants will be unaffected. Cash for the loan will be raised by selling shares at the same time as making the annual review in September 2024. The aim will be to retain a suitable balance of shares remaining. The interest payments will cover the loss of dividend income to the Admin. account, and as the principal is repaid, it will be put back into the portfolio.

The total cost of administering the Charity was approximately £6,000. The Newsletters, which are required by the Articles of Association, cost £1139 and maintaining and updating the website was also a substantial cost at £1,857. This is likely to be more in 2024-25. Over the year the Admin account has increased by £1.840. Many thanks are due to Gillie Andrews for fulfilling the role of a paid secretary on a voluntary basis.

Finally, many thanks are due to David Hartley of Waite and Hartley Ltd for all his help in producing the accounts and dealing with the Charity Commission and Companies House.

AWARDS COMMITTEE

The Awards Committee met in March and June 2024, having decided to no longer meet in September of each year. A steady decline in autumn applications in recent years had been observed, and the decision to focus on two meetings also alleviated pressure on the hard-working Committee members. In these two Funding Rounds 230 applications were received from talented and ambitious women who were unable to fund their chosen educational courses from their own resources and who are finding the ever-increasing fees impossible to cover without help. 63 applicants were successful, with 167 rejected. For those applying for courses within the academic year 2023-24, £400 was granted towards their fees, with a handful being offered £200 where fees for part-time courses are significantly lower than for full-time ones. For applicants anticipating applying for courses in the academic year 2024-25, £500 was offered. This increase of the award to £500 will be the norm for 2025. In total this year we granted £24,600. There has been a gradual decline since 2020 in the overall number of applications received. This is probably because of the high fees for the majority of courses, combined with inflation and general financial anxiety, making applicants’ planning to fund courses precarious. It is doubtful that the ambition of women for further achievement has declined! However the overall distribution of Awards remains at approximately a 1 in 4 success rate.

Two further awards are made each year to outstanding individuals: the Donner Award to a STEM applicant and the Clarkson Award to a SHAPE applicant. The latter acknowledges success in disciplines covering the Social Sciences, Humanities, Art, Performing Arts and Economics, whereas the former covers the Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. These two recipients are awarded a further £500 each.

The vast majority of applications continue to come from women wishing to pursue studies leading to Masters and Doctorate qualifications. We have a very small number of applications from non-graduates, and we do aim to respond positively to

them, for example we have supported a woman applying to study Veterinary Nursing.

Committee members, as always, work with diligence and close scrutiny, whilst reaching decisions in an open and balanced way. As in all previous years, many email messages were received from successful applicants, expressing gratitude for the Council’s financial support and agreeing that we might hold their contact details and call upon them in the future. We also receive a handful of cards and emails outlining future courses and careers once the original courses have been completed. The Autumn 2023 and Spring 2024 Newsletters contained some interesting and inspiring accounts from a handful of recent awardees, outlining their courses and future plans. All of these remind us of the value and importance of our Awards.

The Council wishes to thank Chairman, Mrs Carol Gleisner, for her dedicated and time-consuming work and all the members of the Committee for their diligence in considering applications.

SOCIAL COMMITTEE

Despite a further reduction in the number of members of the Social Committee since August 2023, the Committee was able to maintain its level of commitment to its principal role of providing social events for the enjoyment of all members of YLCE and their friends. The events however were at a smaller scale than at pre-pandemic levels to cater for the smaller numbers attending. The Committee appreciated both the way in which it was supported by YLCE officers and members and also by the level of praise for its efforts expressed by attendees.

The Christmas Fayre in November 2023 took the form of a Coffee Morning with Cake and Mince Pies in the smaller function room at St Chad’s Parish Church Centre. Stalls offered cards, books and CDs in addition to the Committee’s own which provided its usual range of Christmas ‘goodies’ with a high number of preordered Christmas Cakes as these had proved so popular during the pandemic. The day’s proceeds, coupled with the generous donations from YLCE members, enabled the Committee to donate £1,000 to the Harehills English Language Project (HELP)’ YLCE members also contributed towards the collection of non-perishable healthy breakfast food items for the Inside-Outside Childcare at St Gregory’s.

YLCE members’ comments suggested that the smaller timeframe for the event and the ‘coziness’ of the smaller venue suited them well albeit that the room was cozier than expected as the Centre’s kitchen was closed for refurbishment.

In March, the Committee provided lunch following YLCE’s AGM in the new timetable for the event established by the Executive Committee. YLCE members again gave very positive feedback about the lunch, which included established favourites coupled with some innovation to cover gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan diets.

There seemed to be no major national events to mark later in the year but under the leadership of Tricia Hollis, some Committee members provided a Yorkshire Day (August 1st) ‘Strawberry Tea’ for the residents and staff at Forest Hill. The somewhat surprisingly clement weather meant some attendees were able to enjoy their tea in the garden. The event was well attended and appreciated. The Committee felt very welcomed and is grateful for the support given by the staff and Acting Chair of Forest Hill Board of directors.

The Committee was particularly saddened to learn during the year of the death of its former Chair Gill Milner who had supported its work unstintingly for decades and indeed, following her retirement, had continued her valued support behind the scenes.

The Council wishes to thank Miss Juřica and all members of the Social Committee for their highly valued contribution to the Council’s events.

EVENTS

As noted above, the Social Committee provided a very successful Christmas Coffee Morning and Fayre in November. In July members gathered at a local dairy farm and enjoyed socialising whilst consuming the ‘gelato’ on offer.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The 120th Annual General Meeting of the Yorkshire Ladies’ Council of Education took place at St Chad’s Parish Centre on Monday 4th March 2024. The business meeting followed the more streamlined form, which had proved successful the previous year. Two Awardees gave their talks before lunch to a highly interested audience. The Social Committee provided a much-appreciated lunch. The event concluded at 2:15pm.

