BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Annual report and financial statements Registered charity number 1186189 31 December 2024
BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Annual report and financial statements 31 December 2024
Contents
| Reference and administrative information | 2 | ||
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| Trustees' annual report | 3 |
- 6 | |
| Independent auditor’s report | 7 |
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| Statement of financial activities (incorporating an income and expenditure account) | 11 | ||
| Balance Sheet | 12 | ||
| Statement of cash flows | 13 | ||
| Notes to the financial statements | 14 |
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BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Annual report and financial statements 31 December 2024
Reference and administrative information for the year ended 31 December 2024
| Charity Name | Belron Ronnie Lubner Charitable Foundation |
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| Charity Number | 1186189 |
| Operational Address | C/O The Trust Partnership Ltd |
| 6 Trull Farm Buildings | |
| Trull | |
| Tetbury | |
| GL8 8SQ | |
| Trustees | Gary Lubner (Chairman) |
| Robert Bass - resigned 23 July 2024 | |
| Susan Ormiston - resigned 6 November 2024, re-appointed 27 September 2025 | |
| Christopher Sykes - resigned 6 November 2024 | |
| Galina Herzig - resigned 23 July 2024 | |
| Ryan Trierweiler - resigned 23 July 2024 | |
| Clare Pettitt - appointed 23 July 2024 | |
| Steven Christophorou - appointed 23 July 2024 | |
| Wendy Bradshaw - appointed 23 July 2024 | |
| Felicity Howard-Allen - appointed 6 November 2024, resigned 26 September 2025 | |
| Nigel Doggett - appointed 6 November 2024 | |
| Bankers | Barclays Private Bank |
| One Stanhope | |
| London | |
| W1K 1AF | |
| Auditor | Dunkley's |
| Statutory Auditor | |
| Chartered Accountants | |
| Woodlands Grange | |
| Woodlands Lane | |
| Bradley Stoke | |
| Bristol | |
| BS32 4JY | |
| Investment manager | Cazenove Capital |
| Schroder & Co Limited | |
| 1 London Wall Place | |
| London | |
| EC2Y 5AU |
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BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Annual report and financial statements 31 December 2024
Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2024
The Belron Ronnie Lubner Charitable Foundation (‘Foundation’) Trustees present their annual report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024. The foundation was registered as a charitable incorporated organisation (‘CIO’) on 6 November 2019.
Reference and administrative information set out on page 3 to 6 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with statutory requirements, and the requirements of the Charities SORP (FRS 102) Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts.
Objectives and activities
The objects of the Foundation are such objects and purposes in any part of the world as are exclusively charitable in accordance with the laws of England and Wales subject to clause 3.2.
3.2 Nothing in this constitution shall authorise an applicant of the property of the Foundation for the purposes which are not charitable in accordance with Section 7 of The Charities and Trustee investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and Section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.
The Foundation’s primary purpose is to create positive impact in the world, with care. It makes grants to organisations supporting vulnerable children and young people around the world, working to improve young people’s life chances through the advancement of education, health, community development, and human rights. The Foundation is guided by three principles; Enabling Solutions, Focusing on Areas of Highest Need and Modelling Best Practice.
The Trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Foundation's aims and objectives, in planning future activities and setting the grant making policy for the year. The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.
Achievements and performance
The Foundation made grants to charitable organisations totalling €2,297,960 (2023: €2,594,299) during the year ending 31 December 2024, supporting 211 (2023: 318) charities.
These organisations have been helping people in many ways including with training and education, food parcels and feeding programmes, mental health support, access to accommodation, family support, support for emergency workers responding to natural disasters, and providing shelter for victims of domestic violence.
Plans for the future
The Foundation is commencing work to formalise its giving efforts by designing an impact strategy building on its values.
Structure, Governance and Management
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation governed by its constitution and registered as a charity under the Charities Act 2011 on 6th November 2019, Charity Registration number 1186189.
The Board keeps the skill requirements for the Trustee Body under review. When a Trustee permanently retires, or additional members are required the Board will recruit new Trustees. The Foundation recruits appropriately qualified Trustees from within the Belron Group.
The induction process for any newly appointed Trustee comprises an initial meeting with the Chair and the Board, followed by a briefing on investment strategy, the grant making process and powers and responsibilities of the Trustee Board. The welcome pack includes copies of recent minutes of Trustee meetings, the financial statements of the Foundation and a copy of the Charity Commission's guidance 'The Essential Trustee: What You Need to Know'.
