British HuM•n￿t Asso¢wtlon, operating a&. Humanists UK ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIALSTATEMENTS FOR ThE YEAR ENDED 31 D•comber 2024 Comp•ny Numb•r. 00228781 Charity Mumbor: 285987 Humanists UK Annual Report for the year endod 31 December 2024 The Board Ithg Directors of the Company and the Trustees of the Charity) presents Its annual report along with the financlal ststements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2024 whiGh are also prepared to meet the requircments for a directors. report and accounts for Compani8s Act P(Afp05es. The financlal ststsments comply Wwkh th¢ Charitics Act 2011, the Companips Act 2006. the Memorandum 8nd Article5 of Associatlon, and Accounting and Reporting ty Charities: Ststement of Recommended Practice applicable to charitles preparing thelr account5 in accordance with the Financlal Reporting Stsndard appllcable In the UK and Republlc of Ireland (FRS102). L•g•l •nd Admlnlstratlvv D•ta51• status The 8ritish Humanist Association (Humanists UK) origSnated a5 the Unlon of Ethlcal Societies In 1896. was Incorporated as the Ethlcal Unlon In 1928 8nd tjecame the 8rltish Humanlst As50clatlon In 1967. Its worklng nam8 becarne Humanists UK In 2017. It Is a charltable companv limlted by guarantee. incorporated on 14 March 1928. Its govemlng Instrument is its Articlès of Asso¢latlon. adopted on 23 July 2011. Company number. 00228781 Charity number. 285987 Rggistergd office 39 Morelarbd Street. Landon. EQIV 8BB Honorary officors Chalr Nell Havhins Vice Chalr Neil McKaln Treasurer Ann O'Conn•ll other Board members John Adentitlro Ruth Kaufman Samlra Ahmed (to 09 DeGember] Ewan Main (to 16 June) Cli¥* Coen Ifrom 31 January 2025) Sophy RObIr￿ (to 23 June) Alex Collis (to 16 June) Andrgw Russell Roland Davis Emma Shepherd lain Deboys Amy Walden Tamar Ghosh (from 15 June) Simon Walker-samuel Charley Jaffett Kate West President Dr ￿laM Rutherford Prlnclp81 staff Chief Exec4rtive Andrèw Copson Director of Cerernonles Deborah H¢)oper Director of Communlcations & Development Uam Whitton Dlrector of Humanlst Car• Clare Elcombo Wpbbor Director of IT West Dlrector of Organisatlonal Operations Catriona McLellan Director of People & Culture Ann-michdle Burton Director of Public Affalrs & Pollcy RichyThompson Acting DlrgctOT of Publlc Affairs & Policy Ito May 2024] Kathy Rlddick Dlrector of Understsndlng Humanism Luke Oonnellan AudttoT5 Knox Cropper LLP. Chartered Accountsnts 05 Leadenhall Street Londork EC3A IAD Bankers The Co-operative Bank pl 118-120 Colmore Row. Birmingham. B3 3BA Investment Managers Barclays Wealth, 23 Lower Brook StreeL Ipswich. IP14 1AQ BNY Mellon Fund Managers Lld. PO Box 336. Darlington. DL19RF M & G, M&G Chartty DepartmerTt PO Box 9038. Chelmsford. CM99 2XF Mission By advanelng the humanistapproach to Ilfe. we insplre and support non-rellglous people to be happy. confident and ethlcal. and wè work wlth them ft>r 8 better soclety. Charitable objects Humanlsts UK'S Objects are.. The advancement of Humanism. n3mely a non-rollglDUS èthical Ilfe stsnce. the 25S9ntial elements of which are a coMM￿Ment to human wellbeing and a reliance on reason, experfence and a naturalistlc view of the world: thg advancement of 8ducatlon and in particular the study of and the dlssemlnation of knowledge obDUt Humanism and about the arts and sclence as they relate to Humanlsm: the promotlon of Bquality and non-dI￿rIMInatIon and the protectlDn of humBn rlghts as defingd in Intsrnational instruments to which thg United Kingdom is party. in èach case in particular as rglates to rèligion and belief.. the promotlDn of understsnding between people holding religlous and non-rellglous beliets so as to advance haTmonlous cooperatlon In society.. structure. governan￿ and management The Board meets regularly durfng the yoar and at the beglnning of each megtlng m8mbgrs are requested to declaro ony confilcts Df int8r8sL These are d9tsil8d In notss 18 and 23 of thè financlal statsments. The Board revlèws its performance and skills annually ar￿ nèw mernbers ero recrulted to meet any needs or gaps Idèntffiad. The day to day management of the Association Is delegated to ￿ key management personnel as detailed In note 8 to the finanGial ststements. Remuneration of the Chief Executlve Is set by the Board. Remuner8tlon of other key management personnel is delegated to the Chief Executlve. Mothod used to recrult and appolnt new Board mombers B08rd membgrs are rocrultad by elecUon or by appointment as set out In the Byelaws. Co-options until the next e18rtlon oan be made to fill vacancies arising mong the elected Board membe Inductlon and tralnlng of now Board membors New Board mombers are provided with a Trustre Handbook whlch contalns Infomation aboutthe¢r role 8nd responslbilities as recommendad by the Charlty Comrni5sSon. This includes.. the trustee role descTiptson and parsonal specification rel8v8nt to the role. the conffidentialrty polw arid the eligibility requiremgnts for becoming a trustee. and a Code of ConducL They are also Supplied w¥th a oopy of the Arti¢Ses of As50clation. and other governanttè docurnents including past reports. Induction me8tings covering tho background to current mattors take pla wilh the Wice-Chair,the Chief Executive and key members of thp staff team. Training on matters relevant to the role and ￿ 5ponsibilities of BDard members is encouraged and the Board subscribes to literature pertlnentto good govemance. Public benefit The Board is confident that Hurnanists UK'S work benefits the public In slgnlficant ways by promoting hum8n rights and offering comprehensive support and servlces to hurnanlsts and the non-religiou& Our actiwties are rigoTDusly aligned with legal stsndards and Charity Commission guldelines on publlc benefit. The main areas where OUT work makes an impact includv. We lead In eduCa￿ng the publ1¢ about hurnanlsm. provldlng a moral framework for thos8 wlthoLJt r8llglous bellefs. Our efforts extend thrDugh varlou5 channels. Includlng our website. public lectures. and educational materials designed for schoo15, ensurlng that knowledge about humanist valuos and ethics Is accesglble to all. Our celebrants help meet the growing public demand for non-rellglous ceremonies-su¢h as baby-namings. weddlng5. and funera15-that reflect personal beliefs. Our goal is for every indlvlduol deslring a humanSst ceremony to have accgss to ong. facllitated by our skilled network of highly tr81ngd humanlst celebrants. We provide vitsl humanist pastoral support In envIronm￿t5 traditionally served by religious chaplains. such as prtsons and healthcare setungs. ensuring that the non-rellgious recelve the same level of sultab19 amotional sUPPOrt and care In tlmes of need. Our trainÈd speclalists also provide expert a55istsncg to vulnerable groups neglected by other servlces. namely'apoststes. and non-rellglous asylum seekers Our policy unit defends the rights of humanists and the non-r8ligious bv promoting compliance with the Human Rights Act1998 and the Equality Act 2crio. partlcularly against discrlmination by public authorities on the grounds of religiDn OT belief. Our advocacy efforts includg 8ngaging wlth government bodles and calling for legal reforms to develop these protections furtherfor the beneffit of all. We bolster local humanlst groups and contrlbute to bulkllng a harmonlous. pluralistic society. building bridges between non-religious peoplo and those with other beliefs. Our wort supportsthe posltive contributions of humanists in various community settings. The Board considers that theso Initiatples not only support humanists and the non-religlous but also enrich th8 wider public. fostering an environment of non-discrimination and er)hanced understanding of humanist peTspect%ves. Report on progress towards our five Outcomos By advanclng the humanlst approach to Ilfe. we Inspire and support non-rellgious people to be happy. confidenL and ethical. and wo work wlth thèm for a b8tter socl8ty. Below. we report on our activity over the course of the year. against the five Outcomes set by the 808r(l as our strategy. Many of our activitses overlap and meet more than one Outcome. More people knowing what humanism is and more non-rellglous people wlth humanist boli•fs and values recognising themselvos a5 humanists Wo corrtlnued to devfrlop our varlous educatlonal programm•s to do wlth humanlsm. Our Understonding Humonism programme. which provid•s r8sDur¢es. school visitors. and support for teachers incorporating humanSsm into lessons. continued to flour15h, The Understonding Humanism website saw 146,000 hits {163.000 In 2023] with resources downl(iaded over 35.000 tlme5 (39.000 in 2023) and videos viewed 12.000 tlme5 (20.000 In 2023). Our separ8teAssemblies forAII websste. which collates Industry-best resources to assist teachers wlth putting on Incluslve assemblies on a rangè of subjects. recelvgd 163.000 page views [191.000 In 2023). Thèse figures seem lower than In th8 p8st ljut the growing us& of ad blockgrs is prob8bty responsibl8 and spot cross-checking of our view figures with click through makes us think the real figures were probabty much hioher. Mèanwhile. our network of 220 trained and accredited school speakers (205 in 20231 spoke to 75.295 puplls through classroom VIS￿ m.000 In 2023) and tralned 492 teachers (015 In 2023). New resourcès added to the site Includod Engllsh Llterature GCSE resources on humanism. and GCSE-1gvel humanlst p8rspgctive5 on crime and punlshment We also ¢omml$sioned new Welsh translations of our student handouts arKI One Lffe. Uve tt Well animatèd vldeo (vol￿d by Professor Alice Roberts). We also developed a number of ngw 8nimated ffilms on humanism. plus eight short HumanistHefitage films about humanists from history. for 2025 release. Our popular Massive Open Onllne Courses [MOOCs] about humanism. pre￿ouslY hosted vla Futurelearn. were re-tooled to h05t on our own webslte. We an￿CIpate ro-launching the )Irst Intèractive coursè. Introduclng humanism (presented by our potron Sandl Toksvig). earty In 202& W8 continued to support other provKters to offer bettgr resourcesfor humanisrn. We consulted on or assist8d with resource creation for local counc51& individual schools. humanist groups. commercial providers including Oak Academy. Jigsaw RE (fomierly known as Discovery RE). and our 515ter organisètlon Humanists Malta. One new difficulty emerges as other resource provlders trlalled using artrficial intelligance to creats resources. whlch sometimes producgd inaccurate statsments such as'humanlsm began in the Renaissance. or Tesources which otherwise mixed up uses of the word 'humanism' in other contexts. We subrnttted corrections to those pmvsder& We also continued to support local authorities to include teaching about humanlsm In schools by endorsing humanlst representatives to be part of Standing Advisory Counclls on Religlous Education in England and Standing A(fvisory Councils on Raligion, Values. and Ethlcs In Wales (known as SACRES In England and SACS in Walesl. We ended thè year with humanists representstiV8s on 143 Councils (138 in 2023). including 134 where humanist sat as a ffull memberf (114 In 2023). 