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FLOURISH PUBLICATIONS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED (LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) FINANCIAL SfATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2•25 Company No SC066817 Charity No SC015900

FU>URVSH PUBLICATIONS (SCOTIAND) LIMITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2•2S ANDEX PAGE Report ofthe Tntste&8 Indep￿1 Exarniner'j Rep)rt ACeA)Unti￿ polld stst¢rn¢￿ of fllthn¢ig1 activities io Notss to the finonciai 8￿C￿ents

FLOU]USH PUBLICATIONS (SCOTLAND) IJPa￿ED FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 21n5 COmF￿[ty R4isIratt￿NUrnber. SC066817 Charity Number. SC015rAIo Registejrd Offi￿. 196 Clyde Stre<t Gkngow Gl 4JY Trustees: Ronald Convuy, Th￿l¢eJD1rtClor John Geggan. Tntyte￿irtrtor Vcry Revere￿1 Mor)signor Hugh Brndlry. Tnksle￿jyx¢0r Very ReveraMI Monsignor Paul Murray. Th￿te￿i[¢ll0r M051 Revrnd Archbistxjp William Nolan, TrusteeJDirextor Vlrgin Monry 145 ￿een Street Olasgow GI 3BJ Solicltots: M¢s￿rE￿n MLConnick Water1￿ ChaTnEtTS 19 Waterkn Strrt Glai8OW G26AH Indepertdeni Examiner. Llnda Chalmets FCCA CthwJrn¢rs A¢¢owit8t Chartergj Certified Accountants 85 Glas8ow R(1 G82 IRE

FU)URISH PUBLICATIONS (sciyfLAND) LIMITED REPORT OF THE TRusfEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 21)25 The Trustees (who ar¢ also Direct(xs of the charity ftsr the purw8es of the Companies Act) pre5enttheir ￿nual reP￿ together with the finarKtal statements of Flourish Pllblicwioro (Scotlat¥J} Limitd (the cOm￿ny) for the yearetKled 31 Dectrnber 2U25. 'IIw ryrt)rts ue ￿s0 prepared tt) meet the requil￿ents fora Direthors, Kepon and Aceoutts for Comr•ni&s Ad puryxJ5e5. The finan¢¢al stal¢ments comply with the Ch8Eitles Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2￿)61￿$ am¢nd¢dl. the Companie5 Act 2(M)6, Ihe Memotandum 8nd Article5 of A550ciation. 8T￿ A¢couniing 8nd Reporiing by Chartties: Statement of Re￿rnmended Pr￿tICe applicable w charitics wepAring their attounts in ¥eordance with th¢ Fi[W￿la1 Rewting StandDTd &￿li£abk in the UK and Republi¢ of ITd8nd {FRS 1021. STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND MANACEMENT The ¢ompony. which is a recogni5d eharity itt S¢otlarK( w&$ In￿ry￿ed 85 a cornpany limited by 8uarante¢ in 1979. A copy of th¢ Memorandl￿ and Articles of ASk￿latiOn is a¥8ilable from the registered office. Membership is rcstrictcd to 50 and five diffctors {ai present) fonn the of dir￿￿1$. The FK•rd rneets nnully athd the ediior of Floyrlsh is prnt xt thtr. Iybftrd meffji#&8. AppolnlnKnl of Tr¥slees Potential new trustetsldirectots would iniii8lly wm¢ TEcommerthd to ihe board of ditedoTh and ￿ iiivlted to meet the boexd. Any SLKh candidates would t¢ given a Copy of th¢ M¢moTandum and ATti¢les of ASS￿12110n. copies of th¢ l&e5t A￿oUnts and IX￿ mtnuies. C8NJidates would be of 8Otd sthndtn8 within the wninunity. int¢T¢5t¢d in the Church have In inierest it) o)mmunirnti¢JnsfJournaJism. Organtsdllon4l&rncthr AndDÉclfloft Mttth8 Th¢ d8y-ttrd&y rthna8emeDt and deciJion.rnaking 15 Ey the Edittt. Rt￿￿1# Convery. with ￿lsta[￿ from the Board of Directors atMI the Finance Director for the Atrhdioc¢s¢ of fj18580W. Relaied Party Rtlallanshlps The Archthocese of fjlasgow wovldes w￿ltsel and hwln8 and Ilghtln8 artd T4rtous otherseThlrts ￿ no ¢osr to the comwy. Th¢ Trwsteu have assessed the major risks to whith the 15 cxpJwI in F•rti¢uJar tha8e to lh¢ Operatio￿ of the Com￿nY and are S￿l$fied th sySm￿ and prrK¢dure3 are in plaL% to TDitig our exp)sure to the major ri5k5.

