CHARIIYREGisfRAV014 NUMBER.. L102414
THE HONOURABLE SOCIETY OF LINCOLN'S INN
THE DENNING FUND
TRUSTEES, REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020

TNE HONOUHABLE50aETY OFLINCIXN'SINN
THE OENNING FUND
FOR THEYEAR ENDED31 DECEMBER 2010
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THE HONOVRAPLESOCIEIY OFLINCIXN'SINN
THE DENNING FUND
REPORTOFTHETRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBEA2020
CHARITY RE61SYPATION NUMBER..
1102414
PAINCIPAIADDRESS..
Hfjnoufable￿etyQfU￿c0kn.sI￿n
Trea5ury¢)ffth
Lincoln's Inn
Londtsn
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P4AME5 OFCHMATYTRUSTEES=
TheTrusteeswhty$eNed durlngtheyearweré..
MrAG bo¥leQC Ichalrmanl
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Mrl M 13tVi5QC
Mr Pjones QC
BANKEAS..
C. Hoare& CO
37 F￿etStreet
Landon
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AUDITORS..
Haysrnadnlryre LLP
Iofknen StreetPla
London
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Le8al & GÈhÈral InvestrnentManigETtbEnt
One ColpTnan StreÈt
Lwdon
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THE HLWOURABLE SOC1ETYOF LIIICOiN'51NN
THE DENNING FUND
REPORTOFniETRUSTEESICONTINUEDI
FOR THFYgAR ENDE031 DFCEM8ER2O2D
The Tru5tÈe5 p￿sent i￿1r annual report And the audfted flnanclal staternents for th￿ ￿ar ended 31 De￿Intser 2020. The flnanclal
5tstemènts have been prepared the ksR4 of the accLX4ntlllE ￿lideS set out on 11 of the flnancPdl statements 3Thd Comp￿ wlth thè
¢hidty'S trust ded, appIl￿ble law and the requlrp(Dent5 Df thè Staternenl Df Rerotnmended Prattice
'AccDunttn8 and Reporting by
tharitiÈS' Issued In October20J9.
OBJECTS,OWEcfivE5ANDPRINapALAcfivinES
The Dennlne Fund. prevlou51y rÈ8lstèrÈd as cha￿tY number 28234D, and the Lord F￿Thd. an unregtstered ¢hartty, were mprged wlth
effECt from 9 December ZW3t¢ form è new chaiity ￿llEd The oennlns Fund In a[cOrdan￿ wtth a Charlty Cornmi55KM Scherne. The tharity
CommIss￿n kheme ts now the merged charltys gov&rnini document under whkh the Trustees are P[npaWe￿d to aSSoc￿le partIc￿￿r
awards, atthelrd1scretbN th any benefactor IdentifiÈd wlth elther of the merEing Eharitle5. The purposes Df the charftle5 have not chan8ed.
The merger wa5 undertaken th lrnprove admlnisttstion prO￿55e5, c05t savlngs and con5011date lrtvèstments ro offerthe potentlal for
hl8herln¥pstmènt r@t￿In5.
The (hariiyts a trust wh05eobjed 15 forÈeneral Charitab￿ purptsses. The prlncipal4ttivityof the Trusteests tOV5e thElntome generated and
Fund tapital to ass15r the pro￿S1on of the 5chol?15hlps Dr Other awards to promotp or ald the legal edutaiioll of members of Lincolns Inn
nd Ih partlctrlarstudents orp￿p*s¥jho Intend tobectyre PYittWn8 member5olthÈ Barof En￿andan￿Wa1ès.
ACHIEVEMENT5ANDPERFORMANCE
fortheyearended 31 De￿[rnber 2020Llncoln's Inn tnwJe44 Deftn1n8Stholarshlpawards iotslling E768kl2019.. 66 totallint£954XI.
The Dennini Fund contribthed £148k towards the5e12019.. £192kl. Th15 repre5EntÈd IYA of the t￿￿1 awards. 20% In the prevIoL￿ yEar.
In¥estmentsih15ye?r h3vÈsFwn an unrea115ed 8alnol£lBlk12019unreali5ed Eaiftof£912kl.
The Inn offer5 5chDia15hlps to ￿n(s￿aleS of thè rè4uislte quallty who 4Te Bra￿ateS In Law or ID 5vbje¢ts other th* Law and who have
Indlcated thatthEirk*entlon k5toprart￿eltthe garof En￿and andwales.
Awards are rnadeio candld3teson merft tOa5515tthem with thelrfundlng throu8hout ihelrcontlnuing pr¢fe$4onal educaiion, ￿rV(￿at￿nal
covrseand pupi114geyears because It ￿the1￿￿'S vlewthat Èhese3rethoye315whertstudents needthe tllQ5tfuianclalsupport.
Mer51 15 ?55e55Èd in terms of the catbdid4te'5 intellertual qualine5, whl¢h Is ol the h*he5r Importantt at the rnodeiD Bar, tO8èther with
qualities of pÈisonaiityand pre5eniat1on also regarded as belD8of thèlieètest ImportaTr￿ in onytsneèimlng at Ilfea5a blrrlsier.
