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Charfty reglstration number NIC107622 Company Trg161rntion numbor Nl662143 (Northorn Irelandl ANNUAL REpoirrAND UNAUDITED HNANCIALSTATEMENTS FOR ThEYEAR ENI)ED 31 IIAY 3

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ARMSTRONG STORYfELUNG TRUST LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Mr R Amistrrng Mr O McFadden (Appointsd 30 AUg￿t 2022) Charlty numb•r MC107622 Company nwnb•r Nie62143 R•glJt•r•d offlco 127 Bdlyemon Road r44 OQP Ind0p￿d0rt ex•mlnor Mom (N.I.} LLP 4th Floor Dmead Houie 7 Donegall Square Nthlh BTI 5G8 aank•rn stw Bonk Urnrted PO 8ox 232 11.16 Dmogal Squn E••t ur1 SUB

ARMSTRONG STORYfELUNG TRUST TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY2023 The trustees who are also direclors of the diarity for tr￿ purposes of the com￿leS Act 20(￿. wuent thelr report with the financial StateM￿ts of the charity for the y￿r ended 31 May 2023. The INste8s have adopted the provlslons ofAccourting and Reportlry by ChaAile5.' Stslement of Recormiended Practice ap￿iCable to charities preparing tr￿1r accounts in acryxthce 4th the Flnancial Reptyong Slandord epph'cd>le bn tha UK and Republlc of Ireland. The finanaol slatemffjts havo been prepared In ac¢udanca wilh the accthng pdlcies set out In note 1 to the financial siatements and corrwfy ith the charitys MemorarKlum & Artsdes of AssoGiation. the Companies Aci 2006 8nd 'Accounling and Rewbng by Charities" Statement of Reccrnmended Practice appllcable to chaiitles preparing their accounts in accordm vith the Filw￿& Reporung Skndard aprAhcablo In th• UK RepJbll¢ of IrelarKI (FRS 102) (•Tectiv• 1 Janu￿ 2019)". Obl•Gllv•s actlvltlas Armstrong Sto1￿￿11n9 Tnjst was 8￿￿)￿￿8d ty. . Provhda encournge Ihe develclrnrt of athlles In IltrA0rf￿ and ol1w￿8• vAthln comm￿11[01 . Pfovid• w¢bal, cAdlwal aThl oduc•lrnd benoffts lo th• community by gm•rnling wnployment oPpN￿n1￿ej ond me￿¥ ty In(l¥lthtds we th to dov th•ir . s￿re th• estabbth￿Qnt ¢1 a flmi I￿O￿an kn *llThJ to Cr￿U8 u an Import•rt and ￿d￿Eng art ftxm. Th• trusteeg have yld du• regvd to guid•nce I￿ad by tho Ch•rity CTh)vnis8i(m in d•cidlng ¥that •cOvlliu the Project Updats• The lable is an Ilustrallon d the aCti￿ty urm1th￿en In the pwiod Jun• 2022 to May 20rJ ctivltles oom Storytsffin Sessi(￿• Ilin Session in Venues ellin ellln torytellin to 13 Sesslons wilh L¢ lthir 74 camps Attendees Coufses Ddlvered rainin Course Attendees amspinners Attendance otal Attendees al AST Events 27 95 .681

