REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBEIL. 07930551 (England W#les)
REGTSTERED CHARITY NUIKBE]L. 1146192
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The trustees who are a]so diredors of th¢ Ch￿rtY for the purposes of the Cowies Act 2006, present thehr r¢port wtth
Ihe r￿cial statem•)ts of charity for the year ￿ded 30 ju￿ 2024. The trustees 8dopted ihe provision8 of
Accounting and Reporting by Charities: staterne￿ of Re￿￿￿ended Pracu¢e app]iL2ble w chwities pN)grEng their
oc¢ounts in accordanc¢ tht FiDaDGial RwttDg Standard 4yliL*ble the UK Republic of Irelattd IFRS 102)
(effective l January 2019).
Objectiv¢s alld 8ims
The n)ajor objectiVB of Th¢ Nolse Ab3taDa)t Society (NAS) for over 60 years. established ill 1959, has been and
toaing to fittd solutions to reduce unn¢ce55Vry llOi5¢ and to raise awarenesg of the destrn¢tiv¢ oature of noise pollutiojt
wThi¢lL profoundl) affe¢ts ppbli¢ health. wel[b¢It￿ productivity alld quality of ]if¢ for all A fither aim is w thare
better wderstalldw of soulld i& how it affe¢ts us aDd h17w we can soLve lloise prObIell￿ and xwve sO￿d
This is ￿hl¢Ved thTough providiD8 short and IoDg4¢Tm solutiOn$' T¢search' ranpaiwg; educati
liaismg attd working with lod and natio]d pDli¢v rnak￿& c[ts7A￿ Other charitsble Ix)iEies, academi4 stsndards
or8gnisatiotJs 8t￿ industry., atMI providing a free noise help line to ithnn and r&i5e awar¢ntss the public on noisr
probl¢ms and solutions inthe UK.
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Th¢ tfttstees confirm th8t tbey bave Teferred ro th¢ guidance coJhain¢d in the Clwity Commiss&on's geueral guidaDCC on
public benefit￿then r¢viewsDg the charity's 8ims and obj¢ctiVES W)d in the pla￿lling offubjte activities.
The ts1￿¢¢5 believethattheirTeWt setsthis OUL

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ACIUEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
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NAS free Noise Hdpline. Th¢ NAS a nationalnoi5E h61plin¢ fo Suptth alld empower I)Krnb￿ of the pub]i
who are affected by distre5Stng I￿]5¢ pTh)blt]D5. Tr Help]1￿¢ contttiU¢S to rcc¢ive d￿￿*ants of enquire5 &2¢h year fro
th¢ pub]ic, and those necding to find 501utiots$ 10 the bli￿]( of noise poll￿10￿. Many mellLbers of the
public 5eriousty aff￿d by the injpact of ex¢tssive noise on their lives wbich is rnain]y ￿50￿ated TrTith
ncigbLM)urlneighbourh(Kid activity. As testa1lle￿ to this faEt NAS is regthly calle41 uprn to provide ￿¢did wMm￿trary
regarding the athT¢r* eff¢rts of tH>i%ept>llution ￿ public w¢It1xt￿ and atnmiry.
Call dats is used to 5UPPOrt wd¢nce ofnoise distUr￿¢t forNAS pu[￿$¢& and s[￿mS￿1P is colltinually
illg Sought to sllpwtthe cost and expaDsion of this ¥ah￿ble seLViC¢.
Love Your EArs(TM). NAS. s¢hÉM>]5 prngramm¢ ¢onlinues to Chan￿l￿e￿ Srn(Wsthkeholde￿ Data ¢ollecl¢d by
the NAS shows, in line with fjndings from tbe World Health OtgaDiz*ion and the NHS, the desExrnte need for
¢ducating youllg peDpl¢ to help them reduc¢ tbe and level of liskniDg to their m￿siC devi￿ to preyelll preJJJa
hearing Ios8. Also included in the pmgrdtotne is an empowernient pl￿t ￿ o)¢ourag¢ s￿dellts to tsk¢ a bre& alld
their d¢vice5 occasionally, 8iViDg thcm a sense of co]trol their vulnetable exp)sure to th¢ hoise, of all swiai
meAlia Platforn￿ whi¢h can lead ts) m¢ntat health PTobl¢ms.
NAS 15 a fO￿th8 EllenLber of UK Hesring CouseryatioD AS4￿1&10￿ (HCA) aliwide ttmny promi[￿1 l￿ding
orgallisatiorts ittcJuthDg th¢ Britisb Saftty Coun¢il. the Itjstitute of Acou5ti¢s Hlld th¢ British TillDitus Associttion. The
ann of the HCA ts to prEvent daiDage to h¢artti8 healtb and other nois¢ r¢]at¢d health conditions througb pra¢¢icaL
evide)wed wtd c05t-effECtiv¢ cilmtll￿3tiOmS alld solutions. Tk HCA provides a uni￿ platform to hr]p $upwt and
NAS is a of th¢ 'Make LisÉetiirg Sofe CaT4X1￿. IMLSCJ Thr aim ofthc caTnpaigD is to ensure rnore
than s￿/0 ol Ewle bEtwe£n 10 and 40 y¢XS of age are of the causes of avoidable h￿￿8 loss. high]igbt how
they e4n mitigaw tbe risks; help them Ch¢M￿ Safer options to prevent avoidabEe hearing loss" hnd encourage legislation
to make safer options are fftel). awaiiabl¢ to evrryorte. Th¢ Mtsc wds lawkd)￿ iD UK in 2023 beforr ￿ll]g
rolled out lo 193 co￿trIeS, are rn¢mbers of the Wotld Health (Ir8aoiEknOn (WHO). pknned for 2024 alld
y(￿d. The cawaigll is also supwt¢d by the WHO. the IrL81itut¢ of Acoustic4 th¢ NHS Ellgiand and (he British
Society of Awliolo8y a]ollg with othtt prrylljn￿Il org8llisatiOtri9.