FLOURISH PUBLICATIONS (sc(yfLAND) LIMITED REPORT OF THE TRusfELS FOR THE YEAR KNDED31 DECEMBER21JZ5 OWEalVES AND ArfiviTIL Pollclts Objeeth "To cary ot4 for tk sole purp)ses of the FYOPF8ation of the Ixyly Roman Catholic Religion in Scotland and elsewheTt within the United Kin8donL the ow)tiofi of advertising and publicity agents and contra¢tOTS OY8ani5crs of advertising sch¢m¢s of all kind news ofJesus Christ tothe Ftople of ourtime. The pawrefle¢tsth¢ life ofih2 local ChurchthtQU8h it5 Éx)vtyyge of diocesan events and signifieant moments in the life of Fqrish wmMuniti￿. as wtll &4 explorin8 and cornmenilng on fxlngthe Church and soclety In acOnstt￿yt and Infomwlv¢ mannw. FINANCIAL REVIEW The TnLqte¢s rep)rt A <kfieit of £14.939 (2024.. d¢ficit of £21287) for the yetr, with net ernt Ass¢ts of £26368 (2024.. £41.327) at 31 DeLmiw 2025. In November 2025 the Archdiocese agxeed to provid¢ an Annual Grsnt of £20.000 to Flouris￿ This Gr￿1 will bo paid quart•rly wilb the first quartAy pxymffit I￿1V￿ In De¢•nb¢r 2025. Restrvt5 Pollcy & Golng Concern At 31 December 2025. T¢5mie5 were £26368 {2024'. £41327) and the TnJSte¢s￿1stderthe l¢v¢l of funding 15 ad4uate ¢0 support th¢ c?￿ly'S aims over the nextyear. Approval Thls 1¢F￿ hps bern wepr&4 havlng tsken idvants8¢ of the Small CornpaDies Exeniptitsn tRthe corn1￿5¢$ Act 2006. co eT¢ aFyovd by the Board of and si￿￿ on their behfijf by: ' Arebbishop WiUi*m Nokn Monsixuor Paul DAte: 31 July 2026

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDEf4T EXAMINER TO THE TRusfELS OF FLOURISII PUBLICATIONS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED l Nxrf on the fmanciaI SI￿￿¢￿ of th¢ rymnpny for the year aykd 31 De(ant¢r 2025 which are 3¢¢ wt on PA8es 7 10 13. Respt¢tlv¢ rn•poh¥lbllltles oftrusttts and ex•ffliner The ch4rity triL%tres (who Ère 8]so the directo￿ of Flourish Public4tions IS(#)tlandl Limited for the PUTpose5 of company law) are resrAm5iblc forthe rrtrArntton of the financial stswnems in 8ttonl8Dce with the tenns of the Charttics and Tru￿¢¢ Investt))ent (&otlatxl) Act 2005 and the Charrties Ac￿Unts (Seot18nd) RegulatiOTJS 2006. The Chariry tnLthes cotL8i&r the audit reqiiimnent of Reguknion l(KIK4H¢} of the Chgrities Aecountg (S¢otland) Regulation5 2(K)6 does Mt apply. It 1$ my re5p)n5ibilityto examirte the fi￿￿181 Sial¢M￿ as r¢quiroJ uThlers&tion 44IIX¢l ofthe ClJaritie8 and TNstr¢ InKstm¢nt {SwtiaTrA) Act 200S and to whGthw F•rtioth m•tt¢rs hAv¢ to my Ott￿tion. Bas1# ofindeptndent ¢X8mlAeVg $ts¢¢m¢m¢ My examination is wried oul in rm)rkn wilh Re8vlalion I l of the ChaTiiies Accounts {ScotJdnd} R¢gulatiorLS 2006. An ex8min&don Inelwles a review of the awoynltng recoTds kept by th¢ ¢h8rtty end a compariwn of the financi￿ st8tementspTesentedwith those￿rdS. Ita]$0 include5 ¢on$id¢TBtion ofany unusual items ordisclo$ures in the fin8nclal ￿a￿men￿ and seeking eXplan￿lorLS from the In￿teS concernlng any $uch matters. The pr￿l￿T¢S undertaken do not provide all the evidence ihfftt would ￿ r¢quitrd in an wdit. aThl eonsffjimily I do nnl exrweE8 3n audil Qpini(￿ IM) the view 8iven by the finwKial 5￿tern¢n l•d¢p¢ndtD¢ itteththt ID th¢ coune of my examiTl&tioN Th) mattrrhos ￿rne to my attention whi¢h gives me re￿0￿¥bE¢ ¢ause ts) believe in 2ny material resF¢¢t the requirem￿ts.. io k¢¢p puounttng recor& in acL>)rd￿L with Srthion 44IXal of the Clwiti¢s and Th￿tee Inveslm¢nt(S¢thland)ALt 2(￿ and Regul￿10￿ 4 of the Cltarifies A<rounts (S¢otlend) Re8uiations 21￿6, 2nd to ￿ePare aLounts which *<ord with the ￿)r￿S and Mmply with R¢8ulotion 8 of the 21XJ6 A¢coLmts R¢8uI8tioA% hlve not or 2. to whietL in my opirtioT4At￿l1on shtyjld kdrawn ID othto¢nabl¢a proFwunderstandirsB ofthe accounts 10 be reached Linda ChalmeT5 FCCA ChRlrner5 Acwuntsnts Ch&rt¢red CertifJexJ Acwwtsnts 85 Glasgow Road DuTnlwt( G82 IRE 31 21ll6