Is assessed bya cons￿￿ratIon tsf all the mateilal pl8red before the Inn byihE Candida￿ In h15 Of herwritteo appllcatk>n and referpnEèS
together, where a caDdldate b In￿ted for Inte[￿￿￿, wlth Co￿4￿Erat￿n of the (andidate by a panel of interviewers. Candldale5 whosè
rfitten applliatbn5 dD not, upon fdreful ion5idetatNJn, dlsclose the requL%itÈ quallty. w111 nor bo Invlted for Interylew. Untoln5 Inn
3dvert15ed tho qUalI￿￿$1t L4lookln8foron ltswEb51te.
Onco stholars have been selected thelr flnanclal 3ward L¢ ¢&kulated on the basts 01 thelr kndlvldual rnean5. The DDlyexcEptk>n to Ihls b the
nsfldd Schokr5h*5 whkh are ollered ai a mlnirnum of £?0,￿0. The sch￿?￿, means are calculated on thè basls of thelr assers, 5?vlTh8
dÈb¥ Other sourcp5 of Ilnanclal support and prvlectèd Èxpenses lor the dur•tbn of their course of period of tralnlng. The 5iholaiships
Commlttee set5 CMJt the formulas to be apPl￿d- eJ8. only takln8 Into acwuntsavlnss above a and c3pWn8 monthly eXt￿n$￿S-
and re¥￿¥￿ thls regularty. stholars, w51 be4wardEd a rnlnlmum Df £l,th).
Lincdns Inn not dlscilmlnare Unlawful￿ agalnst any PEf5Dn on the Erounds ol that pe￿ons sex, cobw. lace natthaljty or ethnlc or
arf￿m,d￿bll1tyI sexual Or￿nt￿l•n,re11￿0n orbenef, or¥&e. Drln anyotherwaythaÈ k unlawful.
Thp Tfi15teE5 of the Oennlng Fund bÈl￿ve thatthe5e applitofjon do not (reate uhreasonaNe resirkllon5 an acc￿ by ￿￿j*JateS to
theschoPdrshlps avamable.
Inye5trnents a￿ShOw￿0￿thE BaknrtceSheetatrnaKketv3￿e In ￿rdance ￿th chaiityaccauntlnz Tule5.
The NetA%setsoftheFund Incréased by£19Th frorn É&97lkto£7.168k.
FUNDRA15fiiG
Wh115t we do ntst actfvely fundra￿￿, we are fortuThJte to recetrde dOna￿on5 and beqvE5ts from tlrne to Ilme. We ¥ie Efatelul for the
Benero￿ty0fthe donors.
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THE DENNIP+G FUND
REPORTOFTHETRVSTEESICONTINUÉDI
FOR THEYEAR ENDED31DEtEMBEIi 2020
GRANT￿￿N6 POUC¥
The Fund donate5 towaid5 the yvefall level ol Indmdual awards and Brants made by Llncokn'5 Inn. Is Èamed fror
Invo51rnerts In the fomi of dfvideDd5 and Interest Is traD5ferred as recelved frorn the Inve5tmETht manèger to the Honourable soC￿tY of
Llncoln'5 Inn. At the eTrd of each financkl the Trustee5 a55tss the vèlue of the *otsl tr3hsfÈrof funds ihar h45 bÈen made for the year
and payortake a balancI￿at￿oufftt toorfiorn the a5 aDnual adlustmenr.
In makln8 a 8rant the OennlnB Fund Tlustees expe￿ Fhe responslble CornmSltee to svpeTrise the spendlng of the monies iranted. The
DenDID8 Fvnd Trustees are Dot thÈmselves In a posltlon to do so. Expendlture by LlnEoln's Inn ts conrFollpd 3rtd managed by Its varfou5
oftkers and fflonltorpd by the FInart￿. Educatlon and S(holar5hipCoMmsiiees. Lincoln's Inn wys the Indmduil In 4uestlon on appTDval from
theiÈWantCornmlttee5¥hdon productbn of pr0pellyappr￿￿ aP￿IC￿l￿n5f0rscho1aT$hspS wyment5. on￿ a payment has been m3dÈ by
the Inn. Ihe Inn reqve515 partor all of the prOTh￿￿￿ contdbutbn from the fu￿d. The valueof Contr[￿t1￿￿515 nÈvÈrmofe iban thetotè1￿hUe
ofschokr5hlp5.' Lintoln'slnNmakes upany5hortfall.
TheTru5tee54EreEd thaithegrant MakIng￿lI(ya￿d Procedureath￿¥￿S theoblecÈfvp5 oftheFund.