NAS ctintinues lo artively ￿$￿￿TShiP fw its im¢MrtLovE Yow sch￿1$ Ptogt8mme.
Siknt Apprnach(TM) - tDt¢re# ¢ontinD&5 to b8 shown for the NAS Kell￿1n8 PrO￿all￿1¢ to enabl¢ the sustsinabie
expa￿810￿ of d¢liv¢ry and servirittg noise 4ithknce. Support for this progtaD]m¢ is still given through the
Freight in the City aDJJual exhli )itiOll (Fcquiet vehicles aod equipm￿ (he genera] b•)oer ts"tJ¢ of Ybi¢L Safr. Clea
De]ivEty.
TrallsEKrt for Loth's website sboThE NAS 8t the heart of th¢iT Retiming D¢liv¢ries schem¢ for which NAS psovided
$upwt frojn 2013.2018. The P)Jici&s of both mayo￿ Johnson a￿1 Kh￿ bave ￿£¢rred to the imp(Jrtallce
of quiet deliverie4.
Soundscgpe . NAS hog be￿ a mthrknr of the lthnai¢)nal Orgaliz￿0ft for Stand8rdithon {ISO) SouDdsr4
8th￿dards Working Group 54 (ISO TC431SCIIWG54) stllce the year of its itLception in 2(K)9. The UK is the convenor of
ISO Workillg Gtowj 54 ou SoundscapE. a9 a direct result of NAS. soundwe eDgdgttment campaign with the
UK and the international acoustiis wtllDullity. l&¢ UK participstes in TSO Working Gro￿ ￿ tIL¢ Btttssh Standards
Instituti(Trn (BSD. NAS, MaTba8iug Dite¢lor Dr Lisa iAvia is a BSI UK appointed lo ISO Workin8 Group 54.
Working Gmup 54 is £￿tlY wthkillg on Part 4 ofthe rnulti-P&rt ISO sthdards $eTi¢S which sets out a

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NAS is a]so afoundIA8t)M*￿rfVs0 WorkingGroup68 usorrc431SCIIWG68), LcdbytheUK vthich is developiD8
the world's first S￿dard for measuriDg alld as5essitt8 noTracousti¢ factots (NAFS). NAFS 8re acknowledg￿ kn account
for at leAst ODe4hird of the hwnao perceptual ftswffls¢ to soU￿d itt contexL aod ￿5S￿ty as as tWO-thir(Es.
However, Lmtil now there bas been no agreed standard1￿￿ lo id¢ntity. measure and &ssess NAFS. NAS initiat
this wo& in 2018 with the BSI. thE He81th Securitj. Agency gnd the UK GovenJrncDV5 D¢p8rblle￿t for Envirotjmenl,
Food and Rurat Affairs (D¢fr&). The Standard provides a bridge be￿een traditiortal acoustic stvlldards and the
ISO SoTrllLdsc4pe Stamdatds s¢rie5 by Lsse5sing thditiona] ILLm]all response iDformaknOTJ to enable a betteT u￿de￿and11)s
8nd illteryretation of th¢ huDW percq)ttRI tfspow to Sout￿ itL coth¢xL It will be tht first acoustic stxndard of its kind
to tio so. The sthnoard Evill be of benefii to Inth￿try. academia a￿d W)11￿ maker5 to b¢tt¢r a￿sS and evidence ihe
humall T&5￿)Se io sout)d aDd 511PPOrt IWI￿l design atsd intemiions bettcr h¢ality mental hratth and welLbeing
outcomes.
NAS w&8 i￿VI￿a to be¢(*ne an obserycr tll¢mber of We]5h CoverDO￿S Noise Re8ul&toJs Meetn￿ The rneetiDgs
are convene41 by the Welsh Governttlrtrt and place two to three tiD￿5 aDnuaUy. Themethhip ¢ompTises all IIKal
authoritie5 iD Wal¢s. The NAS h85 been inVTted by th¢ Wclsb Gov¢rnmeDt to pffs¢nt and co]mn¢Dt on I￿19e alld
sowjdwe DJatt¢ts over the past de¢8de. Ill December 2018 w￿¢5 bec4rne the first ¢4)unty to publish national
souodwx pianDing nois¢ policiE& kn Ortobu 2(r21 the Welsb Governtnent cotijmissioned NAS bE an adviser ott
the developmertof theitgoundbreakiDg sa￿d￿¢P￿]￿g guidance for loca] authwities aDd pra£titionrrs. As pgrt of
this wo)* fhe NAS co.8ythore41 the draft'supporting D{Ku[￿ent I: &Jullds¢apc De5iBll' (currentty in con9u]tation) as psrt
of the W¢lsh Govern￿$ revision of Tedmi¢al Advi¢¢ Not£ 11: Ait Q￿Lty,￿oiSe attd sO￿dScape,.
NAS, work supported the d¢Y¢iopJneDt and publishillg of llew guidao¢e in¢oTporatillg 50undsupE. the Yoise and
Soundscape Plan for Wal¢s 2023-2028. 3tLd the sobseqllent TrLVir0n￿ (Air Quality and Sound8WE5) (Wal￿) Act
2024,. These pub]icatioms fonll th¢ r￿St Irgi3lativ¢ instruments of th¢ir kind malldattng c4)nsidet*ion of the ISQ
Soundscy Stattdard Series for use in the d£458￿ planning aod d¢v¢lopmentof the buih environment.
Fouowillg NAS, p[E5¢ll￿1On on 50T• research to the UK'S lead￿4 trade boty for c¢)n8u]tants, th¢
Assaciation of Noise Collsuttants {ANQ ID Jwi¢ 2W20. the NAS lJL4 been irtvited to e5tablith and &IVi￿ ANC
Soullds¢ap¢ Working Gmup which is still ongoing. The aim of the wotkin8 Su)￿ is io develop guidwe foT industry to
de8igR alld implement Souodsc4pe ]llter￿ alld wlutions for the twefit of people, places and Ihe environmellt.
