Independent auditors’ report to the members of Dunelm Group plc Report on the audit of the financial statements Opinion In our opinion, Dunelm Group plc’s Group financial statements and Parent Company financial statements (the “financial statements”): • give a true and fair view of the state of the Group’s and of the Parent Company’s affairs as at 26 June 2021 and of the Group’s profit and the Group’s and Parent Company’s cash flows for the 52 week period then ended; • have been properly prepared in accordance withinternational accounting standards in conformity with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006; and • have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. We have audited the financial statements, included within the Annual Report and Accounts (the “Annual Report”), which comprise: the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position and Parent Company Statement of Financial Position as at 26 June 2021; the Consolidated Income Statement, Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Parent Company Statement of Cash Flows and Parent Company Statement of Changes in Equity for the period then ended; the Accounting Policies; and the Notes to the Financial Statements. Our opinion is consistent with our reporting to the Audit and Risk Committee. Separate opinion in relation to international financial reporting standards adopted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 as it applies in the European Union As explained in the Accounting Policies, the Group and Parent Company, in addition to applying international accounting standards in conformity with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006, have also applied international financial reporting standards adopted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 as it applies in the European Union. In our opinion, the Group and Parent Company financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with international financial reporting standards adopted pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 as it applies in the European Union. Basis for opinion We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (“ISAs (UK)”) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under ISAs (UK) are further described in the Auditors’ responsibilities for the auditof the financial statements section of our report. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. Independence We remained independent of the Group in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, which includesthe FRC’s Ethical Standard, as applicable to listed public interest entities,and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. To the best of our knowledge and belief, we declare that non-audit services prohibited by the FRC’s Ethical Standard were not provided. Other than those disclosed in Audit and Risk Committee report, we have provided no non-audit services to the Parent Company or its controlled undertakings in the period under audit. DUNELM GROUP PLC ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2021 179 FINANCIAL STATEMENTSSTRATEGIC REPORTGOVERNANCE OTHER INFORMATION