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2024-12-31-accounts

REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 06477969 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1127723

Report of the Trustees and

Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024

for

Humanitarian Logistics Association

Tayabali Tomlin Chartered Accountants Kenton House Oxford Street Moreton-in-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 0LA

Humanitarian Logistics Association

Contents of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024

Page
Report of the Trustees 1 to 10
Independent Examiner's Report 11
Statement of Financial Activities 12
Balance Sheet 13 to 14
Notes to the Financial Statements 15 to 19
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 20 to 21

Humanitarian Logistics Association

Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2024

The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2024. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objects

The Humanitarian Logistics Association (HLA) is a non-profit, international membership association for humanitarian logistics professionals and organisations that respond to take relief to and create infrastructure for those affected by global emergencies.

The objectives of the charity are reported on the Charity Commission website as:

a. Discussion, information and knowledge sharing focal point for individual humanitarian logisticians and organisations involved in humanitarian transport and logistics; and

b. The networking of volunteers abroad.

HLA is a professional association with a global network. Its expertise is focused on knowledge sharing to improve practice in the field of humanitarian logistics. As a non-operational (non-deploying) entity, the Charity works in the area of emergency preparedness by advising individuals on career development and facilitating dialogue and connections within and between multiple sectors. For over 13 years HLA has engaged through capacity strengthening and innovation projects, which most recently have been focused on both East Africa and Europe. Our funding sources are via membership subscriptions and project grants from institutional donors or through partners.

Mission

Empowered logisticians drive cross sector solutions that are locally sustainable and globally enabled to deliver aid more effectively.

The HLA is focussed on achieving three key outcomes:

1. Policy change

We work through hosted Advocacy Groups - such as the Local Procurement Learning Partnership - with donors, aid organisations, private and public sectors to help them improve their supply chain management policies to enable improved aid delivery.

2. Market Transparency

We support shared marketplaces which are recognised and used by all sectors involved in aid delivery, enabling resource efficiencies and better supported local businesses.

3. Empowered logisticians

We facilitate evidence and knowledge generated via projects, research and case studies to be shared to improve awareness and provoke mind-set changes, enabling individual skills and organisational supply chain design improvements.

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OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Public benefit

The trustees are pleased to confirm that HLA has fully complied with the duty in section 4 of the 2006 Act, having due regard to guidance on 'public benefit' as published by the Charity Commission.

Volunteers

HLA has assisted its membership and stakeholders through the engagement of many highly motivated volunteers, through benefits in kind and through other non-financial transactions.

The Trustees are extremely pleased that the Association has been able to develop as an organisation and deliver value to its members and are grateful to the team of volunteers who have given up their time to support the HLA's activities.

Volunteers that served during the reporting period were:

  1. Andrew Parkes (Operations)

  2. Tikhwi Muyundo (Africa rep.)

  3. Guy Dunkerley (Chief Operating Officer, from February 2025)

Partnerships

HLA's key partner during 2024 has been UNICEF.

In addition to IT and web site hosting services for which fees were paid, Umbrella Development provided significant in-kind specialist website support.

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Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2024

ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE

This annual report serves to update the HLA's position since the last annual report in 2023:

2024 saw the continuation of business planning activities that began during the COVID-19 pandemic, which prompted revisions to the ways in which HLA engaged with its network. Subsequently, the Association has delivered on its objectives of:

a. Being an independent, organisation for the professional development of humanitarian logisticians, and humanitarian logistics more broadly;

b. Providing a neutral forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience;

c. Also, HLA has continued to work to develop best practice and standards for humanitarian logistics and has acted as a forum for connections to the humanitarian logistics community of practice via individual and corporate membership.

The HLA remains the premier sector-wide body focused on humanitarian logisticians and continues to seek to facilitate systemic changes to the sector's efficiency and effectiveness, since logistics remain the second largest cost for humanitarian organisations.

Review of Achievements against Outcomes (Impact Areas)

The key elements of the Association's Impact Model are aligned to the five-year strategy 2021 to 2025. In their work on the HLA strategy, trustees reviewed the Outcome Areas.

Impact Area 1 - Policy Change

Local Procurement Learning Partnership (LPLP)

This is a multi-stakeholder initiative, seeking to improve the timely, relevant, and efficient use of local procurement in humanitarian response and resiliency building activities.