This forus on souttd%ap¢ is a first th¢ ANC and is a test$M￿ to NA9 repulation aod wotk Tn tbis field OV￿ m8Dy
Futhrt Soulld Fowid*tion - NAS established the Fututt sO￿d Fouthiiprt IFSF) progrtmme in 2018 to off¢
onsujtsncy ￿]thin the guidelines of the Chartty Con)missi¢m illduth and the public sector. FSF addregses the
misconc¢ptioll fac￿1 by so]n¢ sW)port￿S NAS, approach may be too pr¢scTÉpliY¢ and fO¢￿s￿d ottly on traditional
noise abateTnent methods. FSF approachc4 PTobl¢m solviDg from a goryl acou5Sic de5igTh ond 50ulldsuF perspective
vhile still helpitig NAS fv fo]fd its charitabk remit to rethLCe th¢ adyerse and wellbeing effrrL8 of noise p)11￿10
ottpeople. Con5ultancythrougb FSF call NAS with fomi of fondill
Througb FSF, NAS i5 on th¢ Advisory Board of tbe"SouDds in the City" col]aLN)ratiYc proje¢twtththe City of Montteal
led by McGill Univrrsity. This OD8OiDg pmject WO￿ Éo inwoye city plwwmg for the publi¢ bellefit through LLrbatJ
01Se m8nageTneJLt and soulldswe de5igtt a￿d interVe￿s by conneettDg research and prartlce. NAS b&s also ke
invited to participare in world.lthJing UK r¢5earch bids.. l) one led by th¢ UniY8tsity of SalfoTd [￿ a PrOJ￿t Partner.
Fhich comm¢nced In 2￿1 con¥lete5 ill 2024) entitled 'DmeNoiK: Athtr￿ing Pub]ic Health aud
WeUbeiDg Harrns for a Sustainable Dron¢ Sectov; and 2} on¢ l¢d by thc Uniywsity" of SLWY¢)" (&5 a Strntegic Advistt)
for a Turitig Fello￿hIP eDtit]d"Artificial intelligence for SouDd" la￿0 in¢orpJratin8 Soulldswe). NAS has a]so beeD
the Ethics Advisoron the presrw￿oUS.soth￿sC￿ Jlldi¢ts' projlxt led by UlliveTSity CollEg¢ London and fuDdedby the
Eurow Researcb COTh￿11 IpFoje(t ro]llpl¢tes in ?024). NAS was an AdVi￿ry Board M¢nthu on th£ ATts ottd
H￿t￿ltieS Re5carch Council (AHRC) F¢llowsbip"PrEwptive List¢nin8" awarded to Dr Aura Sat4 Royal Coll¥ of
ATL wher¢iti thc proje¢t explor•Jreitn8ginill£sTre￿S aDd sigoals a￿d from which a fe4tswe film pr(Khttd
{compl¢tin8 2024). NAS a projLYt PaTtt*r in th¢ STENA Coll50rtiutn (sustainab￿ l[ffta￿Ctllre arbd Eviden¢¢ for
Noist 8JMI Air). Co￿￿15$l0￿¢d by the UK Departtnent foT Ellviromnetti F(x)d and RuTrl Affair5 (Ikfra). and suggested
by the Welsb Govemll¢nL to dEli¥rf Review for the Effects of S0urAdpr￿fiDg on Re51dents' Mentsl
Weltbeitig and Alternative Desig￿S. (¢omplrt¢d 20241 TThese appoi])Iments are fiffth¢r recognition of the esteem
respttt for NAS, pioneeriDg work on sowdsw a￿1 rmique ex[*rt￿¢ at d)e ¢irttllig *Jge of iDdusty. poli
and sciellc¢.
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THE TRusfEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024
NAS i5Ptoviding Tn.kind Sllp￿ for two PhD s￿p￿￿rted througb the UKResearcb and IDllovation cow￿]1.
The first PhD is with Gold5mrths UniYer5ity Lolldofy following a joint fu￿ding app]i¢*ioo initi￿ed by NAS in 201 S. for
a SO￿d&cape multi￿S¢ip]IDary' ¢ollaborative PhD xholarship. Part of this Tesearch inCh￿#S deyr aDalysis of the NAS
led So￿d￿r£ woj¢cts in Brighto￿,Wesr Street Stow wd West Stred TuDDel' wherein NAS work￿ in collaboration
with Brigbton and Sll55ex Medical School. the University of Sheffielil atld Brighton attd Hove City Cowi¢il. This
project is OllgoJllgaDd ¢xp¢ded to co]llplet6 in 2026. The Sec1￿ PbD S￿￿¢￿ts￿ip, sraff¢d itL 2018 aDd ts eompletllig ID
2024. This prOj￿t is Heriot-W8tt Univetsity in Edinb￿ and h35 a15b te¢eiv¢d swrt from AECOk( aod is
investig8till8 the role of 5tskeholder n0n-ycim￿¢ic factors aJLd p¢Jreivryl control in th¢ ¢ontoxt of UK
aviation projects 8nd with itDplieations for other ]arge-scale infrastTu¢ttwe projects ill ¢b¢ built envÈrollmell( with a f￿￿&
h¢alth. T4ellking alldsahttogthic 0￿.pr￿tID￿ 4Mtial pl*mi
for tbese reseaTch PTojects belps tt> tD5Uf¢ that NAS b¢ s¢¢n a8 credble and rtl¢¥attt st a tiine when
the soundscape industy ts expeTiencing sigDs of wid In the UK and al)road KeepÈDg abreasr of the latest .
rEsearth md dev¢lopmtnts is essetiti￿ for NAS to continue to compete foT fuDdillg and c£MSu]t￿Y oppornJniti¢S iD the
Enarketplace. Cominuing to play a key role in the deveioplnent of soundscape resear¢b aDd qwdeucr also gkvos NAS
great Gttthlyi]ity within the acou5tiCS stidustry. 8Dd witb tdicy makets aThJ the public.