NEWSLETTER

The Newsletter is always interesting and very much appreciated by members, keeping them in touch with the activities of the Council. Very many thanks are due to former editor, Gillie Andrews, for agreeing to resume the role.

FOREST HILL (This report will be inserted later)

Grateful thanks are given to the Board of Directors for their effective oversight of the operations.

A full report on Forest Hill Sheltered Housing Ltd has been circulated.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Committee wishes to record its grateful thanks to the Chairman, Mrs Gill Lydon, for her care and efficiency during the year and for agreeing to continue as Acting Chairman from March 2024

The Committee also thanks Mrs Gillie Andrews for her work as Honorary Secretary and Mrs Anne Taylor for her financial care and competence as Honorary Treasurer.

Acting Chairman of the Executive Committee

THE YORKSHIRE LADIES. COUNCIL OF EDUCATION IINCORPORATEDI A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE AND NOT HAVING A SHARE GAPITAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31$tAUGUST 2024 Registered Number: 00082763 (England and Wales) Gha￿ty Nurnber- 529714 Forest Hill, 11 Park Creseent, Roundhay L•od¥ LS8 1DH

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THE YORKSHIRE LADIES. COUNCIL OF EDUCATION {INCORPORATEDI Structtjre, Gov•man¢è and ManagemeTrl Goveming Document The organisation Is a chai11a￿e wmpany IitTriled tyguarantee. IntyJtPDr?le¢ 3rd December 1904 registered as a charity 21gl Jsnugry 1964. The ￿MPany￿S eBlabli4hed under a Mernorandum olA55￿alKIn which established thE obséds snd powers of the charttgbl$ c(Knpany and ISOOvemed under its Artides of A$3wabon. In ihe eveniol IhecompaDy being wounll up MemwSa￿ requY80 ￿9￿b)bUtan am0￿1 n¢lex¢éediw ts. EK¢cutiva Committee ICharityTrusteesl and Organisational Structure The diiectors of the ¢omp8ny are a150the cherity trust￿5 forlhewrpose of thaiity kw and und81 the company's A￿4?3 are knm a$ tnembersof ihe Executive Commiltefr The ow1n￿all0￿ of the countyl i¥ in the hands ofgn Exeurfwp Cofflfflitteevdhlch meotsguarterlyand1gch8ryd wth wli d deci￿0￿ m￿g. During the ylheTnJsteÈs CLKDmenced a review into U￿aling thecoundl's Memoranduffl and olAsrriabon. Tyuslees 8re appointed frorn members ¥vho Showan active intsrest In thothj8¢bve$ofthetrus1 ThwoDtain theii knowledge and experienceof and wli¢y issues th￿Ugh ￿$1 endeavours. The orricers I￿AdMIn￿lIraty0 Soryetary dealwlth everydky matt9rs. The EduC￿al Award5 SclÉmÈ 1$ by IheAward3 Commit￿è. Fo￿$1 Hill Ishelleredl Hou￿r0 Limiied, a subsidiarycompany olthe Council 1$ rèswnsib￿for thè wnning ¢1 Forest Hill a ¥hellered housin9 Scheme. The Director53re all Ctyjnui ffletnberstho serve In a vduntary ¢ap4city. The Chairman of FO￿$t Hill keeps Council mèmbers a¢iuainted wlh affairs of thè ￿￿$1￿ schem&. The Couneil ￿ld5 Well￿11¥¢(￿ntrQ1 cwer the assets{￿1￿ Companyand 15 unable to ber￿fil from those assets due to the legislalKfft in operaiKI) g0vem￿g the Company [￿e to Ihisihe Comp¥Try has nol been C￿nS￿lI￿ated as a sUbs￿lary. Duriw rewewanr5 past legal 8dv was ur￿ertaken asto the relabonshipwlh Forest Hill IShelieFedl Umited. Thi$ [eVEw￿n￿Uded Ihaithè relationship has Th)t thangÈd fr¢tn paslyears. Within the Financisl Yoar Ih&Twslees 4Yere appro2chÈd by For851 Hill (S￿1￿real Housiry Litnited foi a loan. RetÈnUy U￿ale0 firp regulaiions had necess11a￿d èxpnditure by the compa[w￿ tspgrgoing Forest Hill ata cost of over £300.000 This has has now brought Forest Hill up kn the $tsn&rds. ThiSaM￿niexCee1e1 the re88rvesof the QthpaDy. The Tiu$iees ol YLCE 115 Memor¥ndum and Mrtlde5 of AssouatKJn whl¢h 8iiowed the Twslees lo mgkeAu¢h 8 b4n. The TTusls reviewed all relevant infomaiion and felllh31 a defautt ollhe loan was highly unlikeEy. Folthinq a Trustees meetin9 onthe 213tAugusl 2024 11 was a9ieed to loan 01£80,OW a14% Iniesi rep$ya￿8 by fiX￿J t￿nihty repaytneTrts oyer b years. Tyt lund5￿11 be ralsed froEn the Inve51meni ffjnroiio Tne IntÈresi ￿1¥80 on tne lo¥nN%ill Dtr u$e(f io replace lower lnveaknèntlnc￿e so as nolto have anydèthmeni of the antKipaled future Incomeof YL¢& The k>an wasagieed on 25th Septgmb8r2024. l￿wi￿Val m8mbers supporitr chants￿0￿4￿￿1¥fsrfQ1hvryOrkshhre bodles onwhichiThe ctyjnui 1$ represenied Oblectlve$ and Activities Background.. Yorkshire L8die$' Countyl of EdurAK>n IYLCEI esia￿L4hÈd its EducatKJnal Awards Fund in 1PO9-90. Tne Fun¢ wss Invested n the marketswih the gurpose of generating ir￿rne to seNi¢e Ihe Awards cover eXr￿nSeS The main 0bpc1￿e Isto provide educ8lion81 oran13 to women and schol8rship3 ￿ Insbtubons For the eduCat￿N ofwomen. The ¢ountyl offet8 a￿ul80 grants ? year, of•um$ £109 £500. The 3tall¢aFd grani%yas sei a1£500 In JunE2024 The averagegr3nt 1$ likelwio be £400. Grants support FEES ONLY and 8re Daio InsirtLrtion& on bthglf of ap￿￿nts. In eH¢eplioTr¥] i¥rcJJmstances paymentsa￿ made lo Indiwduals. Personal 8PPli¢aiv)n$ fOredL￿All0nal grants are In￿￿ from BRITISH WOMEN who.. 1. Ale aoed 18 yearsordder. 2 H8V9 b8eD offered a confitmed pla¢e at a British educati￿a5 Inslilulion 3 Cannot fin8Th￿th[chOSen coursefrom their oym ￿&our￿￿ and can pre¥ni 8 ¢4$e forspeval nee 4. Do o￿￿U#l1fyfor$u[rIae￿I Lo¢al AuMAtyorGffttnwl 5uPw￿ Ioiherthan w%1 gr￿uate loans). 5. Arg not rekted toa membprolThe YryK8hire lad￿8. Councl of Educsbtyn. Achievem•nts and Perfonnance The Countyl ￿bn￿O to nei 118Obiechves h3ViT¥J m8de award$ In mll nun*eT5 finan￿81 v4u&8¥ In p8Styears.