2024 saw the second year of our two-year Natlonal Lottery Herltage Fund project 'Doers. Dreamers. Place-makers.. As part of thls £100.000 projecL we dellvered an online Interactlvg tour of Conway Hall Ethlcal Society lon8 of only two survSvlng buildings created by and for humanlstsj and a serlos of publlc engagomont events. In 2024, this included a special focus on gv9nts celebratlng our pion88ring LGBT riohts section LGBT Humanlsts. Feedback on tho wrtU81 tour was extremely poslttv8, with tgaGhers remarking on it$ usefiJlnes5 as a dassri>om resource. LGBT Hurnanis￿ 45th anniversary was marked by our Plcturing Nonconlormlty public exhlbition and Leod Me Into Temptotion. P18asel summer falr (both at Conway Hall In July). Both drew on extonslve resoarch by our Hurnanist HoTltsge tgam and projeet voluntogrs. and sh¢)wcased findlngs from the archlves. fruits of 17 new oral history Intèrvlows wlth currant and tormer memb9rs of LGBT Humanlsts. and new crè8tive works from public eng8gement and workshop5. The summer fair saw 100+ 8tt8ndees with a sold OLrt opening nioht featuring poety readings. performance arL communlty stalls. and a mlxture of rnov5ng. comic, and rousing speeches from current and veteran 8Ctlvlst5. Meanwhlle. Plcturing Nonconfonnltysold 225 tickets and recglvgd overwh91rningly posltlve feedback. Performers included David Hoylo. actlvlst Tvd Brown. the London Humanist Cholr. and RuPouls Drag Race UK stsr Black Peppa. Our Humonlst Heritoge w&bsit8 continued to expand on the entir8 history of non-religious thought in the UK. We added 72 new posts. articles. hatures. and map markers in all. bringing our total coverago to 370 pages. The timespan covered was vasL wlth artlcles on topics such as Oppositlon to Ghri5tianlty In the ancient Romon world. and 'fime for Reflection An tlle 5￿ttl$h Parfiom￿t.S(wned by oral historles of gay Ilb. era LGBT humanist camp81gners and profiles on wlde-ranglng figures suth Js Epictetus, Dorls Lessing. John Maynard Keynès. and James Baldwin. Publlc engagoment Included talks for the Belng Human Festival. the 81oomsbury F8Stiwal. Bloomsbury Radio, the Freethought Histtjry Festival, thE Cretnation and Burial Education Conference. Queer Britsin. York Humanists. Bristol Humanist& Cov9ntry & Warwiokshire Hurnanlsts. Trans Day of Remembrance. and the Central London Humanlsts podcasL Gulded walking tours of Cardtff. Bristol. Belfast. and Bloomsbury ontinued to be organlsed by both staff and voluntsors. Meanwhile. our anlmated introductory video'Humanisthi5tow. From radical ideos to common sense. recetved an èdditional 3.000 views (4300 in 2023 on launch). Our Humanist Ceremonies Funeral Tribute Archive grew in size to 420 trilxrtes (393 in 2023) and was supported by bespoke training delivered to humanist celebrdnts and warm coverage from the funeral dlrectors website Poppy's. The archive Is of Immense value for prospective Humanist Ceremonles clients a5 wèll as anthropologists and soclal hlstorsans: It offers an invaluable wlndow 5nto the lives of the non-rdlglous people In the 20th and 21st centurie& Our Annual Lectures and Medals series got off to a strong start with our Darwin Day Lecture In February. commemorating the anniversary of Charles Darwin. where our first medallist Dr Rebecoa Wragg Sykes spoke on'HumanlWs superpowerf to a ttomblned onllne-and-ln-person audlence of 131011098 In 20231. chaired by our Vlco Presldent Pmfessor Allce Robèrts. For Intem8tional Women's Day In March, Claudia Hammond gave the Rosalind Franklln Lecture on The keys to klndness.. attended by 890 (652 in 2023), chalrod by Samlra Ahmed. Our Vottaire Lecture moda1115t was philDsopher and econornlst Or Danlel Chandler. who spoke on ways to make society'Free and equal,. to on audlence of 785 (879 in 2023) In August. Professor Slr John Curtice deliver8d the Holyoake Lecture in Manchestsr and online in OctobeT on'what should we make of Iho culture wars7'. attended by 728 people (340 In 2023). In November. anthropologlst Or 8renna Hassett explored tha evolutionary htstofy of 'Growlng up human. for our onllne Blackham Lecture. att•nded by 234 (935 in 2023J Our largest evgnt of the year was the Humanists UK Convention, held In Cardiff over thr99 days in June, arnd attènded by 5501500 in LlveTP¢)ol in 2023). We were delighted to have formgr First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford MS as our keynote speaker. and a top-tler ￿5t of entertalners. perFomer& campaigners, sclentlsts, phllosophers. historians. and authors. These included biologist Dr Adam Rutherford (our Prosldent). phYsi￿$t PTofessor JIM Al-KhaliSi (Vice President}. psychologist Dr Julla Shaw. former Plald Cymru leader Leanne Wood (patron). Lobour MS Jullg Morgan (patron), ￿beral Democrat peer Lorely Burt Ipatron), polrtical sciontlst Brlan Klaa5. philosopher Julian Bagginl (patron), author Catherlne Nixey. socSoJogi5t Lucy Pottsr. and coMed￿n5 Tadiwa Malunge. Jacob Hawley. and Dani Johns. Our wider prDgrammg of brth online and in-person events and lectures on various toplcs relating to humanism continued throughout the year. as well as our onllne In Conversatlon With_ serles featurlng thinkers and entertainers on a subject where they have deep In51ght or expertise. Other hlghlights includgd a spÈcial live-stroamed book launch event In December for the intervlew essay colleclion What l 881ieve WTth editor Andrew Copson and contributors Professor Alice Roberts an(J Natalie Haynes. hosted at the Brftish Library for 200 peoplè. The intematlon81 social media landscape became fragm8nted acros5 the year. particularly du8 to a sharp decline in the UK users of X {formedy Twitter) and the aTrival of smaller rival platforms such a5 Threads lowned by Meta) and Bluesky (fomierty a project owned by Twitter), and changes to user experience and content policies acmss the many platforms. In all. acTOSS our'Humanists UK. channels. wo reached 12m people on our Facebook page (16m in 20231. 120k on Instagram (250k in 2023]. and 15m on X (22m in 2023). Meanwhile. our videos on YouTube received 487k views (459k in 2023). Our summer campalgn. #HumanistBeGause. generated one mlllion impressions attross vorious platforms. We saw posttlve results from Investlng time In producing vl(leos for fikTok and Instagram Reèls. wherg so far content supporting our c8mpaigW)s work has tendèd to outperform educatlonal content. The new channel recorded 76k views. On the audlo sid9, our popular Ivhat IBelieve podcast interviewing humanists in the publlc eye took a break In 2024, in large part duo to the demands of launching and marketing the What i Belleve book A seventh and final series of the podcast Is expected to alr In 2025. We entored Into a new publishlng do￿ wlth Hachgtte to produce mor• commercially popular books about humanlsm, followlng surcess wtth Andrew Copson and Professor Allc8 Roberts, Lirtle Book trllogy {Thé Little 8ook of Humanism, Humanist Weddings. and Humanist Funemls). published between 2020 and 2023. These sold sk addity.onal ¢Dples, bringino totsl sales to date to 6Ok. All author royaltles go to Humanlsts UL In 2024 wo announced What l Belleve. based on our popular Intsrvlew podc8St of tho same name. wlth humonlst contrlbutor5 such as Stephen Fry. Sandi Toksvlg. TIM Mlnchln, Sian Berry. Dan Snow. Joan Bakewell. AC Grayllng. antl Rebecca Goldsteln. We organlsed a launch event for the book wlth edttor Andrew Copson and contributors NatBlle Haynes and Alice Roberts at the Brltlsh Library in December. We also commissioned a major promotional campalgn for the book across London Underground and National Rail sitès. Bookseller5 sold oler sk copies In the run-up to Chrlstmas. All author royalties goto Humanists UL We continued to expond understsndlng of humanism among rellgious peopl• through our dlalogu8 prograrnme. Our network of trained dialogu8 volunteers had an extrgmgly productive year. with membership growing to 158 (124 in 2023). Despite the demise of the n8tlonal Inter Falth Networt we saw an Increas8 In overall n8twork actlvity. wlth 92 discrete sessions reported (83 in 2023). These were incr8dibly varied. includlng many local actlvltles wlth councils. 'interfaith' or'lnter-belief networks, and h05pitsI trusts. ineluding several Holocaust Memorial Day events. Hlghlights Include humanlst-Buddhist dlalogue sgries in London. Intemational Eisteddfod, and sessions with the Unlverslty of Cgntrdl Lancashire. Lelcestsrshire Fire Service. Network Rail. and the John L8wi5 & Partners intemal stsff networL Our volunteer Dialogue Officer also wrote a chapter on humanism and'spirituallty. for Profgssor Richard Noman's follow-up to his book Religlon ondAthelsrn.. Beyond the Divide. Moro non-rellglous people Ilving happier. more GonfHlenL and more athlcal ve5 Our network of tralned and 8CCTedbted humanist celebrants, Humanist Cer•monles. remained relatively stable at 559 members (567 in 2023) a¢nJss England. Wale5. Northem Ireland, Jersey, Guemsey. and the Isle of Man. We saw relative stsbility in the number of recorded ceremonies (9.Sk compared with 10.5k in 20?3). Our weddlngs continued to be most popular in Northem Ireland. where they benefft ftom legal recognltion. Our Non-R8llglous Pastoral Support Ne￿ork (NRPSN). whose members provlde frmotlDnal support In hosprtals. hospices. prisons. universities. and thg armed for¢8S. ended the year wlth 157 accredite(J members [127 In 20231. Within the n8twork. the number of members In professional pald employment wtthln their institutions grew. wlth 14 in healthcare113 In 2023). ft*ur in wisons (three in 2023). and on8 eatth In the polttlc5 and higher educ8tlon sectors. Nationally. around 8 third of the nètwork continued to report'inclusivity challeng85' of various kinds. which ranged from dlscrimlnatory and exclusionary language through to unlawful discrirninatlon on the basls ot thelr belng non-r81igiou& Our ap05tatg support programme Falth to Folthl83s continued provldlng a schodule of soclals 8nd facilitated peer support sessions. policy research on apostasy i$su•s. and assistance for humanist asylum seekers who meet our ¢riteria for letters of support. In total, we supported 192 servlee total users (130 in 2023). and delivered 111 peer support and social Bvents (85 in 20231. Our dedicated helpllne. whlch plloted In 2023. reGelved full medla launch 8arly In tho ye8r and heard from 597 unlque caller5 (20 In 20231. We recelved 18 new requests for asylum support Idown from 24) from non-religlous paople in the UK Ileelng persecutlon. Includin9 State persecution. assassination threats. and Intrafamilial vlolanc8. A specia15st Faith to Faithless conferen¢e In October brought togèther expert spèakers Pragna Patel, Dr Kristin Auno, Dr James Murphy. Alexander Barnes-Ross. Rachel Reign, Zara Kay. and Yehudis Fletchar to discuss systemic religious abuse and experiences of apostasy in drfferent high-control rgligious contexts. attended by 70 (prlmarlly the policy-makers and stakeholders atwhom It w85 tsrgeted). Wè contlnued to mako slgnific8nt Investments in the help we offer loul volunt#ers to Coordlnate local humanlst groups arKt other actlwbe& We did thls by wovidlng tralnlng. r950urce& volunteer management 8nd recruitment supporL insurance, and marketin We Bnded the y•ar with 12 Humanlsts UK Loc81 Groups {stx in 2023). To support the effectiveness of Local Groups, we develoyEd a library of over 00 volunteertralning manuals, how-to guides, and other resources coverlng everything from tsklng donations. running events. using Humanists UK web system5. and how to use soclal media. We saw especlally well-attended launch events for new Local Groups In Oxford and Nottingharn. We also continuèd to support another 28 affiliated 'partner group Includlng through a revarnped national trainlng meEting. 10 Ourspecial Interest neI￿orkS and sections continued to organlse aEtivitse5 for different demogrdphics wtthin our mernbership. LGBT Humanists saw slgnlficanuy Increased activity on the back of HumonistHeritoge work In commemoration of Its 4Sth annivetsary Idetslled above under our first strategic haadingl in addition to its usual stsblg of social events. lectures, svmmgr Pride p8rades. and Trans Day of Remembranco. Defence Humanists participated in the National Servlce of Remembrance, and supported humanist groups to join In with local Remembran ceremonies. Young Humanists enabled youth volunteerlng across the organisation. malnly within our dkilogue. outreach. education. and local group programme5. And the London Humanlst Choir contlnued ts book performance5 around the capltsl. Includlng Its own annual 'One Llfg. concerL More poople enjoylng groat•r fr••dom of thoughL 0texpro8s1o￿ and of cholco ovor th•ir own Ilv Our year In campalgning on humanist Issues Is best 59en in two halves. separatsd by the snap electlon In July. Around the election itseK. our poll￿ unlt and communlcats'ons teams shlfted focus to promoting our pollcy agenda - eentred around advancing freedom of thought. cholc8. and expression - to th9 major parues. We revis9d our tsctics. analysed manifestos. mot wlth party officlals. provided guidance for humanlst oroups on r)rganlsing local hustlngs. équipped our members to orill candidates on th01r doorsteps. and creatèd new systems so that supporters could sond qu•stioTrs to the thousands of different candldates standing for election. The change of govemment followlng the electton brought slgnificant volumes of new work for our pollcy team. This Included several ploces of leglsl8tion on Issuos wher8 wo already h8d malor c8mp8lgns. Including government bills covering House of Lord5 reform. school odmissions. Illegol religious schools, and the natlonal curriculum, and prlvate memb9f5 bill on asslsted dying. while for oth•r campaigns V￿ soughl to m8ke good on promlsès made by the govemment while In opposition. We also continued as secretsriat to the All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group (APPHG). a cross-party group of over 120 MPS and peers who champion humanist issues at Westrnlnster. Fr••dom of thought Freedom of thought is a foundational rpquirement of a free society. Advocacy of thls fundamentsl rlght by humanists goes back many centurles in this country and In others. Our public policy platforn endorses the concept of the secular state as the best means to 8chieve freedom. falmess. equal cittsenshlp. and peace In a plural and cohestve soclety. We maintain that onty by maintaining a fair separation bgtsyegn publlc Institutlons and institutions of rgligion or belief tlncluding those of humanism) can th• stste fully respect and promote freedom of thought. conscience. and rel￿10￿ or bellef for all citizens. up to the limits of the rights and freedonis of others in a fair ￿ciety. 