FroDJ Jaltuary 2020 to the pr&%eu4 NAS has beeo a of fv In5tilute ol Acousti¢s Re5eBreh C￿Td]n￿Lo
con￿ltie¢. The mission of the Con￿[￿ee isth Improve the statys and aware￿5 of acousti￿ res¢arth in the UK and to
Jnatt¢TS tti fvrthet the aiD]5 of 5UStainable acoustics including fimdingbids.
NAS is a]so a member of the In*11￿¢ of Aciwjstics &A￿a Noise and Htalth GTOUP. The groupb £)¢￿4 is on
und¢r*andiw a55¢&8ing the effects of ￿uThd. noise. and vibrnion exposutr on hwnan health. Its T¢mJt ￿hMIeS
SOUDd in external and i￿cT￿al emvir1jrtt￿t% the influente of non-acoustic Th¢ main aillL of th¢ group is to
profvide a forutn for ￿e￿bErS to &¥cknge iDforn*ion di￿￿&5 developments withill this rapÈdly d¢v¢lopiD8 aEea of
acoustics and to respoJKi to UK Parliam¢ntary ￿[5 for ¢YideDce ￿d tsTg¢t A￿lo￿al n]edia opp)rnwiti4 wbere
appropriate. Members of the group. includtDg the NAS. atE Lxtuenrty developing the UK'S first so• C￿tificate
course Souttds¢ape The new 5.day Certificatr ￿[1$¢ in &M]nd5capc As8¢5srneJ]t i5 &¥Ftued to be
d¢livered at the end of 2024. It will ¢nable attendees kn w￿¢[sIalld rbe wncepts of sOL￿dS£apC l￿dertakE the
The John Connell Awards - Fstablished by NAS CEO fjloria Ellioti OBE 2000. thes¢ rnmensely popll￿ and
uniqu¢ awth5 are th¢ ODly ¢harity-led to recogllis¢ iDnovatiOll DDiSe Initigatio￿ for the public b¢n¢fL The
evcTrt 15 5tK)nsoffd by iEJth]5ty a￿d serves to Ern)U￿e t￿1 Autho]xy EnviroDD]¢ntsl Heahb teajns sn thEir endeavours
to eDforc¢ noise law and reduc¢ lloise polkntioD for Commullity IxJ*fit. Industy k5t PTatti¢e is also r¢cogoize(L
NAS tL¢ld the ev¢ut on October 25th 2023 hosted by STr Pe￿ Bottomley. MTr for Wo(thtog W¢5t 8nd '￿thr of the
Hous¢'. It wa5 ILighli8bted agaitttbat tbese avArds are e4thllsi&sti¢ally welconxd bi local atld national governo￿nt
&$ well as a¢wstics and Tnattkngindoskne5.
Quiet Markffm)
Co-fouDded 2012 by NAS CEO Gloyia Euiott OBE athl h¢Y d&ghter QuÈEt Mark CEO Poppy SzkileT, abd originatly
laLwch¢d as a programme from the NA& MaTkis 8n indepeDdeni LTmitC41 Comp8try (Cowa￿ 07905724)
and tooti)wes to grow stcaddy arOU￿d th¢ World receiviDg new Lwuiries from global m8DufacDJItTS who wish to apply
for Quiet eertifieatioti for the￿ Iow.noise products. Quiet Mark Éertific*iotJ W PUTchasing awarene55 and
¢}￿lce to the conswner, de5igDeTS al￿ archit¢cts, vJhi]st supFM)rtin8 the sllaDufactirng illdustsy atld irnprovillg th¢ aural
whic]L ev¢ryotLe benefits.
Using media pJatfoTm4 Quiet Mark Traths out to supwrt its ¢liellts in Ènteractive way. Thi5 bL8 provell to b¢ very
$￿eceSs￿￿ e￿d￿ed by tbemDnber of Visito￿ ￿ the Quiet Marksite gros4ryD8 r4)ithyye4r on ye￿.
NAS is txtrEllL¢ty grateflll for the Twork of (Juiet Mark aDd the ODgoing finti￿al whicb eD5ures Ibal
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Conclysloll
The TrL8tees would Ike to eXP￿S thanL8 to Ibe Chief E]ecullve Officrr of the NAS Gknria Elliott OBE for her
conttDllett ewise and dedic4tio￿ earrying fyll-litne band84XL work for the 30th collsecutive year, ill a
The Directors would 8Jso like to congrthla* Managing Dittctor Dr Lisa LAvia for her c0lltin￿d incredil)le hard WOTk
a￿dher depth of t￿9181tt alld vtsion Ml)i¢h she bas emplo),￿ to the bellcfft of the Society t5[￿jaI￿ within her ￿nPortant
andpioncering appli¢dTese8rch alld prdCti¢e itt the area ofs*e.
This fornidable ap￿lated hayiog enabl¢d the NAS ÉD *hi¢ve eXtra￿dI￿ grovrth ill scope
FIN￿yc1AL REVIEW
FlnskneW Positlon and Re5erve5 Pvii¢y
1J]e resllhs for tbe year are shownon pages 9-17.
It is thE Tr￿tr¢s, Èx)]icy to n￿l￿tain 8dewte reserves ts e4J8bl¢ th¢ So¢Tw to med ally uoloreseen costs or wver any
The Diyettors are also grateful for all donations tnade to h6lp th¢ WO￿ of The Noise AbBteD]e￿ Society. larg¢ or fftalL
from sUPPOrt¢rs of tbe publi¢ •)d ¢orwrJtr Sup[￿er5.
It sh¢)uld be notEd th¢ NAS. high a¢hievemenL rnte is delivml very rutrieted budget with rnill1￿l &Yr¢maJ
supp)rt or r&80ur¢es.