RESERVtspoucY
ThÈ Trustee5 have ￿￿eWed thè rè52rves of ihp Charlty. vthlth compr15e of £649k unrestrkted. E17k re5tritted and £6,502k wetsdable
endowment. The TTU5teES have Ideniified th4t the end benefidarle5 of the Charlty are noi any d*prfi¥ed from the benefrt of the
Charfty's oblectfve
Thè re￿eW encompassed the nat￿le of the Incorne strEams ahd the polKy ad00￿d by the Tru5ree5, vthlth thèy conS￿er to be prudènt. to
dbtrfbute the annual InvÈStment Incorne of th@ Charlty. The Trustees recogn￿e that shouk4 the become unable to fund its 5chtyla¢shlps.
the Trustees tnU5t hdd sufficknt reseN25 to ensure the Interesis of future beneflclarles. TiuStÈÈs tonsider ihe ChariV5 eKpendèble
endowmentfund ISS￿lt3bIeforthIs wrpDse. Grants a￿l￿nded1r0TD fice iesÈrves and IncornE durkn8the year. The polk￿5 arE{￿QWed on
FUTUREOEVELOPMENT5
The Truste￿ of the Denfiifig Fund havè rtvlÈwed the o¥erall 5tiucturÈ and efflclencyof thÈ fund and con5011dated th@ iFbveStments IntD
atcouTht manated bythe IDY25tmEnt Ctsmmllteeand bythe iDyestment manageis. The Trustee5 have r£vlewpd thE pèrformance of th@fund
managers and VAII contlnueto so airegul3rlnle￿al￿
INVESTMETrfPOWERSAND POUCY
In accordante wth theST wwers undÈr the Trust Deed, the Tr￿SteeS have delegated the management of the pDrtfomo and the Investm￿nt
powers rothe Llnwln'slnn Invesbnent comm5tt￿.
The InvEstfflent Cthnmltiee rneels wilh the fund managers twice a year and hold5 two #do1￿0￿31 meetlngs to CDnddÈr ihe Inve5trnent
man4gÈr's report.
INVESTMETrJTPERFORMANCE
Thefvnd531è1nvèsied wilh LeB31&6enpt41 ￿nderpass4¥eThOnBget￿e￿tln pooled fundsth*tr*the markei'whlle betterthanihp
aFket.th¢ fuAd tt35 done now4rsÈ.
Lè8al & Gener41 levych41ge5COtb5iStof a flat pErsthEmechèrge, plusan ad-valorem tharae and a managementthèr8e.
LEfAL& GENERAt'S INVEsfMENTMANDATE
Legal & Genef?I m?n38È thè Stheme's a55et5 Pa55ive basls In thelT pooled Index fund5. The of the5theme'5 #ssets b to bo
mahtalned In predetsimlned prO￿rt￿n5.
Where posslblè, cashflows Into or out of the fund wlll be used to rnaintsin the asset di&trybutbn wllhln the spec1f￿d i*ngÈs. In addEtIon,
5￿t(h¢S between as$etcla￿e5WIll bp lfflpiemented shou￿ anyasSÈttlAsses moveout5￿etbe1rrlThEe5.
Fuf•DS
Thefwds of thècharltycompi15e or..
il vnrestrfcted fund5. whjch arÈ expendable Ihefvrtheran￿0f the F￿￿'SOb1￿C￿vÈ5.
ill expendaue ertdowment fvnds whl(h were ¢rÈated by 8fft5 a number of years ay. In accordancè wlth the terms of the Erfi the
caplt¥l fvnd Is to be rnalntalnecl unle$5 il ￿ reoulred to ￿ Spent the Income Is Ireatsd 3$ uorestrlrted income. The capItsI of
thelund canbe expended atthe TIu5teÈS'dlsuet*n.
I re51rthd fund5 arfsefrom a h15torirdDnatlon th a fundiaued thejoan DennlngPriie.
In the oplnlonof theTru5tee5thE￿alil￿s asset5 are 5ufficienttomeet ft5cornmitmen
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THE DENNING FUND
REPORTOFTHE TRUSTEES ICONTINVEDI
FORIHEYEAR ENDEDJI DECEMBER 2020
TRUSTEES, TR￿NING AIJDREMUNERATION
New Trustees areofferecl approprktelnductlon aDdtralnln8 procédure5. ￿lthe appointed Trusteesare eXperien￿d Weis.
Th@Cha￿ty has noetnyloyee5 pnd noTrustee re£etr4eLI retnunÈraVon fortheir5etvi¢es.
TRusfEES'RESPON%BiimES
The Tru5tee5 are reSWn￿b]e fvr P￿parIng the Annual Report ¥rtd the Fknanc￿l 5tatoments In accordanTr wlth appiitsbk13w and VThSted
nÈdom GenoraltyAc(eptedAttountlng Pract1￿5 IUK-G4API.
Lèw applICab￿ to (hartheS1n England and Wale5 requlrÈs the Trustees to preparE finènclal statements fllf Eath yeèr whlch 8lve5 a ITue ind
falr ￿e￿ of the Charltrfs fl￿anc￿l act￿ftlesdvrl￿g the yeèr and of ft5 financial at the end ofthe year. In prep3rln8 a￿)￿nts Blvln8
true?￿ fairview,theTrusteesshouldfollowbE5t pract1￿ and..
il $elettsuitsb￿ at(ountln8 wIldèsar￿ aplythetn conslstÈnttr,
fll make Judyrnents 3Dd e5timatesthatare reasonab￿ and prudent.
I state whether app11cabk ac￿￿￿t￿n& 5tsndards havè been folknwed, SublÈct to any rnateilal departur￿ dtsclosed and expkined1n
theacc(vJnts, gnd
41 p1ep3retheaC￿tttsfjn ihÈwln8 baslsunless 1t1s+nappropr￿t@tDassurn￿ thatthecharftywlllcDntinue In DperatloTr.