11 We cor)tinued to Campaign for reforn￿ of Parliament to rEmove institutional advantages given to religious groups and to address discriminatton against the non-religiou Relevant to our campaign to remove the 26 Lords Spirttual from the House of Lords. several of the major parties proryused democratic refomis of the House of Lords in thelr election manifestos. The Labour Party promised Immediate removal of hereditary peers and subsequent consultation on wider-ranging relom IlÈss specific thanlts 2022 policy to move to a fully elected upper house). Subsequently. we worked with Sir Gavin Wllliamson MP and Baroness Harriet Haman on cross-party amendmgnts to the House of Lords (Abolition of Hereditary Peers) Bill to put bishops firmly on the agenda for18ter wlder reforms. A poll in November showed that only one in five Britons support the practice of granting religlous representatives automatlc seats In the Lords. Meanwhile. on the Isle of Man, MHKS voted In favour of the Constitutton Blll, whlch would abollsh Trnwald votlng rights for the Blshop of Sodor 8nd M8n. In the House of Commor)s w8 worked wth the All Party ParliamBntsry Humanlst Group on Its campalgn to abollsh the use of pr8yer-card5 to reserve Ilmited Commons seaung, whlch puts MPS that do not attend momlng Angllean prayers at a disadvantsge. At its January megting, the group again endorsèd thg recommendats.ons of its earlier fime for Reflectlon report examining this issue. We put these Concerns to the Modemlsatlon Committee. thc remlt of whlch Is to make Improvements to the House's procedures. standords and worklng practlc8s. Addltlonally. thg APPHG called for reform of how chapSalr)cy and emouonal support Is provlded to MPS (currently the excluslvg preserve of an Anglican chaplain). It called for Westminster to adopt a V8rslon of the multl-belief ch8plalncy mod81 used in the Welsh PartiamenL which has prowd•d a humonist P8Storal c8r&r alonoslde ChristSan and Muslim Chaplain# slnce 2023. We saw significantly more support on ￿sueS relating to modernlsation of Padiament Itself from MPS than ever before- rÈflectlng the younger arKI less rellgious makeup of the Commons following the election. We sent out a press release contslning an analysls of the rellglous bollefs of every member of Parflamen( combining publlcly 8vailable dats from th8 partlamentsry swe8rlng-In ceremony with our own pO1￿c￿l intelllgence and Unalysls. This d8ta showed that th• UK had elected its most non-religiDUS cohort of MPS in hlstory. with 40% tsking a non-religi¢ws affirmation Instead of a religiou5 oath on èntry to ParfiamenL includlng Sir Keir Starmer. who by our count was (at least) the seventh non-religious Prlme Mlnister to be open about it durln9 his Ilfetlme - the first being our own 1890s President. Rarnsay MacDonald. This attracted widespread UK and International coverage. Including from the 7lmes Tal8gmph. Llailymoil. and Spectotor, Before the general election. th8 Conservative govemment pledged to lift the 50% cap that limrts on fdtth-based selection for existing and future free schools. It also proposed to approve the country's fjrst refigiously selective special schools. Our media campaigning In oppositlon to thls attracted widespr8ad coverage across local BBC Radio OLrtlets. BBC Radio 4. BBC Radio 5 Llve. LBC. th• Evening Standard (three timos). Independent, Guardian [fTont pagej. Telegmph. i. Doilymoil. Heroldscollond. Notion¢71. School$ Wegk, and ITV New& along with 177 local media mentions. 12 Following the change of government. the Departmentfor Education dld not announce any decision on the prlor govemment's con5ultstlori. but the Labour govemment's own Schools 8111 was then PLSblished later in the year. whlch contained clauses whlch would effectively Ilft the cap In general through changes to tho rule5 about which kinds of new schools cèn open. We believed this may havg begn inadvertent. W9 wrote to ministers about it and began preparatory work for it ahead of a major campaign In 2025 to prompt an amendment to address our issues wlth the Bill. A¢ros5 the year. we highllghted ways in which the Church of England and Catholic dioceses were openly using church schoo15 as a means to recruit new Converts and grow thplr congregatlon numbers. ￿th the Angllcan strètsgy described as a project to 'd¢wbl8 the number of octffvo th5￿P1&S.. In June. we identified that the Church of England had spont over £7 mllllon on projects to evangelise children through ststs schools. In July. we drew attentlon to nowly announced C of E plans to additlonal tsrget wmmunity schools with'young mlsslonarle5' through further rnulti-milllon pound funding. WÈ also challenged the Cathollc Southwark Dlocese Board of EducatlDn's'tea¢her converslon programme,. Thls offored a clgar example ot why the UK should remov8 exemp￿On5 from equallty leglslation thatallow faith $choo15 to dlscrlmlnate aga5nst prosp•cti¥e and current stsff on the basls of rellglorL Eady in 2024, wo continued to urgg th8 Conservative government to legislate to clos8 down illegal schools- unreglstered bulldings Whe￿ supposedly'home educated, pupils wèr8 subject to rote rellglous leaming without any substsntial secular education at all. leavlng chlldren poorly educated. Actlon on thls Issue had been promlsed In the previous King's Speech but unrelated politlcal dlfficulues with other parts of the draft legislation led to Its wholesale abanJonmenL A$ a result. the issue of IIIBgal schools was a majorfeature In our pre-election lobbying work, as￿n9 parties and candldates to commlt to ts¢kling the issue through legislation. Following the election, the Labour govomrnent's Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill subSequen￿Y included long-promised provislon5 that would enable Ofsted and local authorSties to properly investigate and shut down so-call8d11legal rellglous schools across England. If passed In 2025 thts wlll fulfil a major campalgn alm. forwhlch our team can take substantial credlt In Wales, we submttted a response in SUPPOTt of the Welsh Govemmenfs Children Missing Education Database. wh￿￿ proposes the Imple￿e￿tstsorb uf a rggi5tEr fur children not being educated in a school setting. During this process we engaged w the Office of the Children's Commissioner for Wales aboutthe issue. Following the general dection. the new UK govemment18unched a Curriculum and Assessment Review. which created the opportuniiy for us to engage wtth policy fomation about the inclusion of humanism in Religious Education lessons. We made the ca58 for an inclusive Religions and WoTldviews education. refigcting the recommendations of the Commlssion on Religiov5 Education's large-scale report some years bacl Our educatyon policy stsff partlcipated In regloDal'road5how' events oryanlsed as part of the review. In Wales. we contributed to the development of a new subject framowork from the Rellglous Education Councll fijr England and Wales. We raised concoms with the WJEC Religious Studles GCSE. prompting improvements. W8 a150 shared conc8ms with the Education Mlnister concernlng politically loaded. socially conservative viewpolnts on Issu85 like abortion in the Monmouthshire Agreed SWlabu5. We contlnue to have concerns aboutthe implementation of the new curriculum in Wales. vie As part of our submlssion to the the Curriculum and Assessment Review. askod for thg terms irf r8forence for the rOViBW to tske Into account the content of School assembliès, whlch currently are dlctatgd by provtslons from the 1944 Education Act whlch mand¥te'broadSy Christian collectlv8 worship. in schools of no religious charactsr. We also work8d wrth parSiamentsrians on p055ible amendm8nts to tha government's separate Children's We51belng and Schoo15 Bill whlch would prompt reform of this outdated provision. which the UN Commlttee on the RSghts of th8 Chlld has told the UK runs countsr to Ghlldron's human rlghts. Earlier In the yoar. we recelved widespread media attention following an incidant after Mlchaela School won a court battle over its so-c811ed'prayer ban.. which brought the not-fit-for-purpose naturg of collective worship laws into public dlscourse. Our Chlef Executive was inteNiewed on the Mlchaela ruling by ITV News. Sky New& and LBC. whil8 our Vic8 President Polty TDynbè? was interviewed on WorlLI at One. We were also quoted on it In BBC News Onllne. 11 pleces in the Doily Mail. the EveThng Standurd. The Independent. Hemld Scotland, The Notlonal. and 188 Ioc81 Press Assoclatlon outlet& In England. the Sunak govornmgnt launched a review of the govemmgnt's Relationships. SeK and Hgatth Education IR5HE) guidance. and proposed to Introduce age limits at which certaln topics could be taught. WFih potentlalty serious safeguardlng Implications. Our subrnisslon to th? review emphasi5ed tho need for no tslth-based carve outs to the age-appropriate education to keep chlldren happy. healthy. and safe. Following the election. the incoming Lgbour govemment's announcemgnt of a widar Cunlculum and Ass¢ssment Raview happlly superseded this revbew. In March. we raised objections to Nètwork Rail when an I￿arnI¢ hadlth urging 'sinner5' to 'repent' was promoted via the departure boards at King's Cross railway station. We said that this was not an approprlate way to acknowledge Ramadon, as St Involved the stste (•mbodled by Network Raio endorsing consertive ￿ligIouS views that were insulting to non-religious peoplè. apostates. divo￿ee$. unrnarTied couples. LG8T people, and SD on. Network Rail apoiogised for the breach of its policy. saying'our main departure board 14 should be rèsetved for train information. and that It would investigate why'general celebrdtcjry Ramadan message5 we￿n't Used,. Messages on the departure board are dlstln¢t frDm in-station advertising. where rellglous and humanist advertlslng are typically subj8¢t to the same rèstrlctioDs as each other. We repeatedly uffjed the ConseNatlve govemment to abandon its proposed Rwanda deportatlon scheme forthose claim5ng speking asylum to the UL which we said was 'cruel' 8nd pointpd out would h8ve partlculariy severe repercussions for humanlst asylum seeker5 sent there dueto Rwanda's blasphemy laws. Our concerns wer8 ralsed in the House of Lords by APPHG members Baroness Whltakèr. Baroness Massey. and Lord Dubs. Includlng through a proposèd amendment to the Rwanda Slll. Tho govemm•nt's Rwanda Blll sought to dls-apply speclfic legal human rfghts and $9t aslde a rullng of the Supreme Court on the safety of Rwanda. We were pleased when the scheme was scrapped by the new Prime Minister shortly after the general election. Freedom of choleo Freedom of choice is 8 cross-cuttlng priority In our pollcy worl Intersecting closely wlth our work for great8r freedom of thought and expression. It frequently underpin5 our request for eqult8ble treatment for humanism and hum8nlsts In law. as wrth our campaign for legal recognltion of humanlst marrlages. Freedom of choke also und¢rplns our longstsndlng demands for equallty and universal 8ccess toluS￿Ce. and our commltment5 to human rlghts as a paramount legal and Social endeavour. It Is also èmbodled by th8 contlnued pres&nc• of raoal equality. women's rIgh￿ chlldrnn's rlghts and LGBT rlghts a8 promlnent thern•s In our publlc advocacy. In thè first half of the year. we played our part in sb"mulatJng significant political m(Nemert media reporting. anil social mètfia activity around the right to die. working with our partners In thè Assisted Oying Co8lrtlon and wrth Dignlty In Dying. which led to promlses from both the Prlme Minlster Rlshl Sunak and Leader of tho Opposlvon K01r starmer to allow a Iree Vote on the issue In the event of ￿thor of the two major partles wlnnlng the electlon. Stsrmer addltlon8lly promlsed government time for a private mefflber's bill to pass through Parliamgnt. which he fulfilled frjllowino thg election when Klm Leadbeatsr MP came top of the Private Memberfs Ballot in the House of Commons and chose assisted dwng as hertopic. The Blll was rgstrictgd in scopB to twminalty ill ad￿￿4 oTh￿- narrowp.r than nur longstanding pollcy of supporting asslsted dying for the Incurably sufferfng - but we supported the Bill as a potentially once-ln-a-generation opportunlty to rèspect freedom of choice for peoplè who aTr suffering beyond the reach of medidne and palli8ti¥g core and 50 Wlsh to end their Itves sooner. Due to the lack of whipping on the Bill and the substantially new intake of MPS. we Worked on an unprecedented scale to contact and work wlth a significant number of MPS In preparation forthe Bill's Second Reading. which contrlbuted to an histodc first 8ver