Tbe efforts of the Exr¢uh¥e during 2023.2024 1)ave C£￿tin￿l to be e4)ended in forging in¥Yeased links with acaikmt
lod a]￿ natioT￿l govemm¢nL 5tandard5 and tr8de b￿1¢5 and iDdllsty to elthle the cbarity to inc￿$¢ its impact,
]nth￿nce, rout*iotJ Jlld Suppor￿ tIm￿h k¢epiDg at th¢ fw£fro￿ of noise aJd SoU￿d$¢4p¢ policy. Iesearc￿ and
inth]sty best prxtice to Maill￿ at)d increase sUp￿rt for the S(xiety aDdits WOT
STRucfuRE, GOVERNAP4CE Af4D MANAGEM
Governlng do¢umenl
The ¢omp8rny was ttic0rpot*￿ 31 Jalluary 2&12 aDd Bained stat￿* OTJ l March 2012. The ¢omp8ny was
establiSkn￿ to w on the exisling wod( of Noise Ab8￿e￿t SoGiety (Charity Dllmber 272040, yljich gained ch￿itablE
statss iA 1976, follomitig the estabjislmient of the &Kiety ITh 1959) with the addition of a wider envsronmenta] and
2012.
R¢¢rnitment and appolntment of new trustees
Th6 llUllLbeT of Dire£￿ shall ￿0t kn than tbree but {wikss otb¢n¥i5¢ detrrned by ordinary T¢sohrtion) $11811 not
b¢ subje¢tto any ￿￿￿￿UM.
I} AppokELt wko i5 Trillingto actlo be a Director, aTJd
Directors
The Dirtctor5 of the NAS we ¢xtrernety 8dive ID th¢ir ¢xmtriknotL ts the Ewming of the SL*iety &nd they ￿tinUe to
gen6ri)u51y YoluErtttrthehrtim¢ to the Soci¢ry. Thankg ar¢ especially du¢ to thE chair￿ David Lane.
NAS Limitgj Board meetttsg to)k plx% onmay 24th2ff24.

THE NOISE ABATEMENT SOCJETY
REGISTERED NUMBEIL. 07931b551
REPORT OF THE TRUSTELS
TrDR THE YEAR ENDED 3OJUNE 2024
STRucfuRE. GOVERf4ANCE AND MANAGEMEPff
Risk n￿nAgeMent
The trustees have a duty to ideDtsfy and ￿vieW the risks ￿ ￿1¢￿ tbe ¢b8Jity És exposed a)d to ¢n8we approi)riate
coll(ro]s tELP]ace toprowd¢ reasonaN¢ assurduce agaI￿8t fra]￿1nd ￿rTh￿.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Registered Co)np8Try number
07930551 (ED8tslld and Wa1&5)
Regl$tsred Charity number
11461
Rtyisttred office
4 TheAxium Centre
Tknhestor Road
Poole
Dors¢t
BH16 6FE
M Dlane Chair
R Swerling
C G BellD¢tt
Inde￿dent Ex•mlr&er
Cbri5topher RobettTyl¢r FCA IknA FCIE
FI CRT Lirnited
Fllt 24 Wellingtonia Cowt
LaiDe Cli)se
Bri8hto
East Suss¢x
BNlff
eclltive com￿ltsee
Gloria Elliott OBE- Chief Executi￿ Officer
The trustees (who are also tbe directoTh of The Noise Al)?t￿￿t s￿1¢￿ for pUT￿)se$ of coJJ]pany law) ar¢
T¢sponsiI)le foT preparitig th¢ Report of the TrtL4tees and the fID8￿CIal ststements in ac£orda￿Ce with applicable law
United Kingdo￿AcCoU￿t]ng kndards (UDited Kingth)m G￿e￿nyAccePted Acc4)unting PJa¢tice).
Compary 18wrequiresthe tnLSte¢s to prepaye fina￿La1 stst¢me]ts for Earh fttwi¢ial y¢arwthithgiv¢ a 8Dd kn view
of the stdt¢ of affairs of the charitable mnpany sttd of the incoming T￿OurCeS aDd appltrntioll of Te5KM]rGEs includiDg
the illco]llE and expendibjre. of thE th8ritsble (x)nw for th* perio& SD ￿epAring thos¢ fJTrallcial stat¢m¢nts. the
select Suitable ￿Col￿￿g poliGiEs andtheo apptythern£Qn5isr￿y.
. ob&er¥e the D￿thodS 8nd prin¢kpl¢s in the Ch8r&ts' SORP:
ak¢ jud8eJnents and estnn8t¢$ th8t reasonable and pNdenL
. ￿par# the fmallctal statrmwts 1he goiog concern basis uolesg it i& inappr￿ll￿ to prEsU￿r tha¢ the charitabk
The trusty*s respoDsilJle for keeping proper a¢¢owtting re￿￿1% wbith disclos¢ with I&￿nable a¢curacy 8t any time
the finaociai positio￿ of the c]ktrtiabk company aJ)d to epable thern to that th¢ r￿n¢￿al stht¢ments COEW)Iy wtth
the Co]npani¢s Act 2006. They are also T¢sp¢NJsk)le for Safeguardi￿ the of the charithble company and ht]Lce for
tokiDg reasoYJable steps th¢ preV¢r￿0￿ a￿1 dr￿10￿ of aTKI oth￿irregUl￿Atie
Page 6

THE NOTSE ABAYEMENT SOCIETY
CISTERED IYUIIIBEIL. 117930551
RE
RT
FTHETR
TEES
FOR THE YLIR LTr4DED 30 JUNE 2024
Approved by order ofthe Ewd gftrwtees on...._......_................._....._.. and Si8nEdon its ba￿]£ by.
&1,,

THE NOISE ABATEME
LSTERED NUMBEIL.