ARMSTRONG STORYTELUNG TRUST TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORT) ICONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MA Y2023 Acttvlty hlghllghts Herltage Lottery Fund Re(￿lIm@￿t ts the Sttyelling F¥oied Officer post was urnlertak) in J￿e 2022 and Clare O'Neill w appoinled to the rdè with a start date o11P Au￿￿t 2￿. Slnca Ihen, she has worked dosely with the Storytsller In Residence, Liz ￿lf. to ¢Yganlse the reojar yamsfv￿nners Sessions, the Glens Storytelling Feslval, updated Having revlvwed prforiiies fty 2022 - 2023 It was agreed to use l￿d3 introduced by R. Arn15trong lo develop 3 speailc areas of whlch would act as plbts ith a vlv to so•kwig •xtwnAI fi5ndng for thelr fiJbJrn development if they provod 5ucceMfuL - Ethnl¢ Vdc Under Ihls strand storfftier Janice Wthorspoon Is worklrfj wilh a grrw of Syrf•n Imxnen, glvlng Ihem Space to share thdr storfes a vith¥ to ex￿wing hrMI best to $hwe these. Thls is an ongdng placa of worf( with a liwlher £1,000 secjjred from &ad( Santa (SL Anne's Cathedral). A session for Sudanese Refvgeès dellvered In July in pathqr5hlp wlth CoffsTheela, lth tha •yctation ltr•t fithher￿￿I￿ w(xld bo cllnlod out ￿ trds LYOUP. - Ycung blo￿￿19 pthlnered wSlh Flghllng to dthlver 2 sto￿￿lIng ￿l￿ap) as thetr u•at1￿ wrillng wryrammej almed at pr&teeM. are •xplorlTra hcw we C￿ parlw knith a school as a pilot to develop this audience and have made contact vrilh Ihe searn￿ H••My at QU8 to dlwAtJs hirw bolt to •ngage adults in stOWlllng. - Tralnlng & Oevd4)mthil We delivered 2 tralnlng 38s8ion8 vla zoom 3poufi¢ally Slwyi•kn ddvwad by Marfa (UK) and Donna Wtsthngton ILISA). Thesa wffew•W attorid• Gl•ns Storytelllnu F•Atlval O¢lober 2022 Imth fvnthng Support secuw•d from CausvAw Co•sl & Gl•n• Herllago Tnmt al￿ Er&alon Found•lion, AST oiganised Ihe Glens St￿le111n9 Festl¥81, hekl frcTh T￿r$daY 20th October to SurKl8y 23rd O#gb•r. A Mge (rf 28 8vents was offwed. maiorfty in pw8on. wllh hfvid Swap, a total 01703 att￿d? FEST Cdln weFresented Asr at tho Federauon of St¢￿e￿Ing Cthnra In Veuprwn, Hurvaary. Jun• 2￿3. He lthltted a report d Ns experienc Four Natlon• Tha Stwtellw tn Residence to AST in a wle5 01 on•lrva me8thgs %%ith rnpre$￿tive5 of StOr￿￿rIng Organisati¢￿5 from Endand. Scolland and Vwes as well as a represenlative frr)m FEST. The most signfficani ouw is the acceptance of the proposal to host 21724 F&ST Conferen￿ in Glasg¢x, d by ￿Nage Storytguing Centre from ¢Jasg(w, whith ill indude Inwrt from AST. Arts COU￿11 ol North•m Ir•l•nd AST gecurnd ￿nthng Irrxn ACNI 202>rJ. The fvqemorles are Mad• of thSs Prw lthlch was funded llh £2,941 under the Rwal Eryagem•rt in the Arts nd. saw us engage wilh 4 rural groups. providing eath ilh 4 reminiscence seson5. with local Primary school chlldren lotning the group for the final session. The80 sessions worn very popular vdth atl tr￿e who attended. Thls proiect com￿￿ed in MAY 20