The TrustQ05 are re5PDNslblèfor keeping acaiuntlnBreciYd5 whith dlsd05e wSth reasonable accuracy the finanopl p0s￿On of the chJrlty3nd
whl¢h enable thern to axertaln ihe financlal p051tloD af the tharliy and allow thÈrn to ensure ihat the accwnt5 compW ￿th applKable bw.
They ère a150 responslble forsaleiuardlnethe a$5ets af the charityand herfe foita￿n8rebSOll3b￿ 5rep5 forthe prevèntlon and d@tEttlon 0¢
error, ftaud ￿￿j otherlrre8ularltles. DUrln8thÈ￿aI theTruStees appoknleit ￿eW audkors Hay5maclntyre iLP.
The Trustee5 a￿ rwonslble for the malntÈnance and iDtsgrty of the ciKporaie and Informatkn Induded In the Charfty
CoTnm155ionswÈbslte and reTrfve no ièmuneratlon.
The Trustee5 have complied with the duty In 5.17 of Charlt1es Act 201110 have relard to the Charlty Comm1ssion's publtshed general
and ielevanrsu&sEttor Bu￿ar￿(oncernlnlthe opEr1t￿n ofthe PubllcBeDefitwulrementunderth?tAU.
Appro¥Èd bytheTru51ee5 0
and slgned on thei< ￿h3￿b¥
S￿m￿d. 2$ K￿Y2021
MfAlan boyse QC
Cha1frnan vfthETiustees
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INDEPEWDENT AULXTORS, MEPORT
TOTHETItUSTEES OFTHEHONOVRABLÈSOCIETYOFLINCOLN'SINN
THE DENNING FUND
FOR THEYEARENDE031 Ot(EMBER2O2D
OPINION
We have Èudiied tho flDan£ial statements of Thp HonDutsbfe Soclety of Llnroln'5 Inn Oennlng Fund for the year ended 31 Oetember 2020
whlch EDmpilsethe 5taternEntof Flnanclal ArtN1t￿5, Balance Sheet and notP5 to the financlal 51aternents,1ThcludlnE a SUrnThary DI SiAnllkont
¥ccountlnB pollde5. The financlal reportSnE Itampwa<k that ha5 been appl￿￿ in thelr prep8r8tion Is applkable law and unlted Klngdos
Act￿ntIngStandard*9Dp1lCab1e In the UK Republk of IrelaDd (Unl￿d Klngdom GeneiallyAr(epiedAccountSng Practiiel.
In ￿ro￿nIOn. Iheflngnual statements..
veatruo and faTrrvlewof thÈ stat&ofthecharlV5 affairsas at 31 Decernbei 2020 andaf theCharW5 Det mrNernent Infundsfor
ha¥* boèn propertyprepared in atcordancewlth United ￿n￿OM GellerallyA¢trptedAccovmin8PradicÈ', and
have been prepared in ¥¢cordance ¥￿th the rÈ4ulremEntsof theCharftkAtt 2011.
OASISFOR OPINION
rewlayons made or havSn8 effett thereunder. We con￿tted our aL¥IIt In acwrdance wlth International Standard5 on Auditln8 (UK)
IUKII and applltable law. I￿r responslbllltles underthrpse standards are fvrthEf descrlbed lrn the Audlttsrfs responslbSlltlu lor the audlt of the
tlnandal statements5￿CtIOn￿fOUrrep0rt. We are indEpendent of the chartyin atc0rdan￿Withthe Èthltsl requlrernenis Ihit are relevant io
our èudlt ol the financial statements the U¥, Incl￿In8the FRC5 Ethlcal stsndard, and we haye fulfilled our other pthicèl responslblll%les
accordance with these <eoulrernent5. We belwe that the auditev￿e￿￿0 we haveobtalnpd15 suffltleniand appropriate 10 pra￿dea ba515 for
ouropSnknn.
CDNCLUsION5RE￿￿Nfj TOGOINGCONCERN
In a￿d￿l￿E the statements, we hayetonduded that the ttusteeg use of the8olngioncern basls of aCCLWDtln8 In the preparation Df
theflnand?151atemènts L% approprfare.
BHspdon thè work we have perforrnEd, we have nut IdEntifie4£èny rnaterfal unrettslnt￿s re￿tIngtO Events or con65tk)n5tha¢ InOk41duallyor
olle¢Yvety, mayca515ignifi¢antdoubt onihe Charlty'5ab1l￿ytO contlnue a5 toftcern foia pprlod olat kast iwel¥e tnoDthsfrom whe
thèllnanclèl statemeNt5 afEatsthoi&edforl55ue.
re5pon5lbll￿fjes4nd the responslbllttlesofthetrusteeswfth re5PErttO80inÉconcern are cle5cfibÈd In the refevant5e(U¢ns of thls repDrt.