Inde[￿dent examiner's re￿rt to the tr￿5*￿$ of The Trkntst AbAtrJllenf SociEty fÉhe CofflpaDy')
I re]￿ ttithe ¢lwttytrust¢es ￿1 nry &TamiDatiOD ofthe of the Compa[￿fOr￿C year ended 30 June 2024.
Respollslbllhles and ba$ls of report
As the charity's tn￿tee$ of the Company also its dffectors fvthe pwxyses of LXWY law)you are resp)nsible for
the preparation of the a¢couttts tu a¢wrOallce with the requireme￿ ofthe CompaDi¢S Act 21)06 Cthe 21K16 A¢Q.
Having satisfied myself that ihe a￿0￿]￿ of the Conwy are no¢ ￿Ul)rd to be audit¢d undoT Part 16 of th¢ 21)06 Act
at)d are ell￿ThIe for ￿￿ependent ex8tDitiatioJK I repcmt respttt of my e￿lli￿all0￿ of your ch8rity's accounts as ¢￿Ti
out ullder S¢¢ttott 145 of d)e aJ8rities Act 2011 (Ihe 2011 W. tn tny eXa]nIn￿ I have followed the
Dire¢tiolls giyen by the Chwity Commi&sion und¢r S¢¢tM)n 145(5) Ib) of the 2011 ACL
lthdepeDdeDt e￿mIner'S glateiiient
J bav¢ completed ¢x8miD8tiot]. I confjnn that DO Matt￿5 knve ¢oD* to my att¢DtiOD ¢¢AU￿tIOn Thith the
examination givttigme Ca￿ to Ixlieve:
accOu￿7ng recoTd5 Frrt llot keptitt rESTKCt of the Cojupatry a5 ￿quI￿dbY Section386 of the2M6 Actr. or
the accounts &> not accord with th05¢ record%
the accou[￿ do not eomply the accounting requimnettts of Seelion 396 of the 2006 Act other than
rtquirEmeJrt thatthe accounts give a true fair view which is 8 matter tOnSiLleTh4 as ¥ort of an ￿)de￿ndent
the ac£OUT￿ bave not been prepared in 4vith the Eth(x]s and prillciples of the stateme￿ of
Ile¢oll￿end¢d Pra¢ti¢¢ for and reporting by ¢hariti¢s (applicable ts) dwtÉi65 prrpaTiDg their a¢cowJts
Illaccor￿ with the FiDancial Re￿rting Stand￿ applicable in the UK and Ryb]ic of Irel￿ (FRS 102)).
I bave no (th¢erns attd haye come auoss other matt￿S in connection the Exa]niDation to whieh att¢ntion sI￿ll]d
be drawn ill thisryortiD orderto enable a pffw ￿d￿dIng of the ￿Cl￿rnts to be readkEIL
Cb7i5tfvRoi*rt TylerFCA DCkAF
FI CRT Limitsd
Flat 24 Wellingtollia Court
Laine Cl
Brigbto
East Sussex
BNI 6TD

THE NOISE ABATEMLNT S(￿￿ETy
STATEMEFIT OF FThANCIAL ACTiVTfiFS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024
21J24
2023
Totsl
fi￿dS
fi￿d
tk)Datious aud I¢wi¢5
7&404
66.LM)I
Chgtit8ble activltie5
sw¢h aoiviii¢s
43.1)00
37,750
6Y)
Total
121,606
104.441
EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable actlvttles
Noise ab￿ement assessmenL L¥mpHigDiD8
116.066
92,397
PIET INCOLkf
5540
12,044
RECONCItJATIOD4 OF FUNDS
120,486
108.442
TOTAL FUF4DS CARRIED FORWARD
126,026
120,486
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BALANCE
HEET
30 JUNE ?024
2023
ToLa]
fijnds
ihjrestricteil
fjjnd
FLXED ASSETS
TangnThl¢ asgets
12
933
Debtor5
Cash at bank
13
2.315
125,294
3.303
I l9.674
127.609
122,977
CREDITORS
Amoutlts falling the one year
14
(1516)
(2,491)
125,093
120.486
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURREKr
126.Ir26
120.486
NET ASSETS
126,026
120.486
15
126,026
120.486
TOTAL FUNDS
120,026
120886
The charitsble comw is entiti¢d to extyioD fro￿ audi¢ unts Secrion 477 of th¢ Compws Act 2(M)6 foythe yeAT
ended 30 2024.
The members have rEquir¢d th¢ Ly)[DP￿ to obtsin an witt of IL8 fiDaDcial sthtements for th¢ yeBT endcd
30 JUD¢ 2024 in a(￿rda￿ with *Lion476of the Coyi¢s Act2(Kl6.
The trrjstees acknowledg¢ th¢r ruponsibilitie5 for
(a)
¢I￿￿n8 that the clMrit8bl¢ cotDTthDy k• aecowrttng rec(*ds tbat compty iyith Sertioos 386 and 387 of th¢
Cowi¢s Art 20¢￿
(b) pTepar1￿ fiTMtt¢ial sMt¢rDt￿W￿l¢￿ giv¢ a true aDd fair of the srate of affairs of the ¢b￿ltable company as
at the end of ea¢h financial year and ol its surpkns or IkfiGit for ea¢h financial year in a£cordat]ee tb¢
require￿ of Se£tions 3￿ls￿d 395 and which otherwis¢ comp]y with the requiT¢ments of the ConyDiES Act
2006 re]3ttng to hkn¢ial statell￿, so far 4)pIiLxble to the ¢h4Tithble cowany.
The8¢ financial 5tateTn¢llts haye IxeD wepared a¢¢ordw the ptDvisions 4)p]ic4ble to ¢haritable Lxbmwies
subject to tho small compani¢s regitne.