THE YORKSHIRE LADIES. COUNCIL OF EDUCATION INCORPORATED) Funds hold a8 Custodlan TtuÈt£è on behalf of Others The Council 8nd Ils Tiu81$ hold the ShaTeholding in a siibsidiarya)mp8ny-'F¢yest Hill IShdior£dl Houwny Lirn1ted" Thi4 Comp8ny B Te8pon3ible forthe running of F￿es1 Hill, a ShtrlleiEd housin9 SGherr. IL8a¢Uwbe$ arewh(lty Intspendeni of the Council'styeralions Durino theiEarihe Trustees 39r£èd t¢ this Company£60,000 ¢vtrr 6years ala 4% ini¢r6¥t Fate. Thi9wa$ fmalised aftei the yearend. Public Beneflt Statemgnt and Obllgatlon under tho Equallty AGt 2010 Th$ Yoikshir Ladiès, Council of Edwlion prowd88 wblittben¢fiIthro￿h its edUCat￿n￿ gl#nt$ to Y￿0￿￿￿￿ and io inslltullons and Ihrough its BUPPQrt of the etsjrknnal aspeth of ot￿r￿1￿Munity Wlie The C4urtil seeks 103ddresslhe in¥uaiity 01 women's representrtion the upperechÈlon$ of the profesgrons. business and t￿ arts ty Suppothng theii 8du•bwal and r£quif9menls, thus fulfilling IhÈ ¢¢Urul'sobligal￿n urfer the E4ualitEaAct2010. The Trusteos ¢onffrm thatlhey have referred totw CharityCommissMM,3gU￿¥rte￿n public benefit vthen ihe C￿￿11.5 tns and obiecfwes, in plaming future actives. &eMin9 9tsnt tnaking policy forlhe year. Financial Review Th@ ¢harity wnthiued to reeeNelnve$trnont irwne sUff￿ent totthtry on its WKyof making ttwoFd8to aFplic￿nts. Ay Inveatm8nts vgry In line with the Internabonai Maikets, I￿ted Investments hav8 Inct8ased ty£87.$80 Li$1 inveslments atthÈ b3bnrE sheet date at a markèi value of £7S3.507and toi¥1 tun¢sa1£779,278. Inv88tment and Reserves Policy The Trustees to0ettrwi￿ thg Invpslmenl ￿lan￿er8 r¢vwihe entsre pr4lfoNo ol 1nve?unentssnnual￿. Theyfflay dlwseof certaln holdings and replace them Mdin9$ tho Tfustees Gonsiderwill have greaterp0t￿￿aI ￿t￿lhOuld11VtlnO the lev of ithcome. Any newfund$ will usualty b9 added to a holdin9 in the e￿s￿ry porlfolio TheTruStee5 maint4in ongoin9 reviewsof the KQrtfoliowith an in depth review approklmatelyevety 3year3. Subsepu¢nl toth& Balan(￿ Sh841 date an reviewhÈB 1gk¢n place. h88trken Into accoufflime I￿n 01£80.000 10 Forest Hill Ishelteredl Hou81ng Lwdted. The lunds3r8 ¢onsiOetsd to be ata levd to moet actwi&e5 forlhe 12 months. 11 IstheTrn$ifyes wk¢ytoho￿j approximately es.000 In Cash In a I￿rgIn moneyAccount8$a'￿I re80rf wntiweryfund to meei the Obl￿￿¥t$ orth& ChaTty. Th8 total fund$ of £779.278 compnèè IA thq main. the Capit￿ fL￿dw￿Kh the revuad a&%ets at a gainowtyxlof £L96,434 toget￿r￿lIn me S￿lar tund rf£671 The (apltsl providÈSlhp Itlcomplo meet the oblecbves governat￿ wstB ofthe charity. Plan$ for Future Periods Tre ExecthwÈCommittÈS feelthwongoing actfvllles olthe charity%￿11 (J)ntitMJ9 On a 51mllar bB&And At a lim￿#r1eVd forlhe foreSEe&￿e luiure. Respons4billties of the Executlve Committe8 Companylaw reotAre¥ Ihc EAecubve ¢omrniitee topwaie finan¢iBI stalernen13 ts WdGh flnandal yearwhlth giveatsusJ fairvw of the state ol the affairgof the charitable t￿mpanY as atlhè balantÈ &h¢et date and ol its incoming r•sowts 8no aPPlitrAtion ol resources, includinp income and expEn¢ilure. forlh&finarKlal year. In weparing Ihose finan￿ statem￿1$ xgcuk.ve C￿mIlle& should IdkWJ Dègl PIsLTh snd. -8elett Suts￿￿ ac4xunling poli￿e5 and then 8ppty them ￿nSIstE￿ity." - m8keiudgemenl¥ and estsmaies thaiare w¥¢nableand prudent, and - pièpart thE finanGial ¥tsfrrn¢nts on ihe 90]￿g conGorn ba&0 unle$3 il IJ 1n4pp￿PTl￿tc to a$$umèihalthecompanyvAW ¢onbnue on that ba￿¥. Execu11￿ ComnutLee a(nobV￿ge its resfNJBltyll1l￿S f(r. . 6nsunn9 Ihaithecompany keeps ￿￿ntifftO reGoid$which Secti￿$ 98s￿d 387 ofthe Compan￿SAct20o6'. 8nd - pwanDg fjDanc4al staternentgwhlth trupaDdfair V￿¥1 ollhe affairs ollhe ¢(wanya¥ allheend of each finanwl ye8r8nd of iiSStatÈNwlof financisl activit&q$ foi each finantiai yearin 3ccordancèwith the requirements tsf SetbDns 394 and 395 and ¥thich Other￿¥￿ ¢omplywlh Ibe requirements of the Compan￿S￿￿2006 rÉLg11ry to financia ststementg, so laras company. Independent Extmin•r and Accountants Davi¢ Hartley FCA FCCA of Walte & Har￿eY w8s r&appointed as the clBriiable wmp8ny'$ inde￿￿￿etrte¥afft￿eraD￿ a¢¢ount¥ttldunTrg the yearand has exwessed hi¥ ￿illIng￿￿810 Gonlinue In thalcApa¢ity. Th1$ roportbas bBon prw)3rgd In accordAn¢• wtththg 8wcial prov161on• of Part eS•lth• compani￿ Act 2006 relaungto gsnall cornpaTrlas. Appr•vod ty th• EXecU￿ve ¢ommNte•on 28th Nov•tssr2024and 61gn¢d on b•haWty: rdrs A G Lydon -Actlng Chalrman Mr4 G M Andr•w• . S8cr•tary Taylor - Treasurfyr