OTHER INFORMATION
The ttU5¢eEs are responSIb￿ fDr the other InformatiQD. The othef Inloifflation comprtses the InfoTtnaYon 1ncluded In the Tw5te¥' Annual
Report. our opln*Jn on thp finantktl statements dve5 npt CDVErthe othei Informahon and, ex￿p1 tothe exiènt OtherW￿e eApll¢lttystated In
aurrewrt,we do not express inyforrn of a55uran¢e tantluslon thereon.
In ronnettiOTr wlth our auditof thefinaTrdal 5t3tetnents. our ￿ponsIbIlIty Lsto read theothef Infurmatlon and. In doln850. conslderwliether
the otherInfo￿atlOll 15 matèrlally Incon51stentwtth thelnanclal staiemEnt50raur knowl*obtainèd In the audlt orotherwbe 3ppear5to
be materlally mi55tated. If we Identify such mateilal IncoNs151ende5 Dr ap￿rent rngieilal mi55tatEments, we are rewlred to determinE
wherheT there Is 3 tnaterlgl mL%siateTneDt in thÈ financlal statetDents oi a materlal rn155tP￿[TheThl of the other Informaiion. 11. based on thE
workwe have perfoimed. we LDTrcludÉ that there i% a mater181 m1551atement ofthts othEr InformadoN we arE ￿QUIred to rewrt that f#cL
We have nothinEto report In thi5 regard.
MATfERSONVINICH WE AReREQUIREDTO REPORT BYEXCEPTIthY
We hpvE [￿hing to report In fE5pett of the fo￿￿TrE matter$ In rdatkna to whlth thè Charltles IAcLDunts and Reports1 Regv14tK)n$ 2(K>8
requE￿uS to rew>rttoyou If, Inouf oWlon'.
adwlptracc￿ntbngreC0rd5 hbve bEen kept bythe chaDiy, or
suffldent a¢¢ounUng records havenottyèen kept.. or
thè chad¢yflnanckl sl*em￿tsarÈ17ot1n a&reen￿nt￿th theatcountlnz record5 returns: or
we haYE notiecefved all the knformatk)n and explanatWJDS weiequlre lorourautht.
RESPONSIBILITESOFThETRUSTEES FOR THE FINANCIALsfAIEMENTS
A5 explalned more fully in the reS￿￿$￿011￿￿ statementser on paAe 4 the riu5teeS arè respons1b￿ for the prEgaratkin of the
f1nandal 5tarernen15 and fo< beth& satlsfied that they glve a t￿e and fair ￿￿w, and for such Iftt¢<nal control a5 the trustees deieimlne ts
netrss£rytoenableth* preparètlonof fiDanc14lstatéments th3tare frÈÈfrom Materkil m1551ilemen¢ whetherdueioft8yd orerror.
Sn prewrfTh¥theflnandal $t*eMeDts,t￿ truste￿ 3re T￿POnsIblèfOraSse551ng the ch?rit¢s abllllyto contiDve8$ 3 8olnÉconcern, dis¢h>sln&
5 appliEfjble, matter5 relaied lo g¢inA ton￿rn and u5In¥the 8olnE concern ba5Lsof èccountlng un￿55th￿trUSteeS eltheT Intend to liou￿ate
IhEtharitycrto ceaseoperati0￿Orhaveno reaj15tks1tsnat￿ ￿ttOd0 5Q.
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DEPENDENT AUDJTORS, MEPORT
roTHETRV5TEÈ$OFTHEHONOURABLESOCIE￿oFLIfICQlN,$1NN ICONTIPIUEDI
THE DENNING FUND
FOR THEYEARENDED31t*(EMBER20ZO
AUDITOR'SRE5P14￿BI￿TES FOFiTHE AUDITOFYHE HNANOALSTATEMENYS
Ourobjett*$ 8re th obialn rpa5on4ble assuran￿ abwt whèther the flnanoal Statements a5 a whde ère free from n￿tell#l mL$sts￿menl
whethEr duE to fr1￿ 01 eiror, to L%sue an auditprfs report that Include5 our oplnSon. Rea50nablè assuran￿ Is a hlgh level ol a55uranc
15 nDt a warantee that an atsdit conducted Ww)idan￿ wilh I￿ IUKI wll alway5 deted È matsrial rnlsStatement when li ex15ts.
MiSStstÈments can art5E from fraud or error 4nd are cons1dwed matÈrtal if, Inolyldually or in the aggregate. thEY re350nabty èè
pÈrted tolnfluentethF etonomlcdecWon5 pf users taken the b¥slsof thesefinancklsiatÈrnents.
ittegu4ar￿es, Includln8 fraud, are Sn51anTr5 of hOn￿MplIan￿ wlth laws and rewJlatiDns. We de51En procedvrts In lthe wlth tyjr
fE5ponslbllltles, outlined above, to detect rn4terlal mlsslatements respect of Irre8utsrit1Ès. Includlng ffaud. extert to which our
prrK￿Ures arecapablÈofdetecikn8lire&ul8ritr5, inclL4lln{frJuLS kf deta11ed below..
Based on duf understandln£ of the thaityand the etwlronment In whlch rt operatès, we Ideniffied th3¢the prlndpal rlsk5 of rton-crJmpUan
wilh and reB￿latIOnS and we tonsldered the extent to whkh non￿￿pI￿n(P ml8ht have a rnatÈr￿l effect on the fin¥Ddal staternents.