ARMSTRONG STORYfELLING TRUST TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) IcoKllNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2023 The Immersive Star￿ding Armmalion Ctllaboration prqec( ftmded £9.541 (50% paid so far) from the Dlglial Evolution lund started in JarMJwy 2023. This proiect is imovalive in that it all(yws storytsller Mcky Mc Farfand to collaborate wlth artist Corrlna Askin to devebp ￿ irnfflefsive storytelhng exwience for thlldren whkh 111 be projectsd and wfomied ￿￿thIn a dome. UsirnJ tadUtt￿OgY and 8xpeftis8 from Ulster University. this afftIn￿dgo proied is lo be trialed lth sthocls kn Autsynn 2023 be complthj by the of Decwnber 2023. D•partm•ntforCommunllle¥• St￿1￿9 In Casil•s In late November 2022. Oeptarthient for Cmunlties corthcted AST to ddlver a totsl of 5 Stor￿lIng sesslons In Dunluce 4rKI Carrld(frys C•Jtla Th8M evffits were almed at Fami￿88 and took ￿c• in N￿o￿ler and December. Rural Communlty Natwork AST was asked to deliver a 4 Tek Introduclitin to storyt￿￿n9 course fLY the Cornmur4ty Neiwoth In RSPB- Lough Em• Landl￿p• P•rtn•rnhlp The RSPB Asr lo dellver • retreshw in Febnwy 21J23 fry trained s•veral yews ago and to swjport an •vent h•W In Bdleek In Marth Yam•plnn•rn A speclal ses81(m was held as part c4 Eastslde Arts Faliival in Tullycamet Lltrary. Wdla attend￿ce Is lowor Ihan prtrcovid lavall, It li CO￿lSte￿ lo bu4d audie￿ numbars in 2￿24. Bord¢rTalk proj¢ March 2023 sw4 Ihe Intemationd Fund fly IrolorKI lsw• the lothw of offer for th• BoTderTal( pr(Ji•rt a value of é89.600. This project is led by Storytellws of Ireland, wilh Arrnstrcmg Storyidllr¥J Twil a thct pwher. Wthln the budget f5.000 ha3 bem oUo¢aled to Asr to covor admlni¥lrallM costs. The projec( vthith is Cro￿ bord•f in natwe. IMII sae the delr¥ery of 4 &week NOCN Level 2 storyteifing trainlng courses ￿ 12 partidponts por cour58 and 12 overts 40 peoFle pw ￿enL bltyellers of Ireland have appa'nted a Fyojed ¢fyordlnator to orgw¢ise Ihe Fxoi• Tho dellvffy of tho training elemffit be by Lil Wbir •nd Step1￿ O'Harn and Is due lo start September 202& Art$ & Bu•lne•• Nl AST engaged In the Board Matchlng FYogramm• by Arts & &Jsln8ss. saw a young pmfo851(x)al, Kaillyn Martln. matched to AST. It is antiapated that she wll join the board offiudty In Novunber 2023. The Storytstling Project Officer atten(led sevsd Arts & &Jsiness Evats induolng a nel%thing event %ilh lttal busin8s$eg. This has resulled in 1hè dwelopment ￿ relaticmships ilh 3 slwiplrKJ centres. whiGh are ke•n to exploro parthwship worklng. Thes8wIN be devdoped Ilwlher in 20￿24. Makaton Tralnlng Fundlng of £835 Th 5eawed frcffi Causeway C035t & Glens 1>di￿a arxl Commwmty Salety P8rtnershlp to deliver MaK7ton L￿e1 1 training to a totsl of 8 people. including AST storytdlus and parents of young athdis ￿1th leaming disabilities. Ths was well received rfl several of the vrtk) und¥took the trthng have sinc• used Makat1￿ duAng storytetling sessions with yo￿9 Ch￿dr￿L

ARMSTRONG STORYfELUNG TRUST TRUSTEES. REPORT IINCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORn IcoKnNUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY2023 Income Gqneratlon Th• followlng Inc(xn• wu frcxn payment ts the drAlvery of stryyt•ling wlcas and frThn l￿d1￿j applicatTroni made durfng the financlal yw to gUPPOrt the various wciad8 undertakn under nkalon F(Andation CGFrr CN ward 21Y22 cl 2022 ov 2022 Ing Festiv 2022 lens St Iln Fastival 2022 •iend$ Group Cu$hendo11, dolivwy of in se¥slon3 eryM)rfe5Are Made of Thls .200 CNI Rural EngaGementArts rogramme auseway Coast & Glen• Pdlang & mmuni Safe Partnershi CNI Dlk4tal Evoluuan 2022 of Mthalon tralnlw lo paients and eElers mmersive Storyrtelling and Anknallon aborntion ISAC ayment for delNery of 5 x storylellng ossions In Cwricld us & Ounluca Casual .521 rtrnent for Ccffimunllle¥ n 2023 1,250 SL Anne's Cathed SP& Lough Eme Landscape arlnershl auseway Coast & GI￿5 C￿n￿l ommunity Festival Fund ekers Ilvwy ol rthoshw tralnlnq ft>r Stor￿0￿ attendance at evert pwt ICY Glens storytdb.ng Festival 21JrJ note this ftmding was not pald unlll Sept 023 aYM￿t for dellvery of a 4x week troduction to 5ttydl￿9 course In un annon. arch 2023 ural Community N•t¥K Plans for th• Future The locus wlll canllNa to th¢ fvilies ￿ identified n 1 2022, n1￿ the devdownent of younger rytellern, etrffiic voices 4nd trnhing develcynenL Our exwlence ilh rurnl ¢(wnmunity grDUPS ￿ success of Memules we M•do of Ili$ has althwd ￿ to Submit a fvrther proposal for Iljnrfmg to theArts Northem Irel￿d (ACNI) ts a ￿8$e 2 of thls prolecL Engaging in events ￿1th Arts & Bu8ln•ss Nl has developed ow Ilnks llh new fvnders and businesses. are building relalionshlps vAth Ihe buslness seckny to expkn spo1￿rshiP and partrlwty opportunities in 202&24 and plan to submit ftmding apFllcatians to several new ftmders. The Glens Storytelllng Fejlival 2023 take frDm 19h- 2> 0(ober. FurKllng of £750 has been se¢xred in Apnl 2023 from Causeway Coast and Glens Cotmcil COMM￿lty Festival Fund. rylh additional applications being made to CCGHT and Enkalon Fo￿￿110n as ll as ￿ apwoach to a c4)nMnerraal sponsw, Glans of Antrim Distillery. The outworking ofthe lrnmer5ive Storyt&ling and Animat1<￿ Colloralion project iIl wovide AST with a

