2008 Annual Review. Page 10.
Trustees' statement in respect of the summarised financial statements of St Luke's Hospice (Harrow and Brent) Limited
The summarised financial statements have been agreed by our auditor, Chantrey Vellacott DFK LLP, as being consistent with the full financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2008. These were prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities' 2005, and the Companies Act 1985, and received an unqualified audit opinion.
These summarised financial statements are not the full statutory financial statements and therefore may not contain sufficient information to enable a full understanding of the financial affairs of St Luke's Hospice (Harrow and Brent) Ltd. For further information, the full Trustees' Annual Report and Accounts, and the Independent Auditor's report should be consulted. Copies of these can be obtained from the registered office. The full financial statements were approved by the board of Trustees on the 7 May 2009 and have been submitted to the Charity Commission and the Registrar of Companies.
Independent Auditors statement to the Trustees of St Luke's Hospice (Harrow and Brent) Limited
We have examined the summarised financial statements set out on pages 8 and 9.
Respective responsibilities of the trustees and auditors
The trustees are responsible for the preparation of the summarised financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom law and in accordance with the recommendations of the charities SORP.
Our responsibility is to report to you our opinion on the consistency of the summary financial statements with the full financial statements, upon which we gave an unqualified opinion on the 7th May 2009. We also read the other information contained in the summarised annual report and consider the implications for our report if we become aware of any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the summarised financial statements.
Basis of opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK & Ireland) issued by the Auditing Practices Board. Our report on the charity's full annual financial statements describes the basis of our audit opinion on those financial statements.
Opinion
In our opinion, the summarised financial statements are consistent with the full financial statements of St Luke's Hospice (Harrow and Brent) Limited for the year ended 31 December 2008.
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