FLOUIUSH PUBLICATIONS {SCOTLAND) LIMITED PIUNCIPAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 ACCOUNTING POLICIES Tr wincirAI attounting p)Ikcies Jooed judg￿￿)￿ and key sour¢ts of estimation wKettainty in the prOP￿tion of the f5vanci￿ atatemet￿ are ag follows: BH8ii of preprntlott offtmllelal statements The fuwicial stytern￿ have i£tt in &c￿rdsncC with Accounting wyl RepoffiD8 by Chariti¢B.' Statment of Recommended Prartitt applicable to chariti￿ preparFn8 their acCo￿ts in ¥COrd￿ with th¢ Finatt¢i&J R¢portin8 Ststth applicabte in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS1021 (effective l JanuRry 20151 - (Charitie5 SORP (FRS102IX the FitwKial Rewting Stsndard appli(oble in t￿ UK and R¢public of Ireland (FRS 1021 and the Companies Aa 2￿j6. Flourish Publieation5 {s¢LlaT￿} Limit￿ me¢ty the defitiition of • publi¢ t¢nefJt tntity FRS 102. A$8¢ts and liabilitie5 are initially Tteognised at hIs￿ri¢&I or i￿￿￿Ction vdue unless otlwwise Stat￿ in the relevant a¢tountlng policy notels). PrepAr•tloD of the OR a yln# tottttrn brfd The Trusie¢s are of the view th¢ tmrn¢diat¢ fllthr¢ of the Tn¥t is seeurtsj for the next 12 to 18 months and th￿ on this ba5iS the charity is a 80ing eortern and no uncertaittties exist at the year ettd. IAcomlng ReJour¢e4 All in￿MIll8 r￿u￿¢S Af¢ SKluded in th¢ Stsment of A￿1vItieS when the wrnp#ny i$ legally entitled lo th¢ inetsme and the amowK cn be qu8ffl1fl￿ with r¢460nable Fund Gerwal funds are unre5trieted which are avaiLoble for use at ihe discretion of the Trustees In tlfftherontt of the gen¢Tr] objeotive5 of th¢ c(EllF•ny 0￿1 which have not desigmted for otherpurp05¢5. R¢sopr¢os expended All eX￿￿ltUre is a¢￿)Unted for an ac¢nols bASiS 8nd hfis indudetl under exp￿8¢ c£tr8ories th8t aggTegth all Costs fora]locatioM toacliviiies. Wheretostst8nThit bedirectly attributeAlto particular a¢tiiryties thty hav¢ been All¢)cated on * knig con5iYtent with the uÈe of iht resour SEV1￿ costs are th¢Jse gosts iNUTra diT￿￿Y in W of ex￿altu￿ on th¢ obi¢¢ts of the comFAny. Governance costs are those inawred in L￿1)e￿￿On ￿ thitiistrntion of the eoL¥tF•ny artd compliance with nstitutiODal 8nd stafftrfory fequircmcnt T4Aglbk ass¢ts depred#llo All ￿Sets costittx rn¢xethart £250 81¢ ¢apitsTis&t Tangible fIx￿ a58et5 art S￿ed at C05t Icss <kW￿l￿tiOn. Lkpreciation is provided at Tates Ixlwld to write otT the cost of &xed assets, less theirestimat&l residual value. overthur eXp￿t￿l usefvl Itves on the followin8 FAse5". Fillin85 and 0￿￿ C44uipment 25% Reikning