Th¢ fiDancial statem¢Thts were appm%rd by tbe Bowd of Tn55*es and for issue
8nd wcre Sig￿&1 its lthlf by:
not¢5 forni part of tbes¢ financial ￿atern￿
P8ge 10

THE NO
EMENT S(￿IETy
P4OTES TO THE FLNANCIAL STATE
FOR THE YEAR Ehl)ED
ACCOUNTtNG POLIC
Basis ofprep8TriTrg the fu￿￿tI8] stst¢nRr
Th¢ fill￿￿la1 stskjoents of thr clwitabk compw. Mthich is a public benefft entity under FRS102, h&Ye iwj
prepared in accokn with the Chwities SORP IFRSIO?)'AcrountiDg andReporting bycbarities.. 8tatt￿￿it of
Recom]uellded Practice applicabk to cb8rities prepar[t￿ ther arcoullts the Financial Rtporting StsDdard
applieabl¢ in the UK and Republic of Ireialld (FRS102) {etTe£tÉY¢ l January 2019),, Financial R¢￿rt￿g
Stsndard FRS1￿2 Tr FinaDciai Re￿nItig S￿￿lard applicable the UK *]d Republic of bpJat]d' at]d the
CoDwanie5 Act 2006. Th¢ fu)aJJ¢ial $tstaDeJJtshave been prepared utMleT thehistorical Cost Co￿Ve1]tiOn.
finwKial 5tatall¢ntsare thr neaTE5É £.
The tswsteesldtre¢th a)A)sMler thttthere are no mateTiai uncertaiobes alx)ts the compatys abllity to colltinue &5
agoing concwn.
All 15 reco￿]Sed in the Strtem￿t of Finan¢tal ActivTties (we tb¢ ¢harity bas entiilement to the fijnds, it
is probable the income wlllye ￿1*￿ed and the amimmt can Ix ttLeasured TelRttbly.
Liabiliti¢s ar¢ Tcwgnls￿ as ¢X￿￿OI1u￿ as SOOD as there 15 a legoi or roll5tEUrtive obli¥atioh committing th¢
chotity ￿ that exTKDdIti￿e, il is probable a rrarL8f¢r of economic will ix requir¢d in settlem¢nt and
tbe 8mouDt of the obligatiou can b¢ owsured reliablj,. ExpenthnnE is &counte4J for on an oc£n]8Js bpsis and ha5
been classified under headirtgs th&t aggreWE all cost r¢la*d ro th¢ Category. Wlwe o)sts catjnot be directly
attrll>utrd to paticuLY h¢adllw% they IMv¢ been a]ID¢at¢d to activitses on a b&%1$ consistet)t with th¢ vs¢ of
T8nglbk r]XEd 8ssets
Tawble fikedassets are #at¢AI at ¢05r ks5 depreciation.
Depreciation i8 proTrided at rdtes cak?￿￿ ￿ ￿]1¢ off co# k55 esti￿atr￿ ￿51th￿ value of ea¢h ¥set ov
tts expe¢tod usethl knf¢. as follows:
Taxatio
The cbarllty is considered to pa&s t￿t tests set out tn Paragraph I Sche4]ule 6 Finance Act 2010 aljd therefore it
me&s the definition 0£ a charitable ci)w for UK Cor￿10￿ pwp05¢s. A¢¢ordiDgty the clwity is
)tsots"ally exempt frorn tlxation in rES￿ of income or rapitai gatlls Teceiyed urythiD calrgories covertd by
Cbapter 3 PaJt 11 CorpoTation Tax A¢t 2010 or Section 2S6 of Taxattom ofchatgtable GaiD5 Act 1992, to th¢
¢xtent tb81 s￿ch inc4)me OT are arylied excI￿$1ve1Y to cbargeableprrposes.
UnR5tricted fond5 ￿ bE￿￿ed ill accordaurE pIththE chatitabk obj¢aiV¢5 atthe dis(Yetion of thE tru5tee5.
Restrictd fullds L*n onlybo )wd for p&rticu]8fTestricted purrM)seswithin the objects of the tbatity. Restrictions
FurtherexplaDation ofth¢ Da￿￿e aDdEwpose of fuThl is I￿1￿led in to thE financial sTrten￿.
PeD5iOn tosts and other p(*t~Yrflrnment benefits
The cbartÉable CQD]pattyo￿ a define4J ¢oTrtnl)￿ic￿ p¢ngion $d￿ne. CoDtrilRrttons payable to the clwitable
Companys F¢nsion scbcme are dwged ts> the Stalen￿t of Financial Adiyities itLthe periL¥i to whi¢h they relats.
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NOTES TO THE FIN
AL STATEMErirs- rv
FOR TUKYEAR ENDED 30 JUYE 2024
DONATIONS Af4D LECACIBS
2024
2023
DollatiODS
Otb¢r income
Collsuhancy fees
66.493
6596
3,315
62,459
3.167
375
76.41M
66,001
2024
2023
' 2202
INCOME FROM CIIARITABLE ACflVlllES
2024
2023
2250
2250
4,51)0
4.500
A&sociolion of Noise
Colls￿¢ants
rc8earch actiYiti¢S
2.250
2250
()]ietMark
and researth aciivili¢5
Noise abateme]rt a&8essineaL ¢aTnPW8
6.750
4.OtM)
Rockwool UK
EDStitute of Acoustics
a￿1 a¢tiviti¢s
65lXS
6.SOO
Rolltek kntcttjatiots
d reswcb activities
4.51K>
4,500
AndeTSOU Awustics
andiese3xth￿tiviÈ1£S
4,51K)
4,(K)O
RHE Global
r￿e￿￿kn activiiies
4.750
4,750
43,￿0
37,750
Dire
Costs (see
Dote O
5ts (see
ot¢ 7)
Tots15
Noise abatement &￿S$￿en¢
allLpai￿m8 and research 8ctiviti&s
113,786
2280
116,066
Pw12

NOTLS TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMETrllS- eonthiued
FOR YEAR LNDED 30 JUNE 21)24
DIRECT cosrs OF CHARITABLE ACTivrriBS
21)24
2023
55269
34.480
24,037
48.732
27.052
14,518
Support cosL
113,786
,302
SUPPORT COSTS
Governanee
Noise abatetnent as5e&8rnett4 waigDitig
2280
Support Costy i￿luded in the abov4 are &$ follo￿..