NDsuch 4rea's of nOTh<oMpl￿nCewere Identified.
WÈ evaluated ThanaEemeni's In￿nIveS artd opportunltle5 for fraudulÈnt rnaThlpulpt1on of the financlal 5ts1ements Ilftdudlng the rtsk of
oveirfde of wffttrdsl and de*rmlned t￿1 the pilnclpal 11sk5 we* r4èted to managementoverrlde of contro15. Audlt prO￿￿u[￿S pÈrEormed
bythe engagementteam lllduded..
0￿￿70￿5W￿Ib manapn&it fftludlt* ¢onsSJerJtionolknownor5U5PEtted kn5tance5O1nLMF¢omp41¥K*w￿h Imind re8dètkn4ndhud.'
rnanweni5cth7trobde￿G￿￿t¢*Ple￿ anddetgtti¢Iegularlt￿S,.
Identifyins and t¢s￿n8 In partlrular lourffl41 enlrfe5 Posted With UnL￿ullI acc￿ ¢omWnatbns, p05*nES by uyers w ￿th
unuSL4lde5rrfptlon5,'
Afurtherde5crlptlon tsfour responslbl1ft1esfortheaL￿lt0f Ihefininci41 sratemen151s *xat*d on the Reportln8Coundl's webslt@atr.
wMv.Irc.org.uk/audhorsrespon51b11ft*5.Ihls dÈsulptk)n foTtn5 Part ofour audiiorfs repDrt.
USEOF OUAAEPORT
Th15 rÉ￿rt Is made 501ely tothè thaiitls trustees, 35a body, In accordanLÈ wlth sectlon 144 of the Charllk5 Acr 2011 and ièwLitton5 rnadé
urtder secUon IS4 of that Att. audir wurk bÉ&n undertaken SQ that we mLght state to the charltV5 trLthES those matior5 we o
rEquired to state tothern In an Audltorfs repDrtartd for noother puiwsÈ. Tothe lullp5r ￿Xtent Pormined èy law. we dp nDt accept or4wme
respon55bMityio3nyDne otherthBnthecharit￿Strus￿e5 asa bodyfar ouraudlt worKfor¢hts report, orlorthe¢plnk)nswe havefoimèd.
Haysrnacirntrye LLP
StalUtoryAudltors
Id8tèl 13 July 2021
IOQueen StreÈtPla
London
EC4R IAG
Haysrnadntyre LLP Is ellglbletoarta53n *dMrlnteTrnS ofsertlDn 1212 of theCornpanlE5Att 200S
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THEHONOURABLE SOIJEtYOF UNCOLN'5 INN
THE DEf4NING FUNO
STATEMENTOFANANC¢ALAcrivmES
FOR THEYEAIi ENDED310ECEMBER 2020
Expendable
Endowment
Funds
Unrestrkted
Fund5
Note
Aestyided Funds
Zolg
I￿O￿9fram'.
Donatlons and Lègacks
Investmeni incorne- Fee rebate5
|nve5tmeniincome
YDtBI Imcome
13,693
3.638
146A58
163.789
13.693
3,638
146A58
163,789
2,713
4,076
192 414
199,203
Expendl¢uie fj￿..
Mèna8ement& Admlnlstratlon
EduCatH)nalAward5
Toi41 Expendlture=
1601
192J781
192,438
1147.701
147.941
147,7011
147,941
NetGalnlllp55lon Investments
426
426
180.787
180,787
181.213
197.061
912.185
918.951
15,848
NETMOVEMFNTIN FVNDS
15,848
416
0,787
197.061
918,gSI
FLmd balance5 bioughi forward at i
January 2019
633,130
16.632
6,320,892
6.970,653
G,051,70
Fund b&1Èn￿S iarwled lom$￿ at 31
DocernbtrF 2020
64&978
17,058
6501.678
7,167,71a
4970,654
*Ulthe actI￿lIe50f thefvnd are conUnulnB lTr&oththlsyearand the pre￿O￿Syear.
l ¢omparatlve ￿VerneDts relate ￿ unre5tr1rted funds apart froTh lrtvettment 8aln whlch was s￿IL to f.2,W2 to restiided and £910,A83 to
endab￿ elldowmEnt.
The Mteson P￿￿5 Ilto 131orm partof Ih4sèflnBfKlalsraterTrpnis
Page9 0113

THÉHONOUK4BLESOCIETY(*UNCOLN'S INN
THE DENNING FUND
BALA14CE SHEET
FOR THEYEAR ENDEDJI DECEMBER ZOZO
Noie5
2020
FIXEDASSETS
Investrnen15
7.D77,995
6A93,020
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
Qsh at Bank
Amoun15 duEfrom Untoln4lnn
9,494
62,208
19,234
90,936
10,687
50,592
16,416
77.695
CURRENTIIABiunES
5uDdryCrÈdknrs
1601
1601
EtCURRENT ASSETS
,876
77,635
7.168,872
6,970,655
FUNDS
Unrestrlcted
Resiriaed
ExpendaNe Endowment
648,978
17,058
6,501,678
7.167,714
63a,130
I5￿32
6 320892
A970h55
ApprovÈd bythe TTusreeson'
andsiened onthÈlrbehaWby.