vote from the House of Common5 in favour of 15 end of life choice. We continued to work in support of the Bill to the end of the year. ahgad (rf Commtttee Stsge arHI Third Reading in 2025. an Our campaign tor legal rècognition of humanlst marrlages (50 that humanSst celebrants in England and Wal8s can conduct18gally binding ¢e￿MOnIeS os they can in Scotland and Northern Ireland} was stalled by the announcement of the gengral eloctlon. Durlng the electton campaign. we expressed disappointrnent that the Labour manifesto did not tako the opportuntty to renew Labourfs earfier promis05 to bring about swift legal recognltion if elected. We were later very surprlsed when the new governmcnt spokesperson on marrlage (who from the Opposition benchgs had bgen an outspoken champlon of legal recognition. chèllanging hls pradecessors over unlu5tlfied delay and Inaction) declined to provlde any clarity on when the governmont would now look at the Issuo. As well as meetlng privately with officials about the matter. we began pr8par8tion forthe possiblllty of onco agaln supportSng coupSes who may wish to judicially wlow the Minlstry of Justlce's failure to acL As part of our ongoing campalgn. our patrons Stephen Fry and Sandl Toksvlg headed up a letter to Labour leader Keir Stsrmer invitlng hlm to recognlse that lack of legal recognltlon of human15t marriages was notjust dlscriminatlon against humanlsts. but Indlrectly agalnst LGBT people as well.. survoys consistently show the vast mAlorty of LGBT people are non-rellglous, We also asked the Welsh Govprnmtsnt to write to Labour on this issue. as they had pr8ViOUsly donè to stste the Welsh Govemment position to the Conservative govomment Leg81 recognrtion of humanist marriages was also our rnost vSsiblg Campaign across the Labour. Conservatives. arKI Llber81 Democrat party conferences in the summor. In January. we rals#d concerns after a Home Office consultstion on Safo Access Zona$ to protect women from h8rassment outside abort]on cllnics in England and Wales showod thg government was still considering implementing wide-r8nging religious loopholes that had been explicitly rejected by votes In Partiament the previous year. This woul¢J have ￿ndered the law ineffective in practice. In June. the Scottish Parllament voted for Safe Access Zones. which came knto effect in September 2024. We made swtft Implementstlon of Safe Access Zones and removal of abortlon from crfmlnal to civll law part of our general electlon campalgn. asking prospectlve parllamont8ry candidetes if they or their party would support such mèasures ￿ &18cted. In Septamber. we celebrated with our partners In the'Back off and Voice for Cholce. coalitions. new Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips MP laid regulation5 to bring Safe Access Zones around abortion clinlcs In England and Wales into effect from 31 October. Thls rneant that from November. Safe Access Zones were In effect in all fvJr nats.ons of tho UL 16 Elsewher8. we noted an inryease in anti-obortion political aclivity. includlng some disguised as other things. We briefed APPHG members on the reading of a private member's bill on Yoetal sentience. In the House of Lords. Early in the year. we reported on figures that suggested a major increase in untraceable'dark money. from the Unrfcgd ststes being dlrected towards UK organisattons that seek to restrict womens reproductive rights. We continued to work wtth members of the Voice for Choice coalition to find leglslatlve avenues to strengthen abortion rights by removing the crtmlnal sanctions from aboruon law, while leaving oxisting term limlts and medical regulatlons In plaoe (as Is already the case In Northem Ireland. Can8da. and much of Europe). We noted with alarm the growing number of UK women prosecuted for 'suspiciou$ miscarriages. or suspected unauthorlsed abortions In recent years. Wecontinued to pursue a full l$gislatlve ban on hamifijl. pseudosclgntffic converslon practlces, such as'gay cure. mlnlstri8s. We sUbM￿ted a response to the Scottish Government's ¢onsultatlon and hlghlighted the campalgn In rélatlon to England a5 part of pro-8lection lobbylng, alongslde partners In the medlcal and NGO coalitson to ban these practi¢e& We cèlebrated when 8 full ban v￿$ included In the new government's ￿ng'S Speech after the electlon. We recelvad assurances from the equallties team thaL after soven years of promlses. the UK Government was now preparfng leglsl8tlon In 98rnest. Our sèctlon LGBT Humanlsts oncè again took the lead on medla work on thls issue. and hundreds of its voluntéers were vlsible at Prido events across England in the summer, wvth slgnage hlohlSghting this campaign to grèat publlc acclaim at every event. We Trsponded to a consultstion by the Office for Vetsrans. Affair$ 8bout the support awdllable to non-religious veterans. We hlghllghtsd how non-religious veternns are underserved In the provlsion of pastoral carg and overlooked In r8m8mbrance ceremonles, We continuBd to work with the Mlnistry of Defenc• In relation to the endorsement of non-religiou5 pastoral cargr5 in th9 amied forces wlth private discussions t0 re501ve unexplained diffgronces in treatment between prospective non-religious pastoral carer5 and prospective religious chaplains. Fyaodom of •xpr•sslon Free expression is a frequent cross-cutting theme in our pollcy WOTi much of whlch can also be categorised as Issues of freedom of thought andlor freedom of cholce. Our pollcy work and campaigning here Is increaslngly focused on challenging the existence of both formal Ind de focto bans on blasph8my and'causlng offen¢e' in kiw, which history shovts to havg a significantjy corrosivo effect on both the qualty of public discourse and on individuals. and communities. ability to shape their own lives and stake out an equitable role in society. This is true in th8 UK but also abroad. where we 17 advocate forgreater diplornetic pressure from the UK on ststes where identifying publlcly as a humanist can C￿$t someone thelr life or their freedonL rtfor In March, we analysed the government's new defjnitlon of 'extremlsm'. wglcorning its underplnning in human rights principles but requesting morg clarity on how vagua wordlng would appty in practice. We also rdised concems about whether there was the intention to broaden the application of the definition beyond the operation of government itseff. where such vague wordlng could have sorious ImpllcaUon& We contlnued to rai%e the case of Mubarnk Bala. the President of th8 Humanist Asso¢latlon of Nlgerla, followlng hls arrest and convlctlon for'blaspherny. In 2020. particularly dr8wlng 8tt&ntion to breache5 of process and severg irregularfcles In hls co50. We ware pleased when Mubarak was safely releasod late In the yoar. although a publlc announcgmBnt ￿lebrating thi5 decision was dgfgrred to 2025 glwn ongoing concèrns about hls safefy followlng release. We responded to Ofcom's consuttstion on protecting 8duts from Illegal harm5 onllne to raise concerns that Oftom's analysls of what causes haim falled to dlfforentlato between causlng 'harm' and causlng 'lnsult'. cltlng concoms that broadcasters could censor'blasph8mous' sp09ch they mlght consequently label as'h8rmful'. Wg also called for guldanca on rel￿j10uS hatred to be made fully InclusSvp of thg non-roligious. We also Talsed a complaint to the B8C concerrdng an eptsode of ThoughtFor The Day with Canon Angela Tllby. after she attributed the P05t Office subpostrnasters scandal to the decline of religion in tho UK (failing to mention that the Post offico admlnistrator at the heart of thg scandal was hersolf an Anglican vicar_} In November. we (l￿W attentlon to an Advertislng Stsndards Authority ruling b8nnlng a poster advertising comedian Fem Bra￿S tour. A bawdy poster depicting Brady as the Irgin Mary was banned over fears it could offend Chrlstlans. In December. we asked agaln for reform hgre to end 'inconsistentand arbitrary. Advertising Stsndards Authority rellglous'offenGe' rullngs after other biasphemy-re18ted issues made headline5 later in the y8ar. our pollcy work on fr9odDm of exprgssion around sensitlve Issue5 In schools wa5 infiuential. wth som• of our ￿ComMendatiOnS adopted as part of independent government reviews Into curbing issues to do wlth blasphemy-related extremlsm and vlolence. In March. we welcomed Dame Sara Khan's review of Threats to Social Coheslon and Democratlc Resilience 8nd tts recomm8nd8tions to create buffer zone5 around schools to prDtect tsachers and pupils from harassm8nL. to tacklè 8ntl-bl8sphemy incitement and vi019nce: and for a better understsnding of 'apostasW. In May. the subsequent Walney Review into political violence and disruption recommended that the 18 Government Should Issue 5tstut(ry guidance on managing blasphemy-related incldents in schools. including a commitment to uphold teachers. fteedom of expression, not automatically suspend teachers involved In such inclderrts, and not to publicly reveal th2ir id8ntities. (A ftirmer religious studies teacher in Badey stlll remains in hlding for his Ilfe after a previous Incident of this nature in 2021.J In September. we were pl8as8d to Sge tho new governmènt's official posltion was to relact the APPG for British Muslims. propoged defjnition of 'lslaFnophobia' on the basls of It belng Incompatiblg wth the Equality Act which mirrors our own view. If taken up as government policy. the worting definition would severely curb legitimate free èxpresslon on religions and paruculady cause harm for the vlctims of cults and hlgh-control religlons. for whom being able to crltlque thelrfomer rellglon Is part of thelrloumey to psychological safety and empowem8nt We support 8 definltion that wlll allow actlon to addres5 growlng preludioe and d150rimlnation agaln5t Muslims wlthout those undesirablil sldo effects. Followlng 9 5hockin9 question in the House of Comrnons in Novèmber calllng for the Prime Mlnlster to bring back blasphemy laws in line wtth a call sponsored at the UN bv totalitsrian state5. we received reassurance from Downlng Street thatthe UK Gclvemment had no P￿n$ to rolntroduee any laws crfmlnallslng blasphemy. nor to otherwlse restrlct freedom of expre5s1on around rgllglorL In March. wa respondud to an Office for Students consultstion on proposed regulatory 8dvlce and other matters reiatlng to freedom of speech. We We￿ broadly supportlve of the draft guidance whlch we think would suitably protect agalnst some of the censorship issues our Humanist students societles faG8d on campuses In the 2010s. It r8present•d a vast Improvement on simi18r guidance prnviously Issug(I by the Equallty and Human Rights Commlssion. Ethlcal Issues and global Gh•ll•ng•* Our pollcy contlnues to emphaslse a number of areas where humanlsts. and humanlst thinking, can make unlque contributlons to public debate. In Novembèr. we welcomed the UK Llovernment's announcementthat follc aoid wlll be added to non-wholeme81 flour- which would fulfil a longtime policy aim. This is a significant publlc health benefft whlch is expected to save lives and lead to f8wer cases of serious and fatal foEtal abnormalrtles. Our Chief E¥ecutive a15D Served on gov8mment ethical advisory group on water fluoridatbon. We continued to support our Humanist C15mat& ActiDn (HCAJ volunteer-lod networl Ona major focus for thg group was developing tts communications to its 1400 members (2.200 in 2023). As well as publishing an analysis of the new govemment's environmental pollcy. HCA endorsed enwronmentsl campaign5 from Rlvers Trust 19 SurfersAgainst Sewag2. RSPB. 8nd Climate Cymru [among others) and encouraged members to porticipate In the the Climate Coalttion'Blg Green Weew. the March for Clean Water. and the March for Global Cllmate Justice. We launched a new soclal mgdia ad camp8ign drawing renewed attention to religious loopholes In faming laws. which Means that farni anlrnals do not have to bè ffirst rendergd Insensible to pain prior to slaughter in kosh8ror halol abattolTS. Our policy remains that the loopholes should be closed. This was effected in Wallonla and Flanders and subsequently upheld by both the European Court of Justlce and European Court of Human Rlghts. Until then wè also campaign for supemiarkets and butchers to label meat by method of slaughterlng so that consumers can make Infomed cholces. We were ploased when in July. th• now govemment announced the Human Rlghts Act would not be arnended or repealed and that it was commltted to the UK'S membership of the European Conventlon on Human Rights. following attempts from tho previou5 government to replace the Human Rights Act with another (weaker) plece of leglslation. as well as suggestlng that the UK mlght pull out of thè Eumpean Conventlon. We had prgvlously helped to form 8 250-organ15èt4on coalitlon to defend the Human Rights ACL Celebratlng the