2023
activilles
adiviti¢s
Book&eepingand payoll
1.030
1250
895
12IK)
2280
2,095
r4Et INCOMEMIXPENDrruRE)
N¢t It￿1￿￿&(¢%p¢n￿lIurc) is ststed after Char￿￿(creditI￿".
2024
2￿23
Depreciation. owned4
233
315
TRusfEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
Ther¢ w¢re In]gtees' [enWn￿On or othtr iw*fits for th¢ yeax endtxl 30 Jull¢ 2024 llor for th¢ ytat rDded
30 June 2023.
Trllstee8' ￿petr8e$
Tr[ew￿e DO trust¢es' exp￿& paid for the yearended 30 June 2024 for the year eDd¢d 30 June 2023.
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THE NOISE ABATEMENT soctETY
NO
FOR THE YE
ED 30 JL,NE 21124
STAFF COSTS
Staff costs dirng they¢wsvcre follow&
2024
2023
W3gas ond sa￿1¢3
So¢ial secority costs
Pension costs
OJJlKll¢ filing illcentiyc
50.196
5.672
1.319
(5.(K)O)
3,082
47,196
5,404
1229
(5,097)
The avernge number of eD¥loyees was l (2023: 1).
No ettw11￿ re¢¢ivthl emoltllDert% oF£60,000 {2(123: [￿lle).
The th￿￿ty ¢OfLsideJs its k¢y rKtsonll¢l ¢omprises thc tTUStces. The tntrs receive no employtneDt
bEnefits from the charity.
11. COMPARATtVES FOR THE STATE￿￿&￿r OF Fll¥ANCIAL ACTIVTfiFS (2023)
UDrestrictsl
fuDd
Donations and lesacies
66,001
Ch*ritable attlvfiti£
37.750
Invests)wntin¢ome
Total
104.441
EXPENDrruRE O
Cbatitsble sctiTr*ie5
rwrdfGh &Gtivities
92J97
NET JNCOME
12,044
RECONCILIATION OF FUF4tLs
108.442
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
120,486
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¢ontinued...

TItE NOISE ABATEMEfiT SOCIETY
ES TOTHE FINLNCIAL STATEMENIS- t•lltlDDe41
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024
JL TANCIBLE FIXED ASSETS
tingg
cosr
At l Juty 2023
Additions
15,744
1,166
AI 30 Julle 2024
16,910
DEPRECIATtoN
At l J￿Y 2023
Ch￿e foryeaT
15.744
233
AÉ 30 Juue 2024
15977
r4ET BOOK VALUB
At 30 June 2024
933
At 30 J￿e 2023
DEFTORS: AMOIJIWS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024
2023
Trnde debt(yrs
Other debtots
345
1212
758
2.873
430
2215
3203
I& CREDITORS: AMOUTr¥IS FALLING DiJE wrrHIN ONE YEAR
2024
2023
Ttt￿e C￿litorS
Social security attd other taxes
142
868
256
1250
710
531
1,250
Ar￿￿￿ expen￿5
1516
2.491
15. MOVEMENT IN FUi¥DS
At 1.7.23
30_6.24
Ullrestrictrd funds
GÈ]*rn] fi]lld
120.486
5,540
126,026
T(￿AL FUNDS
120,486
5,540
126.026
P8ge 15

THE NOISE ABATE
IETY
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-
FOR TBE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS- rotrtinwl
NeLnwvement ID funds incluthdittts above are as follows:
In¢omiD8
resour￿S
Movement
General fr￿d
121,606
(116.066)
5,540
121.(
{116,066)
5.540
COm￿raIlY￿ for moVe￿ent In
Net
ovemeni
At
30.623
At 1.722
UttrestrK¢ed
G¢nm] IuDd
108.442
12.044
120A86
TOTAL FUNDS
106,442
11044
120.486
Compmtive netmovement ill fiwd8 ]H¢h￿ed inthe abDVC ar¢ as fo]toTrv&"
InCOll￿ Movtmrllt
expended
Unre5trieted fllnds
104.441
(92,397)
12,IM4
104,441
(91397)
12,044
16.
The ch￿lty opeTat¢s frotu aprot*rty ownEd by Gloria Elliots {ChKf Exw]liYe) who has Dot d)aTg¢d TCDt during
The Cl￿.￿ re￿1?￿d w￿5￿J¢t¢d doDations of £66,{￿ (2023 '. £610(Ki) fD)m Q￿l¢t AppmTrnI Limite¢ a
¢omp8Dy to whidL Gl(JtiaElliott (ChiefEX￿￿lyC) is aDireKtor.
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JSE ABATK
IETY
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS-
FOR THE YEAR EhTED 311 JUNE 2024
17. STATvfoRY INFORMATION
Th¢ compallyts limitedby gwantre llrtbavitig a sb8re ¢apitsl.
Every rn¢mber of the charity promi5¢4 if the charity is dissolved he or she or it i5 a member or within
ttvelye moJJth5 after he cr she or ii ceases to be a member. tt) contribut¢ such sum tsot txceeth8 £10) lowards
th¢ pMneJ]t of the debts or liabilities of the charity incurred befote h¢ or she or it ctasrs to be amenther, alld of
th¢ ￿$18 djarges alld ¢xpens¢$ of wiDdiDg UA and the adjusfm¢]* of the rigbts of the a]uong
th¢￿￿1ve$.
Oll the di8sokntsoD of the ch￿lty reJDau)ing shall ￿ applied or traThsf¢rred to any othu tsity wath
lllforniation, section ofth¢ awouDt&
Page 17