THE YORKSHIRE LADIES. COUNCIL OF EDUCATION INCORPORATED) INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE EXECVTWE GQMMITTEE OF YORK8HIRE LADIES, COUNCIL OF EDUCATION IINCORPORATEDI I reporton the accountsof Ihe Cowawf£thpyear endBd 31siAuou812024wlMdl ar081 out on pages 7 to 15 Re5PeCtive respon$lbllltl&$ of tru8tse8 and Èxamln•r The trustees IwhoBre 018oih directors of the company forihe purposes oleompany 1g¥vl ale respon%bk fu thè preparat￿n olthe accounts The Iruslees ￿TrY1der that gn audit Is nol requir￿ for thi4year Sec1￿ 144 of the Chanbes Aci 2011 Iihe Chanbes Act) and Ihaian inderendenl examinatsoTr ts r H8vlng Satisfied tnyself Ihalthe ¢hanty Is not subJEGt to a￿￿1 uTrder(JJmpany lawand Is e￿91￿e foriThpendeniexaminiK)n. rt Is my re5PDnSibility to". - eXami￿lhe act￿Nts under SeCtK￿ 145 ofthè 2011 Chant￿SA¢1.. -lo the pr￿edureS lad in thè oénèral Dire#ion5 given bythe CharityeommiÈ￿Qn undgr 14515llb} of tre 2011 ChariiiesAtt, and .to State ¥Yhelher particular m¥ttets havecorne to myattént￿?ti. Ba81& of inde￿nd#nt •xaThuner's roport ty ￿￿nabonVBS¢8rned in aCcorda[￿e the wner81 DIr￿￿On5 by the chan￿ CA)mmission examination Includes 8 revlèclih¢ a¢¢ounting records kept bythe charityand a Gompanson of thtr¥tttunt3 presented witn fÈcoids 11 also Ir￿￿098¢￿$￿erat￿n olany unusu81 Items ordi5closures In Ihe2c¢oJnts. and seeking eX￿￿atiOnS Irom YO￿ a$ Iru$tses conceffling anysuth motttrro. The procedures undertaken Lb) not w0v￿e all evidwce Ihai De ￿qUi￿a In an audit consequeniiy no opIn￿n 18 given as tovhtther the accounts present a'tr￿ and lair vlew. ana the is limitéd tolhoge maiter8 sel OLrt in the statement be￿. Independent e¥amingrf5 Statemont I h￿£ myexaminatitin. l ￿nfirM that no material matters have (￿mètomy￿tt0nl1On give$ me lo tElieve that.. "acowniing records ¥Yert not kept In actoi4ar¢èvAlh sethon 386 of t￿ ¢omp8ni88A¢t2006." ijr .th2acwunly do nots¢Lordwlh suth [￿ordS., or Ilt8¢¢0unls do nOtc￿￿￿wI1h ￿k¥a￿t aCCOufitifvJrequirement5 $￿IlDn 3960f tho Companie$ A¢1 2006 DtFKrlhan any re￿ir￿n￿nt I￿1 Ihe ￿u￿15 givea'lrue andfalr, vlew whrch Is noi8 matter consioered as part of an indepe￿eThI etsmin81iw". or . the have hot been prepared in aw¢wdance With ihe Chari￿e5 SORP IFRSIO?) I have nO￿n￿MSand have come across no other matters In conne￿10n the examination towhth aitenuon shou bedra4¥n in thi$ rertst in otd&rto e￿a￿e a propervndersbnding oflhe aoxunts lo be ieaeh QLL< 25th Novombor 2024 Da￿d N Hart￿Y FCA, FC¢A Woite & Hartlèy 66 North Stroot Wetherby LS22 6NR

