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NORTH EUROPEAN OIL ROYALTY TRUST

For the period ended Oct 31, 2024. Filed Dec 31, 2024.

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FY2024 · Filed Dec 31, 2024

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Page Number
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting FirmsF-1 - F-4
Financial Statements:
Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Trust Corpus as of October 31, 2024 and 2023F-5
Statements of Revenue Collected and Expenses Paid for the Fiscal Years Ended October 31, 2024 and 2023F-6
Statements of Undistributed Earnings for the Fiscal Years Ended October 31, 2024 and 2023F-7
Statements of Changes in Cash and Cash Equivalents for the Fiscal Years Ended October 31, 2024 and 2023F-8
Notes to Financial StatementsF-9 - F-11

To the Board of Trustees and the Unit Owners of

North European Oil Royalty Trust

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets, liabilities, and trust corpus of North European Oil Royalty Trust (the "Trust") as of October 31, 2024, and the related statements of revenue collected and expenses paid, undistributed earnings, and changes in cash and cash equivalents for the year ended October 31, 2024, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the assets, liabilities and trust corpus of the Trust as of October 31, 2024, and its revenue collected and expenses paid, undistributed earnings and changes in cash and cash equivalents for the year then ended, in conformity with the modified cash basis of accounting described in Note 1.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trust's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Trust's financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Trust in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures include examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Basis of Accounting

As described in Note 1, these financial statements have been prepared on the modified cash basis of accounting, which is a comprehensive basis of accounting other than accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Critical Audit Matters

Critical audit matters are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. We determined that there are no critical audit matters.

/s/ Forvis Mazars, LLP

We have served as the Trust's auditor since 2024

Iselin, New Jersey

December 31, 2024

To the Board of Trustees and the Unit Owners of

North European Oil Royalty Trust

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets, liabilities, and trust corpus of North European Oil Royalty Trust (the "Trust") as of October 31, 2023, and the related statements of revenue collected and expenses paid, undistributed earnings, and changes in cash and cash equivalents for the year ended October 31, 2023, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the assets, liabilities and trust corpus of the Trust as of October 31, 2023, and its revenue collected and expenses paid, undistributed earnings and changes in its cash and cash equivalents for each of the two years in the year ended October 31, 2023 in conformity with the modified cash basis of accounting described in Note 1.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trust's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Trust's financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Trust in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Basis of Accounting

As described in Note 1, these financial statements have been prepared on the modified cash basis of accounting, which is a comprehensive basis of accounting other than accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Critical Audit Matters

Critical audit matters are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. We determined that there are no critical audit matters.

/s/ Mazars USA LLP

We have served as the Trust's auditor from 2006 to 2024

Iselin, New Jersey

December 29, 2023

NORTH EUROPEAN OIL ROYALTY TRUST STATEMENTS OF ASSETS, LIABILITIES AND TRUST CORPUS (NOTE 1)OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023

20242023
ASSETS
Current assets -- Cash and cash equivalents$1,625,343$795,201
Producing gas and oil royalty rights, net of amortization (Notes 1 and 2)11
Total Assets$1,625,344$795,202
20242023
LIABILITIES AND TRUST CORPUS
Current liabilities -- Distributions to be paid to unit owners$183,812$0
Trust corpus (Notes 1 and 2)11
Undistributed earnings1,441,531795,201
Total Liabilities and Trust Corpus$1,625,344$795,202

NORTH EUROPEAN OIL ROYALTY TRUST STATEMENTS OF REVENUE COLLECTED AND EXPENSES PAID (NOTE 1)FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023

20242023
Gas, sulfur and oil royalties received$5,785,303$22,016,103
Interest income70,382125,003
Trust Income$5,855,685$22,141,106
Operating Expenses($790,289)($957,067)
Related party expenses (Note 3)(7,583)(10,524)
Trust Expenses($797,872)($967,591)
Net Income$5,057,813$21,173,515
Net income per unit$0.55$2.30
Distributions per unit paid or to be paid to unit owners$0.48$2.26

NORTH EUROPEAN OIL ROYALTY TRUST STATEMENTS OF UNDISTRIBUTED EARNINGS (NOTE 1)FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023

20242023
Balance, beginning of period$795,201$392,420
Net income5,057,81321,173,515
5,853,01421,565,935
Less:
Current year distributions paid or to be paid to unit owners4,411,48320,770,734
Balance, end of period$1,441,531$795,201

NORTH EUROPEAN OIL ROYALTY TRUST STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS (NOTE 1)FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023

20242023
Sources of Cash and Cash Equivalents:
Gas, sulfur and oil royalties received$5,785,303$22,016,103
Interest income70,382125,003
$5,855,685$22,141,106
Uses of Cash and Cash Equivalents:
Payment of Trust expenses$797,872$967,591
Distributions paid4,227,67127,571,771
$5,025,543$28,539,362
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents during the year830,142(6,398,256)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year795,2017,193,457
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year$1,625,343$795,201

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

OCTOBER 31, 2024 AND 2023

(1) Summary of significant accounting policies:

Basis of accounting -

The accompanying financial statements of North European Oil Royalty Trust (the "Trust") are prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. Financial statement balances and financial results are presented on a modified cash basis of accounting, which is a comprehensive basis of accounting other than accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP basis"). In the opinion of management, all adjustments that are considered necessary for a fair presentation of these financial statements, including adjustments of a normal, recurring nature, have been included.