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BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Annual report and financial statements 31 December 2024
Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2024 (continued)
Key Management Personnel
The Trustees are the key management of the charity and are responsible for controlling, running, and operating the charity on a daily basis. The Trustees receive no remuneration.
Administration
The Foundation is administered by The Trust Partnership with additional philanthropic expertise provided by C&E Advisory. Further support for governance and financial management is provided by staff at the Belron Group (‘Belron’) on a pro bono basis.
Financial Review
The results for the Foundation for the year ended 31 December 2024 were in line with the Trustees’ expectations, with income in the year of €1,120,514 (2023: €801,135).
The charity has close ties with the Belron Group. During the year, Belron International Limited donated €1,120,514 (2023: €731,135). D'Ieteren, the ultimate parent company of Belron, donated €nil (2023: €70,000). Gary Lubner resigned as a director from Belron International Limited on 28 February 2023, Susan Ormiston is a director of Belron International Limited. Gary Lubner is a trustee of the Foundation.
The Foundation made donations to Afrka Tikkun of €66,510 (2023: €439,718), Football Academy Noah of €85,850 (2023: €55,500). Gary Lubner is a Trustee for these Charities.
The Foundation made a donation to Instruments of Times and Truth €2,500 (2023: €nil). Nigel Doggett is a Trustee for this Charity.
Investment policy
The Investment policy of the Trustees is to maintain the underlying value of the Foundation’s investments in line with inflation, while seeking to maximise total return from capital and minimising risk, by investing in bonds and stocks held for capital growth.
Reserves Policy
The Trustees' Reserves policy is to operate on the basis to have sufficient income to use towards meeting their charitable objects. The Trustees are of the opinion that the charity's funds of €13,285,693 on 31 December 2024 together with anticipated donations remain sufficient to enable them to continue this ongoing objective.
The charity has sufficient but not excessive funds to maintain its current level of charitable distributions.
Risk Management
The Foundation has a robust Risk Register in place which together with its Risk Policy underpins a pro-active culture of risk management and mitigation. This enables all stakeholders to have confidence that they operate within a safe, caring and thriving environment and helps ensure the sustainability of the Foundation and where possible, the organisations it funds.
The Trustees have identified four main areas of risk:
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Governance
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Operational
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Financial
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External (Reputational)
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BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Annual report and financial statements 31 December 2024
Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2024 (continued)
Governance
The Trustees consider their Board Members, their legal advisers, Administrators and The Trust Partnership, and other external philanthropic specialists to be well qualified and with a sufficiently broad range of experience to undertake their duties effectively and properly. The Trustees are well briefed and committed to furthering the objects of the Charity and have in place effective controls, policies, procedures and a risk register to ensure, as far as possible, that the business of the charity is run properly, economically, and safely.
Operational, including regulation and compliance
Grant applications are scrutinised by the Trustees. The Trustees themselves are sufficiently qualified to ensure that grants are made in line with the aims and objectives of the Charity. The risk of making inappropriate grants is minimised by conducting appropriate due diligence checks. Where appropriate, all beneficiaries are required to undertake to return the funds if they are not used appropriately.
The day-to-day administration and notification of any changes in charity law or regulation is handled by The Trust Partnership with additional expertise from C&E Advisory being provided from 2025. Support is also provided from employees of Belron, who provide their time pro bono. All data is stored securely, and appropriately backed up. Note that very low levels of personal data is held or managed by the Foundation, almost all of which is in the public domain.
Financial
Budgets and management accounts are prepared by Belron employees on a pro bono basis and annual accounts are also prepared by them for audit.
The Trustees are conscious not to enter into any commitments which exceed the Foundations current available funding and continue to keep this under close scrutiny and consideration.
The Trustees believe that the reports they receive, and the scrutiny of their advisers leave little risk of misinterpretation or mismanagement.
External (Reputational)
The Trustees believe that there is little risk to the reputation of the Charity through its association with donors, its professional advisers and its beneficiaries.
Regular reviews are in place and open dialogue occurs regularly, as well as tranche release and ability to withhold funds. Signed grant agreements are in place with provision to terminate agreements. Due diligence is conducted on key persons within grantee organisations and grantees are asked proactively for regular safeguarding and governance updates at each review.