THE YORKSHIRE LADIES, COUNCIL OF EDUCATION IINCORPORATED} STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES IINCLUDING INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2024 Unrestrictèd Restrictgd Funds Funds 2024 2024 Total Fund8 2024 Total Funds 2023 Not08 Ineomo: DOna￿on￿ and sub9¢riOions 3262 J28Z 3225 Income from ¢hatllabl• activitigj.. Social events Fundralng 699 IIN)3 Investm•ntln¢om• 30926 30926 30513 Tolal income 34887 348B7 34741 Exp8nditure'. Cost of raroTrng fllnds.. Inve3tment rnaTr3gem8nlcosts 259$ 259$ 2￿3 Expndltur•on Charftable Actly￿e5.. Gtanl3, donabons and go¥emènce 34302 3430 32884 Total expendrture 3689B 36898 354S7 Netlo&e& and galns rjm Invogtynonts 1134 Net {expendi￿rovIncoM& and movements in fund8 for the year 59123 S9123 Re¢on¢iliats"on of funds Tot81 fvnd5 brought fO￿ard 71g934 71QQ34 724991 Total fun(¥ tarrled forward 77W57 779057 719934 The ternent of fmarKial adrilt$ in¢ludes ali gain¥ atbd ￿sSeS intheyear Al iftctme arwJeXP￿drtWè denvetrom ￿ntinUing 8thvitE8.

THE YORKSHIRE LADIES. COUNCIL OF EDUCATION IINCORPORATEDI BALANCE SHEET AS AY 31ST AUGUST 2024 2024 2023 Notes Flxtd A$s¢ts TAngible8ssets Inve8tmeni$ 10 753507 685927 753507 665927 CurrentA88ets Debto ¢a$hal In h8rKI 14 15 2550 43293 Y275 30012 45843 52287 Creditors Amounts Falli￿ Que￿1th1 e year 16 0295 1828 Net Curr&nt Assets 25550 34007 N¢tAs$?ts 77W5T 719934 Tho funds of tho charoty Unr•strfct£(I lundB tbwgnaied fvJnds General funds 871 778386 104$ 718B6O n9057 T19934 Restrkted funds Totsl Charify Funds 17 7790$7 719934 F￿lheyear￿ded 315tAugU$I 2024 Ulo ¢ompanywB8 entilw lOtx&mptwJn under svbge¢Yon 1 of ￿b0￿ 4Tr of the Compan￿$ Aci2006. Dlre¢tys responsI￿lI1￿.. The KlernbeTS have ntst règuirèd cornpany to obiain an a￿￿01 Its accounts fortr*year in qU￿11)n Thediredors acknowledge thelr respon8iblNyrorcotnptylw requirem8ntsofthePknwnh reswct t0aty)JuTrl￿g [￿d5 and wspsraw 018¢wJni&. Th&fina[￿￿1 stalernents have been rMepar6d in acts)rdaTKevAth thè s￿81 prowsths of Part 15 ofthe CompaniesA(I 20C￿ reL4ting ￿$m811 wmpanies. AppthÈd by th9 dlr4Ctor5 and Iryst￿ IExècuUY• Commwlon th• 2Sth Nov9rn￿r2o24 and slgned on b•hallby'.- Mr8 A G Lydon - Actkng Chalrn)aTr Mr# G M Andrews . Secretary Mrg A M Taylor - Troa¥ur•r A fi Iqy¢al

THE YORKSHIRE LADIES. COUNCIL OF EDUCATION IINCORPORATEDI NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2024 l. Accounting Pollcros PllTKlpal xcountln9 pollo888￿ Sumtnansed tselc￿ The a¢¢ountiw PDIKxe5 have been ￿pp￿￿ wn$islertlylhroughoul the y¢8r Ind inlhp wecediro year A.8asis ofhce0unb￿9 The statemerf of8ccovnls have been prepared In acwrdarte the C￿panIeS Aci 2006. the siale￿nI of RÈcDmmgnded ￿aCtsc9. Accounbno Rowrtino tylhe ChgritiA8 prewnrty thèiraccountB in Aceordane¢ with FRS102 IEffe¢bve 151 January 20151 and ChatibÈS SQRP IFR81021, aP￿￿OIeatt0urn￿nY Sta￿ardS. Wharo ￿￿essary rhe he￿Iry$ lairs down In th• Act have adapw to rneetthf spe¢￿1 a¢b¥iii&& of ihe Council. The Council quaifiès gs a small companYu￿B[lhe Actgnd the Twsieeshavo èlected lo tak8 adv?ntsge ol Ihe e¥empbon n￿10 pr&parè a cash statemenl. The Council IhÈ dèfinilion of a publK bpnefil entity under FRS102 AgÈètÈ ani liililies are ￿lIlarlY rfjGogni¥ed al historical rA)5t or tsnsa¢tion value uTrle55 othenwse In the rekY8ntaccouTrbn9 licynote - Fund Accounung unle511￿￿ f￿d8 arè av¥i13b￿for use al disueiion ofthètru$t•o5 in furtherance Or￿e general obJe¢tve$ol ihè¢h8rity. UnTeslrided funds I￿l￿deS r8vaiuabon re$eTve represenbng thé ￿2t￿tÉm￿nI of li$ted inve5trnenla59eigAt maikètvaluè. Designated fvnds areunFesttted fund$ earn￿￿80 tylhe EX￿￿¥É c(mmittee fO[part￿U18T PUIPQses. Rosiithd fwd5 arè subiéd loc0nd￿0Th% on •wndilurè imptyBed by thdOr￿1. ¢4￿ra1 ICapits1 fundl- re$iriLtsd and unreslThcted The reserve iefleth the 0￿Inal tAprtal Iweiherwilh anyswfic donalDns tygitts and is used lo prO¥￿e Income forthe award5 reseNe ar￿ meet ihe man&ffl8nlaxp8n¥es ollhe Compsny. Swlal lund- unr88blCted ￿Slo￿ated The re8e(ve providey d￿at￿}ng loth&C¢un(il artd Io swnilaroryanisalionsfrom events undèrten in the year. p￿Ie¢l$lu￿d- unreslncted deS￿nat Th& rese￿￿ provide5 donat￿n$ t¢ OTyiS¥lion¥ edwalional airnsfrorn e￿t$ und>18ken in theieai. C- Constrlldatod group a￿oUnts Th& Gompany ha5 llQt prepared Consolitsied Group Account8 bytsking advantsge of Ihe 8xempiiw allowed bythe Cornpanies A¢1 2006 Thè CoTnpanyand ils SUbs￿lary, Fore$l Hi (She￿ere￿I Hwsing Limid, 4￿911￿$fOr Èxernpb"w tyeing a Sfrall szed group. D- In¢omg All intcthe is indud& in the stat￿t0[ fiD8nty81 activtheswhen th&chariiy i éntsu& lothe Income and the amountcBn be ouAnbfio with reasonab￿ acrjjracy. The fOIEtswng g￿lfiC wlioe¥ are applied to patycular Cal￿OrIeS01 Income". Voluntary lrtomè 1$ tywayofdonabons, grfis and subsenm￿S arf j¥ Intyuaeo In the Staièmpnlof Finan￿* ActNllles when recelwable. Donated ind faGdibe5 are llol 8Slhey are )))$￿e￿ imm&ienal Imprathi￿1 IOValuÈ. InV¢$th￿rtInrx)mtr Is Induded vthen r8cefv8bb.