news, we made plans with Amngsty and Llborty to organise a joint event In 2025, colnclding wlth the 25th anniversary of the Humon Rlghts Act comlng Into forcg. Wo used our posltlon at the UN Human Rights Council to make a number of ststement Includlng on our own domestlc poliGy agenda as part of a of the United Kingdom's compliance wlth the Intsrnational Covenant on Civil and Politlcal rfghts. Alongside the Oanlsh Humanlst Soclety. we criticlsed the'blasphemy backslide. after DenmarL followlng threats of rellglou8 vlolence. bowed to extrem15t pr05surg by reInSta￿n9 a version of Its former blasp￿rnY law. In a separate intervgntlon. we drew attention to Afgh8nSst8n's human rlghts record In relatlon to punishments for 'blasphemy'. We encournged ststes to adhere to the UN'S so-called Rabat Plan of A¢tion in relation to incltement to hatred around rdigion or belief, whlch carefully delineates between criticism of religion tprotectsd freedom of expresslon) and ir)citement of hann. Elsewhere. we called for greater sUPPOrt for Eritrean humanlsts facing persecutlon, spoke out on the speclfic for￿ts of di5crimlnatlon facetl by non-rellglous refugees. and rolsed the casa of Nigerian humanlst Mubarak Bala. Humanists UK i• rosp•cted for our oxpertiso and profosslonalism and rrtognised as the leading national voiGe for the non-rellglous Throughout the yeer. we enJoy8d hlgh-level engagoment wlth numerous government d8partmentS across the varlous natlons of the UK and acros5 the crown dependenaes. which continued to show that we are taken seriously as the voice (rf a large onstFtuency in the UK. Post-election. we had an extremely busy 8genda of meetings with MPS from all parties. new ministers. and special advisers. Thls re)lectsd well on our 20 widg-ranging policy expertise and our pre-election networking and lobbying work to put hurnanist issues onto the polittcal agenda. We remained the go-to org8nlsation lor media Inquiries aboutthe non-rellglous. irreliglon. humanlsm, and key campaigns. A strong year of medla coverage saw 243 pi8ces of coverage in'maJorf tttles [247 in 2023). parbcularly to do with th9 Census results. faith school admisslons. assisted dwng. and the Mlchaela Schoollcollectlve worship case. Our work and our parliamentsry briofings were praised in the House of Commons (8 times] and Lords (20 tlmes) in relatlon to our WO￿ on bohalf of non-￿ligiouS people, our education programmes. advoeacy of freedom of religlon or bellef. and our campaigns for assisted dying arKi humanést marrfage. One plaudlt camo from Catherlne West MP, who pralsed our pJcellent WO￿ to eneourog8 the recognltlon of peopl8 who hove no folth. Our Chlgf Executlv8 was invitod to the National Service of Remembrance in London on behalf of non-religlous veterans and their families. Our President and Chiel Executive were invited to pay respects on behalf of humanists and non-religious peopl8 at the ceremony for the Holocaust Memorial Day. We were dollghted to bg Invited by the Unlted States. Ambassador to thg UK to co-host specSal World Human15t Day reception at tho US Embassy In Septembgr. wh•re the Falth and Bellef Mlnister Lord Khon spoke of Yh15 government's support and upprnclalyon for tho humonistcommunity in this country.. The event was 8ttend8d by a number of UK politieians from across the political spectrum. représantstives of major religious groups and charities. and a significant number of our patrons, volunteers, and activists. We were also dellghted by attendance at a celebratory dlnner for LGBT Humanlsts. 45th annlversary (paid for by 8 generous donor) held at the Natlonal Llberal Club. which saw attendancè from activists. popular entèrtainers. Soumalists. charityloadèrs, m8mbers of the All Party Partiamentary Humanist Group, and government ministers from the l)ffice for Equaltty and apportunity. including Lord Co15ins. Speeche5 from our patrons Steph•n Fry. Peter Tatchell. and Adèle Anderson toasted humanists. ongolng work forequallty arKI soclal rpfom. We were the onty organlsatlon Inthe UKto have two commlssloner5 (Humanlsts UK patrons Dr Kate Devlln and Dr Susle Alegre) appolnted to the UK Faith and Crvil Society Commlssion on Al. engaged in drivlng forward the UK'S conversatlons on the ethioal dimensions of artificlal intelligence policy debates amid rapid glob81 technologlcal advances. Specffic areas of work also saw commendatlon. Volunteers from our Favth to Falthless programme had their communlty work recognlsgd by way of an invitatlon to the 2024 Buckingham Palace gardèn party. Latsr in the year. the Fiational Helplines Partnership awarded one of the sefvi¢e's helpline volunteers Volunteer of the Year. Our Director of Humanist Care was elected Chair of the Network for Pastoral. Spiritual. and Religiou5 21 Care in Health, the sector body responsible for promoting best practice in chaplaincy and pastoral supporL Our Chief Executive invited to represent humanists at a Bucklngham Palace reception for diplomats. Ag detsiled In this report In relatlon to ourfjrst aim. we also awarded medals to 8reh8eologist Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes. aLrthor Claudia Hammond. economist and phllosopher Dr Daniel Chandler. biologlcal anthropologist Dr Brenna Hassett, and psepholL)gist Professor Sir John Curtlce as part of our Annual Lectures and Medals Sèrles. while fomier FiT5t Minlster of Wales Mark Drakeford MS wa5 the keynote speaker 8t our Annual Convention. We also appointed three new patrons of Humanists UK In the form of Or Rebecca Wragg Sykes. peer and LGBT rights campalgner Michael Cashman. and former Mlnlstry of D8fen¢e DlrectC>r Intemational Securlty Dr Roger Hutton. Humanlsts UK18 an oxpandlng. fin•nclally h￿lthy. •nd sustalnablo m(Nement M•rg•rwlth Ratlon•llstAswclatlon After two years of negotlations, tha Board of Humanlsts UK and the Board of the Rationalist Association (RAI agreed a merger. The m8rg•r saw Humanists UK taking ownership of the 140-year-old quarterly magazine New Humanist and the RAS ubsidlary company the Rationalist Press A5soclation Ifounded in 1885 by humanlst publisher Charle5 Watts). The merger and its assoclated legal and financlal due dlllgencè was a signIfi￿nt undertaknng for both B08rds and for our Director of Org8nlsation81 Operations and Chlef Executbve. As well a$ rgtslnlng 011 the RAS intèll•ctual propèrty and financial ass•ts. Humanlsts UK'S substantially larger supporter list is expècted to increase circula￿On of the m8gazln Ow fundmlslng Our fundrai￿ng conttnued to navl9at8 8 period of global polltlc81 uncertalntles and economlc challenges affecting UK charttles. Our member retention rate remained very strong and membership grew contlnually over the course of thg year- wttich. despita slower periods. 81so saw som¢ of our strongest memb8rship appeals on record. We wgrg arat8fv1 forthe @xtro 5UPPOrt provided by som8 of our m05t affluent Otsnors (particularlv membgrs of our Blackh8m Soclety major donor circle), including through'matchBd funding. campaigns whlch helped Improve response rates and average gifts on other appeals. Th15 hplpLxl Iriitigate s Ghallenglng period In donation fvndraising causud bythg orvJoing cost of Ilvlng crfsls 2024 was the second year of ourtwo-year NaUonal Herltsg9 Lottery Fund Proj '00grs. Dreamers. and Pla¢e-makers'. ft>r which wo recenrnd £160.000 overtwo y8ars from the National Lottery. 22 People and systems Our People t&am contlnued to develop processes and systsms to better support our 44 stsff. 53 ¢onsult8nts, and around 1000 currently active voluntsers and celebrants across the UK. It also continued to drive forward our agenda to Impr￿ equality. diversity. and indu5ion wtthin ouroryanlsation and wider movement Volunteer activltles remained exceptionally varEd. reflecting the unlque breadth of our work. ranging from school vlsitors and office volunteers supporting admlnistration right throuuh to speclalist researchers support5ng our poll¢y unlL assisting with asylum easeworl or organlslng dlalogug ovents with r8llgious groups. M8Sor changgs in our volunteer force c8mè from our National Lottery Heritsge Fund project, which onboardod 8 large team of volunteer or81 history researcher-interviewer5, and from the rollout of our new Faith to Faithless specialist 5UPPOrt hdpllne. Training events for volunteers were numerous, wlth year-round Inductions. trainlng sesslons and team days, as well as our'Humanlsm in Actlon. day conference In Cardiff (for all volunteer types. colncldlno wlth our Annual Conventlon), Education Day (for school speakers and SACRE reps). and the Groups Reprgsentatives Annu81 Meeting (local groups). Elsewhoro In our workforco. the Ceremonles Network Manager undertook a 360-r8vlew of 811 asp8¢ts of celobrant communlc8tSon from Inltl81 Inqulrios about training through to how we communicat8 with long-tlme celebrants and handle retirements from the network. Refiecting the growlng needs of our wlder staff and volunteer team to do more in relatlon to data anatysls. fundra15ing. case worl ceremonles, helpline support and expanded tralnlng for local organlsers. our IT departm8nt grew wlth tha addl￿On of a Website and CRM Developer. Other signlficant projects included Improvements to our employee benefrts package.. logistiC81. technical. and personn81 aspects of the merger wlth th8 Rationalist Assoclation-, and dgvglopment of an e-learning platfonn to support staff. consultants. and volunt•ers to furthér develop key skills. As well as contlnulng to eomply wsth our Envlronmental Pollcy. our senlor management team developed and approved an organisotional pollcy on Safe. ethlcal. r85ponslble use of arttficlal Intelligencè technologles In the course of furtherlng our alm Flnancial rovi•w Wè ended the year with 8 deficlt of just £70L Thls was lower than budgeted. which was rna1n￿ thank5 to hlqher than budgeted leqacy Income ￿e1Ved during the y9ar. plus hlgher than normal notlfications of legacies (which are showing as debtors in the accounts). We do not Usually find out why people havg chosen to leave gifts to Humanists UK in their wills but 26 people did $0 and we would like to express our gratitude to every one of them forthe enornious difference made by their grft. We recaived grant Income In furtherance of our Falth to Faithless programrn8. as well and th¥ Understandlng Humanism (Humanlst Herltsgej proje¢L Restiicted donations 23 continued to fund our dedicated As%sted Dying Campaign and. to a lesser extent. the Campaign 89ainst Faith Sthuols [Where.On￿ again. unrestricted donations filled the fundlng gap). Membership and unrethcted donafons income both performed in line with budgets. though the staff tirnè devoted to fundr8ising and membership developm9nt remained hlgh In arder to achleve this. We did not incieaso our membership fte (recognlslng the cost of living cri51sl, but did benefit from some substsntial gifts from our Blackham Sodety membgrs. Expendlture on charltable activty IrKreased by 16%. refiectlng ongolng Infiatlonary pressur95. but also areas of growng Inv8strnent such as Publlc Aff*lrs and Educatlon & Publlc Awareness. The former saw slgnfficant work on core campaigns IAsslsted Dying most notably) whll8 the lattar wa5 partly attributable to ongolng public awareness gfforts IncludSng publication of Whot l Believe. plus thg Lottery-funded Humanist Herltagg project Flr)ally. our accounts show the merger wrth the Rationalist Assoclation on 31 Decembor. which added £1.185m to the Balance SheeL R•gerv Reserves are unrestrloted fvnds that are frpely avallable to spend on any of th¢ eharlt¥s purposes. The trustees consider that the target for reserves held by Humanists UK should be equlvalent to three months of expendlturo. Thls targrt meèns that. rf the worst happBns and the charfty needs to be closed down. ther8 wlll be sufficient funds to meet all of it5 obllgations and Ilabilittes as part of a managed closure, Includlng redundancy and other closure costs. When reserves are 50% or milro abovè the tsrget we wlll revlew them to make sure our future plans make best use ofthese fund& C105e-down costs are revtewed annually. Should they rlse above the resèrves taryet rgserves revlew wlll be Conducted. Thls pollcy Is reviewed atlgast every three years. At thg gnd of thè yeartotsl fijnds hold amounted to £4,279,741 of which £213,850 were held for restricted purpose5 and 24.513 were represented by the A5souation's tsngible fixed assets which Gqn only be reallsed on thelr dlsposal. The n8ncl81 assets of the Associatlon were £4.275.228 (unrestrlcted: £4.061.3781. curTentJy mor• than sufficient to rneet thg Tgquirements Df our reservès policy Ithree months budgeted expenditure being £940k). Forthis reason we have adopted a deficit budget for 2025. Fundralslng policy Our approach to fundrdlslng refiectsthe factthat supporters are at the haart of what wo do. and