HORNBIES fioUNDATION CHARITY II'UMBER 503802 TRUSTEES REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 CONTENTS PAGE Independent Examiners Report Stat¢rn¢nt of Financial Activities Balance Sheet 9 Notes to the Accounts APPENDIX Ch￿lty Infonnation I'ru8t¢es R¢port HORNBIES FOUNDATION Page 2 INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES Ofi HOILNBIES FOUNDATIOIY FOR THL YLAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 I repoit on the accounts of the Trust for tb¢ year ended 31 December 2024 which are set oiit on pag¢s 3 to 9. RESPBCTIVB RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEES AND EXAMINER As the Cliarity's Tnstees you are responsible for the preparatioji of the accounts, you consider that the audit requirement of s¢ction 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act) does not apply and Lhat an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts under Section 145 of the Act and'to state, on the basis of proceduies specified in the GerLeral Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under Section 145(5)(b) of the ACL whether particular mclttei's have come to rny attentt'on. BASIS OF TNDEPENDENT EXAMNERS REPORT My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions ￿Ven by the Charity Commissioner8. An examination includes a review of the accounting records Icept by the charity and & coinparisthi of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosur¢s in the accounts and seelcing explanations from you as Trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that Wollld be required in an audit and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S STATEMENr In conneGiion with my examinaLiofts, no mE1Ll¢r ha8 come to my attention: (l ) which gives me reasoijable cause to believe that in aiiy rn