ARMSTRONG STORYfELLING TRUST TRUSTEES. REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS. REPORn (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MA Y 2023 ThrOugh￿rt the wiod the Tn￿ have adoptsd • pdicy on its reserve3 ￿s￿Ing Ihat the wuestriced financial reserves arè such as Ih8y provlde a b￿ler In case of any10s8 of income I￿Uld give Ihe Charity the thance to take approwiate steps. The TnBteeJ coiirtue to rnonitor Ihe level of reser+Ms. Rl•k Managem• The trustees has as80ssed the m8ity risks to ￿1¢h Ihe cknty is OXI￿¥•d. WKI v• ••O•fiad Ihat syst•mi arg In Stat•rn•nt al tru•tee8' re•pon•lbllltl The Irustees (who ￿ also the direciors ol Arn)strong Slorytelllng Trust for the puryjoses rrf compary law) are responslble for preparing the Report ol the Trustees and the finandal statements in aCc￿dance wllh the applicable l••V and Unlted lfjngdom Accwthig Standards (Unlted Klngdom Generalty AcceN8d Accounting Pradlco). Cryany law rewlre8 the tru8tees to prepare financ181statam￿ of each financial year which ¥va a true and fair view of the 8t8te of affairs of the charitable company of Ihe incoming resources and appllcallon of resource8, induding the income arKI eXp￿diture of the chan'table C￿)anY for that perlod. In prnp8ring those financial statements. the truslo08 tn rewlr•d to: . Select suitatle accounting pdkle$ and •gply tr￿M conslsmtly . 0tsse￿e Ihe melhod5 and princlples In Ihe Charity SORP Make judgements and estimates that we reasonable and PTudenl . Prepare the financlal staternents on the going ccmcarn basis LW)less It18 Inawwlato to presume The trustee8 are re8pongi14e fcf keeplThJ woper accw records dlsd08e reasona1￿8 accuracy at any lim8 the financial position 01 the tharltable company to enth Ihem to ￿SU￿ that Iho finanaal slatem￿lS wilh the CompaniesAct 2(#)6. They are also responsibk for safoguarding the assets of Iho charitatde compwry and hence for taki re4sCfflab￿ staps for the w•vethion and deleclicn of fraud othw irrngul•Sti•8. Approved by order of Ihe board ol truslees and SI￿*1 on its bghaK by.. R Afm•trong Dlrector The trustees, report was apwoved by the Board of TNslees. Mr R Amistrong Trustee