THE YORKSHIRE LADIES, COUNCIL OF EDUCATION {INCORPORATEDI NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE Y&4R ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2024 Icontinugdl 1. Aceounting Policiès Icontinuedl E- Exppndilu Expendituie reco9fMsed on an awtua13 basis a5 a Ilabllity Incurred Exrw¢ilure itKlutt88 vATwh￿￿ cannot bè rèa)ver. and 15 fepDrted a5 Part of Ih•8xp8nditurè to whith il rdates of genering fvnds ts)mpri9e tho$èeosl¥ asK￿lated￿1th managlr and attra¢iiw funds. Charilgwe xtivities inc￿de those Costs a$8ooalgd N%iih deliverlng fts actlvliies Governance ￿$ts In￿￿e those Costs a¥xriatedwith meeing constilullorrai and iequiretneTrts ollhecharity ano indu( costs IinKeu ￿ Ine strateg management dlh&chaftty. All co￿$ are aiiocaied bÈi¥yEen th8 8xp8ndltur@ cÈgongsolth• SOFA on * bS$ig desi9nEd to refiect lh& uge of re%ource. Asthe Principal (kniECtIV85 ale organlsed bycommittee incurring minimal 8CtLoI costs all othercasts ¥re treated as wvemanr sis. F.T•ng¥blè Fixed As50t4 DeprEciabon Is pl0¥￿ed al a rate 0138.83% ￿ a redutiw baL4nr£ ba￿5 in 0￿e[tOw￿le off Ihe a$8ei over its e51imaled usetul ￿fe G- List6d Investments Invesimpnts he￿ as fixed assets aye revalued 8t m￿4￿alketyaIUeaI ihe balan￿ sheet date and the or loss taken to the s￿￿ment tsl Financial AGtivibes. H- Qolng Conc•m Thè Council and Execubve Carnmitie83re awa￿ of any¢oncÈrnslhalthe charty￿11 not mogt Its O￿￿8￿0n$10r thè n8xlyew 2. Conn9¢1￿ CharfUe8 and Branches The Countsl is eomettedto Forest Hill Ishallgredl Limiled, è Sub¥idiary Compatydue to th8 coun￿1 ownillg 65.38% of the share cApitsl. The Company mns Forest Hil, a 5hellered housiro scf*me Group actounts are not piepared as the Compamls aawilw ¥rewhollyindependenlof the C￿nc￿'S0pèr#tion A knan io ForeGI Hill of eeo.000 $14% intere&lwa3 V￿thin the yearand dr8wn do￿ In SeptemLEr2025. 3. Transactions with Trusteos and Other ¢onne¢ted Pèrsons No Iransactlon$wllh Truskeiook pl8¢8. The Council 0[￿ateS rent tree Irom preM￿8$m￿d by Foresl Hill ISh8ller8dl Housing Limlted. 4. Donation¥ and Subscription8 Unrestrfcted 2024 Totsi 2023 Total D￿atiOnS Including pnvatetsSkcllon4 by members Svbswipiiws Tax recoverable 1355 13 1S52 1175 392 392 3282 3225 5. Invo8tm8nt Income Llnrestricted 2024 fotsl Unrestricted 2023 Total Gross Intereslfrom Invesbnenb and otherinrAJrne from investments gnk othei inter¢ 0358 6322 24564 24186 30513 io