MrAl¥n p¢ylÈQC
Chalrman oftheTwsteÈs
Èd. 2SW2021
Th? notes•n ptsqes iLto 13form p?rtof rhpspfinknclal 5taternents
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IHEHONDufiAOIESDCIEfYOF LINCOLN'SINN
I￿OENNING FIJND
NOIE5TOThEACCOUNTS
FORIHEYEAREfiDID31 DÉCÉMBER 2020
ACCOIINIINGpouaES
Ibe flnanclal siaternents h* been prertsrèd ln accordance w￿h Ac[aunt￿l and Reportlng by Charttles.. St*ernent of
RetommerOed Practice appl￿ble to tharfde5 prep3rfng their a¢¢ounts In accorfafico wlth the Flnantlal Reportlng
Standard appllc4ble In th￿ UK and Republk of Ire￿r￿ IFRSIO21 I lènuary 20191-ICharitie5 SORPISRS 1021, the
Flnand&l ReportiDgstsnd¥id appllcabk Inthe UK Rewtslliaf Irdand IFRS 1021 and ÉheQTrmpan1É%ActX￿6.
"Goln8Q>rthwnAccountlwpollry
TheTnStees havecon51deredthe irnpatton the Fund of the COVID 19 pand¢mlt3nd are confldentthatthe Fundwlll
ha￿ suifKlent re3D￿r(e5 to rneettts ￿b]li￿le$for at leas112 month5 from the date ofS1gnkngth￿ le￿rtand ¥$ su¢hthe
atcounts have been prep?red on a8oln8conceTn ￿Sk￿.
I￿ornE
.A￿ Incomlng resources are reco￿￿È& th the Ststernent of ACt￿￿lÈS when the C￿r51¥ has ￿n¢}￿￿M￿nt to the
funds. ft Is pr0b3blethatthelnt(w￿wlllte[ecefr￿ed3nd theamounttsn be measured rellably.
rleBalW,enth4ement tstaken 35theearlterofthedètr DDwhlch either
The£*arity15awareth•tprvbate h35been gianted.
Retelptofa lezacylnthdeorkn part. Is ontycon5￿ered probabl@whènthèèmount taD b2 measured relkRb
'Theeststeh35 bEenthaIi%ed.*EKl￿)ohts￿rJrt has been tn3de bytheeXetutor(sltotheTrustthar?dlstr&￿tl0n
Whena dLEtritrArtlDn lsre￿￿e￿fr0Ththe estate.
RecEiptofa leMln wWorparL isvnW¢onslOered probablewhentheamwntc3th be Measured rellabty3ndihE
artyha% been nDtffied OF￿￿eX*£UtslsinteTrE1Qn to makea d15tributlon.
urirestrtctea*un&sare Jvalablptthspend on£(xiWt￿ thatturther iny ot the purposes ot ine chamty. DES￿nated turt05
gre Lmre5trfLteLll¥nds Df.thE IharftywlithiheTfusrees have dEaded at thelr dSsuetknn to Set a5￿C to use for a speclfic
.purpose. Re5thctedfund% arE donaSvn5 whlch the donor ha5 spèdfled alesole￿ used fDr partkular arÈèS of the Trust¥
WDrk uf fDT a 5PEafic prolett. Donatlons Tequlr<d to be retalned as capltal in accordaD¢e wth the dOr￿￿S wtshes are
arcDuntEdfofwh@nyrDbab12 as'endowThEThb'_ permanent orexpendJbleacLurélDEtDthe natu￿of the re5trfctbn.
ENpenditiirÈ
.ExppndlturÈ kÈrLoJtntEd foronaTrJoTuJts b¥sLs •nd hès been classlfled under he￿￿IngS t￿t aÈyegateall costs rebtsd
'tD thetstt￿ry. IhE lThery)verdble'ElptneDtDfVAT Is Included wilh thp Irern of Expèndlture to whlck It rel3ie5. Where
CP5ts cannot be dlrertly anvlbutablp to partN￿lar artfvllles they have been a5￿Cated to 3ctmt￿s on a basLs cor*$1stent
whh USE of ihe reSDurce5.
. Charhable expendllure C(￿1￿1$￿5 expendthre donated to Lirfolns Inn rowèrd the award5 of th* Dennln6 Fund
Scholarshlp5.
-Funds
Thefvn&sDfthEch?th ro[np[r￿ of..
thE expendablE endt¥wmont lund whlch was created by £fft5 donated to the charlty for £￿e￿Il edL￿tk)
PUYP05e5a numberofvwsoKoand &expendableatthedbtreUon oftheTru5ree5.
reSErthdfvn*cDngktln4of dO￿atIon5a￿dI2gacle5 fEol¥pd vJhiih the donorha5 earmarkedfora speclfic
unie5trl*edfvDd5vthithèreexpendaMe&i ihefurther¥nceof the FuTr&soblethve5.
lTh¥estments
In¥estmentsare 5raieclatrnld-m¥rkÈt¥a￿eat the b3￿n￿sheeÈd#¢￿.