fundralslng materials are de51gned to ensure that donors and potenti81 donors understand that they can withdiaw from fundra￿Ing communications. or any 24 othpr communications at any time. wmply and without fu55. All Df ourfundraislng and marketing activitjes adhere strictty to dats protection laws and the terms of our organlsational privacy pollcy. We do not sell or licence dats to [or buy data from) any extemal agencies orthird parties. W8 send a weekly e-newsletter to subscrfbers (from which they can unsubscribel sharing information about ourcharitabl? work and fundraising activitios. All new marketing materials are checkèd to comply wlth the Fundraising Code of Pra¢tlc8 as part of an Internal publica￿On$ slgn-off procedsjre. On occasion we may work wlth of tskè advlce from external fijndralslng consultants or contractors who may undertak8 fundralsing activitles on our behalf. when thls Is 8 cost gffective way of increasing our capacity. We host a range of events throuohout the year. Fundrd15ing events are explicitly billed as such. Events are closely monitored at Internal meetings before and after evgry gvent. and dgtslled profit and loss registers are kept for large events. We will never èxert undue pressure on those Invlted to attend an event or to donate. All Income and expendlture related to volunteer-led furKlraislng Is reported to the epproprlate line manager w5thln the staff team. and annual statements are approved by both the volunteer and the responslble rnanager. We toke very serfously our responslb511ty and make our best efforts notto approach or pressure vulnerablè people to support ourwork. We take a robust approach to complalnts abo￿ fundraising. whether In person. or online, or by another medium: these are promp￿¥ followed up by the responslble officers their Ilne managers, or by member of the Board (as approprlate). Inv88tm•nt poll¢y and obJ•¢tlv The Board's investment policy 15 to generate the hlghest P0$51blo retums over the long tefm, conslstent with our risk appetite and appropriate protoction for our cap￿81, so 8$ to maximise tho resources that can be expended on our charitable Dbjocttves. We have short and long-term investmènt policies that reflect our needs over (Jiff8rent timeframes. Monltotlng of the invesbnent performance takes pla¢e through regular investment reports and Invostment performance results are r8portod gnd discussed at Board and Flnancg and Audlt Committee meetings and compared to 5ndustry bonchmgrks wherè 8pplicable. We entered the year wlth funds Investéd as cash depo￿5 with Fla9Stone. whlch we retained through 2024. We also held a portfollo consistlng of unlts held with Barclays (Charity Fund} and wth BNY Mellon. This blend reflects the risk appetite necessary Iven the planned utilisation of fvnds overthe course of our strategic period (to the end of 2026). Rlsk managorn•nt The 8oard is satisfied thèt approprlate systems and procedures have been estsbllshed to identify and manage the major risks faced by the Assoclation. They have devoloped o comprehensive rlsk management policy to ensure that all important risks are ewdluat and appropriate mTbgatlng actFon taken. Governance and managemenL operational. financial, legal ar￿ other risks are reviewed annually by the Board and conunually 25 monitored by the senior m8nag8mentteam who tske rp5wnsibility for implementstion of the policies and procedures identi)led to reduce rlsks. Corrective actions 8re based on the likellhood of particular events occurring and how critical the consequences would be. In 2024 significant potènti81 risks incEuded an uncertaln political envlronment brlnglng risks and opportunttles. the reputatlonal and legal rbsks associated wlth front-llne seNlco prDvision. reliancg on core specialist Staff, and Improvements in succ&sslon planning. Actlons taken to mltigats risks included preparatory work in advance on the Ggn8ral Election. updating our IT staffing 5ituatlon. improving staff & volunteer inductions and supF¥JrL ongDlng work to draw together our pollcles & processes to ensure best pracdce across the charlty. #nd an external review ot our govgrnance. Looklng ah9ad. new key Tisks now Intlude missing th• opportunrtles Al brfngs and an inappropriate organisational structure. An Al strategy is belng Implemented, and a Structu￿ review Is planned. Some potgntlal reputatlonal rlsks are also balng revlowed, $0 as to ensur• thp focus of tsur staff team Is r￿t unnecessarlly dlverted. Work is ongolng to mltigatB the ongolng risks of reliance on core speclallst staff & potential105s of crltical roles. Futurn plans We are n88ring the end of Ourfiv￿Y8ar plan and will be puttlng into place changes that wlll take us through the 2026-2030 perlod. Our charltable actlvlty Is planned to contlnue in a largely buslness-a5-usual manner through 2025 whlle we put In place thg ne¢essary mèasures to contlnug opgratlng In as off8ctl￿ ond sustainablo a mannor a5 possiblb. One new prolect Is the intogration of the New Humanist maga21ne operations. followlng the merger with the Ratlonallst Assoclation on 31 December 2024. Business planning fora sustalnablo future for the rnagazlne is a k•y goal, for impl8mentaYon from 2026. Another project relates to property. As we near the end of our office lease Iln February 2026) we are looking to purchase an office space. glving the Association an asset rather than continuing to pay landlords for the space wo nged. We havè funds In Investments to support the inltlal costs ef such a purchase and would sagk a IDan so as not to tle up 011 funds unne¢gssarily. A final key project is looklng at our organisational structure and wlder operating systems. Including around use of 3rtlfick?l intelligence In a Safe. ethlcal. and responslble way In Ilne wlth our v31uès. With Investmènt In these key areas we believe we can make groater progr8SS towards our aim of a falrer society for all. ststement of Directors. Responsibilities Humanists UK'S 808rd members are directors of the company forthe purposes of company law and are respunsible for preparinu an annual report and financial statements in accortlance wtth applicable company and charity18w and United Kingdom Accounting Stsndard5 (Unrted ￿ngdorn Generally Accepted Accounting Practlcè). Company law requires the Directors to pr8p8re financial ststements for each financial year which give a true and fair wew (rf the state of affairs of the Association and of the incomlng resources and applicab.on of resources includlng the income and expendlturg, 26 of tl* Associatlon forth8t perlod. In prepathg the fimnelat sta1pm￿t& ￿ Dlrectors ar¥ requlr*d to: • Se1￿ S￿blO acrA¥untTrrfJ ond eppty thom cons1st￿￿ • obsorve the pdndp(es of th8 Chtsrttlos SORP: makejudgomarrts esiirn•tO$ that are reason8blfr and prudent stats whethw appfjcoble UK 8cGounting standards hav8 been followed. sublectlo any materlal deparknes dEsclosed and oxphlr)Bd In the finon¢l31 ststements.. prepare the fjnor)clal 8totern￿ OD a gDing concwn bos1$ unloss Itls Inopwoprfate to wm• thattho Asyodaticn WIU e￿Inue to operate. Tho Dlr•ctorJ arn rgspor)slbla for kwlng propor 8ccountlw records whlch dlsclosg wkth reasonabfe ac¢uracy at èny tlrr* th• financial posltion of the Assodatlon and gnablg them to onsure that tho fmanclal statem•nts comply with the Companles AGt 2006. They are alx> responslblg for satsguardlng the assèts of theASwC￿t[¢)rt and hence toklng r•ason*ble stfjps for tho prfftntkjn and detectlon of tra￿￿ and other irrogul•rltl•s. The DSrectors are r•sponslble forthe malntwwnce and Integrlty of the corporats •nd nanclal Infomatlon Includad on tM Assodation's website. Leglslatlon in the Unlt•d fingdom gov£mlng the weparatlon and dlssemlD8tion of financial statem•nts mav diffor frnm legislatlon In otherlurfsdlctlon& The Dlr•etsrs confim In th• cw• of e•oh of the Per￿n8 who ￿ Dlwtorn atth• ats of th1$ reporL thgfollowlng appliey: 80 far aj each DI￿otOr Is 8war•, there ￿ rH> relg)rdnt •udlt Information Onformatlon ne8d8d byth• Compan•1$ audltors In wineeliori with prep8rfrvJ their Trport) of whjL.h Ll* Company's auditors are urwvrJro.' and • each Dlrector has tskon steps to Make herselflhimseff awar• of gny relevant audtrE informatlon and to •stslAish that thè Comp8nW$ Buditor5 awaro of that Information. Audltor8 In accotd8nc8 wlth S485 of tho CompJni8s Act 2OOd a resoluth)n WJP05iTVJ the re•ppolntment of Knox Cropper LLP as audltors WUI be put to the G8ner81 Meetlng. On behAII of th• bo•rd: W￿1 H•wI￿ lawlr.10 M4y20215 Independènt audltorfs reportto the members of the British Humanist Association for the year ended 31- December 2024 Oplnion We have 8udlted the fin8ncl81 statements of thg British Humanlst AssoclatFon (the 'charitable company.. operating as Humanists UK) lorthe year ended 31 December 2024 which comprise the ststement of financial activities. the balance sheeL thp statsment of cash ffows and notes to the financial statsments. including a summary of significant accountlng policies. The ffinancial reporting framework that has been applled In th8lr prep8ration Is appllcable law and Unlted Kingdom Accourrttng Stsndards. Includlng Flnancial Reporting Standard 102 The Financlal Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republlc of Ireland (Unlted Klngdom Ge￿￿llY Afxepted Accountlng Practlce). In our opinion. the financlal ststeme￿￿. Ivg a true and falr vlgw of the stata of the chofitsble companvs affairs as at 31 Oecèmber 2024 and of its Income and expenditurg for the year then ended.. have been properly prepared In accordance with United knngdom Generally Accepted Accountlng Practlce. Including Financlal Reporting Stsndard 102'The nanclal rgportlng Standard appllcable in the UK and the R8publlG of Ireland.: and hav8 been prepared Sn accordance wlth tho requlrem9nts of the Companles Act 200& Ba515 for oplnlon We conducted our audlt In accordan￿ wlth Intsrrotlonal Standards on Audlting {UKJ (ISAS (UKI} and 8ppllcable law. Our re5ponsSblllties under those standards arn further described In tho Audttorfs responslbillti83 forthe audlt of the ffinancial ststem8nts sgction of our reporL Wè are independent of the chaTitable o)mpany in accordance wlth th8 ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial ststements in the UK Including the FRC'S Ethlcal Standard. and we have fulfilled our other ethical responslbllltles in accordance wlth these requlrements. We belleve that the audit ewdence we have obtsined is sufficiont and appropriate to provide a basls for our opinion. Concluslons relatlng to golng concern In audltlng the financlal statements. we have concluded that the tru5teeg use of the going concern basls of accounting in the prèparation of the financ￿1 ststemgnts is pproprSate. Based on the work we have performod. we have not identlfied any material uncertalntles 28 relating to events orcondttion5 that indNidually orcollectively. may cast significant doubt on the charitable compan(s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financlal statements are authorised for Issue. Our re5ponsSbllities and the re5ponslbllltles of the trustees with respoct to going crjncgm are descrfbed in the ro18v8nt sections of this reporL Oth•r inforniatlon The other Informatlon cornpri5es the Information lrtluded In the annual reporL other than the financlal ststements aNf our audltorfs thoreorL The trust8gs are responslblg for th8 other InfomiattorL Our opinion on the ￿nancIal statements doe5 not Cover the other information and we do not 8xpress any fomi of assurance Goncluslon thereon. Our respon$lbllEty Is to read the other Informatlon and. In dolng 50. ¢onslder whether thg other InformatSon Is materfally Inconslstent wlth the financlal ststements or our thowledge obtslned in the COU￿ of th8 audit or otherwise appears to be matorially mlsstated. If we identlfy such material inconslstencies or apparent matorial mlsstatemonts. we are required to detgmiing whethèrthis gives rlse to a material mlsstatement In tho finAnclal statements themselves. If. based on the work wg have performed, w8 conclude that there is a materlal misststemènt of this othor Infom￿tl0rL we are required to report that fact. We have nothlng to report In this ￿gard. Opinlons on other matters pre￿rIbed by the Companle* Act 2006 In our oplnlon. base(l on tho work undertaken In the course of the audit the information glven in the trust9¢5' reporL wttlch includes the d0￿CtOrs. report prepared for the purposes of company Saw. forthe financlal year for whiGh the financial statements are prepared is cons15tent wlth the financlal ststements.. and the directors. report included wlthln the trustees, report has ba8n prepared in accordance with appllcabl¢ Icgal requirements. Matterson whieh wg are required to report by •xception In the Ilght of the knowledge and understsndlng of the charltsble company and Its envlronment obts5ned In the course