**FORM 6-K**

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

**Report of Foreign Issuer**

 

**Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of**

 

**Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

 

For the month of June 2005 

 

HOLMES FINANCING (No 8) PLC

HOLMES FUNDING LIMITED

HOLMES TRUSTEES LIMITED

 

(Translation of registrant's name into English)

 

Abbey National House, 2 Triton Square, Regent’s

Place, London NW1 3AN, England

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F . . . .X. . . . Form 40-F . . . . . . . .

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Yes . . . . . . . No. . .X. . . .

 

 

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**HOLMES FINANCING (NO. 8) PLC**

 

CERTIFICATE RELATING TO FINANCIAL INFORMATION

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13(H) OF THE TRUST DEED

 

 

Pursuant to Section 13(H) of the Seventh Issuer Trust Deed, dated as of  April 1, 2004 between Holmes Financing (No. 8) plc (the ‘Eighth Issuer’) and the The Bank of New York, as note trustee (the ‘Note Trustee’), the undersigned officers of the Eighth Issuer, Martin McDermott and SPV Management Ltd., hereby certify, to the best of their knowledge and belief, that:

 

| (1) | as at April 30, 2005, there did not exist and had not existed since the date of the most recent officers’ certificate provided to the Note Trustee pursuant to Section 13(H) of the Eighth Issuer Trust Deed, or since April 1, 2004 if no such certificate has previously been provided, any Note Event of Default (as defined in the Eighth Issuer Trust Deed) and |
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| (2) | during the period from and including the certification date of the most recent officers’ certificate provided to the Note Trustee pursuant to Section 13(H) of the Eighth Issuer Trust Deed, or since April 1, 2004 if no such certificate has previously been provided, to and including the date of this certificate, to the best of their knowledge and belief, the Eighth Issuer has complied with all its obligations contained in  these presents and each of the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Eighth Issuer Trust Deed) to which it is a party. |
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Dated as of the 30th day of April 2005

 

 

| By ___________________________________                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
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Martin McDermott

 
 
Director

 
 

 

 

By ___________________________________

Authorised Signatory for and on behalf of SPV Management Limited

SPV Management Limited

Director

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**SIGNATURES**

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

**HOLMES FINANCING (No 8) PLC**

 

 

 

**Dated: 10 th June 2005**

**By / s / Karen Carson**

 
 
**(Authorised Signatory)**

 

 

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