GOVERWINCE
ThÈ Innmeetsthe c05tof refflunèrad0￿for advke and Se￿1￿ by¢he audltofsand Dther profess1￿41 adytsor5.
Pa8e 110113

IHE.HONOUR4BLESOCIEVYOFLINC¢XN'SIWN
THEDENIIING FUND
PIOTEST07HEACCOUNTS ICONTINUEDI
. FOR,IMEYEAR ENOEO 31 DECEMBER 2020
NO TrtJ#ee, or person related orcOnrtec￿d to ihem has re￿Ived any romU￿erat￿oTr oi rdnibJr5EmEnlol Expenses from the Fund
ringthecuNentor prevIous￿r.
EDUCAMONAtAWARtrS
TheTiust pald o¥erdwidend htome onana5Tecw¥ed basL%tothe HonourableSodeLyafuntoln's Innof E148kl2019 E192kl,wh
brOad￿c￿n￿des￿th thepo1￿*ntdates b¥Llncoln'slDnto pupll b3yrI5tersand5tudents Of$thD￿rsh￿ and award5 modè.
INVEST+AENTS
2019
MarketV3lue ljanuary
6,893,020
.976,573
Addltknn5 atCQ5t
204.263
568,262
Proceed5 DfifLspDsaL%
12W.50DI
(S64,￿01
GolnsALDssI on In¥Estmpnts
18L212
912,185
mBrketvA￿3l￿e(ernbDr
7,077,995
6A93,020
Hi￿Or1[aIr￿stjlD4C£rt
3A97.435
309a,6T2
IDdifeEttrartSattlon cost5are IncurRdthrDuEh the b￿-OfterspreaduTr iDve5bnents ￿thIn pooled inve5tment¥èhldes. The arnount
of I￿oI1ett£oSts1￿rt0fSPpa￿￿ProVIdEdto thèscherne.
2020
L&GuKE4*kTdtF￿dT￿Sl
L&G IntEfn3tlonaIlndp￿TTu5E
L&G Fixed lthte5tTn
L&G Emergthgmarkets
TOTAL
2227,516
2,933.080
I￿73.650
843,749
7￿77,995
31.47
41A4
IS.17
11.92
I258￿30
2,730m7
1,150.991
753.902
4893.020
32.76
39.80
16.70
10.94
LOO
DEBTORS
2020
2019
Accrued Intom
9,494
ID,687
CffEDiroAs
2020
2019
>JndryCiedNvt5
SPLITOFNET AS5ET5BEIWEENRIND5
Eipendable
FDdDwment
Funds
Unre5triEted
Funds
Re5bY(ted Fund5
nvestrnents
Nèt ￿rrent assets
575,160
73,818
648,978
6,50J,678
7.076￿38
9￿￿76
7.167.714
I7￿58
I1￿5￿
450L678
Endtswment
Funds
20
Funds
Re5trfttEd Fu￿5
2019
572,IZ7
61,0
633,130
6,32Q,8g1
6.893,018
77.635
6,970,653
Net currem a55ets
16.632
16fi32
6,320,891
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TTrIE HONOURABLE SOCIEfYoF U14COLN'S INN
IHE DENNING FUPJD
NOTESTOTHE ACCOUNT5 I￿NTINUED)
FOR THEYEAR ENDED all￿(£￿BER 2020
RELATED PARTYTRAN5AcnoNS
Ihe Honourable Sockfy of Lincokn's Inn Is one of tho fDur Inns of Court, It i4 an ￿n￿ernt un1ncorporated body DI lawrs whkh for
fivE tentUTles and fflore havè had the wwer io call to the those of thelr mcmbers who have du￿ qua￿￿ed for the rank of
d4ree ol Barr15rer-at-Law.
The fund 4WdS e5tab115hed by member5 or fottner members of the s￿ety of LlncolD5 Inn and a5 la￿ out In Its
oblectfveswhen vaondesèrfse Inihe bDdyofTfu%tèes the Councll of BenchEr5 DfThe Homurablo 5otiÈtyoI Uncoln's holdthe
power 10 3PFQlnt rÈplatements. The TTU5te* lye otherwlse autoDotnouS. The Inte￿oMPanY a£￿Th[ between the Inn and the
Oennlngfund Indudes donatlon5 uf £3kin lothE Inn'5 banka￿O￿￿t,thEba4èn(Èo1 the accuuntls£19kènd wlll be tra￿$fOr1ed from
the InDtothe Dennlngfund bank ptcyunt ￿rIn82021.There nofurtherrelated partie5.
FINANCIALINSTRUMFFns
2020
Flnanclalas5etsatf¥lrvalue
7,077.995
6A93.020
An0￿Clala$S@1saI aM￿ttSed rost
19,234
16.416
Financlal Ilabllltie5 4t8morttsed cost
60
60
Hnanc1alawtsaifalrv3lue LrxnPrtsèln¥estmer¢tskn shares
Flnanclalassetsatamtyrt1sed costcomprise Intercompanybalan
19,2a4
1&416
Fknandal 1lab1lll￿S atamort15Èd tost tomprise other LTedltOT5
Pa8t13 of 13