Having assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, in particular those relating to its investments and its finances, the Trustees believe that by monitoring reserve levels, ensuring that controls exist over key financial systems, and examining the operational and business risks faced by the Charity, they have established effective systems to mitigate those risks.
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BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Annual report and financial statements 31 December 2024
Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31 December 2024 (continued)
Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The law applicable to charities in England & Wales requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that year. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently
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observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
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state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed,
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disclosed and explained in the financial statements
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the charity and financial information included on the charity’s website.
Dunkley's were appointed as the charity’s auditor during the year and has expressed its willingness to continue in that capacity.
29/10/2025
This report was approved by the Trustees on ____ and signed by:
Gary Lubner
Chairman
29/10/2025 Date: ____
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BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Annual report and financial statements 31 December 2024
Independent auditor’s report to the members of Belron Ronnie Lubner Charitable Foundation
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Belron Ronnie Lubner Charitable Foundation (the 'charity') for the year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow Statement and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion the financial statements:
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give a true and fair view of the state of the charity's affairs as at 31 December 2024 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, for the year then ended;
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have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
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have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.
Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a year of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
Other information
The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, other than the financial statements and our Report of the Independent Auditors thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
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BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Annual report and financial statements 31 December 2024
Independent auditor’s report to the members of Belron Ronnie Lubner Charitable Foundation (continued)
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
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the information given in the Report of the Trustees is inconsistent in any material respect with the financial statements; or
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sufficient accounting records have not been kept; or
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the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
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we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
Responsibilities of trustees
As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities, the trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements which give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
We have been appointed as auditors under Section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Independent Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:
Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud.
We identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and then design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, including obtaining audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Identifying and assessing potential risks related to irregularities.
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BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Annual report and financial statements 31 December 2024
Independent auditor’s report to the members of Belron Ronnie Lubner Charitable Foundation (continued)
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements (continued)
In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and noncompliance with laws and regulations, we considered the following:
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The nature of the charitable sector, control environment and performance including the design of the organisation's remuneration policies;
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Any matters we identified, having obtained and reviewed the organisation's documentation of their policies and procedures relating to:
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Identifying, evaluating and complying with laws and regulations and whether they were aware of any instances of non-compliance;
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Detecting and responding to the risks of fraud and whether they have knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud;
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The internal controls established to mitigate risks of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations;
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The matters discussed among the audit engagement team regarding how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements and any potential indicators of fraud.
As a result of these procedures, we considered the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the organisation for fraud and identified the greatest potential for fraud in the areas of management override of controls, going concern, revenue recognition, and the appropriateness of expenditure.
We also obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the organisation operates in, focusing on provisions of those laws and regulations that had a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
Audit response to risks identified
Our procedures to respond to risks identified included the following:
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Enquiring of management, concerning actual and potential litigation and claims;
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Substantive testing to vouch source records to the financial statements;
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Performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships that may indicate risks of material misstatement due to fraud;
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Enquiring of management the internal controls in, evaluating each control for weakness and vouching to evidence of the control taking place;
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In addressing the risk of fraud through management override of controls, testing the appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments; assessing whether the judgements made in making accounting estimates are indicative of a potential bias; and evaluating the business rationale of any significant transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business.
We also communicated relevant identified laws and regulations and potential fraud risks to all engagement team members, and remained alert to any indications of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations throughout the audit.
A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Independent Auditors.
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BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Annual report and financial statements 31 December 2024
Independent auditor’s report to the members of Belron Ronnie Lubner Charitable Foundation (continued)
Use of our report
This report is made solely to the charity's trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity's trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors' report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity's trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Dunkley's
Statutory Auditor Chartered Accountants Eligible to act as an auditor in terms of Section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006 Woodlands Grange Woodlands Lane Bradley Stoke Bristol BS32 4JY 29/10/2025 Date: ____
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BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Annual report and financial statements 31 December 2024
Statement of financial activities for the year ended 31 December 2024
| Unrestricted & Total Unrestricted & Total 2024 2023 |
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| Note | € € |
| Incoming resources from generated funds | 1,120,514 801,135 519,898 520,643 1,640,412 1,321,778 (2,505,620) (2,808,097) |
Donations 2 Investment income 3 Total income Charitable activities 4 Total expenditure Gain / (loss) on investments 5 (Loss) on revaluation Net expenditure and net movement of funds Total funds at start of the period Total funds at end of the period |
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| (2,505,620) (2,808,097) 346,553 315,384 (2,397) (1,763) (521,052) (1,172,698) 13,806,745 14,979,443 13,285,693 13,806,745 |
All results arise from continuing operations.