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Impact Area 2 - Market Transparency

Impact Area 3 - Empowered Logisticians:

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Lessons from 2024:

Focus remains on delivering high quality content and regular network communications. While the reliance on volunteers to support this has been successful, it has led to peaks and troughs in activities. Going forward, a core team of remunerated staff is needed to ensure consistency of resource and activity across the year.

The Trustees recognise the need for a digital strategy, greater board engagement, and sustainable revenue.

Projects during 2024 have proven to be highly valuable and a good way to support the HLA's advocacy groups.

2024 has been a consolidation year in terms of membership, with plans made to enhance the range of services and benefits to members by updating and improving the website and other support facilities. A key requirement is to attract additional core funding to professionalise and sustain the organisation.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Financial position

In 2024, the Trustees have reviewed HLA's financial controls and feel that the segregation of the roles of Financial Controller (accountant/bookkeeper) and a Finance Director continue to be robust given the increasing sums being handled by the Charity.

Year ended 31 Dec 2024

Free Reserves £3,226 Restricted Reserves £ 5,795 Incoming resources £49,501

The statement of financial activities for 2024 showed an net expenditure of £11,119. This position was due to:

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Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2024

FINANCIAL REVIEW Reserves policy Rationale:

Present and Major Risks

Future Risk Factors

A detailed review of risks was kept under review during 2024. The Trustees/Directors remain aware of their responsibilities for risk management and seek to identify and then eliminate, ameliorate (through insurance and other mechanisms) or where essential accept and track the risks to HLA with reports of their impact to Trustee/Directors at their meetings. The trustees are aware of the risks to the charity based on the Risk Register built on the advice of the UK Charities Commission, our regulator.

Reserve Calculations

Reserves to cover possible outgoings for 6 months are considered necessary as follows - Decreased corporate involvement £4,719

Other operational costs £5,000 Total £9,719

These figures are based on:

  1. The risk of incurring significant unforeseen expenditure that cannot be delayed, and the likely magnitude of such expenditure, and

  2. The risk of suffering significant unforeseen loss of income which cannot be replaced in the short term, and the likely magnitude of such a loss

Review of Reserve Requirements

The trustees review the amount of reserves that are required to ensure that they are adequate to fulfil the charity's continuing obligations on an annual basis prior to an AGM.

In principle, Trustees only authorise projects when 100% of the annual cost is held as a reserve.

When projects are undertaken in foreign currencies, a 10% allowance is made for exchange rate fluctuations.

HLA has a policy, levying a 10% overhead on projects for charitable governance - where feasible and allowable by donors. This was informed by the Charity Commission guideline that proper governance should be in the range between 10-15% of all costs. This policy will be kept under review as the need for in-house and external financial and legal advice grows.

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Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2024

FUTURE PLANS

As well as membership growth and the now regular events of seminars, advocacy group roundtable meetings and the annual Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference for members and other stakeholders, significant additional developments are expected, including:

Better and more up to date communications have allowed us better to promulgate the humanitarian logistics lessons and innovations to our community of practice.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

The charity is controlled by its governing document, its Memorandum and Articles of Association dated 21 January 2008 (Amended 9 January 2009, 12 June 2019, 31 May 2019) however new Articles of Association were adopted on 28 March 2024. The charity constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.

The trustees also follow the Charity Commission's guidelines 'Charity reporting and accounting: the essentials November 2016.

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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Organisational structure

The HLA has been managed under the structure outlined below:

Board of Trustees

Chief Executive

HLA Advisory Group

Head of Operations Accounts Marketing & Advocacy Groups Communications Memberships

The Company is overseen by a Board of Trustee/Directors of wide experience across the humanitarian logistics sector, private sector and academia, and is overseen by its chairman. The trustees meet physically or electronically at least four times per year. Trustees receive strategic guidance and support from the HLA Advisory Group (HAG), which normally meets every two months.

All trustees are warmly thanked for their services during the year.

George Fenton remains Chief Executive Officer and in February 2025 Guy Dunkerley was appointed Chief Operating Officer.

The trustees remain highly grateful to the Logistics Leaders Network for their support and advice on communications, events and sponsorships, and to the members of the HLA Advisory Group.

