# THE VERNON MINE WARFARE AND DIVING MONUMENT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1128677
- **Other names:** The Vernon Monument Charity
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** March 19, 2009
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1128677


## Contact

- **Address:** 6 St. Helens Close, SOUTHSEA
- **Postcode:** PO4 0NN
- **Phone:** 07967810242
- **Email:** david.sandiford@vernon-monument.org
- **Website:** www.vernon-monument.org



## Activities

**Objects:** (1) TO FOSTER PATRIOTISM AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP FOR THE BENEFIT AND EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THE CITIZENS AND VISITORS TO THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") BY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A MONUMENT AT GUNWHARF QUAYS OR OTHER PROMINENT PLACE WITHIN THE CITY CENTRE OF PORTSMOUTH AS A PERMANENT MEMORIAL TO THE PATRIOTISM AND BRAVERY OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES MINE WARFARE AND DIVING SPECIALISTS AND ASSOCIATED COMMUNITY, IN PARTICULAR THOSE WHO WERE TRAINED AND BASED IN HMS VERNON. (2) IF AND IN SO FAR AS INCOME IS NOT SPENT IN ANY ONE YEAR, IT MAY BE APPLIED, AT THE TRUSTEES' DISCRETION, TO ANY OTHER CHARITABLE TRUST CONNECTED WITH THE ROYAL NAVY OR ROYAL MARINES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE.

**Activities:** ON 17TH MARCH 2020 THE CHARITY ACHIEVED ITS MAIN AIM BY INSTALLING  THE MONUMENT TO THE HERITAGE OF HMS VERNON, IN PARTICULAR THE MINE WARFARE AND DIVING COMMUNITIES PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.THE MONUMENT IS LOCATED IN GUNWHARF QUAYS, PORTSMOUTH, HAMPSHIRE, UK.THE ONGOING CAMPAIGN LED BY THE TRUSTEES WILL CONTINUE TO RAISE FUNDS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE LONG LIFE AND WELL-BEING OF THE MONUMENT.

**Area of benefit:** PORTSMOUTH




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Other Finance, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £4718 | £7533 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £5178 | £4870 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £19171 | £41226 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £15576 | £5158 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £52654 | £24676 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Lt John Steven Ravenhall MID, QCVS** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 18, 2017
- CDR David Braddock SANDIFORD RN — appointed July 2, 2010
- Commander Martin Mackey RN — appointed Feb. 17, 2023
- Jack Joseph Lewis Anderson — appointed June 24, 2022
- John James Turnbull — appointed March 29, 2022
- Lt Cdr David Robert Stanbury — appointed June 24, 2022
- Michael Thomas Coulter — appointed March 29, 2022