The accompanying notes on pages 14 to 18 form an integral part of these financial statements.
There were no recognised gains and losses other than as disclosed above.
The Charity only has one type of fund.
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BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Annual report and financial statements 31 December 2024
Balance sheet
at 31 December 2024
| Unrestricted & Total Unrestricted & Total |
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| 2024 2023 |
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| Note Non current assets Investments 5 Current assets Cash at bank and in hand Accrued income 6 Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year 7 Net current assets Net assets Funds Unrestricted Funds |
€ € 4,131,982 3,640,271 4,131,982 3,640,271 9,137,996 10,854,220 23,583 28,398 9,161,579 10,882,618 (7,867) (716,143) 9,153,712 10,166,474 13,285,693 13,806,745 13,285,693 13,806,745 13,285,693 13,806,745 |
The accompanying notes on pages 14 to 18 form part of these financial statements.
29/10/2025 These financial statements were approved by the Trustees on ____ and signed on behalf by:
Gary Lubner
Chairman
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BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Annual report and financial statements 31 December 2024
Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended 31 December 2024
| Unrestricted & Total Unrestricted & Total |
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| 2024 2023 |
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| Note Cash (utilised) by operating activities 9 Cash flows from investing activities Investments Interest received (Decrease) / Increase in cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year Reconciliation of net cash flow to movement in net funds Change in net funds Opening balance Closing balance |
€ € (2,088,614) (1,446,882) – 10,012,517 372,391 174,220 372,391 10,186,737 (1,716,223) 8,739,855 10,854,219 2,114,364 9,137,996 10,854,219 (1,716,225) 8,739,855 10,854,219 2,114,364 9,137,996 10,854,219 |
The accompanying notes on pages 14 to 18 form part of these financial statements.
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BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Annual report and financial statements 31 December 2024
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024
1 Accounting policies
The principal accounting policies adopted, judgements and key sources of estimation and uncertainty in the preparation of the financial statements are as follows:
1.1 Basis of preparation of financial statements
The Belron Ronnie Lubner Charitable Foundation is an incorporated charity registered in England & Wales with the Charity Commission. The address of the registered office is given on the contents page and the nature of its operations is set out in the report of the Trustees. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice 2nd edition issued in October 2019 and applicable to charities preparing their accounting in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK (FRS102 - effective 1 January 2015) the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006.
The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgement in applying the Charity's accounting policies.
The functional currency of the Belron Ronnie Lubner Charitable Foundation is Euro because that is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the company operates.
1.2 Going concern
As described in the Trustees’ Report, the trustees consider that the charity has adequate resources available to it to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they have adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.
1.3 Income
All income is recognised once the Charity has entitlement to the resources, it is probable that the resources will be received, and the monetary value of income can be measured with sufficient reliability. Donations are accounted for when receivable.
1.4 Expenditure
Expenditure, which is charged on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category.
Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the Charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.
1.5 Current assets
A current asset is an asset that is cash, an equity instrument of another entity, a contractual right to receive cash and are measured at amortised cost.
1.6 Current liabilities
A current liability is a contractual obligation to deliver cash or another financial asset to another entity. Current liabilities are measured using the historical cost convention and are recognised when there is an obligation at the balance sheet date as a result of a past event, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefit will be required in settlement, and the amount can be estimated reliably.
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BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Annual report and financial statements 31 December 2024
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)
1.7 Non-current investments
Investments are shown at fair value less amounts written off. Provisions are made for any impairment in value. Income is included in the financial statements of the year in which it is receivable.
