It has been my pleasure and privilege to join the team at the Helen Bamber Foundation (HBF) this year, to build on Helen’s and the Foundation’s remarkable legacy. The Foundation is a special place - in the services it offers, the culture it promotes and the people it supports. Our clients are at the centre of all we do. We bear witness to their suffering so that their voices are heard, their truths told. Our success as an organisation is a testament to our clients’ resilience and bravery. We hope that you too will be inspired by their stories. I am proud to share with you the Annual Report and financial statements for HBF for the year ended 31 December 2018.