THE YORKSHIRE LADIES. COUNCIL OF EDUCATION {INCORPORATEDI NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2024 (Continued) 6. Grants, Donations and Goveman¢• The Council undertake$ Its a¢tiYthe5 Ihiough schol$ryhy$ edwAlion818w8￿$ toa numberof indwld￿l$ and in¥tilutio In of Ils thariable obpcyves. Unr•strictsd Restr￿tsd 2024 Total 2023 5ChOlatships 3W3rUed E￿￿￿tronal 9ranls awai¢ed ntri ofwthdraw315 Donations 1100 1400 25774 1000 27874 25774 1000 27874 480 5948 2S400 1205 28Q05 480 4399 Govemarte costB Support costs 34302 34302 32B84 7. Donations 2024 folal 2023 Totsl From Capit81 Fun outS￿e From So(iai CtyMmItt￿ Fund Har9hills Englh LarKJuège NLCC 55 1000 150 In￿d&Oul$￿e 1000 1￿0 1205 8. Support Costs 2024 Total 2023 Total Admin4slrators fees General office and ex￿nseS Webgilg update Newsletter AewUn￿nCY Dep[￿latson oftswible fLxed 8s8ets 1782 1B57 1806 e92 701 1170 5948 4399 Al costs arealb¢atedand are Ir0818d as gOwnan￿ costs as ward$8re awded by cornrnitt￿ whD PrOv￿e their umeon a voluntory basity Thi¥ tirne i¥ nolco¥ted. Gwemance costsofU80 rAxErs the fee knlhF Independenl Exarninallon and the reporttlwon. 11

THE YORKSHIRE LADIES. COUNCIL OF EDUCATION IINCORPORATEDI NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2024 (Continued) g. Not G•in$ and Losses on Inv¢unonts Unfe5trted 2024 Unrestrt¢ted 2023 Total Reallsed ga1￿(￿$se$l on 4ispDsais Unreal￿ed(lO$SeS1I98lrn80n revauatitrn 7949 531BS 933 152641 4331 10. Tangiblt Assets orrico Equlprnent Co$t'. A5 al 315tAugu5t2024 8nd 181 September202S 763 Dpr8¢iatio As al 31slAugust2024 8nd 181 Sept•mtW2023 76J Nèt Bts)kValue As at 31stAugUSt2024 and 31$lAugust2023 11. Investments 2024 2023 Listsd ai math&ivsiuÈ Unlistsd atcost- For9$1 Hill Isheitsredl knmitèd Notè 12 Not 13 7S34S8 $￿878 51 758507 695927 12. Listed Investments C￿1 Marketvaluo 2024 Cost Ilark•tValu 2023 Equlti•i ar￿ inv•ibn•nts Fixed inter&sl 9￿MM￿nI S￿￿1 437432 195PO 733387 20069 442627 8S876 457022 753456 442627 68SB76 12

THE YORKSHIRE LADIES. COUNCIL OF EDUCATION IINCORPORATED) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 21ST AUCUST 2024 Icontinudl ATroty$l$ Ole4u￿•s and slmllar Inv•stsngnts Numbpr Held Mathet Value AberdEen Standard Fun AatraZÈne¢a pl¢ Aviv3 pl A¥A Invtslmenl Manageis- US BAE Systems pl BHP Billiton sNYT￿lIOn Glokl Funds rlc Ppl¢ City of London Invsl (>fyJp pl¢ CDmpA$S pF¢ Columbia T knveslffleni Funds plc Columbia T hvestm&ni Funds pl Fidelity Investment fthney BU1￿81 Franklin TeM￿etOn Invesbywts plc F & C Inve51menl Trust pl¢ GSK plc HICL Infraslruclure Crmpanyltd HSBC Hddinys pl¢ Inl Public Partner M&Gplc M & Q Se¢unbe$ pl 8 G Securiiie5 plc Muiray InlemaiK)Dal Tru51 pk Nabonal Qrid Group p Prudntial Ctywation FIG 1￿68 377 1504 39795 2400 610 8400 3015 4350 8029 2088 9013 50039 7588 33659 32718 12709 9086 12947 19075 0$9 13538 10728 17050 18738 29224 27394 40579 10012 12817 7958 10595 18548 2271 13008 11453 2002t 6070 B967 24375 11302 21WO 14863 2840 1653 8322 3825 13987 22690 14681 1538 12057 9300 14322 197S 8G36 9954 21176 9992 23282 25499 14783 3753 14688 1750 40970 162 24300 3f87 61418 31619 335 1099 2790 33476 IS979 28467 8155 362 21892 43316 23556 3051 5678 Shell p Sainsbury (Jl plc $th[￿e￿$ UnitTrust plc SSE plc Uni*r 2310 4100 6553 13244 9088 6644 Vou¥tono Group p Warehouse Reil pfc 437432 733387 Anaty8I8 olfixèd Intor•st 0overnmèTrt secuiiues Wumber Hdd Cost Valu• UK4 125% 8d$ 2027 UK4 25% Snr Bds 2027 £10.040 È9.9 98S3 9n7 10047 100 19590 200Sg 13

THE YORKSHIRE LADIES. COUNCIL OF EDUCATION IINCORPORATED) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2024 Icontinuedl 13. Unlistsd Inveslments Forest Hill (shelt￿ Hi)u8in9 Limited. a sh￿te￿ hotwng Gompiex In North Leed$ol 31 Units is a Sub5ft1kgry Company ofTre Yorkshlre La4ies' Councll of Edu¢¥ii￿. 11 ha$ an AuihDrised Share Capital ol£lN El Ordinary Shares oltthi¢h 78 aTe Issuod The Coun￿1 own$ $1 of ihe5e Shares. Dueto the lack oleffecfivecontrol and the inability toeontrol the tu￿re of the asts 11 Itwaswound up, the c￿panY has not b&n Con￿￿81ed a5 a SuWO18ry TheTrusièès maintain Is th• Ètiii appTOPnQte. The Comp8ny opeiaie5 lna8pe￿enltyoIII5 parenithtnpany. 51 0￿narySh3r•$- 2024 2nd %)23- ￿1 PerCe￿e o115SUeO She CaF￿141 8S.4 The Trw8estsd il Is not necess8ryio reportfvrther on this Su￿thary buioive the ft￿&￿ing referen￿ purwsoy Company Number. 00647893 Charity Numbei.. 223653 HomÈ$ 3nd Comrnunll R8gi$tgred Number LH 1020 14. Debtor• 2024 2D23 Ir￿￿ÈtaX r8fund Subs(xiplKJns Funds toetyerg0v6ynan￿ c09ts Oiher prepairyY¢rfg 387 270 1843 595 ie30 2S50 2275 15. C•8h at Bank and in Hand 2024 2023 Bank and builcSry srtiety accounts nEyheld by inve81meni mana9e Cash in han 988 4310 37569 12435 43293 $0012 16. Creditors: Am¢*unts Falling Duè Tllithin One Yoar 2024 2ty23 Award5 and g¢hol8rshy authons Ftsnds tOtOvÈrgo￿man¢e Costs A¢Cwn￿ncY Subscrlplon$ in advancè ie600 15000 1630 1650 1650 20293 18280 14