ARMSTRONG STORYfELLING TRUST INDEPENDEKf EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF ARMSTRONG STORYfELUNG TRUST I report on Ihe accounts afthe tharfty frfjthè year ￿dad 31 May 21r23, arn Jot out on pages 8 to 15. Respectlve regpon•lblllU•s rf trustees and examlner Thè trustees, who are 8150 the dlrectors of Arnistr￿9 Sltythg Tnjst tr tha wWpo￿5 ol compmy law, ar• responsible for the prewatian of Iha act(￿￿13 in accorthce wilh the rnquirwnerts of th• Cc¥nparies Ad 20(￿. Havlng 8allsfi8d myielf that the c￿lty li nol subi•cl IQ wMl•r c￿nP￿ry Iw, and li dSgllAe for ll￿P￿￿nt examlnation, It Is my responsibility to: {5) examlne the accounts Imder sedi<n 85 of Ihe Chthlues Act {il) follow the procedur•s lald down in the grnal directicrn by th• Charlty Comm11￿On for N¢Jrthem Ireland undar sectlon 649)(b) of the Charltles Act {111) to stala ￿elher mattern ha￿ come to my att•rAI￿. Bag18 of Indw•nd•nt •XAmln•rfs r•port I have examlnad your chaflty xcounts as rewlred wmlor s•ctt(n 85 af ts Charftlos Act WKI my axaminalion w carrtad Qui in accordance wilh the general Directlons glven by the Charlty CoMnN8Slt￿ lor NorthfAn Ireland undw sedion 65(9)<b) crf the Chwitiej ACL ThB examinalion Inthded a review of the acc￿ntIng records kept by the charity and a comparison of Ihe accounts presenknj with those rO￿dS. It also in(aud8d conslderntion of any unusual items or dlsdosurns in the accowts, and ••thir¥J from you a8 dwlty truste0• wiceming any su¢h mattw& My role Is to stato any malarfal matt•r• hm c¢yn• lo my ￿tt￿ll¢n tyylng us caum to bdl•ve: 1. That •ccountlng r•ccrth not kw In accorthc• ￿ seckn 386 of tho Compartm Act 2006 3. That the accounts do not Gomply wllh the acccAmtrng feqw'remarts of 39S of thè Cunpanth Aci 20rhs and Iho mothodi prlrKlpla6 ￿ Ihè Clwltsas Statwn•nt ￿ R•comm8ndod Pradic• applicablo to chwftl•s preparing thdr accoifjils In accordm *ilh tho Fh)•ncial RepNting Stsndwd ap• In the UK and Republlc of Ireland 4. Thal thwe 1$ ftfflhw inlormallon needed for a prw undw$￿9 of th• accumts to be r•Ach•d. Independent examlneV8 Statement I hava completed my examination and have In r•spad ol I￿ fflattws (1) to (4) Nst•d fjb￿ an4 In connedlon wlth lollovAng th8 dlr•dions rf the Ch•lty c0mrnlss1o￿ ts N¢)rthem Irelan¢ I hava ftxmd no matters that rewire dr￿ryng to your attentlo (a) whlch gives me reasonable cause to b￿Qve that In ary materid respect the reqUirwn￿ts. (l) to keep accounting record8 In acccffdance ￿ seclion 388 of the Companies Act 20fK', and (li) kn prwre finanaal statemerts ￿thIGh accord vlth Ihe accoLTrfing recrKds, coryty Vlilh the acco￿tIng requirements af s•clian 396 of the C(xnparMes Act 2C#)6 and With the methodi arKI Fxinrj￿ of the Ststement ol Recommended kndica: Accourtin9 Rwting by Charities., have not beon met crf (b) lo ¥tr￿Ch, in my opinion, Ottention shcAthJ be drAm In arder to I￿atIO a undffstandlng of the financial slatwnents to be reathed. 9 fL -PW- Dr R. Peters. Gallagher OBE, FCA For and on the behalf of Moora (N.I.) LLP Chartered Accourrt8nts 4th Floor Donegzu House 7 Donegall Sware North Bellast BT15G8 Dated: ...IL¥.. K! TrSL3

ARMSTRONG STORYfELUNG TRUST STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTivmES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MA Y 2023 fvnd• 2023 funds 2023 funds 2022 fund 2022 2023 2022 Donatlons and legades Other incom• 64251 1.402 88,627 27240 80,855 108,095 Total Incoffle 69,653 90.029 27.240 80,855 108.OB5 Charitsble activftl 4620 46,029 77,649 30,535 58,171 N•t In¢omeq•xp•n(Itur•) forthe yearl N•t mov•m•nt In f4md• 37.033 (24.653) 11380 (3,295) 53,219 49,924 Fund balon¢•i at 1 Juno 2022 4330 53,219 7.825 7,825 Fund balanc•s at 31 May 2023 2J,$66 53,219 57,649 Th $latemant of fflnanclal aclvloos Inthdes al arKI losses recOord￿ In Ihe y•ar. All Income and expffidittn derlve from corkniiTrJ a(ththes. Th• stalement of finer￿al aclivS1iu al30 COM￿ VAlh the rnqulrthnwits ftt ￿ IrKom• axpendlkne account under the CompBnles Act 2CrfJ6.