On a modified cash basis, revenue is earned when cash is received and expenses are incurred when cash is paid. GAAP basis financial statements disclose revenue as earned and expenses as incurred, without regard to receipts or payments. The modified cash basis of accounting is utilized to permit the accrual for distributions to be paid to unit owners (those distributions approved by the Trustees for the Trust). The Trust's distributable income represents royalty income received by the Trust during the period plus interest income less any expenses incurred by the Trust, all on a cash basis. In the opinion of the Trustees, the use of the modified cash basis of accounting provides a more meaningful presentation to unit owners of the results of operations of the Trust.

The Trust receives adjustments from the operating companies based on their final calculations of royalties payable during the prior periods, including the immediately preceding calendar quarter. Negative adjustments are carried over to the succeeding quarter.

Producing gas and oil royalty rights -

The rights to certain gas and oil royalties in Germany were transferred to the Trust at their net book value by North European Oil Company (the "Company") (see Note 2). The net book value of the royalty rights has been reduced to one dollar ($1) since the remaining net book value of royalty rights is de minimis relative to annual royalties received and distributed by the Trust and does not bear any meaningful relationship to the fair value of such rights or the actual amount of proved producing reserves.

Federal and state income taxes -

The Trust, as a grantor trust and additionally under a private letter ruling issued by the Internal Revenue Service, is exempt from federal income taxes. The Trust has no state income tax obligations.

Cash and cash equivalents -

Cash and cash equivalents are defined as amounts deposited in bank accounts and amounts invested in certificates of deposit and U. S. Treasury bills with original maturities generally of three months or less from the date of purchase. The investment options available to the Trust are limited in accordance with specific provisions of the Trust Agreement. As of October 31, 2024, the uninsured amounts held in the Trust's U.S. bank accounts were $1,368,398. In addition, the Trust held Euros 6,397, the equivalent of $6,945, in its German bank account at October 31, 2024.

Net income per unit -

Net income per unit is based upon the number of units outstanding at the end of the period. As of October 31, 2024 and 2023, there were 9,190,590 units of beneficial interest outstanding.

New accounting pronouncements -

The Trust is not aware of any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards that would be expected to have a significant impact on the Trust's financial position or results of operations.

(2)Formation of the Trust:

The Trust was formed on September 10, 1975. As of September 30, 1975, the Company was liquidated and the remaining assets and liabilities of the Company, including its royalty rights, were transferred to the Trust. The Trust, on behalf of the owners of beneficial interest in the Trust, holds overriding royalty rights covering gas and oil production in certain concessions or leases in the Federal Republic of Germany. These rights are held under contracts with local German exploration and development subsidiaries of ExxonMobil Corp. and the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies. Under these contracts, the Trust receives various percentage royalties on the proceeds of the sales of certain products from the areas involved. At the present time, royalties are received for sales of gas well gas, oil well gas, crude oil, condensate and sulfur.

(3)Related party transactions:

John R. Van Kirk, the Managing Director of the Trust, provides office services to the Trust at cost. For such office services, the Trust reimbursed the Managing Director $7,583 and $10,524 in fiscal 2024 and 2023, respectively.

(4)Employee benefit plan:

The Trust has established a savings incentive match plan for employees (SIMPLE IRA) that is available to both employees of the Trust, one of whom is the Managing Director. The Trustees authorized the making of contributions by the Trust to the accounts of employees, on a matching basis, of up to 3% of cash compensation paid to each such employee for the 2024 and 2023 calendar years.

(5)Quarterly results (unaudited):

The tables below summarize the quarterly results and distributions of the Trust for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2024 and 2023:

Fiscal 2024 by Quarter and Year

FirstSecondThirdFourthYear
Royalties received$424,910$2,232,767$2,457,422670,204$5,785,303
Net income$179,085$2,033,899$2,318,094526,734$5,057,813
Net Income per unit$0.02$0.22$0.25$0.06$0.55
Distribution paid or to be paid$459,529$1,838,118$1,930,024$183,812$4,411,483
Distribution per unit or to be paid to unit owners$0.05$0.20$0.21$0.02$0.48
1. At the end of each fiscal quarter, the Trust converts the Euro balance in its account at Deutsche Bank into dollars and includes this amount in the royalty income total. Since there was no royalty income for the fourth fiscal quarter and there was a loss on exchange, the total royalty income for the fourth fiscal quarter is a negative number.
2. The negative net income is comprised of the negative royalty income minus the quarterly expenses plus interest income.

Fiscal 2023 by Quarter and Year

FirstSecondThirdFourthYear
Royalties received$9,765,883$9,760,018$2,490,778($576)1$22,016,103
Net income$9,536,014$9,504,566$2,290,894($157,959)2$21,173,515
Net Income per unit$1.04$1.03$0.25($0.02)$2.30
Distribution paid or to be paid$9,190,590$9,650,120$1,930,024$0$20,770,734
Distribution per unit or to be paid to unit owners$1.00$1.05$0.21$0.00$2.26
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