of the audlL we have not Identified materi81 misstatements in the dlr9Gtors' report Included withfft the trustees. reporL We have nothing to reFYJrt in respect of the folkjwing matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if. in our oplniorL adequate accounting records have not been kept or returns adequate for our audlt have not been recelvod from branches not visltod by us.. or the financial statsm8nts arn rK)t in agrnement wKth the accounting records and returns,. or cert8in disclosures of trustees. remunerati￿ specified by law are not made", or we have not received all the inf0m￿lon and explanations we require for our audlt.. or the trustees were not entMed to prepare the financl81 ststemonts In accordance wlth the small companles reglme and take advantage of the small companl8S' exemption frorn the requirementto pr8parè a Strateglc Report or In preparing the Report of the Dlractors. Responsibilities of truste¢$ As explalned more fully In the trustees. resFJonslbll1￿eS ststement the trustees (who are 81so the dlrectors of the Charltèble company for the purposes of company law) aro r@sponslblo for the preparatlon of the financial statements and for belng satisfigd that they give a trug and fair view. and for svch intemal control as the trustees determine is necessary to gnabl8 the preparation of financlal ststements that are free from material mlsstatemert whether due to fraud or error. In prepadng the financial statements, the tNstees are responslble for assesslng the charitable compan￿$ 8blllty to continue as a golng concem, disc105ing. as applicabl•. atters relatod to golng concern Bnd using the going concom basls of accountlng unless thè trustees either intend to liquld8te the charitable company or to ceas8 OPBratlons. or hove no realistic altemat￿• but to do so. Auditorfs responslbllltios for th• audlt of the financial statemonts Our objectlves are to obtsln reasonable assurance about whether the financlal ststsments a5 8 whole are fro0 from material misstat8manL whether du8 to fraud or error. and to Issue 8n audltorfs report that includes ouropinion. R•a￿Th#bIl 8ssuran¢e 1$ high 18vèI of assurance. but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAS (UK) wlll always detect a material misststement when It exlsts. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered materb81 rf. Indlvidually or In the aggregate. they couhl reasonably be expected to influence the economlc declslons of Users tsken on the basis of these finan¢lal ststement& Irregularltiès, Includlng fraud. are Instances Df non-compllonco with laws and regulBtion& We deslgn procedures in line with Dur responsibiliti8s, outlined above. to det8Ct material misststements in raspect of irregularFttes. including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularwties. including fraud is detailed below: The Charitsble Company Is ￿qUIred to comply with b(rth company law and charity law and. based on our knowledge of Sts acuvltlos. we identrfiod that thg legal requI￿rnent to accurataly account for restricted fund5 vrns of key Significance. We gained an undèrstanding of how the charftable company complied wtth its legal and regulatory frameworl includlng the reqUi￿rnent to properly account for restrlcted funds. through discussions with manag9mentand a rgview of thg documented policles procedures and controls. 30 The audit tearn. which is experienced in the audit of charities. considered the charitable companrfs sus¢eptibility to material misstatement and how fraud mav oecur. Our conslderatlons Induded the rlsk of management overrlde. Our approach was to check that restrlcted income was propgrly Identlfied and separately accounted for and to ensure that only valld and appropriate expenditure was charged to restricted funds. This Included reviewlngjournal adlustm•nts and unusual transaction& There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and. the fiJrth•r removed non-c0mp1iar￿e wlth laws and regulations is from the evenLs and transactlons rèflèctèd In thè financial ststèments. the less Ilkely we would become awar• of It The rlsk of not detectlng a materlal mlsststement due to fraud Is hlgher than thè r6sk of not detecting one resulting from ?rmr. as frnud may Involv8 delibaratè conce81ment by. for example. forgery or intsntional misrepresentations. or through couusion. A further descriptlon of our responsibllftles for the audit of the financkil ststements Is located on the Financial Reporting Councll's wèbsrt6 at- www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilrties . This description fomis part of our auditofs reporL U•0 of our rnport This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance wlth Chapter 3 of Part 10 of the Companies Act 2000. Our audit work has been undertaken, so that we mlght stste to the charltsble company's members those mott8rs we are requlred to State to them In an audltafs report and for no other purposo. To the fullest extent permitted by law. we ¢Yo not accept or assume responsibllity to anyonè other than the charitsble comp8ny and the charitsblg company's memb&rs as body, for our audlt work. for thls report or for the oplnions we have formed. Rlchard Billlnghurst (Senlor Ststutory Auditor} For arKI on behalf of Knox Cropper LLP. Statutory Auditor 05 Leadenhall Street London EC3A 2AD L4-v 31 Balanc0 Shoot as at 31 Decembor 2024 2023 (INIC••qu￿fft•nt Ifi¥EZtm4n 6.769 110B235 1.009.448 231162 Ca*h*t￿tin0 In h•nd 2222.410 1229.341 UA•ILmts R•pT•Wrt•¢ by &041A26 122.880 RBslrfctgd Totsl Fw 21J.950 The gccounts are prepared In accordance wlth the spedal provlslons of Pgrt 15 of the Companies Act rolatlng to small ￿MpanIo5 and with thg FlnanGl81 Rgportln9 Stsndard 102. Approv•d byth• Dlr•ctorn on 10 May 2025 •lgn•d on th•lr b•h•lf by. N811 Hawkln$ Hon. Chair Ann O'connell Hon. TreaSu￿r Company numben. 00228781 33 ststement of Cash Flows for the year ending 31 December 2024 CJshflO%￿frDM OF*a¥w ￿tl￿tIes Net ¢Jsh pm¥ided byllused oprfaWgctiiite* 24 (Th.907J Q•sh fvws from In￿sting ¥biffbes: 28.015 1&1381 Purthsgeol prop*ty. Pmcttsts ftom sdEof irNwtwts (064) 06.251 IP.875 13W50) 15Q183 r8porknJ F•ltsd C&sh end r•sh eqthwltsrty •ttr*bortofth• Twbng pwiod C*h L*sh eqth¥emts al the¢TrJ ofthe Z185,Bn l(If1390 U36.C Notes to the Flnancial Statsmants for the year gnded 31 December 2024 Accourtlng policiBs B￿19 of preparatlon These Finanaal Statements a￿ presanted in pounds sterting and have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction valu8 unlèss otherwise ststed in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. Tha financial statemants have been prepared in accordance with-Accounting and Reporting by Charitios: Statement of Recommended Pf3Ctice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance wtth the Financlal Reporting Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 102)" (the Charlties SORP FRS 102). the Flnanclal reporting standard appIt￿ble in the UK and R8pulAic of lieiand (FRS 102) and tho Companias Act 2006. Humanists UK meets the definitlon of a pubElc benefit entity under FRS 101 The trustees conslder that therg are no material UncertaIn￿OS about the Associatlon's ability to continu8 as a ooinq concem. ￿thOUgh turbulence in the financial market5 in 98rly 2026 has neuatively affected the Wdlue of our investments. it is not signthcant enough to affect our ablllty to operats as a golng cor)cer Shortt•rm d•l)tov• •nd Grodltsrs Debtofs are recognlsed when the Charlty Is legally entitled to the income after any perforniance condttlons have been meL the amount can be measured rellably, and it is probable th8t the income wlll be received. Creditors are recognised when thè Charity has a present 18gal or constructive oblloatlon resulting from a past ovent to make payment to a third party. It is probable that settlement will be required and thè amount due to setue the obligation can be measured or estimated ￿lIablY. Judg•m•nts and k•y •oure•# ol •stlm•tlon unc•rtainty Judgements and key sources of eS￿rnatIOn unGertalnty are dotslled In the abovè a￿OUntIng pollclas whore applicable. Pr•paym•nts and accrua16 Pr•payments and accruals lèss than £100 have not b8•n tsken into considerdtton. Tanglble fixed as#•ts and depr•datlon All tengible assets costing more than £500 wore capitalised and all tsngible assets are valued at historic cosL Provision is made for depreciation on tangible fixed assets. at rates calculated to write off the cost or valuakn.on less esumated residual value of each asset over Its expected useful Ilfe. Office Equipment Computer equipmenL Office fixtures & fittin 20% p.a. straight line 33 113% ￿?. straight line 10% p.8. straight line Flx•d ￿$•t Inv￿tmonts Investments are a fomi of basic ￿nar￿la1 instrum8ntand are inltjally rocognlsed at thBir transactlon value and subs8quently measured at their fair value as at the balanco sheet date uslng the closlng quoted markgt price. The statement of financlal activitlgs Includes the net gains and losses arising on the revaluations 8nd disposals throughout thp year. Reallsed galns and losse5 on Invastments are arrlv8d 8t by comparing thg net Sale proceeds with the martet value at the end of the previous financial year. Unrealised galns and105ses represent the diff8rence l)etween the market value of investments stiii held at the end of the financial year with their value at the beginning of the year or with thelr cost If purchased subsequ&ntly. Value Addod Tax Thé Charity Is reglstsred forVATand where appllcable amounts arn Included net of VAT. Funds Unrestrlcted fijnds are thos8 fijnds which can be used atthg trustees. discretton. Restricted Funds are those funds where application 15 restricted by condit'ions set by tho donor. Deslgnated Funds are th058 funds. which have been earmarked by the trustees for specific purposes. D•forrnls pollcy Income Is recognlsed when all the followlng crlterfa are met.. Control over the rights or other access to the economic benafft exists It is more likely than not that the eGonomic bgnefits will pass to the Assoclation The monetsry value of the Income can be m9asured rellabty. Qr*nts r•c•iv*bl• Revenue grants are credltvd to Incomlng resources on the earlier of the date they arg rèceived or th8 date they afe recelvable. unless they relate to a specific future perlod. In whlch cB5e they ar8 deferred. Capttal grants for the purchase of fixed assets are credited to restricted incorning resources when they become receivable. Depreclatlon on the related fjxed assets Is charged against the restrtcted fund. Don•tlon* and19gacl•# Donatlons and legacies are recognlsed as income when the Assodatlon becomes uncondidonally èntitled to receive them. and when tho receipt is probable and its v81ue can be predlctgd wtth reasonable accuracy. Charitablo actlvltl•s Costs of charttable activities include direct expendlture and an apportionment of overhead. govemance and support costs as shown in note 7. 36 Allocation of0verhea￿ gOvarnan￿ and support Gosts Overhead and support costs are Incurred cèntrally across the range uf our activitlOS throughout the year. Governance costs comprise all costs involvino the publSc accountability of the Charity 8nd its compliance with regulation and good prdctice. These include CDsts related to stakntory audit. All these costs have been apportioned tse￿eert charltable activitl8s on the basis of stsff time or office space depending on the nature of the cost. The trustees conslder this to be a reasonable refiaction of tho utili58tion of resources. Pensl•)ns The Charity Contributes to varlous dgfined contslbutlon pension $chemes on behalf of employpes and, as the charity's liability is limited trj paying amounts as they fall due. the ponslon charge reflÈeted In the accounts ￿presents the amount payabl8 for the year. Logacles. grants. and donations Total tyonations Gir(￿"d 242.693 147,291 1,047 1,133,740 147291 705.52£ 1.074,732 8449) 810.Q24 LegacTes' Grant income Included £99.791 from the Natlonal Lottery Heritagè Furvj as part of a muY(l-year Humonlst Herltsge project other grants were In furtherance of our As51sted Dylng & Educatlon camp8ign& and the Falth to Fa￿hlesS programme. In the precaijlng yaar Donatlons and Gift Aid Included £231.516 restricted income. of which £68.450 were grants. We remaln gratefiJl forthe gonerous legacles left by so many members and supporter& InvoStm•nt incom• 2023 Total kntefest 86.91S 88&15 28,013 Incorn• from charlt•ble activltl•• 2f14 2023 981.￿ 9B4 185.39B 196, 111713 112.713 27.471 27,411 111875 111875 19,123 19.Ir 1138 872 974. 