ARMSTRONG STORYfELUNG TRUST BALANCE SHEEr ASAT31 MAY2023 2022 Intsngible uaots Tangltle assets 2.350 3,328 10 4,521 7,015 6,678 Current assets Cash at ba￿ and in h•nd 81513 52.471 Crndltor•: amount• l•Mlng du• lthln on• y•ar 11 Net curr•nt 61914 61,871 Total loss cuvr•nt IlabHIII 69.929 57.$4 Incom• fund• Reslrfcied funds Unre•trlcled fimd• 53,219 4,330 41,363 69,929 67,549 The company18 I￿110•d to th• •xrykn from audlt le￿￿reM￿￿ ¢4ytslned In 4T7 of tha c￿￿PanIeS Act 2006. for the ye8r ondad 31 May 20 Thg dlrectorn odmo%￿e thelr re4yMslbllbties for ￿m￿ing wilh the rwuirrrnents of the CUnp•nI￿ Ac 2 V•ith respect to accountiThJ records and the weparatim of finanrial statemerts. in accortsnce vjith s•cli(m 47& These financial statements have be￿ wyred kn Accord¥￿ %lth wuvl81(ms •pplcable lo compwdw subleci to the 4fflall Comp•￿ roglme. Mr R Armstrry Company Re￿stratIon N16ea143

ARMSTRONG STORYfELUNG TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AIAY2023 Accountlng polld¢• Charlty Inforniatl¢ Amistr¢)ng Storytdling Trust ￿ a wlvate conwwry limilod ty warpth ifK¥xpmW in Northem Ireland. The regitsed dllce IS 127 Ballywn￿ ROA4 cU#W￿, Co. Antrim. wr44 OQP. 1.1 Ae¢ounilng conventlon Tha finand81 stat•nffits hav• bo￿ prepared in accndilirm by drffl(n Ihat Ihe capitsl muit b• malrtalnod by th• charity. 1A In￿rn• Inc(wne is recognised hen Ihe ch8rity is legally entiued to It aftw perfrymance been mal the amourts can be measured relaWy, it 1$ probable tr￿t income ￿ be received. Cash donations are recognised on recwL Othw donakns are rxognls•d i?￿• Ihe charity has been noiifiad af the dt)natiorn unless pwforniance condittons require deferral of the am¢xmL Income tax rncoverable in relation to don81ions received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donaOt)n. Legac4es are recognised on receipt or Othe￿Ise1 the cPwty has been nolffied crf an Smpendlng distyi1juti￿, the amount is kn0¥4m. re• 18 oxpethd. Ir ts amt)unt Is not kntr*n, tha legacy Is trealed as crrfingerrt asseL 10-