The charity reports its evolving personal membership on the Charity Commission website. There are no voting rights attached to this form of membership.

Fiscal performance is reported to Companies House and the Charity Commission.

HLA Advisory Group (HAG)

The HAG has become a key source of planning support to the overall governance of HLA. The objective of the HAG is to provide space for advisors to discuss topics specific to humanitarian logistics as these relate to the operation of the HLA as an international professional association, which represents the interests of its members. The overall purpose of the HAG is to allow the various actors engaging with humanitarian logistics activities to discuss ideas and experiences, share resources and learning, and to foster greater collaboration among organisations to improve practice and to develop the sector.

The HAG provides strategic and operational guidance and technical direction to the HLA Board of Trustees.

Member Profile

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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Advisory group members that served during the reporting period were:

  1. Will Holden, Managing Director Emergency Logistics Team

  2. Martijn Blansjaar, Head of Supply and Logistics, Oxfam GB

  3. Jane (Tikhwi) Muyundo, Humanitarian Logistics & Capacity Building Consultant

  4. Neil Rodrigues, Senior Director, Global Supply Chain Operations, IRC

  5. Dr Jarrod Goentzel, Director, MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab

  6. Ilse Larkin, Logistics Officer, UN WFP

  7. Dr Wojciech Piotrowicz, Director HUMLOG Institute, Helsinki

  8. Allan Masavah, Head of Operational Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain Unit, Africa Region, IFRC

  9. Otavio Costa, Logistics Officer, UN WFP Somalia

  10. Maggie Heraty, Humanitarian logistician / Advisor, Transport for London

  11. Michael Stone, President, IFRC Alumni Association

  12. Rebecca Darts, Procurement Specialist, Oxfam Novib (Secretary to the Advisory Group)

  13. Haydn Sandvig, Director Logistics Learning Alliance

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Company number

06477969 (England and Wales)

Registered Charity number

1127723

Registered office

The Mill House Mill Lane Earls Barton Northampton NN6 0NR

Trustees

G A Fenton (resigned 18/1/2024) I J Kwamy S G Parker N K Rodrigues Dr S A Schiffling (resigned 18/1/2024) Miss Z Cernakova C B Roy Ms S Kalam C J Aworth Dr Y Sabri (appointed 26/9/2024)

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Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2024

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Company Secretary

C J Aworth

Independent Examiner

Sophia Maynell (FCA) Tayabali Tomlin Chartered Accountants Kenton House Oxford Street Moreton-in-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 0LA

Bankers/Financial Service Providers

HSBC 2, The Promenade Cheltenham GL50 1LR

WISE 56 Shoreditch High Street London E1 6JJ

PayPal Whittaker House 2 Whittaker Ave Richmond TW9 1EN

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 12 May 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

Simon Parker

Simon Parker (Jun 19, 2025 16:47 GMT+1)

S G Parker - Trustee

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Humanitarian Logistics Association

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Humanitarian Logistics Association ('the Company')

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by Section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of Section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or

  4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Sophia Maynell (FCA)

Tayabali Tomlin Chartered Accountants Kenton House Oxford Street Moreton-in-Marsh Gloucestershire GL56 0LA

12 May 2025

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Humanitarian Logistics Association

Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2024

2024
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
fund
fund
funds
Notes
£
£
£
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
639
1
640
Other trading activities
2
9,203
39,658
48,861
Total
9,842
39,659
49,501
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
-
-
-
Other
11,790
48,830
60,620
Total
11,790
48,830
60,620
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
(1,948)
(9,171)
(11,119)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
5,173
14,967
20,140
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
3,225
5,796
9,021
2023
Total
funds
£
-
71,240
71,240
(289)
73,912
73,623
(2,383)
22,523
20,140

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Humanitarian Logistics Association

Balance Sheet 31 December 2024

Unrestricted
Restricted
fund
fund
Notes
£
£
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
5
143
-
Cash at bank
4,613
5,795
4,756
5,795
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
6
(1,530)
-
NET CURRENT ASSETS
3,226
5,795
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES
3,226
5,795
NET ASSETS
3,226
5,795
FUNDS
7
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
TOTAL FUNDS
2024
Total
funds
£
143
10,408
10,551
(1,530)
9,021
9,021
9,021
3,226
5,795
9,021
2023
Total
funds
£
2,963
42,120
45,083
(24,943)
20,140
20,140
20,140
5,173
14,967
20,140