171.628 100.070 24.833 91,464 23,291 2,814 Celebr8rlgaccrethti(mfees duc*ion 872 38 Cost of ralslng funds X*23 Total Furthasiig co*s (225241) 12252411 (218,3781 13,410) 13.410> (48131 Purchase rl Mrych&￿1se 240 240621 Analysis of costs of charltablo a¢tlvlti•s 2024 Tolal Educatlon and pthfic Aware HLxfFaniS Cerernontes HLxnani8t Care Put4ic knrs & Policy (618.OD8) { HI479) { 1,060.486) (411341) {154.6&5) (5eA5,996) ( Z31.128) < 1(*,116) 134LI,242) 1726.509) (387.346) (1.113,855) 228.203 116278 i ?og B74 Totsl EthxatK>n ar￿ AwaMes$ Humenist C'eTem¢xi&8 1497.321) (379,47e) (287.709) (134,874) ( I￿,478) (93.B78) {613,￿21 ( ￿.326} IOl261 ( &78.Tgn { 522.844) {284,3￿} ( W258} pU￿[C Affaffs & Policy 39 Analy51s of support and governance costs 2024 (786.581) (639,717) { 97,213) (133,4851 I28.(￿9) (27.786) (15.520) (16291) (106,283) (92,641) (43,456) (38.5751 (9.098) ( 8,1691 ( ￿.547) (53,750) (2,920) (3.175) 149,920) (16.445) 14247 RÈnt and rates Repairs, rn21nter￿ & ￿lIbe$ PDstage ￿ationery rrrecoiMableVAT Stsb¥ripts)ns Bank charges & irter Depwialbn Ott*f costs Govemance 814 Support costs hw6 been apportioned betrMn cotégorles of charttsble acdvlty acwrding to whether thay are ovtrheads or centrally incurred expenditure on charitsble actyvlty85. Overhead5 have boon apportloned In relatlon to the office space occupled bv oBch area of activity. and centrally incurred expenditure on charitsble activltles has béen apportioned in relation to the stsff timè employed in each area of activity, The trustees considor thls provides a reasonable approximatlon to th8 utilisatlon of rg3ource5. Gov•rnonc• ¢0gts 16.523) 17.OLN)I . previous Jtar urM*rwoiryMn Other protess￿￿ e>¥enses (131 14 40 staff costs 2024 9023 Wages arKI saLYies Soclal securty cost& Pe￿On Contrib￿1)￿5 Total payroll costs 1.750.673 I￿,084 217,750 1153.507 7.812 1.612,609 171.479 131988 1.916.076 19.867 161319 number ofern￿o￿teS (FtE) 2023 K8y Management Personnel rwneration: 768.182. 70&4 Penslon ¢ontrlbutlons are notsbly Ngh8rthan In 2023 duo to thg introductlon of o $818ry sacrlfico scheme. Key managemgnt personnel1£768.182) (2023: £706A08) Indudes Chlgf Executlve. Dlrector of Ceremonles. Dlr8Ctor of Comrnunlcatlons & Developmènt, Dlrector of Humanlst Core. Dlrector of IT, Dlr8ctor of Organlsational Operatlons. Director of People & Culture, Director of Public Affairs & Pollcy and Director of Understandlnu Humanism. Seven employees had cornblned salary and employer Natlonal Insurance payments In excess of £60.00012023.. 8). Thesg paymÈnts fell in bands as follows: B•nd £12[1(K(k￿3(i.tjxj £70.CW£80,C 2023 Wg are enomously grateful for the work of 214 (47 FTE)12023: 177139 ￿E)] volunteers worklng across the OrganIsa￿On. èmbedded wlth staff teams or leading teams of thelr own. wlthout whom we would not havo achleved our many successes. We arn also grateful for the many hundreds of volunteers who fom our School Speaker and Non-Religiou5 Pastoral Support networks. often volunteering directly with other Institutlons but accredited and supported by Huma1￿Sts UL 41 Excgptional incom¢ K¥I 31DeEmbu2Q4.The Ra1l(ThllstA55(Jr￿ n*asse5ts trAnsfrtto HItt￿an[StijK The net 85setstr•nslerredwere: In¥eslments. 034 IW054 Debtnr5 Cash 8tbank•nd In 82￿01 I1*y61 CredltorK amountstallln8dLv2within oneryear 47,D77 Netawrent 8ssets NetqJsets*s porThe R•UonaUJtAs8orJ•tlo Lle4918 LeRaLy detknrldentffled po#year end wio Tr•nsfer otthe Iwl UtlÈtuthe•ss•ts Is Inthe p￿$Sof belngfthollsed. 42 10. Tangiblo assots 2024 2023 Offlc• FI￿r¥ FlidTrgs and EqulpM•nt Cost a1 January AddttitThs 015posals As at 31 Decemb 118281 110.123 8,138 118925 Oepreckn*on at 1 Jarw Charge for the year Oisposals DewecBtion at 31 December (111.492) (1(*.31n (2,¥20) (3,175) 114412 111492 Net.book vabx * 31 Decents 11. Inv•stm•nts 2023 ket valueat1 J￿￿￿Y Additions th5posal proceeds RE8lised g￿nsI[b)SSeS) Unrealised Uains￿l0$se%j Market V81ueèt 31 C*centhr Cash with brokas Totsl inv￿rnents at 31 Oecunb 763￿9 7ro.028 829.T29 763.589 the portfolio w 21Y23 Barclays Ch*ity F￿a 377.995 353,7(hl We continued to hold Investments In Barclays Chcvrlty Fundand Newton Sustalnoble Growth and Income Fund for Chorities and rotsined cash depostts with Flagston9, 43 12. Debtors 48272 228.902 99.590 51.3 31.022 61,EIM) 101,416 33,754 Legacies recv4fdLrfe Grft1￿d Otsr accrued ￿c01 Otherdebtors FL*onli#Assoct*icn nd assets No￿9 Pr8paymonts ar9 usually primarrly event venue costs such as for our Annual Conventlon, plus renL Accrued Incom• includes grant pa￿ents from Herftage Lottery. 13. Creditors: Amountsfalllng duo within one ￿ar. AcGruals 5&818 48.758 1Q274 38.424 55.076 47.460 12.474 39.422 Payroll tsxes VAT Deferred in￿nig Holiday ac(xual D8fgrred incom• usu811y rel8tes to gvent tickét sales. All deferrnd Income Is recognlsed In the followlng fjnancial year. a) Gonoral ruorv•• 8alwE8t 1 January 2¢Y24. PAJrFlus/(defi&fj forthty ￿￿1$ed ganslOowse5) &04l426 [227.00 3.041.426 (227.OOZI t￿328 118&328 rransf¥ from designatsl fimds "Bolon￿l7t1juft￿￿3 St￿P1￿$￿￿eT1￿tj fof thtry￿. Re0liS￿￿oI￿sM0sS￿JOft¥￿*￿ts Tron5fff r&2lisotio Trnnsf£rtD dtsigmtedfunds 27&a565 21&300 01501 27¢￿5&5. 21a3L 61561 b) Do51gnat￿ ros•rv•s JI D•c•mb•r 2fj24 L¢￿T+￿TIoni* Loral GTOUPS usic (London ￿Cl￿) 2023 Hu￿C (theH4rrtwustthyKsl 1& R•strlrtgd funds Iq O•c**b•r 107,e02 75.933 I￿,551) 14B.fJ)n {wi LI￿) 11C*I,8231 .472 72D2 ItTr3,8J Faknto LGBI" l ryouro 18n 2217 1UI,1 1412 I￿.625} 13.8341 {6fi231 81.445 16,410 Sukwert 811 074 {é6.74* 2¢3& (49.40JJ 9e4364 52905 (529e6J (￿4￿) (5.12PJ (&599J I￿69 (a Fthth to Ftrlti 7.920 7.421 io 1395 z*p I4￿￿(the￿Im>snIStdWJ1r Postorol&Jpport icAfthff$ The tables above do not represent the gntire Incorng and expenditure rotated to these areas of work. Thgy show only the restricted donatlons and subsequent expendlturg of the restricted donations. Additional expenditure is made from unrestrlcted funds, especialty so in the Gampaign Against Fatth School5. Asyl8t•d Dylng Thls fund was created in 2018 to manage donatlons to cover the payroll costs of one momber of Humanists UK staff to work on the Asslsted Owng campaign with the My Death. My Declslon coalition. The fund also includes donations towards a5SiSted dying lega5 case5, 46 Campaign against faFih schools Campalgn agalnst falth schools appeal fvnds are rastricted to Hurnanists UK lobbylng and campaigning work rel8ting to'faith. schools and related gducation campaigns. Funds raised by appeal in excess of th8 target sought are r8strfctsd to the public affair5 fund. and are di￿10Sed as a tsansfer above. C•r•monl•s This fvnd resultsfrom don*ions glvon to Hurnanlsts spectfically for ceremonles wor D•f•nc• Hurnanl Thi5 fund was created in 2012 to manage Income and expenditure by the Dgfence Humanists, whlch joined as a new sectfjon in 2011. Edu¢•tlon Thls fund results from legacles and donations given to support Humanists UK'S work in promotSng the understsnding of Humanism In the edv¢adon sphere. Thls Includes tha Humanist H9ritage projèct which in 2024 was largely funded by a grant from the H8rY(ag¢ Lottery Fund. Falth to F•lthl•*• Thls fund was crnated in 2015 to manage Income and expenditiJr& In support of our Falth to Falthless programme, whlch helps people who are1gJving rgllglons. Th15 is part of our Humanlstcaro wo LGBT Humanl¥ts Thls fiJnd was created in 2012 to manage income and oxpendlbJrg by GALHA (now LGBT Humanlsts) whlch 101n￿ HurnIn￿ts UK as 8 section in 21M2. Lo￿1 group• Thls fvnd Is for actmties relatlng to the development of loGal humanlst groups. includlng Partner Groups and Humanists UK Local Groups. Musle Thls fund was initlatsd In 2010 ty a donatlon from Alec Reed to fund a cimnposer for two years and to estsblish the Humanists UK choirs on 8 secure footing. Current Incoma derives diiectly from the activlties of the London Humanlst Cholr. Northern Ireland dgvelopment This fund was croated in 2017to support th9 development of Humanists UK'S work in Northem Ireland. 47 Pastoral support Thls fund was created In 2012 to collect donations supporting our new initiative directed towards providing pastoral support to non-rellgious peo￿9 tn prison or in hospital. This Is part of our Humanist Care wo PubllcAff*lr• This fund results from donations glven to support Humanists UK lobbysng and campalonlng work. In 2024 these Included donatlons In Support of attendance 8t Party Conferonce5.. 1& Opèrating leases At 310ec8mber 2024 the Company had the followlng commltmgnts under non-canGellable operating leases as follow& Land and ￿ldIng5 2024 202¥ duewtrin F&4tvJ due behveen orE and fi¥tJwg Folw17 laW thantht 10,845 19.551 27.715 18 Th9 commitment in rgspBct of land and buildings reflects th8 lease on thB Assoclatlons premise5 which ends on 10 February 2026. We have set a £50k provlsion for any dllapldatlon costs assoclated with the end of this leaso. 17. Taxatlon Humanlsts UK is a registered chartty and Is potentlally exempt from tsx In respect of Income and capltal galns recelved within the categDries cDv8red by Part 11 of th8 Corporation Taxes Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Toxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that such income or gains are exclusively applied to charitsble purposes. Boord mombers. remunwatlon and exp•nsos Alex Collis. a Celebrant was paid £197 in fees & èxpenses as part of the celebrants training programmo Ewan Main. a CelebranL was paid U56 in fees & expenses as part of the c81gbrants trainlng program￿￿. Amy Walden was paid £832 in fees & expense5 as part of the Humanlst Carg training progrémme. Nell McKaln was paid £50 in relatton to the School Speakers training programme. Aside from these. no remuneratlon. dlrectly or indirectly, out of the funds of the charity was paid or is payable for the year to any BoaT(i memberor to any person thown to be connected wtth any of them. Board mambers were reimbursed a total of £3.000 (2023: £5.414) forts8vel expenses to attend meetings in connection wlth their duties. Expenses not reported in Note 18 normally Include travel to various events. including Annual Convention. public lectures and fundraising event& 19. Capital ¢ommitm•nt$ There were no capitsl commltments at 31 December 2024 (2023. ntQ- 20. Ponsion Commitments The charlty offers contribuyons to Indlvldval defined contributlon penslon gch8mes to all employoes and most take them up. Thg asset5 of tha schemes are held separatgty from those of the charity In Independently administered funds. Totsl omployerfs contributions pald Sn the yearwere £217.750 (202&. £131.9881 the increase belng partly due to the introduction of a salary sacrifice scheme. 21. UTr're5trictsd funds Restricted funds 2.243.648 t821243 4065.891 215.850 4.279.741 22. Revorslonary Internst Humanlsts UK h85 been b8qu•8thed o roverslonary interest In a trust Èstsbli$hed under the t8rms of the Will of Chrfstlne Cotton. who died on 24 January 2000. The trust assets cornprlse a property that was oecupled by a Llfe TenanL investments ènd bank account& The Life Tenant passed away In 2024 and thè •stste is now Trn adiiiinlstratlon. The value of the Invcstrnents as ot 31 May 2021 (last update avallable) was £44.911131 May 2021: £44.9111. The trustees have Indicated to Humanists UK that the prop (bought in 2002 for £85.0001 had a value In 2024 of between £230.000. Because Humanists UK cannot predict when It will become entrtled to the receipt of this Iggacy an¥J doas not have a recent valuation of Investments, no accrued incomg has been reflected in the ac¢ount& H•lat•d party transactions 8oard members are not remunerated but are able to recover out of pocket expenses for ttÈndance at Board m8etlngs. the total amount relmbursed belng dlsclosed In Noto 18. The Chlef Executive of Humanists UK is also 8 Director and Tnjstse of Humanists Intemational and thelr President The Associatlon paid an annual subscdption to Humanists Intemauonal ot £28,328 [2023: £28.536) and contributed £3.500 [202&- £9.167J to Humanist Internationol project& The Chlef Executive of Humanists UK Is also a D1￿ctor and Trustee of ACEVO of which Humanlsts UK 1$ a member and pald £409 in mgmbership fees12023; £469). 49 The Wales Coordinator is a Director and Trustee of the Religious Education Council. of which Humanists UK Is a member and paid £900 in membership fees {2023: £900). 24. Recon¢lllatlon ot net Income1(￿penditUroj to net cash flowfrom op•ratlng activltl•s 21)24 2023 1.115.435 259.917 2.920 3.f15 (06.140] (6￿61j (86.915) (28.LY1J Il378,286] 1112.6701 Net int￿n￿eXpenditurej for the reporting period DePr￿atiOn charges (Gains)/losses on investn)ènts Dividends &ind int￿eSt from investffthts 0￿￿ease￿d￿￿s8 in debtofs IncreaseAdecrea5e] in creditors Net Gash provided by/ (used in) operativea¢tNities ￿32£2Q1] 2& Cash and cash equlvalonts at the end of th• y•ar Cash at bank and in hand Cash at krokers Total cash gnd (ash qLU¥81ents 612.992 tP98.179 26. Ststutory Informatlon The Brltlsh Humanrst Assgclatlon. oparatlng as HumanSsts UL Is a chafltablB company Ilmited by guarantge. rcglstored In England. Th8 Association's registered number and reglstered office address c#n be found w the Legal and Admlnistratlvo page of thls Annual ReporL 60