ARMSTRONG STORYTELLING TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MA Y2023 Accountlng poll¢les (Contlnued) Expenditijre is reC￿gnISed c#Ke thwe is a legal or construthve 0￿gatIon to transler economlc benafft to third party. It is probable that a transfer rf eGL￿OMiC b￿fits ryl bo requirad in s•lllemrt and Iho wnount of Ihe ottylon can be measured r8llably. Exp•nditiKe Is da8sllled ty actr￿ty. The costs cl eath acti¥lty are made LP of Ihe tthal of dlrect costs and shared costs. inthjding swort costs invofved in undwtthing eath actiw. Dlract costs attr￿U￿ble lo 0 Singlo actsvity ￿ alouted dire( to that adiw. Shared costs contribute to m(Ye than one acllvlty and SUPPOrt c46ts arn not attribu￿ to a single acti¥lty are apwlicmwl bets¥een those aclivities on a kni5 ¢onsiStent vAlh the use of rasources. ￿traI staff costs are alocated Ihe ba$1$ of time 8penL and d•preclallffj Charg￿ arn allocal•d on th• W1ion rftho aM•f8 uje. 1.5 Int•nglbl• flx•d oth•r than goodwll Int￿gIble assets affjuired #eparety from a tA￿lnesS wo recogntsed at c￿t arml arg 8ubquer measurod Intsngthle assets a¢(wlred on bU￿n￿¥ combSnalioM •r• recOwl￿d waraknly from goo￿11 at th• a¢qu15ilion data there It 18 wobable that the expecied fijbn ec¢x)omle benefits that arn attrlbutable to the asset will to Ihe ￿tsty and the lalr value of the asset can be rneaswed reliably.. the inlanglble awt arlses fr￿1 ciythciud or other legal rights: arKI the Int•￿19 asset Is separable frc¥n the en￿. Amortlsallcm 1$ r•COg￿sed $0 al to Ttt• dl lh• cost or of •ii•ts lass th 10th￿•1 ov•r th•k useful lives on the ￿thI1ng bases: 1.8 T•nglbl• flx•d a8Mt• Tangitle fixed assets are Inlllaty measured al colt and AbseqU￿ty m88gJr•d at cost or valuakn, net of dewedatl(m arKI ary Impalmient DeprerJaIl￿ Is r•cognlsed 80 as to vfi6ts I)￿ co•t lx valuotlon rf asiets less th•ir re811knl Val￿ over thelr uselul Ilvas Im Ihé fc4ltrMng basm: The galn or loss arlslng on Ols￿1￿ of an asset Is do1￿MIned as the diifTh¢e between tho Ml8 prnceeds and the Ca￿￿￿ vak of the asse( and 5s re¢ognl¥•l In the slatement of finandal acfvitloj. 1.7 Impalrnierf< rfflxed assets At each reportlng end date. the charity revie￿ the cwryiig amcxmrts of its kngible 4nd lrft￿glbIe auets to detemine wheth•r thwe Is any Inthcation that Ihose assets have 8uifered an impaimient loss. If any such Indlcation exlsts, the recoverable amount of Ihe asset is egtlmaled In order to detern￿ne the extem of the Impwment loss Of wry). 1.8 Ca•h •nd cmh •qulval•nts Cash and Cash equivalerrts indude in harKI. depo*ts held at call with bwths. ¢)thw SP￿r￿teM1 fiquid inveslments vAth original maturities of three months (Y less. •MI bank ovffdrafts. Bank overdrnts are shlywn 11

ARMSTRONG STORYfELUNG TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MA Y 2023 Accounllng pollcl•s (Corrtlnuodl Baslc flnanclal BasiG financlal assets, Inrknle debkns and cash bank tAlanw, ar• h￿tr￿ty measur•d at transactbon wice induding transaction costs and are sUbsequw￿Y carried al amrylised cost using the effe¢Al¥e intttest method unless Ihe wangemant C￿s111Utes a finandng transadion. *there the transarAion Is measured at Ihe present value of the lubjra receipts IfiscoLrted at a mwket rate of InteresL Nnandal assets dassified as recelvable witrdn one year we nat amLYtised. 8a8k flnanclal114bHld BasiG financial liabillties. Indu(Ing creOtNs and bank loam wa InIti￿ recognls•d It transad'50n price unless the mngement c0nststtrt￿ a flnandng tr￿saCtIOn. the debt instrument Is measured at the present value of the futLWO paymMts OlKO￿tted at a rate of intrnL FinarKial Uabllldo$ dasslfiod as p8y8blo vAtrdn ono yoar tn not amo¢aM Debt Instrum￿ are su￿•qU•￿Y cafflqd at amtyliaed cos( U￿ng the effethe Intwest rnte mattM)d. Trade credltors we oUlgati(m$ to pay knr gocxls cf w¥icas that have bo8n acquired In the t)rdlnary co￿se of opera11t￿5 from swllers. Arn￿jnts payablè afe closslfied as liabdltSe$ if payThent 18 due wilhln year ¢x18s5. If nol thwi •re wesanted as noTrcurrent ￿4b111￿e8. Trade cr8dltors arn recognlsad inllialy at tran8acllon price and subsequenty muwred at amortised cart u•hw tho affocllve Intw•it method. DwKoqnftlon of flnancl•l Ilablllll•• F￿ancial 11th1511￿ are duecwised th• ctyththjal oNgatitsu axplre or •r• distharpd or canGell•d. 1.0 Employ4M b•n•fft• The cost of any unusad hdlday antittwn￿ h fecognmed In the wlod In the om￿0y¢e'• •w¥l¢u ar• received. termlnate the employmoni of an wnpknyee ty lo Novido twrninkn bwwfits. CrflI￿1 •¢courtlnq •￿mI￿8 and ￿d9•MontI In the awffjcalion af Ilw tharitys accounkng polcies, th• trustw are required to make jUdgeM￿ts. esiimates and assumptlons ab￿1 the carying amolnt of assets l￿d Ibabillles that aro not weadily apparent from othor sources. The eslimates and associaled a$s￿lp￿.0nS are based on hislori¢al experience and other factors that are consldered to be relevart Athal r8sullS may dlffwfrom thoje ethYAts& The estlmates and undew as8urytions are re￿￿ed rffj ￿ ¢yyolThJ bas1& R￿l￿an$ to accountkng eslthnates ats recognisad In the period In the esllm8te Is revised there the revlslon affects only period, or In the period ￿ Ihe r8¥1¥1￿ luttirn periods where Ihe revlsion affects both current and ftrture Donatlons and laga¢l•s Total Unrostrided Restrtcted funds funds fund• 2022 DO￿tiOnS and 68.251 20,376 88,627 30.051 21,418 12-