THE YORKSHIRE LADIES. COUNCIL OF EDUCATION (INCORPORATED) NOTES TO THF FINANCIAL sTATEME￿[s FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2024 (Continued) 17. Analysis of Charltab10 Fund6 Analys1$ ol mov•mènts. currènt year Fund as at 1stSèptombor omlng Ouigolng Fund as ai 316IAugu¥t 2024 2023 Ilnc. ios$es Restricted Resbicted Donati￿¥ Un￿$t￿tte￿ Oesignaled- Swial lu Fund 1045 718889 7134 1073 35825 3e898 671 778394 779085 95322 96021 Total funda 718934 96021 3fj89B 779065 Purpose of Restr￿ted Funds No ￿S1￿Cted fvndsexisted wiihin Iheyearor al tho balancesheel date. Purposeol UnrestThcted Funds The ￿)Cial fund provides cknatrons lo siTtilar organisab"onsfiom even￿ undErtaken In theyear. The general tund Icapit81 fvndl refiectsthe orig￿31Carrftal t¢gplherwilh any speclficdonatiorts, 91ftStr Investmentrevalu¥iiths nd Is used to prowdp Income foi the wNards respNe and rn￿t the managemeni exrÈnses Of the Company 18. Mmbgr¥ 49 Ordinary memws. CUr￿￿tannUal memtwhip 1s£30 rer anNm or£150 ts 5 YEat5. 12 E￿sts￿g Life rnembers each having contribuw £250. 4 Honorary M￿nbel8. M8tnb8rs r•pr9senlthoBe fflernbèrs vfilhitt thè finsn¢i¥l wr. 15

THE YORKSHIRE LADIES. GOUNCIL OF EDUCATION {INCORPORATEDI INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE EXEGUTIVE GQMMITTEE OF YORKSHIRE LADIES. COUNCIL OF EDUCATION IINCORPORATEDI l Ihe ¥wtyunisof Ihe Cofflpanyforlheyearended 31slAugu512024 which arè gèt oth on pagx710 IS Respective responsibilities of trustees and examln•r The ItU51ees I￿¥re also ￿E¢l￿10r5 ollhe company ltyihe pyw5es of coThpany law) are responsib￿fOr the preparation oflh8 accounts T￿trUSte8sC￿nS￿eI thal an audil Is nol ￿qiA￿d for thi$ yètunder$ectitsn 144 of th• Charilies ￿ 2011 ChairtrsAci) ano Ihal Independent exafflinalion is ￿￿eded Having tatisfied myself that thechaity 1$ n￿￿DIe¢ll0 audilvndercompany Is eligibk ts ￿dePendeTrt examlnaii¢n. -examine the accounts underseclion 145 ollhe 2011 ¢hariiies Act.. .to lollow ihe procedu￿$ laid dcts¥n in I￿oer￿r￿I Direcbonsgiven bylhe CharityComrnisswJn U￿er 145{5llbl of ihe 2011 Charii8Aci', and -to $tate wh¢iher ￿rtiCU￿r ￿tter& have come lo my atient￿n Ba$1$ of indep•nd•nt exarninorf5 Teport My examinatK>nwas carried out In accorttancewith the general ThriDn$ givw by Charity Commilsion. An emaminalion Includes a rgviw4 of the acwuniirvJ reMrdB kept bythe chanty and a comparison of the atmnts those We￿[d5.11 a150 Includeg considfyration ol any uwsual Il•MS or disdosures in the 8tcounts. and seeking explanation3 from you as knjsiees CDnceming any guth mattets. Th& protÈdures und8ken do not provid&all the evLdence ttslwould te required In an audiland ￿Tr￿￿envY no￿1n10n Isoiven asto 4¥hetherihe3(thnis piesent8.bue and fsirwevl and the reportis limiied io those matters setort In the state￿nIty￿￿¥. Independent examiner's ststÈmènt I hgve comp18t8d rnyexaminath)D. I confiTm that no matedai matters have Co￿t0 myatténtion 9wèg mg caw 10 Llieve that. +a￿U￿tIng reccrfds noi kept In aCcordar￿￿th Secbon 386 Of companies￿l2006.. . theaccounls do not accordwilh suth records., or .theaccounls do ￿t C￿n￿tyW1lh relevantaccounling requirernents under gection 396 of the CINnpanies Act 2009 oltrlhan any requirement that the accountsgive a'tr￿ and lair, View which is not a matterCons￿er#d as partolan IndependeTrteYaminatson. or .the8¢¢wni$ have notty¢ prepar in accordancewth the Ch3ribe5 SORP IFRS1021 I hwe no wnttms and havecoN across noothermatters In tonnethi¢nwilh Ihf examinabon towh￿￿ attenlvJn should be drawn in this In ordei to enabl& a woper understanding olthe aGGountsto be re￿h¢￿. 25th Novgmbgr 2024 Davld N Hartley FCA, FCCA Waite & Hartley 66 North Street Wetherby LS22 6NR