2 Donations
| 2 Donations | |
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| 2024 2023 |
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| € € |
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| 1,120,514 801,135 |
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| Donations received 3 Investment income |
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| 2024 2023 |
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| € € |
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| 151,974 317,254 367,924 203,389 519,898 520,643 |
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| Dividend and similar income Interest receivable 4 Charitable activities |
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| 2024 2023 |
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| € € |
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| 2,297,960 2,594,299 207,660 213,798 2,505,620 2,808,097 |
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| Donations to other charities Support costs |
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (continued)
4.1 Donations to other charities
| Donatations to other charities | 2024 2023 |
|---|---|
| € € |
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| Ongoing Donations | |
| Planning for Tomorrow Youth Organisation Joblinge Stiftung Girls Not Brides Humans in the Loop Foundation Smartstart Early Learning NPC Young Roots The Altenburg Foundation Adopt a Classroom Singa Global Bilateral Safety Corridor Coalition |
226,707 — 150,000 — 207,293 — 112,700 — 115,691 — 175,528 — 175,000 — 123,500 — 96,262 — 50,000 — — 349,718 — 230,503 — 86,000 66,510 90,000 27,000 55,500 578,990 1,435,275 125,000 113,330 58,850 — 8,929 233,973 2,297,960 2,594,299 |
| Afrika Tikkun The Field Band Foundation |
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| Gift of Giving | |
| Disasters Emergency Committee Afrika Tikkun |
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| Football Academy Noah Other individually immaterial |
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| Other | |
| Disasters Emergency Committee | |
| Football Academy Noah | |
| Other individually immaterial | |
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BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Annual report and financial statements 31 December 2024
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (Continued)
4.2 Support costs
| 4.2 Support costs | |
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| 2024 2023 |
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| € € |
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| 196,230 185,428 6,826 23,588 4,080 1,388 524 3,393 207,660 213,797 |
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| Charity administration fees Investment fees Governance costs (audit & accountancy fees) Bank charges |
5 Investments
Investments are stated at market value. Realised and unrealised gains and losses on Investments are dealt with in the Statement of financial activities. Investment income is credited to income on an accrual basis.
| 2024 2023 € € 3,640,271 13,037,389 — — — (10,012,517) 151,983 318,025 (6,826) (18,010) 346,554 315,384 4,131,982 3,640,271 2024 2023 € € 3,074,191 2,517,366 432,638 424,787 508,529 537,348 116,624 160,770 4,131,982 3,640,271 4,068,656 3,740,330 |
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| Opening market value at 1 January Additions during the year at cost |
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| Disposals Investment income |
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| Investment fees | |
| Unrealised gains | |
| Closing market value at 31 December | |
| Investments at market value comprised: | |
| Equities Bonds |
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| Multi-asset funds | |
| Cash | |
| Historical cost of investments |
The Foundation’s investments are held in the United Kingdom, Europe, North America, Japan and Asia.
6 Accrued income
| 6 Accrued income | |
|---|---|
| 2024 2023 |
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| € € |
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| 23,583 28,398 |
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| Accrued income |
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BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Annual report and financial statements 31 December 2024
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2024 (Continued)
7 Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
| 7 Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year | |
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| 2024 2023 |
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| € € |
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| Trade creditors Other creditors 8 Unrestricted funds |
2,767 23,068 5,100 693,075 7,867 716,144 |
| 2024 2023 |
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| € € |
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| Unrestricted funds | 13,285,693 13,806,745 activities 2024 2023 € € (521,051) (1,172,698) (524,375) (520,643) 6,826 18,010 (708,276) 543,833 4,815 — (346,553) (315,384) (2,088,614) (1,446,882) |
| 9 Reconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash flow from operating | |
| Net movements in funds Investment income Investment fees (Decrease) / increase in creditors Accrued income Investments gains Cash (utilised) by operating activities |
10 Related party transactions
During the year, Belron International Limited donated €1,120,514 (2023: €731,135). D'Ieteren, the ulitmate parent company of Belron, donated €nil (2023: €70,000). Please see the Trustees’ report for details about the origin of these donations. Gary Lubner resigned as a director from Belron International Limited on 28 February 2023, Susan Ormiston is a director of Belron International Limited. Gary Lubner is a trustee of the Foundation.
The Foundation made donations to Afrika Tikkun of €66,510 (2023: €439,718), Football Academy Noah of €85,850 (2023: €55,500). Gary Lubner is a Trustee for these Charities.
The Foundation made a donation to Instruments of Times and Truth €2,500 (2023: €nil). Nigel Doggett is a Trustee for this Charity.
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