ARMSTRONG STORYTELUNG TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AIAY 2023 Other Income Unr•Jtrlctod funds 2022 rkslKp Income Ch•rft4bl• KiMtI 2023 Staff eosts Depreciation ￿ Impalmi•nt storytelllng Comw•r Costs 4896 1.7S6 1,41 26.2KI 1,319 S,205 15,820 C¢Jnsultancy Event organisatton & manag SLbscriptl￿ 5,588 15.255 Insurnnco Trainlng AdvertrsiTrJ 1,229 225 492 222 71689 55,591 Share of costs (tsee noto 8) Shorn of govwnan¢o cosis (see not• 8) 1.980 800 58,171 Analysls by fund Unrnstrlcted fvnds Restrirted funds 31620 44029 30,535 27,638 58.171 13-

ARMSTRONG STORYfELUNG TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS {CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2023 Support ¢05t• S￿pOrt Govemonco ¢0st• 23 2022 ¢osts 600 Accounlancy 1,980 600 2,580 expenses frThn the (hwing tho yew. Taxatlon The charfty li exempt frtyn tax cffj Income and galn5 falllng vAlhin socllon 505 of th• Taxw Act 1888 or 8eckn 252 ofthe Chwgeablo GwsAd 1992 to the extent that thase are 8pplied to Its ch8rf1able objects. Int•n9lbl• tlx•d a•••ts Soft*•ro Cost At 1 June 2022 Additi( 3,328 768 At 31 May 20TJ Amortls•lion and Irnpdrn￿rt At 1 June 2022 978 824 1,800 At 31 May 21Y23 Carrylng •mount At 31 May 2023 1494 2.350 Al 1 Jun• 2022 14-

ARMSTRONG STORYfELUNG TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2023 10 Tangllle flxed amats 5,199 At 1 June 2022 Add￿On5 7.624 Al 31 May 21￿3 D•prnclatlon and Impalrni• At 1 June 2022 Dveci4tion tharged In the yew At 31 May 2023 1,871 1,132 Carrylng wmount At 31 May 2Q23 4,621 3.328 At 31 May 2022 11 Crndltor•: amounts f•Mng du• wlthln on• y•ar 2023 2022 12 An•ly•l• al nat funds . Totsl lunds 2023 fund• 2022 funds 2022 2023 2023 Fund balances at 31 May 2023 are represented by. Intangible fixed as86ts 1494 4S21 Tanglble awts Curlent 8ssetsl(Uablhies) 34348 A566 41,363 516 1494 4,521 61914 3.328 (1,348) 63,218 51,871 57,549 51929 53.219 13 Rd•t•d party tranaacllom Thwe wwo no related party tr•MadiMs thring Ihè yw. 15-