The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 December 2024.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Humanitarian Logistics Association

Balance Sheet - continued 31 December 2024

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 12 May 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:

Simon Parker Simon Parker (Jun 19, 2025 16:47 GMT+1)

S G Parker - Trustee

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Humanitarian Logistics Association

Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

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Humanitarian Logistics Association

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the year ended 31 December 2024

2. OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES

Fundraising events
Services
Sponsorships
Memberships
2024
£
-
39,658
7,904
1,299
48,861
2023
£
2,824
51,015
15,130
2,271
71,240

3. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 December 2024 nor for the year ended 31 December 2023.

Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 December 2024 nor for the year ended 31 December 2023.

4. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

Unrestricted
Restricted
fund
fund
£
£
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Other trading activities
31,893
39,347
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
(54)
(235)
Other
49,297
24,615
Total
49,243
24,380
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
(17,350)
14,967
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
22,523
-
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED
FORWARD
5,173
14,967
Total
funds
£
71,240
(289)
73,912
73,623
(2,383)
22,523
20,140

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Humanitarian Logistics Association

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the year ended 31 December 2024

5. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£ £
Trade debtors - 2,821
Prepayments 143 142
143 2,963
6. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£ £
Trade creditors - 23,455
Other creditors 1,530 1,488
1,530 24,943
7. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Net
movement At
At 1/1/24 in funds 31/12/24
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 5,173 (1,947) 3,226
Restricted funds
Restricted Fund 14,967 (9,172) 5,795
TOTAL FUNDS 20,140 (11,119) 9,021
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming Resources Movement
resources expended in funds
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 9,842 (11,789) (1,947)
Restricted funds
Restricted Fund 39,659 (48,831) (9,172)
TOTAL FUNDS 49,501 (60,620) (11,119)

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Humanitarian Logistics Association

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the year ended 31 December 2024

7. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Comparatives for movement in funds

Net
movement At
At 1/1/23 in funds 31/12/23
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 22,523 (17,350) 5,173
Restricted funds
Restricted Fund - 14,967 14,967
TOTAL FUNDS 22,523 (2,383) 20,140
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming Resources Movement
resources expended in funds
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 31,893 (49,243) (17,350)
Restricted funds
Restricted Fund 39,347 (24,380) 14,967
TOTAL FUNDS 71,240 (73,623) (2,383)
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:
Net
movement At
At 1/1/23 in funds 31/12/24
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 22,523 (19,297) 3,226
Restricted funds
Restricted Fund - 5,795 5,795
TOTAL FUNDS 22,523 (13,502) 9,021

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Humanitarian Logistics Association

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the year ended 31 December 2024

7. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming Resources Movement
resources expended in funds
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 41,735 (61,032) (19,297)
Restricted funds
Restricted Fund 79,006 (73,211) 5,795
TOTAL FUNDS 120,741 (134,243) (13,502)

8. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 December 2024.

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Humanitarian Logistics Association

Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2024

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Donations and legacies
Gifts
Donations
Other trading activities
Fundraising events
Services
Sponsorships
Memberships
Total incoming resources
EXPENDITURE
Support costs
Management
Subscriptions
Accountancy
Sundries
Events and aid expenses
Travel and subsistence
Printing and stationery
Computer expenses
Website costs
Consulting
Advertising
Fundraising
Insurance
Finance
Bank charges
Carried forward
2024
£
(1)
641
640
-
39,658
7,904
1,299
48,861
49,501
-
2,718
382
5,457
6,632
-
212
-
45,738
437
648
310
62,534
353
353
2023
£
-
-
-
2,824
51,015
15,130
2,271
71,240
71,240
167
2,161
2,196
9,154
6,020
68
917
5,530
44,446
-
-
311
70,970
806
806

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Humanitarian Logistics Association

Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 December 2024

Finance
Brought forward
Currency losses/ (gains)
Total resources expended
Net expenditure
2024
£
353
(2,267)
(1,914)
60,620
(11,119)
2023
£
806
1,847
2,653
73,623
(2,383)

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