FLOURISH PUBLICATIONS (SCOTLAND) iJMrrED PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING POLICIFS (ColltlM#ed) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025 Fl#an¢lal InstT•meats Tr ttust only Iw financial ayJ¢ts fitywial liobilitt￿ of d ki￿ qualify as IEie fimattcial in8twments. Bgsic financial hn5trurnents are initially recognised ot trw)wtion and 5uiwuently measured ai thelr 5ettl¢m¢ni Val￿ wtth the exception of 108ns whith we sub5equentty meagwed at amortised Cost using the ¢ffethive interest Meth(￿. Cash At bllk In htyl Cash ttt bonk and cash io haDd Includes aDd slh)rt temi highly liquid inValm￿t5 With a short D)aturity of three monthg QT less frcAn the. dAte nf wlliqitioo OT orrtin8 of th¢ derA)srt or similv8ccounL D¢btorJ Trade arbjotherdeirtorsare rwtsed atthesell]cnthtom0￿rdueefterh￿YII￿JtdlScOU￿toffclcd. Pr￿Yments are ¥￿￿ed at the gmount wepAld net ofany trad¢ diswunts d￿. Credl¢orJ ald provlylo Crediiots 8nd provisiorL8 8r¢ reco8nisd whuc the charity h&8 a present obligation resulting frorn a past evcnl th wll wobably result in the tra￿f¢r of to a ihird pwty and the 8moLEnt due to the obligation be mcasured or estimated reliably. Crr¥JitoTr EryovisioN nornially wnistsj at thelrsettlement amount after allowin8 for 8ny trade diseourt￿ d Cothp*y Stst The Cr￿panY is a company limited ty 8W8nt¢e. The rnemEus ofthe company are the TnJste¢s Tramd on page 3. In eveni of the company beln8wouJNJ Ilthllty 10 Twofthe &uarantee Is limlt¢xt w £1 p¢r rii¢iiJir oftht comwiy.

FLOURISH PUBLICATIONS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED srATEMENT OF FIIYANCIAL AcrtVITIES IINCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 21125 Totsi Unrestritted Rtstricted FuDd5 F￿NdS 2125 Tot1 Funds 2024 P4ote Iniome Chori14ble activities Bank Interest Other irtome 31.956 31.956 29.355 65,(HXI 65.0 60.0￿} Totsl Income 9&9S6 9fy956 9￿1139 Expendl(urt Chwiiabl¢ activities 111.326 Totsl Ex￿ndIt￿ IllJ26 Net EX￿ndIt￿re the Y¢•r (14.959) (IL959> (21.287) Totsl broyght forward 41 J27 41.327 62.614 Totsl ¢8rrled fornnl 26J68 26068 41J27

FLOUIUSH PUBLICATIONS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED (CompaDy SC¥￿6817> BALANCE SHEYT AS AT 31 DECEMBER2O25 Nots 31n2llS 31112n4 Currtrtt Amtts Lkbtors Cpsh ￿ ￿nk 5201 4.444 39.149 43.593 32.050 Credltors Amounts failirg due within otttye 2266 Net Cmrreul Amets 68 41.327 Net A••¢ts 26 68 41327 ChArtty Funds Unrestrictcd funds 41.327 Th¢ WmF•ny Fs ¢n¢i¢l¢d io the exemrrtion fmm theawlit TEquir¢mtnt ¢x)rfatrtd lth section 477 of the Comp￿leS Act 2¢M, f¢x the year ended 31 Deeembei 2025. The InL8k4sacknowleAlgetheirre5w￿i￿ilIth¢5 for¢omplyinBwith the rtquiremcnts ofthe Companies Ad2006 with resw w a￿0￿MIng records aTKJ ts Fffepwation of flnancid slateffle￿. The membets have not M]uired the ¢WrnF•ny to oi*ain an 8udit of its finwKiat StateM￿ts for the Period in question in 4KordwK¢ with Section 476. These rEt￿ne18l statements have beenpre>wtd 1naco)rth￿WIththe wovisionsawllcabletocompmni¢s suE¥ect to the styall compani¢s regime. ThE fin￿18] Stat¢ME￿ were approwt by th¢ Tnutres ￿ 31 July 2026 authoriseA for is5u¢ on 31 July 2026. Most Reverend Archbishop William Nolan Very R¢v￿end MoL%i Paul MuTray The nots on pge5 1 I to 13 form rArt of these fttwKial statemetts. 10

FLOURISH PUBLICATtONS {SCOTLAND) LIMrrEI) NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sfATEME147S FOR TIIE YEAR EP4DED 31 DECEMBER 202S l. Cknrltabk Aetlvltks Funds 2025 FuJ)ds 2024 Adverti8in8 itietiiie 31.956 29J55 2. Othtr lDeome Unnltrleted Funds 2025 Unrestrl¢ted 2(124 Sp)nsorship 65,( ExpMdltur Totsl 2024 2025 Production costs of Flouris Wages nd $alari•s Support costs Ind¢p¢ndMt ex*niner 75b76 32.66S 1074 1.5C¥) 76.692 31,632 1.502 111326 Net In¢omt This is Stated aft¢r ¢horyi 2025 21124 P¢n5ion of exF¢nSts. (2024-£NIL)

FLOURISH PUBLICATIOT4S (sc(mAND) LIMITED NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL ￿ATEmENTs {ContiRwd) FOR THE YEAR ENDED3A DECEMBER 21n5 The Archdtoc¢se of Glasgow rft)vith wemi5ts l*atttig and lighting ard 8ccountiTr8 and secretarioj 5ervicts at no tost to th8 eompany. 13